Autumn Cup Round 4

Some upsets this week, for the first time in this tournament. Congratulations to Andrew Stone for beating the mighty Mark van der Hoorn in a wild and exciting game, and also to Ram for beating group B favourite Michael Nyberg. Peter Stoeveken at the top of group C also lost, which leaves that group wide open.
There are a few fixtures to be caught up on, which leaves the situation unclear in most groups - D is clearest, as Don has won all 4 of his games (one to go).

Autumn Cup A Grade - Round 4

Cross Table

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6


1
Ker, Anthony
2425
3.5
*


D
W
W
W


2
Wastney, Scott
2453
2


*
W
W






3
Nijman, Brian
2218
1.5
D
L
*


W




4
Forster, Bill
2088
1.5
L
L


*
W
D


5
Stone, Andrew
2008
1
L


L
L
*
W


6
Van der Hoorn, Mark
2180
.5
L




D
L
*

Results

No Name                  Result   Name         

 1 Stone, A (6)            1:0    Van der Hoorn, M (5)  
 2 Forster, B (4)          0:1    Ker, A (2)   

Autumn Cup B Grade - Round 4

Cross Table

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6


1
Sellen, Ian
2041
2.5
*
D




W
W


2
Jackson, Ross
1959
2
D
*


W
D
L


3
Nyberg, Michael
2044
2




*
W
L
W


4
Aldridge, Alan
1991
2


L
L
*
W
W


5
Miriyala, Rama Rao
1938
1.5
L
D
W
L
*




6
Pandey, Alok
2015
1
L
W
L
L


*

Results

No Name             Result   Name           

 1 Jackson, R (6)     1:0    Aldridge, A (5)
 2 Sellen, I (1)      1:0    Pandey, A (4)  
 3 Miriyala, R (2)    1:0    Nyberg, M (3)  

Autumn Cup C Grade - Round 4

Cross Table

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6


1
Kay, Bruce
1804
2.5
*
W
L
D
W




2
Stoeveken, Peter
1898
2.5
L
*
W
D


W


3
Rossiter, Philip
1820
2
W
L
*




W


4
Brockway, Andrew
1836
1.5
D
D


*
L
D


5
Whittle, Jonathon
1775
1.5
L




W
*
D


6
Hewson, Michael
1848
1


L
L
D
D
*

Results

No Name             Result   Name            

 1 Whittle, J (6)     1:0    Brockway, A (5) 
 2 Rossiter, P (1)    1:0    Hewson, M (4)   
 3 Kay, B (2)         1:0    Stoeveken, P (3)

Autumn Cup D Grade - Round 4

Cross Table

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6


1
Stracy, Don
1729
4
*
W
W


W
W


2
Farrington, Lawrence
1754
2
L
*


W
W




3
Veldhuizen, Matt
1556
2
L


*
L
W
W


4
List, Robert
1665
1


L
W
*
L




5
Cook, John
1614
1
L
L
L
W
*




6
Perera, Imalka
1688
0
L


L




*

Results

No Name               Result   Name             

 1 Stracy, D (6)        1:0    Cook, J (5)      
 2 Perera, I (1)        0:1    Veldhuizen, M (4)
 3 Farrington, L (2)    1:0    List, R (3)      

Autumn Cup E Grade - Round 4

Results

No Name                Total  Result   Name           Total

 1 Cunningham, Pat     [3]      1:0    Wevita, Roshan [3]  
 2 Theodosiou, Andreas [2]      1:0    Sknar, Andrew  [2]  
 3 Lim, Aidan          [1.5]    1:0    Wight, Joshua  [2]  
 4 Facchini, Fabrizio  [1.5]    0:1    Sknar, Andriy  [1.5]
 5 Konakanchi, Karthik [1]      0:1    Carey, Bruce   [1]  
 6 Aumeier, Beate      [1]      0:1    Walters, Taina [1]  
 7 Lim, Simon          [0]      0:1    Bennett, Sarah [.5] 

