Sunday 29 May 2016

Annotated Autumn Cup Game

Many thanks to Professor Arthur Pomeroy for providing notes to his last round Autumn Cup game against Bill Forster.


Saturday 28 May 2016

Nijman Cleans Up in the Autumn B Grade

A few more games were played for the Autumn Cup catch up round, but not enough to decide any of the undecided groups, and the new tournament, the Rapid, starts next week. Only the A grade and the D grade actually got completed, all the other groups were marred by no-shows.


Recap of the A grade - this was already completed last week:

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Ker, Anthony 2415 5 * 1 1 1 1 1
2 Croad, Nic 2412 4 0 * 1 1 1 1
3 Dive, Russell 2452 3 0 0 * 1 1 1
4 Timergazi, Layla 2152 2 0 0 0 * 1 1
5 Wastney, Scott 2448 1 0 0 0 0 * 1
6 Thomas, Ben 2203 0 0 0 0 0 0 *


The B grade nearly got completed - but the important thing was Brian Nijman beating Andrew Stone to take the title with a 100% record

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Nijman, Brian 2141 5 * 1 1 1 1 1
2 Nyberg, Michael 2068 2.5 0 * 1 1 ½
3 Pomeroy, Arthur 2133 2.5 0 0 * 1 1 ½
4 Forster, Bill 2075 2 0 0 0 * 1 1
5 Sellen, Ian 2116 1.5 0 ½ 0 0 * 1
6 Stone, Andrew 2063 .5 0 ½ 0 0 *

In the C grade - Stoeveken 1/2-1/2 Rossiter,  Barraza 1/2-1/2 Aldridge. Peter Stoeveken did well to draw, given he was still jet-lagged from his trip back from Germany.

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Jackson, Ross 2027 4.5 * ½ 1 1 1 1
2 Rossiter, Philip 1814 3 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½
3 Kulkarni, Yogesh 1854 2 0 0 * 1 1
4 Barraza-Perez, Jesse 1925 2 0 ½ 0 * ½ 1
5 Aldridge, Alan 1992 1 0 ½ ½ *
6 Stoeveken, Peter 1932 .5 0 ½ 0 0 *


The D grade got finished! Bob List was lucky to draw with Don Stracy, although he already had first place sewn up.

No Name Rtg Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 List, Bob 1661 4 * 1 1 ½ 1 ½
2 Forlong-Ford, Colwyn 1731 3 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1
3 Farrington, Lawrence 1810 3 0 ½ * ½ 1 1
4 Stracy, Don 1742 2.5 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1
5 Brockway, Andrew 1777 2 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1
6 Cunningham, Patrick 1744 .5 ½ 0 0 0 0 *


The E group - the group from hell, from an organisational point of view. Does anybody know who won this group? Does anybody care?

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7
1 Day, Fabian 1564 3 * 1 1 1
2 Dixon, Hamish 1544 3 * 1 1 1
3 Wight, Joshua 1534 2 0 0 * 1 1
4 Baker, Jack 1588 2 0 * 0 1 1
5 Anderson, Gordon 1663 1 0 1 *
6 Landrain, Marc 1528 1 0 0 0 * 1
7 Theodosiou, Andreas 1489 0 0 0 0 0 *


F grade - Wevers 1-0 Konakanchi K, Meravanage 1-0 Asher. Asplet withdrew, Konakanchi didn't turn up enough times to join the leaders, I guess it's a joint win between Satwik and Alexis?

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Meravanage, Satwik 1395 3 * 1 0 1 1
2 Wevers, Alexis 3 0 * 1 1 1
3 Konakanchi, Karthik 1399 2 1 0 * 1
4 Asplet, Mike 1472 1 * 1
5 Proctor, Matthew 1458 1 0 0 0 * 1
6 Asher, Bruce 1419 0 0 0 0 0 *


G grade - Hewson 1-0 Konakanchi P. Sarah Bennett was doing well but then found something else to do on a Thursday night, so title goes to Ryan Winter.

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Winter, Ryan 4 * 1 1 1 1
2 Bennett, Sarah 1299 3 * 1 1 1
3 Tagos, Bernardo 2.5 0 0 * ½ 1 1
4 Austin, Tama 1.5 0 ½ * 1
5 Hewson, Paul 1 0 0 0 0 * 1
6 Konakanchi, Pramodh 1275 0 0 0 0 0 *


H Grade - Zhao J 0-1 Zhao A, Sknar 1-0 Collings. Another disaster of a group.

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Sknar, Andriy 1152 3.5 * ½ 1 1 1
2 Kibblewhite, Daniel 2.5 ½ * 1 1
3 Collings, Alex 1040 1 0 * 1
4 Zhao, Aiden 1231 1 0 0 * 1
5 Zhao, Jeffrey 0 0 0 0 *
6 Ross, Awatea 0 0 *




Wednesday 25 May 2016

Autumn Cup - Final Round Games

As promised, here are a selection of games from the final round of the Autumn Cup.

I begin with my own, with apologies to my opponent who wasn't feeling very well I believe. Still, I'd had a lousy tournament thus far, so it was nice to have something to celebrate. Possibly my shortest ever game at the club.



Next, the mammoth game that decided the B grade winner. This being a Nijman game, it started later than any other game, and being 100 moves long (-ish), it was the last to finish.




Many thanks to Andrew Brockway for annotating his game against Don Stracy:




And finally, a couple of interesting games from the A grade.











Monday 23 May 2016

Anthony Picket-Fences the Autumn Cup!


Games to follow in a separate post.....

Congratulations to Anthony Ker for winning the Autumn Cup in fine style. There were no draws in the A grade, and the cross table is as pretty as a picture, so here it is.


No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Ker, Anthony 2415 5 * 1 1 1 1 1
2 Croad, Nic 2412 4 0 * 1 1 1 1
3 Dive, Russell 2452 3 0 0 * 1 1 1
4 Timergazi, Layla 2152 2 0 0 0 * 1 1
5 Wastney, Scott 2448 1 0 0 0 0 * 1
6 Thomas, Ben 2203 0 0 0 0 0 0 *


Ben Thomas had a torrid time in the A grade, as did Scott Wastney. Scott is not accustomed to losing at the club at all, but in this tournament he lost 4 games in a row. Let's hope he regains his confidence in time for the Baku Olympiad later in the year.
In Croad v Wastney, most of the pieces came off very quickly, but Nic with commendable persistence kept niggling away, gradually built up an advantage and won after 87 moves. A remarkable performance that Magnus Carlsen would have been proud of!

Brian Nijman took just under 100 moves to defeat Michael Nyberg, in a very interesting game. I'll publish this in a separate post, Brian has annotated it for us.
This means that Brian is the B grade Champion.

In the C grade Ross Jackson beat his nearest rival Yogesh Kulkarni, and thus collected the C grade title.

And in the D grade, Bob List reached a winning position against Pat Cunningham, but agreed a draw to secure the title in this grade.

Other grades are still up in the air, except in the G grade where I believe Ryan Winter takes it, as his only possible rival Sarah Bennett appears to have pulled out.

Full results from Thursday:

Croad 1-0 Wastney
Ker 1-0 Timergazi
Thomas 0-1 Dive

Sellen 1-0 Stone
Forster 0-1 Pomeroy
Nyberg 0-1 Nijman

Kulkarni 0-1 Jackson

Cunningham 1/2-1/2 List
Forlong-Ford 1/2-1/2 Farrington
Stracy 1/2-1/2 Brockway

Landrain 0-1 Dixon
Wight 0-1 Day

Asher 0-1 Wevers
Konakanchi K 1-0 Proctor

Konakanchi P 0-1 Tagos
Austin 1-0 Hewson

Kibblewhite 1-0 Zhao A
Zhao J 0-1 Sknar


B Grade


No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Nijman, Brian 2141 4 * 1 1 1 1
2 Nyberg, Michael 2068 2.5 0 * 1 1 ½
3 Pomeroy, Arthur 2133 2.5 0 0 * 1 1 ½
4 Forster, Bill 2075 2 0 0 0 * 1 1
5 Sellen, Ian 2116 1.5 0 ½ 0 0 * 1
6 Stone, Andrew 2063 .5 ½ 0 0 *

C Grade 

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Jackson, Ross 2027 4.5 * ½ 1 1 1 1
2 Rossiter, Philip 1814 2.5 ½ * 1 ½ ½
3 Kulkarni, Yogesh 1854 2 0 0 * 1 1
4 Barraza-Perez, Jesse 1925 1.5 0 ½ 0 * 1
5 Aldridge, Alan 1992 .5 0 ½ *
6 Stoeveken, Peter 1932 0 0 0 0 *

D Grade

No Name Rtg Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 List, Bob 1661 3.5 * 1 1 1 ½
2 Forlong-Ford, Colwyn 1731 3 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1
3 Farrington, Lawrence 1810 3 0 ½ * ½ 1 1
4 Stracy, Don 1742 2 0 ½ * ½ 1
5 Brockway, Andrew 1777 2 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1
6 Cunningham, Patrick 1744 .5 ½ 0 0 0 0 *

E Grade

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7
1 Day, Fabian 1564 3 * 1 1 1
2 Dixon, Hamish 1544 3 * 1 1 1
3 Wight, Joshua 1534 2 0 0 * 1 1
4 Baker, Jack 1588 2 0 * 0 1 1
5 Anderson, Gordon 1663 1 0 1 *
6 Landrain, Marc 1528 1 0 0 0 * 1
7 Theodosiou, Andreas 1489 0 0 0 0 0 *

F Grade

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Konakanchi, Karthik 1399 2 * 1 1
2 Meravanage, Satwik 1395 2 0 * 1 1
3 Wevers, Alexis 2 0 * 1 1
4 Asplet, Mike 1472 1 * 1
5 Proctor, Matthew 1458 1 0 0 0 * 1
6 Asher, Bruce 1419 0 0 0 0 *

G Grade

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Winter, Ryan 4 * 1 1 1 1
2 Bennett, Sarah 1299 3 * 1 1 1
3 Tagos, Bernardo 2.5 0 0 * ½ 1 1
4 Austin, Tama 1.5 0 ½ * 1
5 Konakanchi, Pramodh 1275 0 0 0 0 *
6 Hewson, Paul 0 0 0 0 0 *

H Grade

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Sknar, Andriy 1152 2.5 * ½ 1 1
2 Kibblewhite, Daniel 2.5 ½ * 1 1
3 Collings, Alex 1040 1 * 1
4 Zhao, Jeffrey 0 0 0 *
5 Ross, Awatea 0 0 *
6 Zhao, Aiden 1231 0 0 0 *