Wellington Chess Club New Website Address

 Please note that the Wellington Chess Club website has moved to:


http://www.nzchessmag.com/wellingtonchessclub/


Bookmark this site! It is a great read, and full of interesting information and analysis.

I will continue to update this Blog, so there will still be two sources of information about our club.

Games from the Autumn Cup First Round

Thank you all of you who submitted your games in the first round of the Autumn Cup. Remember if you want to receive the emailed PGN of all the games, please let me know - free to chess club members!

I was particularly impressed with Anthony's victory against Mark - convincing, precise and brilliant, Anthony at his best. Bill can consider himself unlucky not to have eked something out of his game against Scott as he was more than holding his own throughout most of the game. Hopefully the website will come up again some time and he can tell us where it all went wrong. Andrew Stone, promoted from last year's B grade, suffered horribly for most of the game against an in-form Brian. Andrew's king got stuck in the centre, then he finished off by blundering away his queen.

In the B grade, Alok could have done better against Michael Nyberg, but he too blundered and lost.
Here are some games - sorry I haven't had a chance to annotate them.

The Autumn Cup is Under Way

Welcome back to Bruce Kay after an extended break following an operation. Also great to see Michael Hewson participating in his first tournament of the year.
Welcome to the following, participating in their first full tournament at the club:

Beate Aumeier
Bruce Carey
Karthik Konakanchi
Roshan Wevita
Simon Lim (father of Aidan)
Taina Walters

All the best to you for your future games!

The turnout for the Autumn Cup is a respectable 36, compared with 30 last year. The A grade has been weakened slightly with the absence of Russell Dive and Arthur Pomeroy, but it is still very strong.
I hope to get some games up later - meanwhile here are the round 1 results (no major upsets):

Autumn Cup A Grade - Round 1 No Name Result Name 1 Nijman, B (1) 1:0 Stone, A (6) 2 Ker, A (2) 1:0 Van der Hoorn, M (5) 3 Wastney, S (3) 1:0 Forster, B (4) No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 1 Nijman, Brian 2218 1 * W 2 Ker, Anthony 2425 1 * W 3 Wastney, Scott 2453 1 * W 4 Forster, Bill 2088 0 L * 5 Van der Hoorn, Mark 2180 0 L * 6 Stone, Andrew 2008 0 L *
Autumn Cup B Grade - Round 1 No Name Result Name 1 Sellen, I (1) .5:.5 Jackson, R (6) 2 Miriyala, R (2) 0:1 Aldridge, A (5) 3 Nyberg, M (3) 1:0 Pandey, A (4) No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 1 Nyberg, Michael 2044 1 * W 2 Aldridge, Alan 1991 1 * W 3 Sellen, Ian 2041 .5 * D 4 Jackson, Ross 1959 .5 D * 5 Miriyala, Rama Rao 1938 0 L * 6 Pandey, Alok 2015 0 L *
Autumn Cup C Grade - Round 1 No Name Result Name 1 Rossiter, P (1) : Whittle, J (6) 2 Kay, B (2) .5:.5 Brockway, A (5) 3 Stoeveken, P (3) 1:0 Hewson, M (4) No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 1 Stoeveken, Peter 1898 1 * W 2 Kay, Bruce 1804 .5 * D 3 Brockway, Andrew 1836 .5 D * 4 Rossiter, Philip 1820 0 * 5 Hewson, Michael 1848 0 L * 6 Whittle, Jonathon 1775 0 *
Autumn Cup D Grade - Round 1 No Name Result Name 1 Perera, I (1) 0:1 Stracy, D (6) 2 Farrington, L (2) 1:0 Cook, J (5) 3 List, R (3) 1:0 Veldhuizen, M (4) No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 1 Farrington, Lawrence 1754 1 * W 2 List, Robert 1665 1 * W 3 Stracy, Don 1729 1 * W 4 Perera, Imalka 1688 0 L * 5 Veldhuizen, Matt 1556 0 L * 6 Cook, John 1614 0 L *

Autumn Cup E Grade - Round 1 Results No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Cunningham, Pat [0] 1:0 Aumeier, Beate [0] 2 Sknar, Andrew [0] 1:0 Carey, Bruce [0] 3 Lim, Aidan [0] 0:1 Theodosiou, Andreas [0] 4 Wight, Joshua [0] 1:0 Lim, Simon [0] 5 Walters, Taina [0] 1:0 Sknar, Andriy [0] 6 Konakanchi, Karthik [0] 0:1 Wevita, Roshan [0] Cross Table No Name Rtg Loc Total 1 1 Cunningham, Pat 1431 1 9:W 2 Sknar, Andrew 1388 1 10:W 3 Theodosiou, Andreas 1303 1 11:W 4 Wight, Joshua 1269 1 12:W 5 Walters, Taina 1 7:W 6 Wevita, Roshan 1 8:W 7 Sknar, Andriy 952 0 5:L 8 Konakanchi, Karthik 922 0 6:L 9 Aumeier, Beate 0 1:L 10 Carey, Bruce 0 2:L 11 Lim, Aidan 0 3:L 12 Lim, Simon 0 4:L by Swiss Perfect (TM)  www.swissperfect.com

More Berg-Jensen Games from NIC

Thanks very much to Joachim for providing yet more analysis from the North Island championship. Very much appreciated.

Here's wishing all the very best to Joachim and his family as they settle into their new life in Norway.

Scott's Wildebeests Win the Team Rapid

Sorry for late posting of the results of rounds 3 and 4, I've been staying in a remote internet-free beach house. I've now put all the results below for the sake of completeness.

A warm welcome to Beate, Roshan, Guirec, Bruce and Taina who visited us at the club yesterday - great to have visitors in such numbers!
After all the teams had played each other we had extra time, so we had play-offs for 1st-2nd, 3rd-4th and 5th-6th places. This confirmed Scott's Crazed Wildebeest team as the number one team, but meant that Mark's Vandalizers escaped the wooden spoon position.
Anyway, it was just a bit of fun. I'm not sure if I'll run the team rapid in the same format, as it was quite stressful organising the teams given the high levels of non-attendance, especially for Anzac Thursday. Let me know what you think, and if you have any other ideas for what we could do with these 3 weeks next year. I personally favour going back to the Fischer Random, but I know that others are not so keen.

Here is the cross-table, and full results.

	The Crazed Wildebeests	The Divebombers	The Pircateers	The Williams Brothers	The Honeybees	The Vandalizers
The Crazed Wildebeests	x	0	1	1	1	1	4
The Divebombers	1	x	0	1	0	1	3
The Pircateers	0	1	x	0	1	1	3
The Williams Brothers	0	0	1	x	1	0	2
The Honeybees	0	1	0	0	x	1	2
The Vandalizers	0	0	0	1	0	x	1

Round 1
The Pircateers			The Williams Brothers
Anthony Ker	2376	0-1	Joachim Berg-Jensen	2200
Ross Jackson	1847	1/2-1/2	Bill Forster	1965
Andrew Brockway	1636	0-1	Alan Aldridge	1817
Pat Cunningham	1523	0-1	Fabrizio Facchini	1500
Paul Frost	1846	1-0	Joshua Wight	1193
	Total	1.5 - 3.5
The Divebombers			The Vandalizers
Russell Dive	2370	0-1	Mark van der Hoorn	2132
Alok Pandey	1900	1-0	Ian Sellen	1975
Robert List	1627	1-0	Lawrence Farrington	1738
John Cook	1591	1-0	Andrew Sknar	1403
Sarah Bennett	900	0-1	Andriy Sknar	976
	Total	3-2
Crazed Wildebeests			The Honeybees
Scott Wastney	2306	1-0	Brian Nijman	2074
Andrew Stone	1903	1/2-1/2	Michael Nyberg	2071
Jonathon Whittle	1610	0-1	Rama Rao Miriyala	1731
Imalka Perera	1500	1/2-1/2	Matt Veldhuizen	1512
Karthik Konakanchi	891	1-0	Andreas Theodosiou	1292
	Total	3-2
Round 2
The Williams Brothers			The Divebombers
Joachim Berg-Jensen	2200	0-1	Russell Dive	2370
Bill Forster	1965	0-1	Alok Pandey	1900
Alan Aldridge	1817	1-0	Robert List	1627
Fabrizio Facchini	1500	0-1	John Cook	1591
Joshua Wight	1193	1-0	Sarah Bennett	900
	Total	2-3
The Vandalizers			Crazed Wildebeests
Mark van der Hoorn	2132	0-1	Scott Wastney	2306
Ian Sellen	1975	0-1	Andrew Stone	1903
Lawrence Farrington	1738	0-1	Jonathon Whittle	1610
Andrew Sknar	1403	0-1	Imalka Perera	1500
Andriy Sknar	976	1/2-1/2	Karthik Konakanchi	891
	Total	0.5-4.5
The Honeybees			The Pircateers
Brian Nijman	2074	0-1	Anthony Ker	2376
Michael Nyberg	2071	1-0	Ross Jackson	1847
Rama Rao Miriyala	1731	0-1	Andrew Brockway	1636
Matt Veldhuizen	1512	0-1	Pat Cunningham	1523
Andreas Theodosiou	1292	0-1	Paul Frost	1846
	Total	1-4
Round 3
The Pircateers			The Vandalizers
Anthony Ker	2376	1-0	Mark van der Hoorn	2132
Ross Jackson	1847	1-0	Ian Sellen	1975
Andrew Brockway	1636	1-0	Lawrence Farrington	1738
Pat Cunningham	1523	1-0	Jonathon Whittle	1610
	Total	4-0
The Divebombers			Crazed Wildebeests
Russell Dive	2370	1-0	Scott Wastney	2306
Alok Pandey	1900	1-0	Imalka Perera	1500
Sarah Bennett	900	0-1	Karthik Konakanchi	891
	Total	2-1
The Honeybees			The Williams Brothers
Brian Nijman	2074	0-1	Joachim Berg-Jensen	2200
Michael Nyberg	2071	0-1	Rama Rao Miriyala	1731
Matt Veldhuizen	1512	1-0	Fabrizio Facchini	1500
	Total	1-2
Round 4
Crazed Wildebeests			The Pircateers
Scott Wastney	2306	1-0	Anthony Ker	2376
Jonathon Whittle	1610	0-1	Ross Jackson	1847
Imalka Perera	1500	1-0	Andrew Brockway	1636
Karthik Konakanchi	891	1-0	Pat Cunningham	1523
	Total	3-1
The Vandalizers			The Williams Brothers
Mark van der Hoorn	2132	0-1	Joachim Berg-Jensen	2200
Ian Sellen	1975	1-0	Rama Rao Miriyala	1731
Lawrence Farrington	1738	1-0	Fabrizio Facchini	1500
	Total
The Divebombers			The Honeybees
Russell Dive	2370	1-0	Brian Nijman	2074
Alok Pandey	1900	0-1	Michael Nyberg	2071
Sarah Bennett	900	0-1	Andreas Theodosiou	1292
	Total
Round 5
The Williams Brothers			Crazed Wildebeests
Joachim Berg-Jensen	2200	0-1	Scott Wastney	2306
Bill Forster	1965	0-1	Andrew Stone	1903
Alan Aldridge	1817	0-1	Jonathon Whittle	1610
Taina Walters		0-1	Imalka Perera	1500
Joshua Wight	1193	0-1	Roshan Wevita
	Total	0-5
The Honeybees			The Vandalizers
Brian Nijman	2074	0-1	Mark van der Hoorn	2132
Michael Nyberg	2071	1-0	Ian Sellen	1975
Rama Rao Miriyala	1731	1/2-1/2	Lawrence Farrington	1738
Matt Veldhuizen	1512	1-0	Guirec
Andreas Theodosiou	1292	1-0	Andrew Sknar	976
	Total	3.5-1.5
The Pircateers			The Divebombers
Anthony Ker	2376	0-1	Russell Dive	2370
Ross Jackson	1847	1/2-1/2	Alok Pandey	1900
Andrew Brockway	1636	1-0	Robert List	1627
Pat Cunningham	1523	1-0	John Cook	1591
Beate Aumeier		1-0	Sarah Bennett	900
	Total	3.5-1.5
Play-offs
Crazed Wildebeests			The Divebombers
Scott Wastney	2306	1-0	Russell Dive	2370
Andrew Stone	1903	0-1	Alok Pandey	1900
Jonathon Whittle	1610	1-0	Robert List	1627
Imalka Perera	1500	1/2-1/2	John Cook	1591
Roshan Wevita		1-0	Sarah Bennett	900
	Total	3.5-1.5
The Williams Brothers			The Pircateers
Bill Forster	1965	1/2-1/2	Anthony Ker	2376
Alan Aldridge	1817	1/2-1/2	Ross Jackson	1847
Al Nicholls		0-1	Andrew Brockway	1636
Matt Veldhuizen	1512	1-0	Pat Cunningham	1523
Joshua Wight	1193	1-0	Beate Aumeier
	Total	3-2
The Vandalizers			The Honeybees
Mark van der Hoorn	2132	1-0	Brian Nijman	2074
Guirec	1975	0-1	Michael Nyberg	2071
Lawrence Farrington	1738	1-0	Rama Rao Miriyala	1731
Andrew Sknar	976	1-0	Andreas Theodosiou	1292
	Total	3-1