Autumn Cup Round 3 Continued

Here are the results for round 3 of the Autumn Cup E Grade, and the cross table - with thanks to Philip Rossiter.

Autumn Cup 2015 - Round 3

Results

No Name                Loc  Total  Result   Name                Loc  Total

 1 Wight, Josh         1310 [2]      1:0    Bennett, Sarah      1265 [2]  
 2 Sole, Chris         1179 [1.5]    0:1    Forlong-Ford, Colyn      [1.5]
 3 Griffiths, Tudor         [1]      1:0    Sknar, Andriy       991  [1]  
 4 Waldron, Alexander       [1]      0:1    Asher, Bruce             [1]  
 5 Theodosiou, Andreas 1323 [.5]     1:0    Collings, Alex      1069 [.5] 
 6 Zhao, Aiden              [.5]     0:1    Phillips, Cameron        [.5] 
 7 Skynsky, Lyle            [0]      1:0    BYE                           
 8 Konakanchi, Karthik 1347 [1.5]   .5:.5   BYE                           
 9 Aumeier, Beate      1227 [1]     .5:.5   BYE                           

Cross Table

No Name                Loc  Total  1    2    3  

1  Wight, Josh         1310 3     12:W  7:W  3:W
2  Forlong-Ford, Colyn      2.5    0:D 14:W  8:W
3  Bennett, Sarah      1265 2     10:W  5:W  1:L
4  Konakanchi, Karthik 1347 2      6:W  0:D  0:D
5  Griffiths, Tudor         2      9:W  3:L 13:W
6  Asher, Bruce             2      4:L 15:W 11:W
7  Aumeier, Beate      1227 1.5   11:W  1:L  0:D
8  Sole, Chris         1179 1.5   13:W  0:D  2:L
9  Theodosiou, Andreas 1323 1.5    5:L  0:D 14:W
10 Phillips, Cameron        1.5    3:L  0:D 15:W
11 Waldron, Alexander       1      7:L  0:W  6:L
12 Skynsky, Lyle            1      1:L 13:-  0:W
13 Sknar, Andriy       991  1      8:L 12:+  5:L
14 Collings, Alex      1069 .5    15:D  2:L  9:L
15 Zhao, Aiden              .5    14:D  6:L 10:L

Autumn Cup Round 3 - Croad Avenges Himself

I think I have most of the results from Thursday, just a few games from the E group I am not sure about. Maybe you can help?

Nic, who has basically been cleaning up in everything at the club so far this year, got the chance to avenge himself on Michael Nyberg, who swindled a win against him in the Wellington Easter tournament. So now he has 3/3 in the Autumn Cup, ahead of Anthony Ker who is on 2/2 with one game to catch up on.
I asked Anthony before his game if he was going to be kind to Russell, since it was the latter's birthday. He replied that as a birthday present he was going to give Russell an interesting game! And so it turned out, with Russell's knight not being a match for Anthony's pawns in the endgame.
 In the other A group game, Arthur lost on time against Brian Nijman in a fairly complex position, I believe.

A Group:
Pomeroy     0-1    Nijman
Dive            0-1    Ker
Croad          1-0    Nyberg

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


1
Croad, Nic
2371
3
*
 
1
 
1
1


2
Ker, Anthony
2423
2
 
*
 
1
1
 


3
Nyberg, Michael
2098
1
0
 
*
1
 
 


4
Nijman, Brian
2172
1
 
0
0
*
 
1


5
Dive, Russell
2454
0
0
0
 
 
*
 


6
Pomeroy, Arthur
2103
0
0
 
 
0
 
*

B Group:
Timergazi        v      Stoeveken  postponed
Forster       1/2-1/2  Sellen
Aldridge       1-0     Stone

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


1
Forster, Bill
2098
2
*
½
½
1
 
 


2
Sellen, Ian
2060
2
½
*
 
 
½
1


3
Stone, Andrew
2048
1.5
½
 
*
0
 
1


4
Aldridge, Alan
1908
1
0
 
1
*
 
 


5
Timergazi, Layla
2085
.5
 
½
 
 
*
 


6
Stoeveken, Peter
1959
0
 
0
0
 
 
*

C Group:
Stracy        1/2-1/2   Jackson
Cunningham 0-1      Farrington
Brockway     0-1      Rossiter

