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The early Years<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\"Being<\/a>

Being observed by fellow Dunedin junior Tony Dowden<\/p><\/div>\n

Having followed the\u00a01972\u00a0Fischer\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Spassky match from the newspaper articles that printed the game moves in full detail\u00a0(something that would never occur today), I joined the Otago Chess Club in 1974 and started competing in their regular tournament events. A benefit in those young days was the fact the chess club met on Saturday nights, thereby being allowed to stay out late as no school the next day to worry about.\u00a0My first venture into national competition was the 1974\/75 Premier Reserve event held as part of the\u00a0centennial\u00a0celebrations of the Otago Club. A credible score of 5.5\/11\u00a0was achieved. The Otago Easter in 1975 (3.5\/6) was followed by qualifying for the NZ Schoolpupil event as one of the two Otago representatives. As the crosstable shows, this was a harsh lesson in the strength of junior chess in NZ.<\/p>\n

NZ Schoolpupil Chp, Dunedin\u00a0 1975<\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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1<\/td>\nJensen,K.J.<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n6.0\/7<\/td>\n18.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nWansink,R.<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n6.0\/7<\/td>\n16.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nNokes,R.I.<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n4.5\/7<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nCordue,S.<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n4.0\/7<\/td>\n8.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nBeach,D.H.<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n4.0\/7<\/td>\n7.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nPool,A.<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2.5\/7<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nLove,A.J.<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1.0\/7<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nFreeman,M.R.<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n0.0\/7<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

Start of Correspondence Chess<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u00a0In\u00a01977 I joined the New Zealand Correspondence Chess Association and began an\u00a0association\u00a0with that form of the sport that remains until today. My early results went well, 2nd<\/sup>= in TT2 in 1977\/78,\u00a0winning the TT reserve in 1978\/79, and my first NZ Championship with\u00a012.5\/14 in 1979\/80.\u00a0A second title was gained in 1983\/84 with finishes of 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0or 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0in the intervening years.\u00a0The correspondence games helped me develop a strong theoretical opening background in a period when computer databases did not exist and allowed some reasonable if not spectacular results in\u00a0\u201cover the board\u201d OTB chess.<\/p>\n

\"NZJunior1980\"<\/a>

New Zealand Junior 1980<\/p><\/div>\n

\"NZListenerJan1984\"<\/a>

Click image to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

This culminated in being selected in a weakened NZ team to the 1983 Asian Teams event in India, the report of this event is available in the history section of the website. Returning to NZ battle hardened I had my best ever OTB result, winning the NZ Premier Reserve with a 9.5\/11 score, and qualifying for the NZ Championship the next year.\u00a0It also saw me invited to play board one for a composite team at the Asian Cities in Hong Kong, also covered on the history pages.<\/p>\n

\"SIM1\"<\/a>92nd NZ Chp, Upper Hutt\u00a0 1985<\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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2<\/td>\nLloyd,A.J.<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n8.0\/11<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nSarfati,J.D.<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n6.5\/11<\/td>\n36.25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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7<\/td>\nMcLaren,L.J.<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n5.0\/11<\/td>\n23.25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nCornford,L.H.<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n5.0\/11<\/td>\n22.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nFreeman,M.R.<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n4.0\/11<\/td>\n22.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nStuart,P.W.<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n4.0\/11<\/td>\n21.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nPomeroy,A.J.<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n3.5\/11<\/td>\n19.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nDowden,R.A.<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n\u00bd<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n3.5\/11<\/td>\n15.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

1984 was the start of playing overseas correspondence chess, a form that has moved over the years from post to email to webserver, with the timespan of games reducing from around 5-7 years to\u00a02-3\u00a0years to around 2 years now.\u00a0An IM norm on board two for NZ in the Pacific\u00a0Area Team event, scoring 6\/8, followed by winning an IM norm event with 7.5\/10 saw ICCF award me the IM title in 1995. Further success, including winning the 50th<\/sup>\u00a0ICCF anniversary event for officials with\u00a011.5\/14 gained the ICCF Senior International Master (SIM) title in 2003.<\/p>\n

ICCF Officials 2001 IM-D<\/h5>\n
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\"chchchamps\"<\/a>

Canterbury Chess Club Honours Board<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/div>\n

My first, and to date, only Grandmaster norm was gained in\u00a0the fifth edition of the PATT event, playing on board one for a joint NZ\/Australia team.<\/p>\n

Pacific\/TT5, PATT V board 1<\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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 <\/p>\n

Olympiads,\u00a0Other Overseas Events\u00a0and FIDE.<\/h3>\n

In over the board chess my play levelled out around the 2200 strength, and relocation for work to a rural part of New Zealand diminished opportunities for regular strong opposition. A good result was gained in the 1991 US Open with 8\/12. In 1993 I joined another NZ team to the10th<\/sup>\u00a0Asian Teams\u00a0in Malaysia, scoring 4.5\/7 on board four. Another trip to the 11th<\/sup>\u00a0Asian teams in Singapore 1995 on board three\u00a0scoring 4\/9.<\/p>\n

In 1994 I was invited to fill the role of team captain and manager for the NZ team to the Olympiad in Moscow. Who could say no to a trip to Russia, then the centre of strong chessplayers, and a country recently opened up to western visitors. I subsequently filled the same role at the 1996 Olympiad in Yerevan, Armenia; 1998 in Elista, Kalmykia; and 2000 in Turkey. The 1996 event saw me having to also play two games. The 1996 and 1998 events are described on the\u00a0history\u00a0page.<\/p>\n

From 1996 I became NZ delegate to FIDE, a role I still fill. I was elected to the Asian\u00a0Continental Board from 1998-2002. Somewhere around the early 2000\u2019s I became NZ delegate to ICCF, thus representing NZ in the administration of both forms of the sport.<\/p>\n

I was pleased to be able to take two sets of young juniors to the World Youth Championships in 2000 and 2001 in Spain, and especially pleased when Puchen Wang\u00a0finished 5th<\/sup>\u00a0in the World Under-10, a great result for a NZ player. You can read more about the Europe Youth Championships here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Sponsored since 2014 the Poison Pawn Grand Prix, since 2017 in conjunction with D&D Consultants, an accounting firm in Auckland.<\/p>\n

Honoured in 2019 to be awarded life membership of the New Zealand Chess Federation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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