Saturday 10 February 2018

Summer Cup R3 - Layla and Nic Lead

Before round three of the Summer Cup started there were 6 players on full points, and now there are just two. Russell took a half point bye, which left Nic Croad facing Anthony Ker, Wei Kai Chen was against Layla Timergazi, and Andrew Brockway dropped down to play Ross Jackson on 1½ points.

Two of the nicest people you're ever likely to meet, Edgar Benitez vs Bernardo Tagos

Serious business on board 1, Croad v Ker


Nic and Anthony repeated the first few moves of their Club Championship Accelerated Dragon (which Nic won), but Anthony went into a different variation on move nine. A lot of pieces got swapped off, Anthony ended up in a difficult ending a pawn down, and lost. 
Layla eventually ground out a win, although she didn't have it all her own way, Wei Kai having a one move opportunity to snatch a decisive advantage, which he missed.

Ross and Andrew had a relatively amiable draw, which means that after 3 rounds only Layla and Nic have full points.

University student Max Robinson had no problems against Bob List


Robert Laking got to play against his grandfather's ex-colleague at the Treasury, Don Stracy
















Further down the list, new boys Max Robinson, Robert Laking, Simeon Alcorn and Robert Hurndell all scored victories. They are somewhat unknown quantities at the club, so it will be interesting to see how they get on as the opposition they face gets tougher.

I was very impressed with my opponent, Nathan Hall. Not only did he have a very real chance to beat me, he played very exciting, energetic chess which had me on the back foot most of the game. On paper he hasn't had a particularly easy ride (Michael Nyberg, Alan Aldridge, me), but he has come out with two points, which could very easily have been three!

Also worthy of note is Michael Sole, who drew with me in round two. He followed it up in round three by playing a brilliant attacking game to defeat a very much in-form Philip Rossiter. It'll be interesting to see where Michael ends up in the table too.


Round 3 Results

No Name                 Loc  Total  Result   Name                 Loc  Total

 1 Croad, Nic           2407 [2]      1:0    Ker, Anthony         2488 [2]  
 2 Chen, Wei Kai        1879 [2]      0:1    Timergazi, Layla     2133 [2]  
 3 Jackson, Ross        2013 [1.5]    ½:½    Brockway, Andrew     1914 [2]  
 4 Hall, Nathan         1559 [1.5]    ½:½    Sellen, Ian          2067 [1.5]
 5 Sole, Michael        1801 [1.5]    1:0    Rossiter, Philip     1969 [1.5]
 6 Benitez, Edgar       1819 [1]      1:0    Tagos, Bernardo      1496 [1]  
 7 Stoeveken, Peter     1814 [1]      1:0    Winsley, Nicholas    1000 [1]  
 8 He, Caleb            1485 [1]      0:1    Winter, Ryan         1814 [1]  
 9 Theodosiou, Andreas  1482 [1]      0:1    Farrington, Lawrence 1800 [1]  
10 Forlong-Ford, Colwyn 1719 [1]      0:1    Konakanchi, Karthik  1519 [1]  
11 Laking, Robert       1300 [1]      1:0    Stracy, Don          1710 [1]  
12 List, Robert         1703 [1]      0:1    Robinson, Max        1300 [1]  
13 Hurndell, Robert     1300 [1]      1:0    Darr, Samuel         1545 [1]  
14 Kierstead, James     1143 [.5]     0:1    Pomeroy, Arthur      2092 [.5] 
15 Bennett, Sarah       1427 [.5]     1:0    Zhao, Aiden          1291 [.5] 
16 Wevers, Alexis       1614 [0]      1:0    Sole, Chris          1147 [.5] 
17 Carroll, Lewis       1100 [0]      0:1    Aldridge, Alan       1946 [0]  
18 Stannard, Lars       1403 [0]      1:0    He, Paul             1183 [0]  
19 Stannard, Bobby      1350 [0]      0:1    Alcorn, Simeon       1200 [0]  
20 Dive, Russell        2443 [2]      ½:½    BYE                            
21 Nyberg, Michael      2149 [1.5]    ½:½    BYE                            
22 Day, Fabian          1784 [1.5]    ½:½    BYE                            
23 Rabina, Romeo        1767 [1.5]    ½:½    BYE                            
24 Benitez, Ric         1565 [1]      0:0    BYE                            
25 Meravanage, Satwik   1514 [1]      ½:½    BYE                            
26 Zhi, William         1400 [0]      ½:½    BYE                            
27 Guthrie, Milo        1300 [0]      ½:½    BYE                            
28 Asher, Bruce         1268 [0]      ½:½    BYE                            

Cross Table

No Name                 Rtg Loc  Total  1    2    3  

1  Timergazi, Layla         2133 3     29:W 15:W 14:W
2  Croad, Nic               2407 3     30:W 21:W  6:W
3  Dive, Russell            2443 2.5   32:W  8:W  0:D
4  Sole, Michael            1801 2.5   39:W  7:D 22:W
5  Brockway, Andrew         1914 2.5   37:W 26:W 16:D
6  Ker, Anthony             2488 2     34:W 19:W  2:L
7  Sellen, Ian              2067 2     23:W  4:D  9:D
8  Winter, Ryan             1814 2     17:W  3:L 35:W
9  Hall, Nathan             1559 2     10:D 38:W  7:D
10 Nyberg, Michael          2149 2      9:D 24:W  0:D
11 Rabina, Romeo            1767 2     31:W  0:D  0:D
12 Konakanchi, Karthik      1519 2      0:   0:D 34:W
13 Day, Fabian              1784 2     40:W 22:D  0:D
14 Chen, Wei Kai            1879 2     43:W 27:W  1:L
15 Stoeveken, Peter         1814 2     44:W  1:L 31:W
16 Jackson, Ross            2013 2     28:D 41:W  5:D
17 Laking, Robert           1300 2      8:L 30:W 32:W
18 Hurndell, Robert         1300 2      0:  36:W 27:W
19 Benitez, Edgar           1819 2     46:W  6:L 28:W
20 Robinson, Max            1300 2      0:  45:W 29:W
21 Farrington, Lawrence     1800 2     47:W  2:L 26:W
22 Rossiter, Philip         1969 1.5   35:W 13:D  4:L
23 Meravanage, Satwik       1514 1.5    7:L 39:W  0:D
24 Bennett, Sarah           1427 1.5    0:D 10:L 42:W
25 Pomeroy, Arthur          2092 1.5   27:L  0:D 40:W
26 Theodosiou, Andreas      1482 1     38:+  5:L 21:L
27 Darr, Samuel             1545 1     25:W 14:L 18:L
28 Tagos, Bernardo          1496 1     16:D  0:D 19:L
29 List, Robert             1703 1      1:L 44:W 20:L
30 Wevers, Alexis           1614 1      2:L 17:L 41:W
31 Winsley, Nicholas        1000 1     11:L 37:W 15:L
32 Stracy, Don              1710 1      3:L 46:W 17:L
33 Benitez, Ric             1565 1      0:D  0:D  0:L
34 Forlong-Ford, Colwyn     1719 1      6:L 43:W 12:L
35 He, Caleb                1485 1     22:L 47:W  8:L
36 Alcorn, Simeon           1200 1      0:  18:L 46:W
37 Stannard, Lars           1403 1      5:L 31:L 47:W
38 Aldridge, Alan           1946 1     26:-  9:L 45:W
39 Asher, Bruce             1268 .5     4:L 23:L  0:D
40 Kierstead, James         1143 .5    13:L  0:D 25:L
41 Sole, Chris              1147 .5     0:D 16:L 30:L
42 Zhao, Aiden              1291 .5     0:   0:D 24:L
43 Zhi, William             1400 .5    14:L 34:L  0:D
44 Guthrie, Milo            1300 .5    15:L 29:L  0:D
45 Carroll, Lewis           1100 0      0:  20:L 38:L
46 Stannard, Bobby          1350 0     19:L 32:L 36:L
47 He, Paul                 1183 0     21:L 35:L 37:L











3 comments:

  1. I can report that Bob List threw me to a hospital pass by innocently suggesting I should play Max Robinson at blitz. Surely there's no one playing at this club who I've never seen before who I can't beat right? Turns out not to be the case. The 1300 provisional rating is seriously misleading, at least by 500 points, probably much more for NZCF ratings anyway.

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  2. Damn it threw me a hospital pass, not threw me to a hospital pass!

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  3. Bill, I know what you mean! It seems there are secret internet chess players all across the country, honing their skills in grim attics, waiting for the right moment to unleash themselves on an unsuspecting chess public. I'm even starting to suspect that I'm not the 59th best player in the country!

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