Friday 31 May 2013

Autumn Cup Round 4

Some upsets this week, for the first time in this tournament. Congratulations to Andrew Stone for beating the mighty Mark van der Hoorn in a wild and exciting game, and also to Ram for beating group B favourite Michael Nyberg. Peter Stoeveken at the top of group C also lost, which leaves that group wide open.
There are a few fixtures to be caught up on, which leaves the situation unclear in most groups - D is clearest, as Don has won all 4 of his games (one to go).

Autumn Cup A Grade - Round 4

Cross Table

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Ker, Anthony 2425 3.5 * D W W W
2 Wastney, Scott 2453 2 * W W
3 Nijman, Brian 2218 1.5 D L * W
4 Forster, Bill 2088 1.5 L L * W D
5 Stone, Andrew 2008 1 L L L * W
6 Van der Hoorn, Mark 2180 .5 L D L *

Results

No Name                  Result   Name         

 1 Stone, A (6)            1:0    Van der Hoorn, M (5)  
 2 Forster, B (4)          0:1    Ker, A (2)   

Autumn Cup B Grade - Round 4

Cross Table

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Sellen, Ian 2041 2.5 * D W W
2 Jackson, Ross 1959 2 D * W D L
3 Nyberg, Michael 2044 2 * W L W
4 Aldridge, Alan 1991 2 L L * W W
5 Miriyala, Rama Rao 1938 1.5 L D W L *
6 Pandey, Alok 2015 1 L W L L *

Results

No Name             Result   Name           

 1 Jackson, R (6)     1:0    Aldridge, A (5)
 2 Sellen, I (1)      1:0    Pandey, A (4)  
 3 Miriyala, R (2)    1:0    Nyberg, M (3)  

Autumn Cup C Grade - Round 4

Cross Table

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Kay, Bruce 1804 2.5 * W L D W
2 Stoeveken, Peter 1898 2.5 L * W D W
3 Rossiter, Philip 1820 2 W L * W
4 Brockway, Andrew 1836 1.5 D D * L D
5 Whittle, Jonathon 1775 1.5 L W * D
6 Hewson, Michael 1848 1 L L D D *

Results

No Name             Result   Name            

 1 Whittle, J (6)     1:0    Brockway, A (5) 
 2 Rossiter, P (1)    1:0    Hewson, M (4)   
 3 Kay, B (2)         1:0    Stoeveken, P (3)

Autumn Cup D Grade - Round 4

Cross Table

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Stracy, Don 1729 4 * W W W W
2 Farrington, Lawrence 1754 2 L * W W
3 Veldhuizen, Matt 1556 2 L * L W W
4 List, Robert 1665 1 L W * L
5 Cook, John 1614 1 L L L W *
6 Perera, Imalka 1688 0 L L *

Results

No Name               Result   Name             

 1 Stracy, D (6)        1:0    Cook, J (5)      
 2 Perera, I (1)        0:1    Veldhuizen, M (4)
 3 Farrington, L (2)    1:0    List, R (3)      

Autumn Cup E Grade - Round 4

Results

No Name                Total  Result   Name           Total

 1 Cunningham, Pat     [3]      1:0    Wevita, Roshan [3]  
 2 Theodosiou, Andreas [2]      1:0    Sknar, Andrew  [2]  
 3 Lim, Aidan          [1.5]    1:0    Wight, Joshua  [2]  
 4 Facchini, Fabrizio  [1.5]    0:1    Sknar, Andriy  [1.5]
 5 Konakanchi, Karthik [1]      0:1    Carey, Bruce   [1]  
 6 Aumeier, Beate      [1]      0:1    Walters, Taina [1]  
 7 Lim, Simon          [0]      0:1    Bennett, Sarah [.5] 

Cross Table

No Name                Rtg Loc  Total  1    2    3    4  

1  Cunningham, Pat         1431 4     12:W  7:W  2:W  3:W
2  Theodosiou, Andreas     1303 3      4:W  8:W  1:L  6:W
3  Wevita, Roshan               3     13:W  6:W 10:W  1:L
4  Lim, Aidan                   2.5    2:L 12:W  0:D  7:W
5  Sknar, Andriy           952  2.5    8:L  9:W  0:D 10:W
6  Sknar, Andrew           1388 2      9:W  3:L 13:W  2:L
7  Wight, Joshua           1269 2     14:W  1:L  8:W  4:L
8  Walters, Taina               2      5:W  2:L  7:L 12:W
9  Carey, Bruce                 2      6:L  5:L 14:W 13:W
10 Facchini, Fabrizio           1.5    0:D 11:W  3:L  5:L
11 Bennett, Sarah               1.5    0:D 10:L 12:L 14:W
12 Aumeier, Beate               1      1:L  4:L 11:W  8:L
13 Konakanchi, Karthik     922  1      3:L 14:W  6:L  9:L
14 Lim, Simon                   0      7:L 13:L  9:L 11:L

Wednesday 29 May 2013

Games from Round 3 of the Autumn Cup

Here are three games that I found interesting this week


Monday 27 May 2013

Autumn Cup Round 3 Dispute

For the first time since I have been at the club (about eight years) there was a dispute between two of the players, and the game had to be abandoned. This was between two of our youngest juniors, Aidan Lim and Andriy Sknar. Basically, Aidan said that Andriy had moved his rook to d8, and Andriy said he's moved it to e8. Maybe the piece had been moved to a place on the border. Anyway, when Andriy used this rook to  recapture on e7, Aidan got so upset that he could not carry on. There were no witnesses, and both the scoresheets were so badly written as to be inconclusive.

Hopefully this sort of thing won't happen again, but please:
a) if you are unsure where your opponent has placed their piece, please clarify it with them, and adjust as necessary
b) try to write your score sheets accurately. It makes everyone's lives easier, particularly mine!

Having said all that, I have to say that, overwhelmingly, games at the club are played in such a good spirit that disputes are bound to be a real rarity. Let's hope we can keep it like this.


Sunday 26 May 2013

Autumn Cup Round 3

Here are the results and current crosstables for the Autumn Cup. Games to follow

Autumn Cup A Grade - Round 3

Cross Table

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Ker, Anthony 2425 2.5 * D W W
2 Wastney, Scott 2453 2 * W W
3 Nijman, Brian 2218 1.5 D L * W
4 Forster, Bill 2088 1.5 L * D W
5 Van der Hoorn, Mark 2180 .5 L D *
6 Stone, Andrew 2008 0 L L L *

Results

No Name            Result   Name                

 1 Ker, A (2)        1:0    Stone, A (6)        
 2 Wastney, S (3)    1:0    Nijman, B (1)       
 3 Forster, B (4)   .5:.5   Van der Hoorn, M (5)

Autumn Cup B Grade - Round 3

Cross Table

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Nyberg, Michael 2044 2 * W W
2 Aldridge, Alan 1991 2 L * W W
3 Sellen, Ian 2041 1.5 * D W
4 Pandey, Alok 2015 1 L L * W
5 Jackson, Ross 1959 1 D L * D
6 Miriyala, Rama Rao 1938 .5 L L D *

Results

No Name             Result   Name           

 1 Miriyala, R (2)   .5:.5   Jackson, R (6) 
 2 Nyberg, M (3)       :     Sellen, I (1)  
 3 Pandey, A (4)      0:1    Aldridge, A (5)

Autumn Cup C Grade - Round 3

Cross Table

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Stoeveken, Peter 1898 2.5 * D W W
2 Brockway, Andrew 1836 1.5 D * D D
3 Kay, Bruce 1804 1.5 D * L W
4 Rossiter, Philip 1820 1 L W *
5 Hewson, Michael 1848 1 L D * D
6 Whittle, Jonathon 1775 .5 L D *

Results

No Name              Result   Name           

 1 Kay, B (2)          1:0    Whittle, J (6) 
 2 Stoeveken, P (3)    1:0    Rossiter, P (1)
 3 Hewson, M (4)      .5:.5   Brockway, A (5)

Autumn Cup D Grade - Round 3

Cross Table

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Stracy, Don 1729 3 * W W W
2 Farrington, Lawrence 1754 1 L * W
3 List, Robert 1665 1 * W L
4 Veldhuizen, Matt 1556 1 L L * W
5 Cook, John 1614 1 L W L *
6 Perera, Imalka 1688 0 L *

Results

No Name               Result   Name         

 1 Farrington, L (2)    0:1    Stracy, D (6)
 2 List, R (3)           :     Perera, I (1)
 3 Veldhuizen, M (4)    1:0    Cook, J (5)  

Autumn Cup E Grade - Round 3

Results

No Name            Total  Result   Name                Total

 1 Cunningham, Pat [2]      1:0    Theodosiou, Andreas [2]  
 2 Wevita, Roshan  [2]      1:0    Facchini, Fabrizio  [1.5]
 3 Sknar, Andrew   [1]      1:0    Konakanchi, Karthik [1]  
 4 Walters, Taina  [1]      0:1    Wight, Joshua       [1]  
 5 Lim, Aidan      [1]      =:=    BYE                      
 6 Bennett, Sarah  [.5]     0:1    Aumeier, Beate      [0]  
 7 Carey, Bruce    [0]      1:0    Lim, Simon          [0]  
 8 Sknar, Andriy   [1]      =:=    BYE                      

Cross Table

No Name                Rtg Loc  Total  1    2    3  

1  Cunningham, Pat         1431 3     11:W  5:W  3:W
2  Wevita, Roshan               3     10:W  4:W  6:W
3  Theodosiou, Andreas     1303 2      7:W  9:W  1:L
4  Sknar, Andrew           1388 2     12:W  2:L 10:W
5  Wight, Joshua           1269 2     14:W  1:L  9:W
6  Facchini, Fabrizio           1.5    0:D 13:W  2:L
7  Lim, Aidan                   1.5    3:L 11:W  0:D
8  Sknar, Andriy           952  1.5    9:L 12:W  0:D
9  Walters, Taina               1      8:W  3:L  5:L
10 Konakanchi, Karthik     922  1      2:L 14:W  4:L
11 Aumeier, Beate               1      1:L  7:L 13:W
12 Carey, Bruce                 1      4:L  8:L 14:W
13 Bennett, Sarah               .5     0:D  6:L 11:L
14 Lim, Simon                   0      5:L 10:L 12:L

Monday 20 May 2013

Top Three Players - Comparative Ratings


I thought this might be interesting, a comparative chart of the NZCF ratings of our top 3 players (and currently the top 3 active players in the country) since the third period of 2010. I think we can expect the green line to go higher still after the next ratings list is published in July.


Autumn Cup Round 2 Games

Thanks to Brian Nijman for his analysis of his draw with Anthony Ker. Remember, if you have a game you would like to analyse and share, I am very happy to publish it here


Friday 17 May 2013

Autumn Cup Round 2

We have two more players signed up for the E grade Autumn Cup, Fabrizio Facchini and Sarah Bennett, so now we have 38 participants in total - great progress!
And we all got a lovely surprise on Thursday night when new member Beate Aumeier brought in some exquisite home baking in a very large tin. There was plenty for everyone, and I, for one, attribute my victory to the extra energy it gave to my brain. Thank you so much Beate! All future baking efforts by any members will be gratefully received.

In the A grade Mark v Scott was postponed, Brian held Anthony to a draw, and Bill beat Andrew Stone. In the B grade Michael Nyberg is leading on 2/2 after beating Alan. Peter leads the C grade despite being held to a draw by Andrew Brockway. Don leads the D grade on 2/2, and in the E grade we have three players still on 100%, Pat, Andreas and Roshan. The E grade is particularly interesting because there are so many new and untested players there.

Here are the results and cross tables. Games to follow.

Autumn Cup A Grade - Round 2

Cross Table

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Nijman, Brian 2218 1.5 * D W
2 Ker, Anthony 2425 1.5 D * W
3 Wastney, Scott 2453 1 * W
4 Forster, Bill 2088 1 L * W
5 Stone, Andrew 2008 0 L L *
6 Van der Hoorn, Mark 2180 0 L *

Results

No Name                  Result   Name          

 1 Stone, A (6)            0:1    Forster, B (4)
 2 Van der Hoorn, M (5)     :     Wastney, S (3)
 3 Nijman, B (1)          .5:.5   Ker, A (2)    

Autumn Cup B Grade - Round 2

Cross Table

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Nyberg, Michael 2044 2 * W W
2 Sellen, Ian 2041 1.5 * D W
3 Pandey, Alok 2015 1 L * W
4 Aldridge, Alan 1991 1 L * W
5 Jackson, Ross 1959 .5 D L *
6 Miriyala, Rama Rao 1938 0 L L *

Results

No Name             Result   Name           

 1 Jackson, R (6)     0:1    Pandey, A (4)  
 2 Aldridge, A (5)    0:1    Nyberg, M (3)  
 3 Sellen, I (1)      1:0    Miriyala, R (2)

Autumn Cup C Grade - Round 2

Cross Table

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Stoeveken, Peter 1898 1.5 * D W
2 Brockway, Andrew 1836 1 D * D
3 Rossiter, Philip 1820 1 * W
4 Kay, Bruce 1804 .5 D L *
5 Hewson, Michael 1848 .5 L * D
6 Whittle, Jonathon 1775 .5 D *

Results

No Name             Result   Name            

 1 Whittle, J (6)    .5:.5   Hewson, M (4)   
 2 Brockway, A (5)   .5:.5   Stoeveken, P (3)
 3 Rossiter, P (1)    1:0    Kay, B (2)      

Autumn Cup D Grade - Round 2

Cross Table

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Stracy, Don 1729 2 * W W
2 Farrington, Lawrence 1754 1 * W
3 Cook, John 1614 1 L * W
4 List, Robert 1665 1 L * W
5 Perera, Imalka 1688 0 L *
6 Veldhuizen, Matt 1556 0 L L *

Results

No Name           Result   Name             

 1 Stracy, D (6)    1:0    Veldhuizen, M (4)
 2 Cook, J (5)      1:0    List, R (3)      
 3 Perera, I (1)     :     Farrington, L (2)

Autumn Cup E Grade - Round 2

Results

No Name                Total  Result   Name                Total

 1 Wight, Joshua       [1]      0:1    Cunningham, Pat     [1]  
 2 Wevita, Roshan      [1]      1:0    Sknar, Andrew       [1]  
 3 Theodosiou, Andreas [1]      1:0    Walters, Taina      [1]  
 4 Facchini, Fabrizio  [.5]     1:0    Bennett, Sarah      [.5] 
 5 Sknar, Andriy       [0]      1:0    Carey, Bruce        [0]  
 6 Lim, Simon          [0]      0:1    Konakanchi, Karthik [0]  
 7 Aumeier, Beate      [0]      0:1    Lim, Aidan          [0]  

Cross Table

No Name                Rtg Loc  Total  1    2  

1  Theodosiou, Andreas     1303 2      9:W  5:W
2  Wevita, Roshan               2      8:W  6:W
3  Cunningham, Pat         1431 2     12:W  7:W
4  Facchini, Fabrizio           1.5    0:D 11:W
5  Walters, Taina               1     10:W  1:L
6  Sknar, Andrew           1388 1     13:W  2:L
7  Wight, Joshua           1269 1     14:W  3:L
8  Konakanchi, Karthik     922  1      2:L 14:W
9  Lim, Aidan                   1      1:L 12:W
10 Sknar, Andriy           952  1      5:L 13:W
11 Bennett, Sarah               .5     0:D  4:L
12 Aumeier, Beate               0      3:L  9:L
13 Carey, Bruce                 0      6:L 10:L
14 Lim, Simon                   0      7:L  8:L