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
*

Club Champs Crosstables

A and C grades finished - B and D nearly so

Results from Thursday:

Sellen 0 Dive 1
Ker 1 Forster 0
Nijman 1/2 Van der Hoorn 1/2
Nyberg 1 Pomeroy 0

Pandey 1 Timergazi 0
Kay 0 Miriyala 1
Jackson 1 Roberts 0

Cunningham 1 List 0
Farrington 1/2 Brockway 1/2

Walters 1 Bennett 0
Konakanchi 1 Aumeier 0
Aumeier 0 Konakanchi 1

A Grade

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


1
Dive, Russell
2421
9
*
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1


2
Ker, Anthony
2422
7.5
0
*
½
1
1
1
1
1
1
1


3
Van der Hoorn, Mark
2230
5.5
0
½
*
½
½
½
1
½
1
1


4
Sellen, Ian
2072
5
0
0
½
*
1
0
½
1
1
1


5
Nijman, Brian
2186
4.5
0
0
½
0
*
½
½
1
1
1


6
Pomeroy, Arthur
2113
4
0
0
½
1
½
*
½
1
0
½


7
Stone, Andrew
2076
3.5
0
0
0
½
½
½
*
0
1
1


8
Forster, Bill
2071
2.5
0
0
½
0
0
0
1
*
0
1


9
Nyberg, Michael
2027
2.5
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
*
½


10
Aldridge, Alan
1990
1
0
0
0
0
0
½
0
0
½
*

B Grade

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


1
Timergazi, Layla
1889
6.5
*
1
1
1
1
0
½


1
0
1


2
Jackson, Ross
1990
6.5
0
*
0
1
1
1
½
1
1


1


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


7
Stracy, Don
1851
4
½
½
0
-
-
1
*
½
-
½
1


8
Rossiter, Philip
1836
4


0
½
0
½
1
½
*
0
1
½


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


10
Kay, Bruce
1825
2
1


0
0
0
0
½
0
0
*
½


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

C Grade

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


1
Brockway, Andrew
1770
7.5
*
1
1
1
0
1
½
1
1
1


2
Heaton, Ken
1684
7
0
*
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1


3
Cunningham, Patrick
1590
6
0
0
*
0
1
1
1
1
1
1


4
Marney, John
1600
5.5
0
1
1
*
0
0
½
1
1
1


5
List, Robert
1702
5
1
0
0
1
*
1
0
0
1
1


6
Whittle, Jonathon
1736
5
0
0
0
1
0
*
1
1
1
1


7
Farrington, Lawrence
1761
4
½
0
0
½
1
0
*
1
0
1


8
Veldhuizen, Matt
1574
3
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
*
1
1


9
Sknar, Andrew
1370
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
*
0


10
Wevita, Roshan
1511
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
*

D Grade

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
7.0
1
*
1
2
2
1


3
Walters, Taina




1119
5.0
0
1
*
1
1
2


4
Aumeier, Beate




992
3.0
1
0
0
*
1
1


5
Sknar, Andriy




958
2.0
0
0
1
1
*
0


6
Bennett, Sarah




853
2.0
0
0
0
1
1
*

Club Championship Congratulations to...

Club Championships 2013
Congratulations to
- Russell Dive for finishing me off, to complete his picket fence in the A grade
- Andrew Brockway for drawing with Lawrence, thus clinching the C grade title half a point ahead of Ken Heaton
- Karthik Konakanchi for winning two games last night to maintain his challenge for the D grade title - needs to win his last game next week to tie with Joshua Wight
- Layla Timergazi and Ross Jackson will be battling to win their last games next week against Philip Rossiter and Bruce Kay respectively to decide the B grade title.

Full results and tables to follow

Club Champs 2nd catch up week

Good luck to Layla Timergazi, Ross Jackson and Andrew Brockway all playing in the South Island Championship in Nelson this week. These three players also have vital catch up games to play in the Club Championships here in Wellington, so we will have to wait to see how the get on, to decide the B and C grade titles.
No doubting who is the A grade champion - Russell Dive has won 8 out of 8 and just needs to beat me next week for his picket fence. Anthony is in clear 2nd place and Mark has just overtaken me for 3rd, on tie break.
The D grade title is still in dispute, with a large number of games still to be played there. I thought Joshua Wight had run off with the title, but because he lost his last 2 games, he could have been caught by both Taina Walters, and Karthik Konakanchi. Now, with Taina losing twice last night, only Karthik can catch Joshua by winning his last 3 games.

Results from last night:

All draws in the A grade:
Pomeroy 1/2 Van der Hoorn 1/2
Nijman 1/2 Stone 1/2
Nyberg 1/2 Aldridge 1/2
Lucky escapes for Nyburg and Nijman I believe (haven't gone through games yet)

Miriyala 1 Cook 0
Roberts 1 Pandey 0
Rossiter 0 Stoeveken 1 (Rossiter threw away an easy win)

List 1 Wevita 0
Sknar 0 Heaton 1
Marney 1 Cunningham 0

In the D grade Taina graciously agreed to play 2 games to help catch up:

Walters 0 Konakanchi 1
Walters 0 Sknar 1
Aumeier 1 Bennett 0

 

Club Championship A grade

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


1
Dive, Russell
2421
8
*
1
1


1
1
1
1
1
1


2
Ker, Anthony
2422
6.5
0
*
½
1
1
1
1


1
1


3
Van der Hoorn, Mark
2230
5
0
½
*
½
½


1
½
1
1


4
Sellen, Ian
2072
5


0
½
*
0
1
½
1
1
1


5
Pomeroy, Arthur
2113
4
0
0
½
1
*
½
½
1


½


6
Nijman, Brian
2186
4
0
0


0
½
*
½
1
1
1


7
Stone, Andrew
2076
3.5
0
0
0
½
½
½
*
0
1
1


8
Forster, Bill
2071
2.5
0


½
0
0
0
1
*
0
1


9
Nyberg, Michael
2027
1.5
0
0
0
0


0
0
1
*
½


10
Aldridge, Alan
1990
1
0
0
0
0
½
0
0
0
½
*

Club Championship B grade

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


1
Timergazi, Layla
1889
6.5
*
1
1
1
1




½
1
0
1


2
Tionko, Efrain
1844
6.5
0
*
½
1
1
0
½
1
½
1
1


3
Roberts, Michael
1781
6
0
½
*


0
1
½
+
1
1
1


4
Jackson, Ross
1990
5.5
0
0


*
1
1
1
½
1


1


5
Miriyala, Rama Rao
1906
5.5
0
0
1
0
*
½
1
+
1


1


6
Pandey, Alok
1901
4.5


1
0
0
½
*
0
0
1
1
1


7
Rossiter, Philip
1851
4


½
½
0
0
1
*
½
0
1
½


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


9
Stoeveken, Peter
1836
3.5
0
½
0
0
0
0
1
+
*
1
0


10
Kay, Bruce
1825
2
1
0
0




0
0
½
0
*
½


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

Club Championship C grade

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


1
Brockway, Andrew
1770
7
*
1
1
0
1
1


1
1
1


2
Heaton, Ken
1684
7
0
*
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1


3
Marney, John
1600
5.5
0
1
*
0
0
1
½
1
1
1


4
List, Robert
1702
5
1
0
1
*
1


0
0
1
1


5
Whittle, Jonathon
1736
5
0
0
1
0
*
0
1
1
1
1


6
Cunningham, Patrick
1590
5
0
0
0


1
*
1
1
1
1


7
Farrington, Lawrence
1761
3.5


0
½
1
0
0
*
1
0
1


8
Veldhuizen, Matt
1574
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
*
1
1


9
Sknar, Andrew
1370
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
*
0


10
Wevita, Roshan
1511
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
*

Club Championship 2013 D grade

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
5.0
1
*
1


2
1


3
Walters, Taina




1119
4.0
0
1
*
1
1
1


4
Aumeier, Beate




992
3.0
1


0
*
1
1


5
Sknar, Andriy




958
2.0
0
0
1
1
*
0


6
Bennett, Sarah




853
2.0
0
0
0
1
1
*