Monday 31 October 2016

Week 8 - Ker Beats Dive

In the 8th week of the Club Championship the Dive-Ker encounter ended rather dramatically with the Dive king being chased into a mating net. This secures Anthony a reasonably comfortable lead in the A grade, although the number of postponed games of course makes the position still unclear.
Scott Wastney is also doing fine having just dropped half a point so far in the competition.


My thanks to Bill for annotating his draw against Ross:


The B grade saw another dramatic end in the top of the table clash between me and Andrew Stone. Great finish by Andrew, setting him on a course to final victory in this group.





The C grade remains unclear - Fabian leads but did not play, while Pat Cunningham defeated newcomer Juan van der Anker and lies half a point behind.



In the D grade the two top players, Alexis Wevers and Daniel Kibblewhite, drew with each other. Just behind them, Karthik Konakanchi won to stay in contention, all three top players having lost one, drawn one and won their other games.


Wastney    1-0     Timergazi
Forster    1/2-1/2 Jackson
Dive        0-1       Ker
Croad      1-0       Nyberg

Wilkins    1-0      Rossiter
Stone       1-0       Sellen
Aldridge  1-0       List
Brockway1-0      Farrington

Van der Anker   0-1    Cunningham
Austin                1-0    Stracy
Sole                1/2-1/2 Wight
Baker                 1-0    Winter
Forlong-Ford     1-0    Dixon

Asher          1-0     Konakanchi P
Zhao J         0-1     Konakanchi K
Wevers     1/2-1/2  Kibblewhite
Bennett       0-1      Proctor
Sknar          0-1      Zhao A

A Grade

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10
1 Ker, Anthony 2461 5.5 * ½ 1 1 1 1 1
2 Wastney, Scott 2448 4.5 ½ * 1 1 1 1
3 Dive, Russell, 2440 4 0 * 1 1 1 1
4 Croad, Nic 2429 4 0 0 * 1 1 1 1
5 Nijman, Brian 2206 3.5 0 0 * ½ 1 1 1
6 Timergazi, Layla 2105 3 0 0 * 1 1 1
7 Pomeroy, Arthur 2134 1.5 0 0 ½ 0 * ½ ½
8 Forster, Bill 2066 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ * ½
9 Jackson, Ross 2067 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ * 0
10 Nyberg, Michael 2085 1 0 0 0 0 1 *

B Grade

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12
1 Stone, Andrew 2047 6.5 * 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1
2 Rossiter, Philip 1897 4 0 * 0 1 1 1 0 1
3 Sellen, Ian 2064 4 0 1 * 0 1 1 1
4 Kulkarni, Yogesh 2036 4 0 0 1 * 1 1 1
5 Coghini, Phillip 1872 3.5 ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1 1
6 Farrington, Lawrence 1811 3 0 0 1 * ½ 0 ½ 1
7 Aldridge, Alan 1979 3 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½
8 Brockway, Andrew 1801 2.5 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ * ½
9 Wilkins, Mark 1969 2.5 1 0 0 ½ * 0 1
10 List, Bob 1794 1.5 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 *
11 Barraza, Jesse 1957 .5 0 0 0 ½ 0 *
12 Bye, 0 *

C Grade

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12
1 Day, Fabian 1605 4.5 * ½ 1 1 0 1 1
2 Cunningham, Pat 1652 4 ½ * 1 0 ½ 1 1
3 Winter, Ryan 1533 3.5 0 * 0 1 1 ½ 1
4 Baker, Jack 1619 3 0 1 * 1 1
5 Forlong-Ford, Colwyn 1726 3 0 0 * 1 1 1
6 Wight, Joshua 1622 2.5 1 0 0 * 0 ½ 1
7 Stracy, Don 1748 2.5 0 ½ 1 * 1 0 0
8 Sole, Michael 1637 1.5 0 1 0 ½ 0 *
9 Dixon, Hamish 1648 1.5 ½ 0 1 * 0
10 Austin, Tama 1539 1 0 0 0 1 * 0
11 Van der Anker, Juan 1 0 1 *
12 Anderson, Gordon 1648 1 0 0 1 *

D Grade

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10
1 Wevers, Alexis 1472 6.5 * ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Kibblewhite, Daniel 1418 5.5 ½ * 1 1 0 1 1 1
3 Konakanchi, Karthik 1484 4.5 1 0 * ½ 1 1 1
4 Proctor, Matthew 1369 3.5 0 0 * 1 1 1 ½
5 Bennett, Sarah 1414 3.5 0 ½ 0 * 1 0 1 1
6 Zhao, Aiden 1289 3 0 1 0 0 * 0 1 1
7 Asher, Bruce 1316 3 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 1
8 Sknar, Andriy 1184 2.5 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 * 1
9 Konakanchi, Pramodh 1191 1 0 0 0 0 0 * 1
10 Zhao, Jeffrey 980 0 0 0 0 0 0 *

Monday 24 October 2016

Club Champs Round 7 - Top Players Clash

Well, the top players could not avoid each other forever, and for the first time in this tournament the 4 best players were playing each other. In these crucial games, Russell Dive was the only one to score a win, and he is now the only remaining player on 100%, in any of the grades. Anthony is still on top of the table though, by virtue of having played more games.
Andrew Stone has extended his lead in the B grade to 1.5 points, thanks to Philip Rossiter losing to me. In the battle of the Andrews, it looked as though Andrew Brockway was more than holding his own, but he cracked in the end.
Fabian Day leads the C grade, although he has played one extra game over his nearest rival, Ryan Winter. Both these players got draws in this round.
And in the D grade, Alexis Wevers and Daniel Kibblewhite continue on their merry way. Their nearest rival,  Karthik Konakanchi, dropped a half a point, Sarah Bennett incredibly salvaging a draw against him.

Many thanks to Arthur Pomeroy for annotating this game from an earlier round, his loss to Anthony Ker.







Dive        1-0    Croad
Nijman   1-0 Forster
Ker      1/2-1/2 Wastney
Pomeroy 0-1 Timergazi

Rossiter 0-1 Sellen
Barraza 0-1 Kulkarni
Brockway 0-1 Stone
Farrington 1-0 Coghini
List           1-0 Wilkins

Winter          1/2-1/2 Stracy
Wight              1-0 Austin
Van der Anker 1-0 Dixon
Cunningham 1/2-1/2 Day

Sknar                 1-0 Konakanchi P
Konakanchi K 1/2-1/2 Bennett
Wevers               1-0   Zhao A
Kibblewhite        1-0 Asher

A Grade

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10
1 Ker, Anthony 2461 4.5 *   ½   1   1 1 1  
2 Dive, Russell, 2440 4   *   1 1       1 1
3 Wastney, Scott 2448 3.5 ½   * 1     1   1  
4 Nijman, Brian 2206 3.5   0 0 *     ½ 1 1 1
5 Croad, Nic 2429 3 0 0     * 1     1 1
6 Timergazi, Layla 2105 3         0 * 1 1 1  
7 Pomeroy, Arthur 2134 1.5 0   0 ½   0 *   ½ ½
8 Nyberg, Michael 2085 1 0     0   0   *   1
9 Forster, Bill 2066 .5 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½   *  
10 Jackson, Ross 2067 .5   0   0 0   ½ 0   *

B Grade

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12
1 Stone, Andrew 2047 5.5 * 1   1 ½   1 1 1      
2 Rossiter, Philip 1897 4 0 * 0 1   1   1 1      
3 Sellen, Ian 2064 4   1 * 0   1   1 1      
4 Kulkarni, Yogesh 2036 4 0 0 1 *         1 1 1  
5 Coghini, Phillip 1872 3.5 ½       * 0 ½ ½   1 1  
6 Farrington, Lawrence 1811 3   0 0   1 * ½   ½   1  
7 Aldridge, Alan 1979 2 0       ½ ½ * ½     ½  
8 Brockway, Andrew 1801 1.5 0 0 0   ½   ½ *   ½    
9 List, Bob 1794 1.5 0 0 0 0   ½     * 1    
10 Wilkins, Mark 1969 1.5       0 0     ½ 0 * 1  
11 Barraza, Jesse 1957 .5       0 0 0 ½     0 *  
12 Bye,   0                       *

C Grade

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12
1 Day, Fabian 1605 4.5 * 1 ½ 1 0 1     1      
2 Winter, Ryan 1533 3.5 0 *   ½ 1 1         1  
3 Cunningham, Pat 1652 3 ½   *       1 ½ 0   1  
4 Stracy, Don 1748 2.5 0 ½   * 1     0 1      
5 Wight, Joshua 1622 2 1 0   0 * 0           1
6 Forlong-Ford, Colwyn 1726 2 0 0     1 *           1
7 Baker, Jack 1619 2     0       *   1     1
8 Dixon, Hamish 1648 1.5     ½ 1       *   0    
9 Sole, Michael 1637 1 0   1 0     0   *      
10 Van der Anker, Juan   1               1   *    
11 Anderson, Gordon 1648 1   0 0               * 1
12 Austin, Tama 1539 0         0 0 0       0 *

D Grade

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10
1 Wevers, Alexis 1472 6 *   0 1 1 1 1 1   1
2 Kibblewhite, Daniel 1418 5   * 1   1 1 0 1 1  
3 Konakanchi, Karthik 1484 3.5 1 0 * ½ 1     1    
4 Bennett, Sarah 1414 3.5 0   ½ * 0   1   1 1
5 Sknar, Andriy 1184 2.5 0 0 0 1 * ½     1  
6 Proctor, Matthew 1369 2.5 0 0     ½ * 1 1    
7 Zhao, Aiden 1289 2 0 1   0   0 * 0 1  
8 Asher, Bruce 1316 2 0 0 0     0 1 *   1
9 Konakanchi, Pramodh 1191 1   0   0 0   0   * 1
10 Zhao, Jeffrey 980 0 0     0       0 0 *