Autumn Cup Round 4 - Croad Continues Rampage

Nic Croad won his 4th consecutive Autumn Cup game, this time beating number 2 seed Anthony Ker. This is the sort of thing we do not see very often at the club, and in the past any rampaging has traditionally been perpetrated by Russell or Anthony. I wouldn't bet money against Nic achieving the clean sweep in this tournament as he did in the previous one, the Fischer Random.

The B group leaders, Bill and I, both lost very promising positions, Bill against Layla and me against Andrew Stone.

Since none of you gorgeous players have sent me any games to put up on the blog, you are stuck with another one of mine (see below).

If I do not get any games from anyone else this week, this will be the last time I update the blog.

A Grade
Nyberg     0-1    Pomeroy
Croad       1-0    Ker
Nijman  1/2-1/2 Dive

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6


1
Croad, Nic
2371
4
*
1
 
1
1
1


2
Ker, Anthony
2423
2
0
*
1
 
 
1


3
Nijman, Brian
2172
1.5
 
0
*
0
1
½


4
Nyberg, Michael
2098
1
0
 
1
*
0
 


5
Pomeroy, Arthur
2103
1
0
 
0
1
*
 


6
Dive, Russell
2454
.5
0
0
½
 
 
*

B Grade
Stone            1-0     Sellen
Timergazi     1-0     Forster
Stoeveken 1/2-1/2  Aldridge

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6


1
Stone, Andrew
2048
2.5
*
½
1
 
0
1


2
Forster, Bill
2098
2
½
*
½
0
1
 


3
Sellen, Ian
2060
2
0
½
*
½
 
1


4
Timergazi, Layla
2085
1.5
 
1
½
*
 
 


5
Aldridge, Alan
1908
1.5
1
0
 
 
*
½


6
Stoeveken, Peter
1959
.5
0
 
0
 
½
*

C Grade
Jackson    p-p     Brockway
Rossiter    1-0     Farrington
Stracy       1-0     Cunningham

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6


1
Jackson, Ross
1903
2.5
*
½
1
1
 
 


2
Stracy, Don
1801
2.5
½
*
 
½
1
½


3
Rossiter, Philip
1908
2
0
 
*
1
 
1


4
Farrington, Lawrence
1840
1.5
0
½
0
*
1
 


5
Cunningham, Patrick
1705
1
 
0
 
0
*
1


6
Brockway, Andrew
1846
.5
 
½
0
 
0
*

D Grade
Sole              1-0    Dixon
Meravanage 1-0    Kulkarni

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6


1
Lamerton, Troy
1649
2
*
 
1
 
1
 


2
Dixon, Hamish
 
1
 
*
0
1
 
 


3
Meravanage, Satwik
1370
1
0
1
*
 
 
 


4
Kulkarni, Yogesh
 
1
 
0
 
*
1
 


5
Sole, Michael
1681
0
0
 
 
0
*
 


6
Asplet, Mike
1614
0
 
 
 
 
 
*

E Grade

No Name                Loc  Total  Result   Name                Loc  Total

 1 Forlong-Ford, Colyn      [2.5]    1:0    Wight, Josh         1310 [3]  
 2 Bennett, Sarah      1265 [2]      1:0    Konakanchi, Karthik 1347 [2]  
 3 Asher, Bruce             [2]      0:1    Griffiths, Tudor         [2]  
 4 Phillips, Cameron        [1.5]    -:+    Aumeier, Beate      1227 [1.5]
 5 Sknar, Andriy       991  [1]      1:0    Theodosiou, Andreas 1323 [1.5]
 6 Zhao, Aiden              [.5]     0:1    Waldron, Alexander       [1]  
 7 Collings, Alex      1069 [.5]     1:0    BYE                           
 8 Sole, Chris         1179 [1.5]   .5:.5   BYE                           

No Name                Loc  Total  1    2    3    4  

1  Forlong-Ford, Colyn      3.5    0:D 13:W  7:W  2:W
2  Wight, Josh         1310 3     14:W  5:W  3:W  1:L
3  Bennett, Sarah      1265 3     11:W  4:W  2:L  6:W
4  Griffiths, Tudor         3     12:W  3:L  9:W 10:W
5  Aumeier, Beate      1227 2.5    8:W  2:L  0:D 11:+
6  Konakanchi, Karthik 1347 2     10:W  0:D  0:D  3:L
7  Sole, Chris         1179 2      9:W  0:D  1:L  0:D
8  Waldron, Alexander       2      5:L  0:W 10:L 15:W
9  Sknar, Andriy       991  2      7:L 14:+  4:L 12:W
10 Asher, Bruce             2      6:L 15:W  8:W  4:L
11 Phillips, Cameron        1.5    3:L  0:D 15:W  5:-
12 Theodosiou, Andreas 1323 1.5    4:L  0:D 13:W  9:L
13 Collings, Alex      1069 1.5   15:D  1:L 12:L  0:W
14 Skynsky, Lyle            1      2:L  9:-  0:W  0: 
15 Zhao, Aiden              .5    13:D 10:L 11:L  8:L

Autumn Cup Round 3 Continued

Here are the results for round 3 of the Autumn Cup E Grade, and the cross table - with thanks to Philip Rossiter.

Autumn Cup 2015 - Round 3

Results

No Name                Loc  Total  Result   Name                Loc  Total

 1 Wight, Josh         1310 [2]      1:0    Bennett, Sarah      1265 [2]  
 2 Sole, Chris         1179 [1.5]    0:1    Forlong-Ford, Colyn      [1.5]
 3 Griffiths, Tudor         [1]      1:0    Sknar, Andriy       991  [1]  
 4 Waldron, Alexander       [1]      0:1    Asher, Bruce             [1]  
 5 Theodosiou, Andreas 1323 [.5]     1:0    Collings, Alex      1069 [.5] 
 6 Zhao, Aiden              [.5]     0:1    Phillips, Cameron        [.5] 
 7 Skynsky, Lyle            [0]      1:0    BYE                           
 8 Konakanchi, Karthik 1347 [1.5]   .5:.5   BYE                           
 9 Aumeier, Beate      1227 [1]     .5:.5   BYE                           

Cross Table

No Name                Loc  Total  1    2    3  

1  Wight, Josh         1310 3     12:W  7:W  3:W
2  Forlong-Ford, Colyn      2.5    0:D 14:W  8:W
3  Bennett, Sarah      1265 2     10:W  5:W  1:L
4  Konakanchi, Karthik 1347 2      6:W  0:D  0:D
5  Griffiths, Tudor         2      9:W  3:L 13:W
6  Asher, Bruce             2      4:L 15:W 11:W
7  Aumeier, Beate      1227 1.5   11:W  1:L  0:D
8  Sole, Chris         1179 1.5   13:W  0:D  2:L
9  Theodosiou, Andreas 1323 1.5    5:L  0:D 14:W
10 Phillips, Cameron        1.5    3:L  0:D 15:W
11 Waldron, Alexander       1      7:L  0:W  6:L
12 Skynsky, Lyle            1      1:L 13:-  0:W
13 Sknar, Andriy       991  1      8:L 12:+  5:L
14 Collings, Alex      1069 .5    15:D  2:L  9:L
15 Zhao, Aiden              .5    14:D  6:L 10:L

Autumn Cup Round 3 - Croad Avenges Himself

I think I have most of the results from Thursday, just a few games from the E group I am not sure about. Maybe you can help?

Nic, who has basically been cleaning up in everything at the club so far this year, got the chance to avenge himself on Michael Nyberg, who swindled a win against him in the Wellington Easter tournament. So now he has 3/3 in the Autumn Cup, ahead of Anthony Ker who is on 2/2 with one game to catch up on.
I asked Anthony before his game if he was going to be kind to Russell, since it was the latter's birthday. He replied that as a birthday present he was going to give Russell an interesting game! And so it turned out, with Russell's knight not being a match for Anthony's pawns in the endgame.
 In the other A group game, Arthur lost on time against Brian Nijman in a fairly complex position, I believe.

A Group:
Pomeroy     0-1    Nijman
Dive            0-1    Ker
Croad          1-0    Nyberg

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6


1
Croad, Nic
2371
3
*
 
1
 
1
1


2
Ker, Anthony
2423
2
 
*
 
1
1
 


3
Nyberg, Michael
2098
1
0
 
*
1
 
 


4
Nijman, Brian
2172
1
 
0
0
*
 
1


5
Dive, Russell
2454
0
0
0
 
 
*
 


6
Pomeroy, Arthur
2103
0
0
 
 
0
 
*

B Group:
Timergazi        v      Stoeveken  postponed
Forster       1/2-1/2  Sellen
Aldridge       1-0     Stone

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6


1
Forster, Bill
2098
2
*
½
½
1
 
 


2
Sellen, Ian
2060
2
½
*
 
 
½
1


3
Stone, Andrew
2048
1.5
½
 
*
0
 
1


4
Aldridge, Alan
1908
1
0
 
1
*
 
 


5
Timergazi, Layla
2085
.5
 
½
 
 
*
 


6
Stoeveken, Peter
1959
0
 
0
0
 
 
*

C Group:
Stracy        1/2-1/2   Jackson
Cunningham 0-1      Farrington
Brockway     0-1      Rossiter

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6


1
Jackson, Ross
1903
2.5
*
½
1
1
 
 


2
Stracy, Don
1801
1.5
½
*
½
 
 
½


3
Farrington, Lawrence
1840
1.5
0
½
*
 
1
 


4
Rossiter, Philip
1908
1
0
 
 
*
 
1


5
Cunningham, Patrick
1705
1
 
 
0
 
*
1


6
Brockway, Andrew
1846
.5
 
½
 
0
0
*

D Group:
Sole M   0-1    Lamerton
Dixon     1-0    Kulkarni
Asplet      v     Meravanage postponed

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6


1
Lamerton, Troy
1649
2
*
 
1
 
1
 


2
Dixon, Hamish
 
1
 
*
0
1
 
 


3
Meravanage, Satwik
1370
1
0
1
*
 
 
 


4
Kulkarni, Yogesh
 
1
 
0
 
*
1
 


5
Sole, Michael
1681
0
0
 
 
0
*
 


6
Asplet, Mike
1614
0
 
 
 
 
 
*

E Group:

Wight beat Bennett
Theodosiou beat Collings
Phillips beat Zhao

Not too sure about Asher, Forlong-Ford, Griffiths, Sknar, Sole C and Waldron. Would be grateful to anybody who can tell me the results, thanks!

Also, if you have a game you would like to share, please let me know.

I really enjoyed my game against Bill Forster. Here it is:

More Autumn Cup Round 2 + Instructive Ending

Here are the results and cross table for the E Group, also hit by weather-related absences.

And below that, I have stolen a very instructive ending from Andrew Brockway's Facebook page!
In the initial position shown, he was black against Don Stracy, and agreed a draw. When he got home, he put the game through the computer and realized that there was a win to be had. I'm not sure I would have found it, would you?

Group E - Round 2

Results

No Name                Loc  Total  Result   Name                Loc  Total

 1 Aumeier, Beate      1227 [1]      0:1    Wight, Josh         1310 [1]  
 2 Bennett, Sarah      1265 [1]      1:0    Griffiths, Tudor         [1]  
 3 Collings, Alex      1069 [.5]     0:1    Forlong-Ford, Colyn      [.5] 
 4 Zhao, Aiden              [.5]     0:1    Asher, Bruce             [0]  
 5 Skynsky, Lyle            [0]      -:+    Sknar, Andriy       991  [0]  
 6 Waldron, Alexander       [0]      1:0    BYE                           
 7 Konakanchi, Karthik 1347 [1]     .5:.5   BYE                           
 8 Theodosiou, Andreas 1323 [0]     .5:.5   BYE                           
 9 Sole, Chris         1179 [1]     .5:.5   BYE                           
10 Phillips, Cameron        [0]     .5:.5   BYE                           

Cross Table

No Name                Loc  Total  1    2  

1  Wight, Josh         1310 2     15:W  6:W
2  Bennett, Sarah      1265 2     11:W  7:W
3  Konakanchi, Karthik 1347 1.5    9:W  0:D
4  Sole, Chris         1179 1.5    8:W  0:D
5  Forlong-Ford, Colyn      1.5    0:D 12:W
6  Aumeier, Beate      1227 1     10:W  1:L
7  Griffiths, Tudor         1     13:W  2:L
8  Sknar, Andriy       991  1      4:L 15:+
9  Asher, Bruce             1      3:L 14:W
10 Waldron, Alexander       1      6:L  0:W
11 Phillips, Cameron        .5     2:L  0:D
12 Collings, Alex      1069 .5    14:D  5:L
13 Theodosiou, Andreas 1323 .5     7:L  0:D
14 Zhao, Aiden              .5    12:D  9:L
15 Skynsky, Lyle            0      1:L  8:-

Autumn Cup Round 2

Here are some preliminary results for the Autumn Cup up to round 2 plus cross tables. More to follow, notably the Swiss Group E results.
Considering the wild weather we had in Wellington on Thursday the turnout wasn't too bad!

Group A
Ker 1             Nijman 0
Pomeroy 0     Croad 1
Dive    v         Nyberg postponed

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6


1
Croad, Nic
2371
2
*
 
 
1
 
1


2
Ker, Anthony
2423
1
 
*
 
 
1
 


3
Nyberg, Michael
2098
1
 
 
*
 
1
 


4
Dive, Russell
2454
0
0
 
 
*
 
 


5
Nijman, Brian
2172
0
 
0
0
 
*
 


6
Pomeroy, Arthur
2103
0
0
 
 
 
 
*

Group B
Sellen 1           Stoeveken 0
Timergazi v    Aldridge postponed
Forster 1/2      Stone 1/2

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6


1
Forster, Bill
2098
1.5
*
D
 
 
 
W


2
Stone, Andrew
2048
1.5
D
*
 
 
W
 


3
Sellen, Ian
2060
1.5
 
 
*
D
W
 


4
Timergazi, Layla
2085
.5
 
 
D
*
 
 


5
Stoeveken, Peter
1959
0
 
L
L
 
*
 


6
Aldridge, Alan
1908
0
L
 
 
 
 
*

Group C
Farrington 0     Jackson 1
Stracy 1/2         Brockway 1/2
Cunningham v Rossiter postponed

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6


1
Jackson, Ross
1903
2
*
 
 
 
W
W


2
Cunningham, Patrick
1705
1
 
*
 
W
 
 


3
Stracy, Don
1801
1
 
 
*
D
D
 


4
Brockway, Andrew
1846
.5
 
L
D
*
 
 


5
Farrington, Lawrence
1840
.5
L
 
D
 
*
 


6
Rossiter, Philip
1908
0
L
 
 
 
 
*

Group D
Kulkarni v      Lamerton postponed
Sole        v      Asplet postponed
Dixon 0          Meravanage 1

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6


1
Lamerton, Troy
1649
1
*
 
1
 
 
 


2
Kulkarni, Yogesh
 
1
 
*
 
1
 
 


3
Meravanage, Satwik
1370
1
0
 
*
 
 
1


4
Sole, Michael
1681
0
 
0
 
*
 
 


5
Asplet, Mike
1614
0
 
 
 
 
*
 


6
Dixon, Hamish
 
0
 
 
0
 
 
*

Autumn Cup 2015 Begins

The Autumn Cup started on 7th May, with a reasonable turnout. The A grade looks particularly strong, with NZ champions Nic, Russell and Anthony being joined by Arthur, Brian and Michael Nyberg, demoting Layla to the B grade (but only just).

I'm afraid I do not have all the results yet, as I am no longer club captain. Here are all the results I know, if you can help me add more I will happily publish them here:

A grade: Croad beat Dive, Ker v Pomeroy was postponed, and Nijman v Nyberg was still going on when I left.

B grade: Sellen 1/2 Timergazi 1/2, Forster beat Aldridge, Stone was doing well against Stoveken

C grade: Jackson beat Rossiter

Here is my slightly lucky escape against Layla: