Round 9 results and tables

Club Championship A grade - Round 9

Results

No Name              Result   Name           
 
 1 Stone, Andrew       1:0    Sellen, Ian    
 2 Nijman, Brian       1:0    Pomeroy, Arthur
 3 Nyberg, Michael     0:1    Forster, Bill  
 4 Stoeveken, Peter    0:1    Dive, Russell  

Cross Table

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10


1
Ker, Anthony
2449
6
*
D




W
W
W
D
W
W


2
Nijman, Brian
2156
4.5
D
*
D


W
L
W
W
D




3
Forster, Bill
2049
4


D
*
L
W


W
D


W


4
Dive, Russell
2437
3.5




W
*
L


D
W


W


5
Nyberg, Michael
2074
3
L
L
L
W
*
D
D


W




6
Sellen, Ian
2039
2.5
L
W




D
*
D
D
L
L


7
Jackson, Ross
2026
2.5
L
L
L
D
D
D
*




W


8
Pomeroy, Arthur
2111
2
D
L
D
L


D


*
D




9
Stone, Andrew
2033
2
L
D




L
W


D
*




10
Stoeveken, Peter
1917
1
L


L
L


W
L




*

Club Championship B grade - Round 9

Results

No Name               Result   Name               

 1 Andrew Brockway      1:0    Mike Roberts       
 2 David Paul           -:-    Don Stracy         
 3 Alan Aldridge         :     Lawrence Farrington
 4 Rama Rao Miriyala    1:0    Layla Timergazi    
 5 Alok Pandey          1:0    Jonathon Whittle   

Cross Table

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10


1
Roberts, Mike
1843
5.5
*
L
W
W
L
W
W
L
W
D


2
Aldridge, Alan
1959
5
W
*
L
W
W
W
W








3
Miriyala, Rama Rao


5
L
W
*
W
W
W
L
W






4
Pandey, Alok


4.5
L
L
L
*
W
W
W
D
L
W


5
Brockway, Andrew
1798
3.5
W
L
L
L
*


D
D
W
D


6
Timergazi, Layla
1755
3
L
L
L
L


*
W


W
W


7
Whittle, Jonathon
1637
2.5
L
L
W
L
D
L
*


W




8
Paul, David
1883
2
W


L
D
D




*
-
-


9
Stracy, Don
1828
1.5
L




W
L
L
L
-
*
D


10
Farrington, Lawrence
1751
1.5
D




L
D
L


-
D
*

Club Championship C grade - Round 9

Results

No Name                    Total  Result   Name          Total

 1 John Cook               [6]      1:0    Andriy Sknar  [2]  
 2 Matt Veldhuizen         [5.5]    0:1    Saurabh Gupta [5]  
 3 Andrew Sknar            [3.5]    1:0    John Marney   [5.5]
 4 Alex Johnson            [4.5]    0:1    Dylan Frater  [5]  
 5 Shyamkumar Sampathkumar [3]      0:1    Josh Wight    [3.5]
 6 Andreas Theodosiou      [3.5]    1:0    BYE                

Cross Table

No Name                     Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9  

1  Cook, John               1611 7      9:W  5:W  4:L  2:W  6:W  8:W  7:W  3:L 12:W
2  Frater, Dylan            1596 6      4:L  9:W 12:W  1:L  5:L  0:W 11:W  7:W 10:W
3  Gupta, Saurabh                6     12:W  8:L  7:L 13:W  0:D 11:W  0:D  1:W  4:W
4  Veldhuizen, Matt         1573 5.5    2:W 13:W  1:W  6:L  7:W  5:L  0:D  9:W  3:L
5  Marney, John             1610 5.5   13:W  1:L 10:W  7:L  2:W  4:W  8:W  0:D  9:L
6  Heaton, Ken              1637 5     10:W  7:W  8:W  4:W  1:L  0:D  0:D  0:   0: 
7  Theodosiou, Andreas      1232 4.5   11:W  6:L  3:W  5:W  4:L 10:D  1:L  2:L  0:W
8  Wight, Josh                   4.5    0:W  3:W  6:L  9:W  0:D  1:L  5:L 10:L 11:W
9  Sknar, Andrew            1427 4.5    1:L  2:L 11:W  8:L  0:D 12:W 10:W  4:L  5:W
10 Johnson, Alex                 4.5    6:L 11:W  5:L 12:W  0:W  7:D  9:L  8:W  2:L
11 Sampathkumar, Shyamkumar 1301 3      7:L 10:L  9:L  0:W 13:W  3:L  2:L 12:W  8:L
12 Sknar, Andriy            1011 2      3:L  0:W  2:L 10:L  0:D  9:L  0:D 11:L  1:L
13 Weekes, Quinn                 2      5:L  4:L  0:W  3:L 11:L  0:D  0:D  0:L  0: 

