Club AGM 6-Mar-14

Nice to see you all at Annual General Meeting last night at the club, and thanks especially to Philip Rossiter who has volunteered to become a committee member.
For those of you who weren't there, no controversial decisions were taken, and subscription rates remain the same as last year.

After the meeting, 11 of us had a round robin blitz tournament, with Anthony Ker challenging himself by giving himself the handicap of playing with 1 minute against his opponents' 5. He only lost 2 games and came joint first with me.

Here is my Club Captain report, which just briefly summarises our 2013 year.

Captain’s report 2013

After the shake-ups of the previous year, 2013 was partly a year of consolidation, and settling into our new home. This was our first full year of being in the Wellington Bridge Club building, and I think on balance we can declare the move to have been a success.

The great advantage of the Bridge Club is the extra space we have to accommodate the increased membership. On one occasion towards the end of the year we had 42 members attending and playing competitive chess, which would have been pretty much impossible in Turnbull House. Of course, this number pales in comparison with the bridge players next door, but I suppose this gives us something to aspire towards.

Our removal from Turnbull House did not render us immune from the consequences of earthquakes - far from it. We were forced to play the blitz tournament and the first rounds of the Club Championship in the small upstairs room while the bridge players requisitioned our room after the large July earthquake damaged the roof in the main room downstairs. This was far from ideal.

The weather also affected play - on one occasion a violent storm nearly blocked the Ngauranga gorge, and on another heavy rain caused a huge internal flood in the Southeast corner of the playing room. On both occasions our valiant members by and large gritted their teeth and carried on playing.

The year started very strongly, with our club organising the 2013 New Zealand Congress in the CQ Hotel in Cuba Street. This was a great success, and is, I hope, the start of a long and fruitful partnership between the Club and this superb venue. Many thanks to Alan Aldridge for setting this up for us. Scott Wastney’s amazing string of victories at the Championship will no doubt be talked about for many years to come!

Whether it was the enthusiasm generated by the championship, or some other reason, numbers were certainly up from the previous year. A total of 45 players were signed up for the Summer Cup, and, after a dip in the middle of the season, numbers went up again for the Julian Mazur Memorial, with 43 players registered. As always, there was a certain turnover of members, and it was sad to say goodbye to Mike Turner (relocated to Singapore) and Matt Veldhuizen (to Auckland). But we have a whole load of fresh new faces at the club, some of them very young indeed, and chess in Wellington seems to be in good health. One welcome change is that we now have four female members playing regularly at the club, whereas only a couple of years ago we had none.

For me, there were quite a few highlights this year. Of course there was the championship where Scott Wastney laid waste to the opposition with 10 out of 11, but there was also Russell Dive’s return to form with, for example 8/8 in the North Island Championship and 9/9 in the Club Championship. Then there was Layla Timergazi winning (jointly) the NZ Under 18 Rapid title at the tender age of 12. Towards the other end of the age scale Pat Cunningham increased his rating by over 300 points, and Don Stracy achieved his highest ever NZCF rating. On a personal level, I managed to beat Anthony for the first time ever, and made it into the top 50 players in New Zealand, although this is likely to be short-lived.

Once again thanks are in order to the hard-working members of the committee, particularly Ross Jackson who also serves on the NZCF committee, Andrew Brockway for his exemplary work in the under-praised role of treasurer, secretary Brian Nijman, and Bill Forster who deserves a special mention for his editorship of the NZ Chess magazine, and for his educational and highly entertaining reports on the club website.

Summer Cup:

1.      Scott Wastney 7.5/8

2-3  Mark van der Hoorn, Ian Sellen 6/8

4-5 Anthony Ker, Andrew Stone 5.5/8

Team Challenge

Winners: The Crazed Wildebeests (Scott’s team)

Runners up: The Divebombers (Russell’s team)

Autumn Cup

A Grade 1. Anthony Ker 4.5/5 2. Scott Wastney 3/5 3-4. Brian Nijman, Mark van der Hoorn 2.5/5

B Grade  1. Ian Sellen 4/5 2-5 Alan Aldridge, Ross Jackson, Rama Rao Miriyala, Michael Nyberg 2.5/5

C Grade  1 Peter Stoeveken 3.5/5 2-3. Philip Rossiter, Bruce Kay 3/5

D Grade 1 Don Stracy 4/5 . 2. Lawrence Farrington 3.5/5 3 Robert List 3/5

E Grade 1 Pat Cunningham 6/6 2. Roshan Wevita 5/6 3 Andrew Sknar 4/6

Club Rapid

1      Russell Dive 9/10

2      Anthony Ker 7.5/10

3-4  Alan Aldridge, Ross Jackson 6.5/10

Blitz

1 Russell Dive 5/5

2 Anthony Ker 4/5

3 Michael Nyberg 3/5

Club Championships

A Grade

1      Russell Dive 9/9

2      Anthony Ker 7.5/9

3 Mark van der Hoorn 5.5/9

B Grade

1      Ross Jackson 7.5/10

2      Layla Timergazi 7/10

3      Efrain Tionko, Rama Rao Miriyala 6.5/10

C Grade

1      Andrew Brockway 7.5/9

2      Ken Heaton 7/9

3        Pat Cunningham 6/9

D Grade

1-2  Karthik Konakanchi, Joshua Wight 8/10

3 Taina Walters 6/10

Julian Mazur Memorial

1-2  Scott Wastney, Russell Dive 6.5/8

3-4  Anthony Ker, Mark van der Hoorn 6/8

Summer Cup Round 4

As usual after suffering a setback, Russell returned the next week to crushing form, and his unhappy victim this time was Ross Jackson.

Layla couldn't repeat her success from round 3 against our other IM Anthony Ker, and was unceremoniously squashed in a swift, brutal king side attack.

Alan overcame Mark van der Hoorn in an exciting upset.

Summer Cup 2014 - Round 4

Results

No Name                     Total  Result   Name                Total

 1 Jackson, Ross            [2.5]    0:1    Dive, Russell       [2.5]
 2 Timergazi, Layla         [2.5]    0:1    Ker, Anthony        [2.5]
 3 Stracy, Don              [2.5]    0:1    Nyberg, Michael     [2.5]
 4 Van der Hoorn, Mark      [2]      0:1    Aldridge, Alan      [2]  
 5 Pomeroy, Arthur          [2]      1:0    Nicholls, Alistair  [2]  
 6 Stoeveken, Peter         [2]      0:1    Sellen, Ian         [2]  
 7 Roberts, Michael         [2]      =:=    Meyer, Marany       [2]  
 8 Farrington, Lawrence     [2]      0:1    Forster, Bill       [2]  
 9 Rossiter, Philip         [1.5]    1:0    Mouat, Bill         [1.5]
10 Marney, John             [1.5]    0:1    Cunningham, Patrick [1.5]
11 Drinkwater, Blaise       [1.5]    =:=    Brockway, Andrew    [1.5]
12 Konakanchi, Karthik      [1]      1:0    Meravanage, Satwik  [1]  
13 Theodosiou, Andreas      [1]      1:0    Aumeier, Beate      [1]  
14 Wight, Joshua            [1]      1:0    Darvish, Shaiyan    [1]  
15 Baker, Jack              [1]      0:1    Tionko, Efrain      [1]  
16 Collings, Alex           [.5]     0:1    Bennett, Sarah      [.5] 
17 Sknar, Andrew            [1]      =:=    BYE                      
18 Sampathkumar, Shyamkumar [.5]     =:=    BYE                      
19 Sknar, Andriy            [0]      =:=    BYE                      
20 MacDonald, John          [1]      0:0    BYE                      
21 List, Robert             [1]      =:=    BYE                      

Cross Table

No Name                     Rtg Loc  Total  1    2    3    4  

1  Dive, Russell                2441 3.5   10:W 19:W  8:D  9:W
2  Ker, Anthony                 2423 3.5    0:D 16:W 11:W  8:W
3  Nyberg, Michael              2021 3.5   20:W 17:W  0:D 13:W
4  Pomeroy, Arthur              2115 3     14:D 21:W  5:D 17:W
5  Forster, Bill                2054 3     25:W 11:D  4:D 15:W
6  Sellen, Ian                  2112 3     15:L 29:W 25:W 19:W
7  Aldridge, Alan               1964 3     16:L 30:W 31:W 18:W
8  Timergazi, Layla             1952 2.5   22:W 27:W  1:D  2:L
9  Jackson, Ross                2000 2.5   24:W 15:W 13:D  1:L
10 Roberts, Michael             1814 2.5    1:L 22:W 32:W 12:D
11 Rossiter, Philip             1835 2.5   33:W  5:D  2:L 26:W
12 Meyer, Marany                2062 2.5    0:D 28:W  0:D 10:D
13 Stracy, Don                  1870 2.5   30:W 26:W  9:D  3:L
14 Cunningham, Patrick          1783 2.5    4:D 36:W 18:L 27:W
15 Farrington, Lawrence         1721 2      6:W  9:L 23:W  5:L
16 Wight, Joshua                1253 2      7:W  2:L 17:L 35:W
17 Nicholls, Alistair           1848 2     38:W  3:L 16:W  4:L
18 Van der Hoorn, Mark          2232 2      0:D  0:D 14:W  7:L
19 Stoeveken, Peter             1861 2     37:W  1:L 33:W  6:L
20 Drinkwater, Blaise           1450 2      3:L 38:W  0:D 21:D
21 Brockway, Andrew             1769 2      0:D  4:L 36:W 20:D
22 Konakanchi, Karthik          1235 2      8:L 10:L 34:W 33:W
23 Tionko, Efrain               1966 2      0:D  0:D 15:L 31:W
24 Theodosiou, Andreas          1374 2      9:L 33:L 28:W 32:W
25 List, Robert                 1670 1.5    5:L 37:W  6:L  0:D
26 Mouat, Bill                       1.5    0:W 13:L  0:D 11:L
27 Marney, John                 1675 1.5   29:W  8:L  0:D 14:L
28 Bennett, Sarah               860  1.5    0:D 12:L 24:L 36:W
29 Sknar, Andrew                1370 1.5   27:L  6:L 37:W  0:D
30 Sampathkumar, Shyamkumar     1228 1     13:L  7:L  0:D  0:D
31 Baker, Jack                       1      0:D  0:D  7:L 23:L
32 Aumeier, Beate               995  1      0:D  0:D 10:L 24:L
33 Meravanage, Satwik                1     11:L 24:W 19:L 22:L
34 MacDonald, John              1400 1      0:D  0:D 22:L  0:L
35 Darvish, Shaiyan             1000 1      0:D  0:D  0:L 16:L
36 Collings, Alex                    .5     0:D 14:L 21:L 28:L
37 Sknar, Andriy                929  .5    19:L 25:L 29:L  0:D
38 Konakanchi, Pramodh               0     17:L 20:L  0:   0: 

Provisional round 5 draw

No Name                Total  Result   Name                     Total

 1 Nyberg, Michael     [3.5]     :     Dive, Russell            [3.5]
 2 Ker, Anthony        [3.5]     :     Pomeroy, Arthur          [3]  
 3 Sellen, Ian         [3]       :     Forster, Bill            [3]  
 4 Aldridge, Alan      [3]       :     Jackson, Ross            [2.5]
 5 Meyer, Marany       [2.5]     :     Rossiter, Philip         [2.5]
 6 Roberts, Michael    [2.5]     :     Timergazi, Layla         [2.5]
 7 Cunningham, Patrick [2.5]     :     Stracy, Don              [2.5]
 8 Van der Hoorn, Mark [2]       :     Farrington, Lawrence     [2]  
 9 Tionko, Efrain      [2]       :     Drinkwater, Blaise       [2]  
10 Theodosiou, Andreas [2]       :     Stoeveken, Peter         [2]  
11 Nicholls, Alistair  [2]       :     Konakanchi, Karthik      [2]  
12 Brockway, Andrew    [2]       :     Wight, Joshua            [2]  
13 Bennett, Sarah      [1.5]     :     Marney, John             [1.5]
14 List, Robert        [1.5]     :     Sknar, Andrew            [1.5]
15 Mouat, Bill         [1.5]     :     Sampathkumar, Shyamkumar [1]  
16 Meravanage, Satwik  [1]       :     Aumeier, Beate           [1]  
17 Darvish, Shaiyan    [1]       :     Baker, Jack              [1]  
18 Collings, Alex      [.5]      :     Sknar, Andriy            [.5] 

Summer Cup 3 - Russell v Layla Sensation!

The wonderful and talented 12 year old Layla Timergazi scaled new heights last night when she held the NZ number 2 to an exciting draw. Here is the game:

Summer Cup 2014 - Round 3

Results

No Name                     Total  Result   Name                 Total

 1 Dive, Russell            [2]      =:=    Timergazi, Layla     [2]  
 2 Jackson, Ross            [2]      =:=    Stracy, Don          [2]  
 3 Ker, Anthony             [1.5]    1:0    Rossiter, Philip     [1.5]
 4 Forster, Bill            [1.5]    =:=    Pomeroy, Arthur      [1.5]
 5 Cunningham, Patrick      [1.5]    0:1    Van der Hoorn, Mark  [1]  
 6 Sellen, Ian              [1]      1:0    List, Robert         [1]  
 7 Tionko, Efrain           [1]      0:1    Farrington, Lawrence [1]  
 8 Aldridge, Alan           [1]      1:0    Baker, Jack          [1]  
 9 Meravanage, Satwik       [1]      0:1    Stoeveken, Peter     [1]  
10 Nicholls, Alistair       [1]      1:0    Wight, Joshua        [1]  
11 Aumeier, Beate           [1]      0:1    Roberts, Michael     [1]  
12 Brockway, Andrew         [.5]     1:0    Collings, Alex       [.5] 
13 Bennett, Sarah           [.5]     0:1    Theodosiou, Andreas  [0]  
14 Sknar, Andriy            [0]      0:1    Sknar, Andrew        [0]  
15 Konakanchi, Karthik      [0]      1:0    MacDonald, John      [1]  
16 Meyer, Marany            [1.5]    =:=    BYE                       
17 Nyberg, Michael          [2]      =:=    BYE                       
18 Marney, John             [1]      =:=    BYE                       
19 Drinkwater, Blaise       [1]      =:=    BYE                       
20 Sampathkumar, Shyamkumar [0]      =:=    BYE                       
21 Mouat, Bill              [1]      =:=    BYE                       