Cross Table

No Name                Rtg Loc  Total  1    2    3    4  

1  Cunningham, Pat         1431 4     12:W  7:W  2:W  3:W
2  Theodosiou, Andreas     1303 3      4:W  8:W  1:L  6:W
3  Wevita, Roshan               3     13:W  6:W 10:W  1:L
4  Lim, Aidan                   2.5    2:L 12:W  0:D  7:W
5  Sknar, Andriy           952  2.5    8:L  9:W  0:D 10:W
6  Sknar, Andrew           1388 2      9:W  3:L 13:W  2:L
7  Wight, Joshua           1269 2     14:W  1:L  8:W  4:L
8  Walters, Taina               2      5:W  2:L  7:L 12:W
9  Carey, Bruce                 2      6:L  5:L 14:W 13:W
10 Facchini, Fabrizio           1.5    0:D 11:W  3:L  5:L
11 Bennett, Sarah               1.5    0:D 10:L 12:L 14:W
12 Aumeier, Beate               1      1:L  4:L 11:W  8:L
13 Konakanchi, Karthik     922  1      3:L 14:W  6:L  9:L
14 Lim, Simon                   0      7:L 13:L  9:L 11:L

Games from Round 3 of the Autumn Cup

Here are three games that I found interesting this week

Autumn Cup Round 3 Dispute

For the first time since I have been at the club (about eight years) there was a dispute between two of the players, and the game had to be abandoned. This was between two of our youngest juniors, Aidan Lim and Andriy Sknar. Basically, Aidan said that Andriy had moved his rook to d8, and Andriy said he's moved it to e8. Maybe the piece had been moved to a place on the border. Anyway, when Andriy used this rook to  recapture on e7, Aidan got so upset that he could not carry on. There were no witnesses, and both the scoresheets were so badly written as to be inconclusive.

Hopefully this sort of thing won't happen again, but please:
a) if you are unsure where your opponent has placed their piece, please clarify it with them, and adjust as necessary
b) try to write your score sheets accurately. It makes everyone's lives easier, particularly mine!

Having said all that, I have to say that, overwhelmingly, games at the club are played in such a good spirit that disputes are bound to be a real rarity. Let's hope we can keep it like this.

Autumn Cup Round 3

Here are the results and current crosstables for the Autumn Cup. Games to follow

Autumn Cup A Grade - Round 3

Cross Table

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6


1
Ker, Anthony
2425
2.5
*


D


W
W


2
Wastney, Scott
2453
2


*
W
W






3
Nijman, Brian
2218
1.5
D
L
*




W


4
Forster, Bill
2088
1.5


L


*
D
W


5
Van der Hoorn, Mark
2180
.5
L




D
*




6
Stone, Andrew
2008
0
L


L
L


*

Results

No Name            Result   Name                

 1 Ker, A (2)        1:0    Stone, A (6)        
 2 Wastney, S (3)    1:0    Nijman, B (1)       
 3 Forster, B (4)   .5:.5   Van der Hoorn, M (5)

Autumn Cup B Grade - Round 3

Cross Table

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6


1
Nyberg, Michael
2044
2
*
W


W






2
Aldridge, Alan
1991
2
L
*


W


W


3
Sellen, Ian
2041
1.5




*


D
W


4
Pandey, Alok
2015
1
L
L


*
W




5
Jackson, Ross
1959
1




D
L
*
D


6
Miriyala, Rama Rao
1938
.5


L
L


D
*

Results

No Name             Result   Name           

 1 Miriyala, R (2)   .5:.5   Jackson, R (6) 
 2 Nyberg, M (3)       :     Sellen, I (1)  
 3 Pandey, A (4)      0:1    Aldridge, A (5)

Autumn Cup C Grade - Round 3

Cross Table

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6


1
Stoeveken, Peter
1898
2.5
*
D


W
W




2
Brockway, Andrew
1836
1.5
D
*
D


D




3
Kay, Bruce
1804
1.5


D
*
L


W


4
Rossiter, Philip
1820
1
L


W
*






5
Hewson, Michael
1848
1
L
D




*
D


6
Whittle, Jonathon
1775
.5




L


D
*

Results

No Name              Result   Name           

 1 Kay, B (2)          1:0    Whittle, J (6) 
 2 Stoeveken, P (3)    1:0    Rossiter, P (1)
 3 Hewson, M (4)      .5:.5   Brockway, A (5)

Autumn Cup D Grade - Round 3

Cross Table

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6


1
Stracy, Don
1729
3
*
W


W


W


2
Farrington, Lawrence
1754
1
L
*




W




3
List, Robert
1665
1




*
W
L




4
Veldhuizen, Matt
1556
1
L


L
*
W




5
Cook, John
1614
1


L
W
L
*




6
Perera, Imalka
1688
0
L








*

Results

No Name               Result   Name         

 1 Farrington, L (2)    0:1    Stracy, D (6)
 2 List, R (3)           :     Perera, I (1)
 3 Veldhuizen, M (4)    1:0    Cook, J (5)  

Autumn Cup E Grade - Round 3

Results

No Name            Total  Result   Name                Total

 1 Cunningham, Pat [2]      1:0    Theodosiou, Andreas [2]  
 2 Wevita, Roshan  [2]      1:0    Facchini, Fabrizio  [1.5]
 3 Sknar, Andrew   [1]      1:0    Konakanchi, Karthik [1]  
 4 Walters, Taina  [1]      0:1    Wight, Joshua       [1]  
 5 Lim, Aidan      [1]      =:=    BYE                      
 6 Bennett, Sarah  [.5]     0:1    Aumeier, Beate      [0]  
 7 Carey, Bruce    [0]      1:0    Lim, Simon          [0]  
 8 Sknar, Andriy   [1]      =:=    BYE                      

Cross Table

No Name                Rtg Loc  Total  1    2    3  

1  Cunningham, Pat         1431 3     11:W  5:W  3:W
2  Wevita, Roshan               3     10:W  4:W  6:W
3  Theodosiou, Andreas     1303 2      7:W  9:W  1:L
4  Sknar, Andrew           1388 2     12:W  2:L 10:W
5  Wight, Joshua           1269 2     14:W  1:L  9:W
6  Facchini, Fabrizio           1.5    0:D 13:W  2:L
7  Lim, Aidan                   1.5    3:L 11:W  0:D
8  Sknar, Andriy           952  1.5    9:L 12:W  0:D
9  Walters, Taina               1      8:W  3:L  5:L
10 Konakanchi, Karthik     922  1      2:L 14:W  4:L
11 Aumeier, Beate               1      1:L  7:L 13:W
12 Carey, Bruce                 1      4:L  8:L 14:W
13 Bennett, Sarah               .5     0:D  6:L 11:L
14 Lim, Simon                   0      5:L 10:L 12:L

Top Three Players - Comparative Ratings

I thought this might be interesting, a comparative chart of the NZCF ratings of our top 3 players (and currently the top 3 active players in the country) since the third period of 2010. I think we can expect the green line to go higher still after the next ratings list is published in July.

Autumn Cup Round 2 Games

Thanks to Brian Nijman for his analysis of his draw with Anthony Ker. Remember, if you have a game you would like to analyse and share, I am very happy to publish it here

Autumn Cup Round 2

We have two more players signed up for the E grade Autumn Cup, Fabrizio Facchini and Sarah Bennett, so now we have 38 participants in total - great progress!
And we all got a lovely surprise on Thursday night when new member Beate Aumeier brought in some exquisite home baking in a very large tin. There was plenty for everyone, and I, for one, attribute my victory to the extra energy it gave to my brain. Thank you so much Beate! All future baking efforts by any members will be gratefully received.

In the A grade Mark v Scott was postponed, Brian held Anthony to a draw, and Bill beat Andrew Stone. In the B grade Michael Nyberg is leading on 2/2 after beating Alan. Peter leads the C grade despite being held to a draw by Andrew Brockway. Don leads the D grade on 2/2, and in the E grade we have three players still on 100%, Pat, Andreas and Roshan. The E grade is particularly interesting because there are so many new and untested players there.

Here are the results and cross tables. Games to follow.

Autumn Cup A Grade - Round 2

Cross Table

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6


1
Nijman, Brian
2218
1.5
*
D


W



2
Ker, Anthony
2425
1.5
D
*



W


3
Wastney, Scott
2453
1


*
W




4
Forster, Bill 
2088
1


L
*
W



5
Stone, Andrew 
2008
0
L


L
*



6
Van der Hoorn, Mark
2180
0

L



*

Results

No Name                  Result   Name          

 1 Stone, A (6)            0:1    Forster, B (4)
 2 Van der Hoorn, M (5)     :     Wastney, S (3)
 3 Nijman, B (1)          .5:.5   Ker, A (2)    

Autumn Cup B Grade - Round 2

Cross Table

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6


1
Nyberg, Michael
2044
2
*

W
W




2
Sellen, Ian
2041
1.5

*


D
W


3
Pandey, Alok
2015
1
L

*

W



4
Aldridge, Alan
1991
1
L


*

W


5
Jackson, Ross
1959
.5

D
L

*



6
Miriyala, Rama Rao
1938
0

L

L

*

Results

No Name             Result   Name           

 1 Jackson, R (6)     0:1    Pandey, A (4)  
 2 Aldridge, A (5)    0:1    Nyberg, M (3)  
 3 Sellen, I (1)      1:0    Miriyala, R (2)

Autumn Cup C Grade - Round 2

Cross Table

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6


1
Stoeveken, Peter
1898
1.5
*
D


W



2
Brockway, Andrew
1836
1
D
*

D




3
Rossiter, Philip
1820
1


*
W




4
Kay, Bruce
1804
.5

D
L
*




5
Hewson, Michael
1848
.5
L



*
D


6
Whittle, Jonathon
1775
.5




D
*

Results

No Name             Result   Name            

 1 Whittle, J (6)    .5:.5   Hewson, M (4)   
 2 Brockway, A (5)   .5:.5   Stoeveken, P (3)
 3 Rossiter, P (1)    1:0    Kay, B (2)      

Autumn Cup D Grade - Round 2

Cross Table

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6


1
Stracy, Don
1729
2
*



W
W


2
Farrington, Lawrence
1754
1

*
W





3
Cook, John
1614
1

L
*
W




4
List, Robert
1665
1


L
*

W


5
Perera, Imalka
1688
0
L



*



6
Veldhuizen, Matt
1556
0
L


L

*

Results

No Name           Result   Name             

 1 Stracy, D (6)    1:0    Veldhuizen, M (4)
 2 Cook, J (5)      1:0    List, R (3)      
 3 Perera, I (1)     :     Farrington, L (2)

Autumn Cup E Grade - Round 2

Results

No Name                Total  Result   Name                Total

 1 Wight, Joshua       [1]      0:1    Cunningham, Pat     [1]  
 2 Wevita, Roshan      [1]      1:0    Sknar, Andrew       [1]  
 3 Theodosiou, Andreas [1]      1:0    Walters, Taina      [1]  
 4 Facchini, Fabrizio  [.5]     1:0    Bennett, Sarah      [.5] 
 5 Sknar, Andriy       [0]      1:0    Carey, Bruce        [0]  
 6 Lim, Simon          [0]      0:1    Konakanchi, Karthik [0]  
 7 Aumeier, Beate      [0]      0:1    Lim, Aidan          [0]  

Cross Table

No Name                Rtg Loc  Total  1    2  

1  Theodosiou, Andreas     1303 2      9:W  5:W
2  Wevita, Roshan               2      8:W  6:W
3  Cunningham, Pat         1431 2     12:W  7:W
4  Facchini, Fabrizio           1.5    0:D 11:W
5  Walters, Taina               1     10:W  1:L
6  Sknar, Andrew           1388 1     13:W  2:L
7  Wight, Joshua           1269 1     14:W  3:L
8  Konakanchi, Karthik     922  1      2:L 14:W
9  Lim, Aidan                   1      1:L 12:W
10 Sknar, Andriy           952  1      5:L 13:W
11 Bennett, Sarah               .5     0:D  4:L
12 Aumeier, Beate               0      3:L  9:L
13 Carey, Bruce                 0      6:L 10:L
14 Lim, Simon                   0      7:L  8:L