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=2012 News Archive=

**Otago Chess Club 2012 Championship Winners – 12 December**
1st Robert Wansink 2nd John Sutherland 3rd Quentin Johnson || **Senior** 1st Thorben Koop 2nd Robert Wansink 3rd= Quentin Johnson & John Sutherland || 1st Leighton Nicholls 2nd= Elliot Munro 2nd= Terry Duffield || **Intermediate** 1st Robert Mackway-Jones 2nd Leighton Nicholls 3rd= Hamish Gold and Geoff Aimers || 1st Ben Clayton 2nd John Calder 3rd Joel Smith || **Junior** 1st Brent Southgate 2nd= Elliot Munro 2nd= David Reid || 1st Elliot Munro 2nd Leighton Nicholls 3rd Naser Tamimi || **Perpetual Handicap** 1st Leighton Nicholls 2nd Ben Clayton 3rd Elliot Munro || 1st Quentin Johnson 2nd Robert Wansink 3rd= Hamish Gold, Elliot Munro, Leighton Nicholls & Geoff Aimers || **Richard Sutton Trophy** 1st= Robert Wansink & Quentin Johnson 3rd= Thorben Koop, Hamish Gold, Leighton Nicholls, Ben Clayton & Elliot Munro || Robert Clarkson || **Blitz** 1st Robert Wansink ||
 * **Standard** || **Rapid** ||
 * **Senior**
 * **Intermediate**
 * **Junior**
 * **Perpetual Handicap**
 * **Cleland Trophy**
 * **Allan Chang Upset Trophy**

**Perpetual Handicap championship – 9 December**
At the end of the 2012 year the highest improvers on club ratings were:

1st Elliot Munro +69 2nd Leighton Nicholls +55 3rd Naser Tamimi +40
 * Standard**

1st Leighton Nicholls +101 2nd Ben Clayton +47 3rd Elliot Munro +43
 * Rapid**

**Transfer tournament – 5 December**
First place went to the team of John Sutherland and David Moratti on 6/8, ahead of Robert Wansink and Naser Tamimi on 5. Third was shared by the teams Aimers & Mallappa and Nicholls & Mottershead on 4 points. Munro & Clayton 3 points and Johnson & Clarkson 2.

**Otago Summer Rapid Open – 1 December**
Thorben Koop wound up his NZ chess campaign with yet another victory. After winning the South Island Rapid Championhip in Christchurch the week beofre with 6/6, he started as favourite of the 17 players starting in the Otago Summer Rapid Open – the last of the series to decide the Westpac Trophy. Thorben conceded just one draw to Quentin Johnson, then defeated main rivals Bob Wansink and John Sutherland in round four and five to finish clear first on 4½/5. Second was Wansink on 4 points, losing only to Koop. Third was shared by Johnson and Hamish Gold on 3½. This won Gold the U1800 grade prize, while the U1300 grade was shared in the threeway tie between Logan Xu, Nathan Xu and Sam Thompson on 2½. Nathan aslo won the upset prize for his round 3 win over Ben Clayton. The Westpac Trophy, not competed for since 1999 was won by Bob Wansink – whose two 100% scores in the Autumn and Winter events gave him an unbeatable lead. code Cross Table

No Name                    Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5

1 KOOP, THORBEN            2195 4.5    7:W  6:W  3:D  2:W  5:W 2 WANSINK, ROBERT          2172 4     13:W  4:W  5:W  1:L  6:W 3 JOHNSON, QUENTIN         1988 3.5   17:W 10:W  1:D  5:L  8:W 4 GOLD, HAMISH R           1674 3.5   12:W  2:L 15:W  8:D 11:W 5 SUTHERLAND, JOHN L       2079 3     15:W  8:W  2:L  3:W  1:L 6 NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON       1586 3     14:W  1:L 17:W  9:W  2:L 7 CLAYTON, BEN             1432 3      1:L 11:W  9:L 16:W 12:W 8 BLACK, ROSS              1517 2.5    9:W  5:L 10:W  4:D  3:L 9 XU, NATHAN               700  2.5    8:L  0:W  7:W  6:L 10:D 10 THOMPSON, SAM           600  2.5    0:W  3:L  8:L 14:W  9:D 11 MUNRO, ELLIOT           1574 2.5   16:W  7:L 12:D 15:W  4:L 12 XU, LOGAN               1071 2.5    4:L 13:W 11:D 17:W  7:L 13 CLARKSON, ROBERT D      1377 2      2:L 12:L 14:L  0:W 17:W 14 MCKEE, JOE              957  2      6:L 15:L 13:W 10:L  0:W 15 LI, CHENG YANG (CHARLIE) 1282 1.5   5:L 14:W  4:L 11:L 16:D 16 LOUGH, MAX              822  1.5   11:L 17:L  0:W  7:L 15:D 17 TAMIMI, NASER           1259 1      3:L 16:W  6:L 12:L 13:L

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**Richard Sutton Trophy – 28 November**
The last trophy tournament of the Wednesday calendar resulted in a tie for first between defending trophy-holder Bob Wansink and Quentin Johnson on 5/6. The time of year resulted in only one player (Wansink) playing every round, so he met by far the stronger field, as the other main contenders were not available in the final round. There was a large tie for third place on 3½ between Thorben Koop, Hamish Gold, Leighton Nicholls, Ben Clayton and Elliot Munro. Worthy of particular mention is Clayton's result against a strong field, gaining a number of rating points. code Cross Table

No Name                Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6

1 WANSINK, ROBERT      2172 5     11:W  8:W  9:W  3:D  2:D  4:W 2 JOHNSON, QUENTIN     1988 5     13:W  7:W 12:W  0:D  1:D  8:W 3 KOOP, THORBEN        2195 3.5    0:D  0:D  6:W  1:D  7:W  0:L 4 GOLD, HAMISH R       1674 3.5    0:   6:L 11:W  8:W 12:W  1:L 5 NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON   1586 3.5   15:W  9:L  0:D  0:D 13:W  6:D 6 CLAYTON, BEN         1432 3.5    0:D  4:W  3:L 12:D 16:W  5:D 7 MUNRO, ELLIOT        1574 3.5   16:W  2:L  0:D 14:W  3:L 12:W 8 AIMERS, GEOFFREY     1722 3     14:W  1:L 13:W  4:L  0:W  2:L 9 SUTHERLAND, JOHN L   2079 2.5   10:W  5:W  1:L  0:D  0:L  0:L 10 CLARKSON, ROBERT D  1377 2.5    9:L 12:L  0:D  0:D  0:D 14:W 11 SOUTHGATE, BRENT    1500 2.5    1:L 16:L  4:L 15:W  0:D 13:W 12 ARMSTRONG, JOHN F   1323 2      0:  10:W  2:L  6:D  4:L  7:L 13 CALDER, JOHN        1295 1.5    2:L  0:D  8:L 16:W  5:L 11:L 14 MORATTI, DAVID      1299 1.5    8:L 15:W  0:L  7:L  0:D 10:L 15 TAMIMI, NASER       1259 1.5    5:L 14:L  0:L 11:L  0:D 16:W 16 VAN ROOYEN, CARLSSEN 968 1      7:L 11:W  0:L 13:L  6:L 15:L

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**Club Rapid Championship – 31 October**
The final game of the 2012 Championship was completed on 31 October, hence the late story. As indicated on the main page, Thorben Koop won the Senior Championship with 5/6 in the A Grade, followed by Defending Champion Bob Wansink on 3. Robert Macway Jones proved the inaccuracy of his rapid rating by winning the B Grade with 4/6 and taking out the Intermediate championship for 2012. Brent Southgate was the higheest scorer in the C1 grade on 4½/6, so wins the Junior Champinship for 2012. Owing to a late entry last year's Junior champion Elliot Munro was placed in a mismatched grade, so his 6/6 was not enough. As last year, the scores are compared between grades with a 50% weighting factor in the second crosstable below. code Cross Table
 * A |||| Grade ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * No || Name || Rating |||| 1 |||| 2 |||| 3 |||| 4 || Total || Place ||
 * 1 || Bob Wansink || 2184 || x || x || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 2nd ||
 * 2 || Thorben Koop || 2127 || 1 || 1 || x || x || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 5 || 1st ||
 * 3 || John Sutherland || 2093 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || x || x || 0 || 1 || 2 || 3rd= ||
 * 4 || Quentin Johnson || 1981 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || x || x || 2 || 3rd= ||
 * B |||| Grade ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * No || Name || Rating |||| 1 |||| 2 |||| 3 |||| 4 || Total || Place ||
 * 1 || Geoff Aimers || 1761 || x || x || 1 || 1/2 || 1/2 || 1/2 || 0 || 0 || 2 1/2 || 3rd= ||
 * 2 || Hamish Gold || 1694 || 0 || 1/2 || x || x || 1 || 0 || 1/2 || 1/2 || 2 1/2 || 3rd= ||
 * 3 || Leighton Nicholls || 1615 || 1/2 || 1/2 || 0 || 1 || x || x || 1/2 || 1/2 || 3 || 2nd ||
 * 4 || Robert Mackway-Jones || 1379* || 1 || 1 || 1/2 || 1/2 || 1/2 || 1/2 || x || x || 4 || 1st ||
 * C1 |||| Grade ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * No || Name || Rating |||| 1 |||| 2 |||| 3 |||| 4 || Total || Place ||
 * 1 || Brent Southgate || 1472 || x || x || 1/2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 4 1/2 || 1st ||
 * 2 || Ben Clayton || 1454 || 1/2 || 0 || x || x || - || - || 1 || 0 || 1 1/2 || 3rd ||
 * 3 || David Reid || 1438 || 0 || 1 || - || - || x || x || 1 || 1 || 3 || 2nd ||
 * 4 || John Calder || 1334 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || x || x || 1 || 4th ||
 * C2 |||| Grade ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * No || Name || Rating |||| 1 |||| 2 |||| 3 |||| 4 || Total || Place ||
 * 1 || David Moratti || 1291 || x || x || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1/2 || 3 1/2 || 2nd ||
 * 2 || Joel Smith || 1287 || 0 || 0 || x || x || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 3rd ||
 * 3 || Elliot Munro || 1582 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || x || x || 1 || 1 || 6 || 1st ||
 * 4 || Carlssen van Rooyen || 995 || 0 || 1/2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || x || x || 1/2 || 4th ||

No Name                   Feder Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6

1 KOOP, THORBEN           A     2127 14     2:W  4:W  4:L  3:W  3:W  2:W 2 WANSINK, ROBERT         A     2184 12     1:L  3:W  3:L  4:W  4:W  1:L 3 JOHNSON, QUENTIN        A     1981 11     4:W  2:L  2:W  1:L  1:L  4:L 4 SUTHERLAND, JOHN L      A     2093 11     3:L  1:L  1:W  2:L  2:L  3:W 5 MACKWAY-JONES, ROBERT A B     1379 10     6:D  8:W  8:W  7:D  7:D  6:D 6 NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON      B     1615 9      5:D  7:L  7:W  8:D  8:D  5:D 7 GOLD, HAMISH R          B     1694 8.5    8:D  6:W  6:L  5:D  5:D  8:L 8 AIMERS, GEOFFREY        B     1761 8.5    7:D  5:L  5:L  6:D  6:D  7:W 9 SOUTHGATE, BRENT        C1    1472 7.5   12:W 13:W 13:W 10:W 10:L 12:D 10 REID, DAVID M          C1    1438 6     13:W 12:- 12:-  9:L  9:W 13:W 11 MUNRO, ELLIOT          C2    1582 6     14:W 16:W 16:W 15:W 15:W 14:W 12 CLAYTON, BEN           C1    1454 4.5    9:L 10:- 10:- 13:W 13:L  9:D 13 CALDER, JOHN           C1    1334 4     10:L  9:L  9:L 12:L 12:W 10:L 14 MORATTI, DAVID         C2    1291 3.5   11:L 15:W 15:W 16:W 16:D 11:L 15 SMITH, JOEL            C2    1287 2     16:W 14:L 14:L 11:L 11:L 16:W 16 VAN ROOYEN, CARLSSEN   C2    995  .5    15:L 11:L 11:L 14:L 14:D 15:L

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**Club Championship – 17 October**
In the second leg of the 2012 club championship, Bob Wansink matched his result in he first leg of 4½/5 to win his first Otago senior club championship title with a combined score of 9/10. John Sutherland lost to Wansink, but own all his other games to overtake defending champion Quentin Johnson and finish second on 4/5 and 7½ on aggregate. Johnson was unbeaten and stood well with three rounds to go, but lost his last three games to finish third on aggregate on 5½. Geoff Aimers had a good second leg scoring 50% to finish fourth in the A grade on 4½. Leighton Nicholls performed well in his first taste of the A grade to finish fifth on 3 points aggregate, followed by Hamish Gold on 2. The B grade was again a Swiss, and assuming the result of one unfinished game the aggregate standing are as follows: First and Intermediate Champion for 2012 is Leighton Nicholls on 7½. Second equal on 7 points are Elliot Munro and Terry Duffield. Fourth equal on 5 points are Ben Clayton and Brent Southgate. Ben Clayton wins the Junior Championship for 2012.

code A Grade Crosstable No    Name               Loc     Total    #1    #2    #3    #4    #5    #6 1    WANSINK, ROBERT     2244     4.5     *     1     1     ½     1     1 2    SUTHERLAND, JOHN L  2234     4       0     *     1     1     1     1 3    AIMERS, GEOFFREY    1905     2.5     0     0     *     1     ½     1 4    JOHNSON, QUENTIN    2182     1.5     ½     0     0     *     1     0 5    NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON  1686     1.5     0     0     ½     0     *     1 6    GOLD, HAMISH R      1887     1       0     0     0     1     0     * code code B Grade Crosstable No Name                   Loc  Total 1    2    3    4    5    6 1 DUFFIELD, TERENCE       1750 4.5   9:W  0:D  8:W  6:W  2:W  0:L 2 CLARKSON, ROBERT D      1573 3.5   3:L 11:W  0:D  5:W  1:L  6:W 3 KOOP, THORBEN                3     2:W  5:W  0:L  0:L  0:L 10:W 4 MUNRO, ELLIOT           1607 3     0:   0:  13:W 11:W  8:   7:W 5 SOUTHGATE, BRENT        1775 2.5   7:W  3:L  9:D  2:L  6:L  0:W 6 CLAYTON, BEN            1329 2.5   0:D  8:L 10:W  1:L  5:W  2:L 7 CALDER, JOHN            1507 2.5   5:L  0:W 11:L  0:D 13:W  4:L 8 REID, DAVID M           1607 2     0:D  6:W  1:L  0:D  4:   0:L 9 SMITH, JOEL             1408 2     1:L  0:D  5:D 12:W  0:L  0:L 10 TAMIMI, NASER               2     0:   0:   6:L 13:W 12:W  3:L 11 VAN ROOYEN, CARLSSEN   1180 1.5   0:D  2:L  7:W  4:L  0:L  0:L 12 ARMSTRONG, JOHN F      1428 1     0:   0:   0:   9:L 10:L 13:L 13 MORATTI, DAVID         1320 1     0:   0:   4:L 10:L  7:L 12:W 14 MACKWAY-JONES, ROBERT A 1948 .5   0:D  0:L  0:L  0:L  0:   0:

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**South Island Championship 2012 – 10-14 October**
This year's event was hosted by the Otago Chess Club in Dunedin and run as part of both the Yulgilbar – Think Big Oceania Grand Prix and the Myer Tan NZ Grand Prix. The field of 31 was strengthened immensely by the participation of three overseas players from the George Trundle Masters held the previous week. GM Darryl Johansen and IM Gary Lane from Australia and IM Peng Kong Chan from Singapore made the journey down and were easily the top three seeds. FMs Bob Smith and Stephen Lukey were among those expected to provide close competition. Lesser known quantities were current Otago champion Bob Wansink, playing in an open event after a long layoff, 15 year old German student Thorben Koop, who had performed at 2700 then 2000 at his last two events, and former local, NM Tony Dowden making the trip over from Tasmania. Of these only Lukey and Wansink were eligible for the South Island title, with a few hopeful former champions lurking outside the top eight.

Only two draws were conceded by the top half, though it should have been more. Canterbury junior, Tim Rains, needlessly allowed Quentin Johnson off with a perpetual, thus passing up an opportunity for an unbeatable claim to the DD Smash upset prize, while Peter Fraemohs won from a worse ending against Terry Duffield.
 * Round 1**

Round 1.7, Cooper, Nigel - Koop, Thorben 1.c3 c5 2.f4 Nc6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 e6 6.O-O b6 7.Ne5 Bd7 8.Nxc6 Bxc6 9.c4 Qd7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.d3 d4 12.Bxc6 Qxc6 13.e4 dxe3 14.Qf3 Qxf3 15.Rxf3 O-O-O 16.Rxe3 c4 17.Kf1 Bc5 18.Rf3 Ng4 19.Kg2 Rhe8 20.Nc3 Re1 21.dxc4 Rg1+ 22.Kh3 Nf2+ 23.Kh4 Be7+ 24.Kh5 g6+ 25.Kh6 Ng4+ 26.Kg7 Bf6+ 27.Kxf7 Rd7+ 28.Kf8 Nh6 29.Ne4 Rd8# 0-1

One of the favourites fell when Chan blundered a rook in a level ending against Fraemohs. Johansen was not unduly troubled by Dowden's pawn sacrifice on top board, but Lane had to work hard on board 2 to win a drawn double rook ending against WFM Helen Milligan. Lukey conjured up a rook sacrifice to mate Dan Dolejs, while Wansink, Bob Smith and Koop rounded out the group on 2/2.
 * Round 2**

Round 2.5, Lukey, Stephen - Dolejs, Dan 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 O-O 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Ne4 N7f6 11.Nc5 Nd7 12.Bd3 g6 13.h4 N5f6 14.h5 Nxh5 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Qg5 17.g4 Ng7 18.f4 Qd8 19.g5 Qa5+ 20.Kf2 b6 21.Ne4 Ne8 22.Rxh7! Kxh7 23.Qh1+ Kg8 24.Qh6 f5 25.Qxg6+ Ng7 26.Nf6+ 1-0

Against Bob Smith, Johansen was again the recipient of a pawn sacrifice - and again was able to keep the material and beat off the attack. Lane's control of d5 soon told after a Lukey error in a Sveshnikov Sicilian. Wansink's rook and pawns prevailed over Koop's two rooks in a prolonged ending, while Fraemohs stayed with the leaders after turning around a precarious king position against Johnson to win in the ending. Further down the table Milligan suffered an upset loss to Mike Roberts when she lost the base of her pawn chain, while Ross Jackson sacrificed unsoundly against Duffield and then lost on time. Local juniors Ben Clayton and Leighton Nicholls both played good rook endings, respectively drawing with Dolejs and beating Ross Black.
 * Round 3**

Round 3.2, Lane, Gary - Lukey, Stephen 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 b4 12.Nc2 a5 13.g3 O-O 14.Bg2 g6 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6 16.O-O Bb7 17.Qd3 Rad8 18.a3 bxa3 19.Rxa3 Rb8 20.Rfa1 Rfd8 21.Qe3 Qe7 22.Rd3 Ba6 23.b3 Qc7 24.h4 a4 25.bxa4 Bxc4 26.Rc3 Ba6 27.Qg5 Bb7 28.Nb4 Qd7? 29.Nd5 Kg7 30.Qf6+ Kg8 31.h5 gxh5 32.Qh6 1-0

Round 3.4, Fraemohs, Peter - Johnson, Quentin 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Qa5+ 5.c3 Nf6 6.d5 e6 7.dxe6 fxe6 8.Nd2 d5 9.e4 Be7 10.Nb3 Qb6 11.Qc2 Nc6 12.exd5 exd5 13.a4 a6 14.Ne2 O-O 15.Be3 d4 16.a5 Qd8 17.cxd4 cxd4 18.Qc4+ Kh8 19.Bxd4 Bb4+ 20.Bc3 Ne5 21.Qd4 Nd3+ 22.Kd2 Be6 23.Qxd3 Bxc3+ 24.bxc3 Bxb3 25.Qxd8 Rfxd8+ 26.Nd4 Rac8 27.Rb1 Bd5 28.Bd3 Rc5 29.Ra1 Nh5 30.g3 Nf6 31.Rhe1 Re8 32.Rxe8+ Nxe8 33.Re1 Nd6 34.Re5 Rxa5 35.Ke3 b6 36.Nf5 Nxf5+ 37.Bxf5 g6 38.Bd3 Kg7 39.c4 Bxc4 40.Rxa5 Bxd3 41.Rd5 Bc4 42.Rd6 a5 43.Rxb6 a4 44.Rb7+ Kg8 45.Ra7 Bb3 46.Kd4 g5 47.Ke5 Bd1 48.Kf6 Bxf3 49.Rxa4 g4 50.Rd4 h5 51.Kg6 Kf8 52.Kxh5 1-0

Wansink defended a KID Averbakh to hold the draw against Johansen, utilising analysis by his opponent published in NZ Chess! This allowed Lane to take the sole lead by outplaying Fraemohs and end his winning run. Chan, Lukey, Bob Smith and Koop all won to stay in touch with the leaders. Lower down, Johnson blundered a piece and was lucky to bamboozle Nicholls in the ending, Dolejs achieved an interesting fortress with R+N against Duffield's Q, and Hamish Gold attacked vigorously to inflict Jackson's third loss in a row.
 * Round 4**

Round 4.1, Johansen, Darryl - Wansink, Robert 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Be3 Nbd7 8.Qd2 c5 9.d5 Kh7 10.Nf3 b5 11.cxb5 a6 12.O-O axb5 13.Bxb5 Qa5 14.Bc6 Rb8 15.h3 Qb4 16.Qc2 Qxb2 17.Qxb2 Rxb2 18.Rab1 Rc2 19.Rfc1 Rxc1+ 20.Bxc1 Ba6 21.Bb5 Bxb5 22.Rxb5 Rb8 23.Rxb8 Nxb8 24.Kf1 Nfd7 25.Nb5 Nb6 26.Nd2 Kg8 27.Ke2 Kf8 28.Nc7 N8d7 29.Kd3 c4+ 30.Kc2 Nc5 31.f3 Nd3 32.Nxc4 Nxc1 33.Nxb6 Nxa2 34.Nd7+ Kg8 35.Nb5 Nb4+ 36.Kd2 h5 37.Nb8 Bf6 38.Nc6 Na6 39.f4 Nc5 40.Ke3 Nd7 41.g3 Kf8 42.Na3 Nb6 43.Kd3 Ke8 44.Nc4 Nd7 45.e5 dxe5 46.fxe5 Bg5 47.Kd4 Bc1 48.e6 fxe6 49.dxe6 Nf8 50.Kd5 Bg5 51.N6e5 Bf6 52.Nf7 g5 53.Nd2 Ng6 54.Ne4 h4 55.Nxf6+ exf6 56.gxh4 Nxh4 57.Nd6+ Kd8 58.Ne4 Ke7 59.Ng3 f5 60.Ke5 g4 61.Nxf5+ Nxf5 62.hxg4 1/2-1/2

Round 4.6, Koop, Thorben - Roberts, Michael 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Be7 4.Nf3 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.O-O c6 8.Bb3 Qc7 9.Re1 Nc5 10.Bc2 Rd8 11.Qe2 b5 12.Nf1 a5 13.Ng3 g6 14.Ng5 Ne6 15.Nxe6 Bxe6 16.f4 Bg4 17.Qf2 Kh8 18.Be3 Rg8 19.h3 Bc8 20.Rad1 Ne8 21.d4 Bh4 22.fxe5 dxe5 23.Qf3 Bf6 24.d5 Bg7 25.Rf1 Nd6 26.dxc6 Be6 27.Bg5 Ne8 28.Nf5 gxf5 29.exf5 f6 30.fxe6 fxg5 31.Qe4 Nf6 32.Rxf6 Bxf6 33.Rd7 Qb6+ 34.Kh1 Rg6 35.Rxh7+ 1-0

Round 4.9, Duffield, Terence - Dolejs, Dan 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c4 Nb6 5.Nc3 Bf5 6.Be3 e6 7.Bd3 Bg6 8.Nf3 Bb4 9.O-O Nc6 10.Re1 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 O-O 12.Ng5 g6 13.Nge4 Ne5 14.Qe2 Nexc4 15.Bh6 Re8 16.Bg5 Be7 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.b3 Nd6 19.Qf3 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 Nd5 21.Rac1 c6 22.Rc5 Kg7 23.Qg3 Rac8 24.Nd6 b6 25.Nf5+ exf5 26.Rxe7 Rxe7 27.Rc1 f4 28.Qf3 Rce8 29.h3 Re1+ 30.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 31.Kh2 Ra1 32.Qe2 a5 33.Qe5+ f6 34.Qd6 Rc1 35.a3 g5 36.h4 gxh4 37.Qd7+ Kh8 38.Qc8+ Kg7 39.Qg4+ Kh8 40.Qxh4 Rc3 41.Qh5 Kg7 42.Qg4+ Kf7 43.Qh5+ Ke6 44.Qxh7 Rxb3 45.Qg8+ Kd6 46.Qf8+ Kd7 47.Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

Round 4.14, Gold, Hamish - Jackson, L.Ross 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 Nbd7 5.Nbd2 c5 6.c3 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O Be7 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.Bxe5 O-O 11.Qf3 g6 12.Rae1 Nd7 13.Bf4 Nf6 14.Bh6 Re8 15.h4 Ne4 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Bxe4 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 cxd4 19.exd4 Bxh4 20.Bd2 Bg5 21.f4 Bf6 22.Qf3 Qd7 23.g4 Qd5 24.Qh3 Qxa2 25.Re2 Bg7 26.Rh2 h6 27.f5 g5 28.f6 Bf8 29.Bxg5 Bd6 30.Qxh6 Bxh2+ 31.Kxh2 Qxb2+ 32.Bd2 Qxd2+ 33.Qxd2 Kh7 34.Rf3 Rh8 35.Qg5 Rag8 36.Rh3# 1-0

There was an outbreak of short draws on the top boards as players sought to conserve energy mid-tournament. Lane-Johansen was 13 moves, while Wansink-Lukey lasted 11. This allowed Chan to join the group in second place in a miniature over Koop, who got his queenside pieces in a tangle. Bob Smith also caught up after FRaemohs jettisoned a pawn in the opening. Dowden-Johnson was an up-and-down game that ended prematurely when Johnson overstepped the time limit in a tricky minor piece ending. Nigel Cooper's piece sac was unsound against Edward Rains, while Bruce Gloistein caught Michael Roberts in a nasty trap. Jackson had narrowly avoided the bye this round and began his comeback campaign with a win over local junior Carlssen van Rooyen. Leading Scores: Lane 4½ ; Johansen, Wansink, Chan & R. Smith 4; Lukey & Dowden 3½.
 * Round 5**

Round 5.3, Koop, Thorben - Chan, Peng Kong 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bf5 5.d3 e6 6.Nbd2 h6 7.Qe1 Bh7 8.e4 Be7 9.Qe2 O-O 10.b3 a5 11.a4 Na6 12.Ba3 Bxa3 13.Rxa3 Nb4 14.Ne1 dxe4 15.dxe4 Qd4 16.e5 Nfd5 17.Bxd5 cxd5 18.Nb1 Qb2 19.Ng2 Rfc8 0-1

Round 5.10, Roberts, Michael - Gloistein, Bruce 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Rc1 c6 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Bd3 Nxc3 11.Rxc3 e5 12.Qc2 g6 13.O-O Re8 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Qxe5 16.Rc5 Qe7 17.b4 Bd7 18.Rc4 Rac8 19.h4 Qe5 20.Rc5 Qg7 21.h5 Re5 22.hxg6 hxg6 23.Rd1 Be6 24.a3 Re8 25.e4 Kh7 26.f4 Rxc5 27.Qxc5 Kg8 28.f5 b6 29.Qf2 gxf5 30.exf5 Bd5 31.Bf1 f6 32.Rd3 Re4 33.Be2 Kf8! 34.Rg3? Rxe2 35.Qf4 0-1

Lane-Chan and Smith-Wansink were level games that ended in draws on the top two boards. Johansen caught Lane in the lead with a win over Lukey when the latter had to imprison his bishop on h8 for a critical part of the game after overlooking a tactic. Dowden picked off a pawn and won the ending against Edward Rains to stay with the leaders. Meanwhile, Johnson was the beneficiary of Gold's resignation in a drawn position, Gloistein-Dolejs produced the sort of chaos expected of these two, ending in a win to Dolejs, and Duffield's Grob garnered a draw from Andrew Brockway. Jackson continued his revival, taking a point from Viv Smith in a game that cannot be deciphered past move ten. Leading Scores: Lane & Johansen 5; Wansink, Chan, R. Smith & Dowden 4½.
 * Round 6**

Round 6.3, Johansen, Darryl - Lukey, Stephen 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Qd2 e5 8.d5 Nc5 9.f3 a5 10.g4 c6 11.h4 cxd5 12.cxd5 Bd7 13.Nh3 b5 14.Nf2 Qb6 15.h5 Rac8 16.Ncd1 b4 17.Ne3 Bb5 18.h6 Bh8 19.O-O Rc7 20.Rfc1 Rfc8 21.b3 Bxe2 22.Qxe2 Ne8 23.Nc4 Qa6 24.Nd3 Nxd3 25.Qxd3 Bf6 26.Be3 Rb7 27.g5 Bh8 (to stop 28.Nxe5!) 28.Nb2 Qa8 29.Rxc8 Qxc8 30.Rc1 Qd8 31.Qa6 Rb8 32.Nc4 f6 33.Nxa5 Ra8 34.Nc6 Rxa6 35.Nxd8 Rxa2 36.Rc8 Ra1+ 37.Kg2 Ra2+ 38.Kf1 fxg5 39.Rb8 Bf6 40.Ne6 Kf7 41.Rb7+ Kg8 42.Bxg5 Rh2 43.Bxf6 Nxf6 44.Rg7+ Kh8 45.Rf7 Ng8 46.Rd7 Rxh6 47.Kg2 g5 48.Rxd6 Rg6 49.Rd8 h5 50.Re8 g4 51.d6 gxf3+ 52.Kf2 Rg2+ 53.Kxf3 Rd2 54.Rd8 Kh7 55.Ke3 Ra2 56.d7 Ra7 57.Rc8 1-0

Round 6.7, Johnson, Quentin - Gold, Hamish 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nfd7 7.O-O e5 8.d5 a5 9.e4 Nc5 10.b3 h6 11.Nh4 Kh7 12.Qc2 Nbd7 13.Bb2 Nf6 14.a3 a4 15.b4 Nb3 16.Rad1 Nd4 17.Rxd4!? exd4 18.Nb5 Bd7 19.Nxd4 Qc8 20.f4 Bh3 21.f5 (21.e5!) Bxg2 22.fxg6+ fxg6 23.Nxg2 Ng4 24.Rxf8 Bxd4+ 25.Bxd4 Qxf8 26.Nf4 Ne5 27.Bxe5 dxe5 28.Ne6 Qf3 29.Qf2 Qxf2+ 30.Kxf2 Rc8 31.c5 Kg8 32.d6 cxd6 33.cxd6 Rc2+ 34.Ke1 Black resigns?? (34....Rc1+ =, as 35. Kd2? Rc6! -+) 1-0

On top board Johansen as Black accepted an early draw offer from Chan. This allowed Lane to once more take the sole lead by beating Wansink after the latter finally faltered under pressure. Neither Dowden nor Bob Smith caught up with Johansen, as the latter accepted the former's draw offer. Fraemohs-Koop also ended in a draw, while Lukey beat Johnson to join Wansink and Fraemohs as the leading South Islanders. Duffield was the recipient of a blunder by Roberts to continue his good tournament, but veteran campaigner Arie Nijman was caught by an intriguing combination from Ross Black after neglecting his development a move too far. Jackson climbed back up to 50% when his 4-pawns attack subdued Tim Rains, but Gold was not so successful with his piece sacrifice against Gloistein and caught the bye for the following round. Leading Scores: Lane 6; Johansen 5½ ; Chan, R. Smith & Dowden 5; Wansink, Koop, Fraemohs & Lukey 4½.
 * Round 7**

Round 7.2, Lane, Gary - Wansink, Robert 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.c4 dxc4 6.Bxc4 e6 7.Nc3 Ne7 8.Bg5 Qb6 9.Qd2 Qb4 10.Bb3 a5 11.Nge2 a4 12.Bd1 a3 13.b3 Nd5 14.Rc1 Nxc3 15.Nxc3 Nd7 16.O-O Nb6 17.Qf4 Qa5 18.Bc2 Bxc2 19.Rxc2 Nd5 20.Qg3 Nxc3 21.Rxc3 Qd5 22.Qf4 Bb4 23.Rf3 Rf8 24.Rc1 b5 25.Qe3 Ra7 26.Qd3 Rh8 27.Rg3 Kf8 28.Rf3 Ke8 29.Rg3 Kf8 30.Qc2 Ra6 31.Bd2 Be7 32.Rc3 Qxd4 33.Be3 Qxe5 34. Rxc6 Rxc6 35.Qxc6 g6 36.Qd7 Bf6? (36.... Qd6) 37.Rc7 Qa1+ 38.Bc1 Rh7 39.Rc8+ Kg7 40.Qe8 Bc3 41.Qf8+ Kf6 42.Qd8+ Kg7 43.Qg8+ Kf6 44.Rxc3 Qxc3 45.Bg5+ Kf5 46.Qxh7 f6 47.Be3 Qa1+ 48.Kh2 Qxa2 49.Qc7 g5 50.hxg5 fxg5 51.Bd4 Qxb3 52.f3 1-0

Round 7.10, Black, Ross - Nijman, Arie 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Bg4 5.d3 Nd4 6.Be3 Nxf3+ 7.gxf3 Bh5 8.Qe2 c6 9.Qf1 Bxf3 10.Rg1 Bh5 11.Qh3 Bg6 12.O-O-O b5 13.Bb3 a5 14.Rxg6! fxg6 15.Bxg8 Qd7 16.Be6 Qb7 17.Rg1 a4 18.Rxg6 b4 19.Nb1 b3 20.cxb3 d5 21.Rg2 axb3 22.a3 d4 23.Bd2 Ra7 24.Qh5+ g6 25.Qxe5 Bg7 26.Bd7+ 1-0

Lane ventured a pawn sacrifice as black in an Exchange Slav to beat Bob Smith and retain his lead (see ODT column 30 October for analysis of this game). Johansen was made to work hard by Koop in a queen and opposite colured bishop ending, but eventually ground out the full point. The gap to third widened to a point when Dowden and Chan drew their game, allowing Wansink and Lukey to join them with relatively easy wins. Wansink's piece sacrifice on move 4 seemed to surprize Fraemohs so much he immediately blundered and resigned the next move - full game below. Lukey received the down-float to Duffield, and soon White's overcautious play lead to his four minor pieces' mobility being restricted to one square between them! Milligan won well from Edward Rains to join Smith on +2 and lead the U2100 grade. Black beat Dolejs in another tactical flurry, while Gloistein and Brockway drew to join Duffield in leading the U1800 grade, as did Nicholls with a good win over Nijman. Leading Scores: Lane 7; Johansen 6½ ; Chan, Dowden, Wansink & Lukey 5½, R. Smith & Milligan 5.
 * Round 8**

Round 8.1, Smith, Robert - Lane, Gary 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Bf4 e5 6.Bxe5 Nxe5 7.dxe5 d4 8.Qa4+ b5 9.Nxb5 Bd7 10.Qa6 Qb8 11.a4 Bb4+ 12.Kd1 Nh6 13.h3 O-O 14.Nf3 Rc8 15.Rc1 Bc5 16.g4 Be6 17.Bg2 Bd5 18.Rg1 Rc6 19.Qa5 Qb7 20.Ne1 Bxg2 21.Rxg2 a6 22.Nd6 Qb3+ 23.Nc2 d3 24.exd3 Qxd3+ 25.Ke1 Bxd6 26.Rg3 Qe4+ 27.Re3 Bb4+ 28.Qxb4 Qxb4+ 29.Nxb4 Rxc1+ 0-1

Round 8.2, Koop, Thorben - Johansen, Darryl 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 d5 6.d3 f5 7.exd5 exd5 8.g3 Nf6 9.Bg2 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Re8 12.Rxe8+ Qxe8 13.Bd2 h6 14.Nb1 Be6 15.Na3 Bf7 16.h3 Qd7 17.c3 Bc7 18.b4 Bd6 19.Nc2 Re8 20.Qf1 Qc7 21.Qf2 b6 22.a5 Nd7 23.axb6 Qxb6 24.Bf1 Qb7 25.d4 c4 26.Ne3 Be6 27.Ne5 Nf6 28.Bg2 Bxe5 29.dxe5 Ne4 30.Bxe4 dxe4 31.g4 Ne7 32.Ra5 Rd8 33.Rc5 Qd7 34.Be1 fxg4 35.hxg4 Bxg4 36.Rxc4 Bf3 37.Rd4 Qe8 38.Rxd8 Qxd8 39.Qd2 Qc8 40.Bh4 Nf5 41.Nxf5 Qxf5 42.Qh2 e3 43.Qg3 Qb1+ 44.Qe1 Qc2 45.Qf1 Bd5 46.Be1 Qe4 47.Kh2 h5 48.c4 Bxc4 49.Qg2 Qxf4+ 50.Bg3 Qd4 51.Qc6 Kh7 52.Qf3 Qd2+ 53.Kg1 Qc1+ 54.Kh2 Qc2+ 55.Kg1 Qg6 56.Kh2 e2 57.Qe3 Qf5 58.Qf2 Qg4 59.Qe3 Bd5 60.Qd3+ Be4 61.Qd8 0-1

Round 8.4, Wansink, Robert - Fraemohs, Peter 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.d3 Na5 4.Bxf7+!? Ke7?? (4... Kxf7 5.Qh5+ Ke6 unclear) 5.Bxg8 1-0

The sun finally shone on the final morning, refuting claims about Dunedin weather from some visitors, and necessitating an improvised extra curtain to block the sunlight from shining in players' eyes. Lane beat Dowden to secure outright first, when the latter allowed his defensive dark-square bishop to be exchanged in a typical IQP position. Milligan's choice of the KID slowed the game against Johansen, but eventually White was better on the queenside, the kingside and the centre. Chan-Wansink was a short draw, both players satisfied with their previous efforts, while Lukey-R. Smith was drawn shortly afterward. This left Chan, Wansink and Lukey sharing third place with Wansink and Lukey sharing the South Island Championship title for 2012. Koop beat Johnson to join Smith and Dowden on 5½, as did Fraemohs, whose connected passed pawns rode over Ross Black's king. This gave Koop the Junior prize and left Fraemohs first in the U2100 grade, followed by Milligan and Jackson, who finally climbed to the upper half of the table with a fine win over Roberts. All the U1800 leaders drew to win, leaving a 5-way tie for first on 4½ between Duffield, Brockway, Nicholls, Gloistein, and Viv Smith who ground out a win over Tim Rains in the last game to finish to join the prizewinners. The DD Smash Upset prize went to Fraemohs for his round 2 win over IM Chan. The tournament was well run by FA Craig Hall, with no disputes to settle and regular postings of the draw in a timely manner.
 * Round 9**

Round 9.1, Lane, Gary - Dowden, R. Anthony 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.O-O cxd4 8.cxd4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Be7 10.a3 O-O 11.Be3 Bd7 12.Rc1 g6 13.Nc5 b5 14.Bh6 Re8 15.h3 Bc8 16.Bb1 Qd6 17.Qd2 Nd5 18.Rfe1 Bf6? 19.Ne4 Qd7 20.Nxf6+ Nxf6 21.Qg5 Nd5 22.Be4 Nce7 23.Ne5 Qd8 24.Ng4 Ra7 25.Bxd5 Nxd5 26.Qxd5! 1-0

Round 9.2, Johansen, Darryl - Milligan, Helen 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 d6 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.d5 Nc5 9.Qc2 a5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Be3 Ne8 12.Nd2 f5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.f4 e4 15.Nb3 Nxb3 16.axb3 Bd7 17.Qd2 b6 18.Nd1 Nf6 19.Bd4 Qe8 20.Ne3 Qg6 21.Rfd1 Kh7 22.Bc3 Rg8 23.Kh1 h5 24.Qe1 Qh6 25.Qh4 Raf8 26.Rf1 Kg6 27.b4 axb4 28.Bxb4 Ne8 29.Bc3 Bxc3 30.bxc3 Rh8 31.Nc2 Kf7 32.Ra7 Kg6 33.Nd4 Rf6 34.Rfa1 Kf7 35.Rb7 Bc8 36.Rb8 Bd7 37.Raa8 Ke7 38.Rd8 1-0

Round 9.6, Fraemohs, Peter - Black, Ross 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 e6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.h4 Nbd7 7.Bd3 h6 8.Ne5 Nh7 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.g4 Nxe5 11.dxe5 g6 12.f4 f5 13.Qf3 c6 14.O-O-O Rf7 15.Rdg1 Rg7 16.Ne2 Bd7 17.gxf5 exf5 18.Nd4 Nf8 19.h5 g5 20.Bxf5 gxf4 21.exf4 Kh8 22.Bxd7 Qxd7 23.f5 Nh7 24.Rg6 Rag8 25.Qf4 Ng5 26.Rxh6+ Rh7 27.Rg6 Ne4 28.Rhg1 Rxg6 29.hxg6 Rh3 30.f6 Qe8 31.g7+ Kg8 32.f7+ 1-0

Round 9.7, Jackson, L.Ross - Roberts, Michael H 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 c5 9.Be3 Nc6 10.O-O cxd4 11.cxd4 Bg4 12.f3 Na5 13.Bd3 Be6 14.d5 Bxa1 15.Qxa1 Re8 16.h4 Bd7 17.h5 e5 18.dxe6 Bxe6 19.Rd1 Nc6 20.hxg6 fxg6 21.Nf4 Qe7 22.Nxe6 Qxe6 23.Bc2 Qe5 24.Bb3+ Kg7 25.Rd7+ Kh8 26.Qxe5+ Rxe5 27.Rxb7 Rc8 28.Bd5 Ree8 29.Bg5 Rf8 30.Bh6 Rg8 31.Bc1 Rge8 32.Bb2+ 1-0 code Cross Table

No Name                Rtg  Loc  Club Total  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9

1 Lane, Gary           2391           8     16:W 10:W  5:W  7:W  2:D  4:D  3:W  6:W  8:W 2 Johansen, Darryl     2446           7.5   23:W  8:W  6:W  3:D  1:D  5:W  4:D  9:W 10:W 3 WANSINK, ROBERT           2244 OT   6     26:W 13:W  9:W  2:D  5:D  6:D  1:L  7:W  4:D 4 Chan, Peng Kong      2245           6     25:W  7:L 27:W 15:W  9:W  1:D  2:D  8:D  3:D 5 LUKEY, STEPHEN G     2236 2324 CA   6     18:W 20:W  1:L 24:W  3:D  2:L 12:W 14:W  6:D 6 SMITH, ROBERT W      2214 2333 MM   5.5   17:W 15:W  2:L 13:W  7:W  3:D  8:D  1:L  5:D 7 FRAEMOHS, PETER      1967 2023 CA   5.5   14:W  4:W 12:W  1:L  6:L 17:W  9:D  3:L 16:W 8 DOWDEN, R ANTHONY    2107 2188 OT   5.5   21:W  2:L 17:D 29:W 12:W 13:W  6:D  4:D  1:L 9 Koop, Thorben        2165      OT   5.5   24:W 31:W  3:L 23:W  4:L 25:W  7:D  2:L 12:W 10 MILLIGAN, HELEN     1969 2099 NS   5     19:W  1:L 23:L 25:D 18:D 24:W 20:W 13:W  2:L 11 JACKSON, L ROSS     1974 2026 WE   5     22:D 12:L 14:L 26:L 31:W 21:W 27:W 15:D 23:W 12 JOHNSON, QUENTIN    2102 2182 OT   4.5   27:D 11:W  7:L 19:W  8:L 26:W  5:L 17:W  9:L 13 RAINS, EDWARD       1881 1895 CA   4.5   28:W  3:L 18:W  6:L 24:W  8:L 19:W 10:L 14:D 14 DUFFIELD, TERENCE   1668 1750 OT   4.5    7:L 25:D 11:W 20:D 15:D 18:D 23:W  5:L 13:D 15 AIMERS, GEOFFREY    1876 1905 OT   4.5   29:W  6:L 31:W  4:L 14:D 19:D 17:D 11:D 18:D 16 BLACK, ROSS              1821 CA   4.5    1:L 24:L 19:L  0:W 21:D 28:W 25:W 20:W  7:L 17 LYALL, SIMON        1777 1880 AC   4.5    6:L 28:W  8:D 27:W 20:D  7:L 15:D 12:L 30:W 18 BROCKWAY, ANDREW         1798 WE   4.5    5:L 30:W 13:L 21:D 10:D 14:D 29:W 22:D 15:D 19 NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON       1686 OT   4.5   10:L 26:D 16:W 12:L 29:W 15:D 13:L 25:W 22:D 20 DOLEJS, DAN         1878 1822 GA   4.5   30:W  5:L 29:D 14:D 17:D 22:W 10:L 16:L 26:W 21 SMITH, VIVIAN J     1737 1797 MM   4.5    8:L 23:L 28:D 18:D 16:D 11:L  0:W 31:W 27:W 22 GLOISTEIN, BRUCE         1690 CA   4.5   11:D 27:L 25:L 28:W 23:W 20:L 26:W 18:D 19:D 23 ROBERTS, MICHAEL H  1836 1843 WE   4      2:L 21:W 10:W  9:L 22:L 30:W 14:L 24:W 11:L 24 COOPER, NIGEL       1761 1655 CA   4      9:L 16:W 26:W  5:L 13:L 10:L 30:W 23:L  0:W 25 NIJMAN, ARIE J      1820 1884 CA   4      4:L 14:D 22:W 10:D 30:W  9:L 16:L 19:L 31:W 26 GOLD, HAMISH R      1816 1887 OT   3.5    3:L 19:D 24:L 11:W 27:W 12:L 22:L  0:W 20:L 27 RAINS, TIMOTHY      1731 1770 CA   3.5   12:D 22:W  4:L 17:L 26:L  0:W 11:L 28:W 21:L 28 CLARKSON, ROBERT D       1573 OT   3.5   13:L 17:L 21:D 22:L  0:W 16:L 31:W 27:L 29:W 29 CLAYTON, BEN             1329 OT   3     15:L  0:W 20:D  8:L 19:L 31:D 18:L 30:W 28:L 30 STEVENSON, MICHAEL       1503 CA   2     20:L 18:L  0:W 31:W 25:L 23:L 24:L 29:L 17:L 31 VAN ROOYEN, CARLSSEN     1180 OT   1.5    0:W  9:L 15:L 30:L 11:L 29:D 28:L 21:L 25:L

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**Otago Spring Rapid Open – 1 September**
Thorben Koop is certainly dominating local events. He won the Otago Spring Rapid Open with a clean score of 5/5. This event saw the welcome addition of three Christchurch players in the field of 16: Edward & Tim Rains and Heesung Park travelled down to Dunedin and back on a long, but successful day. Edward finished in second place on 4 points, losing only to Koop. His defeat of the top seed Bob Wansink in round 3 also won the upset prize. Third was shared by Wansink, Quentin Johnson, Tim Rains and Leighton Nicholls on 3 points. The U1400 grade prize was shared by Naser Tamimi and Charlie Li on 2½. The next edition is the Summer Rapid Open on 1 December. code Cross Table

No Name                    Feder Rtg Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5

1 KOOP, THORBEN                           5     12:W  7:W  4:W  2:W  3:W 2 RAINS, EDWARD                      1769 4     13:W  6:W  3:W  1:L  5:W 3 WANSINK, ROBERT                    2184 3     11:W  5:W  2:L  6:W  1:L 4 JOHNSON, QUENTIN                   1981 3      9:W  8:W  1:L  5:L  7:W 5 RAINS, TIMOTHY                     1680 3     14:W  3:L 11:W  4:W  2:L 6 NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON                 1615 3     15:W  2:L  9:W  3:L  8:W 7 AIMERS, GEOFFREY                   1761 2.5   10:W  1:L  8:D 12:W  4:L 8 CLAYTON, BEN                       1454 2.5   16:W  4:L  7:D 13:W  6:L 9 TAMIMI, NASER                      1108 2.5    4:L 16:W  6:L 14:W 11:D 10 LI, CHENG YANG (CHARLIE)          834  2.5    7:L 12:D 13:D 11:D 16:W 11 NIE, LUKE                         1267 2      3:L 14:W  5:L 10:D  9:D 12 PARK, HEESUNG                     1182 2      1:L 10:D 15:W  7:L 13:D 13 VAN ROOYEN, CARLSSEN              995  2      2:L 15:W 10:D  8:L 12:D 14 VAN ROOYEN, CHISTOPH              804  1.5    5:L 11:L 16:W  9:L 15:D 15 QI, ZHI YUAN                           1.5    6:L 13:L 12:L 16:W 14:D 16 WU, YI HENG                            0      8:L  9:L 14:L 15:L 10:L

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**Otago Junior Championship – 11 August**
As with the Primary Intermediate the week before, the 2012 Otago Junior was just over half the size of last year. The same contingent of four intrepid raiders came down from Christchurch as last year, but no players other than these came from outside Dunedin. Top seed, on the basis of his FIDE rating, was Thorben Koop, an exchage student from Germany at Kings High School. This proved to be accurate for Rapid, as he took out the Championhip and the JJ Marlow Trophy with six straight wins. Joint winners last year, Edward Rains (CBHS), Tim Rains (CBHS) and Leighton Nicholls (Home), were not able to mount a challenge. Edward came closest with 5/6 for clear second place, but lost a piece to a combination in his game with Thorben who made no mistake. Third place on 4 points was shared by Tim Rains, Elliot Munro (OBHS), David Moratti (OBHS), Ben Clayton (Tahuna Intermediate). Ben also took out the under 13 grade prize. Second in the grade on 3/6 were Charli Li (DNI), Sean Lau (OBHS), Ethan Lau (Maori Hill) and Jessica Rains (Cobham Intermediate) – with Jessica also winning the Best Girl prize. The team prize went to CBHS (Tim and Edward Rains and Heesung Park). code Cross Table

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

1 KOOP, THORBEN            King  14                  6     13:W  6:W  4:W  7:W  2:W  3:W 2 RAINS, EDWARD            CBHS  17  1769 CBHS       5     16:W  5:W 14:W  3:W  1:L  4:W 3 MUNRO, ELLIOT            OBHS  15  1582 OBHS1      4      9:W 10:W  8:W  2:L 11:W  1:L 4 RAINS, TIMOTHY           CBHS  14  1680 CBHS       4     12:W 11:W  1:L 14:W  9:W  2:L 5 MORATTI, DAVID           OBHS  16  1291 OBHS1      4     18:W  2:L 12:W  9:L  7:W 10:W 6 CLAYTON, BEN             Tah   12  1454            4     15:W  1:L  7:L 17:W 14:W 11:W 7 PARK, HEESUNG            CBHS  15  1182 CBHS       3.5   20:W  8:D  6:W  1:L  5:L  9:W 8 NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON       Home  14  1615            3.5   17:W  7:D  3:L 10:L 19:W 15:W 9 LI, CHENG YANG (CHARLIE) DNI   11  834             3      3:L 22:W 16:W  5:W  4:L  7:L 10 LAU, SEAN               OBHS  12  1147 OBHS2      3     22:W  3:L 15:L  8:W 12:W  5:L 11 SMITH, JOEL             OBHS  14  1287 OBHS1      3     21:W  4:L 17:W 15:W  3:L  6:L 12 LAU, ETHAN              MH    9   929  Maori Hill 3      4:L 21:W  5:L 20:W 10:L 19:W 13 RAINS, JESSICA          Cobh  11  1032            3      1:L 14:L 20:L 22:W 17:W 18:W 14 TAMIMI, NASER           OBHS  13  1108 OBHS2      2.5   19:W 13:W  2:L  4:L  6:L 16:D 15 LAU, RYAN               Bal   11  832  Balmacewen 2.5    6:L 19:W 10:W 11:L 16:D  8:L 16 VAN ROOYEN, CARLSSEN    OBHS  13  995  OBHS2      2.5    2:L 18:W  9:L 19:D 15:D 14:D 17 BOX, TAINE              OBHS  13  924             2      8:L 20:W 11:L  6:L 13:L 22:W 18 LOUGH, MAX              MH    10  819  Maori Hill 2      5:L 16:L 22:D 21:D 20:W 13:L 19 MCKEE, JOE              MH    10                  1.5   14:L 15:L 21:W 16:D  8:L 12:L 20 MOEKE, CAMERON          Bal   11       Balmacewen 1.5    7:L 17:L 13:W 12:L 18:L 21:D 21 VAN ROOYEN, CHRISTOPH   Bal   10  804  Balmacewen 1.5   11:L 12:L 19:L 18:D 22:D 20:D 22 LEAPER, SAMUEL          MH    10       Maori Hill 1     10:L  9:L 18:D 13:L 21:D 17:L 23 NIE, LUKE               JMC   13  1267            .5     0:D  0:   0:   0:   0:   0:

Team Standings

Place Name      Score

1  CBHS       12.5 2  OBHS1      11 3  OBHS2      8 4  MAORI HILL 6 5  BALMACEWEN 5.5

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**Otago/Southland Primary-Intermediate Individual Championship – 4 August**
The 2012 event was just over half the size of last year on a rainy Dunedin afternoon, but strong field of 20 nonetheless. Defending co-champion Ben Clayton (12, Tahuna) reached 5/5 and then drew in the last round with his most dangerous rival, Charlie Li (11, DNI) to take clear first on 5½/6. Charlie finished second alone of 4½, having dropped a point to Joe Mckee (10, Maori Hill) with a careless move in round 2. Joe had a great tournament to finish in a 3-way tie for third place on 4 points with Ryan Lau (11, Balmacewen) and Ethan Lau (9. Maori Hill). Joe and Ethan shared first equal in the 10-and-under grade. The Best Girl was Abby Clayton (9, St Clair) on 1½, and the best non-Dunedinite was Stephen Potter (9, St Theresa) who finshed just outside of the main prizes on 3½. the Best Team prize went to Maori Hill: Ethan Lau, Max Lough (10) and Samuel Leaper (10) on a combined score of 10½. code Cross Table

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

1 Ben Clayton,           Tah   12  971            5.5   12:W 11:W  7:W  3:W  4:W  2:D 2 Charlie Li,            DNI   11  642            4.5   20:W  3:L 16:W  7:W  8:W  1:D 3 Joe McKee,             MH    10  122            4     17:W  2:W  6:W  1:L 10:W  4:L 4 Ryan Lau,              Bal   11  511            4      5:W 15:D 17:W  9:D  1:L  3:W 5 Ethan Lau,             MH    9   474 Maori Hill 4      4:L  9:L 19:W 16:W 11:W  6:W 6 Kieran Kelly,          Kaik  8                  3.5    8:W 16:W  3:L 10:D  9:W  5:L 7 Stephen Potter,        St T  9                  3.5   14:W 13:W  1:L  2:L 15:W  8:D 8 Max Lough,             MH    10  384 Maori Hill 3.5    6:L 18:W 13:W 11:W  2:L  7:D 9 Anthony Mirfin,        Kav   12      Kavanagh   3.5   15:L  5:W 14:W  4:D  6:L 13:W 10 Fraser Reynolds,      JMC   12  453            3.5   11:L 12:W 15:W  6:D  3:L 14:W 11 Samuel Leaper,        MH    10  282 Maori Hill 3     10:W  1:L 12:W  8:L  5:L 18:W 12 Sam Thompson,         Art   10  322            3      1:L 10:L 11:L 20:W 16:W 15:W 13 Cameron McGrouther,   Port  11      Portobello 2.5   19:W  7:L  8:L 15:D 17:W  9:L 14 Jorge Oyarzun,        Kav   11      Kavanagh   2.5    7:L 19:W  9:L 17:D 18:W 10:L 15 Reuben Bosworth,      DNI   10                 2      9:W  4:D 10:L 13:D  7:L 12:L 16 Danny Barton,         Port  11      Portobello 2     18:W  6:L  2:L  5:L 12:L 20:W 17 Andrew McIlvanney,    Kav   12      Kavanagh   2      3:L 20:W  4:L 14:D 13:L 19:D 18 Albert Baeumer,       Wait  9                  1.5   16:L  8:L 20:W 19:D 14:L 11:L 19 Abby Clayton,         St C  9   102            1.5   13:L 14:L  5:L 18:D 20:D 17:D 20 Te Hori Wesley-Evans, Port  10      Portobello .5     2:L 17:L 18:L 12:L 19:D 16:L

Team Standings

Place Name      Score

1  MAORI HILL 10.5 2  KAVANAGH   8 3  PORTOBELLO 5

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**Shuffle chess tournament – 25 July**
This year the order of the pieces was revised every round of a 7-player round-robin played with 3 minutes plus 2 seconds a move. New member Thorben Koop from Germany showed he is a player to be reckoned with by taking out this novelty event with 6/6. Bob Wansink was next on 5, 3-4 Leighton Nicholls and Quentin Johnson on 3, 5 John Calder of 2 and 6-7 Ben Clayton and Joel Smith on 1.

**Club Championship – 18 July**
The first leg of the 2012 Club Championship was a tail of two tournaments. The A grade was unusually orderly in its execution and results. Top seed Bob Wansink dropped only half a point to defending champion Quentin Johnson in notiching up a score of 4½/5, ahead of Johnson on 4, John Sutherland on 3½, Geoff Aimers on 2, Hamish Gold on 1 and Brent Southgate on 0. In fact that draw and the other between Johnson and Sutherland were the only results not to go to the higher rated player. Not to say that there wern't many opportunities for greater upstes that went begging during the games. The B grade was a less orderly affair, not least because the many absences during the early rounds and a tiny C-grade resulted in the practical decision to collapse the two grades into a single swiss with a view to ensuring some games got played. The idea was to limit players to a maximum of five games to provide relative parity and the swiss ensured the leading players met each other. The much closer competition also lead to many more upsets than the A-grade. The result was a win to up-and-coming Leighton Nicholls on 3½/5 who now qualifies for the A-Grade in the second leg. He was followed by Eliiot Munro on 3/3, who entered late and thus was out of contention, then Ben Clayton on 2½/4 making the most of his unexpected promotion to the B-Grade and Terry Duffield on 2½/5. code A Grade Cross table

No    Name                     Loc     Total     #1     #2     #3     #4     #5     #6 1    WANSINK, ROBERT     2244     4.5     *     ½     1     1     1     1 2    JOHNSON, QUENTIN     2182     4     ½     *     ½     1     1     1 3    SUTHERLAND, JOHN L     2234     3.5     0     ½     *     1     1     1 4    AIMERS, GEOFFREY     1905     2     0     0     0     *     1     1 5    GOLD, HAMISH R             1887     1     0     0     0     0     *     1 6    SOUTHGATE, BRENT     1775     0     0     0     0     0     0     * code code B Grade Cross Table

No Name                Loc  Total  1   2    3    4    5    6

1 Nicholls, LEIGHTON   1686 3.5    0:  3:L  7:D 10:W  4:W  6:W 2 Munro, ELLIOT        1607 3      0:  0:   0:  11:W  5:W  3:W 3 Duffield, TERENCE    1750 2.5    6:D 1:W  0:   4:L  7:W  2:L 4 Clayton, BEN         1329 2.5    0:  9:W 10:D  3:W  1:L  0:L 5 Calder, JOHN         1507 2      0:  7:W  0:   0:L  2:L  9:W 6 Reid, DAVID M        1607 2      3:D 0:   0:   7:D 12:W  1:L 7 Armstrong, JOHN F    1428 1.5    8:L 5:L  1:D  6:D  3:L 10:D 8 Moratti, DAVID       1320 1      7:W 0:   0:   0:L  0:L  0:L 9 Smith, JOEL          1408 1     10:W 4:L  0:   0:L  0:L  5:L 10 Van Rooyen, CARLSSEN 1180 1     9:L 0:   4:D  1:L  0:L  7:D 11 Ruffman, CHARLIE    1556 0      0:  0:   0:   2:L  0:L  0:L 12 Lydiate, CHRISTOPHER 1756 0     0:  0:   0:   0:   6:L  0:L

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**Winter Rapid Open – 30 June**
The second Seasonal Rapid Open, the Winter Rapid attracted a field of 14 players. Again there was a large spread of ratings, from top seed Bob Wansink to unrated Samuel Leaper and Sam Thompson. Again Wansink dominated, this time with 7/7, though not without moments of serious danger. Second and third also went to seeding, John Sutherland on 6 and Quentin Johnson on 5 points respectively. Fourth was shared by Elliot Munro, who came tantalisingly close to taking points off the top three, Leighton Nicholl and Taine Box on 4 points. This result earned Taine the U1400 grade prize, while second was shared by Charlie Li, Sam Leaper, Sean Lau and Ryan Lau on 3 points. Sam Leaper also picked up the bonus upset prize for hi win over Sean in the first round. The next similar event is the Spring Rapid on Saturday 1 September. code Cross Table

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

1 WANSINK, ROBERT                    2149 7     13:W  4:W  3:W  2:W  6:W  5:W  8:W 2 SUTHERLAND, JOHN L                 2081 6      6:W  5:W  8:W  1:L  4:W  3:W  7:W 3 JOHNSON, QUENTIN                   2006 5      7:W 11:W  1:L  5:W 10:W  2:L  4:W 4 MUNRO, ELLIOT                      1585 4     10:W  1:L 11:W  8:W  2:L  6:W  3:L 5 NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON                 1406 4     12:W  2:L  7:W  3:L  9:W  1:L 10:W 6 BOX, TAINE                         924  4      2:L 12:W  9:W  7:W  1:L  4:L 14:W 7 LI, CHENG YANG (CHARLIE)           834  3      3:L 14:W  5:L  6:L 13:W  9:W  2:L 8 Leaper, Samuel                          3      9:W 13:W  2:L  4:L 11:L 14:W  1:L 9 LAU, SEAN                          1147 3      8:L 10:W  6:L 11:W  5:L  7:L 12:W 10 LAU, RYAN                         832  3      4:L  9:L 12:W 14:W  3:L 13:W  5:L 11 TAMIMI, NASER                     1108 2     14:W  3:L  4:L  9:L  8:W 12:L 13:L 12 LOUGH, MAX                        819  2      5:L  6:L 10:L 13:L 14:W 11:W  9:L 13 LAU, ETHAN                        929  2      1:L  8:L 14:L 12:W  7:L 10:L 11:W 14 Thompson, Sam                          1     11:L  7:L 13:W 10:L 12:L  8:L  6:L

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**Otago/Southland Secondary Interschool Teams Championship 2012 – 16 June**
Otago Boys High School A fielded the same team that won the event last year and emerged the convincing winners on 30/32. Top board Elliot Munro and third board Joe Brown both scored a maximum 8/8, while Tom Mottershead (2) and Joel Smith (4) only dropped one game each. Runners-up were again Logan Park HS, and again the overall result came down to a final round contest between these two teams. However, LPHS without their board one for the previous several years were no match this year and were decisively beaten 4-0 to finish six point adrift on 24 points. Third were the young OBHS B team who scored an outstanding 22 points, showing that if the same four players had played in the Intermediate grade for Balmacewen (which didn't enter) last year they would have been very strong. John McGlashan A finished 4th with a relatively young team on 17½, showing future promise. While the Wakatipu team finisheed very creditably on the same score (but gained few match points) for fifth. It was good to see representatives from outside Dunedin and the Wakatipu and Northen Southland College teams were very welcome participants. As usual there were a disappointingly high number of Scholar's Mates or variants thereof played during the event. Joe Brown (OBHS A) won the shortest game when his opponent ventured a Fool's Mate (1 f3? e5 2 g4??? Qh4#) and he also managed to carry out a slightly more taxing Legal's Mate in the final round. Individual Board scores code Cross Table

No    Name                      Total     #1     #2     #3     #4     #5     #6     #7     #8     #9 1    Otago Boys HS A,        30.0     *     4.0     3.0     4.0     4.0     3.0     4.0     4.0     4.0 2    Logan Park HS,                24.0     0.0     *     2.0     3.0     3.0     4.0     4.0     4.0     4.0 3    Otago Boys HS B,        22.0     1.0     2.0     *     3.0     1.0     3.0     4.0     4.0     4.0 4    Wakatipu HS,                17.5     0.0     1.0     1.0     *     3.0     1.0     4.0     4.0     3.5 5    John McGlashan College A,  17.5     0.0     1.0     3.0     1.0     *     2.5     3.0     3.0     4.0 6    John McGlashan College C,  12.5     1.0     0.0     1.0     3.0     1.5     *     2.0     2.5     1.5 7    Northern Southland Colleg,  7.0     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0     1.0     2.0     *     .5     3.5 8    Kings HS,                 7.0     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0     1.0     1.5     3.5     *     1.0 9    John McGlashan College B,   6.5     0.0     0.0     0.0     .5     0.0     2.5     .5     3.0     * code

**Otago/Southland Intermediate Interschool Teams Championship 2012 – 10 June**
Southland Boys HS showed a big improvement on last year to win a closely contested event with 21½/28, ahead of 13 other teams. Their win was spearheaded by Josh Hansen with a perfect 7/7 on board three. The trophy goes to a Southland school for the first time, and they win the right to represent the region in Palmerston North in September. Runners up with 19½ points were the defending champions, Tahuna Normal Intermediate, not quite able to match last years' performance, though board one Ben Clayton also managed to score a maximum 7 points. They were closely followed by the hosts, DNI A on 19 points in third place. Individual Board Scores code Cross Table

No Name             Total  1      2      3      4      5      6      7

1 SBHS A,           21.5   7:4.0  6:3.0  2:3.0  5:4.0  3:1.5  8:4.0  4:2.0 2 Tahuna Normal A,  19.5  11:3.0  3:3.0  1:1.0  4:4.0  5:2.0  6:3.0 12:3.5 3 DNI A,            19.0  10:3.5  2:1.0  6:3.0 13:4.0  1:2.5  5:2.0 11:3.0 4 Balmacewen 2,     16.5   5:1.0 10:3.0  7:2.5  2:0.0 14:4.0  9:4.0  1:2.0 5 Oamaru Int A,     16.0   4:3.0 13:2.5  8:4.0  1:0.0  2:2.0  3:2.0  6:2.5 6 Arthur St,        14.5  14:4.0  1:1.0  3:1.0 11:2.5  7:3.5  2:1.0  5:1.5 7 Oamaru Int B,     14.5   1:0.0 14:4.0  4:1.5  9:3.0  6:.5  13:3.0  8:2.5 8 Balmacewen 3,     12.0   9:2.5 12:2.5  5:0.0 14:2.5 11:3.0  1:0.0  7:1.5 9 NSC,              11.5   8:1.5 11:2.0 13:2.0  7:1.0 12:2.0  4:0.0 10:3.0 10 Tahuna Normal B, 11.5   3:.5   4:1.0 14:2.0 12:2.5 13:2.0 11:2.5  9:1.0 11 Waitati,         10.5   2:1.0  9:2.0 12:2.5  6:1.5  8:1.0 10:1.5  3:1.0 12 DNI B,           10.0  13:1.5  8:1.5 11:1.5 10:1.5  9:2.0 14:1.5  2:.5 13 Balmacewen 1,    9.5   12:2.5  5:1.5  9:2.0  3:0.0 10:2.0  7:1.0 14:.5 14 SBHS B,          6.5    6:0.0  7:0.0 10:2.0  8:1.5  4:0.0 12:2.5 13:.5

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**Otago/Southland Primary Interschool Teams Championship 2012 – 9 June**
Maori Hill Red showed a clean pair of heels to the field of 11 teams competing at DNI for the trophy and chance to represent the region in Palmerston North in September. Retaining three of the members of the same team that went last year, the won with a massive score of 25½/28 in the seven round event. Enrich teams form Invercargill were a very strong presence as usual, and two Enrich teams shared second place on 16½. Enrich D taking runner-up on countback of 5 match points against Enrich E's 4½.. Fourth and fifth respectively were George Street Normal on 16 and Kaikorai Primary15½, showing how closely the teams were matched. Individual Board Scores code Cross Table

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

1 Maori Hill Red,    Prim      25.5  11:4.0  7:4.0  3:4.0  4:3.5  2:3.0  9:4.0  8:3.0 2 Enrich E,          Prim      16.5   8:2.0  5:1.0  9:2.5  0:4.0  1:1.0 10:3.0  3:3.0 3 Enrich D,          Prim      16.5   4:2.5 10:4.0  1:0.0  7:3.0  8:3.0  5:3.0  2:1.0 4 George St Normal,  Prim      16.0   3:1.5  8:2.5 11:3.0  1:.5   5:2.0  0:4.0  6:2.5 5 Kaikorai Primary,  Prim      15.5   6:2.0  2:3.0  7:1.0  9:2.5  4:2.0  3:1.0  0:4.0 6 Enrich C,          Prim      14.5   5:2.0  9:2.0  8:2.0 10:2.5  7:1.5 11:3.0  4:1.5 7 Enrich F,          Prim      14.0   0:4.0  1:0.0  5:3.0  3:1.0  6:2.5  8:1.0 10:2.5 8 Arthur Street,     Prim      14.0   2:2.0  4:1.5  6:2.0 11:3.5  3:1.0  7:3.0  1:1.0 9 Enrich A,          Prim      13.5  10:2.0  6:2.0  2:1.5  5:1.5  0:4.0  1:0.0 11:2.5 10 Enrich B,         Prim      13.0   9:2.0  3:0.0  0:4.0  6:1.5 11:3.0  2:1.0  7:1.5 11 Maori Hill Blue,  Prim      9.0    1:0.0  0:4.0  4:1.0  8:.5  10:1.0  6:1.0  9:1.5

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**Cleland Trophy – 16 May**
After three of six round the lead is shared by Bob Wansink and Quentin Johnson on 3/3, John Sutherland having taken a bye in round 3. Chasing on 2 points are Hamish Gold, Geoff Aimers, Elliot Munro and John Calder. Update 6 June:

Johnson beat Wansink in a timescramble to take the lead in round 4, which he managed to retain to the end despite a draw with Gold in round 5, finishing on 5½/6. Wansink was second on 5, and had to work harder than he expected to overcome Leighton Nicholls in the last round. Nicholls shared third with Aimers and Gold on 3½, along with Elliot Munro, who won an adjourned game against Bob Clarkson in the final round to record a strong result. code Cross Table

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

1 Johnson, QUENTIN               2170 5.5    4:W  7:W  5:W  2:W  3:D  6:W 2 Wansink, ROBERT                2245 5     14:W  6:W  3:W  1:L  4:W  5:W 3 Gold, HAMISH R                 1880 3.5   12:W  0:W  2:L  8:D  1:D  9:D 4 Munro, ELLIOT                  1535 3.5    1:L  9:W 13:W  7:D  2:L 11:W 5 Nicholls, LEIGHTON             1625 3.5   20:W 19:D  1:L 10:W  7:W  2:L 6 Aimers, GEOFFREY               1904 3.5   13:W  2:L 16:W 12:W  0:D  1:L 7 Southgate, BRENT               1795 3      9:W  1:L  0:D  4:D  5:L 15:W 8 Sutherland, JOHN L             2237 3     11:W 10:W  0:D  3:D  0:L  0:L 9 Armstrong, JOHN F              1420 3      7:L  4:L 20:W 15:D 16:W  3:D 10 Mottershead, TOM              1652 2.5   17:W  8:L  0:D  5:L 13:W  0:L 11 Clarkson, ROBERT D            1609 2.5    8:L 12:L 17:D 20:W 15:W  4:L 12 Calder, JOHN                  1424 2      3:L 11:W 14:W  6:L  0:L  0:L 13 Adams, GEOFFREY               1473 1.5    6:L 17:W  4:L  0:D 10:L  0:L 14 Reid, DAVID M                 1623 1.5    2:L  0:D 12:L 17:W  0:L  0:L 15 Moratti, DAVID                1323 1.5    0:   0:   0:W  9:D 11:L  7:L 16 Van Rooyen, CARLSSEN          1156 1.5    0:W  0:L  6:L  0:L  9:L 17:D 17 Clayton, BEN                  1358 1.5   10:L 13:L 11:D 14:L  0:D 16:D 18 Smith, JOEL                   1402 1      0:   0:   0:   0:  20:W  0:L 19 Duffield, TERENCE             1753 .5     0:   5:D  0:L  0:L  0:L  0:L 20 Lai, KENG YIN                 1175 0      5:L  0:L  9:L 11:L 18:L  0:L

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**Blitz tournament – 25 April**
The coincidence with ANZAC Day resulted in a small turnout for this blitz event. Bob Wansink a double eound-robin with picket fence. 1 Wansink 10/10, 2-3 Geoff Aimers & Leighton Nicholls 7, 4 John Calder 4, 5 Charlie Ruffman 2, 6 John Armstrong 0.

**Swiss Rapid – 11 April**
Bob Wansink is leading on 5½ just ahead of John Sutherland on 5 after six rounds. Update – 18 April:

Bob conceded a draw in round 7 to Elliot Munro in a thrilling game that game down to 2 kings. He then beat Hamish Gold to finish on 7/8. John Sutherland was unable to catch him as he didn't play in the last two rounds. He and Quentin Johnson lie in second on 5 points, though Johnson and Munro have a unfinished game. Munro is currently lying in 4th equal poistion with Geoff Aimers and Leighton Nicholls. Update – 13 June:

Johnson won the game against Munro to finish second on 6 points. code Cross Table

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

1 Wansink, ROBERT                2161 7      6:W 12:W  2:W  3:W  4:D  9:W  5:D  7:W 2 Johnson, QUENTIN               2006 6     10:W  9:W  1:L  7:W  3:L 11:W 17:W  5:W 3 Sutherland, JOHN L             2081 5     13:W  7:+  4:W  1:L  2:W  7:W  0:L  0:L 4 Aimers, GEOFFREY               1787 4.5   17:W  5:W  3:L  9:D  1:D  8:L 11:W  6:D 5 Munro, ELLIOT                  1585 4.5   19:W  4:L  6:L 10:W 14:W 12:W  1:D  2:L 6 Nicholls, LEIGHTON             1456 4.5    1:L 14:W  5:W 11:L  7:L 16:W  0:W  4:D 7 Gold, HAMISH R                 1701 4     11:W  3:- 15:W  2:L  6:W  3:L 10:W  1:L 8 Ruffman, CHARLIE               1562 4      0:   0:   0:   0:  16:W  4:W  0:L  0:L 9 Southgate, BRENT               1492 4     18:W  2:L 16:W  4:D 11:D  1:L 14:W 10:L 10 Armstrong, JOHN F             1375 4      2:L 15:L 19:W  5:L 18:W  0:W  7:L  9:W 11 Clayton, BEN                  1334 4      7:L  0:D 17:W  6:W  9:D  2:L  4:L 14:W 12 Duffield, TERENCE             1697 3     14:W  1:L  0:D  0:D 13:W  5:L  0:L  0:L 13 Mottershead, TOM              1452 3      3:L 16:W  0:D  0:D 12:L 15:W  0:L  0:L 14 Calder, JOHN                  1276 2.5   12:L  6:L  0:W 15:D  5:L 17:W  9:L 11:L 15 Reid, DAVID M                 1479 2.5   16:L 10:W  7:L 14:D 17:W 13:L  0:L  0:L 16 Mulder, Andrew                     2     15:W 13:L  9:L  0:W  8:L  6:L  0:L  0:L 17 Moratti, DAVID                1346 1.5    4:L  0:D 11:L 19:W 15:L 14:L  2:L  0:L 18 Van Rooyen, CARLSSEN          1002 .5     9:L  0:D  0:L  0:L 10:L  0:L  0:L  0:L 19 Lai, KENG YIN                 1034 .5     5:L  0:D 10:L 17:L  0:L  0:L  0:L  0:L

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**Alan Chang memorial – 21 March**
Bob Wansink duly won on 6/6, grinding out an ending win from a worse position over Quentin Johnson. John Sutherland finished second on 4½ with a sudden quick finish over Johnson in the last round. Leighton Nicholls and Tom Mottershead continued their good form by finishing joint third on 4 points. Bob Clarkson's win over Hamish Gold proved the greatest upset (on club rapid ratings) so Bob took out the Aland Chang trophy for 2012. code Cross Table

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

1 Wansink, ROBERT                2149 6      4:W  6:W  2:W 11:W  7:W  3:W 2 Sutherland, JOHN L             2081 4.5    3:W 12:W  1:L  0:D 11:W  7:W 3 Nicholls, LEIGHTON             1406 4      2:L 16:W  6:W  5:W 12:W  1:L 4 Mottershead, TOM               1452 4      1:L 20:W 17:L  6:W  9:W  8:W 5 Gold, HAMISH R                 1728 3.5    0:D  8:L 19:W  3:L 15:W 11:W 6 Munro, ELLIOT                  1573 3     16:W  1:L  3:L  4:L 14:W  0:W 7 Johnson, QUENTIN               2006 3     14:W 10:W 11:L  8:W  1:L  2:L 8 Clarkson, ROBERT D             1283 3     11:D  5:W  9:W  7:L  0:D  4:L 9 Calder, JOHN                   1249 3      0:  17:W  8:L  0:D  4:L 12:W 10 Reid, DAVID M                 1483 3     20:W  7:L  0:D 12:L  0:D 18:W 11 Aimers, GEOFFREY              1787 2.5    8:D 15:W  7:W  1:L  2:L  5:L 12 Southgate, BRENT              1503 2.5   19:W  2:L  0:D 10:W  3:L  9:L 13 Ruffman, CHARLIE              1560 2.5   18:W  0:L  0:L  0:D 16:W  0:L 14 Armstrong, JOHN F             1400 2.5    7:L  0:D 18:L 20:W  6:L 19:W 15 Moratti, DAVID                1387 2.5    0:  11:L 16:L 19:W  5:L 20:W 16 Clayton, BEN                  1145 2      6:L  3:L 15:W  0:W 13:L  0:L 17 Duffield, TERENCE             1661 1.5    0:   9:L  4:W  0:L  0:L  0:L 18 Lai, KENG YIN                 1022 1.5   13:L  0:D 14:W  0:L  0:L 10:L 19 Van Rooyen, CARLSSEN          1005 1.5   12:L  0:D  5:L 15:L 20:W 14:L 20 Adams, GEOFFREY                    1     10:L  4:L  0:W 14:L 19:L 15:L

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**Autumn Rapid Open – 3 March**
Top seed Bob Wansink convincingly won the first Seasonal Rapid Open, the Autumn Rapid. He scored 5/5 in the to head the 16 player field. Second was shared by second seed John Sutherland and the rapidly improving Tom Mottershead on 4 points. The U1400 grade was won by 13 year old Naser Tamimi on 3 points, with second shared by Logan Xu, Ben Clayton and Charlie Li on 2½. The upset prize went to Leighton Nicholls for his fine win over Terry Duffield. The event was fun and a very successful return to weekend rapid tournaments. The next one is the Winter Rapid on Saturday 2 June. code Cross Table

No Name                    Feder Rtg Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5

1 WANSINK, ROBERT                    2149 5     14:W  5:W 10:W  2:W  4:W 2 SUTHERLAND, JOHN L                 2081 4      7:W  3:W  4:W  1:L  8:W 3 MOTTERSHEAD, TOM                   1452 4     13:W  2:L  6:W 10:W  7:W 4 JOHNSON, QUENTIN                   2006 3     12:W  6:W  2:L  5:W  1:L 5 NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON                 1406 3     16:W  1:L 11:W  4:L 10:W 6 TAMIMI, NASER                      1108 3     15:W  4:L  3:L 11:W 12:W 7 XU, LOGAN                          1071 2.5    2:L 13:D 14:W 12:W  3:L 8 CLAYTON, BEN                       1145 2.5   11:W 10:L 12:D 13:W  2:L 9 LI, CHENG YANG (CHARLIE)           834  2.5   10:L 11:L 15:D 14:W 13:W 10 DUFFIELD, TERENCE                 1661 2      9:W  8:W  1:L  3:L  5:L 11 Thompson, Sam                          2      8:L  9:W  5:L  6:L 16:W 12 VAN ROOYEN, CARLSSEN              1005 1.5    4:L 15:W  8:D  7:L  6:L 13 LOUGH, MAX                        819  1.5    3:L  7:D 16:W  8:L  9:L 14 XU, NATHAN                        1100 1.5    1:L 16:D  7:L  9:L 15:W 15 Wu, Yi Heng                            1.5    6:L 12:L  9:D 16:W 14:L 16 Leaper, Samuel                         .5     5:L 14:D 13:L 15:L 11:L

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**Alan Chang memorial – 29 February**
Bob Wansink leads at the halfway mark on 3/3 after defeating second seed John Sutherland, when the latter forgot about the 10 minute hourglass time limit and fatally started thinking. Next are Bob Clarkson and Geoff Aimers on 2½, the former upsetting Hamish Gold and the latter Quentin Johnson.

**2012 Otago chess club AGM – 8 February**
The 2012 committee is the same as 2011 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; Committee members: Hamish Gold, Brent Southgate & Chris Lydiate.