Amended B grade fixtures

I forgot that Peter Stoeveken wanted to play in the Club Championships, although he is unavailable for the first two weeks. The B grade will now have 11 players - here is the revised fixture list

1 August 2013
STOEVEKEN, PETER	v	Bye
PANDEY, ALOK	v	STRACY, DON M
TIMERGAZI, LAYLA	v	ROBERTS, MICHAEL H
COOK, JOHN	v	ROSSITER, PHILIP E
JACKSON, L ROSS	v	MIRIYALA, RAMA RAO
TIONKO, EFRAIN		KAY, J BRUCE
8 August 2013
Bye	v	KAY, J BRUCE
MIRIYALA, RAMA RAO	v	TIONKO, EFRAIN
ROSSITER, PHILIP E	v	JACKSON, L ROSS
ROBERTS, MICHAEL H	v	COOK, JOHN
STRACY, DON M	v	TIMERGAZI, LAYLA
STOEVEKEN, PETER		PANDEY, ALOK
15 August 2013
PANDEY, ALOK	v	Bye
TIMERGAZI, LAYLA	v	STOEVEKEN, PETER
COOK, JOHN	v	STRACY, DON M
JACKSON, L ROSS	v	ROBERTS, MICHAEL H
TIONKO, EFRAIN	v	ROSSITER, PHILIP E
KAY, J BRUCE		MIRIYALA, RAMA RAO
22 August 2013
Bye	v	MIRIYALA, RAMA RAO
ROSSITER, PHILIP E	v	KAY, J BRUCE
ROBERTS, MICHAEL H	v	TIONKO, EFRAIN
STRACY, DON M	v	JACKSON, L ROSS
STOEVEKEN, PETER	v	COOK, JOHN
PANDEY, ALOK		TIMERGAZI, LAYLA
29 August 2013
TIMERGAZI, LAYLA	v	Bye
COOK, JOHN	v	PANDEY, ALOK
JACKSON, L ROSS	v	STOEVEKEN, PETER
TIONKO, EFRAIN	v	STRACY, DON M
KAY, J BRUCE	v	ROBERTS, MICHAEL H
MIRIYALA, RAMA RAO		ROSSITER, PHILIP E
5 September 2013
Bye	v	ROSSITER, PHILIP E
ROBERTS, MICHAEL H	v	MIRIYALA, RAMA RAO
STRACY, DON M	v	KAY, J BRUCE
STOEVEKEN, PETER	v	TIONKO, EFRAIN
PANDEY, ALOK	v	JACKSON, L ROSS
TIMERGAZI, LAYLA		COOK, JOHN
12 September 2013
COOK, JOHN	v	Bye
JACKSON, L ROSS	v	TIMERGAZI, LAYLA
TIONKO, EFRAIN	v	PANDEY, ALOK
KAY, J BRUCE	v	STOEVEKEN, PETER
MIRIYALA, RAMA RAO	v	STRACY, DON M
ROSSITER, PHILIP E		ROBERTS, MICHAEL H
19 September 2013
Bye	v	ROBERTS, MICHAEL H
STRACY, DON M	v	ROSSITER, PHILIP E
STOEVEKEN, PETER	v	MIRIYALA, RAMA RAO
PANDEY, ALOK	v	KAY, J BRUCE
TIMERGAZI, LAYLA	v	TIONKO, EFRAIN
COOK, JOHN		JACKSON, L ROSS
26 September 2013
JACKSON, L ROSS	v	Bye
TIONKO, EFRAIN	v	COOK, JOHN
KAY, J BRUCE	v	TIMERGAZI, LAYLA
MIRIYALA, RAMA RAO	v	PANDEY, ALOK
ROSSITER, PHILIP E	v	STOEVEKEN, PETER
ROBERTS, MICHAEL H		STRACY, DON M
3 October 2013
Bye	v	STRACY, DON M
STOEVEKEN, PETER	v	ROBERTS, MICHAEL H
PANDEY, ALOK	v	ROSSITER, PHILIP E
TIMERGAZI, LAYLA	v	MIRIYALA, RAMA RAO
COOK, JOHN	v	KAY, J BRUCE
JACKSON, L ROSS		TIONKO, EFRAIN
10 October 2013
TIONKO, EFRAIN	v	Bye
KAY, J BRUCE	v	JACKSON, L ROSS
MIRIYALA, RAMA RAO	v	COOK, JOHN
ROSSITER, PHILIP E	v	TIMERGAZI, LAYLA
ROBERTS, MICHAEL H	v	PANDEY, ALOK
STRACY, DON M		STOEVEKEN, PETER

Club Championship Fixtures, A, C, D

1 August 2013
POMEROY, ARTHUR J	v	SELLEN, IAN
DIVE, RUSSELL J	v	STONE, ANDREW
KER, ANTHONY F	v	VAN DER HOORN, MARK W
NIJMAN, BRIAN	v	NYBERG, MICHAEL
ALDRIDGE, ALAN L	v	FORSTER, WILLIAM
LIST, ROBERT	v	HEATON, KEN
BROCKWAY, ANDREW	v	WHITTLE, JONATHON
CUNNINGHAM, PATRICK D	v	VELDHUIZEN, MATT
WEVITA, ROSHAN	v	MARNEY, JOHN
SKNAR, ANDREW	v	FARRINGTON, LAWRENCE B
SKNAR, ANDRIY	v	KONAKANCHI, KARTHIK
AUMEIER, BEATE	v	WALTERS, TAINA
WIGHT, JOSHUA	v	BENNETT, SARAH
8 August 2013
SELLEN, IAN	v	FORSTER, WILLIAM
NYBERG, MICHAEL	v	ALDRIDGE, ALAN L
VAN DER HOORN, MARK W	v	NIJMAN, BRIAN
STONE, ANDREW	v	KER, ANTHONY F
POMEROY, ARTHUR J	v	DIVE, RUSSELL J
HEATON, KEN	v	FARRINGTON, LAWRENCE B
MARNEY, JOHN	v	SKNAR, ANDREW
VELDHUIZEN, MATT	v	WEVITA, ROSHAN
WHITTLE, JONATHON	v	CUNNINGHAM, PATRICK D
LIST, ROBERT	v	BROCKWAY, ANDREW
KONAKANCHI, KARTHIK	v	BENNETT, SARAH
WALTERS, TAINA	v	WIGHT, JOSHUA
SKNAR, ANDRIY	v	AUMEIER, BEATE
15 August 2013
DIVE, RUSSELL J	v	SELLEN, IAN
KER, ANTHONY F	v	POMEROY, ARTHUR J
NIJMAN, BRIAN	v	STONE, ANDREW
ALDRIDGE, ALAN L	v	VAN DER HOORN, MARK W
FORSTER, WILLIAM	v	NYBERG, MICHAEL
BROCKWAY, ANDREW	v	HEATON, KEN
CUNNINGHAM, PATRICK D	v	LIST, ROBERT
WEVITA, ROSHAN	v	WHITTLE, JONATHON
SKNAR, ANDREW	v	VELDHUIZEN, MATT
FARRINGTON, LAWRENCE B	v	MARNEY, JOHN
AUMEIER, BEATE	v	KONAKANCHI, KARTHIK
WIGHT, JOSHUA	v	SKNAR, ANDRIY
BENNETT, SARAH	v	WALTERS, TAINA
22 August 2013
SELLEN, IAN	v	NYBERG, MICHAEL
VAN DER HOORN, MARK W	v	FORSTER, WILLIAM
STONE, ANDREW	v	ALDRIDGE, ALAN L
POMEROY, ARTHUR J	v	NIJMAN, BRIAN
DIVE, RUSSELL J	v	KER, ANTHONY F
HEATON, KEN	v	MARNEY, JOHN
VELDHUIZEN, MATT	v	FARRINGTON, LAWRENCE B
WHITTLE, JONATHON	v	SKNAR, ANDREW
LIST, ROBERT	v	WEVITA, ROSHAN
BROCKWAY, ANDREW	v	CUNNINGHAM, PATRICK D
KONAKANCHI, KARTHIK	v	WALTERS, TAINA
SKNAR, ANDRIY	v	BENNETT, SARAH
AUMEIER, BEATE	v	WIGHT, JOSHUA
29 August 2013
KER, ANTHONY F	v	SELLEN, IAN
NIJMAN, BRIAN	v	DIVE, RUSSELL J
ALDRIDGE, ALAN L	v	POMEROY, ARTHUR J
FORSTER, WILLIAM	v	STONE, ANDREW
NYBERG, MICHAEL	v	VAN DER HOORN, MARK W
CUNNINGHAM, PATRICK D	v	HEATON, KEN
WEVITA, ROSHAN	v	BROCKWAY, ANDREW
SKNAR, ANDREW	v	LIST, ROBERT
FARRINGTON, LAWRENCE B	v	WHITTLE, JONATHON
MARNEY, JOHN	v	VELDHUIZEN, MATT
WIGHT, JOSHUA	v	KONAKANCHI, KARTHIK
BENNETT, SARAH	v	AUMEIER, BEATE
WALTERS, TAINA	v	SKNAR, ANDRIY
5 September 2013
SELLEN, IAN	v	VAN DER HOORN, MARK W
STONE, ANDREW	v	NYBERG, MICHAEL
POMEROY, ARTHUR J	v	FORSTER, WILLIAM
DIVE, RUSSELL J	v	ALDRIDGE, ALAN L
KER, ANTHONY F	v	NIJMAN, BRIAN
HEATON, KEN	v	VELDHUIZEN, MATT
WHITTLE, JONATHON	v	MARNEY, JOHN
LIST, ROBERT	v	FARRINGTON, LAWRENCE B
BROCKWAY, ANDREW	v	SKNAR, ANDREW
CUNNINGHAM, PATRICK D	v	WEVITA, ROSHAN
KONAKANCHI, KARTHIK	v	SKNAR, ANDRIY
WALTERS, TAINA	v	AUMEIER, BEATE
BENNETT, SARAH	v	WIGHT, JOSHUA
12 September 2013
NIJMAN, BRIAN	v	SELLEN, IAN
ALDRIDGE, ALAN L	v	KER, ANTHONY F
FORSTER, WILLIAM	v	DIVE, RUSSELL J
NYBERG, MICHAEL	v	POMEROY, ARTHUR J
VAN DER HOORN, MARK W	v	STONE, ANDREW
WEVITA, ROSHAN	v	HEATON, KEN
SKNAR, ANDREW	v	CUNNINGHAM, PATRICK D
FARRINGTON, LAWRENCE B	v	BROCKWAY, ANDREW
MARNEY, JOHN	v	LIST, ROBERT
VELDHUIZEN, MATT	v	WHITTLE, JONATHON
BENNETT, SARAH	v	KONAKANCHI, KARTHIK
WIGHT, JOSHUA	v	WALTERS, TAINA
AUMEIER, BEATE	v	SKNAR, ANDRIY
19 September 2013
SELLEN, IAN	v	STONE, ANDREW
POMEROY, ARTHUR J	v	VAN DER HOORN, MARK W
DIVE, RUSSELL J	v	NYBERG, MICHAEL
KER, ANTHONY F	v	FORSTER, WILLIAM
NIJMAN, BRIAN	v	ALDRIDGE, ALAN L
HEATON, KEN	v	WHITTLE, JONATHON
LIST, ROBERT	v	VELDHUIZEN, MATT
BROCKWAY, ANDREW	v	MARNEY, JOHN
CUNNINGHAM, PATRICK D	v	FARRINGTON, LAWRENCE B
WEVITA, ROSHAN	v	SKNAR, ANDREW
KONAKANCHI, KARTHIK	v	AUMEIER, BEATE
SKNAR, ANDRIY	v	WIGHT, JOSHUA
WALTERS, TAINA	v	BENNETT, SARAH
26 September 2013
ALDRIDGE, ALAN L	v	SELLEN, IAN
FORSTER, WILLIAM	v	NIJMAN, BRIAN
NYBERG, MICHAEL	v	KER, ANTHONY F
VAN DER HOORN, MARK W	v	DIVE, RUSSELL J
STONE, ANDREW	v	POMEROY, ARTHUR J
SKNAR, ANDREW	v	HEATON, KEN
FARRINGTON, LAWRENCE B	v	WEVITA, ROSHAN
MARNEY, JOHN	v	CUNNINGHAM, PATRICK D
VELDHUIZEN, MATT	v	BROCKWAY, ANDREW
WHITTLE, JONATHON	v	LIST, ROBERT
WALTERS, TAINA	v	KONAKANCHI, KARTHIK
BENNETT, SARAH	v	SKNAR, ANDRIY
WIGHT, JOSHUA	v	AUMEIER, BEATE
3 October 2013
KONAKANCHI, KARTHIK	v	WIGHT, JOSHUA
AUMEIER, BEATE	v	BENNETT, SARAH
SKNAR, ANDRIY	v	WALTERS, TAINA

Russell Dive Takes Blitz Title

The blitz title was held in the upstairs analysis room, as we lost our usual spacious surroundings because of earthquake damage. I was worried it would be cramped, but actually we managed to get all the players in quite comfortably. 28 people took part (up from 24 last year), including Karthik's 6 year old brother Pramodh - surely the youngest player ever in a Wellington Chess Club tournament? - and new member Australian Efrain Tionko, resident in Wellington for the next year.

I was co-defending Blitz champion, along with Michael Nyberg and Brian Nijman. However, as soon as I saw Russell Dive and Anthony Ker walk through the door, I suspected that defending this title would be problematic! Scott Wastney was also there, but the New Zealand champion does not tend to perform so well at the fastest time controls.

Arguably the sensation of the night was Layla's defeat of Scott in the preliminaries. After all, how many times has a reigning New Zealand champion been beaten by a 12 year old girl in any form of the game? Admittedly, Layla is not just any old 12 year old girl, but the brand new NZ junior (under 20) rapid champion, and NZ schoolgirl champion!

However it was Russell Dive who took the honours, adding the Blitz title to the Rapid title he won last week. The only person who beat him all evening was Alan Aldridge. 3 players qualified for the final from each of the 2 preliminary groups, and Russell saw off all the opposition there. Congratulations Russell! - back to his good old scary form.

Here are the results:

Blitz Preliminary Group A

Cross Table

No
Name
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10
#11
#12
#13
#14


1
Dive, Russell
12
*
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1


2
Nyberg, Michael
11
0
*
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1


3
Forster, Bill
9
0
1
*
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1


4
Timergazi, Layla
9
0
0
1
*
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1


5
Wastney, Scott
9
0
0
0
0
*
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1


6
Aldridge, Alan
8
1
0
0
1
0
*
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1


7
Frost, Paul
8
0
0
1
0
0
1
*
0
1
1
1
1
1
1


8
List, Robert
7
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
*
0
0
1
1
1
1


9
Cook, John
6.5
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
*
1
½
1
1
1


10
Facchini, Fabrizio
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
*
1
1
1
1


11
Cunningham, Pat
2.5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
½
0
*
0
1
1


12
Sknar, Andrew
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
*
0
1


13
Sknar, Andriy
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
*
1


14
Konakanchi, Pramodh
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
*

Blitz Preliminary Group B

Cross Table

No
Name
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10
#11
#12
#13
#14


1
Ker, Anthony
13
*
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1


2
Pomeroy, Arthur
11
0
*
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1


3
Sellen, Ian
11
0
0
*
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1


4
Tionko, Efrain
8.5
0
0
0
*
1
0
½
1
1
1
1
1
1
1


5
Brockway, Andrew
8
0
0
0
0
*
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1


6
Whittle, Jonathon
7.5
0
0
0
1
1
*
1
0
1
½
1
0
1
1


7
Farrington, Lawrence
7.5
0
1
0
½
0
0
*
0
1
1
1
1
1
1


8
Jackson, Ross
7
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
*
0
1
1
1
1
1


9
Walters, Taina
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
*
1
0
1
1
1


10
Wight, Joshua
4.5
0
0
0
0
0
½
0
0
0
*
1
1
1
1


11
Konakanchi, Karthik
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
*
1
0
1


12
Aumeier, Beate
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
*
1
0


13
Wevita, Roshan
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
*
1


14
Bennett, Sarah
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
*

Blitz Final

Cross Table

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


1
Dive, Russell
5
*
1
1
1
1
1


2
Ker, Anthony
4
0
*
1
1
1
1


3
Nyberg, Michael
3
0
0
*
1
1
1


4
Pomeroy, Arthur
2
0
0
0
*
1
1


5
Sellen, Ian
1
0
0
0
0
*
1


6
Timergazi, Layla
0
0
0
0
0
0
*

Dive Dominant, Wins Rapid Title

Russell won his last two games, winning the club rapid title with an impressive 8 out of 8 with 2 byes. Anthony came in a point and a half behind, and behind him Alan and Ross outperformed, with 6.5 out of 10. Special mention to Rama Rao Miriyala, who missed a couple of weeks, but scored 5 out of the 6 games he played.

That's it for now - blitz next week, and the Club Championship starts the week after that on 1st August. Let me know if you want to take part, if you haven't already done so.

Club Rapid 2013 - Round 10

Cross Table

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

1  Dive, Russell            2370 9      0:D  0:D 24:W 19:W 11:W  4:W 12:W  2:W  3:W  5:W
2  Ker, Anthony             2376 7.5    0:D  0:D 17:W 23:W  4:W 12:D 13:W  1:L 11:W  7:W
3  Aldridge, Alan           1817 6.5   27:W 13:W 11:W  4:D  0:D  0:D  6:W 12:L  1:L 15:W
4  Jackson, Ross            1847 6.5   31:W 28:W 14:W  3:D  2:L  1:L 26:W  5:L 21:W 12:W
5  Nijman, Brian            2074 6     17:W  8:D 23:W 12:L 26:W 11:L 21:D  4:W  6:W  1:L
6  Forster, Bill            1965 6      9:D  7:W  0:D  0:D 15:W 21:W  3:L 11:D  5:L 14:W
7  Sellen, Ian              1975 6     14:L  6:L 33:W 10:W 21:L 25:W  9:W 16:W 12:W  2:L
8  Miriyala, Rama Rao       1731 6     29:W  5:D  0:D  0:D  0:L  0:L 14:W 26:W 15:D 11:W
9  Cook, John               1591 6      6:D 14:L 32:W 26:L 22:W 23:D  7:L 25:W 27:W 16:W
10 Veldhuizen, Matt         1512 6     11:L 25:W 12:L  7:L 29:W 24:L 20:W 17:W 22:W 21:W
11 Nyberg, Michael          1965 5.5   10:W 21:W  3:L 14:W  1:L  5:W 16:W  6:D  2:L  8:L
12 Van der Hoorn, Mark      2132 5.5    0:D  0:D 10:W  5:W 27:W  2:D  1:L  3:W  7:L  4:L
13 Stoeveken, Peter         1641 5.5   32:W  3:L 30:W 21:L 14:W 15:W  2:L 18:W  0:D  0:L
14 Kay, Bruce               1613 5      7:W  9:W  4:L 11:L 13:L 22:W  8:L 23:W 19:W  6:L
15 Wilkins, Mark            1927 5      0:D  0:D 20:W 22:W  6:L 13:L 24:W 21:D  8:D  3:L
16 Brockway, Andrew         1636 5     19:W 23:L 22:L 29:W 24:W 28:W 11:L  7:L 18:W  9:L
17 List, Robert             1627 5      5:L 33:W  2:L 31:W 23:W 26:L 18:L 10:L 25:W  0:W
18 Facchini, Fabrizio            5      0:D  0:D  0:L  0:L  0:W 29:W 17:W 13:L 16:L 33:W
19 Walters, Taina                5     16:L 31:W 27:W  1:L 28:L 30:W  0:D  0:D 14:L 24:W
20 Sknar, Andrew            1403 5     28:L 29:W 15:L 27:L  0:D  0:D 10:L 30:W 33:W 22:W
21 Farrington, Lawrence     1738 4.5   25:W 11:L 26:D 13:W  7:W  6:L  5:D 15:D  4:L 10: 
22 Wevita, Roshan                4      0:D  0:D 16:W 15:L  9:L 14:L 33:W 24:W 10:L 20:L
23 Nicholls, Al             1749 4     33:W 16:W  5:L  2:L 17:L  9:D 27:W 14:L  0:D  0:L
24 Cunningham, Pat          1523 4      0:D  0:D  1:L 30:W 16:L 10:W 15:L 22:L 26:W 19:L
25 Konakanchi, Karthik      891  4     21:L 10:L 31:L 33:W 30:W  7:L  0:W  9:L 17:L 27:W
26 Pandey, Alok             1263 3.5    0:D  0:D 21:D  9:W  5:L 17:W  4:L  8:L 24:L  0:L
27 Wight, Joshua            1193 3.5    3:L 32:D 19:L 20:W 12:L 33:W 23:L  0:W  9:L 25:L
28 Timergazi, Layla         1719 3     20:W  4:L  0:D  0:D 19:W 16:L  0:   0:   0:   0: 
29 Aumeier, Beate                2.5    8:L 20:L  0:W 16:L 10:L 18:L 30:L 33:W  0:D  0:L
30 Bennett, Sarah                2.5    0:D  0:D 13:L 24:L 25:L 19:L 29:W 20:L  0:D  0:L
31 Theodosiou, Andreas      1292 2      4:L 19:L 25:W 17:L  0:D  0:D  0:L  0:L  0:   0: 
32 Mazur, Christian              2      0:D  0:D  9:L  0:D  0:D  0:L  0:   0:   0:   0: 
33 Sknar, Andriy            976  1     23:L 17:L  7:L 25:L  0:W 27:L 22:L 29:L 20:L 18:L