Cross Table

No Name                     Rtg Loc  Total  1    2    3  

1  Dive, Russell                2441 2.5   12:W 14:W  4:D
2  Jackson, Ross                2000 2.5   32:W  7:W  6:D
3  Nyberg, Michael              2021 2.5   22:W 15:W  0:D
4  Timergazi, Layla             1952 2.5   24:W 20:W  1:D
5  Ker, Anthony                 2423 2.5    0:D 23:W 17:W
6  Stracy, Don                  1870 2.5   33:W 19:W  2:D
7  Farrington, Lawrence         1721 2     13:W  2:L 26:W
8  Pomeroy, Arthur              2115 2     18:D 21:W  9:D
9  Forster, Bill                2054 2     25:W 17:D  8:D
10 Van der Hoorn, Mark          2232 2      0:D  0:D 18:W
11 Meyer, Marany                2062 2      0:D 34:W  0:D
12 Roberts, Michael             1814 2      1:L 24:W 28:W
13 Sellen, Ian                  2112 2      7:L 31:W 25:W
14 Stoeveken, Peter             1861 2     37:W  1:L 29:W
15 Nicholls, Alistair           1848 2     36:W  3:L 23:W
16 Aldridge, Alan               1964 2     23:L 33:W 27:W
17 Rossiter, Philip             1835 1.5   29:W  9:D  5:L
18 Cunningham, Patrick          1783 1.5    8:D 35:W 10:L
19 Mouat, Bill                       1.5    0:W  6:L  0:D
20 Marney, John                 1675 1.5   31:W  4:L  0:D
21 Brockway, Andrew             1769 1.5    0:D  8:L 35:W
22 Drinkwater, Blaise           1450 1.5    3:L 36:W  0:D
23 Wight, Joshua                1253 1     16:W  5:L 15:L
24 Konakanchi, Karthik          1235 1      4:L 12:L 30:W
25 List, Robert                 1670 1      9:L 37:W 13:L
26 Tionko, Efrain               1966 1      0:D  0:D  7:L
27 Baker, Jack                       1      0:D  0:D 16:L
28 Aumeier, Beate               995  1      0:D  0:D 12:L
29 Meravanage, Satwik                1     17:L 32:W 14:L
30 MacDonald, John              1400 1      0:D  0:D 24:L
31 Sknar, Andrew                1370 1     20:L 13:L 37:W
32 Theodosiou, Andreas          1374 1      2:L 29:L 34:W
33 Sampathkumar, Shyamkumar     1228 .5     6:L 16:L  0:D
34 Bennett, Sarah               860  .5     0:D 11:L 32:L
35 Collings, Alex                    .5     0:D 18:L 21:L
36 Konakanchi, Pramodh               0     15:L 22:L  0: 
37 Sknar, Andriy                929  0     14:L 25:L 31:L

Provisional draw for round 4

No Name                 Total  Result   Name                     Total

 1 Jackson, Ross        [2.5]     :     Dive, Russell            [2.5]
 2 Timergazi, Layla     [2.5]     :     Ker, Anthony             [2.5]
 3 Stracy, Don          [2.5]     :     Nyberg, Michael          [2.5]
 4 Van der Hoorn, Mark  [2]       :     Aldridge, Alan           [2]  
 5 Pomeroy, Arthur      [2]       :     Nicholls, Alistair       [2]  
 6 Stoeveken, Peter     [2]       :     Sellen, Ian              [2]  
 7 Roberts, Michael     [2]       :     Meyer, Marany            [2]  
 8 Farrington, Lawrence [2]       :     Forster, Bill            [2]  
 9 Rossiter, Philip     [1.5]     :     Mouat, Bill              [1.5]
10 Marney, John         [1.5]     :     Cunningham, Patrick      [1.5]
11 Drinkwater, Blaise   [1.5]     :     Brockway, Andrew         [1.5]
12 Baker, Jack          [1]       :     Tionko, Efrain           [1]  
13 List, Robert         [1]       :     Konakanchi, Karthik      [1]  
14 Theodosiou, Andreas  [1]       :     Aumeier, Beate           [1]  
15 Sknar, Andrew        [1]       :     Meravanage, Satwik       [1]  
16 MacDonald, John      [1]       :     Wight, Joshua            [1]  
17 Collings, Alex       [.5]      :     Sampathkumar, Shyamkumar [.5] 
18 Bennett, Sarah       [.5]      :     Sknar, Andriy            [0]  

Summer Cup Round 2

After the fun and games of round 1, the nearest we got to an upset on Thursday was Philip Rossiter drawing with Bill Forster. Welcome to Alex Collings, another Thorndon School veteran, and also to Jack Baker who will be joining the tournament in round 3. Beate Aumeier will also be back from her travels and join the tournament then.