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


1
Jackson, Ross
1903
2.5
*
½
1
1
 
 


2
Stracy, Don
1801
1.5
½
*
½
 
 
½


3
Farrington, Lawrence
1840
1.5
0
½
*
 
1
 


4
Rossiter, Philip
1908
1
0
 
 
*
 
1


5
Cunningham, Patrick
1705
1
 
 
0
 
*
1


6
Brockway, Andrew
1846
.5
 
½
 
0
0
*

D Group:
Sole M   0-1    Lamerton
Dixon     1-0    Kulkarni
Asplet      v     Meravanage postponed

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


1
Lamerton, Troy
1649
2
*
 
1
 
1
 


2
Dixon, Hamish
 
1
 
*
0
1
 
 


3
Meravanage, Satwik
1370
1
0
1
*
 
 
 


4
Kulkarni, Yogesh
 
1
 
0
 
*
1
 


5
Sole, Michael
1681
0
0
 
 
0
*
 


6
Asplet, Mike
1614
0
 
 
 
 
 
*

E Group:

Wight beat Bennett
Theodosiou beat Collings
Phillips beat Zhao

Not too sure about Asher, Forlong-Ford, Griffiths, Sknar, Sole C and Waldron. Would be grateful to anybody who can tell me the results, thanks!

Also, if you have a game you would like to share, please let me know.

I really enjoyed my game against Bill Forster. Here it is:

More Autumn Cup Round 2 + Instructive Ending

Here are the results and cross table for the E Group, also hit by weather-related absences.

And below that, I have stolen a very instructive ending from Andrew Brockway's Facebook page!
In the initial position shown, he was black against Don Stracy, and agreed a draw. When he got home, he put the game through the computer and realized that there was a win to be had. I'm not sure I would have found it, would you?

Group E - Round 2

Results

No Name                Loc  Total  Result   Name                Loc  Total

 1 Aumeier, Beate      1227 [1]      0:1    Wight, Josh         1310 [1]  
 2 Bennett, Sarah      1265 [1]      1:0    Griffiths, Tudor         [1]  
 3 Collings, Alex      1069 [.5]     0:1    Forlong-Ford, Colyn      [.5] 
 4 Zhao, Aiden              [.5]     0:1    Asher, Bruce             [0]  
 5 Skynsky, Lyle            [0]      -:+    Sknar, Andriy       991  [0]  
 6 Waldron, Alexander       [0]      1:0    BYE                           
 7 Konakanchi, Karthik 1347 [1]     .5:.5   BYE                           
 8 Theodosiou, Andreas 1323 [0]     .5:.5   BYE                           
 9 Sole, Chris         1179 [1]     .5:.5   BYE                           
10 Phillips, Cameron        [0]     .5:.5   BYE                           

Cross Table

No Name                Loc  Total  1    2  

1  Wight, Josh         1310 2     15:W  6:W
2  Bennett, Sarah      1265 2     11:W  7:W
3  Konakanchi, Karthik 1347 1.5    9:W  0:D
4  Sole, Chris         1179 1.5    8:W  0:D
5  Forlong-Ford, Colyn      1.5    0:D 12:W
6  Aumeier, Beate      1227 1     10:W  1:L
7  Griffiths, Tudor         1     13:W  2:L
8  Sknar, Andriy       991  1      4:L 15:+
9  Asher, Bruce             1      3:L 14:W
10 Waldron, Alexander       1      6:L  0:W
11 Phillips, Cameron        .5     2:L  0:D
12 Collings, Alex      1069 .5    14:D  5:L
13 Theodosiou, Andreas 1323 .5     7:L  0:D
14 Zhao, Aiden              .5    12:D  9:L
15 Skynsky, Lyle            0      1:L  8:-

Autumn Cup Round 2

Here are some preliminary results for the Autumn Cup up to round 2 plus cross tables. More to follow, notably the Swiss Group E results.
Considering the wild weather we had in Wellington on Thursday the turnout wasn't too bad!

Group A
Ker 1             Nijman 0
Pomeroy 0     Croad 1
Dive    v         Nyberg postponed

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


1
Croad, Nic
2371
2
*
 
 
1
 
1


2
Ker, Anthony
2423
1
 
*
 
 
1
 


3
Nyberg, Michael
2098
1
 
 
*
 
1
 


4
Dive, Russell
2454
0
0
 
 
*
 
 


5
Nijman, Brian
2172
0
 
0
0
 
*
 


6
Pomeroy, Arthur
2103
0
0
 
 
 
 
*

Group B
Sellen 1           Stoeveken 0
Timergazi v    Aldridge postponed
Forster 1/2      Stone 1/2

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


1
Forster, Bill
2098
1.5
*
D
 
 
 
W


2
Stone, Andrew
2048
1.5
D
*
 
 
W
 


3
Sellen, Ian
2060
1.5
 
 
*
D
W
 


4
Timergazi, Layla
2085
.5
 
 
D
*
 
 


5
Stoeveken, Peter
1959
0
 
L
L
 
*
 


6
Aldridge, Alan
1908
0
L
 
 
 
 
*

Group C
Farrington 0     Jackson 1
Stracy 1/2         Brockway 1/2
Cunningham v Rossiter postponed

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


1
Jackson, Ross
1903
2
*
 
 
 
W
W


2
Cunningham, Patrick
1705
1
 
*
 
W
 
 


3
Stracy, Don
1801
1
 
 
*
D
D
 


4
Brockway, Andrew
1846
.5
 
L
D
*
 
 


5
Farrington, Lawrence
1840
.5
L
 
D
 
*
 


6
Rossiter, Philip
1908
0
L
 
 
 
 
*

Group D
Kulkarni v      Lamerton postponed
Sole        v      Asplet postponed
Dixon 0          Meravanage 1

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


1
Lamerton, Troy
1649
1
*
 
1
 
 
 


2
Kulkarni, Yogesh
 
1
 
*
 
1
 
 


3
Meravanage, Satwik
1370
1
0
 
*
 
 
1


4
Sole, Michael
1681
0
 
0
 
*
 
 


5
Asplet, Mike
1614
0
 
 
 
 
*
 


6
Dixon, Hamish
 
0
 
 
0
 
 
*

Autumn Cup 2015 Begins

The Autumn Cup started on 7th May, with a reasonable turnout. The A grade looks particularly strong, with NZ champions Nic, Russell and Anthony being joined by Arthur, Brian and Michael Nyberg, demoting Layla to the B grade (but only just).

I'm afraid I do not have all the results yet, as I am no longer club captain. Here are all the results I know, if you can help me add more I will happily publish them here:

A grade: Croad beat Dive, Ker v Pomeroy was postponed, and Nijman v Nyberg was still going on when I left.

B grade: Sellen 1/2 Timergazi 1/2, Forster beat Aldridge, Stone was doing well against Stoveken

C grade: Jackson beat Rossiter

Here is my slightly lucky escape against Layla:

Quentin Johnson on Layla's Victory

I'm a bit slow, I only just discovered Quentin Johnson's article on the 2015 Wellington Open, which was won jointly by Layla Timergazi and David Cilia Vincenti - here it is:

http://otagochess.wikispaces.com/ODT150428

For those of you who don't know, Quentin Johnson writes, to my knowledge, the only chess column in a New Zealand newspaper, in the Otago Daily Times. Wouldn't it be great if one of the Wellington newspapers had something similar? And isn't a column entitled "Girl Power Wins Through" so much better publicity than TV3's vile, lying, misleading take on chess, featuring the regurgitated ramblings of a 7 year old proto-sexist?

I'm not providing the link to that story, you can find it yourself if you're interested.

Ordinary Rapid 2015 - Final Crosstable

The Rapid that was run in parallel with the Fischer Random ended in a joint victory for Andrew Stone and Peter Stoeveken. Each won all four games they played, each took 2 half point byes, and they did not play each other.

Ordinary Rapid 2015

Round 5

No Name                 Loc  Total  Result   Name                Loc  Total

 1 Stoeveken, Peter     1623 [3]      1:0    Kulkarni, Yogesh         [3]  
 2 Farrington, