Brogan Powlesland didn’t make the cut to join the ACC Summer Cup on Mondays, but participated in the inaugural Auckland Chess Weekend (ACW) event at ACC and won it, collecting a nice ACW T-shirt! The next event will be in May (see the ACW section on our website for details).
https://www.vegaresult.com/vega-trn/index.php?page=standing&id=1602
Top boards were broadcast live on Lichess https://lichess.org/broadcast/auckland-chess-weekend-march-2023/9cRYFVKN
Don’t forget to enter the George Trundle round-robin event, which will be held from the 12th to the 21st of April during the school holidays at ACC. It’s a rare chance to play with equal players in one of the four rating groups. Only 40 seats are available.
The time control being used is the same as in FIDE Olympiads and New Zealand Congress. One classical game per day.
Enter online: https://newzealandchess.nz/george-trundle-2023/
We want to give everybody a game on Mondays but some nights we are just 100% full like last Monday, all three rooms were packed like sardines in round 2 of the Summer Cup, and some people had to be turned away.
The club captain isn’t playing though so if you didn’t get a game, play with the captain outside (weather permitting). Please bring your own board just in case we run out of them, too 🙂
If you’re a junior player, please join the Saturday programme.
We’ll also start Auckland Chess Weekends in March for all ages. Stay tuned and follow our webpage and Facebook account.
A quick heads up to those who filled the registration form for ACC 2023 – Monday nights will resume after the Waitangi weekend, on the 13th of February. We will publish a detailed calendar for 2023 soon next week.
So far there is no change of plans to the Auckland Anniversary and Waitangi weekenders. Please use the contact email you received during registration if you have questions for organisers, not the usual ACC contacts.
Stay safe during the Auckland flood.
As announced previously at the club, Grandmaster Samy Shoker (FIDE 2491), one of the winners of the 2023 NZ Congress, will hold a 20-25 boards simul at the Auckland Chess Centre at 7 pm on Friday, the 20th of January.
Please come if you have registered before, and call 09 630 2042, if you want to join.
Please use the following registration form to register yourself or your child for 2023. This is a preliminary registration form. The club captain will confirm your place. Please don’t make any payments yet!
https://forms.gle/tykoNGs1xuz4Q3k78
The club will be open every Monday, from 13/2 to the week before Christmas, except public holidays, but without any gaps for school holidays. Whenever you know your travel plans or have long breaks from the chess club, please let us know. We also ask you to notify us on Mondays before 6:30 pm if you’re not coming. If you’re sick, please do not come and inform us about that, too. Thanks.
On Saturday the 14th of January, I learned of my good friend Ian McNally’s death. Ian and I had been friends for nearly forty years. Ian was an Auckland Chess Centre stalwart — he was twice Club President and served on the Club’s Committee in various roles innumerable times over the decades. He was also Club Champion in 1991. Over the years, Ian and I enjoyed many outrageous escapades in the chess world, particularly in Auckland Chess Association Blitz competitions. I shall miss him dearly. R.I.P. old friend.
Bruce Wheeler
Club President
Stay tuned for updates about 2023 club registration and full calendar. Thanks. And please follow the 130th Chess Congress via links on http://newzealandchess.co.nz/ — many of our players are there!
UPDATE: we have changed the opening date to the 13th of February. Thanks.
Here is the list of winners and runner-up players of 2022 (click the tournament titles for detailed results).
Congratulations also to the Auckland Chess Centre team (Alphaeus Ang, Bruce Wheeler, Jasmine Zhang, and Jordan Lewis) who won the Auckland Interclub Blitz on the 18th of December.
If your name is in bold letters below, please contact Timothy to get a Chessable course!
Alphaeus Ang – 5.5/6
Isabelle Ning – 5.0/6
Justin Wang – 5.0/6
Alex Pan – 5.0/6
Virginia Milne – 4.5/6
Pranav Shenoy – 4.5/6
Euan McDougall – 6.0/7
Philli Park-Tamati – 5.5/7
Hao Tang – 5.0/7
Alex Nagorski – 5.0/7
Luna Xu – 6.0/7
Sai Somaraju – 5.5/7
Alphaeus Ang – 8.0/9
Isabelle Ning – 7.0/9 – special upset prize for beating Alphaeus
Daqi Mao – 6.5/9
Nikita Lobanov – 7.5/9
Eric Wu – 6.5/9
Alphaeus Ang – 5.5/6
William Liu – 5.0/6
Lucas Zhang – 5.0/6
Nahuel Lino Serron – 5.0/6
Adele Zhou – 5.0/6
Alex Nagorski – 5.5/6
Philli Park-Tamati – 8.0/9
Daniel Gong – 7.0/9
Gino Thornton – 6.5/9
Jordan Lewis – 6.5/9
19th of December is the last club night of the year when we’ll do prizegiving, hold an AGM, eat pizza together, and do some fun chess.
All club members are welcome!
The club will resume on 30/01/2023, and registration will be open in mid-January.
