Thursday 27 April 2017

Autumn Cup 2017 Starts

48 players signed up for the Autumn Cup this year, which is excellent. Chess players being chess players, however, a few people mysteriously failed to turn up.
Nice to see the NZ Champion Scott Wastney back in action at the club, he got held to a draw by Nic Croad in round 1.
Results mostly went as expected. For this tournament, you are likely to be playing against people roughly the same strength as yourself, but it'll be interesting to see how the new people get on.

Here are the results for round 1:

Group A
Croad        1/2-1/2     Wastney
Dive              1-0        Perry
Ker                1-0        Nijman

Group B
Forster      1/2-1/2      Stone
Jackson        0-1         Sellen
Nyberg         0-1         Pomeroy

Group C
Aldridge      0-1        Stoeveken
Barraza        0-1        Rossiter
Brockway  1/2-1/2    Farrington

Group D
Benitez E    1-0        Winter
 Day           1/2-1/2    Stracy
Chen              1-0      Rabina

Group E
Benitez R     P-P       Wright
Meravanage  0-1       Wevers
Sole               1-0       Thorpe

Group F      
Bennett          1-0      Van der Anker
Darr              P-P       Stannard
Proctor          P-P       Konakanchi K

Group G
He C             P-P        Zhao
Leask            1-0        Theodosiou
Kibblewhite  1-0        Tagos

Group H
Hall               1-0      Konakanchi P
He P              0-1      Jacobsen
Asher          1/2-1/2   Sknar

Monday 24 April 2017

Croad Wins Fischer Random for Third Year Running

With a win against Fabian Day, and a draw in the final round against Anthony Ker, Nic Croad once again showed his complete dominance in this most fascinating chess variant. He finished on 5.5 points, a full point ahead of Anthony, Russell and Brian Nijman. Congratulations!

My own performance was brightened up with a win against Anthony in round 3, but my last round game was a complete disaster where I threw away a rook in an interesting and quite balanced position.against Russell Dive.

In the parallel normal rapid, Michael Nyberg was well ahead of the field, like Nic only conceding a half point in the final round, against Wei Kai Chen.


Fischer Random 2017

Cross Table


No Name                Feder Rtg Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6  

1  Croad, Nic                    2322 5.5   19:W 20:W 14:W  7:W  6:W  2:D
2  Ker, Anthony                  2379 4.5   11:W  8:W  7:L  3:W  5:W  1:D
3  Dive, Russell                 2387 4.5   17:W  5:W  4:D  2:L  9:W  7:W
4  Nijman, Brian                 2117 4.5   16:W  6:W  3:D  5:L 12:W  8:W
5  Forster, Bill                 2003 4     21:W  3:L 19:W  4:W  2:L 10:W
6  Day, Fabian                   1551 4     12:W  4:L 10:W 14:W  1:L 11:W
7  Sellen, Ian                   2016 3.5   15:W  9:W  2:W  1:L  8:D  3:L
8  Jackson, Ross                 1932 3.5   10:W  2:L 15:W  9:W  7:D  4:L
9  Wight, Joshua                 1412 3     13:W  7:L 12:W  8:L  3:L 18:W
10 Kibblewhite, Daniel           1059 3      8:L 11:W  6:L 19:W 16:W  5:L
11 Wevers, Alexis                1363 3      2:L 10:L 18:W 13:W 20:W  6:L
12 Leask, Hamish                 1000 3      6:L 16:W  9:L 15:W  4:L 20:W
13 He, Caleb                     997  3      9:L 15:L 21:W 11:L 19:W 16:W
14 Van der Anker, Juan           1400 2     18:W 17:W  1:L  6:L  0:L  0:L
15 Darr, Samuel                  1081 2      7:L 13:W  8:L 12:L 18:L  0:W
16 Stannard, Bobby               1118 2      4:L 12:L 22:W 18:W 10:L 13:L
17 Konakanchi, Karthik           1382 2      3:L 14:L  0:L  0:L 22:W 19:W
18 He, Paul                      971  2     14:L 21:W 11:L 16:L 15:W  9:L
19 Theodosiou, Andreas           1283 1      1:L 22:W  5:L 10:L 13:L 17:L
20 Rabina, Romeo                 1600 1     22:W  1:L  0:L  0:L 11:L 12:L
21 Bennett, Sarah                1061 1      5:L 18:L 13:L 22:W  0:L  0:L
22 Zhao, Aiden                   1032 0     20:L 19:L 16:L 21:L 17:L  0:L



Normal Rapid 2017

Cross Table


No Name                 Feder Rtg Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6  

1  Nyberg, Michael                2025 5.5   10:W  9:W  5:W  2:W  4:W  3:D
2  Winter, Ryan                   1652 4.5   13:W  6:D  4:W  1:L  5:W  7:W
3  Chen, Wei Kai                  1650 4.5   14:W  5:L 12:W 13:W  6:W  1:D
4  Rossiter, Philip               1663 4     17:W 11:W  2:L 10:W  1:L  6:W
5  Stoeveken, Peter               1689 3.5    8:W  3:W  1:L  6:D  2:L 10:W
6  Farrington, Lawrence           1591 3     18:W  2:D  9:W  5:D  3:L  4:L
7  Tagos, Bernardo                1547 3     12:L 14:W 10:L 15:W 13:W  2:L
8  Sole, Michael                  1488 3      5:L 12:W  0:L  0:L 16:W 19:W
9  Benitez, Edgar                 1600 3     19:W  1:L  6:L 18:W 10:D 11:D
10 Benitez, Ric                   1500 2.5    1:L 19:W  7:W  4:L  9:D  5:L
11 Brockway, Andrew               1558 2.5   16:W  4:L  0:L  0:L 17:W  9:D
12 Daley, Monty                        2      7:W  8:L  3:L 16:W  0:L  0:L
13 Forlong-Ford, Colwyn           1315 2      2:L 18:W 17:W  3:L  7:L  0:L
14 Meravanage, Satwik             1267 2      3:L  7:L  0:L  0:L 18:W 16:W
15 Thorpe, Richard                1500 2      0:L  0:L 16:L  7:L 19:W 18:W
16 Jacobsen, Josiah               1000 1.5   11:L 17:D 15:W 12:L  8:L 14:L
17 Del Favero, Marcus             1410 1.5    4:L 16:D 13:L  0:W 11:L  0:L
18 Asher, Bruce                   1123 1      6:L 13:L  0:W  9:L 14:L 15:L
19 Konakanchi, Pramodh            1178 0      9:L 10:L  0:L  0:L 15:L  8:L





Tuesday 18 April 2017

Ker and Croad Share Wellington Open 2017


Congratulations to Anthony Ker and Nic Croad for winning this year's edition of the Wellington Open.

This was a six round Swiss held at the CQ Hotel in Cuba Street, central Wellington. Players came from all over the country, and one each from France and Canada. Wild weather was hitting the country at the start of the tournament, but in the event only two players were unable to make the first round due to cancelled flights. The overall turnout was 38 players.

Favourites at the start of the tournament were three top Wellington players, Anthony Ker, Nic Croad and Russell Dive. The decisive results turned out to be Anthony and Nic drawing with each other, and Anthony beating Russell.

Thanks to everyone who took part. Thanks especially to Simon Lyall who took lots of photos which you can view on his Flickr page.  https://www.flickr.com/photos/simonlyall/collections/72157677599608552/



Cross Table

No Name               Rtg Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6  

1  Ker, Anthony           2474 5.5   31:W 22:W 11:W  2:D  4:W  8:W
2  Croad, Nic             2375 5.5   27:W 15:W 17:W  1:D  5:W 12:W
3  Polischuk, Kirill      2225 4.5    0:D 24:W  6:D 10:W 12:D 13:W
4  Dive, Russell          2426 4     14:W 12:D  8:W  7:W  1:L  5:D
5  James, Jack            2145 4     25:W 10:W  7:W 12:D  2:L  4:D
6  Goodhue, Nathan        2093 4     33:W 19:D  3:D  9:D 13:D 23:W
7  Steadman, Michael      2309 4     29:W  9:W  5:L  4:L 25:W 15:W
8  Nyberg, Michael        2032 4     28:W 13:W  4:L 17:W 16:W  1:L
9  Wells, Clinton         1934 4     32:W  7:L 21:W  6:D 15:D 22:W
10 Masters, Andrew        1911 4     35:W  5:L 34:W  3:L 24:W 20:W
11 Jackson, Ross          2054 4     36:W 26:W  1:L 13:L 29:W 16:W
12 Quere, Alexandre       2022 3.5   21:W  4:D 19:W  5:D  3:D  2:L
13 Chen, Wei Kai          1732 3.5   16:W  8:L 38:W 11:W  6:D  3:L
14 Winter, Ryan           1715 3.5    4:L 21:L 24:D 38:W 34:W 18:W
15 Rossiter, Philip       1945 3     37:W  2:L 33:W 18:D  9:D  7:L
16 O'Brien, Jarrod             3     13:L  0:W 26:W 22:W  8:L 11:L
17 Heppenstall, Lara      1506 3     20:W 23:W  2:L  8:L 19:L 31:W
18 Robinson, John              3      0:D  0:D 27:W 15:D 20:D 14:L
19 Lyall, Simon           1819 3     30:W  6:D 12:L 20:L 17:W 26:D
20 Nicholls, Leighton     2057 3     17:L 28:W 25:D 19:W 18:D 10:L
21 Sinclair, Zephan       1313 3     12:L 14:W  9:L 26:L 38:W 29:W
22 Zhang, Jasmine         2029 3     34:W  1:L 29:W 16:L 26:W  9:L
23 Cooper, Niger          1821 3     24:D 17:L 28:W 25:D 27:W  6:L
24 Benitez, Edgar              2.5   23:D  3:L 14:D 34:W 10:L 25:D
25 Sole, Michael          1586 2.5    5:L 35:W 20:D 23:D  7:L 24:D
26 List, Robert           1747 2.5   38:W 11:L 16:L 21:W 22:L 19:D
27 Wight, Joshua          1629 2.5    2:L 37:W 18:L 30:W 23:L 28:D
28 He, Caleb              1416 2.5    8:L 20:L 23:L 36:W 35:W 27:D
29 Murdoch, Stephen       1608 2      7:L 32:W 22:L 35:W 11:L 21:L
30 Daley, Monty                2     19:L 33:L 37:W 27:L 31:L  0:W
31 Day, Fabian            1726 2      1:L 34:L  0:L 37:W 30:W 17:L
32 Stannard, Lars         1260 2      9:L 29:L 36:W 33:L 37:L 38:W
33 Meravanage, Satwik     1524 2      6:L 30:W 15:L 32:W  0:   0: 
34 Del Favero, Marcus     1410 1.5   22:L 31:W 10:L 24:L 14:L 35:D
35 He, Paul               1051 1.5   10:L 25:L  0:W 29:L 28:L 34:D
36 Stannard, Bobby        1481 1.5   11:L 38:L 32:L 28:L  0:W 37:D
37 Burt, James            1291 1.5   15:L 27:L 30:L 31:L 32:W 36:D
38 Legner, James               1     26:L 36:W 13:L 14:L 21:L 32:L