Tuesday 30 October 2012

List of entrants for the Julian Mazur Memorial


The Julian Mazur Memorial tournament starts on 1st November - it's not too late if you wish to enter.
Here is the list of entrants so far. Some of the ratings are estimates


1
Anthony Ker
2449
2
Russell Dive
2437
3
Scott Wastney
2381
4
Brian Nijman
2157
5
Arthur Pomeroy
2111
6
Marany Meyer
2065
7
Bill Forster
2049
8
Ian Sellen
2039
9
Andrew Stone
2035
10
Ross Jackson
2026
11
Alan Aldridge
1959
12
Peter Stoeveken
1917
13
Mark Wilkins
1917
14
Rama Rao Miriyala
1900
15
Michael Hewson
1857
16
Mike Roberts
1843
17
Don Stracy
1828
18
Andrew Brockway
1798
19
Layla Timergazi
1755
20
Lawrence Farrington
1751
21
Alok Pandey
1700
22
Jonathon Whittle
1637
23
John Cook
1611
24
John Marney
1610
25
Saurabh Gupta
1600
26
Dylan Frater
1596
27
Matt Veldhuizen
1573
28
Robert List
1539
29
Alex Johnson
1500
30
Andrew Sknar
1427
31
Joshua Wight
1350
32
Zack Scott-Howman
1350
33
Shyamkumar Sampathkumar
1301
34
Andreas Theodosiou
1232
35
Andriy Sknar
1011


Rapid Tournament Finishes

It was a good week for me this week, as not only did I finally manage to win a game in the Club Championship, I also managed to come first in the Rapid Tournament (without even playing a game!) This was entirely down to the result of the Whittle-Timergazi game in the last round. Layla needed to win against Jonathon to tie with me for first place (I was having 2 half point byes because I had to play in the Club Championship). Jonathon blundered away a bishop in the opening, and for a while it looked as though Layla would romp home, but Jonathon held on tenaciously with his two pawn compensation, and the game was eventually drawn. Good result overall for Layla, though, coming second, and Matt also did well to win both his games and come third by himself after his rough time the previous week.


 

Round 5


No Name                 Total  Result   Name                Total

 1 Timergazi, Layla     [3]      1:0    Gupta, Saurabh      [3]  
 2 Scott-Howman, Zack   [2]      -:+    Pandey, Alok        [2]  
 3 Cook, John           [2]      0:1    Whittle, Jonathon   [2]  
 4 Johnson, Alex        [2]      0:1    Veldhuizen, Matt    [2]  
 5 Miriyala, Rama Rao   [1]      1:0    Theodosiou, Andreas [2]  
 6 Sknar, Andrew        [1]      0:1    List, Bob           [1]  
 7 Wight, Josh          [0]      1:0    Sknar, Andriy       [1]  
 8 Sellen, Ian          [4]      =:=    BYE                      
 9 Farrington, Lawrence [3]      0:0    BYE                      

Round 6

Results

No Name                 Total  Result   Name               Total

 1 Whittle, Jonathon    [3]      =:=    Timergazi, Layla   [4]  
 2 Veldhuizen, Matt     [3]      1:0    Pandey, Alok       [3]  
 3 Gupta, Saurabh       [3]      0:1    Cook, John         [2]  
 4 List, Bob            [2]      1:0    Miriyala, Rama Rao [2]  
 5 Theodosiou, Andreas  [2]      =:=    Johnson, Alex      [2]  
 6 Sknar, Andrew        [1]      1:0    Sknar, Andriy      [1]  
 7 Wight, Josh          [1]      1:0    BYE                     
 8 Sellen, Ian          [4.5]    =:=    BYE                     
 9 Scott-Howman, Zack   [2]      0:0    BYE                     
10 Farrington, Lawrence [3]      0:0    BYE                     


Cross Table

No Name                 Rtg  Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6  

1  Sellen, Ian               1923 5     13:W  8:W  4:W  3:W  0:D  0:D
2  Timergazi, Layla          1613 4.5    0:D  0:D  3:W 11:W  5:W  4:D
3  Veldhuizen, Matt          1465 4     16:W  6:W  2:L  1:L 10:W  9:W
4  Whittle, Jonathon         1612 3.5   14:W 10:W  1:L  5:L  6:W  2:D
5  Gupta, Saurabh            1600 3      0:D  0:D  8:+  4:W  2:L  6:L
6  Cook, John                1666 3     15:W  3:L  7:L 16:W  4:L  5:W
7  Farrington, Lawrence      1806 3      0:D  0:D  6:W 10:W  0:L  0:L
8  List, Bob                 1482 3     11:W  1:L  5:-  0:- 13:W 12:W
9  Pandey, Alok              1800 3     10:L 14:W 11:L 13:W 15:+  3:L
10 Johnson, Alex             1400 2.5    9:W  4:L 15:W  7:L  3:L 11:D
11 Theodosiou, Andreas       1337 2.5    8:L 13:W  9:W  2:L 12:L 10:D
12 Miriyala, Rama Rao   1947      2      0:D  0:D  0:L  0:- 11:W  8:L
13 Sknar, Andrew             1427 2      1:L 11:L 14:W  9:L  8:L 16:W
14 Wight, Josh               1350 2      4:L  9:L 13:L 15:L 16:W  0:W
15 Scott-Howman, Zack        1350 2      6:L 16:W 10:L 14:W  9:-  0:L
16 Sknar, Andriy             1056 1      3:L 15:L  0:W  6:L 14:L 13:L

