Hawke's Bay Chess Incorporated

PROGRAMME 2025
Jan 29 Club opening & social chess 
Feb  5 Grim Reaper					
     8 (Sat) Hawke's Bay Rapid
    12 Summer Rapid (25minutes + 5second) Two games per night.
    19 Summer Rapid
    26 Summer Rapid
Mar  5 Social chess and AGM at 8.30pm		
    12 P.D.Lee (75minutes + 30second) Swiss with 5 rounds.
    19 P.D.Lee
    26 P.D.Lee	
Apr  2 P.D.Lee
Apr 6 (Sun) HB Junior Lynch Cup
9 P.D.Lee
School Holidays 12 April to 27 April 16 Handicap 23 Coaching & social chess
Apr 30 Practise Lightning (3minutes + 2second) and arrange club championship for A,B & C grades. May 7 Club Championship (75minutes + 30second)
May 9 (Fri) HB Intermediate & Secondary Schools Chess Tournament at Hastings Sports Centre
14 Club Championship (Junior Grade starts) 21 Club Championship
May 25 (Sun) HB Junior Lynch Cup
28 Club Championship Jun 4 Club Championship 11 Club Championship 18 Club Championship 25 Handicap
School Holidays 28 June to 13 July Jul 2 Coaching & social chess 9 Practise Lightning (3minutes + 2second)
16 Winter Rapid 23 Winter Rapid
Jul 27 (Sun) HB Junior Lynch Cup
30 Winter Rapid
Aug 1 (Fri) HB Region Inter-School Teams Chess Tournament at Hastings Sports Centre.
6 Handicap 13 Rapid Club Championship (25minutes + 5second) Two games per night. 20 Rapid Club Championship 27 Rapid Club Championship
Aug 31 (Sun) HB Junior Lynch Cup
Sep 3 Simultaneous - 10 Fischer random championship with two games per night 17 Fischer random championship
School Holidays 20 September to 5 October Sep 24 Fischer random championship Oct 1 Handicap
Oct 8 Spring Rapid 15 Spring Rapid 22 Spring Rapid 29 Grim Reaper
Oct 31 (Fri) District of Hastings Junior Chess Tournament
Nov 5 Practise Lightning (3minutes + 2second) 12 Lightning Championship 19 Martin Stafford Trophy Challenge - to be arranged 26 Coaching then Prizegiving & social chess Dec 3 Social 5:30pm at ?
School Holidays 11 December-

The Hawke's Bay Chess Club meets on Wednesday evenings in the Library at Havelock North High School, Te Mata Road, from 6pm until closing.

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