28-Mar-2012
The late-night stragglers were treated to a typical display of Dive-Ker pyrotechnics, Russell defending brilliantly with only seconds left on his clock, and the shaking of hands for a draw by repetition was greeted with a round of applause. Unfortunately I was unable to read all of the scoresheet I was given, so if anyone can provide me with the last 11 moves of this game I would be most grateful. [Thanks to Bill Forster for reconstructing the rest of the game for me!]
Michael Hewson earned himself a place on the top table next week by beating Mike Roberts on the black side of a Benko gambit. Mike R got his pieces in a muddle on the back ranks and resigned quickly. Brian Nijman lost in a Rook and pawn ending against Scott Wastney, so the top 2 boards for the final round will be Hewson vs Ker and Wastney vs Dive. See you there!

Cross Table

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

1  Ker, Anthony            2451 6     27:W 14:W 10:W  8:D  9:W  6:W  2:D
2  Dive, Russell           2440 5.5    4:W  7:W  5:L 18:W 11:W  8:W  1:D
3  Wastney, Scott          2372 5.5   16:W  0:D  8:L 12:W 25:W 19:W  6:W
4  Hewson, Michael         1718 5.5    2:L 26:W 20:W 14:W 15:W  0:D 10:W
5  Pomeroy, Arthur         2081 5     24:W 11:W  2:W  6:L  0:D  0:D  9:W
6  Nijman, Brian           2199 4.5   19:W 13:D 25:W  5:W  8:W  1:L  3:L
7  Aldridge, Alan          1924 4.5   26:W  2:L 24:W  9:L 21:W 18:W  8:D
8  Forster, Bill           2004 4     23:W 30:W  3:W  1:D  6:L  2:L  7:D
9  Nyberg, Michael         2087 4     17:W 25:D 13:W  7:W  1:L 10:D  5:L
10 Roberts, Mike           1789 4     20:W 12:W  1:L  0:D 14:W  9:D  4:L
11 Stoeveken, Peter        1901 4     28:W  5:L 17:W  0:D  2:L 15:D 18:W
12 Sellen, Ian             2069 4      0:D 10:L 16:W  3:L 27:W 13:D 21:W
13 Brockway, Andrew        1805 4     29:W  6:D  9:L  0:D 17:D 12:D 19:W
14 Jackson, Ross           2020 3.5   15:W  1:L 19:W  4:L 10:L 24:W 16:D
15 Timergazi, Layla        1302 3.5   14:L 16:W 30:W  0:D  4:L 11:D 17:D
16 Cook, John              1656 3.5    3:L 15:L 12:L 29:W 22:W 17:W 14:D
17 Shierlaw, Hamish        1567 3      9:L 22:W 11:L 27:W 13:D 16:L 15:D
18 Frater, Dylan           1457 3     30:L 23:W 27:W  2:L 24:W  7:L 11:L
19 Gillespie, John         1551 3      6:L 29:W 14:L 20:W 26:W  3:L 13:L
20 Strauss, Werner              3     10:L  0:W  4:L 19:L 23:W 22:L 26:W
21 Marney, John            1620 3      0:D 27:L  0:D 23:W  7:L 26:W 12:L
22 Strauss, Keegan              3     25:L 17:L  0:W 24:L 16:L 20:W 28:W
23 Sknar, Andrew           1353 3      8:L 18:L 28:W 21:L 20:L 29:W 27:W
24 Veldhuizen, Matt        1545 2.5    5:L 28:W  7:L 22:W 18:L 14:L  0:D
25 Stracy, Don             1805 2.5   22:W  9:D  6:L 30:W  3:L  0:   0: 
26 Theodosiou, Andreas     1238 2      7:L  4:L 29:W 28:W 19:L 21:L 20:L
27 Whittle, Jonathon       1700 1.5    1:L 21:W 18:L 17:L 12:L 28:D 23:L
28 Palmer, Luke            1151 1.5   11:L 24:L 23:L 26:L 29:W 27:D 22:L
29 Sknar, Andriy           1044 1     13:L 19:L 26:L 16:L 28:L 23:L  0:W
30 Dallow, Chris           1808 1     18:W  8:L 15:L 25:L  0:   0:   0: 
31 Van der Hoorn, Mark     2153 1      0:D  0:D  0:   0:   0:   0:   0: 
32 Rabina, Romeo           1772 1      0:D  0:D  0:   0:   0:   0:   0: