2013+News+Archive

=2013 News Archive=

**Summer Rapid Open – 7 December**
The fourth and final tournament in the series resulted in yet another win for Bob Wansink, who takes the weekend rapid trophy for 2013. He scored 5/5 to head the field of 18 players from Christchurch to Invercargill. Second on 4 points was Shannon Davie, who lost to Wansink in round 2 and won all his other games. Third was shared by Quentin Johnson and Leighton Nicholls on 3½. The under 1200 grade was won by Sean Lau on 3 points, ahead of a 5-way tie for second on 2 between Joe McKee, Riley Jellyman, Max Lough, Ryan Lau and David Marshall. Charlie Li won the upset prize for his draw with Johnson in the third round. code Cross Table

No Name                    Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5

1 WANSINK, ROBERT          2194 5      8:W  2:W  7:W  3:W  6:W 2 DAVIE, SHANNON           1670 4     13:W  1:L 12:W  9:W  5:W 3 JOHNSON, QUENTIN         2008 3.5   15:W  5:W  9:D  1:L 10:W 4 NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON       1728 3.5   11:W 10:D  6:L 14:W  9:W 5 SADIK, AHMED             1700 3     14:W  3:L 10:W  7:W  2:L 6 GOLD, HAMISH R           1723 3     12:W  7:L  4:W 11:W  1:L 7 BLACK, ROSS              1603 3     17:W  6:W  1:L  5:L 11:W 8 LAU, SEAN                1089 3      1:L  9:L 16:W 13:W 12:W 9 LI, CHENG YANG (CHARLIE) 1260 2.5   18:W  8:W  3:D  2:L  4:L 10 CLAYTON, BEN            1483 2.5   16:W  4:D  5:L 15:W  3:L 11 MCKEE, JOE              1067 2      4:L 13:W 15:W  6:L  7:L 12 JELLYMAN, RILEY         1046 2      6:L 18:W  2:L 17:W  8:L 13 LOUGH, MAX              915  2      2:L 11:L 14:W  8:L 18:W 14 LAU, RYAN               996  2      5:L 16:W 13:L  4:L 17:W 15 MARSHALL, DAVID         1086 2      3:L 17:W 11:L 10:L 16:W 16 REYNOLDS, FRASER        600  1     10:L 14:L  8:L 18:W 15:L 17 LAU, ETHAN              909  1      7:L 15:L 18:W 12:L 14:L 18 THOMPSON, SAM           534  0      9:L 12:L 17:L 16:L 13:L

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**Perpetual Handicap championship – 4 December**
At the end of the 2013 year the highest improvers on club ratings were:

Standard 1st Leighton Nicholls +92 2nd Shannon Davie +65 3rd Charlie Li +63

Rapid 1st Naser Tamimi +103 2nd Benedikt Hilmes +66 3rd Leighton Nicholls +53

**Transfer tournament – 4 December**
First place went to Team Adidas, consisting of Benedikt Hilmes and Charlie Li, who defeated all-comers, finishing on 5/5. Second equal were the teams of Leight Nicholls & Joe McKee and Quentin Johnson & Max Lough on 3 points. Geoff Aimers and John Armstrong 2 points, Shannon Davie & Bob Clarkson and Brent Southgate & Ben Clayton both 1 point.

**Richard Sutton Trophy – 27 November**
Bob Wansink finished two points clear in first place after accumulating the maximum 6 points. A large group tied for second on 4 points: Leighton Nicholls, John Sutherland, Benedikt Hilmes & Geoff Aimers. The final results were notable for the large number of rating points gained by junior players at the expense of players over 20. Only Wansink, Sutherland, David Reid and Bob Clarkson managed to resist this trend. code Cross Table

No Name                    Feder Rtg Total  1    2    3    4    5    6

1 WANSINK, ROBERT                    6     20:W  4:W  7:W  6:W  2:W  3:W 2 NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON                 4     17:W  8:W  3:L  9:W  1:L 10:W 3 SUTHERLAND, JOHN L                 4      0:D 18:W  2:W  8:W  0:D  1:L 4 HILMES, BENEDIKT                   4     12:W  1:L 13:W  7:W  6:W  5:L 5 AIMERS, GEOFFREY                   4     18:L 12:W 16:D  0:D 11:W  4:W 6 GOLD, HAMISH R                     3.5   15:W  9:W  0:D  1:L  4:L 13:W 7 DAVIE, SHANNON                     3     10:W 13:W  1:L  4:L 16:W  0:L 8 JOHNSON, QUENTIN                   3     16:W  2:L 18:W  3:L 13:W  0:L 9 REID, DAVID M                      3     19:W  6:L 15:W  2:L  0:L 17:W 10 LI, CHENG YANG (CHARLIE)          3      7:L  0:D 11:W 14:D 15:W  2:L 11 CLARKSON, ROBERT D                2.5    0:D 19:L 10:L 12:W  5:L 16:W 12 MCKEE, JOE                        2.5    4:L  5:L 17:D 11:L  0:W 15:W 13 LOUGH, MAX                        2      0:W  7:L  4:L 16:W  8:L  6:L 14 DUFFIELD, TERENCE                 2      0:   0:   0:  10:D 17:L  0:L 15 ARMSTRONG, JOHN F                 1.5    6:L  0:D  9:L 17:W 10:L 12:L 16 SOUTHGATE, BRENT                  1.5    8:L 17:W  5:D 13:L  7:L 11:L 17 CALDER, JOHN                      1.5    2:L 16:L 12:D 15:L 14:W  9:L 18 TAMIMI, NASER                     1      5:W  3:L  8:L  0:L  0:L  0:L 19 ABAECHERLI, SIMON                 1      9:L 11:W  0:L  0:L  0:L  0:L 20 CLAYTON, BEN                      .5     1:L  0:D  0:L  0:L  0:L  0:L

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**Club Championship – 16 October**
The second leg of the 2013 Club Championship was wrapped up on the same night as the transfer tournament. In the A grade top seed Bob Wansink scored a picket fence 5/5, ahead of John Sutherland 4 and the fast improving Leighton Nicholls on 2½. This easily earned Wansink his second Senior Championship title in a row, on the impressive aggregate score of 9½/10. Sutherland's strong showing the second leg hauled him up to second overall on 6 points, followed by Nicholls and Quentin Johnson tied for third on 5½ points – A great result for Leighton in his first year starting in the A Grade. The B grade suffred from a pairing error in the sxith and final round, when leading contenders Charlie Li and Brent Southgate were paired against each other for the second time, as they had yet to finish their fifth round game. As a result, they couldn't play six rounds and the scores used for deciding the championhip are those after the fifth round, unless fewer than 6 rounds were played by the player in question: Li and Shannon Davie 4/5, Southgate 3½, John Armstrong, David Reid, Bob Clarkson & John Calder 2½ etc. The final result was the threeway tie for the Intermediate Championship title in the aggregate score of 6½/10 between Davie, Southgate and Li, followed by Armstrong in 4th on 6 points. The result was outstanding for 13 year old Charlie Li in his first championship, and clearly earned him the Junior Championship title as well, ahead of Naser Tamimi on 5 points and John Calder on 3½.

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 * A-Grade crosstable 2nd leg **
 * **No** || **Name** || **Loc** || **Total** || **#1** || **#2** || **#3** || **#4** || **#5** || **#6** ||
 * 1 || WANSINK, ROBERT || 2282 || 5 || * || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 ||
 * 2 || SUTHERLAND, JOHN L || 2239 || 4 || 0 || * || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 ||
 * 3 || NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON || 1854 || 2.5 || 0 || 0 || * || 1 || 1 || ½ ||
 * 4 || JOHNSON, QUENTIN || 2144 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || * || 1 || 1 ||
 * 5 || GOLD, HAMISH R || 1866 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || * || 1 ||
 * 6 || AIMERS, GEOFFREY || 1900 || .5 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || * ||
 * B Grade Cross Table 2nd leg**

No Name                    Feder Rtg Total  1    2    3    4   5   6

1 DAVIE, SHANNON                     5      8:W  3:L  4:W  9:W 6:W 7:W 2 LI, CHENG YANG (CHARLIE)           4      4:D  9:W 10:W  5:W 3:D 0:L 3 SOUTHGATE, BRENT                   3.5   11:W  1:W  5:L  4:W 2:D 0:L 4 REID, DAVID M                      2.5    2:D  7:W  1:L  3:L 8:W 6:L 5 CALDER, JOHN                       2.5    0:D 12:W  3:W  2:L 7:L 0:L 6 CLARKSON, ROBERT D                 2.5    0:D  0:D  0:D  0:  1:L 4:W 7 ARMSTRONG, JOHN F                  2.5    0:D  4:L 12:W  8:L 5:W 1:L 8 CLAYTON, BEN                       2.5    1:L  0:D 11:D  7:W 4:L 9:D 9 TAMIMI, NASER                      2      0:D  2:L 13:W  1:L 0:L 8:D 10 SMITH, JOEL                       1.5    0:D 13:W  2:L  0:L 0:L 0:L 11 HILMES, BENEDIKT                  1.5    3:L  0:W  8:D  0:L 0:L 0:L 12 MCKEE, JOE                        1      0:D  5:L  7:L 13:D 0:L 0:L 13 LOUGH, MAX                        1      0:D 10:L  9:L 12:D 0:L 0:L

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**Transfer tournament – 16 October**
The evening was pretty social, starting with Quentin Johnson showing his upset prize earning win over IM Alex Wohl at the [|South Island Championship] in Nelson the previous week. The game: [Event "South Island Championship 2013"] [Site "Nelson"] [Date "2013.10.12"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Johnson, Quentin"] [Black "Wohl, Aleksandar IM"] [Result "1-0"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. e4 Bb4 5. Bd3 f5 6. d5 fxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bg5 exd5 9. Bxd5 Qe7+ 10. Ne2 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 c6 12. Bf3 O-O 13. O-O Qc5 14.Qd2 Qxc4 15. Ng3 d5 16. Nf5 Qc5 17. Rfe1 Nbd7 18. Re7 Rf7 19. Rae1 Raf8 20. Bh6 Rxe7 21. Rxe7 gxh6 22. Qxh6 Rf7 23. Qg5+ Kf8 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Qxf6+ Ke8 {Black resigns} 1-0 Then a transfer tournament was played, jointly won by the teams of Geoff Aimers & Joe McKee and Quentin Johnson & Max Lough on 4/5.

**Spring Rapid Open – 31 August**
Bob Wansink secured the defence of the weekend rapid trophy with a third win the Spring Rapid. In another healthy field of 20 woth players from Christchurch, Oamaru and Invercargill, Bob emerged first with 4½/5. He was only in difficulty in the fourth round aaginst third seed Quentin Johnson after an oversight, but the game ended in a repetition. In the final round Johnson could have joined Wansink in first place, but unaccountably blew a winning pawn ending against Leighton Nicholls, who held the draw. Johnson finished secing equal with Benedikt Hilmes on 4 points. Nicholls was fourth on 3½. The U1400 grade prize was a six-way tie on 2 points, as the field separated unusally into is two rating grades – all players about 1400 finishing on 2½ or more and those below on 2 or less. The winners were David Marshall from Invercargill, Liam Hartland, Gordon Lay and Chance Gibbons all from Oamaru, and locals Max Lough and Joe McKee. code Cross Table

No Name              Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5

1 WANSINK, ROBERT    2180 4.5    9:W  4:W 10:W  2:D  5:W 2 JOHNSON, QUENTIN   2019 4     15:W 11:W  3:W  1:D  4:D 3 HILMES, BENEDIKT   1600 4     13:W  7:W  2:L  8:W 10:W 4 NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON 1632 3.5   12:W  1:L  6:W 11:W  2:D 5 DAVIE, SHANNON     1647 3     18:W  6:D  7:W 10:D  1:L 6 CLAYTON, BEN       1485 3     20:W  5:D  4:L 14:W 11:D 7 SUTHERLAND, JOHN L 2046 3     16:W  3:L  5:L 12:W 15:W 8 LOOS, RICK         1500 3     17:W 10:L 13:W  3:L 16:W 9 TAMIMI, NASER      1416 3      1:L 12:L 19:W 13:W 14:W 10 GOLD, HAMISH R    1718 2.5   19:W  8:W  1:L  5:D  3:L 11 BLACK, ROSS       1553 2.5   14:W  2:L 12:W  4:L  6:D 12 MARSHALL, DAVID        2      4:L  9:W 11:L  7:L 19:W 13 HARTLAND, LIAM         2      3:L 16:W  8:L  9:L 20:W 14 LAY, GORDON            2     11:L 15:W 18:W  6:L  9:L 15 LOUGH, MAX        822  2      2:L 14:L 20:W 17:W  7:L 16 MCKEE, JOE        957  2      7:L 13:L 17:W 18:W  8:L 17 GIBBONS, CHANCE        2      8:L 19:W 16:L 15:L 18:W 18 LAY, ZACHARY           1      5:L 20:W 14:L 16:L 17:L 19 MEDLICOTT, ANDREW      .5    10:L 17:L  9:L 20:D 12:L 20 THOMPSON, SAM          .5     6:L 18:L 15:L 19:D 13:L

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**Staunton Gambit tournament – 28 August**
Bob Wansink was again the convincing winner of this 5-round swiss with 5/5. As with the Shuffle event, also played using the time limit of 5 mins plus 3 seconds Bronstein, no-one in particular emerged to challenge him – with four players finishing tied for 2nd on 3 points. Final scores: 1 Wansink 5/5; 2-5 Quentin Johnson, Leighton Nicholls, Shannon Davie & John Calder 3; 6 Joel Smith 2; 7 John Armstrong 1; 8 Bob Clarkson 0.

**Rapid Championship – 21 August**
Bob Wansink dropped only half a point to John Sutherland in the A Grade to win the Senior Rapid Championship for 2013 on 14½ (3 points are added to each successive grade). Sutherland finished second on 12½, followed by Quentin Johnson on 11½. The Intermediate Trophy went to Shannon Davie, whose score of 3½/6 in the B Grade translated to 9½ placing him ahead of Leighton Nicholls on 9 in second, and Terry Duffield & Naser Tamimi third equal on 7½. Naser's score of 4½/6 to win the C Grade easily made him the Junior Rapid Champion for 2013, folowed by John Calder second on 4½, and Joel Smith third on 3½. code Cross Table

No Name                    Feder Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8

1 WANSINK, ROBERT          As    2180 14.5   5:W  5:W  3:W  3:W  2:D  2:W  0:-  0:- 2 SUTHERLAND, JOHN L       As    2046 12.5   3:W  3:L  5:W  5:W  1:D  1:L  0:-  0:- 3 JOHNSON, QUENTIN         As    2019 11.5   2:L  2:W  1:L  1:L  5:W  5:D  0:-  0:- 4 GOLD, HAMISH R           Bs    1718 10     7:W  7:L  8:-  8:-  6:W  6:L 14:W 14:W 5 AIMERS, GEOFFREY         As    1806 9.5    1:L  1:L  2:L  2:L  3:L  3:D  0:-  0:- 6 DAVIE, SHANNON           Bi    1647 9.5    8:W  8:L  7:W  7:D  4:L  4:W 16:D  0:- 7 NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON       Bi    1632 9      4:L  4:W  6:L  6:D  8:W  8:D  0:-  0:- 8 DUFFIELD, TERENCE        Bi    1635 7.5    6:L  6:W  4:-  4:-  7:L  7:D  0:-  0:- 9 TAMIMI, NASER            Cj    1416 7.5   11:W 11:W 10:L 10:W 14:D 14:W  0:-  0:- 10 SOUTHGATE, BRENT        Ci    1479 7     14:W 14:W  9:W  9:L 11:W 11:L  0:-  0:- 11 CLAYTON, BEN            Ci    1485 6      9:L  9:L 14:W 14:W 10:L 10:W  0:-  0:- 12 CALDER, JOHN            Dj    1278 4.5   13:D 13:W 18:W 18:W 15:W 15:L  0:-  0:- 13 ARMSTRONG, JOHN F       Dj    1410 4     12:D 12:L 15:L 15:W 18:D 18:W 17:L 17:W 14 REID, DAVID M           Ci    1446 3.5   10:L 10:L 11:L 11:L  9:D  9:L  4:L  4:L 15 SMITH, JOEL             Dj    1146 3.5   18:W 18:D 13:W 13:L 12:L 12:W  0:-  0:- 16 HILMES, BENEDIKT        Dj         2     17:D 17:W  0:-  0:-  0:-  0:-  6:D  0:- 17 CLARKSON, ROBERT D      Dj    1327 1.5   16:D 16:L  0:-  0:-  0:-  0:- 13:W 13:L 18 LI, CHENG YANG (CHARLIE) Dj   1339 1     15:L 15:D 12:L 12:L 13:D 13:L  0:-  0:-

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**Otago/Southland Junior Championship – 17 August**
30 players turned out for the 2013 Otago/Southland Junior Championship, spanning from Christchurch in the North to Invercargill in the South, and Wanaka in the West. The top seed were the two Rains brothers Tim and Edward traveeling down from Christchurch, followed by locals Leight Nicholls and Ben Clayton, with Benedikt Hilmes, on exchange from Germany, something of an unknown quantity, as was David Marshall from Invercargill. When the top eeds benag to meet in round 3, Ed Rains downed Clayton while Tim Rains accounted for Hilmes, leaving on the Rains brother and Nicholls on 3/3, Marshall, having drawn with Primary/Interdiate Champion Charlie Li in round 2. Round 4 saw Edward defeat his brother Tim on board 1, while Nicholls stayed with him by beating Li in a pawn endgame. Meanwhile Hilmes had some luck to beat Marshall in a knight vs Rook ending after earlier miscalculating to lose a piece. In the game between the leaders in round 5, Edward Rains was pressing with Black on the queenside, while Nicholls held the position and maintained kingside counterplay. As time ran down for both players Edward sacced material trying to disorient his opponent, but Leighton hoovered it all up in a blitz finish. Both clocks went over the time limit within a split second with neither player able to claim a win, so a excting draw was the result. Tim Rains beat Joe McKee with a risky sacrifice that turned out well when McKee made an illegal move and the only legal move by the same pieces allowed mate in one. Clayton also stayed in the frame by defeating Hilmes after luring him into a cunning trap that won queen for rook and knight. Jessica Rains was the last player on 4 points, followed by Marshall and Li on 3½. In the final round, Ed Rains quickly beat his sister Jessica to ensure at least equal first. Claton and Li agreed a draw ensuring 3rd= for Ben and a share of the under 13 prize for Charlie. David Marshall won to join Clayton in third place on 4½. In the last game to finish, Leight Nicholls won against Tim Rains on board one to join Ed Rains in first place on 5½/6, and win JJ Marlow trophy and the title of Otago/Southland Junior Champion for the second time. The prize winners were: Leighton Nicholls: 1st= and Otago/Southland Junior Champion 2013 (winner of JJ Marlow Trophy) Edward Rains 1st= (ineligible for title as from chch) Ben Clayton 3rd= and under 15 prize David Marshall 3rd= Jessica Rains 1st= under 13 and Best Girl prize Charlie Li 1st= under 13 Joe McKee 1st= under 13 Ethan Lau under 11 prize Carlssen van Rooyen, Taine Box & Sean Lau (OBHS) Best team prize

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No Name                    Sch   Age Rtg  Team                       Total  1    2    3    4    5    6

1 RAINS, EDWARD                  18  1748                            5.5   18:W 10:W  3:W  5:W  2:D  8:W 2 NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON       Home  15  1632                            5.5   22:W  8:W 14:W  6:W  1:D  5:W 3 CLAYTON, BEN             LPHS  13  1485                            4.5   13:W  9:W  1:L 14:W  7:W  6:D 4 Marshall, David          Verd  17                                  4.5   25:W  6:D 12:W  7:L 21:W 17:W 5 RAINS, TIMOTHY           CBHS  15  1871                            4     15:W 21:W  7:W  1:L  9:W  2:L 6 LI, Charlie              DNI   12  1339                            4     19:W  4:D 17:W  2:L 15:W  3:D 7 Hilmes, Benedikt         KHS   13  1600                            4     16:W 11:W  5:L  4:W  3:L 13:W 8 RAINS, JESSICA           Cobh  12  1027                            4     23:W  2:L 22:W 15:W 11:W  1:L 9 MCKEE, JOE               Balm  11  957  Balmacewen                 4     29:W  3:L 16:W 13:W  5:L 18:W 10 VAN ROOYEN, CARLSSEN    OBHS  14  987  OBHS                       3.5   24:W  1:L 13:L 12:W 16:W 11:D 11 BOX, TAINE              OBHS  14  923  OBHS                       3.5   26:W  7:L 27:W 21:W  8:L 10:D 12 Bolger, Shaun           NSC   14                                  3.5   30:W 20:D  4:L 10:L 24:W 22:W 13 Jellyman, Riley         OBHS  12                                  3      3:L 28:W 10:W  9:L 14:W  7:L 14 LOUGH, MAX              Balm  11  822  Balmacewen                 3     28:W 17:W  2:L  3:L 13:L 20:W 15 Khattri, Shabhin Chattri NSC  14       Northern Southland College 3      5:L 23:W 19:W  8:L  6:L 26:W 16 Wilson, Alan Woodford   NSC   13       Northern Southland College 3      7:L 26:W  9:L 25:W 10:L 23:W 17 Lau, Sean               OBHS  13  1242 OBHS                       3     27:W 14:L  6:L 23:W 22:W  4:L 18 Koroheke, Shae          NSC   14       Northern Southland College 3      1:L 24:W 21:L 27:W 19:W  9:L 19 Medlicott, Andrew       ArtS  12                                  3      6:L 25:W 15:L 26:W 18:L 21:W 20 Lau, Ethan              MH    10  1128                            2.5   21:L 12:D 23:L 29:W 27:W 14:L 21 Lau, Ryan               Balm  12  1166 Balmacewen                 2     20:W  5:L 18:W 11:L  4:L 19:L 22 Caroll, Tyler           NSC   13                                  2      2:L 29:W  8:L 24:W 17:L 12:L 23 Luna, Eliot             TNIS  11       Tahuna                     2      8:L 15:L 20:W 17:L 28:W 16:L 24 Thompson, Sam           Balm  11                                  2     10:L 18:L 28:W 22:L 12:L  0:W 25 Ruan, Helen             Art   9                                   2      4:L 19:L  0:W 16:L 26:L 29:W 26 Fu, Zishen              GSNS  9                                   2     11:L 16:L 29:W 19:L 25:W 15:L 27 Green, Ben              TNIS  11       Tahuna                     1.5   17:L 30:W 11:L 18:L 20:L 28:D 28 Klenner, Marshall       StLe  9                                   1.5   14:L 13:L 24:L  0:W 23:L 27:D 29 Wong, Matthew           TNIS  11       Tahuna                     1      9:L 22:L 26:L 20:L  0:W 25:L 30 Gibson, Eden            Wana  7                                   0     12:L 27:L  0:   0:   0:   0:

Team Standings

Place Name                      Score

1  OBHS                       10 2-3 NORTHERN SOUTHLAND COLLEGE 9 BALMACEWEN                9 4  OT                         8.5 5  TAHUNA                     4.5

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**Otago/Southland Primary-Intermediate Individual Championship – 3 August**
This year saw a healthy field of 26 players turn out at the Otago Chess Club. Last year's runner up and top seed Charlie Li (12, DNI) drew with his closest rival Joe Mckee (11, Balmacewen) in round 2, winning all his other games to finish first on 5½/6. Joe kept pace until the final round, when he drew with William Scharpf (10, DNI) to finish second on 5 points. William and Chance Gibbons (12, Oamaru Int) were the only players to win their first three games, and William won their clash in round four to reach 4/4. He then went down to DNI teammate Charlie Li in the round five, but finished tied for third with Max Lough (11, Balmacewen) on 4½. This also gave William the first prize in the under 10 grade. Second in the under 10 grade were Ethan Lu (10, Maori Hill) and Zishen Fu (9, George St Normal) on 4 points. The Best Girl was Renee Mullins (11, DNI) on 3. The Best Team prize went to Balmacewen: Joe McKee, Max Lough & Ryan Lau (12) on a combined score of 13½, just half a point ahead on the DNI team. code Cross Table

No Name             Feder Rtg Loc Team       Total  1    2    3    4    5    6

1 Li, Charlie       DNI   12  792 DNI        5.5   10:W  2:D  9:W 14:W  3:W  6:W 2 McKee, Joe        Balm  11  766 Balmacewen 5     24:W  1:D 21:W  4:W  5:W  3:D 3 Scharpf, William  DNI   10      DNI        4.5   20:W 16:W 19:W  6:W  1:L  2:D 4 Lough, Max        Balm  11  749 Balmacewen 4.5    9:D  7:W 17:W  2:L 16:W 10:W 5 Lau, Ethan        MH    10  674 Maori Hill 4      7:W 12:W  6:L  8:W  2:L 15:W 6 Gibbons, Chance   Oama  12                 4     23:W 13:W  5:W  3:L 12:W  1:L 7 Lau, Ryan         Balm  12  677 Balmacewen 4      5:L  4:L 24:W 13:W 14:W 12:W 8 Fu, Zishen        GSNS  9   234            4     12:L 20:W 13:W  5:L 21:W 16:W 9 Ahmad, Ayoub      MH    9       Maori Hill 3.5    4:D 11:W  1:L 16:L 18:W 17:W 10 Wong, Matthew    TNIS  11      Tahuna B   3.5    1:L 24:W 22:D 21:W 11:W  4:L 11 Brook, Martin    MH    7                  3.5   16:D  9:L 20:W 17:W 10:L 19:W 12 Medlicott, Andrew ArtS 12                 3      8:W  5:L 15:W 19:W  6:L  7:L 13 Mullins, Renee   DNI   11      DNI        3     22:W  6:L  8:L  7:L 25:W 24:W 14 Acklin, Tom      TNIS  12      Tahuna A   3     15:W 19:L 25:W  1:L  7:L 20:W 15 Baeumer, Albert  Wait  10      Waitati    3     14:L 18:W 12:L 22:W 19:W  5:L 16 Luna, Eliot      TNIS  11      Tahuna B   2.5   11:D  3:L 26:W  9:W  4:L  8:L 17 Corbett, Mason   TNIS  12      Tahuna B   2.5   26:W 21:D  4:L 11:L 22:W  9:L 18 Ruan, Helen      Art   9                  2.5   19:L 15:L 23:D 25:W  9:L 26:W 19 Green, Ben       TNIS  11      Tahuna A   2     18:W 14:W  3:L 12:L 15:L 11:L 20 McReath, James   TNIS  12      Tahuna A   2      3:L  8:L 11:L 26:W 23:W 14:L 21 Hayward, Ben     Wait  11      Waitati    2     25:W 17:D  2:L 10:L  8:L 22:D 22 Mullins, Harvey  Home  7                  2     13:L 23:W 10:D 15:L 17:L 21:D 23 Munro, Arlo      Wait  10      Waitati    2      6:L 22:L 18:D 24:D 20:L 25:W 24 Farquhar, Thomas GSNS  9   133            1.5    2:L 10:L  7:L 23:D 26:W 13:L 25 Lau, Jared       MH    7   118 Maori Hill 1     21:L 26:W 14:L 18:L 13:L 23:L 26 Brennan, Tobias  St B  10                 0     17:L 25:L 16:L 20:L 24:L 18:L

Team Standings

Place Name      Score

1  BALMACEWEN 13.5 2  DNI        13 3-4 TAHUNA B   8.5 MAORI HILL 8.5 5-6 TAHUNA A   7 WAITATI   7

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**Club Championship – 24 July**
The first leg of the 2013 Club Championship was wrapped up on the same night as the shuffle tournament. In the A grade top seed Bob Wansink dropped only half a point to Quentin Johnson in notiching up a score of 4½/5. So far so expected. The surprise of the event was the strong showing by the fast-improving Leighton Nicholls, who lost only to Wansink and beat Johnson and Gold to end up on a healthly score of 3 points, just behind Johnson on 3½, but well ahead of second seed John Sutherland on 2 points, Geoff Aimers on 1½ and Hamish Gold on ½. The B grade was shortened to five rounds after a very low turnout on what woiuld have been the second round meant that it was easier to defer the round. John Armstrong set the pace throughout, and was only hauled back in the final round by a narrow loss to top seeded Terry Duffiled in an opposite bishop ending in the final round. This left Duffield and Armstrong tied on 3½/5. The experienced Brent Southgate and two promising juniors, Ben Clayton and Naser Tamimi followed on 3 points, with two club newcomers Charlie Li and Shannon Davie next on 2½.


 * A-Grade crosstable first leg **
 * **No** || **Name** || **Loc** || **Total** || **#1** || **#2** || **#3** || **#4** || **#5** || **#6** ||
 * 1 || WANSINK, ROBERT || 2282 || 4.5 || * || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 ||
 * 2 || JOHNSON, QUENTIN || 2144 || 3.5 || ½ || * || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 ||
 * 3 || NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON || 1854 || 3 || 0 || 1 || * || ½ || ½ || 1 ||
 * 4 || SUTHERLAND, JOHN L || 2239 || 2 || 0 || 0 || ½ || * || ½ || 1 ||
 * 5 || AIMERS, GEOFFREY || 1900 || 1.5 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || * || ½ ||
 * 6 || GOLD, HAMISH R || 1866 || .5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || * ||

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 * B Grade Cross Table first leg**

No Name                    Feder Rtg Total  1    2    3    4   5

1 DUFFIELD, TERENCE                  3.5    5:W  0:D  0:D  3:D 2:W 2 ARMSTRONG, JOHN F                  3.5    3:W 10:W  0:D  4:W 1:L 3 SOUTHGATE, BRENT                   3      2:L  7:W  9:W  1:D 5:D 4 TAMIMI, NASER                      3     11:W  9:W  0:D  2:L 6:D 5 CLAYTON, BEN                       3      1:L  6:D 10:W  9:W 3:D 6 LI, CHENG YANG (CHARLIE)           2.5    9:L  5:D  7:W 10:D 4:D 7 DAVIE, SHANNON                     2.5   10:D  3:L  6:L 12:W 9:W 8 CLARKSON, ROBERT D                 1.5    0:D  0:D  0:D  0:L 0:L 9 REID, DAVID M                      1      6:W  4:L  3:L  5:L 7:L 10 CALDER, JOHN                      1      7:D  2:L  5:L  6:D 0:L 11 MCCAMMON, JED                     0      4:L  0:L  0:L  0:L 0:L 12 SMITH, JOEL                       0      0:   0:   0:   7:L 0:L

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**Shuffle tournament – 24 July**
Bob Wansink was the convincing winner of this 5-round swiss with 5/5. He negotiated the minelfield of tactical possibilities provided by the unusual starting positions the best at the fast time limit of 5 mins plus 3 seconds Bronstein. It proved a great leveller for the rest – with four players finishing tied for 2nd on 3 points. Final scores: 1 Wansink 5/5; 2-5 Quentin Johnson, Leighton Nicholls, Shannon Davie & Naser Tamimi 3; 6 Ben Clayton 2½; 7-8 Brent Southgate & John Calder 2; 9 John Armstrong 1½; 10 Jed McCammon 0.

**Otago/Southland Intermediate Interschool Teams Championship 2013 – 7 July**
Twelve teams competed from the 2013 Intermediate Interschool teams Championship, held at the DNI school hall on Sunday 7 July. With the absence fo any Southland teams, including defending champions Southland BHS, the only teams from outside Dunedin were the welcome entries from Oamaru Intermediate School. It became apparent that Balmacewen 1 were the team to beat, after they won 3-1 over the DNI 1 team in round 2. The Balmacewen team dropped only one other point – to Oamaru B in round four, winning all their remaining matches 4-0. Their winning score of 26 points fom a possible 28 was one of the most dominant on record. The battle for the minor places was much closer, with DNI 1 on 21½ in second place just edging out Oamaru A on 20½ in third. Top board scorers were board one: Joe McKee of Balmacewen 1 and Charlie Li of DNI 1, both on 6½/7. Board two: Max Lough of Balmacewen 1 on the maximum 7/7. Board three: Ryan Lau of Balmacewen and Ethan Johnston of Oamaru A both on 6/7. Board four: Sam Thompson of Balmacewen 1 and Reuben Bosworth of DNI 1 both on 6½/7. The event was great fun and thanks again to DNI school for providing a fantastic venue. code Cross Table

No Name                   Total  1      2      3      4      5      6      7

1 Balmacewen 1,           26.0   9:4.0  2:3.0  3:4.0  8:3.0  7:4.0  4:4.0 10:4.0 2 DNI 1,                  21.5   7:4.0  1:1.0  4:4.0  3:2.0  8:2.5 11:4.0 12:4.0 3 Oamaru Intermediate A,  20.5   5:4.0  4:3.0  1:0.0  2:2.0  9:3.5  8:4.0  7:4.0 4 John McGlashan,         14.0  10:3.0  3:1.0  2:0.0  5:3.0 12:4.0  1:0.0  8:3.0 5 Balmacewen 2,           13.5   3:0.0  9:2.5  7:2.0  4:1.0  6:2.0 12:3.0 11:3.0 6 Arthur Steet,           13.0  12:2.0 11:3.0  8:1.0  7:1.0  5:2.0 10:1.0  9:3.0 7 DNI 2,                  12.5   2:0.0 10:4.0  5:2.0  6:3.0  1:0.0  9:3.5  3:0.0 8 Oamaru Intermediate B,  12.5  11:2.5 12:3.5  6:3.0  1:1.0  2:1.5  3:0.0  4:1.0 9 DNI 3,                  10.0   1:0.0  5:1.5 10:3.0 11:4.0  3:.5   7:0.0  6:1.0 10 DNI 4,                 10.0   4:1.0  7:0.0  9:1.0 12:3.0 11:2.0  6:3.0  1:0.0 11 Portobello A,          9.0    8:1.5  6:1.0 12:3.5  9:0.0 10:2.0  2:0.0  5:1.0 12 Portobello B,          5.0    6:2.0  8:.5  11:.5  10:1.0  4:0.0  5:1.0  2:0.0

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**Otago/Southland Primary Interschool Teams Championship 2013 – 6 July**
Thirteen teams turned out for the 2013 Primary Interschool teams Championship, held at the DNI school hall on Saturday 6 July. Nine of these were from Invercargill, with a much diminished Dunedin turnout of four teams. After three very close rounds there was a tie for the lead between the Enrich @ ILT 1 team and the defending champions, Maori Hill. These two teams faced each other in round 4, with the Enrich team winning by the narrowest margin, 2½-1½, as they had done over the George St Normal team in the previous round. After this the Enrich 1 team pulled away with full points ffrom the remaining three rounds, to win comfortably on 23½ points out of a possible 28. Maori Hill kept in the hunt in round five with a 2½-1½ win over George St, but then suffered a catastrophic 3-1 loss in round six to the Enrich 3 team. This allowed George St to surge ahead with a 4-0 win over Enrich 6. In a tense final round, every point counted to determine who would secoond to Enrich 1, and thus qualify to represent the Otago/Southland in the national interschool finals in Mt Maunganui in September. George St's 1½ point lead proved just enough.: They drew 2-2 with Enrich 4, putting them second on 17½, out of range of all pursuers except Maori Hill, whose 3-1 win over Otatara A left them half a point short on 17 points in third place. Key to Enrich 1's success was the high scores on boards 1, 2 and 4: Luke Harvey's 6/7 on board one Clara Voogt's 5½/7 on board three and Thomas Walker's 7/7 on board four were the top scores on these boards. On board three, Zishen Fu of George St and Geoffrey Perriam of Enrich 7 both top-scored with 6/7. The event was great fun and thanks to DNI school for providing a fantastic venue. code Cross Table

No Name              Feder Rtg Total  1      2      3      4      5      6      7

1 Enrich 1,                    23.5  13:4.0  9:2.5  2:2.5  3:2.5  8:4.0 10:4.0  7:4.0 2 George St Normal,            17.5   7:3.5  8:2.5  1:1.5  4:2.5  3:1.5 12:4.0  6:2.0 3 Maori Hill,                  17.0  10:2.0  5:4.0  9:3.0  1:1.5  2:2.5  7:1.0  8:3.0 4 Arthur Street,               16.5   5:1.0 11:3.5 10:2.0  2:1.5  7:1.0  0:4.0 12:3.5 5 Enrich 5,                    16.5   4:3.0  3:0.0 12:1.5 13:3.0  6:2.0 11:3.0  0:4.0 6 Enrich 4,                    16.0   8:1.0  7:1.0  0:4.0 12:2.0  5:2.0 13:4.0  2:2.0 7 Enrich 3,                    14.5   2:.5   6:3.0 11:3.0  9:2.0  4:3.0  3:3.0  1:0.0 8 Otatara A,                   14.5   6:3.0  2:1.5 13:4.0 10:2.0  1:0.0  9:3.0  3:1.0 9 Enrich 7,                    14.5   0:4.0  1:1.5  3:1.0  7:2.0 10:1.0  8:1.0 13:4.0 10 Enrich 2,                   14.5   3:2.0 12:3.5  4:2.0  8:2.0  9:3.0  1:0.0 11:2.0 11 Portobello,                 12.0  12:2.0  4:.5   7:1.0  0:4.0 13:1.5  5:1.0 10:2.0 12 Enrich 6,                   11.5  11:2.0 10:.5   5:2.5  6:2.0  0:4.0  2:0.0  4:.5 13 Otatara B,                  7.5    1:0.0  0:4.0  8:0.0  5:1.0 11:2.5  6:0.0  9:0.0

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**Otago/Southland Secondary Interschool Teams Championship 2013 – 22 June**
Defending champions, Otago Boys High School A, were the out and out favorites in a reduced filed of five teams for the 2013 event. No other team could take a point off them, and so they emerged the wnners on 32 points out of a possible 32 in the double round-robin. The team of Tom Mottershead, Elliot Munro, Naser Tamimi and Joel Smith was substantially the same as the team that won last year, and should have good prospects in the national finals in Mt Maunganui in Sepetember. The runners up were The OBHS B team, again mostly the same as last year's, showing that OBHS chess has a strong future. The cancellations of Logan Park High School due to illness and Wakatipu High School due to the weather, depleted the field substantially. But he event was fun and a good way to spend a very cold afternoon indoors. Individual board scores code Cross Table

No Name                      Total 1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9     10

1 Otago Boys HS A,           32.0  4:4.0 2:4.0 3:4.0 0:0.0 5:4.0 4:4.0 2:4.0 3:4.0 0:0.0  5:4.0 2 Otago Boys HS B,           21.0  3:2.5 1:0.0 5:4.0 4:3.5 0:0.0 3:4.0 1:0.0 5:3.0 4:4.0  0:0.0 3 John McGlashan College A,  12.0  2:1.5 0:0.0 1:0.0 5:3.5 4:1.5 2:0.0 0:0.0 1:0.0 5:4.0  4:1.5 4 Kings HS,                  10.5  1:0.0 5:3.0 0:0.0 2:.5  3:2.5 1:0.0 5:2.0 0:0.0 2:0.0  3:2.5 5 John McGlashan College B,  4.5   0:0.0 4:1.0 2:0.0 3:.5  1:0.0 0:0.0 4:2.0 2:1.0 3:0.0  1:0.0

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**Winter Rapid Open – 8 June**
Bob Wansink continued his defence of his weekend rapid trophy with a picket fence in the second event – the Winter Rapid. His 5/5 gave him a point lead over the 21 player field. Second was shared by fourth seed Hamish Gold and newcomer from Christchurch, Shannon Davie on 4 points. The U1500 grade was won by Ben Clayton on 3½, with second going to Naser Tamimi on 3 points. The U1000 grade was shared by Max Lough, Taine Box, Joe McKee and Liam Hartland, who travelled down from Oamaru and also won the upset prize with his round one draw with Ross Black from Christchurch. The next rapid open is the Spring Rapid on Saturday 31 August. code Cross Table

No Name                    Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5

1 WANSINK, ROBERT          2180 5     18:W  3:W  2:W  5:W  6:W 2 GOLD, HAMISH R           1752 4     13:W 15:W  1:L  9:W  7:W 3 DAVIE, SHANNON           1647 4      0:W  1:L 18:W 15:W  5:W 4 CLAYTON, BEN             1474 3.5   20:W 10:D 19:W  6:L 14:W 5 JOHNSON, QUENTIN         2003 3      8:W  9:W  6:W  1:L  3:L 6 SUTHERLAND, JOHN L       2051 3     16:W  7:W  5:L  4:W  1:L 7 NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON       1591 3     12:W  6:L 16:W  8:W  2:L 8 TAMIMI, NASER            1216 3      5:L 11:W 10:W  7:L 18:W 9 HILL, RYAN               1554 3     11:W  5:L 13:W  2:L 15:W 10 BLACK, ROSS             1553 3     14:D  4:D  8:L 20:W 16:W 11 LOUGH, MAX              822  2.5    9:L  8:L 12:D  0:W 19:W 12 BOX, TAINE              923  2.5    7:L 16:L 11:D 21:W  0:W 13 MCKEE, JOE              957  2.5    2:L 17:W  9:L 18:D 20:W 14 HARTLAND, LIAM               2.5   10:D 18:L 21:W 19:W  4:L 15 CLARKSON, ROBERT D      1368 2     17:W  2:L 20:W  3:L  9:L 16 LAU, SEAN               1242 2      6:L 12:W  7:L 17:W 10:L 17 LAY, GORDON                  2     15:L 13:L  0:W 16:L 21:W 18 LI, CHENG YANG (CHARLIE) 1282 1.5   1:L 14:W  3:L 13:D  8:L 19 LAU, RYAN               1166 1.5    0:D 21:W  4:L 14:L 11:L 20 LITTLE, WILLIAM              1      4:L  0:W 15:L 10:L 13:L 21 LAU, ETHAN              1128 .5     0:D 19:L 14:L 12:L 17:L

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 * Cleland Trophy – 5 June**

No Name                    Feder Rtg Total  1    2    3    4    5    6

1 SUTHERLAND, JOHN L                 5     12:W  0:L  5:W  2:W  3:W  6:W 2 NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON                 4     10:W  5:W  3:D  1:L  4:D  9:W 3 SOUTHGATE, BRENT                   4     11:W  4:D  2:D  9:W  1:L  5:W 4 AIMERS, GEOFFREY                   3.5    9:D  3:D  6:W 10:L  2:D 11:W 5 GOLD, HAMISH R                     3      6:W  2:L  1:L  7:W  9:W  3:L 6 REID, DAVID M                      3      5:L  7:W  4:L 12:W 10:W  1:L 7 ARMSTRONG, JOHN F                  3      8:L  6:L 13:W  5:L 11:W  0:W 8 CLAYTON, BEN                       2.5    7:W  0:  65:W  0:  13:D  0: 9 CLARKSON, ROBERT D                 2      4:D 12:D 10:W  3:L  5:L  2:L 10 DUFFIELD, TERENCE                 2      2:L 11:W  9:L  4:W  6:L  0: 11 McCammon, Jed                     1      3:L 10:L 12:W  0:L  7:L  4:L 12 TAMIMI, NASER                     .5     1:L  9:D 11:L  6:L  0:L  0: 13 LI, CHENG YANG (CHARLIE)          .5     0:L  0:   7:L  0:   8:D  0:

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**Swiss Rapid – 24 April**
The top two seeds John Sutherland and Quentin Johnson took several byes each in this event, which kept the race for first wide open until the end. After the fifth round, after a string of 4 upset wins, bottom seeded Naser Tamimi held the lead with Johnson. Going into the final evening, Sutheland, Johnson and fourth-seeded Geoff Aimers shared the lead on 4½/6 ahead of Tamimi on 4. The game Sutherland-Johnson was decided in favour of Black in the time scramble, when Sutherland jettisoned a rook, while Aimers kept up by defeating Tamimi. In the final round, Aimers was held to a draw by Leighton Nicholls, while Johnson won against Tamimi to finish first on 6½/8. Aimers was second on 6, Sutherland third on 5½, while Nicholls' last round result earned him fourth place on 4½. Naser Tamimi's result of 4/8 was 3½ points higher than his expected score, so should result in a large jump in his rating. code Cross Table

No Name                    Feder Rtg Total  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8

1 JOHNSON, QUENTIN                   6.5    0:D  7:W  0:D  2:W 10:W  0:D  3:W  5:W 2 AIMERS, GEOFFREY                   6      8:W 10:W 14:W  1:L  3:D  6:W  5:W  4:D 3 SUTHERLAND, JOHN L                 5.5    9:W  4:W  0:D  0:D  2:D  5:W  1:L  6:W 4 NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON                 4.5   12:W  3:L  5:L 13:L  9:W 11:W 10:W  2:D 5 TAMIMI, NASER                      4     10:L  8:W  4:W 14:W 13:W  3:L  2:L  1:L 6 GOLD, HAMISH R                     4     13:W 14:L  9:W 10:L 11:W  2:L  7:W  3:L 7 DUFFIELD, TERENCE                  4      0:   1:L  8:D  9:D 15:W 10:W  6:L 13:D 8 ARMSTRONG, JOHN F                  4      2:L  5:L  7:D 11:L 12:W 15:W  9:D 10:W 9 CLAYTON, BEN                       3.5    3:L 12:W  6:L  7:D  4:L 13:W  8:D 11:D 10 SOUTHGATE, BRENT                  3      5:W  2:L 13:W  6:W  1:L  7:L  4:L  8:L 11 LI, CHENG YANG (CHARLIE)          3     14:L 13:L 12:W  8:W  6:L  4:L 15:D  9:D 12 MORATTI, DAVID                    3      4:L  9:L 11:L  0:D  8:L  0:D 13:W 15:W 13 REID, DAVID M                     2.5    6:L 11:W 10:L  4:W  5:L  9:L 12:L  7:D 14 MUNRO, ELLIOT                     2     11:W  6:W  2:L  5:L  0:L  0:L  0:L  0:L 15 CLARKSON, ROBERT D                1.5    0:   0:   0:   0:   7:L  8:L 11:D 12:L

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**Alan Chang Memorial – 27 March**
Top seed John Sutherland won the Alan Change 10 minute hourglass tournament with a 5½/6. He very nearly ceded the trophy after messing up against Leighton Nicholls a nd losing the exchange, but Nicholls could not find the way to win the ending in the time control and offered a draw. This would have been the greatest upset in the tournament and thus won the Aland Chang Trophy. Instead that went to Geoff Aimers for his win over second seed Quentin Johnson. Aimers and Nicholls finished second equal on 4½. code Cross Table

No Name                    Feder Rtg Total  1    2    3    4    5    6

1 SUTHERLAND, JOHN L                 5.5    5:W  4:W  6:W  2:W  3:D  7:W 2 AIMERS, GEOFFREY                   4.5    8:D  3:W 10:W  1:L 13:W  5:W 3 NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON                 4.5   13:W  2:L  5:W  4:W  1:D 12:W 4 SOUTHGATE, BRENT                   3     15:W  1:L 12:W  3:L  9:L 13:W 5 REID, DAVID M                      2.5    1:L  8:W  3:L 14:W  6:D  2:L 6 GOLD, HAMISH R                     2.5    9:W  7:W  1:L  0:L  5:D  0:L 7 DUFFIELD, TERENCE                  2.5   12:W  6:L  0:L  8:W 14:D  1:L 8 CLAYTON, BEN                       2.5    2:D  5:L  9:W  7:L  0:L 14:W 9 ARMSTRONG, JOHN F                  2.5    6:L 14:D  8:L 13:L  4:W 15:W 10 JOHNSON, QUENTIN                  2      0:   0:   2:L  0:L 12:W  0:L 11 LYDIATE, CHRISTOPHER              2      0:   0:  15:W  0:L  0:L  0:L 12 MORATTI, DAVID                    2      7:L 16:W  4:L 15:W 10:L  3:L 13 CALDER, JOHN                      1.5    3:L 15:L 14:D  9:W  2:L  4:L 14 LI, CHENG YANG (CHARLIE)          1.5    0:   9:D 13:D  5:L  7:D  8:L 15 TAMIMI, NASER                     1      4:L 13:W 11:L 12:L  0:L  9:L 16 DOWLAND, JAMIE                    0      0:  12:L  0:L  0:L  0:L  0:L

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**Autumn Rapid Open – 2 March**
Top seed Bob Wansink began his defence of his weekend rapid trophy with a victory in the first event – the Autumn Rapid. He scored 4½/5 to head the 17 player field. Second was shared by second and fourth seeds John Sutherland and tHamish Gold on 4 points. The U1300 grade was won by 11 year old Max Lough on 3 points, including a win over fifth seed Terry Duffield that earned the upset prize. Second in the grade was shared Sean Lau and Charlie Li on 2½, while the Lynnette Scott won the best female prize. The next rapid open is the Winter Rapid on Saturday 8 June. code Cross Table

No Name                    Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5

1 WANSINK, ROBERT          2172 4.5   10:W  5:W  3:W  2:W  4:D 2 SUTHERLAND, JOHN L       2079 4     11:W  6:W  7:W  1:L  8:W 3 GOLD, HAMISH R           1674 4     13:W 14:W  1:L 11:W  7:W 4 JOHNSON, QUENTIN         1988 3.5    9:W 12:W  6:L  5:W  1:D 5 MALLAPPA, SANTOSH        1600 3      8:W  1:L 13:W  4:L 11:W 6 DUFFIELD, TERENCE        1674 3     15:W  2:L  4:W  8:L 12:W 7 NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON       1586 3     17:W 10:W  2:L 12:W  3:L 8 LOUGH, MAX               822  3      5:L  9:W 15:W  6:W  2:L 9 LAU, SEAN                1242 2.5    4:L  8:L 10:D 16:W  0:W 10 LI, CHENG YANG (CHARLIE) 1282 2.5   1:L  7:L  9:D 17:W 13:W 11 TAMIMI, NASER           1259 2      2:L 15:W 16:W  3:L  5:L 12 CLAYTON, BEN            1432 2     16:W  4:L 14:W  7:L  6:L 13 LAU, RYAN               1166 2      3:L 17:W  5:L 14:W 10:L 14 SCOTT, LYNNETTE         500  2      0:W  3:L 12:L 13:L 17:W 15 LAU, ETHAN              1128 1.5    6:L 11:L  8:L  0:W 16:D 16 DENG, BOEN              600  1.5   12:L  0:W 11:L  9:L 15:D 17 THOMPSON, SAM           700  1      7:L 13:L  0:W 10:L 14:L

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**2013 Otago chess club AGM – 13 February**
The 2013 committee is largely the same as 2012 and comprises: President: Terry Duffield; Vice President: Geoff Aimers; Secretary: Bob Clarkson; Treasurer: John Sutherland; Director of Junior Play: Quentin Johnson; Past-President: Alistair Newbould; Junior Rep: Leighton Nicholls; Committee members: Hamish Gold, Brent Southgate.

**Blitz tournament – 6 February**
Waitangi Day saw again only seven players ready to compete, including Robin Templeton, a passing tourist from Glasgow, and newcomer Santosh Mallappa. As usual the clock proved the decisive factor in most games. Top seeds John Sutherland and Quentin Johnson only managed half a point between them from their first two games, leaving the filed wide open. It was Leighton Nicholls who managed to nurse his early lead through to the end. Final scores:

1 Nicholls 4½/6; 2 Templeton 4; 3 Johnson 3½; 4-5 Mallappa & Sutherland 3; 6 Ben Clayton 2; 7 John Armstrong 1.

**2013 Opening night – 30 January**
As only seven players turned up for the opening night, a new event was invented in place of the usual match between the President and VP's teams.

two teams were formed, one of three players and one of four, and these played a mutual simultaneous exhibition against the other over four boards, each team member taking turns to make a move at each board. Clocks were used to keep track of whose move it was. The team of John Sutherland, Geoff Aimers, Boba Clarkson and Geoff Adams prevailed over the other team of Quentin Johnson, David Reid and Ben Clayton by 3½ – ½. One blunder by each team member on a different board proved sufficient to lose the three games, with the last one drawn.