Summer Cup 2014 - Round 2

Results

No Name                     Total  Result   Name                Total

 1 Stoeveken, Peter         [1]      0:1    Dive, Russell       [1]  
 2 Rossiter, Philip         [1]      =:=    Forster, Bill       [1]  
 3 Nyberg, Michael          [1]      1:0    Nicholls, Alistair  [1]  
 4 Farrington, Lawrence     [1]      0:1    Jackson, Ross       [1]  
 5 Timergazi, Layla         [1]      1:0    Marney, John        [1]  
 6 Mouat, Bill              [1]      0:1    Stracy, Don         [1]  
 7 Wight, Joshua            [1]      0:1    Ker, Anthony        [.5] 
 8 Pomeroy, Arthur          [.5]     1:0    Brockway, Andrew    [.5] 
 9 Meyer, Marany            [.5]     1:0    Bennett, Sarah      [.5] 
10 Collings, Alex           [.5]     0:1    Cunningham, Patrick [.5] 
11 Sknar, Andrew            [0]      0:1    Sellen, Ian         [0]  
12 Sampathkumar, Shyamkumar [0]      0:1    Aldridge, Alan      [0]  
13 Roberts, Michael         [0]      1:0    Konakanchi, Karthik [0]  
14 List, Robert             [0]      1:0    Sknar, Andriy       [0]  
15 Konakanchi, Pramodh      [0]      0:1    Drinkwater, Blaise  [0]  
16 Theodosiou, Andreas      [0]      0:1    Meravanage, Satwik  [0]  
17 Van der Hoorn, Mark      [.5]     =:=    BYE                      
18 Tionko, Efrain           [.5]     =:=    BYE                      
19 Aumeier, Beate           [.5]     =:=    BYE                      
20 Baker, Jack              [.5]     =:=    BYE                      

Cross Table

No Name                     Rtg Loc  Total  1    2  

1  Dive, Russell                2441 2     22:W 15:W
2  Nyberg, Michael              2021 2     23:W 16:W
3  Jackson, Ross                2000 2     31:W 12:W
4  Timergazi, Layla             1952 2     32:W 17:W
5  Stracy, Don                  1870 2     33:W 13:W
6  Forster, Bill                2054 1.5   24:W  7:D
7  Rossiter, Philip             1835 1.5   25:W  6:D
8  Ker, Anthony                 2423 1.5    0:D 14:W
9  Pomeroy, Arthur              2115 1.5   10:D 28:W
10 Cunningham, Patrick          1783 1.5    9:D 30:W
11 Meyer, Marany                2062 1.5    0:D 29:W
12 Farrington, Lawrence         1721 1     26:W  3:L
13 Mouat, Bill                       1      0:W  5:L
14 Wight, Joshua                1253 1     27:W  8:L
15 Stoeveken, Peter             1861 1     35:W  1:L
16 Nicholls, Alistair           1848 1     36:W  2:L
17 Marney, John                 1675 1     34:W  4:L
18 Van der Hoorn, Mark          2232 1      0:D  0:D
19 Tionko, Efrain               1966 1      0:D  0:D
20 Baker, Jack                       1      0:D  0:D
21 Aumeier, Beate               995  1      0:D  0:D
22 Roberts, Michael             1814 1      1:L 32:W
23 Drinkwater, Blaise           1450 1      2:L 36:W
24 List, Robert                 1670 1      6:L 35:W
25 Meravanage, Satwik                1      7:L 31:W
26 Sellen, Ian                  2112 1     12:L 34:W
27 Aldridge, Alan               1964 1     14:L 33:W
28 Brockway, Andrew             1769 .5     0:D  9:L
29 Bennett, Sarah               860  .5     0:D 11:L
30 Collings, Alex                    .5     0:D 10:L
31 Theodosiou, Andreas          1374 0      3:L 25:L
32 Konakanchi, Karthik          1235 0      4:L 22:L
33 Sampathkumar, Shyamkumar     1228 0      5:L 27:L
34 Sknar, Andrew                1370 0     17:L 26:L
35 Sknar, Andriy                929  0     15:L 24:L
36 Konakanchi, Pramodh               0     16:L 23:L

Provisional Round 3 Draw

No Name                     Total  Result   Name                 Total

 1 Dive, Russell            [2]       :     Timergazi, Layla     [2]  
 2 Jackson, Ross            [2]       :     Nyberg, Michael      [2]  
 3 Stracy, Don              [2]       :     Pomeroy, Arthur      [1.5]
 4 Ker, Anthony             [1.5]     :     Rossiter, Philip     [1.5]
 5 Forster, Bill            [1.5]     :     Meyer, Marany        [1.5]
 6 Cunningham, Patrick      [1.5]     :     Van der Hoorn, Mark  [1]  
 7 Sellen, Ian              [1]       :     List, Robert         [1]  
 8 Tionko, Efrain           [1]       :     Farrington, Lawrence [1]  
 9 Aldridge, Alan           [1]       :     Baker, Jack          [1]  
10 Drinkwater, Blaise       [1]       :     Stoeveken, Peter     [1]  
11 Nicholls, Alistair       [1]       :     Wight, Joshua        [1]  
12 Aumeier, Beate           [1]       :     Roberts, Michael     [1]  
13 Brockway, Andrew         [.5]      :     Meravanage, Satwik   [1]  
14 Bennett, Sarah           [.5]      :     Collings, Alex       [.5] 
15 Sampathkumar, Shyamkumar [0]       :     Theodosiou, Andreas  [0]  
16 Sknar, Andriy            [0]       :     Sknar, Andrew        [0]  
17 Konakanchi, Karthik      [0]       :     Konakanchi, Pramodh  [0]  
18 Marney, John             [1]      =:=    BYE                       
19 Mouat, Bill              [1]      =:=    BYE                       

Summer Cup 2014 Opens; Results and Pictures

Great to see you back for the start of the 2014 season!

A few absences, but we have 33 players registered for the Summer Cup. I am still accepting entries if you're interested.
Not everyone expected turned up - one player ran out of petrol on the way to the club, and another got the start date wrong. If you find at the last minute you can't make it in time, please text me on 021-136-8645.

Nice to see Blaise Drinkwater back at the club after a long absence. He put up a very creditable fight against Michael Nyberg.

Plenty of upsets! Apart from yours truly succumbing to Lawrence Farrington, the sensation of the year (so far!) was young Joshua Wight (rating 1253) beating Alan Aldridge (rating 1964) when the latter ran out of time in a difficult position. Well done Joshua! And well done too to Patrick Cunningham who held Arthur Pomeroy to a draw on board 2.

Summer Cup 2014 - Round 1

Results

No Name                Total  Result   Name                     Total

 1 Dive, Russell       [0]      1:0    Roberts, Michael         [0]  
 2 Cunningham, Patrick [0]      =:=    Pomeroy, Arthur          [0]  
 3 Sellen, Ian         [0]      0:1    Farrington, Lawrence     [0]  
 4 Forster, Bill       [0]      1:0    List, Robert             [0]  
 5 Drinkwater, Blaise  [0]      0:1    Nyberg, Michael          [0]  
 6 Jackson, Ross       [0]      1:0    Theodosiou, Andreas      [0]  
 7 Aldridge, Alan      [0]      0:1    Wight, Joshua            [0]  
 8 Konakanchi, Karthik [0]      0:1    Timergazi, Layla         [0]  
 9 Stracy, Don         [0]      1:0    Sampathkumar, Shyamkumar [0]  
10 Sknar, Andriy       [0]      0:1    Stoeveken, Peter         [0]  
11 Nicholls, Alistair  [0]      1:0    Konakanchi, Pramodh      [0]  
12 Meravanage, Satwik  [0]      0:1    Rossiter, Philip         [0]  
13 Mouat, Bill         [0]      1:0    BYE                           
14 Ker, Anthony        [0]      =:=    BYE                           
15 Van der Hoorn, Mark [0]      =:=    BYE                           
16 Brockway, Andrew    [0]      =:=    BYE                           
17 Bennett, Sarah      [0]      =:=    BYE                           
18 Marney, John        [0]      1:0    Sknar, Andrew            [0]  
19 Meyer, Marany       [0]      =:=    BYE                           
20 Tionko, Efrain      [0]      =:=    BYE                           

Provisional Draw - Round 2

No Name                     Total  Result   Name                Total

 1 Stoeveken, Peter         [1]       :     Dive, Russell       [1]  
 2 Rossiter, Philip         [1]       :     Forster, Bill       [1]  
 3 Nyberg, Michael          [1]       :     Nicholls, Alistair  [1]  
 4 Farrington, Lawrence     [1]       :     Jackson, Ross       [1]  
 5 Timergazi, Layla         [1]       :     Marney, John        [1]  
 6 Mouat, Bill              [1]       :     Stracy, Don         [1]  
 7 Wight, Joshua            [1]       :     Ker, Anthony        [.5] 
 8 Van der Hoorn, Mark      [.5]      :     Brockway, Andrew    [.5] 
 9 Pomeroy, Arthur          [.5]      :     Bennett, Sarah      [.5] 
10 Meyer, Marany            [.5]      :     Cunningham, Patrick [.5] 
11 Sknar, Andrew            [0]       :     Sellen, Ian         [0]  
12 Sampathkumar, Shyamkumar [0]       :     Aldridge, Alan      [0]  
13 Roberts, Michael         [0]       :     Konakanchi, Karthik [0]  
14 List, Robert             [0]       :     Sknar, Andriy       [0]  
15 Konakanchi, Pramodh      [0]       :     Drinkwater, Blaise  [0]  
16 Theodosiou, Andreas      [0]       :     Meravanage, Satwik  [0]  
17 Tionko, Efrain           [.5]     =:=    BYE                      

Bob List (right) unhappy with his position against Bill Forster

Joshua Wight (left) on his way to sensational victory against Alan Aldridge

Karthik Konakanchi battles against Layla Timergazi, with little brother Pramodh overcome by the excitement

Julian Mazur Memorial 2013 Final Crosstable

I never did get round to publishing the final cross table from the Julian Mazur Memorial that finished in December. We had a very exciting finish, thanks to Mark van der Hoorn's win against Russell Dive (annotated on the Wellington Chess Club website)

Thanks to all of you for taking part. Club starts again on 23rd January, with the Summer Cup starting on the following Thursday, 30th January.

Results

No Name                Loc  Total  Result   Name                 Loc  Total

 1 Van der Hoorn, Mark 2230 [5]      1:0    Dive, Russell        2421 [6.5]
 2 Wastney, Scott      2447 [5.5]    1:0    Aldridge, Alan       1990 [5]  
 3 Nyberg, Michael     2027 [5]      0:1    Ker, Anthony         2422 [5]  
 4 Pomeroy, Arthur     2113 [4.5]    0:1    Forster, Bill        2071 [4.5]
 5 Stone, Andrew       2076 [4.5]    1:0    Jackson, Ross        1990 [4.5]
 6 Sellen, Ian         2072 [4]      1:0    Farrington, Lawrence 1761 [4]  
 7 Tionko, Efrain      1844 [4]      0:1    Stoeveken, Peter     1910 [4]  
 8 Konakanchi, Pramodh      [2]      0:1    Wilkins, Mark        1901 [4]  
 9 Kay, Bruce          1825 [4]      1:0    Rossiter, Philip     1836 [3.5]
10 Brockway, Andrew    1770 [3.5]    1:0    List, Robert         1702 [3.5]
11 Cunningham, Patrick 1590 [3.5]    1:0    Wevita, Roshan       1511 [3]  
12 Theodosiou, Andreas 1365 [3]     .5:.5   Wight, Joshua        1231 [3]  
13 Stracy, Don         1851 [3]      +:-    Sknar, Andrew        1370 [2.5]
14 Aumeier, Beate      992  [2.5]    0:1    Whittle, Jonathon    1736 [2.5]
15 Konakanchi, Karthik 927  [2.5]    1:0    Kierstead, James          [2]  
16 Mouat, Bill              [1]      0:1    Meravanage, Satwik        [2]  
17 Timergazi, Layla    1889 [4]     .5:.5   BYE                            
18 Roberts, Michael    1781 [3.5]   .5:.5   BYE                            
19 Marney, John        1600 [3.5]   .5:.5   BYE                            
20 Sknar, Andriy       958  [3]      0:0    BYE                            
21 Huelin, Richard          [.5]    .5:.5   BYE                            
22 Facchini, Fabrizio  1235 [2.5]   .5:.5   BYE                            
23 Bennett, Sarah      853  [2.5]    0:0    BYE                            

Cross Table

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

1  Wastney, Scott       2447 6.5   20:W  7:W  4:W  3:W  2:L  5:D 13:W  9:W
2  Dive, Russell        2421 6.5   24:W 10:W  5:W  8:W  1:W 13:D  3:W  4:L
3  Ker, Anthony         2422 6     25:W  9:W 13:W  1:L  6:W 14:W  2:L  7:W
4  Van der Hoorn, Mark  2230 6     19:W 39:W  1:L 18:W  0:D  0:D 15:W  2:W
5  Forster, Bill        2071 5.5   30:W 16:W  2:L 15:D 23:W  1:D 14:D 13:W
6  Stone, Andrew        2076 5.5   42:W 12:L 25:W 23:D  3:L 24:W 26:W 14:W
7  Nyberg, Michael      2027 5     36:W  1:L 24:W 21:W  0:D  8:W  0:D  3:L
8  Kay, Bruce           1825 5      0:D 27:W 34:W  2:L 12:W  7:L 10:D 26:W
9  Aldridge, Alan       1990 5     29:W  3:L  0:D 25:W  0:D 16:W 18:W  1:L
10 Stoeveken, Peter     1910 5     28:W  2:L 19:W 13:L  0:D 17:W  8:D 18:W
11 Sellen, Ian          2072 5     33:W 18:D  0:D 12:W 14:L 26:D 23:D 20:W
12 Wilkins, Mark        1901 5     38:W  6:W 18:L 11:L  8:L 29:W 30:W 37:W
13 Pomeroy, Arthur      2113 4.5   17:W 23:W  3:L 10:W 20:W  2:D  1:L  5:L
14 Jackson, Ross        1990 4.5    0:D  0:D 17:W 16:W 11:W  3:L  5:D  6:L
15 Timergazi, Layla     1889 4.5    0:D 21:W  0:D  5:D 18:D 20:W  4:L  0:D
16 Brockway, Andrew     1770 4.5   41:W  5:L 35:W 14:L 37:W  9:L 19:D 24:W
17 Cunningham, Patrick  1590 4.5   13:L 37:W 14:L 27:D 34:W 10:L 36:W 30:W
18 Tionko, Efrain       1844 4     37:W 11:D 12:W  4:L 15:D 21:W  9:L 10:L
19 Marney, John         1600 4      4:L 33:W 10:L 22:L 36:W 28:W 16:D  0:D
20 Farrington, Lawrence 1761 4      1:L 28:W 32:W 34:W 13:L 15:L 22:W 11:L
21 Roberts, Michael     1781 4     32:W 15:L 30:W  7:L 22:W 18:L  0:D  0:D
22 Stracy, Don          1851 4      0:D  0:D  0:L 19:W 21:L 25:W 20:L 36:+
23 Pandey, Alok         1901 4     40:W 13:L 43:+  6:D  5:L 27:W 11:D  0: 
24 List, Robert         1702 3.5    2:L 40:W  7:L 41:W  0:D  6:L 27:W 16:L
25 Whittle, Jonathon    1736 3.5    3:L 29:W  6:L  9:L 41:W 22:L  0:D 34:W
26 Rossiter, Philip     1836 3.5    0:D 34:- 31:W  0:D 30:W 11:D  6:L  8:L
27 Konakanchi, Karthik  927  3.5    0:D  8:L 36:D 17:D 28:W 23:L 24:L 38:W
28 Wight, Joshua        1231 3.5   10:L 20:L 38:+ 32:W 27:L 19:L 38:W 29:D
29 Theodosiou, Andreas  1365 3.5    9:L 25:L 40:W 37:L 35:W 12:L 32:W 28:D
30 Wevita, Roshan       1511 3      5:L 41:W 21:L 35:W 26:L 37:W 12:L 17:L
31 Sknar, Andriy        958  3     39:L  0:D 26:L 36:L 40:+ 33:+  0:D  0:L
32 Meravanage, Satwik        3     21:L 36:W 20:L 28:L  0:D  0:D 29:L 41:W
33 Facchini, Fabrizio   1235 3     11:L 19:L 37:L 40:W  0:D 31:- 41:W  0:D
34 Aumeier, Beate       992  2.5    0:D 26:+  8:L 20:L 17:L 36:L 37:W 25:L
35 Bennett, Sarah       853  2.5    0:D  0:D 16:L 30:L 29:L 40:W  0:D  0:L
36 Sknar, Andrew        1370 2.5    7:L 32:L 27:D 31:W 19:L 34:W 17:L 22:-
37 Konakanchi, Pramodh       2     18:L 17:L 33:W 29:W 16:L 30:L 34:L 12:L
38 Kierstead, James          2     12:L 42:L 28:-  0:D  0:D 41:W 28:L 27:L
39 Miriyala, Rama Rao   1906 1.5   31:W  4:L  0:D  0:   0:   0:   0:   0: 
40 Huelin, Richard           1     23:L 24:L 29:L 33:L 31:- 35:L  0:D  0:D
41 Mouat, Bill               1     16:L 30:L  0:W 24:L 25:L 38:L 33:L 32:L
42 Veldhuizen, Matt     1574 1      6:L 38:W  0:   0:   0:   0:   0:   0: 
43 Walters, Taina       1119 1      0:D  0:D 23:-  0:   0:   0:   0:   0: 

Pics from the Christmas Party

Sorry it's been a while since I updated this site. My New Year's resolution is to keep it up to date!

Many thanks to those who sent in photos from the Christmas party / prizegiving / Transfer chess. It was a lot of fun, as those who attended will agree. Here is the link to Beate's photos

I am sorry I have no idea who won the transfer chess, but I suspect it was either Russell Dive or Anthony Ker. Mark van der Hoorn was unfortunately unable to be present to defend his title.

Thanks to Beate, and also to Bob List, who provided this picture of the 4-handed chess being played by some of the top players in New Zealand:

This game was won by man on form, Russell Dive (no, they weren't playing as partners). In the background are the 4 young players who took their places later on in the evening.

Here are a couple of pictures from my camera: