Tuesday 29 May 2018

Autumn Cup R5 - Nic Croad Does it Again!


Nic Croad


Nic Croad has a habit recently of throwing a spanner into the works when the Ker machine seems unstoppable! Even when Anthony is demolishing every everyone else in sight, Nic seems to face him unafraid. After a fairly even Italian opening, Anthony as white had queen and bishop against Nic's queen and knight. Rather suddenly, Nic managed to infiltrate his opponent's position and the game ended rather brutally.




Ryan Winter destroyed me in about 20 moves. At about move 18 I was feeling relieved thinking that I was going to last longer than Bill had the previous week. However it was not to be.


Ryan now has 4/4 and is of course firm favourite to take the B grade title.



The C grade title is already decided! Congratulations to Edgar Benitez, who has 4 points out of 5, and cannot be caught by the other players in the group. Edgar seems to be getting better and better, and he plays exciting, rather tricky chess!

The D grade is set for a showdown between Wei Kai Chen and Fabian Day. They will play each other on Thursday, and whoever can win will also win the grade.

Nobody played in the E grade, and only one game was played in the F grade. It's difficult to know what to do to get these people to play.

The Swiss tournament that constituted the G grade was won in fine style by Nicholas Winsley, on 5/5. He's still young, definitely one to watch.

A grade

No Name             Loc   Result   Name            Loc 

 1 Ker, Anthony     2472    0:1    Croad, Nic      2422
 2 Nijman, Brian    2155    0:1    Nyberg, Michael 2109
 3 Timergazi, Layla 2119    0:1    Dive, Russell   2453

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Ker, Anthony 2472 3 * 0 1 1   1
2 Croad, Nic 2422 2.5 1 * ½   1  
3 Dive, Russell 2453 2.5 0 ½ * 0 1 1
4 Nijman, Brian 2155 2 0   1 * 0 1
5 Nyberg, Michael 2109 1.5   0 0 1 * ½
6 Timergazi, Layla 2119 .5 0   0 0 ½ *

B grade

No Name             Loc   Result   Name          Loc 

 1 Pomeroy, Arthur  2093    ½:½    Forster, Bill 2051
 2 Rossiter, Philip 2010    0:1    Jackson, Ross 1986
 3 Winter, Ryan     1999    1:0    Sellen, Ian   2085

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Winter, Ryan 1999 4 * 1 1   1 1
2 Forster, Bill 2051 2.5 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½
3 Jackson, Ross 1986 2.5 0 ½ *   1 1
4 Pomeroy, Arthur 2093 2   ½   * ½ 1
5 Sellen, Ian 2085 1.5 0 0 0 ½ * 1
6 Rossiter, Philip 2010 .5 0 ½ 0 0 0 *

C grade

No Name           Loc   Result   Name             Loc 

 1 Aldridge, Alan 1934    ½:½    Mullan, Brett    1920
 2 Benitez, Edgar 1908    ½:½    Brockway, Andrew 1888
 3 Laking, Robert          :     Wilkins, Mark    1922

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Benitez, Edgar 1908 4 * ½ 1 1 1 ½
2 Mullan, Brett 1920 2.5 ½ * ½   ½ 1
3 Laking, Robert   1.5 0 ½ *     1
4 Wilkins, Mark 1922 1.5 0     * ½ 1
5 Aldridge, Alan 1934 1 0 ½   ½ *  
6 Brockway, Andrew 1888 .5 ½ 0 0 0   *


D grade

No Name                 Loc   Result   Name             Loc 

 1 Chen, Wei Kai        1885    1:0    Wevers, Alexis   1821
 2 Farrington, Lawrence 1769    ½:½    Sole, Michael    1782
 3 Day, Fabian          1778    ½:½    Stoeveken, Peter 1815

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Chen, Wei Kai 1885 3 *   ½ 1 ½ 1
2 Day, Fabian 1778 3   * ½ ½ 1 1
3 Sole, Michael 1782 2.5 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 0
4 Stoeveken, Peter 1815 2.5 0 ½ 0 * 1 1
5 Farrington, Lawrence 1769 2 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1
6 Wevers, Alexis 1821 1 0 0 1 0 0 *

F grade

No Name                Loc   Result   Name             Loc 

 1 Stracy, Don         1631     :     Ashe, Michael        
 2 Tagos, Bernardo     1575    0:1    Benitez, Rick    1551
 3 Konakanchi, Karthik 1586     :     Herndall, Robert     

No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Benitez, Rick 1551 2.5 * ½   1 1  
2 Stracy, Don 1631 2.5 ½ *   ½ ½ 1
3 Ashe, Michael   2.5     * ½ 1 1
4 Tagos, Bernardo 1575 2 0 ½ ½ * 1  
5 Herndall, Robert   .5 0 ½ 0 0 *  
6 Konakanchi, Karthik 1586 0   0 0     *


G grade

No Name                Loc  Total  Result   Name                Loc  Total

 1 Winsley, Nicholas        [4]      1:0    Stannard, Lars      1402 [3.5]
 2 Kibblewhite, Daniel 1486 [2.5]    0:1    He, Paul            1223 [3]  
 3 Heyworth, Nicholas       [2]      0:1    Theodosiou, Andreas 1401 [2.5]
 4 Stannard, Bobby     1306 [2]      1:0    Deyab, Mohamed           [2]  
 5 Bennett, Sarah      1429 [1.5]    1:0    Sole, Chris         1143 [2]  
 6 Darr, Samuel        1522 [1.5]    +:-    Srivastava, Krishh       [1.5]
 7 Alcorn, Simeon      1368 [2]      0:0    BYE                           
 8 Asher, Bruce        1263 [0]      0:0    BYE                           
 9 Carroll, Lewis           [1]      0:0    BYE                           
10 Johnson, Sean            [1]      0:0    BYE                           

Cross Table


No Name                Feder Rtg Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5  

1  Winsley, Nicholas                  5     13:1  9:1  2:1  6:1  3:1
2  He, Paul                      1223 4      8:1  5:1  1:0 12:1  6:1
3  Stannard, Lars                1402 3.5    0:½ 13:1  7:1  5:1  1:0
4  Theodosiou, Andreas           1401 3.5    9:0 14:½ 16:1  7:1 12:1
5  Stannard, Bobby               1306 3     14:1  2:0 15:+  3:0  9:1
6  Kibblewhite, Daniel           1486 2.5   15:1  0:½ 11:1  1:0  2:0
7  Darr, Samuel                  1522 2.5    0:½ 12:+  3:0  4:0 13:+
8  Bennett, Sarah                1429 2.5    2:0  0:½ 14:1  9:0 11:1
9  Deyab, Mohamed                     2      4:1  1:0 12:0  8:1  5:0
10 Alcorn, Simeon                1368 2      0:½ 15:0  0:½ 15:+  0:0
11 Sole, Chris                   1143 2      0:½ 16:1  6:0  0:½  8:0
12 Heyworth, Nicholas                 2     16:1  7:-  9:1  2:0  4:0
13 Srivastava, Krishh                 1.5    1:0  3:0  0:½ 16:1  7:-
14 Johnson, Sean                      1      5:0  4:½  8:0  0:½  0:0
15 Carroll, Lewis                     1      6:0 10:1  5:- 10:-  0:0
16 Asher, Bruce                  1263 0     12:0 11:0  4:0 13:0  0:0







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