Saturday 6 June 2015

Croad Takes Autumn Cup With 5/5. ALL HIS GAMES ANNOTATED!

An incredibly impressive performance by Nic Croad - wins against Anthony Ker, Russell Dive, Brian Nijman, Arthur Pomeroy and Michael Nyberg, a clean sweep!
There are catch up games still to go, but obviously they will not effect this year's 2015 Autumn Cup A Grade Champion.

Results
 Nijman     0-1    Croad
Nyberg      0-1    Ker
Dive          p-p    Pomeroy


Here is the cross table before the catch up games begin:

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Croad, Nic 2371 5 * 1 1 1 1 1
2 Ker, Anthony 2423 3 0 * 1 1 1
3 Nijman, Brian 2172 1.5 0 0 * 0 1 ½
4 Nyberg, Michael 2098 1 0 0 1 * 0
5 Pomeroy, Arthur 2103 1 0 0 1 *
6 Dive, Russell 2454 .5 0 0 ½ *

It is very weird to see Russell Dive languishing down there at the foot of the table, but he does have a couple of games still to play.

One of the many things that makes Wellington Chess Club the best chess club in the world (to my knowledge) is the way the top players are friendly and approachable, and willing to share their chess expertise with us mere mortals. We are very lucky to have Russell, Anthony, Nic and Brian at the club (and Scott, when he is playing).
Many thanks to Nic for sharing his games with us here, with annotations. And also to Brian Nijman for contributing his draw against top seed Russell Dive.







The B grade is currently being led by Bill Forster, but he has played all his games, while Layla (now aged 14) is half a point behind with two games in hand, against the lowest rated players in the group. She beat Andrew Stone on Thursday.

Great news - Bill has by and large recovered from his illness and has updated the website with his incredible escape. Follow the link here: http://www.nzchessmag.com/wellingtonchessclub/

Results
Aldridge     1/2-1/2     Sellen
Stoeveken     0-1         Forster
Stone             0-1        Timergazi

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Forster, Bill 2098 3 * 0 ½ ½ 1 1
2 Timergazi, Layla 2085 2.5 1 * 1 ½
3 Stone, Andrew 2048 2.5 ½ 0 * 1 0 1
4 Sellen, Ian 2060 2.5 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1
5 Aldridge, Alan 1908 2 0 1 ½ * ½
6 Stoeveken, Peter 1959 .5 0 0 0 ½ *

The C grade is looking good for Ross Jackson, he has the same number of points as Don Stracy, but a game in hand against tail-ender Andrew Brockway. Don has had a particularly good tournament, unbeaten and with wins against Philip Rossiter and Patrick Cunningham.


Results
Jackson      1-0     Cunningham
Rossiter      0-1     Stracy
Brockway   0-1     Farrington


No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Jackson, Ross 1903 3.5 * ½ 1 1 1
2 Stracy, Don 1801 3.5 ½ * ½ 1 1 ½
3 Farrington, Lawrence 1840 2.5 0 ½ * 0 1 1
4 Rossiter, Philip 1908 2 0 0 1 * 1
5 Cunningham, Patrick 1705 1 0 0 0 * 1
6 Brockway, Andrew 1846 .5 ½ 0 0 0 *

The D grade could be a five way tie!
 If Troy Lamerton loses to new boy Yogesh Kulkarni in the catch up game,  then all the players will have 2 points.

Sadly Mike Asplet missed a couple of games early on, and decided it wasn't worth staying in the competition.

Results
Meravanage    0-1    Sole
Lamerton        0-1    Dixon

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Sole, Michael 1681 2 * 0 1 1 0
2 Lamerton, Troy 1649 2 1 * 0 1
3 Dixon, Hamish 2 0 1 * 0 1
4 Meravanage, Satwik 1370 2 0 0 1 * 1
5 Kulkarni, Yogesh 1 1 0 0 *
6 Asplet, Mike 1614 0 *

And finally the E grade, where Colwyn Forlong-Ford has dominated, taking a half point bye in the first round and following it up with four wins out of four. Josh Wight is only half a point behind, but Colwyn must be favourite in this group. One round left to play here.


Results

No Name                Loc  Total  Result   Name                Loc  Total

 1 Forlong-Ford, Colyn      [3.5]    1:0    Bennett, Sarah      1265 [3]  
 2 Wight, Josh         1310 [3]      1:0    Griffiths, Tudor         [3]  
 3 Waldron, Alexander       [2]      0:1    Konakanchi, Karthik 1347 [2]  
 4 Theodosiou, Andreas 1323 [1.5]    1:0    Asher, Bruce             [2]  
 5 Collings, Alex      1069 [1.5]    0:1    Sknar, Andriy       991  [2]  
 6 Aumeier, Beate      1227 [2.5]   .5:.5   BYE                           
 7 Sole, Chris         1179 [2]      0:0    BYE                           
 8 Phillips, Cameron        [1.5]   .5:.5   BYE                           
 9 Zhao, Aiden              [.5]    .5:.5   BYE                           

Cross Table

No Name                Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5  

1  Forlong-Ford, Colyn      4.5    0:D 13:W  9:W  2:W  3:W
2  Wight, Josh         1310 4     15:W  5:W  3:W  1:L  4:W
3  Bennett, Sarah      1265 3     10:W  4:W  2:L  6:W  1:L
4  Griffiths, Tudor         3      8:W  3:L  7:W 11:W  2:L
5  Aumeier, Beate      1227 3     12:W  2:L  0:D 10:+  0:D
6  Konakanchi, Karthik 1347 3     11:W  0:D  0:D  3:L 12:W
7  Sknar, Andriy       991  3      9:L 15:+  4:L  8:W 13:W
8  Theodosiou, Andreas 1323 2.5    4:L  0:D 13:W  7:L 11:W
9  Sole, Chris         1179 2      7:W  0:D  1:L  0:D  0:L
10 Phillips, Cameron        2      3:L  0:D 14:W  5:-  0:D
11 Asher, Bruce             2      6:L 14:W 12:W  4:L  8:L
12 Waldron, Alexander       2      5:L  0:W 11:L 14:W  6:L
13 Collings, Alex      1069 1.5   14:D  1:L  8:L  0:W  7:L
14 Zhao, Aiden              1     13:D 11:L 10:L 12:L  0:D
15 Skynsky, Lyle            1      2:L  7:-  0:W  0:   0: 








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