List of entrants for the Julian Mazur Memorial

The Julian Mazur Memorial tournament starts on 1st November - it's not too late if you wish to enter.
Here is the list of entrants so far. Some of the ratings are estimates

1	Anthony Ker	2449
2	Russell Dive	2437
3	Scott Wastney	2381
4	Brian Nijman	2157
5	Arthur Pomeroy	2111
6	Marany Meyer	2065
7	Bill Forster	2049
8	Ian Sellen	2039
9	Andrew Stone	2035
10	Ross Jackson	2026
11	Alan Aldridge	1959
12	Peter Stoeveken	1917
13	Mark Wilkins	1917
14	Rama Rao Miriyala	1900
15	Michael Hewson	1857
16	Mike Roberts	1843
17	Don Stracy	1828
18	Andrew Brockway	1798
19	Layla Timergazi	1755
20	Lawrence Farrington	1751
21	Alok Pandey	1700
22	Jonathon Whittle	1637
23	John Cook	1611
24	John Marney	1610
25	Saurabh Gupta	1600
26	Dylan Frater	1596
27	Matt Veldhuizen	1573
28	Robert List	1539
29	Alex Johnson	1500
30	Andrew Sknar	1427
31	Joshua Wight	1350
32	Zack Scott-Howman	1350
33	Shyamkumar Sampathkumar	1301
34	Andreas Theodosiou	1232
35	Andriy Sknar	1011

Rapid Tournament Finishes

It was a good week for me this week, as not only did I finally manage to win a game in the Club Championship, I also managed to come first in the Rapid Tournament (without even playing a game!) This was entirely down to the result of the Whittle-Timergazi game in the last round. Layla needed to win against Jonathon to tie with me for first place (I was having 2 half point byes because I had to play in the Club Championship). Jonathon blundered away a bishop in the opening, and for a while it looked as though Layla would romp home, but Jonathon held on tenaciously with his two pawn compensation, and the game was eventually drawn. Good result overall for Layla, though, coming second, and Matt also did well to win both his games and come third by himself after his rough time the previous week.


 

Round 5

No Name                 Total  Result   Name                Total

 1 Timergazi, Layla     [3]      1:0    Gupta, Saurabh      [3]  
 2 Scott-Howman, Zack   [2]      -:+    Pandey, Alok        [2]  
 3 Cook, John           [2]      0:1    Whittle, Jonathon   [2]  
 4 Johnson, Alex        [2]      0:1    Veldhuizen, Matt    [2]  
 5 Miriyala, Rama Rao   [1]      1:0    Theodosiou, Andreas [2]  
 6 Sknar, Andrew        [1]      0:1    List, Bob           [1]  
 7 Wight, Josh          [0]      1:0    Sknar, Andriy       [1]  
 8 Sellen, Ian          [4]      =:=    BYE                      
 9 Farrington, Lawrence [3]      0:0    BYE                      

Round 6

Results

No Name                 Total  Result   Name               Total

 1 Whittle, Jonathon    [3]      =:=    Timergazi, Layla   [4]  
 2 Veldhuizen, Matt     [3]      1:0    Pandey, Alok       [3]  
 3 Gupta, Saurabh       [3]      0:1    Cook, John         [2]  
 4 List, Bob            [2]      1:0    Miriyala, Rama Rao [2]  
 5 Theodosiou, Andreas  [2]      =:=    Johnson, Alex      [2]  
 6 Sknar, Andrew        [1]      1:0    Sknar, Andriy      [1]  
 7 Wight, Josh          [1]      1:0    BYE                     
 8 Sellen, Ian          [4.5]    =:=    BYE                     
 9 Scott-Howman, Zack   [2]      0:0    BYE                     
10 Farrington, Lawrence [3]      0:0    BYE                     

Cross Table

No Name                 Rtg  Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6  

1  Sellen, Ian               1923 5     13:W  8:W  4:W  3:W  0:D  0:D
2  Timergazi, Layla          1613 4.5    0:D  0:D  3:W 11:W  5:W  4:D
3  Veldhuizen, Matt          1465 4     16:W  6:W  2:L  1:L 10:W  9:W
4  Whittle, Jonathon         1612 3.5   14:W 10:W  1:L  5:L  6:W  2:D
5  Gupta, Saurabh            1600 3      0:D  0:D  8:+  4:W  2:L  6:L
6  Cook, John                1666 3     15:W  3:L  7:L 16:W  4:L  5:W
7  Farrington, Lawrence      1806 3      0:D  0:D  6:W 10:W  0:L  0:L
8  List, Bob                 1482 3     11:W  1:L  5:-  0:- 13:W 12:W
9  Pandey, Alok              1800 3     10:L 14:W 11:L 13:W 15:+  3:L
10 Johnson, Alex             1400 2.5    9:W  4:L 15:W  7:L  3:L 11:D
11 Theodosiou, Andreas       1337 2.5    8:L 13:W  9:W  2:L 12:L 10:D
12 Miriyala, Rama Rao   1947      2      0:D  0:D  0:L  0:- 11:W  8:L
13 Sknar, Andrew             1427 2      1:L 11:L 14:W  9:L  8:L 16:W
14 Wight, Josh               1350 2      4:L  9:L 13:L 15:L 16:W  0:W
15 Scott-Howman, Zack        1350 2      6:L 16:W 10:L 14:W  9:-  0:L
16 Sknar, Andriy             1056 1      3:L 15:L  0:W  6:L 14:L 13:L

Club Champs - 2 Games to go!

The A grade is finally drawing to a close, and we have been set up with a dream finish; the championship will be decided by the Ker-Dive game, with Russell needing a win, and Anthony just requiring a draw for the title.

Results from Thursday:
Dive 1 Stone 0
Sellen 1 Forster 0
Stoeveken 0 Pomeroy 1

AMENDMENT Arthur has kindly sent the PGN for his game against Peter. He writes: "The basic theme is White plays too passively and Black can just improve his position on either side of the board (for instance, 24. … Nb6 followed by 25 … a5 is also good)". Arthur was pleased that the result pushed him up to 50% overall. Peter can be happy with his performance overall, though, he was just a bit unlucky only to get draws with Nijman and Nyberg.
Russell seemed almost back to his old form with his victory over Andrew Stone, so I hope he will be fighting fit for the crucial game this week.
I was pleased with my victory over Bill, as my form has been pretty poor since the first 2 games of this tournament (against Nijman and Nyberg), and I played this game not too badly.

Here are the cross table and games:

Cross Table

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


1
Ker, Anthony
2449
7
*

D
W
D
W
W
W
W
W


2
Dive, Russell
2437
6.5

*
W
W
W
W
L
D
W
W


3
Nijman, Brian
2156
5
D
L
*
D
W
L
W
W
D
D


4
Forster, Bill
2049
5
L
L
D
*
D
L
W
W
W
W


5
Pomeroy, Arthur
2111
4.5
D
L
L
D
*
D
W
D
D
W


6
Sellen, Ian
2039
3.5
L
L
W
W
D
*
D
D
L
L


7
Nyberg, Michael
2074
3.5
L
W
L
L
L
D
*
D
W
D


8
Jackson, Ross
2026
3.5
L
D
L
L
D
D
D
*
D
W


9
Stone, Andrew
2033
2.5
L
L
D
L
D
W
L
D
*



10
Stoeveken, Peter
1917
2
L
L
D
L
L
W
D
L

*

More club pictures

Thanks to Matt Veldhuizen for these photos

Al Nicholls and Bob List in the analysis room

"Layla awaits her next victim"

Webmaster Forster vs blogger Sellen in the Club Champs

Club Champs B Grade Finishes

Congratulations to Alan Aldridge, winner of the Club Championship B grade! He scored an effortless victory over Lawrence Farrington on Thursday (Lawrence's loud swearing merely signifying the blundering away of a bishop, but he was well and truly lost already), thus finishing on 7 points out of a possible 8.

I should explain the table - although it looks as though Ramarao Miriyala equalled Alan on points, actually one of his victories was against David Paul whom Alan didn't get the chance to play because of David's withdrawal. Unfortunately I have had to discount all David's results, although the game results have still been submitted for ratings (NZCF and FIDE)

Still, it was a great result for Ramarao playing in his first tournament at the club, and no doubt we will be seeing more great things from him in the future!

Club Championship B grade

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


1
Miriyala, Rama Rao

7
*
W
L
W
W
W
L
W
W
W


2
Aldridge, Alan
1959
7
L
*
W
W
W
W
W
W
-
W


3
Roberts, Mike
1843
5.5
W
L
*
W
L
W
W
D
L
W


4
Pandey, Alok

4.5
L
L
L
*
W
W
W
W
D
L


5
Brockway, Andrew
1798
4
L
L
W
L
*
D
D
D
D
W


6
Timergazi, Layla
1755
3.5
L
L
L
L
D
*
W
W
-
W


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


8
Farrington, Lawrence
1751
2.5
L
L
D
L
D
L
W
*
-
D


9
Paul, David
1883
2
L
-
W
D
D
-
-
-
*
-


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

 

Version excluding David Paul's results

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


1
Aldridge, Alan
1959
7
*
L
W
W
W
W
W
W
W


2
Miriyala, Rama Rao

6
W
*
L
W
W
W
L
W
W


3
Roberts, Mike
1843
5.5
L
W
*
W
L
W
W
D
W


4
Pandey, Alok

4
L
L
L
*
W
W
W
W
L


5
Brockway, Andrew
1798
3.5
L
L
W
L
*
D
D
D
W


6
Timergazi, Layla
1755
3.5
L
L
L
L
D
*
W
W
W


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


8
Farrington, Lawrence
1751
2.5
L
L
D
L
D
L
W
*
D


9
Stracy, Don
1828
1.5
L
L
L
W
L
L
L
D
*