Monday 29 October 2012

Club Champs - 2 Games to go!

The A grade is finally drawing to a close, and we have been set up with a dream finish; the championship will be decided by the Ker-Dive game, with Russell needing a win, and Anthony just requiring a draw for the title.

Results from Thursday:
Dive 1 Stone 0
Sellen 1 Forster 0
Stoeveken 0 Pomeroy 1

AMENDMENT Arthur has kindly sent the PGN for his game against Peter. He writes: "The basic theme is White plays too passively and Black can just improve his position on either side of the board (for instance, 24. … Nb6 followed by 25 … a5 is also good)". Arthur was pleased that the result pushed him up to 50% overall. Peter can be happy with his performance overall, though, he was just a bit unlucky only to get draws with Nijman and Nyberg.
Russell seemed almost back to his old form with his victory over Andrew Stone, so I hope he will be fighting fit for the crucial game this week.
I was pleased with my victory over Bill, as my form has been pretty poor since the first 2 games of this tournament (against Nijman and Nyberg), and I played this game not too badly.

Here are the cross table and games:

Cross Table

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10
1 Ker, Anthony 2449 7 * D W D W W W W W
2 Dive, Russell 2437 6.5 * W W W W L D W W
3 Nijman, Brian 2156 5 D L * D W L W W D D
4 Forster, Bill 2049 5 L L D * D L W W W W
5 Pomeroy, Arthur 2111 4.5 D L L D * D W D D W
6 Sellen, Ian 2039 3.5 L L W W D * D D L L
7 Nyberg, Michael 2074 3.5 L W L L L D * D W D
8 Jackson, Ross 2026 3.5 L D L L D D D * D W
9 Stone, Andrew 2033 2.5 L L D L D W L D *
10 Stoeveken, Peter 1917 2 L L D L L W D L *

Sunday 28 October 2012

More club pictures

Thanks to Matt Veldhuizen for these photos
Al Nicholls and Bob List in the analysis room
"Layla awaits her next victim"

Webmaster Forster vs blogger Sellen in the Club Champs

Club Champs B Grade Finishes


Congratulations to Alan Aldridge, winner of the Club Championship B grade! He scored an effortless victory over Lawrence Farrington on Thursday (Lawrence's loud swearing merely signifying the blundering away of a bishop, but he was well and truly lost already), thus finishing on 7 points out of a possible 8.

I should explain the table - although it looks as though Ramarao Miriyala equalled Alan on points, actually one of his victories was against David Paul whom Alan didn't get the chance to play because of David's withdrawal. Unfortunately I have had to discount all David's results, although the game results have still been submitted for ratings (NZCF and FIDE)

Still, it was a great result for Ramarao playing in his first tournament at the club, and no doubt we will be seeing more great things from him in the future!






Club Championship B grade

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10
1 Miriyala, Rama Rao 7 * W L W W W L W W W
2 Aldridge, Alan 1959 7 L * W W W W W W - W
3 Roberts, Mike 1843 5.5 W L * W L W W D L W
4 Pandey, Alok 4.5 L L L * W W W W D L
5 Brockway, Andrew 1798 4 L L W L * D D D D W
6 Timergazi, Layla 1755 3.5 L L L L D * W W - W
7 Whittle, Jonathon 1637 2.5 W L L L D L * L - W
8 Farrington, Lawrence 1751 2.5 L L D L D L W * - D
9 Paul, David 1883 2 L - W D D - - - * -
10 Stracy, Don 1828 1.5 L L L W L L L D - *

 

Version excluding David Paul's results

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9
1 Aldridge, Alan 1959 7 * L W W W W W W W
2 Miriyala, Rama Rao 6 W * L W W W L W W
3 Roberts, Mike 1843 5.5 L W * W L W W D W
4 Pandey, Alok 4 L L L * W W W W L
5 Brockway, Andrew 1798 3.5 L L W L * D D D W
6 Timergazi, Layla 1755 3.5 L L L L D * W W W
7 Whittle, Jonathon 1637 2.5 L W L L D L * L W
8 Farrington, Lawrence 1751 2.5 L L D L D L W * D
9 Stracy, Don 1828 1.5 L L L W L L L D *