Club Championship 2014 Begins

First of all, congratulations to Beate Aumeier on her new role as head chocolatier at the Chocolate Factory in Eva Street.

To celebrate, Beate brought in a load of the nicest chocolate coated coffee beans I have ever tasted. We are very lucky to have someone so talented, kind and generous at the club.

A warm welcome to Hamish Dixon, who has taken a break of some 12 years, and returns to competitive chess in the C grade of the club championship. Welcome also to Aran Mol from the Netherlands, playing in the same grade.
Nice to see the return of Al Nicholls, and the A grade players Russell Dive, Anthony Ker, Brian Nijman and Layla Timergazi.

Club president Ross Jackson very generously gave up his place in the A grade (which he earned by winning the B grade last year), which means that all the A grade players are above the 2000 mark. The A grade was keenly fought last night, with both Brian Nijman and Bill Forster earning draws against higher rated opposition.

Mark Wilkins and Peter Stoeveken take the early lead in the B grade, winning against Al Nicholls and Alan Aldridge respectively.

The C grade looks particularly interesting to me, as there are a number of players whose strength I haven't been able to fully ascertain. All the games played were decisive.

And in the D grade, which is a Swiss, all the games went to the higher seeded player. Jack Baker is easily the favourite here, but I hope he gets some challenging games nonetheless.

Here are the results:

Club Championship A grade

No Name          Loc   Result   Name             Loc 

 1 Perry, Roger  2098    1:0    Timergazi, Layla 2071
 2 Sellen, Ian   2075    ½:½    Nyberg, Michael  2081
 3 Forster, Bill 2081    ½:½    Croad, Nic       2368
 4 Nijman, Brian 2180    ½:½    Ker, Anthony     2435
 5 Dive, Russell 2440    1:0    Stone, Andrew    2058

Club Championship B grade

No Name          Loc   Result   Name                Loc 

 1 Don Stracy    1855     :     Andrew Brockway     1784
 2 Ross Jackson  1984    ½:½    Philip Rossiter     1922
 3 Mike Roberts  1761    ½:½    Lawrence Farrington 1852
 4 Mark Wilkins  1886    1:0    Al Nicholls         1850
 5 Alan Aldridge 1951    0:1    Peter Stoeveken     1856

Club Championship C grade

No Name         Loc   Result   Name               Loc 

 1 Michael Sole 1746     :     Phillip Coghini    1747
 2 Aran Mol     1700    1:0    Troy Lamerton      1731
 3 Josh Wight   1204    0:1    Patrick Cunningham 1734
 4 Mike Asplet  1566    1:0    Robert List        1724
 5 Nick Barr    1482    1:0    Hamish Dixon       1500

Club Championship D Grade

No Name               Loc  Total  Result   Name              Loc  Total

 1 Baker, Jack        1396 [0]      1:0    Collings, Alex    1203 [0]  
 2 Bailey, Daniel     1200 [0]      0:1    Scarlett, William 1255 [0]  
 3 Meravanage, Satwik 1238 [0]      1:0    Phillips, Cameron 1192 [0]  
 4 Sknar, Andriy      1039 [0]      0:1    Bennett, Sarah    1236 [0]  
 5 Aumeier, Beate     1228 [0]      1:0    Sole, Chris       953  [0]  
 6 Strokov, Philipp   900  [0]      0:1    Patuwai, Bubbles  1280 [0]  
 7 Allsop, Lachlan    900  [0]     .5:.5   BYE                         
 8 Galacgac, Jacob    900  [0]     .5:.5   BYE                         

Vikas Shenoy Triumphs in Johnsonville

Many thanks to Scott Wastney for organising the Rapid tournament in Johnsonville at the weekend. 11 of our members took part, just over half the field. It turned into a terrific triumph for young Vikas Shenoy, who is not at the Club but should be! Congratulations to him. Great result also for Tristan Phease, whom I haven't come across before.

Bill (r) vs Peter, with Tristan Phease in the background

The winner, Vikas Shenoy playing Troy Lamerton in round 2

Cross Table

No Name                Feder Rtg Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6  

1  Vikas Shenoy                  1111 5      2:D 15:W 10:W  3:D  4:W  5:W
2  William Forster               1941 4.5    1:D 11:W  5:L  8:W  6:W  4:W
3  Henry Li                      1406 4.5   18:W 19:W  6:L  1:D 14:W  7:W
4  Tristan Phease                641  4      5:W  7:W  8:W  6:W  1:L  2:L
5  Jack Baker                    1396 3.5    4:L  9:W  2:W  7:D 10:W  1:L
6  Peter Stoekeven               1662 3.5   16:W 14:W  3:W  4:L  2:L  9:D
7  Karthik Konachanchi           1296 3.5    9:W  4:L 13:W  5:D 12:W  3:L
8  Andrew Brockway               1784 3.5   13:W 10:D  4:L  2:L 15:W 14:W
9  Nicholas Barr                      3.5    7:L  5:L 20:W 17:W 11:W  6:D
10 Brian Luo                     1269 3     17:W  8:D  1:L 13:W  5:L 12:D
11 Lachlan Alsop                      3     12:W  2:L 14:L 16:W  9:L 15:W
12 Josh Brearton                 1396 3     11:L 18:W 19:W 14:D  7:L 10:D
13 Bailey Hayman                 1009 3      8:L 17:W  7:L 10:L 16:W 18:W
14 Winston Su                    1126 2.5   20:W  6:L 11:W 12:D  3:L  8:L
15 Troy Lamerton                 1731 2     19:L  1:L 17:W 18:W  8:L 11:L
16 David Kennedy                 865  2      6:L 20:W 18:L 11:L 13:L  0:W
17 Jacob Galacgnac                    2     10:L 13:L 15:L  9:L  0:W 20:W
18 Cameron Phillips              645  2      3:L 12:L 16:W 15:L 20:W 13:L
19 William Scarlett              881  1     15:W  3:L 12:L  0:L  0:L  0:L
20 Evgeny Zhilkin                     1     14:L 16:L  9:L  0:W 18:L 17:L

Julian Mazur Memorial Final - Croad Delivers

Congratulations to Nic Croad on two fronts! On Saturday he became father to Arthur Lachlan Croad. And last night he won the Julian Mazur Memorial by beating joint leader Mark Wilkins. Andrew Stone or I could have caught him by winning our game, but we drew, so Nic gets the title to himself. Joining Andrew and me on 2nd place was Roger Perry who won a long difficult game against Michael Nyberg.

Here are the full results and final cross table

Results

No Name               Loc  Total  Result   Name                 Loc  Total

 1 Wilkins, Mark      1886 [5.5]    0:1    Croad, Nic           2368 [5.5]
 2 Sellen, Ian        2075 [5.5]   .5:.5   Stone, Andrew        2058 [5.5]
 3 Perry, Roger       2098 [5]      1:0    Nyberg, Michael      2081 [5]  
 4 Aldridge, Alan     1951 [4.5]   .5:.5   Stracy, Don          1855 [4.5]
 5 Anderson, Gordon   1624 [4]      -:+    Jackson, Ross        1984 [4]  
 6 Baker, Jack        1396 [4]      -:+    Farrington, Lawrence 1852 [4]  
 7 Brockway, Andrew   1784 [4]      +:-    Kay, Bruce           1744 [4]  
 8 Roberts, Mike      1761 [3.5]    0:1    Coghini, Phillip     1700 [4]  
 9 Stoeveken, Peter   1856 [3.5]    0:1    Sole, Michael        1746 [3.5]
10 Scarlett, William  1255 [3.5]    0:1    Konakanchi, Karthik  1351 [3.5]
11 Cunningham, Pat    1734 [3]      1:0    Sole, Chris          953  [3]  
12 Bennett, Sarah     1236 [3]      1:0    Patuwai, Bubbles     1500 [3]  
13 Meravanage, Satwik 1238 [3]      0:1    Barr, Nick           1300 [3]  
14 Kierstead, James   1111 [2.5]   .5:.5   Konakanchi, Pramodh  1300 [2.5]
15 Bailey, Daniel          [2.5]    1:0    Phillips, Cameron    1000 [2.5]
16 Wight, Joshua      1204 [2]      1:0    Aumeier, Beate       1090 [2]  
17 Collings, Alex     1203 [2]      0:1    Strokov, Philipp     1200 [1.5]
18 Allsop, Lachlan         [1]      1:0    Scully, Ben          1046 [1.5]
19 Rossiter, Philip   1922 [4.5]   .5:.5   BYE                            
20 List, Bob          1724 [3.5]   .5:.5   BYE                            
21 Asplet, Mike       1566 [2.5]   .5:.5   BYE                            
22 Galacgac, Jacob         [1]     .5:.5   BYE                            

Cross Table

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

1  Croad, Nic           2368 6.5   27:W 11:W  8:W  2:W  7:W  6:L  0:D  5:W
2  Sellen, Ian          2075 6     15:W 16:W 10:W  1:L  3:D 23:W  6:W  4:D
3  Perry, Roger         2098 6     29:W  9:D 11:W  5:W  2:D  4:L 16:W  6:W
4  Stone, Andrew        2058 6      0:D 24:W  9:W  7:L 17:W  3:W 23:W  2:D
5  Wilkins, Mark        1886 5.5   26:W 18:W  6:W  3:L 10:D  7:W  8:W  1:L
6  Nyberg, Michael      2081 5     17:W 14:W  5:L 12:W  8:W  1:W  2:L  3:L
7  Aldridge, Alan       1951 5      0:D 13:W 23:W  4:W  1:L  5:L 24:W 10:D
8  Jackson, Ross        1984 5     31:W 19:W  1:L 16:W  6:L 13:W  5:L 18:+
9  Brockway, Andrew     1784 5     30:W  3:D  4:L 27:W 12:L  0:D 15:W 16:+
10 Stracy, Don          1855 5     28:W 36:W  2:L 19:W  5:D 12:L 18:W  7:D
11 Farrington, Lawrence 1852 5     21:W  1:L  3:L 30:W 20:W 18:L 28:W 17:+
12 Rossiter, Philip     1922 5      0:D 40:W 25:W  6:L  9:W 10:W  4:   0:D
13 Coghini, Phillip     1700 5     40:D  7:L 35:W 25:W  0:D  8:L 19:W 24:W
14 Sole, Michael        1746 4.5   38:W  6:L 15:D 40:W 16:L 17:L 20:W 23:W
15 Konakanchi, Karthik  1351 4.5    2:L 33:W 14:D 24:W 23:L 29:W  9:L 26:W
16 Kay, Bruce           1744 4     33:W  2:L 30:W  8:L 14:W 28:W  3:L  9:-
17 Baker, Jack          1396 4      6:L 38:W 34:W  0:D  4:L 14:W  0:D 11:-
18 Anderson, Gordon     1624 4     32:W  5:L 36:W 23:L 19:W 11:W 10:L  8:-
19 Cunningham, Pat      1734 4     41:W  8:L 26:W 10:L 18:L 40:W 13:L 32:W
20 Barr, Nick           1300 4      0:D 31:D 27:D  0:D 11:L 30:W 14:L 28:W
21 Bennett, Sarah       1236 4     11:L  0:D 24:L 22:L  0:D 38:W 36:W 29:W
22 List, Bob            1724 4     36:L  0:D 40:L 21:W 28:L 34:W 25:W  0:D
23 Stoeveken, Peter     1856 3.5    0:D 35:W  7:L 18:W 15:W  2:L  4:L 14:L
24 Roberts, Mike        1761 3.5    0:D  4:L 21:W 15:L 40:W 27:+  7:L 13:L
25 Bailey, Daniel            3.5    0:W  0:D 12:L 13:L  0:D 31:D 22:L 34:W
26 Scarlett, William    1255 3.5    5:L 32:W 19:L  0:D 30:L 35:W 31:W 15:L
27 Asplet, Mike         1566 3      1:L 28:W 20:D  9:L  0:D 24:-  0:D  0:D
28 Meravanage, Satwik   1238 3     10:L 27:L 33:W 34:W 22:W 16:L 11:L 20:L
29 Patuwai, Bubbles     1500 3      3:L 30:L 31:W 32:W  0:D 15:L  0:D 21:L
30 Wight, Joshua        1204 3      9:L 29:W 16:L 11:L 26:W 20:L 32:L 36:W
31 Konakanchi, Pramodh  1300 3      8:L 20:D 29:L 35:+  0:D 25:D 26:L 33:D
32 Sole, Chris          953  3     18:L 26:L 38:W 29:L 35:L  0:W 30:W 19:L
33 Kierstead, James     1111 3     16:L 15:L 28:L 38:W 34:D  0:D  0:D 31:D
34 Phillips, Cameron    1000 2.5    0:D  0:D 17:L 28:L 33:D 22:L 37:W 25:L
35 Strokov, Philipp     1200 2.5    0:D 23:L 13:L 31:- 32:W 26:L 37:  38:W
36 Aumeier, Beate       1090 2     22:W 10:L 18:L  0:D  0:D  0:L 21:L 30:L
37 Allsop, Lachlan           2      0:   0:   0:   0:   0:D  0:D 34:L 40:W
38 Collings, Alex       1203 2     14:L 17:L 32:L 33:L  0:W 21:L 39:W 35:L
39 Galacgac, Jacob           1.5    0:   0:   0:   0:   0:D  0:D 38:L  0:D
40 Scully, Ben          1046 1.5   13:D 12:L 22:W 14:L 24:L 19:L 34:  37:L
41 Darvish, Shaiyan     1100 .5    19:L  0:D  0:   0:   0:   0:   0:   0: 

Julian Mazur Round 7 - Wide Open, One Round To Go!

The winner of this tournament is now impossible to pick. Nic had to take a bye because of family commitments, and it seems unlikely he will be able to make the final round. The co-leader from last week, Michael Nyberg, was beaten by me, so now we have a 4-way tie for first place - Nic, me, Andrew Stone and Mark Wilkins. Andrew was re-paired against Peter Stoeveken after his opponent Philip Rossiter didn't turn up, and won in style. Ross Jackson had a winning position but blundered terribly to lose to Mark Wilkins.

Bill is now updating the website and is putting up games. Great to have him back!

Results

No Name                 Loc  Total  Result   Name               Loc  Total

 1 Nyberg, Michael      2081 [5]      0:1    Sellen, Ian        2075 [4.5]
 2 Stone, Andrew        2058 [4.5]    1:0    Stoeveken, Peter   1856 [3.5]
 3 Jackson, Ross        1984 [4]      0:1    Wilkins, Mark      1886 [4.5]
 4 Kay, Bruce           1744 [4]      0:1    Perry, Roger       2098 [4]  
 5 Stracy, Don          1855 [3.5]    1:0    Anderson, Gordon   1624 [4]  
 6 Aldridge, Alan       1951 [3.5]    1:0    Roberts, Mike      1761 [3.5]
 7 Konakanchi, Karthik  1351 [3.5]    0:1    Brockway, Andrew   1784 [3]  
 8 Farrington, Lawrence 1852 [3]      1:0    Meravanage, Satwik 1238 [3]  
 9 Coghini, Phillip     1700 [3]      1:0    Cunningham, Pat    1734 [3]  
10 Barr, Nick           1300 [3]      0:1    Sole, Michael      1746 [2.5]
11 Bailey, Daniel            [2.5]    0:1    List, Bob          1724 [2.5]
12 Konakanchi, Pramodh  1300 [2.5]    0:1    Scarlett, William  1255 [2.5]
13 Aumeier, Beate       1090 [2]      0:1    Bennett, Sarah     1236 [2]  
14 Sole, Chris          953  [2]      1:0    Wight, Joshua      1204 [2]  
15 Phillips, Cameron    1000 [1.5]    1:0    Allsop, Lachlan         [1]  
16 Collings, Alex       1203 [1]      1:0    Galacgac, Jacob         [1]  
17 Croad, Nic           2368 [5]     .5:.5   BYE                          
18 Asplet, Mike         1566 [2]     .5:.5   BYE                          
19 Patuwai, Bubbles     1500 [2.5]   .5:.5   BYE                          
20 Kierstead, James     1111 [2]     .5:.5   BYE                          
21 Baker, Jack          1396 [3.5]   .5:.5   BYE                          

Cross Table

No Name                 Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6    7  

1  Sellen, Ian          2075 5.5   19:W 12:W  8:W  3:L  6:D 17:W  5:W
2  Wilkins, Mark        1886 5.5   21:W 15:W  5:W  6:L  8:D  7:W 10:W
3  Croad, Nic           2368 5.5   30:W 13:W 10:W  1:W  7:W  5:L  0:D
4  Stone, Andrew        2058 5.5    0:D 18:W 11:W  7:L 14:W  6:W 17:W
5  Nyberg, Michael      2081 5     14:W 20:W  2:L  9:W 10:W  3:W  1:L
6  Perry, Roger         2098 5     27:W 11:D 13:W  2:W  1:D  4:L 12:W
7  Aldridge, Alan       1951 4.5    0:D 16:W 17:W  4:W  3:L  2:L 18:W
8  Stracy, Don          1855 4.5   24:W 34:W  1:L 23:W  2:D  9:L 15:W
9  Rossiter, Philip     1922 4.5    0:D 37:W 29:W  5:L 11:W  8:W  4: 
10 Jackson, Ross        1984 4     33:W 23:W  3:L 12:W  5:L 16:W  2:L
11 Brockway, Andrew     1784 4     35:W  6:D  4:L 30:W  9:L  0:D 19:W
12 Kay, Bruce           1744 4     31:W  1:L 35:W 10:L 20:W 24:W  6:L
13 Farrington, Lawrence 1852 4     25:W  3:L  6:L 35:W 26:W 15:L 24:W
14 Baker, Jack          1396 4      5:L 36:W 32:W  0:D  4:L 20:W  0:D
15 Anderson, Gordon     1624 4     28:W  2:L 34:W 17:L 23:W 13:W  8:L
16 Coghini, Phillip     1700 4     37:D  7:L 38:W 29:W  0:D 10:L 23:W
17 Stoeveken, Peter     1856 3.5    0:D 38:W  7:L 15:W 19:W  1:L  4:L
18 Roberts, Mike        1761 3.5    0:D  4:L 25:W 19:L 37:W 30:+  7:L
19 Konakanchi, Karthik  1351 3.5    1:L 31:W 20:D 18:W 17:L 27:W 11:L
20 Sole, Michael        1746 3.5   36:W  5:L 19:D 37:W 12:L 14:L 26:W
21 Scarlett, William    1255 3.5    2:L 28:W 23:L  0:D 35:L 38:W 33:W
22 List, Bob            1724 3.5   34:L  0:D 37:L 25:W 24:L 32:W 29:W
23 Cunningham, Pat      1734 3     41:W 10:L 21:W  8:L 15:L 37:W 16:L
24 Meravanage, Satwik   1238 3      8:L 30:L 31:W 32:W 22:W 12:L 13:L
25 Bennett, Sarah       1236 3     13:L  0:D 18:L 22:L  0:D 36:W 34:W
26 Barr, Nick           1300 3      0:D 33:D 30:D  0:D 13:L 35:W 20:L
27 Patuwai, Bubbles     1500 3      6:L 35:L 33:W 28:W  0:D 19:L  0:D
28 Sole, Chris          953  3     15:L 21:L 36:W 27:L 38:L  0:W 35:W
29 Bailey, Daniel            2.5    0:W  0:D  9:L 16:L  0:D 33:D 22:L
30 Asplet, Mike         1566 2.5    3:L 24:W 26:D 11:L  0:D 18:-  0:D
31 Kierstead, James     1111 2.5   12:L 19:L 24:L 36:W 32:D  0:D  0:D
32 Phillips, Cameron    1000 2.5    0:D  0:D 14:L 24:L 31:D 22:L 39:W
33 Konakanchi, Pramodh  1300 2.5   10:L 26:D 27:L 38:+  0:D 29:D 21:L
34 Aumeier, Beate       1090 2     22:W  8:L 15:L  0:D  0:D  0:L 25:L
35 Wight, Joshua        1204 2     11:L 27:W 12:L 13:L 21:W 26:L 28:L
36 Collings, Alex       1203 2     20:L 14:L 28:L 31:L  0:W 25:L 40:W
37 Scully, Ben          1046 1.5   16:D  9:L 22:W 20:L 18:L 23:L 32: 
38 Strokov, Philipp     1200 1.5    0:D 17:L 16:L 33:- 28:W 21:L 39: 
39 Allsop, Lachlan           1      0:   0:   0:   0:   0:D  0:D 32:L
40 Galacgac, Jacob           1      0:   0:   0:   0:   0:D  0:D 36:L
41 Darvish, Shaiyan     1100 .5    23:L  0:D  0:   0:   0:   0:   0: