District of Hastings Junior Chess Tournament
Handicap Competition 2023 November
Handicap Competition 2023 August
Handicap Competition 2023 July
Secondary Schools Chess Tournament
Dion Wilson and Abigail Rowe are playing in Merv Morrison Memorial 21 October 2023
Round One
Dion 1370 won an interesting game on top 5 live game Broadcast playing Cohen Young 1846
Abigail 1188 had a draw playing Victor Coen 1586
Round Two
Abigail lost playing second seed FM Leonard McLaren 2042
Dion lost to David Junyang Zhu 1720
Round Three - day 2
Win for Dion playing Nigel Cooper 1490
Win for Abigail playing Paul Yuan 1205
Round Four
Dion won pkaying Jessie De Guzman 1600
Abigail had a draw with Philip Mukkattu 1492
Round Five - day 3
Dion won playing CM Kendrick Botong Zhang 1828
Abigail had a draw with Brogan Powlesland 1405
Round Six - last round
Board 2: Dion lost in a Rook endgame playing 3rd seed Daqi Mao 1961
Board 12: Abigail lost playing Frank Deng 1487
Board 1: Victor Coen (had draw with Abigail in round 1) lost playing top seed Alphaeus 2289
Dion won under 1400 grade prize.
Our regional Teams Chess Tournament:
4 August (Fri) HB Region Inter-School Teams Chess Tournament at Hastings Sports Centre.
We had a few Hawke's Bay club members play in some big tournaments lately:
We have a few Hawke's Bay club members playing in some big tournaments this coming week:
Dion Wilson and Abigail Rowe are playing in the South Island Championships, which are being held in Oamaru starting on the 27th September. Live Boards.
South Island Rapid Championship 1 October 2023
Live Boards
Sundeia Lomberg and Hana Lomberg are both playing in the Reserve Grade of the New Zealand Women's Chess Championship, which is being held in Auckland starting on the 25th September.
You can follow their progress.
Sundeia 1208 had a win playing Luna Lu 1744 in round one.
Hana 524 lost playing Luna Xu 1725
Spring Rapid ([new] rapid tournament added to our calendar)
20 Aug 2023. Run by Chess Power
A fun, social Chess Tournament open to all players ages 4 to 18. Held from 1pm - 5:30pm.
Entry fee: $25 per entry if prepaid
Venue: Hastings Bridge Club, 911 Railway Road, Hastings
Format:
Pawns, Knights and Rooks Divisions - Three 7 round Swiss tournaments with a time control of 15 minutes for each player. Each game lasts 30 minutes maximum
REGISTRATION IS MANDATORY FOR ALL PLAYERS TO SECURE YOUR PLACE!
23 Jul 2023. Run by Chess Power
A fun, social Chess Tournament open to all players ages 4 to 18. Held from 1pm - 5:30pm.
Entry fee: $25 per entry if prepaid
Venue: Hastings Bridge Club, 911 Railway Road, Hastings
Format:
Pawns, Knights and Rooks Divisions - Three 7 round Swiss tournaments with a time control of 15 minutes for each player. Each game lasts 30 minutes maximum
REGISTRATION IS MANDATORY FOR ALL PLAYERS TO SECURE YOUR PLACE!
13th-16th July 2023 ♖ 90minutes + 30second ♖ Venue: Auckland Chess Centre, 17 Cromwell Str., Mt. Eden, Auckland
Dion Wilson and Abigail Rowe are playing.
Live Boards at Link: https://lichess.org/broadcast/2023-peter-stuart-memorial-open-north-island-championship/psm-nic-2023-round-1/ZyJD0gqA
Pairing of round 1
Peter Stuart Memorial / North Island Championship (tournament link)
24 June to 25 June ♖ 60minutes + 30second ♖ over-the-board
Briene Membrere and Abigail Rowe are on Live Boards at Link: https://lichess.org/broadcast/auckland-chess-weekend-june-2023/acw-june-round-1/nUgJNvPf
Auckland Chess Weekend tournament (tournament link)
11 June 2023
Briene Membrere 1st in Open(U1800)
3th-5th June 2023, Auckland
Dion Wilson won the C Grade of the 45th Trusts Open
Abigail Rowe played the B Grade of the 45th Trusts Open
| Year 6 | Hana Lomberg | Parkside Adventist Christian School |
| Year 5 | Storm James | Henry Hill School |
| Year 4 | Serena Lomberg | Parkside Adventist Christian School |
| Year 3 | Nixon Bredin | Hereworth School |
Most successful school:
Parkside Adventist Christian School