John McRae Junior Summer Shield 2017

1st Ryan Nguyen

Special Beginners Prize – Kimberley Williams

Russell Metge Junior Rapid Cup 2017

1st Ansh Gupta

Book Prize – Max Jiang

Lew Collins Junior Autumn Cup 2017

1st Lloyd Williams

Book Prize – Max Luo

Hans Gao Junior Handicap Shield 2017

1st Ryan Nguyen

Book Prize – Yabla Han

Graeme Coleman Junior Winter Knight 2017

1st Lloyd Williams

Book Prize – Phuong Do

Winter Pawn for Beginners 2017

1st = Oliver Zhao and Varshitha Paravasthu

Medals for both.

Clive Wilson Junior Spring Rapid Cup 2017

1st = Ryan Nguyen and Lloyd Williams

Book Prize – Dylan Nguyen

Pauline Thomas Junior 5min Blitz Trophy 2017

1st Lloyd Williams

Book Prize – Robin Han

David Taylor most improved Junior 2017

1st Max Luo

Nigel Metge Rook   Junior A Grade 2017

1st =  Lloyd Williams and Ryan Nguyen

Graham Banks Cup   Junior B Grade 2017

1st  Dylan Nguyen

Leo Peti Cup  Junior C Grade 2017

1st = Kimberley Williams and Varshitha  Paravastha

This annual tournament was held on Thursday 9th November, and included

2 of our juniors in the Holy Cross Team taking part in the 19 team event.

Crystal Hart   scored  5 out of 6 points – a very good result.

Phuong Do  scored 2.5 out of 6 points – encouraging effort.

The Holy Cross Team Score was  13.5 out of 24   about 50% not bad.

Papatoetoe v Howick-Pakuranga   10/10/ 2017

held in their new clubrooms at the Howick Bowling Club

a big thankyou to them for a very enjoyable night.

Papatpoetoe                               Result                 Howick-Pakuranga

1.Ian McNally                     [B]  0-1                      Ben Hague          [W]

2.Grant Burrows                 [W] 0-1                     Jasmine Zhang    [B]

3.Hilton Jacobs                  [B]  0-1                     Layton Hackney   [W]

4.Vijay Kumar                    [W] 0-1                     Conner Hackney  [B]

5.John Worn                       [B] 1-0                     Daniel Qiu            [W]

6.Dipendra KC                   [W] 1-0                     Ryan Dukeson      [B]

7.Temu Maroroa                [B] 0-1                      Kevin Lin               [W]

8.Harry Bong                      [W] 1/2-1/2             Ronny Chen          [B]

9.Rosjier Hall                      [B] 0-1                      Allen Han              [W]

10.Scott Smith                    [W]0-1                      Thomas Zheng      [B]

11.Danny Madden              [B] 1-0                       James Chen           [W]

12.Callum Spence              [W] 0-1                      Jay Zhao                 [B]

13.Fabio Oberhansli          [B]1-0                         Eric Liu                 [W]

14.Jarlen Benioni               [W]1-0                       Hannah Xu           [B]

15.Paul Postma                   [B] 0-1                        James Hui            [W]

16.Jasraj Chandha             [W] 0-1                      David Nie              [B]

17.Manit KC                        [B] 1-0                        Jayti Pattni        [W]

18.Kevin Postma                [W]0-1                        Rick   ?                 [B]

                          6 1/2                                                11 1/2

once again H-P proved too strong – but we got a wee bit closer

maybe next year.  Thanks Everyone Cheers from PT

RESULTS

1st  Lloyd Williams  with 5 out of 5 points

2nd = were   Ryan Nguyen

Crystal Hart

Robin Han

and  Varshitha Paravasthu  all on 4 out of 5

Well Done   everyone!   the Club Champs start after the school break.

RESULTS

1st =  Ryan Nguyen  on 7/8

Lloyd Williams also on 7/8

they were followed by Dylan Nguyen on 6/8 showing

a revival of form that was good to see.

Winter Knight  2017

Results  

1st      Lloyd    on   5 out of 5  points

2nd    Phuong  with 3.5 out of 5 points

followed by Ryan and Crystal  – 3/5

there was a late entry   Grace Wu   a returning player.

Winter Pawn  2017

Results

1st  =  Oliver  and  Varshitha  on  3.5 out of 5 points

2nd    Darius  with  3 out of 5 points

followed by  Kimberley and Ridith  – 2.5/5

there were 2 late entries new members –

Aryan Bansal    and    Acacia  Lennan

Loss of Game

[1] CheckMate

King’s in Check – can you

[a] Take the checking piece

[b] Block the check

[c] Run away

If you can’t – its CheckMate  – Game Over

[2] Resigns

Give up?   –  lay your King on its side.

[3] Time

[a] Player exceeds the time limit eg. “flag fall” on his clock.

[b] Player fails to appear before the default time expires.

[4] Illegal Move

[a] Standard [60min +]  2nd illegal move

[b] Rapid and Blitz   1st illegal move

[5] Arbiter Intervention

[a] electronic device in the playing area

[b] Failure to comply with FIDE Laws of Chess

also has more on Arbiter’s Obligations.

 DRAW

[1] Players can agree to draw once they have both made one move.

Many Tournaments set a limit [eg. 30 moves] before a draw offer can be made. Mark offer on score  =

[2] Stalemate

Player has no legal move and is not in check.

[3] Dead Position

Neither player can checkmate the other eg. Bishop and King v King

[4] 3 times repetition

the same position is about to occur for the 3rd time.

[5]  last 50 moves

by each player without any pawn moving or any capture.

Method

[1]  Move

[2]  Write

[3]  Clock

Waiting for your opponent to move?

The moment he moves WRITE  IT  DOWN!

It doesn’t matter how strange you might think his move looks

the first thing you must do is  WRITE IT DOWN!

When he presses the clock –  it’s  Your Turn.

[a]  Pawns

File and Destination Square   eg. e4  e file  4th rank

[b]  Pieces

Name and Destination Square 

eg.  Bb5   B bishop   b file  5th rank

[c]  Identify the pieces

eg. Rad1   R  rook  a file  to  d1 

eg. R5e7   R rook  5th rank to e7

[d]  Captures

Pawns   File and Destination Square  eg. exd5

Pieces    Name and Destination Square eg. Nxe6

it makes no difference what is captured – just the

Destination Square

If as White you open with 1. e4 you must have a ” Main Weapon”

with which you will meet 1. … e5

The most common choice is either the Two Knights or Ruy Lopez

You must also have a reply to the Petrov’s Defence  1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 and the Latvian Gambit 2. … f5 or Elephant 2. … d5

If as White you open with 1.e4 you must be prepared to face –

[a] 1. … Nf6   Alekhines Defence

[b] 1. … c6    Caro-Kann Defence

[c] 1. …  e6    French Defence

[d] 1. …  c5    Sicilian Defence

[e] 1. …  d6 2.d4 Nf6  Pirc Defence

[f]  1.  … g6 2.d4 Bg7  Robatsch Defence

[g]  1. … d5 2. exd5  Center Counter [ or Scandinavian] Defence

[h]  1. … Nc6  Nimzovitch Defence

[i ]  1. …  Various other less common moves

of these the most frequently played are the Sicilian and the French

As Black against – 1.e4  1.d4  1.c4 and most other first moves

you can reply with 1. … d6 and … g6 with … Bg7 using

Variations of the Pirc or Kings Indian Defence

Aug 10th     NZ Girls Inter Schools Chess Championship

Te Atatu  Community Centre

Aug 11 – 13th   Waikato Open    Hamilton

Aug 26 – 27th   North Shore Open   held @ ACC  Cromwell St.

Sep 1 – 3rd   NZ Seniors   @ Mt Maunganui.

Sep 30 – Oct 1st   National Inter School Finals @ Christchurch

Sep 30 – Oct 8th  George Trundle NZ Masters  @ ACC

Oct 7th   Catholic Schools Champs

Oct 9 – 15th   Asian Seniors  @ Waipuna Conference Centre

Oct 10th  Howick – Pakuranga Club Invite  to be confirmed

Oct 21 – 23rd   Merv Morrison  @ ACC  Cromwell St.

Nov 16th   Rosehill Intermediate   to be confirmed

Dec 2nd    Papatoetoe Open Rapid

Dec 3rd     Papatoetoe Junior Rapid 

both @ St George Bowling Club  84 Cambridge Terrace  Papatoetoe