Thursday 26 April 2012

Autumn Cup line-up

Here are the groups for the Autumn Cup starting on 1st May. Groups of 6, single round robin. Fixtures to follow.

Group A Anthony Ker 2451

Russell Dive 2429

Scott Wastney 2388

Brian Nijman 2155

Arthur Pomeroy 2111

Michael Nyberg 2076



Group B Ian Sellen 2069

Marany Meyer 2065

Ross Jackson 2060

Bill Forster 2041

Andrew Stone 1963

Alan Aldridge 1934



Group C Peter Stoeveken 1888

Mike Roberts 1868

Andrew Brockway 1813

Michael Hewson 1799

Lawrence Farrington 1767

Alistair Nicholls 1760



Group D Gordon Anderson 1652

John Cook 1648

Layla Timergazi 1648

John Marney 1627

Jonathon Whittle 1605

Hamish Shierlaw 1591



Group E Dylan Frater 1586

Matt Veldhuizen 1537

Andreas Theodosiou 1231

Luke Palmer 1140

Ken Heaton

Irek Timergazi  

Wednesday 25 April 2012

Team Rapid - Capablancans Cruise to Victory

Congratulations to Scott's Capablancan team for easily winning the Wellington Team Rapid. Between rounds 5 and 6 I made a comment that they may not have come top if the scoring had been on game points not match points, and they responded with a most convincing 6 1/2 - 1/2 victory over the Alekhinians, so no disputing who the champions are!
There was one incident - two of the Fishbite team, including the captain, were unable to access the building as the door to Turnbull House had been taken off the latch. This was not some draconian new FIDE measure against stragglers, nor, as far as I am aware, deliberate nobbling by their round 5 opponents the Capablancans. We're not sure how it happened, but please be aware of it as an issue, and make sure when you enter the building that the door is still on the latch, thanks! Michael Hewson was ably replaced by our visitor from Malaysia Alan Ang, and Brian Nijman slightly less ably by me.

Here are the final cross table and results for rounds 5 and 6.


Capablancans Karpovians Alekhinians Fishbites
Capablancans xx 1 1 0.5 1 1 1 5.5
Karpovians 0 0 xx 1 1 1 1 4
Alekhinians 0.5 0 0 0 xx 1 1 2.5
Fishbites 0 0 0 0 0 0 xx 0












Round 5










Fishbites
Capablancans







Brian Nijman 0-1 (default) Scott Wastney

Marany Meyer 0-1 Bill Forster


Alan Ang 1/2-1/2 Alan Aldridge

Peter Stoeveken 1-0 Jonathon Whittle

Gordon Anderson 1/2-1/2 Hamish Shierlaw

John Gillespie 1-0 Dylan Frater

Harry Pham 0-1 Ken Heaton







Total 3-4









Karpovians
Alekhinians







Anthony Ker 1-0 Russell Dive

Ross Jackson 0-1 Michael Nyberg

Lawrence Farrington 0-1 Marany Flack

Andrew Brockway 0-1 John Cook


Layla Timergazi 1-0 John Marney

Paul Frost 1-0 Matt Veldhuizen

Irek Timergazi 1-0 Andreas Theodosiou







Total 4-3









Round 6










Alekhinians
Capablancans







Russell Dive 0-1 Scott Wastney

Michael Nyberg 0-1 Bill Forster


Mike Roberts 1/2-1/2 Alan Aldridge

John Cook 0-1 Jonathon Whittle

John Marney 0-1 Hamish Shierlaw

Matt Veldhuizen 0-1 Dylan Frater

Andreas Theodosiou 0-1 Ken Heaton







Total ½-6½









Karpovians
Fishbites








Anthony Ker 1-0 Ian Sellen


Ross Jackson 0-1 Marany Meyer

Lawrence Farrington 0-1 Alan Ang


Andrew Brockway 1-0 Peter Stoeveken

Layla Timergazi 1-0 Gordon Anderson

Paul Frost 1-0 John Gillespie

Irek Timergazi 1-0 Harry Pham







Total 5-2





Two more Forster games from the Rapid

The team Rapid finished yesterday with Scott Wastney's Capablancan team taking the honours.
Full results to follow, but meanwhile thanks to Capablancan Bill Forster once again for reconstructing his games and sharing with them us






Tuesday 17 April 2012

2 games from the Team Rapid


Many thanks to Bill for reconstructing two of his games from the team event - remember this is rapid chess, so the standard may not be as high as you are used to!



