Julian Mazur Round 6 - Top Players Held

Congratulations to Arthur Pomeroy for bringing Russell's string of wins to a close, with a solid draw, ending an a-pawn up in an unwinnable endgame. And also to Bill Forster for his draw against number 1 player Scott Wastney, a very long and entertaining game which ended up with just a bishop and 2 kings on the board.

All this means that Anthony "just" needs to beat Russell in round 7 to take the lead.

Results

No Name                 Loc  Total  Result   Name                Loc  Total

 1 Dive, Russell        2421 [5]     .5:.5   Pomeroy, Arthur     2113 [4]  
 2 Ker, Anthony         2422 [4]      1:0    Jackson, Ross       1990 [4]  
 3 Forster, Bill        2071 [3.5]   .5:.5   Wastney, Scott      2447 [4]  
 4 Kay, Bruce           1825 [3.5]    0:1    Nyberg, Michael     2027 [3.5]
 5 Sellen, Ian          2072 [3]     .5:.5   Rossiter, Philip    1836 [3]  
 6 Brockway, Andrew     1770 [3]      0:1    Aldridge, Alan      1990 [3]  
 7 Farrington, Lawrence 1761 [3]      0:1    Timergazi, Layla    1889 [3]  
 8 Tionko, Efrain       1844 [3]      1:0    Roberts, Michael    1781 [3]  
 9 List, Robert         1702 [2.5]    0:1    Stone, Andrew       2076 [2.5]
10 Cunningham, Patrick  1590 [2.5]    0:1    Stoeveken, Peter    1910 [2.5]
11 Konakanchi, Karthik  927  [2.5]    0:1    Pandey, Alok        1901 [2.5]
12 Theodosiou, Andreas  1365 [2]      0:1    Wilkins, Mark       1901 [2]  
13 Stracy, Don          1851 [2]      1:0    Whittle, Jonathon   1736 [2]  
14 Wight, Joshua        1231 [2]      0:1    Marney, John        1600 [2]  
15 Wevita, Roshan       1511 [2]      1:0    Konakanchi, Pramodh      [2]  
16 Sknar, Andrew        1370 [1.5]    1:0    Aumeier, Beate      992  [1.5]
17 Sknar, Andriy        958  [1.5]    +:-    Facchini, Fabrizio  1235 [1.5]
18 Mouat, Bill               [1]      0:1    Kierstead, James         [1]  
19 Huelin, Richard           [0]      0:1    Bennett, Sarah      853  [1]  
20 Van der Hoorn, Mark  2230 [3.5]   .5:.5   BYE                           
21 Meravanage, Satwik        [1.5]   .5:.5   BYE                           

Standings

Place Name                 Feder Rtg Loc  Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.

  1   Dive, Russell                  2421 5.5      15.5  22.5   20.5
  2   Ker, Anthony                   2422 5        16.0  22.5   18.0
 3-5  Wastney, Scott                 2447 4.5      17.5  26.0   18.5
      Pomeroy, Arthur                2113 4.5      14.5  22.5   16.5
      Nyberg, Michael                2027 4.5      12.0  19.0   15.0
6-11  Forster, Bill                  2071 4        14.5  23.0   15.0
      Tionko, Efrain                 1844 4        13.5  19.5   14.5
      Van der Hoorn, Mark            2230 4        13.0  20.5   15.5
      Timergazi, Layla               1889 4        13.0  20.0   13.5
      Jackson, Ross                  1990 4        12.5  20.0   14.5
      Aldridge, Alan                 1990 4        11.0  18.0   13.0
12-17 Sellen, Ian                    2072 3.5      14.0  20.0   14.0
      Stoeveken, Peter               1910 3.5      13.0  20.0   12.0
      Kay, Bruce                     1825 3.5      13.0  19.5   14.0
      Pandey, Alok                   1901 3.5      13.0  18.0   12.5
      Stone, Andrew                  2076 3.5      11.5  18.5   12.5
      Rossiter, Philip               1836 3.5      10.5  15.0   11.0
18-24 Roberts, Michael               1781 3        14.5  21.0   12.0
      Wilkins, Mark                  1901 3        13.0  19.0   12.0
      Farrington, Lawrence           1761 3        12.0  17.5   12.0
      Stracy, Don                    1851 3        12.0  17.0    9.5
      Brockway, Andrew               1770 3        12.0  16.5   12.0
      Marney, John                   1600 3        11.5  17.0    8.0
      Wevita, Roshan                 1511 3        11.0  15.5    9.0
25-29 Cunningham, Patrick            1590 2.5      12.0  17.5    8.5
      List, Robert                   1702 2.5      11.5  17.5    9.0
      Konakanchi, Karthik            927  2.5      11.0  16.0    8.5
      Sknar, Andriy                  958  2.5      10.5  15.0    5.5
      Sknar, Andrew                  1370 2.5       9.0  14.5    6.0
30-36 Whittle, Jonathon              1736 2        13.0  18.5    7.0
      Meravanage, Satwik                  2        11.5  16.0    6.5
      Wight, Joshua                  1231 2        11.0  16.5    7.0
      Bennett, Sarah                 853  2        11.0  14.5    6.5
      Konakanchi, Pramodh                 2        10.5  16.5    7.0
      Kierstead, James                    2        10.5  14.0    3.5
      Theodosiou, Andreas            1365 2         9.0  13.5    6.0
37-39 Aumeier, Beate                 992  1.5      12.0  18.5    8.0
      Facchini, Fabrizio             1235 1.5       9.5  13.5    4.0
      Miriyala, Rama Rao             1906 1.5       1.5   7.0    3.5
40-42 Mouat, Bill                         1        11.0  16.0    4.0
      Veldhuizen, Matt               1574 1         6.0   6.0    1.0
      Walters, Taina                 1119 1         1.5   6.0    2.5
 43   Huelin, Richard                     0         8.5  13.0    0.0

November 2013 Club Ratings

Here are the latest NZCF ratings for Wellington club players.
Standard rating list, followed by rapid rating list.


STANDARD LIST:

Club rank		National rank	Name	Standard Rating
1		1	WASTNEY, SCOTT	2446
2		2	DIVE, RUSSELL J	2441
3		4	KER, ANTHONY F	2423
4		22	VAN DER HOORN, MARK W	2232
5		31	NIJMAN, BRIAN	2180
6		43	POMEROY, ARTHUR J	2115
7		44	SELLEN, IAN	2112
8		57	STONE, ANDREW	2078
9		62	MEYER, MARANY	2062
10		67	FORSTER, WILLIAM	2054
11		73	NYBERG, MICHAEL	2021
12		79	JACKSON, L ROSS	2000
13		98	TIONKO, EFRAIN	1966
14		100	ALDRIDGE, ALAN L	1964
15		103	TIMERGAZI, LAYLA	1952
16		120	PANDEY, ALOK	1917
17		121	MIRIYALA, RAMA RAO	1915
18		123	WILKINS, MARK	1905
19		134	STRACY, DON M	1870
20		138	STOEVEKEN, PETER	1861
21		142	NICHOLLS, ALISTAIR	1848
22		149	ROSSITER, PHILIP E	1835
23		151	HEWSON, MICHAEL	1831
24		156	HAVUKKALA, ILKKA	1827
25		158	ROBERTS, MICHAEL H	1814
26		170	HEATON, KEN	1786
27		171	CUNNINGHAM, PATRICK D	1783
28		172	KAY, J BRUCE	1782
29		175	RABINA, ROMEO	1776
30		180	BROCKWAY, ANDREW	1769
31		193	WHITTLE, JONATHON	1728
32		197	FARRINGTON, LAWRENCE B	1721
33		215	CAPPER, DAVID S	1685
34		218	MARNEY, JOHN	1675
35		221	LIST, ROBERT	1670
36		229	SHIERLAW, HAMISH	1650
37		239	COOK, JOHN	1624
38		258	GILLESPIE, JOHN G	1579
39		263	GUPTA, SAURABH	1566
40		264	VELDHUIZEN, MATT	1564
41		283	TIMERGAZI, IREK	1537
42		292	FRATER, DYLAN	1518
43		297	PERERA, IMALKA	1507
44		318	JOHNSON, ALEX	1455
45		331	WEVITA, ROSHAN	1430
46		343	STRAUSS, WERNER	1384
47		349	THEODOSIOU, ANDREAS	1374
48		353	SKNAR, ANDREW	1370
49		353	SCOTT-HOWMAN, ZACK	1370
50		357	STRAUSS, KEEGAN	1357
51		378	LIM, AIDAN	1305
52		397	WIGHT, JOSHUA	1253
53		402	FACCHINI, FABRIZIO	1243
54		404	KONAKANCHI, KARTHIK	1235
55		408	SAMPATHKUMAR, SHYAMKUMAR	1228
56		442	PALMER, LUKE	1107
57		449	WALTERS, TAINA	1074
58		462	AUMEIER, BEATE	995
59		472	SKNAR, ANDRIY	929
60		476	CAREY, BRUCE	889
61		483	BENNETT, SARAH	860
62		502	LIM, SIMON	596
RAPID LIST:
Club rank		National Rank	Name	Rapid Rating
1		1	DIVE, RUSSELL J	2390
2		3	KER, ANTHONY F	2357
3		4	WASTNEY, SCOTT	2348
4		24	VAN DER HOORN, MARK W	2137
5		31	NIJMAN, BRIAN	2067
6		35	MEYER, MARANY	2042
7		36	NYBERG, MICHAEL	2041
8		50	POMEROY, ARTHUR J	1996
9		57	JACKSON, L ROSS	1975
10		61	FORSTER, WILLIAM	1941
11		65	STONE, ANDREW	1919
12		67	SELLEN, IAN	1911
13		69	ALDRIDGE, ALAN L	1906
14		79	MIRIYALA, RAMA RAO	1864
15		82	TIMERGAZI, LAYLA	1853
16		83	FROST, PAUL F E	1848
17		97	ROBERTS, MICHAEL H	1781
18		109	WILKINS, MARK	1750
19		124	PANDEY, ALOK	1687
20		126	FARRINGTON, LAWRENCE B	1683
21		127	KAY, J BRUCE	1681
22		129	STOEVEKEN, PETER	1662
23		134	BROCKWAY, ANDREW	1654
24		141	WHITTLE, JONATHON	1641
25		146	PERERA, IMALKA	1628
26		150	NICHOLLS, ALISTAIR	1624
27		152	CAPPER, DAVID S	1614
28		153	COOK, JOHN	1613
29		159	VELDHUIZEN, MATT	1603
30		166	SHIERLAW, HAMISH	1588
31		168	LIST, ROBERT	1575
32		171	CUNNINGHAM, PATRICK D	1563
33		180	WALTERS, TAINA	1528
34		184	TIMERGAZI, IREK	1510
35		199	FACCHINI, FABRIZIO	1445
36		201	FRATER, DYLAN	1438
37		204	GILLESPIE, JOHN G	1427
38		207	WEVITA, ROSHAN	1420
39		210	HEATON, KEN	1392
40		219	SKNAR, ANDREW	1359
41		222	JOHNSON, ALEX	1357
42		223	MARNEY, JOHN	1348
43		242	KONAKANCHI, KARTHIK	1287
44		263	THEODOSIOU, ANDREAS	1225
45		269	WIGHT, JOSHUA	1204
46		289	AUMEIER, BEATE	1090
47		314	SKNAR, ANDRIY	940
48		319	BENNETT, SARAH	900

Julian Mazur 5 - Dive Beats Wastney to take 1 Point Lead

Congratulations to Russell Dive who extended his winning streak to 14 games - he beat his main rival Scott Wastney on Thursday, and can happily make a run for the finishing line (although he hasn't played Anthony yet)

Lots of absences this week, hopefully we can fill a few more seats this week.

Julian Mazur Memorial 2013 - Round 5

Results

No Name                Loc  Total  Result   Name                 Loc  Total

 1 Wastney, Scott      2447 [4]      0:1    Dive, Russell        2421 [4]  
 2 Pomeroy, Arthur     2113 [3]      1:0    Farrington, Lawrence 1761 [3]  
 3 Jackson, Ross       1990 [3]      1:0    Sellen, Ian          2072 [3]  
 4 Stone, Andrew       2076 [2.5]    0:1    Ker, Anthony         2422 [3]  
 5 Pandey, Alok        1901 [2.5]    0:1    Forster, Bill        2071 [2.5]
 6 Timergazi, Layla    1889 [2.5]   .5:.5   Tionko, Efrain       1844 [2.5]
 7 Wilkins, Mark       1901 [2]      0:1    Kay, Bruce           1825 [2.5]
 8 Rossiter, Philip    1836 [2]      1:0    Wevita, Roshan       1511 [2]  
 9 Roberts, Michael    1781 [2]      1:0    Stracy, Don          1851 [2]  
10 Konakanchi, Pramodh      [2]      0:1    Brockway, Andrew     1770 [2]  
11 Konakanchi, Karthik 927  [1.5]    1:0    Wight, Joshua        1231 [2]  
12 Aumeier, Beate      992  [1.5]    0:1    Cunningham, Patrick  1590 [1.5]
13 Marney, John        1600 [1]      1:0    Sknar, Andrew        1370 [1.5]
14 Whittle, Jonathon   1736 [1]      1:0    Mouat, Bill               [1]  
15 Bennett, Sarah      853  [1]      0:1    Theodosiou, Andreas  1365 [1]  
16 Sknar, Andriy       958  [.5]     +:-    Huelin, Richard           [0]  
17 Van der Hoorn, Mark 2230 [3]     .5:.5   BYE                            
18 Nyberg, Michael     2027 [3]     .5:.5   BYE                            
19 Aldridge, Alan      1990 [2.5]   .5:.5   BYE                            
20 Stoeveken, Peter    1910 [2]     .5:.5   BYE                            
21 List, Robert        1702 [2]     .5:.5   BYE                            
22 Facchini, Fabrizio  1235 [1]     .5:.5   BYE                            
23 Kierstead, James         [.5]    .5:.5   BYE                            
24 Meravanage, Satwik       [1]     .5:.5   BYE                            

Cross Table

No Name                 Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5  

1  Dive, Russell        2421 5     22:W 18:W  6:W  9:W  2:W
2  Wastney, Scott       2447 4     15:W  8:W  7:W  3:W  1:L
3  Ker, Anthony         2422 4     26:W 14:W  4:W  2:L 21:W
4  Pomeroy, Arthur      2113 4     19:W 20:W  3:L 18:W 15:W
5  Jackson, Ross        1990 4      0:D  0:D 19:W 16:W 12:W
6  Forster, Bill        2071 3.5   28:W 16:W  1:L 10:D 20:W
7  Van der Hoorn, Mark  2230 3.5   29:W 37:W  2:L 11:W  0:D
8  Nyberg, Michael      2027 3.5   36:W  2:L 22:W 13:W  0:D
9  Kay, Bruce           1825 3.5    0:D 23:W 32:W  1:L 24:W
10 Timergazi, Layla     1889 3      0:D 13:W  0:D  6:D 11:D
11 Tionko, Efrain       1844 3     27:W 12:D 24:W  7:L 10:D
12 Sellen, Ian          2072 3     35:W 11:D  0:D 24:W  5:L
13 Roberts, Michael     1781 3     33:W 10:L 28:W  8:L 25:W
14 Aldridge, Alan       1990 3     31:W  3:L  0:D 26:W  0:D
15 Farrington, Lawrence 1761 3      2:L 30:W 33:W 32:W  4:L
16 Brockway, Andrew     1770 3     39:W  6:L 38:W  5:L 27:W
17 Rossiter, Philip     1836 3      0:D 32:- 34:W  0:D 28:W
18 Stoeveken, Peter     1910 2.5   30:W  1:L 29:W  4:L  0:D
19 Cunningham, Patrick  1590 2.5    4:L 27:W  5:L 23:D 32:W
20 Pandey, Alok         1901 2.5   43:W  4:L 42:+ 21:D  6:L
21 Stone, Andrew        2076 2.5   41:W 24:L 26:W 20:D  3:L
22 List, Robert         1702 2.5    1:L 43:W  8:L 39:W  0:D
23 Konakanchi, Karthik  927  2.5    0:D  9:L 36:D 19:D 30:W
24 Wilkins, Mark        1901 2     40:W 21:W 11:L 12:L  9:L
25 Stracy, Don          1851 2      0:D  0:D  0:L 29:W 13:L
26 Whittle, Jonathon    1736 2      3:L 31:W 21:L 14:L 39:W
27 Konakanchi, Pramodh       2     11:L 19:L 35:W 31:W 16:L
28 Wevita, Roshan       1511 2      6:L 39:W 13:L 38:W 17:L
29 Marney, John         1600 2      7:L 35:W 18:L 25:L 36:W
30 Wight, Joshua        1231 2     18:L 15:L 40:+ 33:W 23:L
31 Theodosiou, Andreas  1365 2     14:L 26:L 43:W 27:L 38:W
32 Aumeier, Beate       992  1.5    0:D 17:+  9:L 15:L 19:L
33 Meravanage, Satwik        1.5   13:L 36:W 15:L 30:L  0:D
34 Sknar, Andriy        958  1.5   37:L  0:D 17:L 36:L 43:+
35 Facchini, Fabrizio   1235 1.5   12:L 29:L 27:L 43:W  0:D
36 Sknar, Andrew        1370 1.5    8:L 33:L 23:D 34:W 29:L
37 Miriyala, Rama Rao   1906 1.5   34:W  7:L  0:D  0:   0: 
38 Bennett, Sarah       853  1      0:D  0:D 16:L 28:L 31:L
39 Mouat, Bill               1     16:L 28:L  0:W 22:L 26:L
40 Kierstead, James          1     24:L 41:L 30:-  0:D  0:D
41 Veldhuizen, Matt     1574 1     21:L 40:W  0:   0:   0: 
42 Walters, Taina       1119 1      0:D  0:D 20:-  0:   0: 
43 Huelin, Richard           0     20:L 22:L 31:L 35:L 34:-

Julian Mazur Round 4 - Dive and Wastney Lead

New Zealand Champion Scott Wastney and Club Champion Russell Dive both won as black, and lead the tournament a whole point ahead of the pack. Scott had the harder pairing, against multiple times NZ Champion Anthony Ker, but was certainly assisted as usual by knowing exactly what opening his opponent would play! Russell finished his game against Bruce Kay in classy style, as you can see for yourself here

http://www.nzchessmag.com/wellingtonchessclub/mazur2013b.html

The real stories of round 4, though, lay with the youngsters, most sensationally with 6 year old Pramodh Konakanchi  who defeated Andreas Theodosiou for his second win of the tournament. Andreas offered no excuse after the game, and was clearly rattled by how quickly the youngster calculated. Pramodh's older brother Karthik, not to be outdone, drew comfortably with 1590 rated Upper Hutt player Pat Cunningham. And our star junior, Layla Timergazi, showed she is not afraid of A grade players, drawing with Bill Forster, and maintaining the good record she has against him ever since their televised chocolate chess experience.

Beate gained the exchange against Lawrence (rating difference 769 points in favour of the bearded one), and had several opportunities to win, but sadly she made a fatal mistake in the endgame, and resigned on the 85th move.

Results

No Name                 Loc  Total  Result   Name                Loc  Total

 1 Ker, Anthony         2422 [3]      0:1    Wastney, Scott      2447 [3]  
 2 Kay, Bruce           1825 [2.5]    0:1    Dive, Russell       2421 [3]  
 3 Tionko, Efrain       1844 [2.5]    0:1    Van der Hoorn, Mark 2230 [2]  
 4 Stoeveken, Peter     1910 [2]      0:1    Pomeroy, Arthur     2113 [2]  
 5 Stone, Andrew        2076 [2]     .5:.5   Pandey, Alok        1901 [2]  
 6 Sellen, Ian          2072 [2]      1:0    Wilkins, Mark       1901 [2]  
 7 Forster, Bill        2071 [2]     .5:.5   Timergazi, Layla    1889 [2]  
 8 Nyberg, Michael      2027 [2]      1:0    Roberts, Michael    1781 [2]  
 9 Brockway, Andrew     1770 [2]      0:1    Jackson, Ross       1990 [2]  
10 Farrington, Lawrence 1761 [2]      1:0    Aumeier, Beate      992  [1.5]
11 Aldridge, Alan       1990 [1.5]    1:0    Whittle, Jonathon   1736 [1]  
12 Mouat, Bill               [1]      0:1    List, Robert        1702 [1]  
13 Stracy, Don          1851 [1]      1:0    Marney, John        1600 [1]  
14 Cunningham, Patrick  1590 [1]     .5:.5   Konakanchi, Karthik 927  [1]  
15 Wevita, Roshan       1511 [1]      1:0    Bennett, Sarah      853  [1]  
16 Theodosiou, Andreas  1365 [1]      0:1    Konakanchi, Pramodh      [1]  
17 Wight, Joshua        1231 [1]      1:0    Meravanage, Satwik       [1]  
18 Sknar, Andrew        1370 [.5]     1:0    Sknar, Andriy       958  [.5] 
19 Facchini, Fabrizio   1235 [0]      1:0    Huelin, Richard          [0]  
20 Rossiter, Philip     1836 [1.5]   .5:.5   BYE                           
21 Kierstead, James          [0]     .5:.5   BYE                           

Cross Table

No Name                 Loc  Total  1    2    3    4  

1  Wastney, Scott       2447 4      9:W  5:W  4:W  3:W
2  Dive, Russell        2421 4     21:W 18:W 11:W 15:W
3  Ker, Anthony         2422 3     32:W 16:W  6:W  1:L
4  Van der Hoorn, Mark  2230 3     33:W 31:W  1:L 10:W
5  Nyberg, Michael      2027 3     30:W  1:L 21:W 19:W
6  Pomeroy, Arthur      2113 3     28:W 12:W  3:L 18:W
7  Sellen, Ian          2072 3     38:W 10:D  0:D 17:W
8  Jackson, Ross        1990 3      0:D  0:D 28:W 22:W
9  Farrington, Lawrence 1761 3      1:L 23:W 36:W 27:W
10 Tionko, Efrain       1844 2.5   26:W  7:D 17:W  4:L
11 Forster, Bill        2071 2.5   24:W 22:W  2:L 13:D
12 Pandey, Alok         1901 2.5   43:W  6:L 40:+ 14:D
13 Timergazi, Layla     1889 2.5    0:D 19:W  0:D 11:D
14 Stone, Andrew        2076 2.5   37:W 17:L 32:W 12:D
15 Kay, Bruce           1825 2.5    0:D 29:W 27:W  2:L
16 Aldridge, Alan       1990 2.5   39:W  3:L  0:D 32:W
17 Wilkins, Mark        1901 2     42:W 14:W 10:L  7:L
18 Stoeveken, Peter     1910 2     23:W  2:L 33:W  6:L
19 Roberts, Michael     1781 2     36:W 13:L 24:W  5:L
20 Stracy, Don          1851 2      0:D  0:D  0:L 33:W
21 List, Robert         1702 2      2:L 43:W  5:L 35:W
22 Brockway, Andrew     1770 2     35:W 11:L 34:W  8:L
23 Wight, Joshua        1231 2     18:L  9:L 42:+ 36:W
24 Wevita, Roshan       1511 2     11:L 35:W 19:L 34:W
25 Rossiter, Philip     1836 2      0:D 27:- 41:W  0:D
26 Konakanchi, Pramodh       2     10:L 28:L 38:W 39:W
27 Aumeier, Beate       992  1.5    0:D 25:+ 15:L  9:L
28 Cunningham, Patrick  1590 1.5    6:L 26:W  8:L 29:D
29 Konakanchi, Karthik  927  1.5    0:D 15:L 30:D 28:D
30 Sknar, Andrew        1370 1.5    5:L 36:L 29:D 41:W
31 Miriyala, Rama Rao   1906 1.5   41:W  4:L  0:D  0: 
32 Whittle, Jonathon    1736 1      3:L 39:W 14:L 16:L
33 Marney, John         1600 1      4:L 38:W 18:L 20:L
34 Bennett, Sarah       853  1      0:D  0:D 22:L 24:L
35 Mouat, Bill               1     22:L 24:L  0:W 21:L
36 Meravanage, Satwik        1     19:L 30:W  9:L 23:L
37 Veldhuizen, Matt     1574 1     14:L 42:W  0:   0: 
38 Facchini, Fabrizio   1235 1      7:L 33:L 26:L 43:W
39 Theodosiou, Andreas  1365 1     16:L 32:L 43:W 26:L
40 Walters, Taina       1119 1      0:D  0:D 12:-  0: 
41 Sknar, Andriy        958  .5    31:L  0:D 25:L 30:L
42 Kierstead, James          .5    17:L 37:L 23:-  0:D
43 Huelin, Richard           0     12:L 21:L 39:L 38:L

by Swiss Perfect (TM)  www.swissperfect.com

Julian Mazur Memorial Round 3

Matt Veldhuizen has unfortunately had to withdraw from the competition, but, to make up for it, Don Stracy will be joining in from next week, round 4.
I wasn't able to attend for round 3, so many thanks to Andrew Brockway for taking over my duties - it sounds like things ran smoothly in general apart from a couple of no-shows. Most of the games went to the higher rated player, but there was a notable exception in the game Pramodh Konakanchi versus Fabrizio Facchini, especially considering Pramodh is just 6 years old. Although I hear now that Fabrizio may have been "being nice" to Pramodh, whatever that means. I couldn't decipher the only scoresheet that was handed in, so cannot judge the game. Another upset was provided by Pramodh's brother Karthik, who scored a very unlikely looking stalemate against Andrew Sknar (check that out, along with other games, on Bill's excellent website). And finally there was Efrain Tionko defeating Mark Wilkins, but bear in mind that Efrain's 1844 is a FIDE, not an NZCF rating.

Julian Mazur Memorial 2013 - Round 3

Results

No Name                Loc  Total  Result   Name                 Loc  Total

 1 Wastney, Scott      2447 [2]      1:0    Van der Hoorn, Mark  2230 [2]  
 2 Pomeroy, Arthur     2113 [2]      0:1    Ker, Anthony         2422 [2]  
 3 Dive, Russell       2421 [2]      1:0    Forster, Bill        2071 [2]  
 4 Wilkins, Mark       1901 [2]      0:1    Tionko, Efrain       1844 [1.5]
 5 Aumeier, Beate      992  [1.5]    0:1    Kay, Bruce           1825 [1.5]
 6 Whittle, Jonathon   1736 [1]      0:1    Stone, Andrew        2076 [1]  
 7 List, Robert        1702 [1]      0:1    Nyberg, Michael      2027 [1]  
 8 Jackson, Ross       1990 [1]      1:0    Cunningham, Patrick  1590 [1]  
 9 Marney, John        1600 [1]      0:1    Stoeveken, Peter     1910 [1]  
10 Walters, Taina      1119 [1]      -:+    Pandey, Alok         1901 [1]  
11 Roberts, Michael    1781 [1]      1:0    Wevita, Roshan       1511 [1]  
12 Bennett, Sarah      853  [1]      0:1    Brockway, Andrew     1770 [1]  
13 Meravanage, Satwik       [1]      0:1    Farrington, Lawrence 1761 [1]  
14 Sknar, Andriy       958  [.5]     0:1    Rossiter, Philip     1836 [.5] 
15 Konakanchi, Karthik 927  [.5]    .5:.5   Sknar, Andrew        1370 [0]  
16 Huelin, Richard          [0]      0:1    Theodosiou, Andreas  1365 [0]  
17 Konakanchi, Pramodh      [0]      1:0    Facchini, Fabrizio   1235 [0]  
18 Wight, Joshua       1231 [0]      +:-    Kierstead, James          [0]  
19 Mouat, Bill              [0]      1:0    BYE                            
20 Sellen, Ian         2072 [1.5]   .5:.5   BYE                            
21 Aldridge, Alan      1990 [1]     .5:.5   BYE                            
22 Miriyala, Rama Rao  1906 [1]     .5:.5   BYE                            
23 Timergazi, Layla    1889 [1.5]   .5:.5   BYE                            
24 Stracy, Don         1851 [1]      0:0    BYE                            

Cross Table

No Name                 Loc  Total  1    2    3  

1  Wastney, Scott       2447 3     17:W 15:W  8:W
2  Dive, Russell        2421 3     26:W 16:W  6:W
3  Ker, Anthony         2422 3     25:W 21:W  9:W
4  Tionko, Efrain       1844 2.5   37:W 12:D  7:W
5  Kay, Bruce           1825 2.5    0:D 35:W 20:W
6  Forster, Bill        2071 2     28:W 19:W  2:L
7  Wilkins, Mark        1901 2     41:W 11:W  4:L
8  Van der Hoorn, Mark  2230 2     31:W 22:W  1:L
9  Pomeroy, Arthur      2113 2     27:W 14:W  3:L
10 Timergazi, Layla     1889 2      0:D 18:W  0:D
11 Stone, Andrew        2076 2     24:W  7:L 25:W
12 Sellen, Ian          2072 2     42:W  4:D  0:D
13 Jackson, Ross        1990 2      0:D  0:D 27:W
14 Pandey, Alok         1901 2     43:W  9:L 33:+
15 Nyberg, Michael      2027 2     40:W  1:L 26:W
16 Stoeveken, Peter     1910 2     30:W  2:L 31:W
17 Farrington, Lawrence 1761 2      1:L 30:W 29:W
18 Roberts, Michael     1781 2     29:W 10:L 28:W
19 Brockway, Andrew     1770 2     36:W  6:L 32:W
20 Aumeier, Beate       992  1.5    0:D 23:+  5:L
21 Aldridge, Alan       1990 1.5   38:W  3:L  0:D
22 Miriyala, Rama Rao   1906 1.5   39:W  8:L  0:D
23 Rossiter, Philip     1836 1.5    0:D 20:- 39:W
24 Veldhuizen, Matt     1574 1     11:L 41:W  0: 
25 Whittle, Jonathon    1736 1      3:L 38:W 11:L
26 List, Robert         1702 1      2:L 43:W 15:L
27 Cunningham, Patrick  1590 1      9:L 37:W 13:L
28 Wevita, Roshan       1511 1      6:L 36:W 18:L
29 Meravanage, Satwik        1     18:L 40:W 17:L
30 Wight, Joshua        1231 1     16:L 17:L 41:+
31 Marney, John         1600 1      8:L 42:W 16:L
32 Bennett, Sarah       853  1      0:D  0:D 19:L
33 Walters, Taina       1119 1      0:D  0:D 14:-
34 Stracy, Don          1851 1      0:D  0:D  0:L
35 Konakanchi, Karthik  927  1      0:D  5:L 40:D
36 Mouat, Bill               1     19:L 28:L  0:W
37 Konakanchi, Pramodh       1      4:L 27:L 42:W
38 Theodosiou, Andreas  1365 1     21:L 25:L 43:W
39 Sknar, Andriy        958  .5    22:L  0:D 23:L
40 Sknar, Andrew        1370 .5    15:L 29:L 35:D
41 Kierstead, James          0      7:L 24:L 30:-
42 Facchini, Fabrizio   1235 0     12:L 31:L 37:L
43 Huelin, Richard           0     14:L 26:L 38:L

Two annotated games from Julian Mazur Round 2

Many thanks to Arthur Pomeroy and Andrew Brockway for their annotations for the games below

Julian Mazur Round 2

Congratulations to Satwik Meravanage, one of our contingent of young players and stalwart of Thorndon School's chess team. He scored the first upset of this tournament by beating Andrew Sknar Snr. He was followed later on in the evening by Mark Wilkins (beating Andrew Stone) and Efrain Tionko (drawing with myself). Andrew Brockway and Andreas Theodosiou had completely won positions against Bill Forster and Jonathon Whittle respectively, but went wrong at the end.
The top four won comfortably enough. the most exciting game was where Mark van der Hoorn played a speculative (i.e. dubious) sacrifice on e6, that demanded more accurate defending than his opponent was capable of.
Here are the results and standings:

Results

No Name                 Loc  Total  Result   Name                Loc  Total

 1 Nyberg, Michael      2027 [1]      0:1    Wastney, Scott      2447 [1]  
 2 Ker, Anthony         2422 [1]      1:0    Aldridge, Alan      1990 [1]  
 3 Stoeveken, Peter     1910 [1]      0:1    Dive, Russell       2421 [1]  
 4 Van der Hoorn, Mark  2230 [1]      1:0    Miriyala, Rama Rao  1906 [1]  
 5 Pandey, Alok         1901 [1]      0:1    Pomeroy, Arthur     2113 [1]  
 6 Stone, Andrew        2076 [1]      0:1    Wilkins, Mark       1901 [1]  
 7 Tionko, Efrain       1844 [1]     .5:.5   Sellen, Ian         2072 [1]  
 8 Brockway, Andrew     1770 [1]      0:1    Forster, Bill       2071 [1]  
 9 Timergazi, Layla     1889 [.5]     1:0    Roberts, Michael    1781 [1]  
10 Rossiter, Philip     1836 [.5]     -:+    Aumeier, Beate      992  [.5] 
11 Kay, Bruce           1825 [.5]     1:0    Konakanchi, Karthik 927  [.5] 
12 Farrington, Lawrence 1761 [0]      1:0    Wight, Joshua       1231 [0]  
13 Theodosiou, Andreas  1365 [0]      0:1    Whittle, Jonathon   1736 [0]  
14 List, Robert         1702 [0]      1:0    Huelin, Richard          [0]  
15 Facchini, Fabrizio   1235 [0]      0:1    Marney, John        1600 [0]  
16 Cunningham, Patrick  1590 [0]      1:0    Konakanchi, Pramodh      [0]  
17 Kierstead, James          [0]      0:1    Veldhuizen, Matt    1574 [0]  
18 Wevita, Roshan       1511 [0]      1:0    Mouat, Bill              [0]  
19 Meravanage, Satwik        [0]      1:0    Sknar, Andrew       1370 [0]  
20 Jackson, Ross        1990 [.5]    .5:.5   BYE                           
21 Walters, Taina       1119 [.5]    .5:.5   BYE                           
22 Sknar, Andriy        958  [0]     .5:.5   BYE                           
23 Bennett, Sarah       853  [.5]    .5:.5   BYE                           

Cross Table

No Name                 Loc  Total  1    2  

1  Wastney, Scott       2447 2     24:W 16:W
2  Ker, Anthony         2422 2     25:W 17:W
3  Dive, Russell        2421 2     26:W 18:W
4  Van der Hoorn, Mark  2230 2     27:W 14:W
5  Pomeroy, Arthur      2113 2     28:W 19:W
6  Forster, Bill        2071 2     29:W 20:W
7  Wilkins, Mark        1901 2     35:W 13:W
8  Timergazi, Layla     1889 1.5    0:D 15:W
9  Aumeier, Beate       992  1.5    0:D 33:+
10 Sellen, Ian          2072 1.5   36:W 11:D
11 Tionko, Efrain       1844 1.5   37:W 10:D
12 Kay, Bruce           1825 1.5    0:D 32:W
13 Stone, Andrew        2076 1     30:W  7:L
14 Miriyala, Rama Rao   1906 1     34:W  4:L
15 Roberts, Michael     1781 1     31:W  8:L
16 Nyberg, Michael      2027 1     38:W  1:L
17 Aldridge, Alan       1990 1     39:W  2:L
18 Stoeveken, Peter     1910 1     40:W  3:L
19 Pandey, Alok         1901 1     41:W  5:L
20 Brockway, Andrew     1770 1     42:W  6:L
21 Jackson, Ross        1990 1      0:D  0:D
22 Walters, Taina       1119 1      0:D  0:D
23 Bennett, Sarah       853  1      0:D  0:D
24 Farrington, Lawrence 1761 1      1:L 40:W
25 Whittle, Jonathon    1736 1      2:L 39:W
26 List, Robert         1702 1      3:L 41:W
27 Marney, John         1600 1      4:L 36:W
28 Cunningham, Patrick  1590 1      5:L 37:W
29 Wevita, Roshan       1511 1      6:L 42:W
30 Veldhuizen, Matt     1574 1     13:L 35:W
31 Meravanage, Satwik        1     15:L 38:W
32 Konakanchi, Karthik  927  .5     0:D 12:L
33 Rossiter, Philip     1836 .5     0:D  9:-
34 Sknar, Andriy        958  .5    14:L  0:D
35 Kierstead, James          0      7:L 30:L
36 Facchini, Fabrizio   1235 0     10:L 27:L
37 Konakanchi, Pramodh       0     11:L 28:L
38 Sknar, Andrew        1370 0     16:L 31:L
39 Theodosiou, Andreas  1365 0     17:L 25:L
40 Wight, Joshua        1231 0     18:L 24:L
41 Huelin, Richard           0     19:L 26:L
42 Mouat, Bill               0     20:L 29:L

Julian Mazur Memorial Begins

It was amazing to see so many players participating in the new tournament - and the first time I have seen every single table occupied! Thank you all for turning up, it made me very happy.
Just a couple of clarifications - the reason why there are so many half point byes is that eight of the participants still had games to finish in the Club Championship. Most of these players will be joining in round 2, although there is still one game to play in the D grade.
Second clarification - my pairing looks a bit odd, as I should have been paired against somebody with a higher rating. This was because, just before play began, we had an odd number of players, so I was going to sit out to allow all the new people to have a game. Then, at the last minute, Fabrizio Facchini showed up, so rather than reseat everyone, I paired myself against him. This does not mean, however, that I had an easy game, as you can see on Bill's excellent website! http://www.nzchessmag.com/wellingtonchessclub/mazur2013b.html

A warm welcome to those playing in their first tournament at the club - Richard Huelin, James Kierstead,  Pramodh Konakanchi, Satwik Meravanage and Bill Mouat. Lovely to have you with us. Pramodh, at 6 years old, must be the youngest player ever to take part in a Wellington Chess Club event.

All the games ultimately went to the higher rated player, although there was some fierce resistance shown, and not just from my opponent! In particular I thought that Joshua Wight put up a good fight, and Peter Stoeveken definitely looked relieved to win that one in the end.

Results are below. I could put up a provisional draw for round 2, but there are usually last minute changes, so I won't bother.

 

Julian Mazur Memorial 2013 - Round 1

Results

No Name                Loc   Result   Name                 Loc 

 1 Wastney, Scott      2447    1:0    Farrington, Lawrence 1761
 2 Whittle, Jonathon   1736    0:1    Ker, Anthony         2422
 3 Dive, Russell       2421    1:0    List, Robert         1702
 4 Marney, John        1600    0:1    Van der Hoorn, Mark  2230
 5 Pomeroy, Arthur     2113    1:0    Cunningham, Patrick  1590
 6 Veldhuizen, Matt    1574    0:1    Stone, Andrew        2076
 7 Forster, Bill       2071    1:0    Wevita, Roshan       1511
 8 Sknar, Andrew       1370    0:1    Nyberg, Michael      2027
 9 Aldridge, Alan      1990    1:0    Theodosiou, Andreas  1365
10 Wight, Joshua       1231    0:1    Stoeveken, Peter     1910
11 Miriyala, Rama Rao  1906    1:0    Sknar, Andriy        958 
12 Huelin, Richard             0:1    Pandey, Alok         1901
13 Wilkins, Mark       1901    1:0    Kierstead, James         
14 Konakanchi, Pramodh         0:1    Tionko, Efrain       1844
15 Roberts, Michael    1781    1:0    Meravanage, Satwik       
16 Mouat, Bill                 0:1    Brockway, Andrew     1770
17 Sellen, Ian         2072    1:0    Facchini, Fabrizio   1235
18 Jackson, Ross       1990   .5:.5   BYE                      
19 Timergazi, Layla    1889   .5:.5   BYE                      
20 Rossiter, Philip    1836   .5:.5   BYE                      
21 Kay, Bruce          1825   .5:.5   BYE                      
22 Walters, Taina      1119   .5:.5   BYE                      
23 Aumeier, Beate      992    .5:.5   BYE                      
24 Konakanchi, Karthik 927    .5:.5   BYE                      
25 Bennett, Sarah      853    .5:.5   BYE                      

Cross Table

No Name                 Loc  Total  1  

1  Wastney, Scott       2447 1     26:W
2  Ker, Anthony         2422 1     27:W
3  Dive, Russell        2421 1     28:W
4  Van der Hoorn, Mark  2230 1     29:W
5  Pomeroy, Arthur      2113 1     30:W
6  Stone, Andrew        2076 1     31:W
7  Sellen, Ian          2072 1     42:W
8  Forster, Bill        2071 1     32:W
9  Nyberg, Michael      2027 1     33:W
10 Aldridge, Alan       1990 1     34:W
11 Stoeveken, Peter     1910 1     35:W
12 Miriyala, Rama Rao   1906 1     36:W
13 Pandey, Alok         1901 1     37:W
14 Wilkins, Mark        1901 1     38:W
15 Tionko, Efrain       1844 1     39:W
16 Roberts, Michael     1781 1     40:W
17 Brockway, Andrew     1770 1     41:W
18 Jackson, Ross        1990 .5     0:D
19 Timergazi, Layla     1889 .5     0:D
20 Rossiter, Philip     1836 .5     0:D
21 Kay, Bruce           1825 .5     0:D
22 Walters, Taina       1119 .5     0:D
23 Aumeier, Beate       992  .5     0:D
24 Konakanchi, Karthik  927  .5     0:D
25 Bennett, Sarah       853  .5     0:D
26 Farrington, Lawrence 1761 0      1:L
27 Whittle, Jonathon    1736 0      2:L
28 List, Robert         1702 0      3:L
29 Marney, John         1600 0      4:L
30 Cunningham, Patrick  1590 0      5:L
31 Veldhuizen, Matt     1574 0      6:L
32 Wevita, Roshan       1511 0      8:L
33 Sknar, Andrew        1370 0      9:L
34 Theodosiou, Andreas  1365 0     10:L
35 Wight, Joshua        1231 0     11:L
36 Sknar, Andriy        958  0     12:L
37 Huelin, Richard           0     13:L
38 Kierstead, James          0     14:L
39 Konakanchi, Pramodh       0     15:L
40 Meravanage, Satwik        0     16:L
41 Mouat, Bill               0     17:L
42 Facchini, Fabrizio   1235 0      7:L

B Grade Final and D Grade Nearly Final

The B grade finished on Thursday night with 2 vital catch-up games involving 2 of the leaders, both of whom needed to win to be assured of at least joint first place. In the end Ross Jackson did win with black against Bruce Kay, whereas Layla Timergazi only managed a draw against Philip Rossiter, so Ross takes the title by a half point margin. Congratulations to all involved, it was an exciting and keenly fought competition.

Here is the final crosstable. Note that Don Stracy withdrew from the competition having completed most of his games, but his withdrawal did not affect the overall standings too much, and the top places not at all.

Results:
Kay 0 Jackson 1
Rossiter 1/2 Timergazi 1/2

Club Championship B grade

Cross Table

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10
#11


1
Jackson, Ross
1990
7.5
*
0
0
1
1
1
1
½
1
1
1


2
Timergazi, Layla
1889
7
1
*
1
1
1
0
½
½
1
0
1


3
Tionko, Efrain
1844
6.5
1
0
*
1
½
0
½
1
½
1
1


4
Miriyala, Rama Rao
1906
6.5
0
0
0
*
1
½
1
+
1
1
1


5
Roberts, Michael
1781
6
0
0
½
0
*
1
½
+
1
1
1


6
Pandey, Alok
1901
5.5
0
1
1
½
0
*
0
0
1
1
1


7
Rossiter, Philip
1836
4.5
0
½
½
0
½
1
*
½
0
1
½


8
Stracy, Don
1851
4
½
½
0
-
-
1
½
*
-
½
1


9
Stoeveken, Peter
1910
3.5
0
0
½
0
0
0
1
+
*
1
0


10
Kay, Bruce
1825
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
½
0
*
½


11
Cook, John
1604
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
½
0
1
½
*

 

 

The D grade still has one game to go, but the winners are decided already. Having led for most of the competition with straight wins, Joshua Wight was caught at the last minute by new boy Karthik Konakanchi, who beat Sarah Bennett in his final game.  So congratulations to joint champions Joshua and Karthik. I'm sure we'll see a lot more of these talented young players in the years to come.

Results:

Bennett 0 Konakanchi 1

Aumeier 1 Walters 0

Club Championship 2013 D grade

Cross Table

No
Name




Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6


1
Wight, Joshua




1231
8.0
*
1
2
1
2
2


2
Konakanchi, Karthik




927
8.0
1
*
1
2
2
2


3
Walters, Taina




1119
5.0
0
1
*
1
1
2


4
Aumeier, Beate




992
4.0
1
0
1
*
1
1


5
Sknar, Andriy




958
2.0
0
0
1
1
*
0


6
Bennett, Sarah




853
2.0
0
0
0
1
1
*