Coaching successfully started at the Kapiti Chess Club today at 7:00 and will occur on a fortnightly basis—excluding school and public holidays. Next coaching session will be taken by Club Captain David Paul on 23 March.

Series I of our two series 30-30 tournament is now complete. David Paul leads the field closely followed by top junior player Itay Ben Dom. Alistair McGowan and Gordon Anderson follow next and Johnny Hynes is the next top placed Junior.

30-30 Series II starts 23 March and our next tournament will be round 2 of our 5 round—held through the year—Five Minute Tournament.

Next week—4 March—is the AGM where we will elect officials for the Club and confirm fees which are expected to be $125 for seniors and $60 for juniors.

The Leo Eichholtz Board commences 11 March. Here are the latest results:

	1	2	3	4	TOTAL
BEN-DOM, ITAY	1	1	0.5	1	3.5
PAUL, DAVID	1	1	0.5	1	3.5
ZOE KINGSTON, ZOE	1	1	1	0	3
O’RORKE, MIKE	1	0	1	1	3
BURNS, GUY	1	0.5	0	1	2.5
MCGOWAN, ALISTAIR	1	0	1	0.5	2.5
MILLS, GLENYS	1	1	0	0.5	2.5
WHIBLEY, JOHN	1	0.5	0	1	2.5
SOSNOSKI, DENNIS	1	0	1	0	2
PAUL, CHRISTY	0	0	1	1	2
LIDDELL, IAN	0	1	1	0	2
CARR, CHRIS	0	1	0	1	2
LOWE, RICK	0	1	0	0	1
KINGSTON, ROSE	0	0	1	0	1
HYNES, JOHNNY			1	0	1
CLARK (JOSIE), JOSIE			0	1	1
TYLER (JOE), JOE	0	1			1
ROBERTS, TIM					0
BENNY, TRISH					0
JACOBUS THERON, JACOBUS	0	0			0
MARINA THERON, MARINA	0	0			0
CLARK (JACK), JACK			0	0	0
NEILSEN (MIKALA), MIKALA	0	0	0	0	0
MACALISTAIR (LUKE), LUKE					0
MORROW-WHITE (ZANDER), ZANDER					0

The Leo Eichholtz Board series—30-30 minute time-frame—is now under-way and will continue throughout February and into March. Don’t forget 3 March is the Annual General Meeting (AGM) when officers will be elected and fees set.

The Club’s first night of tournament play got off to a flying start with 19 players participating in the first round of our 5-minute tournament–-there will be 4 to 5 other rounds in 2010. We welcome two new players to the club:  Mikala Nielson and Itay Ben-Dom, both juniors. Itay achieved the perfect result on the night—6 wins from 6 games–-and will be a player to watch in the senior league. Detailed results are below. New week we start the first round of the 30-30 Leo Eichholtz Board series–-a double-round swiss-format series.

 

BLITZ 1—10/02/2010	ROUND ONE
NAME	SCORE
BEN-DOM, ITAY	6
PAUL, DAVID	5
O’RORKE, MIKE	4
TYLER, JOE	4
BURNS, GUY	4
PAUL, CHRISTY	4
MILLS, Glyns	4
SOSNOSKI, DENNIS	3
ROBERTS, TIM	3
BENNY, TRISH	3
CARR, CHRIS	3
LIDDELL, IAN	3
NEILSEN, MIKALA	3
JACK-CLARK,	2
HYNES, JOHNNY	2
KINGSTON, ROSE	2
JOSIE-CLARK,	1
MACALISTAIR, LUKE	1
MORROW-WHITE, ZANDER	1

 

 

Had a fun night at the new venue—Paraparaumu Library. A very impressive location:  modern, chic, great amenities, comfortable, easy find, the list goes on.

Next week—10 January—we start the first of our games for the 5 minute tournament, these games are spread throughout the year.

The following week is the beginning of the 30-30 minute tournament to be held over the next several weeks.

 

 

 

The Kapiti Chess Annual Clubs Champs are drawing to a close. There are three more rounds for the B and C grade players, and the A grade has several catch up games—see below. Johnny Hynes is well ahead on points to take out the C grade. The B grade is a battle between Rick Lowe and Christy Paul, closely pursued by a pack of three players. David Paul appears to have taken out the A grade with an insurmountable eleven and a half points. His nearest contender David Sosnoski needed to defeat Guy Burns last week to have a chance of beating David to the trophy. Please note these points/results are tentative and are yet to be triangulated by Club officials—see below for detailed results

			Round Robin 1
	A Grade		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	T1
	PAUL, DAVID	1775	0.5	1	0.5	1	+	1	1	6
	O’RORKE, MIKE	1386	0	1	+	1	1	0	1	5
	WHIBLEY, JOHN	1463	1	1	0.5	1	0	0	+	4.5
	SOSNOSKY, DENNIS	1370	0.5	+		0	1	1		3.5
	BURNS, GUY	1459	+	0	0	0	1	1		3
	KINGSTON, ZOE	1589	1	0		0	0	+	0	2
	ROBERTS, TIM	1370	0	0	1	+	0	0	0	2
			Round Robin 2							T2		T1+T2
	PAUL, DAVID	1775	0	1	0.5	1	+	1	1	5.5		11.5
	KINGSTON, ZOE	1589		0	0			+	1	2		4
	WHIBLEY, JOHN	1463	1	0.5	0.5			1	+	4		8.5
	BURNS, GUY	1459	+	0.5	1	0		0	1	3.5		6.5
	O’RORKE, MIKE	1386	0	0.5	+	0	0.5	0	0	2		7
	ROBERTS, TIM	1370		0.5	0	+	0.5	0.5	0	2.5		4.5
	SOSNOSKY, DENNIS	1370	1	+	1	1		0.5	0	4.5		8
			Swiss Format 1
	B Grade		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	T1
	PAUL, CHRISTY	967	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	6
	SEDDON, DAVE	912	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	5
	SEDDON, BRIAN	978	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	5
	LOWE, RICK	1100	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	4
	CARR, CHRIS	745	+	0	1		1	0	1	4
	REEVES, David	1450		0	0	1	1	1	0	3
	KINGSTON, ROSE	842	1	0	+	0	0	0	0	2
	HOCKING, Crumb	1531			1	1	0		1	3
	BENNY, TRISH	742	1							1
	C Grade
	HYNES, Johnny	540	0	+	0	1	0	0	1	3
	REYNOLDS, Luke	539	0			0		1	0	1
	CLARK, Josie, Josie	542	0				1			1
	TOON, Josh	537								0
	MURROW, Xander	512	0			0		0		0
	CLARK, Jack, Jack	539	0				0			0
	CHARTERIS, Andrew	505					0			0
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			Swiss Format 2
	B Grade		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	T2	T1+T2
	PAUL, CHRISTY	967	1	1	0	1					3	9
	LOWE, RICK	1100	1	1	1	1					4	8
	SEDDON, DAVE	912										5
	SEDDON, BRIAN	978										5
	CARR, CHRIS	745	0	1	0						1	5
	HOCKING, Crumb	1531	1	0	1						2	5
	REEVES, David	1450		0	1						1	4
	KINGSTON, ROSE	842	0	0	0	+					0	3
	BENNY, TRISH	742										1
	C Grade
	HYNES, Johnny	540	0		+	0					1	4
	REYNOLDS, Luke	539				0						1
	LIDELL, Ian	1120				1						1
	CLARK, Josie, Josie	542										1
	TOON, Josh	537										0
	MURROW, Xander	512				0						0
	CLARK, Jack, Jack	539										0
	CHARTERIS, Andrew	505										0

 

 

KAPITI CHESS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS—A-GRADE CATCH UP GAMES

Round One

Zoe Kingston             V         Dennis Sosnosky

Guy Burns                 V         Dennis Sosnosky

 

Round Two

Zoe Kingston             V         Tim Roberts

John Whibley             V         Zoe Kingston

John Whibley             V         Dennis Sosnosky

Guy Burns                  V         Zoe Kingston