Club Championship C grade - Round 10

Provisional fixtures

No Name               Total  Result   Name                    Total

 1 Dylan Frater       [6]       :     Saurabh Gupta           [6]  
 2 Alex Johnson       [4.5]     :     Matt Veldhuizen         [5.5]
 3 John Marney        [5.5]     :     Shyamkumar Sampathkumar [3]  
 4 Andreas Theodosiou [4.5]     :     Andrew Sknar            [4.5]
 5 Josh Wight         [4.5]     :     Andriy Sknar            [2]  
 6 John Cook          [7]      1:0    BYE                          

Club Champs Round 8 Games

There were upsets in all three grades this week, and some very exciting games! Michael Nyberg showed again he is not afraid of the big names at the club - he out-tactic-ed Russell Dive, giving up a minor piece for an attack on the king which may not have been quite sound, but was certainly effective. Mike Roberts continues to set the pace in the B grade, but Alan Aldridge is waiting in the shadows, and has games in hand. Rama Rao had an accident against Jonathon Whittle, allowing his King to come under a murderous attack on the queen side. The C grade leader was defeated by Saurabh Gupta, but should still be on course for the title, barring major upsets...
Dylan Frater had the most amazing escape I have ever seen, check this one out!

Club Champs Round 8 Results and Crosstables

Club Championship A grade - Round 8

Results

No Name             Result   Name            

 1 Ker, Anthony       1:0    Jackson, Ross
 2 Dive, Russell      0:1    Nyberg, Michael 
 3 Forster, Bill     .5:.5   Nijman, Brian   
 4 Pomeroy, Arthur   .5:.5   Stone, Andrew 

Cross Table

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10


1
Ker, Anthony
2449
6
*
D
 
W
W
 
W
D
W
W


2
Nijman, Brian
2156
3.5
D
*
D
W
L
 
W
 
D
 


3
Forster, Bill
2049
3
 
D
*
 
 
L
W
D
 
W


4
Nyberg, Michael
2074
3
L
L
 
*
D
W
D
 
W
 


5
Sellen, Ian
2039
2.5
L
W
 
D
*
 
D
D
 
L


6
Dive, Russell
2437
2.5
 
 
W
L
 
*
D
W
 
 


7
Jackson, Ross
2026
2.5
L
L
L
D
D
D
*
 
 
W


8
Pomeroy, Arthur
2111
2
D
 
D
 
D
L
 
*
D
 


9
Stone, Andrew
2033
1
L
D
 
L
 
 
 
D
*
 


10
Stoeveken, Peter
1917
1
L
 
L
 
W
 
L
 
 
*

Club Championship B grade - Round 8

Results

No Name                 Result   Name             

 1 Mike Roberts           1:0    Alok Pandey      
 2 Jonathon Whittle       1:0    Rama Rao Miriyala
 3 Layla Timergazi        0:1    Alan Aldridge    
 4 Lawrence Farrington    -:-    David Paul       
 5 Don Stracy             0:1    Andrew Brockway  

Cross Table

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10


1
Roberts, Mike
1843
5.5
*
L
W
W
W
W
 
L
D
W


2
Aldridge, Alan
1959
5
W
*
L
W
W
W
W
 
 
 


3
Miriyala, Rama Rao
 
4
L
W
*
W
 
L
W
W
 
 


4
Pandey, Alok
 
3.5
L
L
L
*
W
 
W
D
W
L


5
Timergazi, Layla
1755
3
L
L
 
L
*
W
 
 
W
W


6
Whittle, Jonathon
1637
2.5
L
L
W
 
L
*
D
 
 
W


7
Brockway, Andrew
1798
2.5
 
L
L
L
 
D
*
D
D
W


8
Paul, David
1883
2
W
 
L
D
 
 
D
*
-
 


9
Farrington, Lawrence
1751
1.5
D
 
 
L
L
 
D
-
*
D


10
Stracy, Don
1828
1.5
L
 
 
W
L
L
L
 
D
*

Club Championship C grade - Round 8

Results

No Name               Total  Result   Name                    Total

 1 Saurabh Gupta      [4]      1:0    John Cook               [6]  
 2 Andrew Sknar       [3.5]    0:1    Matt Veldhuizen         [4.5]
 3 Andreas Theodosiou [3.5]    0:1    Dylan Frater            [4]  
 4 Josh Wight         [3.5]    0:1    Alex Johnson            [3.5]
 5 Andriy Sknar       [2]      0:1    Shyamkumar Sampathkumar [2]  
 6 John Marney        [5]     .5:.5   BYE                          
 7 Quinn Weekes       [2]      0:0    BYE                          

