This event was held at Alexander Park on Sunday June 28th.

There were 10 teams of 4 this year, from clubs in the Auckland area,

with some of the strongest Junior players in the country.

RESULTS

1. Howick – Pakuranga A                   17.5

2. North Shore                                     14

3. Auckland A                                       14

4. Papatoetoe A                                    12

5. Howick – Pakuranga B                    10.5

6. Howick – Pakuranga C                     9

7. Auckland B, Papatoetoe B, Papatoetoe C  all on  6

8. Waitakere                                            5

LEADING SCORERS

Board 1. 1st  Daniel Gong [2058]         5

2nd William Zhang [1998]    4

3rd = Caroline Yan [1567] and Arul Gaundar [1102] 3

Board 2. 1st = Judd Zhan [1607] and Arav Gaundar [1047] 4

3rd – 4th Aaron Wang [1407] and Jasmine Zhang [1555] 3.5

Board 3. 1st  Terry Shen [1428]   5

2nd  Naqib Syabani [1016]   4

3rd = Kevin Hou [1224] and  Lucy Massey [547]  3

Board 4.  1st = Vyania Punsalan [918] 4

= Mathew Steadman [1156] 4

= Ryan Nguyen [540]   4

4th  Kevin Guan [1588]  3.5

Great Effort –  against much higher rated opponents – WELL DONE !

Papatoetoe will play howick this Tuesday night  7thjuly at howick  be there by 7.15pm . Start at 7.30pm

Hasler Hall  Below Saints Church, Corner of Selwyn Rd and the Glebe, Howick

Papatoetoe Team list  For  7th July

Stanford Colson -Justin ,-Jane ,- Jasraj Singh,-Lucy Massey,-Rebekah Massey ,-Emily Massey,- Fergus Lee,-Joanna Lee,-Ethan,-Ryan Nguyen,-Ryan Nguyen,- James Welsh,-Lakshmi,-Pauline Thomas,-Hi Horr,-Paul Postma,-Temu Maroroa,- David Broughton,- Stephan B,-Jeun, -John McRae ,- Aiken Eliu

Hope see all these players turn up for the Challenge against Howick

or any  other Papatoetoe   players who wish to turn please do

The Hans Gao Junior Handicap Shield  2015 finished with

1st   Christopher Delport [ Blue] on 7 points

2nd =  Ryan Nguyen [Red] on 6 points

2nd = Stephan Wind [ Purple] on 6 points

2nd = Justin  Malagueno [ Purple ] on 6 points

There were only 3 Colour Grades this year – RED [over 475] BLUE [ 400-475]

PURPLE [319 -400] with a bonus points system

BLUE beats RED  – 2 POINTS

PURPLE beats BLUE  – 3 POINTS

PURPLE beats RED  – 4 POINTS

The LEW COLLINS JUNIOR AUTUMN CUP  2015 has just finished –

A Grade  1st   Hugh Gao on 5 out of 6 points

2nd = Emily Massey and Fergus Lee on 4 points

B Grade   1st = Joanna Lee and Manit Kc on 5 out of 6 points with

2nd – 3rd  = Jasraj Singh Chadha and Andrew He on 4 points.

OUTSTANDING  effort by Hugh Gao in the A Grade where he was the

Lowest Rated player in that grade.

ALSO good results in the B Grade by Andrew He and Manit Kc

This years Senior Cups, Miniatures and Medal Winners,
Congratulations to all.

Summer Shield              6 Rounds – 1 per night         Single Swiss

                                      Feb 4     to    March 11                  25 min each

Summer Rapid               6 Rounds – 2 per night         Single Swiss

                                       March 18  to  April 1                      15 min each

School Term 1 ends            No  Chess

Autumn Cup                   6 Rounds – 1 per night            Single Swiss

                                        April 22  to  May 27                        25 min each

Handicap Shield            6 Rounds – 2 per night           Material deficit  RBGP Grades

                                          June 3  to  June 17                       10 min each

Junior 5 min Blitz        6 Rounds – 3 per night             Early Start – 5.30pm

                                        June 24  to  July 1                            5 min each

School Term 2 ends            No Chess

Winter Knight and        6 Rounds – 1 per night         Swiss 2 groups OPEN & BEGINNERS

Winter Pawn                    July 22  to  August 26                     25 min each

Spring Cup                    8 Rounds – 2 per night       Swiss single group ABCD Grades

                                          Sept 2  to  Sept 23                          10 min each

School Term 3 ends            No Chess

Junior Club Champs            Please Return all Cups and Trophies won in 2014.

Nigel Metge Rook  [ A Grade ]              7 Rounds – 1 per night            Swiss  A B C  Grades

Graham Banks Cup [ B Grade ]             Record  Games                          60 min  each

Leo Peti Cup [ C Grade ]                      Oct 14  to  Nov 25       Early Start  Nov 25 – 4.30 pm

Chess Ends for 2015                    Wed  2  Dec                       PRIZE  GIVING

We had a fun night with 14 members turning up for the blitz.

This tournament is run over two nights and the total points will determine the winner. On this first night John Worn blitzed the field (excuse the pun!!). John won all his games to be on 13 points and he is followed by Katrine McCarthy and Temu Maroroa both on 10 points and then comes Aiken Eliu on 8.5 points.

A GRADE

Before the final round Katrine and Saif played their round 8 game. Katrine won causing Saif’s first loss of the tournament but he still maintained 1/2 lead into the final round.

In the final round the top half are paired with the bottom half. There were no upsets with all three taking a full point so Saif takes the tournament by a half point – congratulations Saif.

Club Champs 2014 A Grade
Papatoetoe Chess – 20/08/2014, 22/10/2014

Cross Table

Pos ID  NAME                Elo    Pts  |  1   2   3   4   5   6
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1   3  Ismail, Saif         1499   8.0  |  *   ½0  11  ½1  11  11
2   1  McCarthy, Katrine    1800   7.5  |  ½1  *   0½  1½  11  11
3   2  Worn, John           1547   7.0  |  00  1½  *   ½1  11  11
4   4  Hooton, Barry        1371   4.0  |  ½0  0½  ½0  *   01  ½1
5   6  Maroroa, Temu        1279   3.0  |  00  00  00  10  *   11
6   5  Norris, Paul         1281   0.5  |  00  00  00  ½0  00  *

B & C GRADE

I was unable to report on round 9 last week as I did not have the results however there was no change in the leaders of both grades over the final two rounds. Both Sivakumar and Harry won the B and C grades respectively and quite comfortably. Siva with an impressive 8.5/10 and Harry with 7/10.

It is interesting and exciting that all three grade winners are new to the club this year.

In the penultimate round Saif Ismail has beaten John Worn which will put him in a very strong position.

Paul Norris  v Temu Maroroa       0-1
Barry Hooton v Katrine McCarthy   ½-½
Saif Ismail  v John Worn          1-0

Club Champs 2014 A Grade

Papatoetoe Chess – 20/08/2014, 22/10/2014

Cross Table after round 9

Pos ID  NAME              Elo   Pts | 1   2   3   4   5   6 
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 1   3  Ismail, Saif      1499  7.0 | *   11  ½0  ½1  1.  11
 2   2  Worn, John        1547  6.0 | 00  *   1½  ½   11  11
 3   1  McCarthy, Katrine 1800  5.5 | ½0  0½  *   1½  11  1.
 4   4  Hooton, Barry     1371  4.0 | ½0  ½   0½  *   01  ½1
 5   6  Maroroa, Temu     1279  3.0 | 0.  00  00  10  *   11
 6   5  Norris, Paul      1281  0.5 | 00  00  0.  ½0  00  * 

Remark: 
round    8: McCarthy, Katrine - Ismail, Saif   = 0 - 0  

Katrine and Saif still need to play their round 8 game which they will be doing before the final round.

A GRADE

We were only able to play 2 games this week. Katrine v Saif has been postponed.

Paul Norris v Barry Hooton 0-1
Temu Maroroa v John Worn 0-1

Pos ID  NAME                 Elo     Pts  |  1   2   3   4   5   6
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 1   3  Ismail, Saif         1499    6.0  |  *   1.  ½0  ½1  1.  11
 2   2  Worn, John           1547    6.0  |  0.  *   1½  ½   11  11
 3   1  McCarthy, Katrine    1800    5.0  |  ½0  0½  *   1.  11  1.
 4   4  Hooton, Barry        1371    3.5  |  ½0  ½   0.  *   01  ½1
 5   6  Maroroa, Temu        1279    2.0  |  0.  00  00  10  *   1.
 6   5  Norris, Paul         1281    0.5  |  00  00  0.  ½0  0.  *

Remark:
round 8: McCarthy, Katrine– Ismail, Saif= 0 – 0

B & C GRADE

Unfortunately this round was rather spoilt by many people not turning up and not letting the club captain know. We had three people win by default so they did not get a game. If we had know, these people would have been paired with each other. There was only two games that played out –

Harry Bong v Pauline Thomas 1-0
John McRae v Paul Postma 1-0

In the B Grade Siva again gets the lead on his own (he got a win by default). Ronnie Shaddick is second (one of the defaulters) and Stefan Brzozowski moves into third courteously of a default.

The C grade is being lead still by Harry with a 2 point advantage over Aiken and Gavin in second equal.