The 120th NZ Chess Championship opened today in Wellington, and it could not have had a more dramatic start, in that the favourites of both the Championship and the Major Open lost to vastly lower rated opposition.
Anthony Ker lost as white against Brian Nijman's French Defence in 28 moves. Ben Hague and Scott Wastney, the seeds 2 and 3 respectively both won. Ben's game against Nathan Goodhue was particularly interesting, I thought.
Incidentally, further to my comment on Scott's performance in the Club Championship, Nathan Goodhue informs me that he achieved the same feat of defeating Anthony Ker and Russell Dive in successive rounds himself, back in 1985!
Ross Jackson, number one seed in the Major Open, lost to Nigel Cooper.
Here is Brian's win against a distinctly below par Anthony
Sunday, 30 December 2012
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Pics from last tournament night of 2012
Thanks to Matt Veldhuizen for these
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| Bob List |
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| Anthony Ker |
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| Alex Johnson |
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| Alan Aldridge (right) v Ian Sellen |
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| Mike Roberts v Jonathon Whittle |
Sunday, 16 December 2012
Julian Mazur Final - 100% Scott Wastney
Congratulations to Scott Wastney for winning the tournament with a clean sweep of 7 out of 7.
Also worthy of note are Alok Pandey who beat no fewer than three A grade players on his way to 5th place, and also Andrew Brockway, Mark Wilkins and Robert List.
Just the Christmas party left for this year, hoping to see you all there on Thursday
Cheers
Julian Mazur Memorial 2012 - Round 7
Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Pandey, Alok 1700 [4.5] 0:1 Wastney, Scott 2381 [6] 2 Ker, Anthony 2449 [4.5] 1:0 Brockway, Andrew 1798 [4.5] 3 Wilkins, Mark 1917 [4] 1:0 Pomeroy, Arthur 2111 [4] 4 Aldridge, Alan 1959 [4] 0:1 Sellen, Ian 2039 [4] 5 List, Robert 1539 [3.5] 0:1 Nijman, Brian 2157 [3.5] 6 Farrington, Lawrence 1751 [3.5] .5:.5 Jackson, Ross 2026 [3.5] 7 Roberts, Mike 1843 [3] 0:1 Whittle, Jonathon 1637 [3] 8 Cook, John 1611 [2.5] 0:1 Veldhuizen, Matt 1573 [3] 9 Johnson, Alex 1500 [2.5] 0:1 Stone, Andrew 2035 [2.5] 10 Stoeveken, Peter 1917 [2] 1:0 Wight, Joshua 1350 [1.5] 11 Stracy, Don 1828 [2] +:- Sampathkumar, Shyamkumar 1301 [1.5] 12 Dive, Russell 2437 [4] 0:0 BYE 13 Forster, Bill 2049 [2.5] 0:0 BYE 14 Miriyala, Rama Rao 1900 [3] 0:0 BYE 15 Hewson, Michael 1857 [3] 0:0 BYE 16 Timergazi, Layla 1755 [3] .5:.5 BYE 17 Marney, John 1610 [3.5] .5:.5 BYE 18 Gupta, Saurabh 1600 [2.5] .5:.5 BYE 19 Frater, Dylan 1596 [2] .5:.5 BYE 20 Sknar, Andrew 1427 [1.5] .5:.5 BYE 21 Scott-Howman, Zack 1350 [2.5] 0:0 BYE 22 Sknar, Andriy 1011 [1.5] 0:0 BYE 23 Theodosiou, Andreas 1232 [1] 0:0 BYE
Cross Table
No Name Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 Wastney, Scott 2381 7 14:W 20:W 19:W 10:W 2:W 8:W 5:W 2 Ker, Anthony 2449 5.5 0:D 5:W 25:W 3:W 1:L 7:W 6:W 3 Sellen, Ian 2039 5 13:W 24:W 6:D 2:L 4:D 19:W 9:W 4 Wilkins, Mark 1917 5 16:W 6:L 13:W 15:W 3:D 0:D 8:W 5 Pandey, Alok 1700 4.5 7:W 2:L 12:D 25:W 17:W 20:W 1:L 6 Brockway, Andrew 1798 4.5 33:W 4:W 3:D 24:W 0:D 0:D 2:L 7 Nijman, Brian 2157 4.5 5:L 26:W 14:W 19:W 8:D 2:L 16:W 8 Pomeroy, Arthur 2111 4 11:W 0:D 18:W 22:W 7:D 1:L 4:L 9 Aldridge, Alan 1959 4 15:W 18:D 10:L 21:W 12:D 11:W 3:L 10 Dive, Russell 2437 4 0:D 17:W 9:W 1:L 22:W 0:D 0:L 11 Whittle, Jonathon 1637 4 8:L 0:D 0:D 18:W 24:W 9:L 19:W 12 Jackson, Ross 2026 4 21:W 19:L 5:D 27:W 9:D 0:D 14:D 13 Marney, John 1610 4 3:L 32:W 4:L 0:D 31:W 27:W 0:D 14 Farrington, Lawrence 1751 4 1:L 30:W 7:L 32:W 15:W 28:D 12:D 15 Veldhuizen, Matt 1573 4 9:L 34:W 26:W 4:L 14:L 24:W 28:W 16 List, Robert 1539 3.5 4:L 33:W 20:L 35:W 23:D 17:W 7:L 17 Stone, Andrew 2035 3.5 0:D 10:L 28:W 23:W 5:L 16:L 27:W 18 Timergazi, Layla 1755 3.5 34:W 9:D 8:L 11:L 21:W 0:D 0:D 19 Roberts, Mike 1843 3 29:W 12:W 1:L 7:L 26:W 3:L 11:L 20 Hewson, Michael 1857 3 30:W 1:L 16:W 0:D 0:D 5:L 0:L 21 Gupta, Saurabh 1600 3 12:L 29:+ 0:D 9:L 18:L 26:W 0:D 22 Miriyala, Rama Rao 1900 3 27:W 31:W 0:D 8:L 10:L 0:D 0:L 23 Stoeveken, Peter 1917 3 0:D 25:D 0:D 17:L 16:D 0:L 32:W 24 Stracy, Don 1828 3 32:W 3:L 31:W 6:L 11:L 15:L 33:+ 25 Forster, Bill 2049 2.5 28:W 23:D 2:L 5:L 0:D 0:D 0:L 26 Frater, Dylan 1596 2.5 0:D 7:L 15:D 33:W 19:L 21:L 0:D 27 Johnson, Alex 1500 2.5 22:L 28:W 0:D 12:L 34:W 13:L 17:L 28 Cook, John 1611 2.5 25:L 27:L 17:L 30:W 35:+ 14:D 15:L 29 Scott-Howman, Zack 1350 2.5 19:L 21:- 0:D 34:L 32:W 33:W 0:L 30 Sknar, Andrew 1427 2 20:L 14:L 33:L 28:L 0:W 0:D 0:D 31 Sknar, Andriy 1011 1.5 0:W 22:L 24:L 0:D 13:L 0:L 0:L 32 Wight, Joshua 1350 1.5 24:L 13:L 34:W 14:L 29:L 0:D 23:L 33 Sampathkumar, Shyamkumar 1301 1.5 6:L 16:L 30:W 26:L 0:D 29:L 24:- 34 Theodosiou, Andreas 1232 1 18:L 15:L 32:L 29:W 27:L 0:L 0:L 35 Sass, Christoph 1300 1 0:D 0:D 0:L 16:L 28:- 0: 0:
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Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Julian Mazur round 6 results - 1 week to go
This week was notable for the number of people who asked for byes, turned up late, or just didn't show up at all. Back to normal next time, I hope...
I won't bother putting up the provisional pairings for the last round, as they are pretty meaningless
Julian Mazur Memorial 2012 - Round 6
Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Pomeroy, Arthur 2111 [4] 0:1 Wastney, Scott 2381 [5] 2 Nijman, Brian 2157 [3.5] 0:1 Ker, Anthony 2449 [3.5] 3 Hewson, Michael 1857 [3] 0:1 Pandey, Alok 1700 [3.5] 4 Roberts, Mike 1843 [3] 0:1 Sellen, Ian 2039 [3] 5 Whittle, Jonathon 1637 [3] 0:1 Aldridge, Alan 1959 [3] 6 Stone, Andrew 2035 [2.5] 0:1 List, Robert 1539 [2.5] 7 Marney, John 1610 [2.5] 1:0 Johnson, Alex 1500 [2.5] 8 Veldhuizen, Matt 1573 [2] 1:0 Stracy, Don 1828 [2] 9 Scott-Howman, Zack 1350 [1.5] 1:0 Sampathkumar, Shyamkumar 1301 [1.5] 10 Dive, Russell 2437 [3.5] .5:.5 BYE 11 Forster, Bill 2049 [2] .5:.5 BYE 12 Wilkins, Mark 1917 [3.5] .5:.5 BYE 13 Miriyala, Rama Rao 1900 [2.5] .5:.5 BYE 14 Brockway, Andrew 1798 [4] .5:.5 BYE 15 Timergazi, Layla 1755 [2.5] .5:.5 BYE 16 Sknar, Andrew 1427 [1] .5:.5 BYE 17 Sknar, Andriy 1011 [1.5] 0:0 BYE 18 Farrington, Lawrence 1751 [3] .5:.5 Cook, John 1611 [2] 19 Frater, Dylan 1596 [2] 0:1 Gupta, Saurabh 1600 [1.5] 20 Jackson, Ross 2026 [3] .5:0 BYE 21 Stoeveken, Peter 1917 [2] 0:0 BYE 22 Theodosiou, Andreas 1232 [1] 0:0 BYE 23 Wight, Joshua 1350 [1] .5:0 BYE
Cross Table
No Name Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Wastney, Scott 2381 6 14:W 16:W 15:W 7:W 2:W 8:W 2 Ker, Anthony 2449 4.5 0:D 3:W 21:W 5:W 1:L 10:W 3 Pandey, Alok 1700 4.5 10:W 2:L 11:D 21:W 22:W 16:W 4 Brockway, Andrew 1798 4.5 31:W 6:W 5:D 27:W 0:D 0:D 5 Sellen, Ian 2039 4 12:W 27:W 4:D 2:L 6:D 15:W 6 Wilkins, Mark 1917 4 13:W 4:L 12:W 20:W 5:D 0:D 7 Dive, Russell 2437 4 0:D 22:W 9:W 1:L 18:W 0:D 8 Pomeroy, Arthur 2111 4 17:W 0:D 19:W 18:W 10:D 1:L 9 Aldridge, Alan 1959 4 20:W 19:D 7:L 23:W 11:D 17:W 10 Nijman, Brian 2157 3.5 3:L 29:W 14:W 15:W 8:D 2:L 11 Jackson, Ross 2026 3.5 23:W 15:L 3:D 24:W 9:D 0:D 12 Marney, John 1610 3.5 5:L 32:W 6:L 0:D 30:W 24:W 13 List, Robert 1539 3.5 6:L 31:W 16:L 35:W 28:D 22:W 14 Farrington, Lawrence 1751 3.5 1:L 33:W 10:L 32:W 20:W 25:D 15 Roberts, Mike 1843 3 26:W 11:W 1:L 10:L 29:W 5:L 16 Hewson, Michael 1857 3 33:W 1:L 13:W 0:D 0:D 3:L 17 Whittle, Jonathon 1637 3 8:L 0:D 0:D 19:W 27:W 9:L 18 Miriyala, Rama Rao 1900 3 24:W 30:W 0:D 8:L 7:L 0:D 19 Timergazi, Layla 1755 3 34:W 9:D 8:L 17:L 23:W 0:D 20 Veldhuizen, Matt 1573 3 9:L 34:W 29:W 6:L 14:L 27:W 21 Forster, Bill 2049 2.5 25:W 28:D 2:L 3:L 0:D 0:D 22 Stone, Andrew 2035 2.5 0:D 7:L 25:W 28:W 3:L 13:L 23 Gupta, Saurabh 1600 2.5 11:L 26:+ 0:D 9:L 19:L 29:W 24 Johnson, Alex 1500 2.5 18:L 25:W 0:D 11:L 34:W 12:L 25 Cook, John 1611 2.5 21:L 24:L 22:L 33:W 35:+ 14:D 26 Scott-Howman, Zack 1350 2.5 15:L 23:- 0:D 34:L 32:W 31:W 27 Stracy, Don 1828 2 32:W 5:L 30:W 4:L 17:L 20:L 28 Stoeveken, Peter 1917 2 0:D 21:D 0:D 22:L 13:D 0:L 29 Frater, Dylan 1596 2 0:D 10:L 20:D 31:W 15:L 23:L 30 Sknar, Andriy 1011 1.5 0:W 18:L 27:L 0:D 12:L 0:L 31 Sampathkumar, Shyamkumar 1301 1.5 4:L 13:L 33:W 29:L 0:D 26:L 32 Wight, Joshua 1350 1.5 27:L 12:L 34:W 14:L 26:L 0:D 33 Sknar, Andrew 1427 1.5 16:L 14:L 31:L 25:L 0:W 0:D 34 Theodosiou, Andreas 1232 1 19:L 20:L 32:L 26:W 24:L 0:L 35 Sass, Christoph 1300 1 0:D 0:D 0:L 13:L 25:- 0:
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I won't bother putting up the provisional pairings for the last round, as they are pretty meaningless
Thursday, 6 December 2012
Scott Wins Julian Mazur with Round to Spare
Congratulations to Scott Wastney for his impressive achievement of winning 6 out of 6 in the Julian Mazur Memorial (one more round to go, and his nearest rival is on 4.5). He defeated Arthur Pomeroy last night, to add to his scalps of Lawrence Farrington, Michael Hewson, Mike Roberts, Russell Dive and Anthony Ker.
Incidentally, does anyone know of a precedent of Russell and Anthony being beaten by the same person in successive rounds?
Here is his victory over Anthony Ker last week:
Incidentally, does anyone know of a precedent of Russell and Anthony being beaten by the same person in successive rounds?
Here is his victory over Anthony Ker last week:
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Julian Mazur Round 5 Results and Cross-table
Julian Mazur Memorial 2012 - Round 5
Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Wastney, Scott 2381 [4] 1:0 Ker, Anthony 2449 [3.5] 2 Nijman, Brian 2157 [3] .5:.5 Pomeroy, Arthur 2111 [3.5] 3 Sellen, Ian 2039 [2.5] .5:.5 Wilkins, Mark 1917 [3] 4 Miriyala, Rama Rao 1900 [2.5] 0:1 Dive, Russell 2437 [2.5] 5 Stone, Andrew 2035 [2.5] 0:1 Pandey, Alok 1700 [2.5] 6 Jackson, Ross 2026 [2.5] .5:.5 Aldridge, Alan 1959 [2.5] 7 Frater, Dylan 1596 [2] 0:1 Roberts, Mike 1843 [2] 8 Stracy, Don 1828 [2] 0:1 Whittle, Jonathon 1637 [2] 9 Veldhuizen, Matt 1573 [2] 0:1 Farrington, Lawrence 1751 [2] 10 List, Robert 1539 [2] .5:.5 Stoeveken, Peter 1917 [1.5] 11 Gupta, Saurabh 1600 [1.5] 0:1 Timergazi, Layla 1755 [1.5] 12 Sknar, Andriy 1011 [1.5] 0:1 Marney, John 1610 [1.5] 13 Johnson, Alex 1500 [1.5] 1:0 Theodosiou, Andreas 1232 [1] 14 Cook, John 1611 [1] +:- Sass, Christoph 1300 [1] 15 Scott-Howman, Zack 1350 [.5] 1:0 Wight, Joshua 1350 [1] 16 Sknar, Andrew 1427 [0] 1:0 BYE 17 Forster, Bill 2049 [1.5] .5:.5 BYE 18 Hewson, Michael 1857 [2.5] .5:.5 BYE 19 Brockway, Andrew 1798 [3.5] .5:.5 BYE 20 Sampathkumar, Shyamkumar 1301 [1] .5:.5 BYE
Cross Table
No Name Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 1 Wastney, Scott 2381 5 15:W 13:W 10:W 7:W 5:W 2 Pomeroy, Arthur 2111 4 12:W 0:D 18:W 16:W 4:D 3 Brockway, Andrew 1798 4 30:W 8:W 9:D 26:W 0:D 4 Nijman, Brian 2157 3.5 6:L 24:W 15:W 10:W 2:D 5 Ker, Anthony 2449 3.5 0:D 6:W 22:W 9:W 1:L 6 Pandey, Alok 1700 3.5 4:W 5:L 11:D 22:W 17:W 7 Dive, Russell 2437 3.5 0:D 17:W 14:W 1:L 16:W 8 Wilkins, Mark 1917 3.5 19:W 3:L 20:W 23:W 9:D 9 Sellen, Ian 2039 3 20:W 26:W 3:D 5:L 8:D 10 Roberts, Mike 1843 3 31:W 11:W 1:L 4:L 24:W 11 Jackson, Ross 2026 3 28:W 10:L 6:D 21:W 14:D 12 Whittle, Jonathon 1637 3 2:L 0:D 0:D 18:W 26:W 13 Hewson, Michael 1857 3 33:W 1:L 19:W 0:D 0:D 14 Aldridge, Alan 1959 3 23:W 18:D 7:L 28:W 11:D 15 Farrington, Lawrence 1751 3 1:L 33:W 4:L 34:W 23:W 16 Miriyala, Rama Rao 1900 2.5 21:W 29:W 0:D 2:L 7:L 17 Stone, Andrew 2035 2.5 0:D 7:L 27:W 25:W 6:L 18 Timergazi, Layla 1755 2.5 35:W 14:D 2:L 12:L 28:W 19 List, Robert 1539 2.5 8:L 30:W 13:L 32:W 25:D 20 Marney, John 1610 2.5 9:L 34:W 8:L 0:D 29:W 21 Johnson, Alex 1500 2.5 16:L 27:W 0:D 11:L 35:W 22 Forster, Bill 2049 2 27:W 25:D 5:L 6:L 0:D 23 Veldhuizen, Matt 1573 2 14:L 35:W 24:W 8:L 15:L 24 Frater, Dylan 1596 2 0:D 4:L 23:D 30:W 10:L 25 Stoeveken, Peter 1917 2 0:D 22:D 0:D 17:L 19:D 26 Stracy, Don 1828 2 34:W 9:L 29:W 3:L 12:L 27 Cook, John 1611 2 22:L 21:L 17:L 33:W 32:+ 28 Gupta, Saurabh 1600 1.5 11:L 31:+ 0:D 14:L 18:L 29 Sknar, Andriy 1011 1.5 0:W 16:L 26:L 0:D 20:L 30 Sampathkumar, Shyamkumar 1301 1.5 3:L 19:L 33:W 24:L 0:D 31 Scott-Howman, Zack 1350 1.5 10:L 28:- 0:D 35:L 34:W 32 Sass, Christoph 1300 1 0:D 0:D 0:L 19:L 27:- 33 Sknar, Andrew 1427 1 13:L 15:L 30:L 27:L 0:W 34 Wight, Joshua 1350 1 26:L 20:L 35:W 15:L 31:L 35 Theodosiou, Andreas 1232 1 18:L 23:L 34:L 31:W 21:L
Provisional pairing round 6 (will probably change)
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Pomeroy, Arthur 2111 [4] : Wastney, Scott 2381 [5] 2 Nijman, Brian 2157 [3.5] : Ker, Anthony 2449 [3.5] 3 Hewson, Michael 1857 [3] : Pandey, Alok 1700 [3.5] 4 Roberts, Mike 1843 [3] : Sellen, Ian 2039 [3] 5 Farrington, Lawrence 1751 [3] : Jackson, Ross 2026 [3] 6 Whittle, Jonathon 1637 [3] : Aldridge, Alan 1959 [3] 7 Stone, Andrew 2035 [2.5] : List, Robert 1539 [2.5] 8 Marney, John 1610 [2.5] : Johnson, Alex 1500 [2.5] 9 Cook, John 1611 [2] : Miriyala, Rama Rao 1900 [2.5] 10 Stoeveken, Peter 1917 [2] : Frater, Dylan 1596 [2] 11 Veldhuizen, Matt 1573 [2] : Stracy, Don 1828 [2] 12 Scott-Howman, Zack 1350 [1.5] : Sampathkumar, Shyamkumar 1301 [1.5] 13 Wight, Joshua 1350 [1] : Gupta, Saurabh 1600 [1.5] 14 Theodosiou, Andreas 1232 [1] 1:0 BYE 15 Dive, Russell 2437 [3.5] .5:.5 BYE 16 Forster, Bill 2049 [2] .5:.5 BYE 17 Wilkins, Mark 1917 [3.5] .5:.5 BYE 18 Brockway, Andrew 1798 [4] .5:.5 BYE 19 Timergazi, Layla 1755 [2.5] .5:.5 BYE 20 Sknar, Andrew 1427 [1] .5:.5 BYE 21 Sknar, Andriy 1011 [1.5] .5:.5 BYE
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Julian Mazur Memorial Round 4 Games
Great win for Scott this week with the black pieces against Russell Dive. He is the only one on 4/4, and his reward is to get to play Anthony in round 5. Nice win by Alok against Bill too, check out Bill's website for analysis on this.
Saturday, 24 November 2012
Julian Mazur Round 4 Results and Crosstable
Julian Mazur Memorial 2012 - Round 4
Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Dive, Russell 2437 [2.5] 0:1 Wastney, Scott 2381 [3] 2 Ker, Anthony 2449 [2.5] 1:0 Sellen, Ian 2039 [2.5] 3 Pomeroy, Arthur 2111 [2.5] 1:0 Miriyala, Rama Rao 1900 [2.5] 4 Brockway, Andrew 1798 [2.5] 1:0 Stracy, Don 1828 [2] 5 Roberts, Mike 1843 [2] 0:1 Nijman, Brian 2157 [2] 6 Wilkins, Mark 1917 [2] 1:0 Veldhuizen, Matt 1573 [2] 7 Pandey, Alok 1700 [1.5] 1:0 Forster, Bill 2049 [1.5] 8 Stoeveken, Peter 1917 [1.5] 0:1 Stone, Andrew 2035 [1.5] 9 Jackson, Ross 2026 [1.5] 1:0 Johnson, Alex 1500 [1.5] 10 Aldridge, Alan 1959 [1.5] 1:0 Gupta, Saurabh 1600 [1.5] 11 Whittle, Jonathon 1637 [1] 1:0 Timergazi, Layla 1755 [1.5] 12 Wight, Joshua 1350 [1] 0:1 Farrington, Lawrence 1751 [1] 13 Sampathkumar, Shyamkumar 1301 [1] 0:1 Frater, Dylan 1596 [1] 14 Sass, Christoph 1300 [1] 0:1 List, Robert 1539 [1] 15 Theodosiou, Andreas 1232 [0] 1:0 Scott-Howman, Zack 1350 [.5] 16 Cook, John 1611 [0] 1:0 Sknar, Andrew 1427 [0] 17 Hewson, Michael 1857 [2] .5:.5 BYE 18 Marney, John 1610 [1] .5:.5 BYE 19 Sknar, Andriy 1011 [1] .5:.5 BYE
Cross Table
No Name Loc Total 1 2 3 4 1 Wastney, Scott 2381 4 18:W 10:W 15:W 9:W 2 Brockway, Andrew 1798 3.5 30:W 5:W 7:D 21:W 3 Ker, Anthony 2449 3.5 0:D 8:W 26:W 7:W 4 Pomeroy, Arthur 2111 3.5 17:W 0:D 22:W 11:W 5 Wilkins, Mark 1917 3 20:W 2:L 23:W 16:W 6 Nijman, Brian 2157 3 8:L 19:W 18:W 15:W 7 Sellen, Ian 2039 2.5 23:W 21:W 2:D 3:L 8 Pandey, Alok 1700 2.5 6:W 3:L 13:D 26:W 9 Dive, Russell 2437 2.5 0:D 14:W 12:W 1:L 10 Hewson, Michael 1857 2.5 35:W 1:L 20:W 0:D 11 Miriyala, Rama Rao 1900 2.5 25:W 27:W 0:D 4:L 12 Aldridge, Alan 1959 2.5 16:W 22:D 9:L 24:W 13 Jackson, Ross 2026 2.5 24:W 15:L 8:D 25:W 14 Stone, Andrew 2035 2.5 0:D 9:L 32:W 28:W 15 Roberts, Mike 1843 2 34:W 13:W 1:L 6:L 16 Veldhuizen, Matt 1573 2 12:L 33:W 19:W 5:L 17 Whittle, Jonathon 1637 2 4:L 0:D 0:D 22:W 18 Farrington, Lawrence 1751 2 1:L 35:W 6:L 31:W 19 Frater, Dylan 1596 2 0:D 6:L 16:D 30:W 20 List, Robert 1539 2 5:L 30:W 10:L 29:W 21 Stracy, Don 1828 2 31:W 7:L 27:W 2:L 22 Timergazi, Layla 1755 1.5 33:W 12:D 4:L 17:L 23 Marney, John 1610 1.5 7:L 31:W 5:L 0:D 24 Gupta, Saurabh 1600 1.5 13:L 34:+ 0:D 12:L 25 Johnson, Alex 1500 1.5 11:L 32:W 0:D 13:L 26 Forster, Bill 2049 1.5 32:W 28:D 3:L 8:L 27 Sknar, Andriy 1011 1.5 0:W 11:L 21:L 0:D 28 Stoeveken, Peter 1917 1.5 0:D 26:D 0:D 14:L 29 Sass, Christoph 1300 1 0:D 0:D 0:L 20:L 30 Sampathkumar, Shyamkumar 1301 1 2:L 20:L 35:W 19:L 31 Wight, Joshua 1350 1 21:L 23:L 33:W 18:L 32 Cook, John 1611 1 26:L 25:L 14:L 35:W 33 Theodosiou, Andreas 1232 1 22:L 16:L 31:L 34:W 34 Scott-Howman, Zack 1350 .5 15:L 24:- 0:D 33:L 35 Sknar, Andrew 1427 0 10:L 18:L 30:L 32:L
Round 5 pairing (will almost certainly change!)
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Wastney, Scott 2381 [4] : Ker, Anthony 2449 [3.5] 2 Brockway, Andrew 1798 [3.5] : Pomeroy, Arthur 2111 [3.5] 3 Nijman, Brian 2157 [3] : Wilkins, Mark 1917 [3] 4 Miriyala, Rama Rao 1900 [2.5] : Dive, Russell 2437 [2.5] 5 Sellen, Ian 2039 [2.5] : Aldridge, Alan 1959 [2.5] 6 Stone, Andrew 2035 [2.5] : Pandey, Alok 1700 [2.5] 7 Hewson, Michael 1857 [2.5] : Jackson, Ross 2026 [2.5] 8 Frater, Dylan 1596 [2] : Roberts, Mike 1843 [2] 9 Stracy, Don 1828 [2] : Whittle, Jonathon 1637 [2] 10 Veldhuizen, Matt 1573 [2] : Farrington, Lawrence 1751 [2] 11 List, Robert 1539 [2] : Stoeveken, Peter 1917 [1.5] 12 Gupta, Saurabh 1600 [1.5] : Timergazi, Layla 1755 [1.5] 13 Sknar, Andriy 1011 [1.5] : Marney, John 1610 [1.5] 14 Johnson, Alex 1500 [1.5] : Wight, Joshua 1350 [1] 15 Theodosiou, Andreas 1232 [1] : Cook, John 1611 [1] 16 Sampathkumar, Shyamkumar 1301 [1] : Sass, Christoph 1300 [1] 17 Scott-Howman, Zack 1350 [.5] : Sknar, Andrew 1427 [0] 18 Forster, Bill 2049 [1.5] .5:.5 BYE
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
Amended Ratings list for November 2012
Here is the latest ratings list for the Wellington players, with the +/- figures referring to the change from the previous list in July. Many thanks to Dylan Frater who, by querying his rating, enabled Rowan to pinpoint a bug in his program.
Nationally, Anthony is still the top player in New Zealand, although Ben Hague has overtaken Russell for second place. Russell and Scott occupy third and fourth place respectively.
Nationally, Anthony is still the top player in New Zealand, although Ben Hague has overtaken Russell for second place. Russell and Scott occupy third and fourth place respectively.
| Name | Standard rating | Rapid rating | |||
| 1 | KER, ANTHONY F | 2452 | +3 | 2363 | -2 |
| 2 | DIVE, RUSSELL J | 2425 | -12 | 2370 | +10 |
| 3 | WASTNEY, SCOTT | 2381 | +0 | 2310 | +5 |
| 4 | VAN DER HOORN, MARK W | 2165 | -3 | 2144 | +3 |
| 5 | NIJMAN, BRIAN | 2153 | -3 | 2074 | +6 |
| 6 | TURNER, MICHAEL G | 2139 | -5 | i | |
| 7 | POMEROY, ARTHUR J | 2108 | -3 | 1996 | +9 |
| 8 | FORSTER, WILLIAM | 2078 | +29 | 1965 | -26 |
| 9 | MEYER, MARANY | 2064 | -1 | 2042 | -20 |
| 10 | NYBERG, MICHAEL | 2062 | -12 | 2088 | +61 |
| 11 | SELLEN, IAN | 2033 | -6 | 1986 | +63 |
| 12 | MIRIYALA, RAMA RAO | 2028 | new | 1731 | new |
| 13 | STONE, ANDREW | 2027 | -6 | 1903 | -3 |
| 14 | ALDRIDGE, ALAN L | 1999 | +40 | 1817 | +5 |
| 15 | JACKSON, L ROSS | 1996 | -30 | 1894 | -3 |
| 16 | RILEY, TIM | 1925 | -4 | i | |
| 17 | WILKINS, MARK | 1909 | -8 | i | |
| 18 | STOEVEKEN, PETER | 1904 | -13 | 1591 | -19 |
| 19 | HEWSON, MICHAEL | 1848 | -9 | i | |
| 20 | ROBERTS, MICHAEL H | 1839 | -4 | 1817 | +69 |
| 21 | NICHOLLS, ALISTAIR | 1839 | -11 | i | |
| 22 | PANDEY, ALOK | 1833 | new | 1263 | new |
| 23 | TIMERGAZI, LAYLA | 1823 | +68 | 1749 | +136 |
| 24 | HAVUKKALA, ILKKA | 1821 | -9 | unr | |
| 25 | WILSON, DALLAS | 1812 | -10 | 1726 | -5 |
| 26 | KAY, J BRUCE | 1804 | -9 | 1613 | -20 |
| 27 | BROCKWAY, ANDREW | 1789 | -9 | 1656 | -18 |
| 28 | JHURANI, ANIL | 1776 | -12 | 1762 | -14 |
| 29 | RABINA, ROMEO | 1769 | -9 | 1592 | -21 |
| 30 | STRACY, DON M | 1763 | -65 | 1773 | -2 |
| 31 | FARRINGTON, LAWRENCE B | 1730 | -21 | 1738 | -68 |
| 32 | CAPPER, DAVID S | 1657 | -7 | 1619 | -13 |
| 33 | HEATON, KEN | 1653 | +16 | 1399 | new |
| 34 | WHITTLE, JONATHON | 1649 | +12 | 1610 | -2 |
| 35 | COOK, JOHN | 1646 | +35 | 1591 | -75 |
| 36 | SHIERLAW, HAMISH | 1618 | -10 | 1591 | +46 |
| 37 | ANDERSON, GORDON | 1610 | -5 | 1650 | -8 |
| 38 | MARNEY, JOHN | 1586 | -24 | 1351 | -21 |
| 39 | VELDHUIZEN, MATT | 1576 | +3 | 1512 | +47 |
| 40 | BOBACH, CONRAD | 1570 | -10 | unr | |
| 41 | FRATER, DYLAN | 1552 | -44 | 1436 | +98 |
| 42 | GILLESPIE, JOHN G | 1550 | -10 | 1426 | -8 |
| 43 | STEPHENS, DOMINICK | 1543 | -11 | i | |
| 44 | GUPTA, SAURABH | 1522 | new | unr | |
| 45 | SALEM, EDMUND | 1522 | -13 | unr | |
| 46 | PROCTOR, MATTHEW | 1454 | -14 | 1193 | -130 |
| 47 | DRINKWATER, BLAISE K | 1438 | -12 | i | |
| 48 | SKNAR, ANDREW | 1427 | +0 | 1403 | new |
| 49 | TIMERGAZI, IREK | 1425 | -12 | 1525 | new |
| 50 | WIGHT, JOSHUA | 1410 | new | 1078 | new |
| 51 | STRAUSS, WERNER | 1372 | -10 | unr | |
| 52 | RANSON, BRYCE | 1365 | -13 | 1203 | -20 |
| 53 | STRAUSS, KEEGAN | 1346 | -9 | unr | |
| 54 | JOHNSON, ALEX | 1326 | new | 1361 | new |
| 55 | THEODOSIOU, ANDREAS | 1317 | +85 | 1292 | -45 |
| 56 | LOGINOV, VLADIMIR | 1288 | -13 | unr | |
| 57 | CELESKI, STEFAN | 1247 | -11 | unr | |
| 58 | SAMPATHKUMAR, SHYAMKUMAR | 1137 | new | 1267 | -34 |
| 59 | PALMER, LUKE | 1103 | -15 | i | |
| 60 | SKNAR, ANDRIY | 963 | -48 | 976 | -80 |
| 61 | LEE, EDWARD | i | 2226 | -1 | |
| 62 | FROST, PAUL F E | i | 1846 | -7 |
Tuesday, 20 November 2012
Julian Mazur Round 3 Games
Sorry for the delay in publishing the games this week. You can get some excellent and entertaining analysis on the official website here - thoroughly recommended.
Friday, 16 November 2012
Julian Mazur Round 3 Results and Standings
Julian Mazur Memorial 2012 - Round 3
Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Wastney, Scott 2381 [2] 1:0 Roberts, Mike 1843 [2] 2 Sellen, Ian 2039 [2] .5:.5 Brockway, Andrew 1798 [2] 3 Forster, Bill 2049 [1.5] 0:1 Ker, Anthony 2449 [1.5] 4 Aldridge, Alan 1959 [1.5] 0:1 Dive, Russell 2437 [1.5] 5 Timergazi, Layla 1755 [1.5] 0:1 Pomeroy, Arthur 2111 [1.5] 6 Farrington, Lawrence 1751 [1] 0:1 Nijman, Brian 2157 [1] 7 Pandey, Alok 1700 [1] .5:.5 Jackson, Ross 2026 [1] 8 Marney, John 1610 [1] 0:1 Wilkins, Mark 1917 [1] 9 List, Robert 1539 [1] 0:1 Hewson, Michael 1857 [1] 10 Stracy, Don 1828 [1] 1:0 Sknar, Andriy 1011 [1] 11 Frater, Dylan 1596 [.5] .5:1 Veldhuizen, Matt 1573 [1] 12 Stone, Andrew 2035 [.5] 1:0 Cook, John 1611 [0] 13 Sknar, Andrew 1427 [0] 0:1 Sampathkumar, Shyamkumar 1301 [0] 14 Wight, Joshua 1350 [0] 1:0 Theodosiou, Andreas 1232 [0] 15 Stoeveken, Peter 1917 [1] .5:.5 BYE 16 Miriyala, Rama Rao 1900 [2] .5:.5 BYE 17 Whittle, Jonathon 1637 [.5] .5:.5 BYE 18 Gupta, Saurabh 1600 [1] .5:.5 BYE 19 Johnson, Alex 1500 [1] .5:.5 BYE 20 Scott-Howman, Zack 1350 [0] .5:.5 BYE
Cross Table
No Name Loc Total 1 2 3 1 Wastney, Scott 2381 3 26:W 10:W 8:W 2 Sellen, Ian 2039 2.5 24:W 11:W 3:D 3 Brockway, Andrew 1798 2.5 29:W 9:W 2:D 4 Ker, Anthony 2449 2.5 0:D 15:W 18:W 5 Dive, Russell 2437 2.5 0:D 20:W 14:W 6 Pomeroy, Arthur 2111 2.5 28:W 0:D 19:W 7 Miriyala, Rama Rao 1900 2.5 22:W 23:W 0:D 8 Roberts, Mike 1843 2 31:W 16:W 1:L 9 Wilkins, Mark 1917 2 27:W 3:L 24:W 10 Hewson, Michael 1857 2 34:W 1:L 27:W 11 Stracy, Don 1828 2 30:W 2:L 23:W 12 Nijman, Brian 2157 2 15:L 25:W 26:W 13 Veldhuizen, Matt 1573 2 14:L 33:W 25:W 14 Aldridge, Alan 1959 1.5 13:W 19:D 5:L 15 Pandey, Alok 1700 1.5 12:W 4:L 16:D 16 Jackson, Ross 2026 1.5 21:W 8:L 15:D 17 Stoeveken, Peter 1917 1.5 0:D 18:D 0:D 18 Forster, Bill 2049 1.5 32:W 17:D 4:L 19 Timergazi, Layla 1755 1.5 33:W 14:D 6:L 20 Stone, Andrew 2035 1.5 0:D 5:L 32:W 21 Gupta, Saurabh 1600 1.5 16:L 31:+ 0:D 22 Johnson, Alex 1500 1.5 7:L 32:W 0:D 23 Sknar, Andriy 1011 1 0:W 7:L 11:L 24 Marney, John 1610 1 2:L 30:W 9:L 25 Frater, Dylan 1596 1 0:D 12:L 13:D 26 Farrington, Lawrence 1751 1 1:L 34:W 12:L 27 List, Robert 1539 1 9:L 29:W 10:L 28 Whittle, Jonathon 1637 1 6:L 0:D 0:D 29 Sampathkumar, Shyamkumar 1301 1 3:L 27:L 34:W 30 Wight, Joshua 1350 1 11:L 24:L 33:W 31 Scott-Howman, Zack 1350 .5 8:L 21:- 0:D 32 Cook, John 1611 0 18:L 22:L 20:L 33 Theodosiou, Andreas 1232 0 19:L 13:L 30:L 34 Sknar, Andrew 1427 0 10:L 26:L 29:L
PROVISIONAL PAIRING FOR ROUND 4 (will almost certainly change)
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Dive, Russell 2437 [2.5] : Wastney, Scott 2381 [3] 2 Ker, Anthony 2449 [2.5] : Sellen, Ian 2039 [2.5] 3 Pomeroy, Arthur 2111 [2.5] : Miriyala, Rama Rao 1900 [2.5] 4 Brockway, Andrew 1798 [2.5] : Hewson, Michael 1857 [2] 5 Nijman, Brian 2157 [2] : Stracy, Don 1828 [2] 6 Wilkins, Mark 1917 [2] : Veldhuizen, Matt 1573 [2] 7 Roberts, Mike 1843 [2] : Forster, Bill 2049 [1.5] 8 Stone, Andrew 2035 [1.5] : Timergazi, Layla 1755 [1.5] 9 Jackson, Ross 2026 [1.5] : Johnson, Alex 1500 [1.5] 10 Pandey, Alok 1700 [1.5] : Aldridge, Alan 1959 [1.5] 11 Stoeveken, Peter 1917 [1.5] : Gupta, Saurabh 1600 [1.5] 12 List, Robert 1539 [1] : Farrington, Lawrence 1751 [1] 13 Whittle, Jonathon 1637 [1] : Wight, Joshua 1350 [1] 14 Sampathkumar, Shyamkumar 1301 [1] : Marney, John 1610 [1] 15 Sknar, Andriy 1011 [1] : Frater, Dylan 1596 [1] 16 Theodosiou, Andreas 1232 [0] : Scott-Howman, Zack 1350 [.5] 17 Cook, John 1611 [0] : Sknar, Andrew 1427 [0]
Sunday, 11 November 2012
Julian Mazur Round 2 Games
Round 2 of the Julian Mazur Memorial was interrupted by the most horrendous, deafening sound of road works on the motorway, like a wounded dragon being assailed by a thousand teachers with blackboards and chalk. As a result of this, at least one game was terminated early, that between Bill Forster and Peter Stoeveken, agreed a draw so the protagonists could flee to the aural safety of their respective suburbs. It would probably have been a draw anyway.
Notwithstanding this, there was some awfully exciting chess being played, and some upsets too! In fact, apart from my own game which was rubbish, I enjoyed all the games I played through at the weekend. Top of the list is Mike Roberts' brilliant victory over Ross Jackson, although he did miss a mate in four in the later stages of the game. Andrew Brockway returned to his best form by beating Mark Wilkins after the latter misplayed the endgame. Our talented 11 year old Layla Timergazi is improving constantly, and this time had no problem drawing with Alan Aldridge, after her loss to him in the Club Championship just a few weeks ago. Relative newcomer Alex Johnson's wild and highly entertaining style yielded a significant scalp in C grade club champion John Cook - Alex must be competing with Layla for the title of fastest improving player. Russell Dive and Brian Nijman both seem to be struggling with their form at the moment, but both scraped wins against much lower rated opposition All credit to Andrew Stone and Dylan Frater respectively for making them work so hard.
Notwithstanding this, there was some awfully exciting chess being played, and some upsets too! In fact, apart from my own game which was rubbish, I enjoyed all the games I played through at the weekend. Top of the list is Mike Roberts' brilliant victory over Ross Jackson, although he did miss a mate in four in the later stages of the game. Andrew Brockway returned to his best form by beating Mark Wilkins after the latter misplayed the endgame. Our talented 11 year old Layla Timergazi is improving constantly, and this time had no problem drawing with Alan Aldridge, after her loss to him in the Club Championship just a few weeks ago. Relative newcomer Alex Johnson's wild and highly entertaining style yielded a significant scalp in C grade club champion John Cook - Alex must be competing with Layla for the title of fastest improving player. Russell Dive and Brian Nijman both seem to be struggling with their form at the moment, but both scraped wins against much lower rated opposition All credit to Andrew Stone and Dylan Frater respectively for making them work so hard.
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