Cross Table

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

1  Cook, John               1611 6     10:W  3:W  2:L  4:W  5:W  9:W  8:W  6:L
2  Veldhuizen, Matt         1573 5.5    4:W 12:W  1:W  5:L  8:W  3:L  0:D 10:W
3  Marney, John             1610 5.5   12:W  1:L  7:W  8:L  4:W  2:W  9:W  0:D
4  Frater, Dylan            1596 5      2:L 10:W 13:W  1:L  3:L  0:W 11:W  8:W
5  Heaton, Ken              1637 5      7:W  8:W  9:W  2:W  1:L  0:D  0:D  0: 
6  Gupta, Saurabh                5     13:W  9:L  8:L 12:W  0:D 11:W  0:D  1:W
7  Johnson, Alex                 4.5    5:L 11:W  3:L 13:W  0:W  8:D 10:L  9:W
8  Theodosiou, Andreas      1232 3.5   11:W  5:L  6:W  3:W  2:L  7:D  1:L  4:L
9  Wight, Josh                   3.5    0:W  6:W  5:L 10:W  0:D  1:L  3:L  7:L
10 Sknar, Andrew            1427 3.5    1:L  4:L 11:W  9:L  0:D 13:W  7:W  2:L
11 Sampathkumar, Shyamkumar 1301 3      8:L  7:L 10:L  0:W 12:W  6:L  4:L 13:W
12 Weekes, Quinn                 2      3:L  2:L  0:W  6:L 11:L  0:D  0:D  0:L
13 Sknar, Andriy            1011 2      6:L  0:W  4:L  7:L  0:D 10:L  0:D 11:L

Round 9 provisional pairing

No Name                    Total  Result   Name          Total

 1 John Cook               [6]       :     Andriy Sknar  [2]  
 2 Matt Veldhuizen         [5.5]     :     Saurabh Gupta [5]  
 3 Andrew Sknar            [3.5]     :     John Marney   [5.5]
 4 Alex Johnson            [4.5]     :     Dylan Frater  [5]  
 5 Shyamkumar Sampathkumar [3]       :     Josh Wight    [3.5]
 6 Andreas Theodosiou      [3.5]    1:0    BYE                

Photos of our New Home

Before the start of play

Anthony at home at his bridge club, beating Ross

Michael vs Russell - Michael wins sensationally

Brian vs Bill, a weird but gentlemanly draw

Arthur on his way to his first victory, nearly

Thanks Matt Veldhuizen for the photos

Chocolate Chess in Wellington

Sorry I never got round to posting these before. They are from the Wellington Chocolate Festival back in August, and feature young Andriy Sknar, Dylan Frater and 2 unidentified chocolate chess enthusiasts

Thanks Matt Veldhuizen for this photo

Andriy Sknar (left) versus Dylan Frater

Andriy is definitely a convert to chocolate chess

Champs Round 7 Games

Another quiet week in the A grade, so I am going to have to extend the club championship to accommodate all the catch up games. It was a good week for Arthur Pomeroy who held the runaway leader Anthony Ker to a draw. One suspects that, as usual, the title will be decided by the crucial (postponed) clash between Anthony Ker and Russell Dive. Ross and I agreed a draw quite early on. as it was mutually agreed that neither of us had a clue what was going on! Actually, to my relief, Rybka vindicates our decision, the final position is quite equal.
Mike Roberts is on top in the B grade, after his win against Don Stracy, and Rama Rao improved his position with his victory over former leader Alok Pandey. Alan Aldridge also won, and I would venture the opinion that the favourites are the three victors in these games. The hall at St Peter's was filled with the sound of the Farrington cackle when Andrew Brockway blundered away a piece early on as White in a French Defence. Andrew fought back, however, and I suspect there were no tears shed at the club at his salvaging the draw.
 Unfortunately David Paul has had to pull out of the competition because he cannot make the switch to Thursdays, the only championship player who has had to drop out.
John Cook won again in the C grade, and still looks unstoppable. This grade also was decimated by absences of sort or another on Tuesday.

IMPORTANT - New Home for WCC

Wellington Chess Club will move to the Wellington Bridge Club building on Tinakori Road, with the first meeting being on Thursday 20th September 2012.

Start time will be 7:30 pm

Wellington Bridge Club

Thanks to John Cook for the photo.



 


The venue is a 12 minute walk from Wellington Railway Station (as timed by John Cook). Parking is available on Thorndon Quay, (but NOT on Tinakori Road). From Thorndon Quay it is a short walk up a footpath to the club.

Please feel free to come and join us in our new spacious surroundings!

Club Champs Round 7 Results and Tables

Club Championship A grade - Round 7

Results

No Name             Result   Name            

 1 Sellen, Ian       .5:.5   Jackson, Ross   
 2 Ker, Anthony      .5:.5   Pomeroy, Arthur 
 3 Stone, Andrew       :     Forster, Bill   
 4 Nijman, Brian       :     Dive, Russell   
 5 Nyberg, Michael     :     Stoeveken, Peter

Cross Table

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10


1
Ker, Anthony
2449
5
*
D
W






W
D
W
W


2
Nijman, Brian
2156
3
D
*
L


W


W




D


3
Sellen, Ian
2039
2.5
L
W
*


D


D
D
L




4
Dive, Russell
2437
2.5






*
D
W


W






5
Jackson, Ross
2026
2.5


L
D
D
*
L
D


W




6
Forster, Bill
2049
2.5






L
W
*


D
W




7
Nyberg, Michael
2074
2
L
L
D


D


*




W


8
Pomeroy, Arthur
2111
1.5
D


D
L


D


*






9
Stoeveken, Peter
1917
1
L


W


L
L




*




10
Stone, Andrew
2033
.5
L
D








L




*

Club Championship B grade - Round 7

Results

No Name               Result   Name               

 1 Don Stracy           0:1    Mike Roberts       
 2 Andrew Brockway     .5:.5   Lawrence Farrington
 3 David Paul            :     Layla Timergazi    
 4 Alan Aldridge        1:0    Jonathon Whittle   
 5 Rama Rao Miriyala    1:0    Alok Pandey        

Cross Table

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10


1
Roberts, Mike
1843
4.5
*
L
W


W
L
W
D


W


2
Aldridge, Alan
1959
4
W
*
L
W








W
W


3
Miriyala, Rama Rao


4
L
W
*
W


W




W




4
Pandey, Alok


3.5


L
L
*
W
D
L
W
W




5
Timergazi, Layla
1755
3
L



L
*


W
W


W


6
Paul, David
1883
2
W


L
D


*




D




7
Stracy, Don
1828
1.5
L




W
L


*
D


L


8
Farrington, Lawrence
1751
1.5
D




L
L


D
*
D




9
Brockway, Andrew
1798
1.5


L
L
L


D


D
*
D


10
Whittle, Jonathon
1637
1.5
L
L




L


W


D
*

 

Club Championship C grade - Round 7

Results

No Name            Total  Result   Name                    Total

 1 John Cook       [5]      1:0    Andreas Theodosiou      [3.5]
 2 John Marney     [4]      1:0    Josh Wight              [3.5]
 3 Alex Johnson    [3.5]    0:1    Andrew Sknar            [2.5]
 4 Dylan Frater    [3]      1:0    Shyamkumar Sampathkumar [2]  
 5 Ken Heaton      [4.5]   .5:.5   BYE                          
 6 Matt Veldhuizen [4]     .5:.5   BYE                          
 7 Andriy Sknar    [1.5]   .5:.5   BYE                          
 8 Quinn Weekes    [1.5]   .5:.5   BYE                          
 9 Saurabh Gupta   [3.5]   .5:.5   BYE                          

Cross Table

No Name                     Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6    7  

1  Cook, John               1611 6     10:W  3:W  4:L  5:W  2:W  8:W  7:W
2  Heaton, Ken              1637 5      9:W  7:W  8:W  4:W  1:L  0:D  0:D
3  Marney, John             1610 5     11:W  1:L  9:W  7:L  5:W  4:W  8:W
4  Veldhuizen, Matt         1573 4.5    5:W 11:W  1:W  2:L  7:W  3:L  0:D
5  Frater, Dylan            1596 4      4:L 10:W 12:W  1:L  3:L  0:W 13:W
6  Gupta, Saurabh                4     12:W  8:L  7:L 11:W  0:D 13:W  0:D
7  Theodosiou, Andreas      1232 3.5   13:W  2:L  6:W  3:W  4:L  9:D  1:L
8  Wight, Josh                   3.5    0:W  6:W  2:L 10:W  0:D  1:L  3:L
9  Johnson, Alex                 3.5    2:L 13:W  3:L 12:W  0:W  7:D 10:L
10 Sknar, Andrew            1427 3.5    1:L  5:L 13:W  8:L  0:D 12:W  9:W
11 Weekes, Quinn                 2      3:L  4:L  0:W  6:L 13:L  0:D  0:D
12 Sknar, Andriy            1011 2      6:L  0:W  5:L  9:L  0:D 10:L  0:D
13 Sampathkumar, Shyamkumar 1301 2      7:L  9:L 10:L  0:W 11:W  6:L  5:L

Club Championship C grade - Round 8

Provisional pairing

No Name               Total  Result   Name                    Total

 1 Saurabh Gupta      [4]       :     John Cook               [6]  
 2 Andrew Sknar       [3.5]     :     John Marney             [5]  
 3 Josh Wight         [3.5]     :     Matt Veldhuizen         [4.5]
 4 Andreas Theodosiou [3.5]     :     Dylan Frater            [4]  
 5 Alex Johnson       [3.5]     :     Quinn Weekes            [2]  
 6 Andriy Sknar       [2]       :     Shyamkumar Sampathkumar [2]