Wellington Chess Club is moving!! ...

24-Aug-12 - Confirmed that we will definitely be in St Peter's church hall on 28th August. Watch this space for news of a permanent new home for the chess club

Cheers

  

Wellington Chess Club has been informed that we will no longer be able to use Turnbull House as our club rooms, because of earthquake strengthening work that needs to be done there. Very short notice - tonight is our last night there! We have to find a new venue by next week. We will be urgently looking for a new venue so that there will be minimum disruption to the club championship. If you know of a suitable venue, please let me or the committee know. Thanks


Update 22-Aug - looks like we'll be in St Peter's church hall on 28th August, but will confirm later. Thanks to John Gillespie for organising this.

Round 3 Games

The club championship has reverted to its normal state of events, with Russell Dive and Anthony Ker sharing the lead on 2.5/3 points. I handed Peter his first win of the A grade by succumbing to his superior Knights in the endgame.
Group B saw the return of Don Stracy from his travels, coming straight in and beating the leader Alok Pandey.
Group C has 2 players still on 3/3, Ken Heaton and Matt Veldhuizen. They will play each other next week.

Club Championship Round 3 Results

Club Championship A grade - Round 3

Results

No Name             Result   Name            

 1 Forster, Bill      1:0    Jackson, Ross   
 2 Pomeroy, Arthur    0:1    Dive, Russell   
 3 Sellen, Ian        0:1    Stoeveken, Peter
 4 Ker, Anthony       1:0    Nyberg, Michael 
 5 Stone, Andrew     .5:.5   Nijman, Brian 

Cross Table

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10


1
Dive, Russell
2437
2.5
*


W
D










W


2
Ker, Anthony
2449
2.5


*








D
W
W




3
Forster, Bill
2049
2
L


*
W


W










4
Jackson, Ross
2026
1.5
D


L
*


W










5
Sellen, Ian
2039
1.5








*
L
W
D






6
Stoeveken, Peter
1917
1




L
L
W
*










7
Nijman, Brian
2156
1


D




L


*


D




8
Nyberg, Michael
2074
.5


L




D




*






9
Stone, Andrew
2033
.5


L








D


*




10
Pomeroy, Arthur
2111
0
L
















*

Club Championship B grade - Round 3

Results

No Name                Loc   Result   Name              Loc 

 1 Layla Timergazi     1755    0:1    Mike Roberts      1843
 2 Lawrence Farrington 1751     :     Jonathon Whittle  1637
 3 Don Stracy          1828    1:0    Alok Pandey           
 4 Andrew Brockway     1798    0:1    Rama Rao Miriyala     
 5 David Paul          1883     :     Alan Aldridge     1959

Cross Table

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10


1
Pandey, Alok


2
*




L




W




W


2
Roberts, Mike
1843
2


*
L






W


W




3
Paul, David
1883
1.5


W
*








D






4
Stracy, Don
1828
1
W




*














5
Aldridge, Alan
1959
1








*




W






6
Miriyala, Rama Rao


1










*


W






7
Timergazi, Layla
1755
1
L
L








*


W




8
Brockway, Andrew
1798
.5




D


L
L


*






9
Whittle, Jonathon
1637
0


L








L


*




10
Farrington, Lawrence
1751
0
L
















*

Club Championship C grade - Round 3

Results

No Name                    Loc  Total  Result   Name            Loc  Total

 1 Josh Wight                   [2]      0:1    Ken Heaton      1637 [2]  
 2 John Cook               1611 [2]      0:1    Matt Veldhuizen 1573 [2]  
 3 Alex Johnson                 [1]      0:1    John Marney     1610 [1]  
 4 Dylan Frater            1596 [1]      1:0    Andriy Sknar    1011 [1]  
 5 Andreas Theodosiou      1232 [1]      1:0    Saurabh Gupta        [1]  
 6 Shyamkumar Sampathkumar 1301 [0]      0:1    Andrew Sknar    1427 [0]  
 7 Quinn Weekes                 [0]      1:0    BYE                       

Cross Table

No Name                     Loc  Total  1    2    3  

1  Veldhuizen, Matt         1573 3      5:W  8:W  3:W
2  Heaton, Ken              1637 3      9:W  6:W  4:W
3  Cook, John               1611 2     10:W  7:W  1:L
4  Wight, Josh                   2      0:W 12:W  2:L
5  Frater, Dylan            1596 2      1:L 10:W 11:W
6  Theodosiou, Andreas      1232 2     13:W  2:L 12:W
7  Marney, John             1610 2      8:W  3:L  9:W
8  Weekes, Quinn                 1      7:L  1:L  0:W
9  Johnson, Alex                 1      2:L 13:W  7:L
10 Sknar, Andrew            1427 1      3:L  5:L 13:W
11 Sknar, Andriy            1011 1     12:L  0:W  5:L
12 Gupta, Saurabh                1     11:W  4:L  6:L
13 Sampathkumar, Shyamkumar 1301 0      6:L  9:L 10:L

Club Championship C grade - Round 4

Provisional Pairing

No Name                    Loc  Total  Result   Name               Loc  Total

 1 Ken Heaton              1637 [3]       :     Matt Veldhuizen    1573 [3]  
 2 Dylan Frater            1596 [2]       :     John Cook          1611 [2]  
 3 John Marney             1610 [2]       :     Andreas Theodosiou 1232 [2]  
 4 Andrew Sknar            1427 [1]       :     Josh Wight              [2]  
 5 Andriy Sknar            1011 [1]       :     Alex Johnson            [1]  
 6 Saurabh Gupta                [1]       :     Quinn Weekes            [1]  
 7 Shyamkumar Sampathkumar 1301 [0]      1:0    BYE                          

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Club Champs Round 2 Games

After last week's escapology tricks by Russell, it was Anthony Ker's turn to play the role of Houdini (and I'm not talking about the analysis engine!) He was basically lost after the opening moves, but he spent the rest of the game fighting back, and Brian finally conceded the draw on the 73rd move a pawn up in a Rook and pawn endgame. Russell gained a couple of pawns against Bill's Dutch set-up, and Bill quietly slipped out for an early night. Ross and Peter played their round 8 encounter early as neither of their opponents were available. Cannot comment on this one except that Ross won. I really enjoyed my encounter with the Borg (see below) which ended in a draw.
Newcomer Alok Pandey is leading the B group, as Lawrence blundered a piece in the opening but ground it out to the endgame. He is the only player in the group left on 2/2 , and next week gets to play Don Stracy, who will only just be starting his campaign in the tournament after a long holiday in the UK
Congratulations to Josh Wight in the C group, playing his first full length game at the club and winning! Could we have another young star on our hands? Let's hope so!

Club Champs Round 2 Results and Standings

Games to follow

 

Club Championship A grade - Round 2

Results

No Name              Result   Name           

 1 Jackson, Ross       1:0    Stoeveken, Peter  
 2 Nijman, Brian      .5:.5   Ker, Anthony   
 3 Nyberg, Michael    .5:.5   Sellen, Ian    
 4 Dive, Russell       1:0    Forster, Bill  

Club Championship A grade

Cross Table

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10


1
Dive, Russell
2437
1.5
*


D


W












2
Sellen, Ian
2039
1.5


*






W
D








3
Jackson, Ross
2026
1.5
D


*












W


4
Ker, Anthony
2449
1.5






*


D




W




5
Forster, Bill
2049
1
L






*








W


6
Nijman, Brian
2156
.5


L


D


*










7
Nyberg, Michael
2074
.5


D








*








8
Pomeroy, Arthur
2111
0














*






9
Stone, Andrew
2033
0






L








*




10
Stoeveken, Peter
1917
0




L


L








*

Club Championship B grade - Round 2

Results

No Name              Loc   Result   Name                Loc 

 1 Mike Roberts      1843    0:1    David Paul          1883
 2 Alan Aldridge     1959    1:0    Andrew Brockway     1798
 3 Rama Rao Miriyala          :     Don Stracy          1828
 4 Alok Pandey               1:0    Lawrence Farrington 1751
 5 Jonathon Whittle  1637    0:1    Layla Timergazi     1755

Cross Table

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10


1
Pandey, Alok
&nbsp
2
*




W






W






2
Paul, David
1883
1.5


*




W
D










3
Aldridge, Alan
1959
1




*




W










4
Timergazi, Layla
1755
1
L




*




W








5
Roberts, Mike
1843
1


L




*


W








6
Brockway, Andrew
1798
.5


D
L




*










7
Whittle, Jonathon
1637
0






L
L


*








8
Farrington, Lawrence
1751
0
L












*






9
Stracy, Don
1828
0
















*




10
Miriyala, Rama Rao
&nbsp
0


















*

Club Championship C grade - Round 2

Results

No Name                    Loc  Total  Result   Name               Loc  Total

 1 Ken Heaton              1637 [1]      1:0    Andreas Theodosiou 1232 [1]  
 2 John Marney             1610 [1]      0:1    John Cook          1611 [1]  
 3 Saurabh Gupta                [1]      0:1    Josh Wight              [1]  
 4 Matt Veldhuizen         1573 [1]      1:0    Quinn Weekes            [0]  
 5 Andrew Sknar            1427 [0]      0:1    Dylan Frater       1596 [0]  
 6 Shyamkumar Sampathkumar 1301 [0]      0:1    Alex Johnson            [0]  
 7 Andriy Sknar            1011 [0]      1:0    BYE                          

Cross Table

No Name                     Loc  Total  1    2  

1  Heaton, Ken              1637 2     10:W  6:W
2  Wight, Josh                   2      0:W  7:W
3  Cook, John               1611 2     11:W  5:W
4  Veldhuizen, Matt         1573 2      8:W 12:W
5  Marney, John             1610 1     12:W  3:L
6  Theodosiou, Andreas      1232 1     13:W  1:L
7  Gupta, Saurabh                1      9:W  2:L
8  Frater, Dylan            1596 1      4:L 11:W
9  Sknar, Andriy            1011 1      7:L  0:W
10 Johnson, Alex                 1      1:L 13:W
11 Sknar, Andrew            1427 0      3:L  8:L
12 Weekes, Quinn                 0      5:L  4:L
13 Sampathkumar, Shyamkumar 1301 0      6:L 10:L

Club Championship C grade - Round 3

Provisional Pairings

No Name                    Loc  Total  Result   Name            Loc  Total

 1 Josh Wight                   [2]       :     Ken Heaton      1637 [2]  
 2 John Cook               1611 [2]       :     Matt Veldhuizen 1573 [2]  
 3 Alex Johnson                 [1]       :     John Marney     1610 [1]  
 4 Dylan Frater            1596 [1]       :     Andriy Sknar    1011 [1]  
 5 Andreas Theodosiou      1232 [1]       :     Saurabh Gupta        [1]  
 6 Shyamkumar Sampathkumar 1301 [0]       :     Andrew Sknar    1427 [0]  
 7 Quinn Weekes                 [0]      1:0    BYE                       

Club Champs Round 1 Games

The sensation of the round was Dive versus Jackson. Ross Jackson took Marany Meyer's place in the A grade as work commitments unfortunately prevented her from playing. When I went to congratulate Ross after the game on his draw, I couldn't understand why he seemed so annoyed with himself, but now having played through the game I can see why! Russell was utterly lost until he saved himself with a sneaky perpetual check. Anthony and Bill both chalked up competent wins against Andrew Stone and Peter Stoeveken. I managed for once not to blunder in the endgame against Brian Nijman, and also got the win.

In the B grade newcomer Alok Pandey gave notice of his talent with a strange victory over Layla involving chasing her King up the h file. Mike Roberts defeated Jonathon Whittle, newly promoted from the C grade. David Paul and Andrew Brockway constructed impenetrable pawn walls for themselves and agreed a draw. Sickness meant the postponement of two of the other games in this grade. 
The C grade will be interesting as there are a number of new players here whose abilities I have no idea about.All the games I managed to play through seemed interesting and could have gone either way.

Here are the games

Club Championship Round 1 Results

More later, for now just the results:

ROUND 1

A grade

No Name             Result   Name            

 1 Dive, Russell     .5:.5   Jackson, Ross   
 2 Forster, Bill      1:0    Stoeveken, Peter
 3 Pomeroy, Arthur    p:p    Nyberg, Michael 
 4 Sellen, Ian        1:0    Nijman, Brian   
 5 Ker, Anthony       1:0    Stone, Andrew 

B Grade

No Name               Result   Name           

 1 Whittle, J (1)       0:1    Roberts, M (10)
 2 Timergazi, L (2)     0:1    Pandey, A (9)  
 3 Farrington, L (3)    p:p    Miriyala, R (8)
 4 Stracy, D (4)        p:p    Aldridge, A (7)
 5 Brockway, A (5)     .5:.5   Paul, D (6)    

C Grade

No Name               Result   Name               

 1 Weekes, Q (10)       0:1    Marney, J (3)      
 2 Johnson, A (12)      0:1    Heaton, K (1)      
 3 Frater, D (4)        0:1    Veldhuizen, M (5)  
 4 Theodosiou, A (8)    1:0    Sampathkumar, S (7)
 5 Cook, J (2)          1:0    Sknar, A (6)       
 6 Sknar, A (9)         0:1    Gupta, S (11)      
 7 Wight, J (13)        1:0    BYE                

C Grade round 2 pairings:

No Name                 Result   Name             

 1 Heaton, K (1)           :     Theodosiou, A (8)
 2 Marney, J (3)           :     Cook, J (2)      
 3 Gupta, S (11)           :     Wight, J (13)    
 4 Veldhuizen, M (5)       :     Weekes, Q (10)   
 5 Sknar, A (6)            :     Frater, D (4)    
 6 Sampathkumar, S (7)     :     Johnson, A (12)  
 7 Sknar, A (9)           1:0    BYE