Team Rapid Rounds 3 & 4


Scott's Capablanca team seem to have the Team Rapid tournament sewn up with 2 rounds to go. Bill Forster brought in a large size portrait of Capablanca, and this no doubt spurred them on to emulate the Cuban's genius. Scott personally achieved the double over IM Anthony Ker, and then went on to beat Brian Nijman as well.
Nice to see Marany Flack (nee Meyer) back at the club. She gave valuable assistance to the Alekhinians, beating Michael Hewson very quickly in round 3.



Capablancans Alekhinians Karpovians Fishbites
Capablancans xx  1/2 1 1 1 3.5
Alekhinians  1/2 xx 0 1 1 2.5
Karpovians 0 0 1 xx 1 2
Fishbites 0 0 0 0 xx 0






Round 3










Karpovians
Capablancans







Anthony Ker 0-1 Scott Wastney

Ross Jackson 0-1 Bill Forster


Lawrence Farrington 1/2-1/2 Alan Aldridge

Andrew Brockway 1-0 Jonathon Whittle

Layla Timergazi 0-1 Hamish Shierlaw

Paul Frost 1-0 Dylan Frater


0-1 Ken Heaton (default)







Total 2½-4½









Fishbites
Alekhinians







Brian Nijman 0-1 Russell Dive

Ian Sellen 0-1 Michael Nyberg

Michael Hewson 0-1 Marany Flack

Peter Stoeveken 0-1 John Cook


Gordon Anderson 1-0 John Marney

John Gillespie 0-1 Matt Veldhuizen

Brian Luo 0-1 Andreas Theodosiou







Total 1-6









Round 4










Capablancans
Fishbites








Scott Wastney 1-0 Brian Nijman

Bill Forster 1/2-1/2 Ian Sellen


Alan Aldridge 1-0 Michael Hewson

Jonathon Whittle 0-1 Peter Stoeveken

Hamish Shierlaw 0-1 Gordon Anderson

Dylan Frater 1-0 John Gillespie

Ken Heaton 1-0 Brian Luo








Total 4½-2½









Alekhinians
Karpovians








Russell Dive 1-0 Anthony Ker

Michael Nyberg 0-1 Ross Jackson

Marany Flack 0-1 Lawrence Farrington

John Cook 0-1 Andrew Brockway

John Marney 0-1 Layla Timergazi

Matt Veldhuizen 1/2-1/2 Paul Frost


Andreas Theodosiou 0-1 Irek Timergazi







Total 1½-5½



Tuesday 10 April 2012

Wellington Team Championship

Results from the inaugural Wellington Team Championship which started on 10th April

Karpovians
Alekhinians
Capablancans
Fishbites
Karpovians
xx
0
1
1
Alekhinians
xx
 1/2
1
1.5
Capablancans
1
 1/2
xx
1.5
Fishbites
0
0
xx
0
Round 1

Capablancans
Karpovians
Scott Wastney
1-0
Anthony Ker
Bill Forster
1/2-1/2
Ross Jackson
Alan Aldridge
1/2-1/2
Lawrence Farrington
Jonathon Whittle
1-0
Andrew Brockway
Hamish Shierlaw
0-1
Layla Timergazi
Dylan Frater
0-1
Paul Frost
Ken Heaton
1-0
Bryce Ranson
Total
4-3

Alekhinians
Fishbites
Russell Dive
1-0
Brian Nijman
Ian Sellen
0-1
Andrew Stone
Mike Roberts
1-0
Michael Hewson
John Cook
1-0
Peter Stoeveken
John Marney
0-1
John Gillespie
Matt Veldhuizen
1-0
Brian Luo
Andreas Theodosiou
0-1
Gordon Anderson
Total
4-3

Round 2

Fishbites
Karpovians
Brian Nijman
0-1
Anthony Ker
Andrew Stone
0-1
Ross Jackson
Michael Hewson
0-1
Lawrence Farrington
Peter Stoeveken
0-1
Andrew Brockway
John Gillespie
1/2-1/2
Layla Timergazi
Brian Luo
0-1
Paul Frost
Gordon Anderson
1-0
Bryce Ranson
Total
1½-5½

Capablancans
Alekhinians
Scott Wastney
0-1
Russell Dive
Bill Forster
0-1
Ian Sellen
Alan Aldridge
1/2-1/2
Mike Roberts
Jonathon Whittle
1-0
John Cook
Hamish Shierlaw
1-0
John Marney
Dylan Frater
0-1
Matt Veldhuizen
Ken Heaton
1-0
Andreas Theodosiou
Total
3½-3½