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The 2022 Club Champs was won by FM Alphaeus Ang on 8.0/9 (with one upset caused by WCM Isabelle Ning). Isabelle finished second and undefeated on 7.0/9, Daqi Mao is 3rd on 6.5/9, Justin Wang is 4th and undefeated on 6.0/9, and a bunch of players on 5.5/9.

The B-grade was won by Nikita Lobanov on 7.5/9. Eric Wu dropped from A to B recently but came second on 6.5/9. Pranav Shenoy, Tyleah Po’e-Tofaeono, and Jerome Tao finished on 6.0/9.

All details on Vega pages https://www.aucklandchess.nz/vega/2022/wwwACCClubChampsA/standing.html and https://www.aucklandchess.nz/vega/2022/wwwACCClubChampsB/standing.html

P.S.: rating variations of rounds 6-9 are posted to the FIDE period of December 2022, as the tournament finished on 31/10, too late to be included in November ratings.

The last tournament of the year, the Spring Cup, starts on the 7th of November. Please find your name on the list (everybody’s in one grade for now, but we’ll divide the list into A and B grades before the start). The tournament lasts six rounds and will be only NZCF-rated.

https://www.aucklandchess.nz/vega/2022/wwwACCSpringCupA/playersname.html

If you don’t intend to play, please let the captain know. We’ve removed those who confirmed they’re not playing. If the captain forgot about you, please let us know, too.

The club has only 80 seats, and we’re full for this tournament. New players and their parents, please remember to text the captain before 6:30 pm on Monday night if you cannot come, so others can be paired and not have to wait in vain. Thanks!

Due to the Merv Morrison Memorial running on Oct 22nd, we will be starting a week later on Oct 29th. I will update the Term 4 schedule here: https://www.aucklandchess.nz/saturday-night-junior-chess/

Club captain Timothy Ha will be absent on Monday, 17/10 (playing as the youngest player in the Asian Seniors!) so please contact Keong Ang to notify him if you’re not coming. Message Keong if you’ve got his contacts, or write to KeongAng@ and cc: TimothyHa@ (both are gmail.com emails) before 6:30 pm.

On Monday 24/10 the club night will not be run due to the Merv Morrison Memorial tournament being held at ACC. You can register for that one and play!

The last round of the ACC Club Championship will be held on the 31st of October.

To recap: there is no club on Monday 24/10. On 17/10 contact Keong instead of Timothy 🙂

The club is open on school holidays and Monday nights will be held on October 3rd, 10th, and 17th. Those will be rounds 6, 7, and 8 of the Club Championship.

Only on the 24th of October, the club will be closed because of the Merv Morrison Memorial (please register).

The last round of the Club Champs will be held on the 31st of October.

If you’re travelling or cannot come on any of the mentioned Mondays, 3/10, 10/10 or 17/10, please let the captain know as usual. Thanks.

We are closed this week for Saturday Junior Night, as the Auckland Teams Arena September tournament is happening at our venue. We will resume Oct 1st for our final event this term. Then, we will start Oct 22nd in Term 4.

Our club will be open as usual. Please text the captain on Monday before 6:30 pm if you wish to skip a round. Thanks.

Registration is now open for the Auckland Teams Arena, September edition 2022, https://newzealandchess.nz/auckland-teams-arena-september-2022/ – dates are the 24th and 25th of September (Saturday and Sunday).

The entry fee is only 20 NZD for six FIDE-rated games over one weekend.

The August edition was won by The Knightmares (again!). Individual winners were Eric Minorov and Sai Somaraju who will get ATA hoodies.

The NZCF calendar doesn’t have any other FIDE-rated classical OTB weekenders in September, so this will be the only event available, in addition to Monday and Wednesday FIDE-rated club nights at the Auckland Chess Centre and North Shore Chess Club.

The Saturday Junior Night has been cancelled today, due to the organiser’s illness. We hope to resume next week Sep 10. The schedule has been updated.

https://www.aucklandchess.nz/saturday-night-junior-chess/

We started the 2022 ACC Club Champs with 75 players (44 names in A-grade and 31 in B-grade) and only one player forgot to contact the captain about missing Monday night, so there was only one forfeit loss in round 1!

Some players even notified us about their future schedule and got the 1/2 point byes pre-registered several weeks in advance.

We function all Mondays, including school holidays, so if you’re travelling or sick or cannot come on any Monday night, please let us know in advance or before 6:30 pm on Monday. Pairings are locked soon after that, and it’s frustrating when somebody travels during the city’s peak hours to the club and doesn’t get a game.