Scott Wastney Wins the 2019 Autumn Cup

We now know all the winners of the round robin graded Autumn Cup groups.

Congratulations to Scott Wastney who won his catch-up game against Anthony Ker, thus securing the Autumn Cup A grade title. Scott won a couple of pawns out of some tactical skirmishes, and thereafter the result was never in doubt despite Anthony's stubborn refusal to give up.
If this game had been drawn, then Nic could have caught up with the leaders if he had won his catch-up game against Brian Nijman. However this crazy game ended in a draw, so Scott ended up being a full point clear of the field.

Croad versus Nijman below - many thanks to Brian for annotating this for us:


The B grade was won by Edgar Benitez on 4/5, 3 wins and 2 draws. In this group there was one default loss, Arthur Pomeroy to Michael Nyberg.

The C grade was won by Ryan Winter on 4½/5. He was a bit lucky that Bill Forster agreed a draw against him when he (Ryan) was totally lost. Bill finished half a point behind. Phillip Coghini had to to withdraw from this group, unfortunately, due to ill health.

The D grade was dominated by Michael Sole, although he, too had a bit of luck on his side in a couple of games.

The E grade was won by Alexis Wevers on 4/5. He won all his games apart from his last one against tail ender Jamie Quayle in the last round. One game left to play here, Caleb He against Andrew Brockway

The F grade was won by Michael Ashe on 4½/5. This group was dogged unfortunately by non-attendance. Robert Hurndell v Don Stracy will be played this week.

The G group was a Swiss that finished last week, and was won jointly by Thomas van der Hoorn and Vaibhav Sharma

Thomas van der Hoorn, joint winner of the G grade

A grade

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
1
Wastney, Scott
2396
4
*
1
1
0
1
1
2
Croad, Nicholas
2453
3
0
*
1
1
½
½
3
Ker, Antony
2472
3
0
0
*
1
1
1
4
Dive, Russell
2431
2
1
0
0
*
0
1
5
Nijman, Brian
2136
1.5
0
½
0
1
*
0
6
Cilia Vincenti, David
2208
1.5
0
½
0
0
1
*

B grade

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
1
Benitez, Edgar
2038
4
*
1
½
½
1
1
2
Nyberg, Michael
2091
3.5
0
*
1
+
½
1
3
Sellen, Ian
2053
2.5
½
0
*
½
½
1
4
Pomeroy, Arthur
2083
2
½
-
½
*
½
½
5
Tanoi, TE
2048
1.5
0
½
½
½
*
0
6
Stone, Andrew
2096
1.5
0
0
0
½
1
*

C grade

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
1
Winter, Ryan
2015
4.5
*
½
1
1
1
+
2
Forster, Bill
2028
4
½
*
½
1
1
1
3
Chen, Wei Kai
1964
3
0
½
*
+
1
½
4
Laking, Robert
1975
2
0
0
-
*
1
+
5
Rossiter, Philip
1936
1
0
0
0
0
*
+
6
Coghini, Phillip
1932
.5
-
0
½
-
-
*

D grade

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
1
Sole, Michael
1931
4.5
*
½
1
1
1
1
2
Jackson, Ross
1928
3.5
½
*
1
½
½
1
3
Winfield, Alan
1854
3
0
0
*
1
1
1
4
Aldridge, Alan
1914
2
0
½
0
*
1
½
5
Stoeveken, Peter
1853
1.5
0
½
0
0
*
1
6
Mullan, Brett
1905
.5
0
0
0
½
0
*

E grade

No
Name
Rtg
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
1
Wevers, Alexis
1740
4
*
1
1
1
1
0
2
Farrington, Lawrence
1762
3
0
*
½
½
+
1
3
He, Caleb
1799
2.5
0
½
*
1
1
4
Brockway, Andrew
1845
2
0
½
*
½
1
5
He, Paul
1771
1.5
0
-
0
½
*
1
6
Quayle, Jamie
1750
1
1
0
0
0
0
*

F grade

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
1
Ashe, Michael
1521
4.5
*
1
1
½
+
+
2
Darr, `Samuel
1563
3
0
*
-
1
1
+
3
Hurndell, Robert
1545
3
0
+
*
1
+
4
Stracy, Don
1664
2
½
0
*
½
+
5
Dixon, Hamish
1715
1.5
-
0
0
½
*
+
6
Heyworth, Nicholas
1553
0
-
-
-
-
-
*

Autumn Cup 2019 - Wastney v Ker to Decide

On Thursday we finished the Autumn Cup proper, but the rather large matter of catch-up games is still to happen.
Of primary importance in the A grade is Wastney v Ker, as a decisive result will mean that the winner will be Autumn Champion, while a draw will mean Nic Croad could catch up with both.
Here is Nic playing an extraordinary game against Russell Dive in round 5:

A Grade Round 5

No Name                  Loc   Result   Name            Loc 

 1 Cilia Vincenti, David 2208    0:1    Ker, Antony     2472
 2 Dive, Russell         2431    0:1    Croad, Nicholas 2453
 3 Nijman, Brian         2136    0:1    Wastney, Scott  2396

Cross Table

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
1
Wastney, Scott
2396
3
*
1
0
1
1
2
Ker, Antony
2472
3
*
0
1
1
1
3
Croad, Nicholas
2453
2.5
0
1
*
1
½

4
Dive, Russell
2431
2
1
0
0
*
1
0
5
Cilia Vincenti, David
2208
1.5
0
0
½
0
*
1
6
Nijman, Brian
2136
1
0
0
1
0
*

The B grade has now been won by Edgar Benitez. His draw against me means that nobody can catch him

Here is Edward Tanoi losing rather painfully to Andrew Stone from a won position (notes by Edward)

B Grade

Round 5
No Name            Loc   Result   Name            Loc 

 1 Tanoi, TE       2048    0:1    Stone, Andrew   2096
 2 Nyberg, Michael 2091     :     Pomeroy, Arthur 2083
 3 Benitez, Edgar  2038    ½:½    Sellen, Ian     2053




No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
1
Benitez, Edgar
2038
4
*
1
½
½
1
1
2
Nyberg, Michael
2091
2.5
0
*
1
½
1
3
Pomeroy, Arthur
2083
2
½
*
½
½
½
4
Sellen, Ian
2053
1.5
½
0
½
*
½

5
Tanoi, TE
2048
1.5
0
½
½
½
*
0
6
Stone, Andrew
2096
1.5
0
0
½
1
*

The C grade belongs to Ryan Winter. It was rather surprising to me that Ryan was playing in the C grade to start with, but his rating had suffered from a rather torrid time in Auckland in January.

C Grade

Round 5
No Name             Result   Name          

 1 Rossiter, P (3)    0:1    Forster, B (6)
 2 Winter, R (4)      1:0    Chen, W (2)   
 3 Coghini, P (5)     -:+    Laking, R (1) 




No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
1
Winter, Ryan
2015
4.5
*
½
1
1
1
+
2
Forster, Bill
2028
3
½
*
½
1
1
3
Chen, Wei Kai
1964
3
0
½
*
+
1
½
4
Laking, Robert
1975
2
0
-
*
1
+
5
Rossiter, Philip
1936
1
0
0
0
0
*
+
6
Coghini, Phillip
1932
.5
-
0
½
-
-
*

The D grade has been won by Michael Sole, who is playing terrific chess at the moment. He could be joined for first place by Ross Jackson if he loses his catch-up game to Peter Stöveken.

D Grade

Round 5
No Name           Loc   Result   Name             Loc 

 1 Aldridge, Alan 1914    ½:½    Jackson, Ross    1928
 2 Sole, Michael  1931    1:0    Mullan, Brett    1905
 3 Winfield, Alan 1854    1:0    Stoeveken, Peter 1853




No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
1
Sole, Michael
1931
3.5
*
½
1
1
1
2
Jackson, Ross
1928
3.5
½
*
1
½
½
1
3
Winfield, Alan
1854
3
0
0
*
1
1
1
4
Aldridge, Alan
1914
2
0
½
0
*
1
½
5
Stoeveken, Peter
1853
1.5
½
0
0
*
1
6
Mullan, Brett
1905
.5
0
0
0
½
0
*

The E grade was dominated by Alexis Wevers, who won the grade easily despite losing in the last round to tail ender Jamie Quayle.

E Grade

Round 5
No Name             Loc  Total  Result   Name                 Loc  Total

 1 Brockway, Andrew 1845 [2]       :     He, Caleb            1799 [2.5]
 2 He, Paul         1771 [1.5]    -:+    Farrington, Lawrence 1762 [1]  
 3 Quayle, Jamie    1750 [0]      1:0    Wevers, Alexis       1740 [4]  




No
Name
Rtg
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
1
Wevers, Alexis
1740
4
*
1
1
1
1
0
2
He, Caleb
1799
2.5
0
*
½
1
1
3
Farrington, Lawrence
1762
2
0
½
*
½
+

4
Brockway, Andrew
1845
2
0
½
*
½
1
5
He, Paul
1771
1.5
0
0
-
½
*
1
6
Quayle, Jamie
1750
1
1
0
0
0
*

The F grade is a bit of a pig's ear, because of all the non attendances. It's a bit of a headache trying to work out what to do with all the backlog of games.

F Grade

Round 5
No Name               Loc   Result   Name             Loc 

 1 Heyworth, Nicholas 1553    -:+    Stracy, Don      1664
 2 Darr, `Samuel      1563    -:+    Hurndell, Robert 1545
 3 Dixon, Hamish      1715     :     Ashe, Michael    1521




No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
1
Darr, `Samuel
1563
3
*
-
1
1
+
2
Hurndell, Robert
1545
3
+
*
0
1
+
3
Ashe, Michael
1521
2.5
1
*
½
+
4
Stracy, Don
1664
2
0
½
*
½
+
5
Dixon, Hamish
1715
1.5
0
0
½
*
+
6
Heyworth, Nicholas
1553
0
-
-
-
-
-
*

And finally, the G grade showed excellent performances by a clutch of new-comers. It will be very interesting to see how they fare against the stronger members of the club in forthcoming tournaments. Anyway, congratulations to joint winners Thomas van der Hoorn and Vaibhav Sharma.

G Grade

No Name                  Feder Rtg Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5  

1  Van der Hoorn, Thomas           1000 4     16:1 14:1  5:1  2:½  3:½
2  Sharma, Vaibhav                 1200 4      0:½ 15:1  6:1  1:½  5:1
3  Stannard, Bobby                 1403 3.5   13:1 10:1  4:0 11:1  1:½
4  Ross, Matt                      1400 3.5    0:½  0:0  3:1  7:1  8:1
5  Webster, Jamie                  1200 3      6:1  7:1  1:0  9:1  2:0
6  Cooke, Xandi                    1387 3      5:0  9:1  2:0 12:1 10:1
7  Kibblewhite, Daniel             1498 3     15:1  5:0 10:1  4:0 11:+
8  Carroll, Lewis                  1404 2.5   11:1  0:½ 11:-  0:1  4:0
9  Stannard, Lars                  1396 2.5    0:½  6:0 16:1  5:0 15:1
10 Dunlop, Rafe                    1164 2     12:1  3:0  7:0 13:1  6:0
11 Cameron, Will                   1300 2      8:0 16:1  8:+  3:0  7:-
12 Osborne, Geoff                  1372 2     10:0 13:0 15:1  6:0 16:1
13 Asher, Bruce                    1237 1.5    3:0 12:1  0:½ 10:0  0:0
14 Bennett, Sarah                  1402 .5     0:½  1:0  0:0  0:0  0: 
15 Ackroyd, William                1329 .5     7:0  2:  12:0 16:½  9:0
16 Theodosiou, Andreas             1358 .5     1:0 11:0  9:0 15:½ 12:0
17 Langford, Joshua                1407 .5     0:½  0:   0:   0:   0: 

Round 5

No Name                Loc  Total  Result   Name                  Loc  Total

 1 Stannard, Bobby     1403 [3]      ½:½    Van der Hoorn, Thomas 1000 [3.5]
 2 Sharma, Vaibhav     1200 [3]      1:0    Webster, Jamie        1200 [3]  
 3 Ross, Matt          1400 [2.5]    1:0    Carroll, Lewis        1404 [2.5]
 4 Cameron, Will       1300 [2]      -:+    Kibblewhite, Daniel   1498 [2]  
 5 Cooke, Xandi        1387 [2]      1:0    Dunlop, Rafe          1164 [2]  
 6 Stannard, Lars      1396 [1.5]    1:0    Ackroyd, William      1329 [.5] 
 7 Theodosiou, Andreas 1358 [.5]     0:1    Osborne, Geoff        1372 [1]  
 8 Asher, Bruce        1237 [1.5]    0:0    BYE  

Upper Hutt Rapid - Wellington Players Dominant

The ever-popular annual Upper Hutt Open Rapid took place yesterday, 15th June, and was dominated by Wellington players.
The A grade was won by Scott Wastney, who also won the Kapiti Rapid last month.
Brian Nijman reports that he was leading with a round to go, but then lost to Anthony. Brian ended up  sharing second with Anthony and Russell (whom he beat in his normal fashion - ditto for his win against Edgar). Ross drew with Scott in round 1, which was generous since Ross had a winning position and over two minutes on his clock compared to Scott who was playing on increment. Michael Sole won the B-grade with 5.5.
Paul He won all his games (the only player to do so) to win his grade.
Full results will no doubt be published on the NZCF website in due course. I am grateful to Brian for sending me two of his games from this tournament.

Autumn Cup 1 round to go

Been a while, sorry.
Thought I'd celebrate my resumption of club captain duties with an update of what's going on at the club at the moment. We have got 1 week left of the Autumn Cup, plus the catch-up week. This is graded round robin groups of 6, apart from the lowest grade G which is a Swiss.
In the A grade all of the players have lost at least 1 game. The biggest upset has been Russell Dive losing to Brian Nijman in round 3 after a winning endgame went wrong for Russell. Round 4 included an entertaining game between Scott and Russell where Scott's position seemed more dominant than it actually was, and a tactic that seemed to win actually lost, because of Scott's queen running out of squares

A Grade Round 4

No Name            Loc   Result   Name                  Loc 

 1 Ker, Antony     2472    1:0    Nijman, Brian         2136
 2 Wastney, Scott  2396    0:1    Dive, Russell         2431
 3 Croad, Nicholas 2453    ½:½    Cilia Vincenti, David 2208

Cross Table

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
1
Dive, Russell
2431
2
*
1
0
1
0
2
Wastney, Scott
2396
2
0
*
1
1

3
Ker, Antony
2472
2
1
*
0
1
4
Croad, Nicholas
2453
1.5
0
1
*
½

5
Cilia Vincenti, David
2208
1.5
0
0
½
*
1
6
Nijman, Brian
2136
1
1
0
0
*

Edgar Benitez is going great guns in the B grade and looks set to take the title

B grade round 4

No Name            Loc   Result   Name            Loc 

 1 Stone, Andrew   2096    0:1    Benitez, Edgar  2038
 2 Sellen, Ian     2053    0:1    Nyberg, Michael 2091
 3 Pomeroy, Arthur 2083    ½:½    Tanoi, TE       2048




No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
1
Benitez, Edgar
2038
3.5
*
1
½
1
1
2
Nyberg, Michael
2091
2.5
0
*
½
1
1
3
Pomeroy, Arthur
2083
2
½
*
½
½
½
4
Tanoi, TE
2048
1.5
0
½
½
*
½

5
Sellen, Ian
2053
1
0
½
½
*

6
Stone, Andrew
2096
.5
0
0
½
*

The C grade is looking good for Wei Kai Chen, although Ryan Winter is waiting in the wings with a game in hand

C grade round 4

No Name            Result   Name           

 1 Forster, B (6)    1:0    Coghini, P (5) 
 2 Laking, R (1)     0:1    Winter, R (4)  
 3 Chen, W (2)       1:0    Rossiter, P (3)




No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
1
Chen, Wei Kai
1964
3
*
½
1
½
1
2
Winter, Ryan
2015
2.5
*
½
1
1
3
Forster, Bill
2028
2
½
½
*
1

4
Laking, Robert
1975
1
0
0
*
1
5
Coghini, Phillip
1932
.5
½
0
*

6
Rossiter, Philip
1936
0
0
0
0
*

The D grade is currently being led by Ross Jackson, although, again, postponements make the situation not so clear

D grade round 4

No Name             Loc   Result   Name           Loc 

 1 Jackson, Ross    1928    1:0    Winfield, Alan 1854
 2 Stoeveken, Peter 1853     :     Sole, Michael  1931
 3 Mullan, Brett    1905    ½:½    Aldridge, Alan 1914




No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
1
Jackson, Ross
1928
3
*
½
1
½
1
2
Sole, Michael
1931
2.5
½
*
1
1

3
Winfield, Alan
1854
2
0
0
*
1
1
4
Stoeveken, Peter
1853
1.5
½
*
0
1
5
Aldridge, Alan
1914
1.5
0
0
1
*
½
6
Mullan, Brett
1905
.5
0
0
0
½
*

The E grade is being dominated by Alexis Wevers, the only player in any division to have won all his games

E grade round 4

No Name                 Loc  Total  Result   Name             Loc  Total

 1 He, Caleb            1799 [1.5]    1:0    Quayle, Jamie    1750 [0]  
 2 Wevers, Alexis       1740 [3]      1:0    He, Paul         1771 [1.5]
 3 Farrington, Lawrence 1762 [.5]     ½:½    Brockway, Andrew 1845 [1.5]




No
Name
Rtg
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
1
Wevers, Alexis
1740
4
*
1
1
1
1

2
He, Caleb
1799
2.5
0
*
1
½
1
3
Brockway, Andrew
1845
2
0
*
½
½
1
4
He, Paul
1771
1.5
0
0
½
*
1
5
Farrington, Lawrence
1762
1
0
½
½
*

6
Quayle, Jamie
1750
0
0
0
0
*

The F grade suffered disappointingly from a withdrawal, but at this stage Samuel Darr leads

F grade round 4

No Name             Loc   Result   Name               Loc 

 1 Stracy, Don      1664    ½:½    Dixon, Hamish      1715
 2 Ashe, Michael    1521     :     Darr, `Samuel      1563
 3 Hurndell, Robert 1545    +:-    Heyworth, Nicholas 1553




No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
1
Darr, `Samuel
1563
3
*
1
1
+
2
Ashe, Michael
1521
2.5
*
1
½
+
3
Hurndell, Robert
1545
2
0
*
1
+
4
Dixon, Hamish
1715
1.5
0
0
*
½
+
5
Stracy, Don
1664
1
0
½
½
*

6
Heyworth, Nicholas
1553
0
-
-
-
-
*

And finally, the G grade contains many exciting new and untried players, including Thomas Van der Hoorn (son of the legendary Mark), who, impressively, is leading his first ever tournament.

Here is a favourite game from round 2 of the G grade, Vaibhav Sharma playing a King's Gambit and winning in a style that can only be described as swash-buckling.

G grade

No Name                  Feder Rtg Loc  Total  1    2    3    4  

1  Van der Hoorn, Thomas           1000 3.5   15:1 14:1  2:1  3:½
2  Webster, Jamie                  1200 3      9:1  7:1  1:0 12:1
3  Sharma, Vaibhav                 1200 3      0:½ 16:1  9:1  1:½
4  Stannard, Bobby                 1403 3     11:1 10:1  5:0  8:1
5  Ross, Matt                      1400 2.5    0:½  0:0  4:1  7:1
6  Carroll, Lewis                  1404 2.5    8:1  0:½  8:-  0:1
7  Kibblewhite, Daniel             1498 2     16:1  2:0 10:1  5:0
8  Cameron, Will                   1300 2      6:0 15:1  6:+  4:0
9  Cooke, Xandi                    1387 2      2:0 12:1  3:0 13:1
10 Dunlop, Rafe                    1164 2     13:1  4:0  7:0 11:1
11 Asher, Bruce                    1237 1.5    4:0 13:1  0:½ 10:0
12 Stannard, Lars                  1396 1.5    0:½  9:0 15:1  2:0
13 Osborne, Geoff                  1372 1     10:0 11:0 16:1  9:0
14 Bennett, Sarah                  1402 .5     0:½  1:0  0:0  0:0
15 Theodosiou, Andreas             1358 .5     1:0  8:0 12:0 16:½
16 Ackroyd, William                1329 .5     7:0  3:  13:0 15:½
17 Langford, Joshua                1407 .5     0:½  0:   0:   0: 

Round 4 results

No Name                  Loc  Total  Result   Name                Loc  Total

 1 Van der Hoorn, Thomas 1000 [3]      ½:½    Sharma, Vaibhav     1200 [2.5]
 2 Kibblewhite, Daniel   1498 [2]      0:1    Ross, Matt          1400 [1.5]
 3 Stannard, Bobby       1403 [2]      1:0    Cameron, Will       1300 [2]  
 4 Webster, Jamie        1200 [2]      1:0    Stannard, Lars      1396 [1.5]
 5 Asher, Bruce          1237 [1.5]    0:1    Dunlop, Rafe        1164 [1]  
 6 Osborne, Geoff        1372 [1]      0:1    Cooke, Xandi        1387 [1]  
 7 Ackroyd, William      1329 [0]      ½:½    Theodosiou, Andreas 1358 [0]  
 8 Carroll, Lewis        1404 [1.5]    1:0    BYE                           
 9 Bennett, Sarah        1402 [.5]     0:0    BYE