Results 2018

December 16th 2018 - ACC Junior Rapids, Auckland.
Organiser: Alex Huang

Open Tournament:
1st= CM Richard Meng and Rohit Mudaliar
3rd Joe Wang
U-1200 Book Prize: Lucase Yang

U-900 Tournament:
1st Alan Chen
2nd= Charlotte Ray and Andy Yang
U-600 Book Prize: Kunal Bhaskar

Vega links: Open U900

Open 1st= CM Richard Meng & Rohit Mudaliar		Open 3rd Joe Wang		U-1200 Book Prize: Lucase Yang
U900 1st Alan Chen		U900 2nd= Charlotte Ray and Andy Yang		U600 Book Prize: Kunal Bhaskar

December 1st - 2nd 2018 - Papatoetoe Rapid, Papatoetoe, Auckland.
Venue: St George (formerly RSA) Bowling Club, 86 Cambridge Terrace, Papatoetoe.
Three tournaments according to ratings, A, B, and C, on Saturday 1st December 2018.
Junior tournament on Sunday 2nd December 2018. Junior players can play on both days.

Tournament website

November 18th 2018 - Summit Rapid Championships, Auckland.
Organised by Ying Wang, ywang@outlook.co.nz for the Summit Chess Club. Venue: Syngeye Community Centre, 3/44 Portage Rd, New Lynn, Auckland. Three divisions: Open, U1800 and Junior tournaments, $1450 total prizefund. Format: 6 Round Swiss, time limit 25 minutes per player with an increment of 5 seconds per move from move one.
This event was a Poison Pawn Grand Prix in Association with D & D Financial Consultants Ltd class 1 event.
Results:
A Grade:
1st Erwin Koestanto 5/6
2nd = FM Daniel Gong, IM Paul Garbett, FM Ewen Green 4.5/6

B Grade:
1st Simon Lyall 5.5/6
2nd = Hilton Jacobs, Saibo (Cyber) Li, Aaron Wang, WCM Nadia Braganza 4.5/6

Junior:
1st Tejashvi Kichivadi 6/6
2nd James Chen 5/6
3rd Jacob Chai 4.5/6
Best under 900 Alan Chen, Anthony Hu 4/6
Best under 600 Chenghao Li, Vincent Cai, Alexander Hanru Pan, Zihao Lin 4/6

Vega links: Open, U1800, Junior.

November 4th 2018 - ACC Junior Rapids, Auckland.
Organiser: Alex Huang

Open Tournament:
1st= Philli Park-Tamati & Matthew Chen
3rd= Jack Chen, Hannah Xu, Tejasvi Kichavadi and Ruichen Wang
Book Prize: Lucas Xiao

U-900 Tournament:
1st Alan Chen
2nd= James Qin & Michael Ma
Book Prize Emily Gan

Vega links: Open U900

Open 1st= Philli Park-Tamati and Matthew Chen		Open 3rd= Jack Chen, Ruichen Wang, Hannah Xu		U900 1st Alan Chen
U900 2nd= Michael Ma and James Qin		U900 Book Prize: Emily Gan

October 27th-28th 2018 - Chess Power National Finals, Auckland.
The private school chess company Chess Power, have successfully staged the 2018 edition of their National finals competition, both individual and teams. For full details see the big pictorial stories on their website; Individuals, Teams. A brief summary of the major prize winners follows.

Individual:
Overall Female Champion, Yolanda Chang (Kaurilands School)
Junior Division Champion, Paul He (Eastern Hutt School)
Intermediate Division Champion, Rohit Mudaliar (Blockhouse Bay Intermediate)
Senior Division Champion, Marin Brimon (Linwood College)
2018 Overall Champion, Max Stephens (Hamilton Boys' High School)

Teams:
Junior Division
1st= Kaurilands School, Auckland, Cockle Bay School, Auckland
3rd Avalon School, Wellington

Intermediate Division
1st Mt Roskill Intermediate, Auckland
2nd Blockhouse Bay Intermediate, Auckland
3rd Berkley Normal Middle School, Hamilton

Senior Division
1st Mt Roskill Grammar, Auckland
2nd Hamilton Boys' High School, Hamilton
3rd Nelson College

A view of the playing hall

October 20th-22nd 2018 - Merv Morrison, Auckland.
Organised by the Auckland Chess Centre. Venue: Auckland Chess Centre, 17 Cromwell, St, Mount Eden, Auckland. An Open tournament, a 6-round Swiss system with a Standard time control of all moves in 90 minutes with an increment of 30 seconds per move from move one. NZCF Standard rated and FIDE rated. This event is a Poison Pawn Grand Prix in Association with D & D Financial Consultants Ltd class 1 event.
Tournament website.
Vega: Merv Morrison

This event saw a triumph of the returning Olympians.
1st= FM Alexei Kulashko, FM Ben Hague 5.5/6
3rd CM John Duneas 5

October 13th 2018 - ACC Junior Rapids, Auckland.
Organiser: Alex Huang, thanks to Simon Lyall for running this month's edition.

Open Tournament:
1st= Philli Park-Tamati and Benjamin Agnew
3rd ChenChen Huang
Book Prize: Nicholas McKinlay

U-900 Tournament:
1st= Jack Chen and Adam Ali
3rd= Alan Chen and Eugene Wang
Book Prize: Emily Gan

Vega links: Open U900

U-900 1st= Adam Ali and Jack Chen

October 1st-11th 2018 - NZ Chess Festival, Palmerston North.
Organised by the Manawatu Knights Chess Club. Contact: Mark Noble, Email: manawatuknights@xtra.co.nz; Phone: 027 3382040 or 06 3237003.

Ten tournaments, including North Island, NZ Senior and NZ Junior championships for all three disciplines (classical, rapid and blitz).

Vega links for all tournaments;
North Island Chess Championship. 8th - 11th October 2018 vega
New Zealand Junior Chess Championship. 1st - 4th October 2018 vega
New Zealand Senior Chess Championship. 2nd - 4th October 2018 vega
New Zealand Junior Blitz Chess Championship. 4th October 2018 vega
New Zealand Senior Blitz Chess Championship. 4th October 2018 vega
New Zealand Junior Rapid Chess Championship. 5th October 2018 vega
New Zealand Senior Rapid Chess Championship. 5th October 2018 vega
Feilding Rapid. 6th October 2018 vega
North Island Blitz Chess Championship. 6th October 2018 vega
North Island Rapid Chess Championship. 7th October 2018 vega

North Island Championship
1st FM Mike Steadman 8.0/8 ** North Island champion in a dominant performance **
2nd Michael Sole 5.5
3rd= CM Jack James, Ryan Winter, Matthew McNabb, Timothy Ha 5.0

New Zealand Junior Championship
1st CM Jack James 6.5/7
2nd CM Allen Fan 6.0
3rd Caleb He 5.0

New Zealand Senior Championship
1st= FM Mark Noble, Michael Steadman 5.0/6
3rd David Lovejoy (Aus) 4.0

Veterans Grade (over 65)
1st David Lovejoy (Aus) 4.0
2nd Grant Kerr 3.5
3rd William Lynn 2.5

New Zealand Junior Blitz Championship
1st CM Jack James 6.5/7
2nd CM Allen Fan 6.0
3rd= Winston Weng, Caleb He, Boyuan Zhang 4.5

New Zealand Senior Blitz Championship
1st FM Michael Steadman 6.0/6

New Zealand Junior Rapid Championship
1st WIM Layla Timergazi 6.0/6
2nd CM Jack James 5.0
3rd= Caleb He, Sol Ross 4.5

New Zealand Senior Rapid Championship
1st FM Michael Steadman 4.5/5
2nd Miles Patterson (Aus) 4.0
3rd FM Mark Noble 3.0

Feilding Rapid
1st= FM Michael Steadman, CM Jack James, 5.5/6
3rd= Miles Patterson(AUS), Simon Lyall, Isabelle Ning, Timothy Ha, Mathew Steadman 4.0

Under 1700
1st= Simon Lyall, Isabelle Ning, Timothy Ha, Mathew Steadman 4.0

Under 1400
1st Kendrick Zhang 3.5
2nd= Hannah Xu, Boyuan Zhang 3.0

North Island Blitz Championship
1st Matthew McNabb 6.5/7
2nd CM Jack James 6.0
3rd FM Michael Steadman 5.5

Junior Grade
1st CM Jack James 6.0
2nd= Caleb He, Isabelle Ning, Mathew Steadman 4.0

North Island Rapid Championship
1st FM Michael Steadman 5.5/6
2nd= CM Jack James, FM Mark Noble 4.5

Junior Grade
1st CM Jack James 4.5
2nd Caleb He 4.0
3rd= Isabelle Ning, Sol Ross, Kendrick Zhang 3.5

September 29th-October 3rd 2018 - South Island Championship, Christchurch.
Venue: Canterbury Chess Club Clubrooms, 9/27 Tyne Street, Riccarton.
Sponsored by Benson Insurance Brokers.

Rapid Championship (29 September), 6 round Swiss, 25mins + 5s/move. Minimum $400 prize fund, GP Class 2.
Lightning Championship (29 September), 9 round Swiss, 3mins + 2s/move. Minimum $100 prize fund.
South Island Championship (30 September - 3 October), 8 round Swiss, 90 mins + 30s/move. Minimum $800 prize fund, GP Class 1.

Stephen Lukey was the impressive winner of the South Island Championships in Christchurch, conceding draws only to Edward Rains and Riley Jellyman.

1st Stephen Lukey 7.0/8
2nd= Nick Cummings, Clinton Wells 5.5

Earlier in the rapid.
1st= Edward Rains, Clinton Wells 5.0/6
3rd Matthew McNabb 4.5

Also Matthew McNabb won the blitz.

Full results on Vega: SI Champs SI Rapid SI Lightning.

September 15th-16th 2018 - ACC September Weekender, Auckland.
Venue: Auckland Chess Centre, 17 Cromwell Ave, Mount Eden.
An experimental new format, 9 rounds of Rapid and 9 rounds of Blitz. Rapid results have double weight in calculating overall result.
Combined results, from the Tournament website
Open
1st: CM Alphaeus Ang, 24.5/27 (8/9 rapid, 8.5/9 blitz winning both events separately).
2nd: FM Ben Hague, 22/27 (7.5 rapid, 7 blitz).
3rd: Evan Capel (MAS), 20/27 (7 rapid, 6 blitz).

Under 2100
1st: Daniel Runcan, 17.5/27 (6 rapid, 5.5 blitz).
2nd: CM John Duneas, 17/27 (6 rapid, 5 blitz).

Under 1800
1st: Philli Park-Tamati, 15.5/27 (5.5 rapid, 4.5 blitz).
2nd=: Luis Angel Duran Rubalcava (MEX), 15/27 (5 rapid, 5 blitz).
2nd=: Allen Li, 15/27 (5 rapid, 5 blitz).

Under 1400
1st: Boyuan Zhang, 13/27 (4 rapid, 5 blitz).
2nd=: Matthew Chen, 12/27 (4 rapid, 4 blitz).
2nd=: Ian Lewis, on 12/27 (4 rapid, 4 blitz).

Vega links: Rapid Blitz.

September 2nd 2018 - ACC Junior Rapids, Auckland.
Organiser: Alex Huang

Open Tournament:
1st= Philli Park-Tamati & Krystal Lal
3rd Mathew Steadman
Book Prize: Alex Coates

U-900 Tournament:
1st= Joseph Xin & Jack Chen
3rd Charles Lu
Book Prize: Emily Gan

Vega links: Open U900

Open 1st= Philli Park-Tamati & Krystal Lal		Open Book Prize: Alex Coates		U900 1st= Jack Chen & Joseph Xin
U900 3rd Charles Lu		U900 Book Prize: Emily Gan

August 25th-26th 2018 - Peter Stuart Memorial, Auckland.
There were three divisions, A-grade, B-grade and C-grade, with a total of $2,250 in prizes (making it a Poison Pawn Class 1 event).

Results as reported on the North Shore Club website
Open:
1st= Evan Capel (Malaysia) & FM Mike Steadman
3rd FM Ben Hague
Flukey 1.c4 Upset Prize: Winston Weng for his draw v. Gino Thornton
(Donated by Stephen Lukey in appreciation of years of friendship and encouragement from Peter. The prize was awarded to the A-Grade player who achieved the largest ratings upset [draws count with a halved rating difference] in a White game starting with 1.c4 [Peter's favourite move by a very wide margin]).
Rating u2000: Antonio Krstev & CM Benjamin Lim
Rating u1850: CM Alex Nagorski, Juni Aguilar (Philippines), Philip Hair, CM Richard Meng, & Xinyang Liu
B-Grade:
1st= Erwin Koestanto (Indonesia) & Brett Rider
3rd Euan McDougall
Rating u1600: Nigel Cooper & Felix Xie
Rating u1460: Philli Park-Tamati
C-Grade:
1st= Ravi Lakshmi & Edward Ashworth
3rd Jay Zi Xuan Zhao
Age prizes: Grown-Up - Ying Wang
Born 2001-2006: Kevin Shen Su
Born 2007-2009: Thomas Zheng
Born 2009 or later: Pasindu Jayawickrama (Sri Lanka)

Full results on Vega: Open ; B Grade ; C Grade

August 4th 2018 - ACC Junior Rapids, Auckland.
Organiser: Alex Huang

Open Tournament:
1st = Winston Weng & Philli Park-Tamati
3rd = Mathew Steadman, Euan McDougall, Matthew Chen, Rohit Mudaliar
Book Prize: Pasindu Jayawickrama

U-900 Tournament:
1st Joseph Xin
2nd= Anthony Hu, Michael Ma, Charles Lu and James Qin
Book Prize: Ken Ruan

Vega links: Open U900

Open 1st= Winston Weng & Philli Park-Tamati		Open 3rd= Matthew Chen, Rohit Mudaliar, Euan McDougall		Open Book Prize: Pasindu Jayawickrama
U900 1st Joseph Xin		U900 2nd= Michael Ma, Charles Lu, Anthony Hu and James Qin		U900 Book Prize: Ken Ruan

July 27-29 2018 Waikato Chess Open, Hamilton.
Venue: Saint Paul's Collegiate School, Hukanui Rd, Hamilton. Featuring an Open ($325 first prize) and an under-1800 tournament, both 6-round Swiss system events. FIDE and NZCF rated. Poison Pawn / D & D Grand Prix Class One event.

Open Division
1st FM Ben Hague (Auckland) 5/5
2nd = FM Michael Steadman (Auckland), IM Russell Dive (Wellington) 4.5/6

Grade I
1st Nathan Goodhue (Auckland) 4/6
2nd = FM Bob Gibbons (Auckland), CM Hilton Bennett (Hamilton) 3.5/6

Grade II
1st Luis Duran Rubalcava (Hamilton) 3.5/6
2nd - Josia Vickers (Mt Maunganui), Juni Aguilar (North Shore) 3/6

Winner of Len Whitehouse Memorial Trophy for best Waikato player:
Graeme Spain (Te Awamutu) 4/6

Under 1800 Division
1st Michael Lin (Hamilton) 5.5/6
2nd = Lara Heppenstall (Hamilton), William Crombie (Hamilton) 4.5/6

Grade I
1st Kendrick Zhang (North Shore) 4/6
2nd = Gary Judkins (Hamilton), Jeffrey Yu (Auckland), Ying Wang (Auckland) 3.5/6

Grade II
1st Joel Crombie (Hamilton) 3/6
2nd Tracy Liu (Auckland), Vraj Dhankee (Waitakere) 2.5/6

Winner of William Lynn Cup for best Hamilton Junior:
Michael Lin (Hamilton) 5.5/6

Ben Hague won this tournament by himself, despite withdrawing before the last round! It really does make sense; Ben is hot in pursuit of the IM title, and after 5/5 in the first five rounds his live FIDE rating was above 2400. Finishing early meant not risking falling back under the magic threshold (the IM title requires a published [i.e. between tournaments] rating of 2400 at some point in a career, plus norms). This left Russell Dive needed a win in the last round to catch Ben for =1st, but Nathan Goodhue (having another good tournament) held to deny him.

Full Results on Vega: Open Grade U1800 Grade

July 7th-15th 2018 - George Trundle Masters, Auckland.
This marvellous tournament is the only one of its kind in New Zealand. Multiple nine round round robin tournaments. One round a day, in the afternoon, with an appropriately slow 90/30 + extra 30 minutes at move 40 time control. Invitations are coveted, but don't be shy about enquiring about next year's edition - to be held in January this time (see the Calendar Page).
Results
Masters
1st FM Ben Hague, 6.5 qualifying for an IM norm
2nd IM Vishal Sareen (India), 6
3rd FM Chris Wallis (Australia), 5.5

Qualifiers
1st= Gordon Morrell & FM Mike Steadman, 8
3rd Nathan Goodhue, 5.5

Reserves
1st CM Richard Meng, 7.5
2nd Laurens Goormachtigh (Belgium), 6
3rd Xinyang Liu, 5.5

Talents
1st Euan McDougall, 7.5
2nd= Hugh Gao & WCM Nadia Braganza, 6.5

Full results and all games on Vega: Masters ; Qualifiers ; Reserves ; Talents

July 1st 2018 - ACC Junior Rapids, Auckland.
Organiser: Alex Huang

Open Tournament:
1st Winston Weng
2nd Euan McDougall
3rd Rohit Mudaliar
Book Prize Matthew Chen

U-900 Tournament:
1st Yifei Song
2nd Michael Ma
3rd Michael Lu
Book Prize David Zhu

Vega links: Open U900

Open 1st Winston Weng		Open 2nd Euan McDougall		Open 3rd Rohit Mudaliar
Open Book Prize: Matthew Chen		U900 1st Yifei Song		U900 2nd Michael Ma
U900 3rd Michael Lu		U900 Book Prize: David Zhu

June 30th 2018 - Upper Hutt Rapid 2018, Upper Hutt.
Organised by the Upper Hutt Chess Club.

A Grade
1st Ben Hague (5/6)
2nd Anthony Ker 4.5
3rd= Scott Wastney, Russell Dive 4

B Grade
1st Edgar Benitez (4.5/6)
2nd= Sol Ross, Akshay Sharma 4

C Grade
1st Alexandre Patenotte (6/6)
2nd= Michael Sole, Paul He 5

Junior Grade
1st Joshua Langford (5.5/6)
2nd Georgina Moeke 5
3rd= Joshua Knowles and Jason You 4

Full Results on Vega: A Grade B Grade C Grade Junior Grade

Upper Hutt A Grade winner Ben Hague, 2nd Anthony Ker, 3rd= Russell Dive and Scott Wastney

June 17th 2018 - ACC Junior Rapids, Auckland.
Organiser: Alex Huang

Open Tournament:
1st= Euan McDougall and Benjamin Agnew
3rd= Matthew Chen, Krystal Lal and Joe Wang
Book Prize: Hannah Xu

U-900 Tournament:
1st= FaAfuhia Fia and Tejasvi Kichavadi
3rd= Allen Weng and Yifei Song
Book Prize: Ruichen Wang

Vega links: Open U900

Open 1st= Euan McDougall and Benjamin Agnew		Open 3rd= Matthew Chen, Krystal Lal and Joe Wang		Open Book Prize: Hannah Xu
U900 1st= Tejasvi Kichavadi and FaAfuhia Fia		U900 3rd= Yifei Song and Allen Weng		U900 Book Prize: Ruichen Wang

June 15th 2018 - 2018 NZCF Auckland Girls Chess Championship, Mt Albert War Memorial Hall, Auckland.
Organised by Bob and Viv Smith.

Download full results here (pdf document).

Under 10 Champion, Anya Thurner (Kaurilands) on the right, plays Hannah Xu (St Kentigerns)		Under 12 Champion, Layne Almonte (St Pauls School, Massey) on the left, plays Sofia Witten-Hannah (Home Schooled)		2018 Auckland Girls Champion, Karen Geng (Mt Albert Grammar) on the left, plays Anna Moir (Pakuranga College)
144 girls compete in the 2018 Auckland Girls Chess Championship at Mt Albert War Memorial Hall		Under 8s, 2nd = Kaylie Chen (Willow Park School) on the left with winner Fang Fei Zhao (Elim Christian College)		Under 12s left to right: 2nd= Jillian Bunquin (St Pauls, Massey), Selena Xie Hu (Carmel College) and Emma Zhuang with winner Layne Almonte (St Pauls', Massey)
Under 10s left to right 3rd = Charlotte Ray (Diocesan) and Rui Chen Wang (Willow Park School), 2nd Yolanda Chang, and winner Anya Thurner (Kaurilands)		Organiser Viv Smith with Under 14s left to right: 3rd = Saasha Ghadiali (Mt Roskill Intermediate), Sylvia McDougall (Mt Roskill Grammar) and Krystal Lal (Howick College), with joint winners Erica Yue Hu (Carmel College) and Zoe Guan (St Cuthbert's)		Under 16s winner Crystal Chanwong (Auckland Girls Grammar) in the middle, with 2nd = Evita and Tamara Land left and right (Rangitoto College)
Under 18s left to right 3rd= Seionara Tugaga and Kate Shirley (McAuley High), 2nd Kirushni Suthakaran (Mt Roskill Grammar) and winner Karen Geng (Mt Albert Grammar)		Over 12s left to right 2nd= overall Erica Yue Hu (Carmel College), Kirushni Suthakaran (Mt Roskill Grammar), and Zoe Guan (St Cuthbert's College) with 2018 Champion Karen Geng (Mt Albert Grammar)

June 2nd-4th 2018 - 41st Trusts Chess Open, Auckland.
Super Class Grand Prix event. Prize-fund over $6600, including 1st prize of $1200. Four separate 6 round Swisses: A (1800 and above), B (1500 to 1999), C (under 1500), Junior (Under 12 and under 1200).

See also a short report on the Home Page.

A-Grade
1st IM Anthony Ker 5.0/6
2nd= FM Mike Steadman, FM Bob Smith, FM Ben Hague, FM Alexei Kulashko 4.5

B-Grade
1st Erwin Koestanto 5.5/6
2nd Oliver Dai 5.0
3rd= Timothy Ha, Owen Jin 4.5

C-Grade
1st Paul He 5.5/6
2nd Julien Goh 5.0
3rd Daniel Qiu 4.5

Junior
1st Anya Thurner 6.0/6
2nd= Allen Weng, Ryan Fan, Eric Jin, Pasidu Jayawickrama 4.0

Tournament website link.
Full results on Vega: A-Grade B-Grade C-Grade Junior

May 29th 2018 - Gawain Jones Simul, Howick, Auckland.
Venue: Howick Bowling Club, 33 Selwyn Rd, Cockle Bay. Play started at 7.45pm.
English Grandmaster Gawain Jones took on 22 opponents simultaneously in this fundraiser organised by the Howick-Pakuranga Chess Club in support of their three club members playing in the Batumi Olympiad later this year.
Gawain's opponents were 1. FM Ben Hague 2495, 2. FM Daniel Gong 2290, 3. FM Bob Gibbons 2049, 4. CM Paul Spiller 2038, 5. CM Stan Yee 2031, 6. WFM Jasmine Zhang 1992, 7. Grant Kerr 1858, 8. Oliver Dai 1760, 9. Euan McDougall 1673, 10. Tony Booth 1656, 11. Jim Benson 1628, 12. Josia Vickers 1573, 13. Temu Maroroa 1553, 14. Wayne McDougall 1440, 15. Allan Han 1393, 16. Daniel Qiu 1307, 17. David Nie 1292, 18. Hannah Xu 1037, 19. Jay Zhao 970, 20. Eric Zhang 966, 21. Chris Jardine unr (and one other unknown [at this point] player). The top three players managed draws, Gawain swept the rest of the field.
Further details on the Howick-Pakuranga website.

May 19th, 26th and 27th 2018 - ACC May Weekender, Auckland.
Organised by the Auckland Chess Centre. Venue: Auckland Chess Centre, 17 Cromwell, St, Mount Eden, Auckland.

A crowded field at the top of the latest ACC Weekender, only 1 point separating the top 9 players. Just for the moment Ben Hague seems to have mislaid his knack of winning all the marbles in these events.

1st= FM Alexei Kulashko, FM Ben Hague, FM Leonard McLaren 5.0/6
4th FM Daniel Gong 4.5
5th= CM Alphaeus Ang, CM John Duneas, WFM Jasmine Zhang, CM Helen Milligan, Laurens Goormachtigh (Belgium) 4.0
Full results on Vega.

May 13th 2018 - ACC Junior Rapids, Auckland.
Organiser: Alex Huang

Open Tournament:
1st Josia Vickers
2nd= Philli Park-Tamati, Winston Weng, Felix Xie and Joe Wang
Book Prize: Kenny Zhang

U-900 Tournament:
1st Ethan Liu
2nd Nico McKinlay
3rd Lucas Xiao
Book Prize: Zihan Mei

Vega links: Open U900

1st Josia Vickers		2nd= Winston Weng		U900 1st Ethan Liu
U900 2nd Nico McKinlay		U900 3rd Lucas Xiao		U900 Book Prize: Zihan Mei

April 25th, 28th, and 29th 2018 - ACC ANZAC Weekender, Auckland.
Organised by the Auckland Chess Centre. Venue: Auckland Chess Centre, 17 Cromwell, St, Mount Eden, Auckland.

1st IM Paul Garbett 5.5/6
2nd= FM Alexei Kulashko, CM Alphaeus Ang 5

Full results on Vega.

April 15th 2018 - ACC Junior Rapids, Auckland.
Organiser: Alex Huang

Open Tournament:
1st= Euan McDougall and Felix Xie
3rd Mathew Steadman
Book Prize: Krystal Lal

U-900 Tournament:
1st Joseph Xin
2nd= Lucas Xiao, Zihan Mei and Ethan Liu
Book Prize: Eugene Wang

Vega links: Open U900

1st= Euan McDougall and Felix Xie		Book Prize: Krystal Lal
U900 1st Joseph Xin		U900 2nd= Ethan Liu, Zihan Mei and Lucas Xiao		U900 Book Prize: Eugene Wang

March 30th - April 1st 2018 - Wellington Open, CQ Hotel, Wellington.

Round 6, Boards 1 and 2		Round 6, Boards 5 and 6

March 24th 2018 - Latvian Rapid, Auckland.

A Grade
1st FM Alexei Kulashko 5.5/6
2nd= FM Ben Hague, Ralph Hart, FM Bob Smith, CM Alphaeus Ang 4.5

B Grade
1st Erwin Koestanto 5.5
2nd= Euan McDougall, Luis Duran Rubalcava 5.0

C Grade
1st= Wayne McDougall, Connor Hackney 5.0
3rd= Scott Smith, Leo Li, Kimberley Yuan 4.5

D Grade
1st Hamish Chan 5.5
2nd Hannah Xu 5.0
3rd= Jay Zi Xuan Zhao, Tejasvi Kichavaoi, Brian Zhao 4.5

Howick-Pakuranga club website
Vega links: A Grade; B Grade; C Grade; D Grade.

A crucial round 5 game, Alexei Kulashko's horses look a little odd, but he made this work		It's a young man's game

March 11th 2018 - 6th Hawke's Bay Rapid, Napier.

A Grade
1st Ben Hague 5.5 pts
2nd equal Stephen Lukey, Daniel Gong 4.5 pts

B Grade
1st equal Aaron Wang, Oscar Qin 5.5 pts
3rd Kimberley Yuan 3.5 pts

Junior
1st Finley Duncan 6 pts
2nd Sean Molloy 5 pts
3rd equal Te Kaha Taiapa, Akuhata Keelan 3.5 pts

Vega Links: A-Grade; B-Grade; Junior.

A Grade: Daniel Gong, Ben Hague, Stephen Lukey		B Grade: Kimberley Yuan, Aaron Wang, Oscar Qin
Junior: Sean Molloy, Te Kaha Taiapa, Akuhata Keelan, Finley Duncan		A tournament with nice ambience

March 4th 2018 - ACC Junior Rapids, Auckland.
For players under 20 on 1/1/2018. Organised by Alex Huang in association with the Auckland Chess Centre, 17 Cromwell Ave, Mount Eden.
Two divisions, Open and u-900 rating, $370 total prizefund. NZCF rated, and part of the Poison Pawn Grand Prix!
Organiser: Alex Huang

Open Tournament:
1st Philli Park-Tamati
2nd= Joe Wang and Matthew Chen
Book Prize: James Liu

U-900 Tournament:
1st Brena Merz
2nd Joseph Xin
3rd Charlotte Ray
Book Prize: Anthony Hu

Vega links: Open U900

1st Philli Park-Tamati		2nd= Matthew Chen and Joe Wang		Book Prize: James Liu
U900 1st Brena Merz		U900 2nd Joseph Xin		U900 3rd Charlotte Ray		U900 Book Prize: Anthony Hu

February 24th 2018 - Bay of Plenty Rapid, Mt. Maunganui.
A-Grade
1st (5.5/6) FM Ben Hague
2nd (4.5) Kirill Polishchuk
3rd= (4.0) FM Mike Steadman, Noel Pinic, IM Paul Garbett, CM Helen Milligan, Richard Dare

B-Grade
1st (6/6) Laurens Goormachtigh (Belgium)
2nd (5) Luis Ange Duran Rubalcava (Mexico)
3rd= (4) Asheesh Gautam (Fiji), Leyton Hackney, Simon Lyall, Neil Cruden, Timothy Ha, Philli Park-Tamati
under 1400 Jie Gong

Junior-Grade
1st= (5/6) Aidan Morgan, Leo Kim, U O G Udul Bandara (Sri Lanka)
under 12 years (4) Kevin Li
under 10 years (3) Hannah Xu
Vega Results A-Grade; B-Grade; Junior.

February 18th 2018 - ACC Junior Rapids, Auckland.
For players under 20 on 1/1/2018. Organised by Alex Huang in association with the Auckland Chess Centre, 17 Cromwell Ave, Mount Eden.
Two divisions, Open and u-900 rating, $370 total prizefund. NZCF rated, and part of the Poison Pawn Grand Prix!
Organiser: Alex Huang

Open Tournament:
1st Mathew Steadman
2nd= Euan McDougall and Felix Xie
Book Prize: Tracy Liu

U-900 Tournament:
1st Lucas Xiao
2nd Edward Zhan
3rd= Joseph Xin and Harrison Xiao
Book Prize: Daniel Hu

Vega links: Open U900

1st Mathew Steadman		2nd= Felix Xie and Euan McDougall		Book Prize: Tracy Liu
U900 1st Lucas Xiao		U900 prizes Daniel Hu, Lucas Xiao, Harrison Xiao, Edward Zhan and Joseph Xin

January 27th-29th 2018 - Auckland Anniversary Weekender, Auckland.
1st Ben Hague (6/6) 2nd= Alphaeus Ang, Bob Smith, Paul Garbett, Allen Fan, Gini Thornton and John Duneas (4.5)
Vega Results

January 21st 2018 - The ACC Junior Invitational Tournament, Auckland.
Organiser: Alex Huang
1st Josia Vickers 2nd= Euan McDougall, Abraham Deng and Andrew Li.
Vega Results

1st Josia Vickers		2nd= Abraham Deng, Andrew Li and Euan McDougall

January 1st-12th 2018 - 125th New Zealand Congress, Palmerston North

MillenniumHotels.com New Zealand Open Vega
1st GM Adrien Demuth (8/9)(France)
2nd GM Fabian Libiszewski (7/9)(France)
3rd= and Joint NZ Champions IM Russell Dive & CM Alphaeus Ang (6/9)
5th= CM Allen Fan, FM Daniel Gong, FM Robert Smith, FM Mike Steadman, IM Anthony Ker, FM Ben Hague, & FM Dusan Stojic (Australia)

Major Open Vega
1st CM Leon Kempen (Australia)
2nd and NZ Major Open Champion CM Stan Yee
3rd= Alan Winfield, Laurens Goormachtigh (Belgium) & Ryan Winter
Rating prizes:
1700-1800: Dion Charles
1600-1700: Louie Wei
1450-1600: Sarah Yan, Caleb He & Fabian Day
1300-1450: Oscar Qin
Under 1300: Sashi Kumar, Arkadi Polyakevich & Paul He

D&D New Zealand Rapid Championship Vega
1st= GM Fabian Libiszewski (France) and NZ Rapid Champion FM Michael Steadman
3rd GM Adrien Demuth (France)
Under 18:
1st CM Alphaeus Ang
2nd= Ryan Winter & WIM Layla Timergazi
Under 14:
1st CM Allen Fan
2nd= Hugh Gao & Mathew Steadman
Under 10:
1st Paul He
2nd= Isabel Ning & Daniel Shek (England)
Under 2100:
1st CM Jack James
Under 1700:
1st= James Stewart, Sol Ross, Simon Lyall, Tawan Sunathvanichkul (Thailand) & Caleb He

New Zealand Blitz Championship Vega
1st GM Fabian Libiszewski (France)
2nd= GM Adrien Demuth (France) and Joint NZ Blitz Champions Ralph Hart, Hans Gao, & IM Anthony Ker
Under 1700: CM Oliver Picken
Under 1500: Hugh Gao, Sol Ross, Daniel Shek (England) & Caleb He
Under 1300: Hannah Xu

New Zealand Junior Open Championship Vega
1st CM Alphaeus Ang
2nd= CM Oliver Picken & CM Allen Fan
Under 1800 Dion Charles
Under 1500 Rodney Li
Under 1300 Daniel Shek

Palmy Knights Open Vega
1st FM Mark Noble
2nd CM Jack James
3rd Simon Lyall
Rating 1700-2000 Roy Seabrook & Martin Post
Rating 0-1700 Stephen Murdoch, Wayne Knightbridge & Nigel Cooper

Manawatu Rapid Vega
1st CM Jack James
2nd= WCM Vyanla Punsalan & CM Oliver Picken
Under 1600: 1st= Mathew Steadman & Caleb He
Under 1300: 1st Paul He

TAB Terrace End Trans Tasman Blitz Match
Anthony Ker and Ben Hague (NZ) 5 defeat 3 (AUS) Darryl Johansen and Dusan Stojic

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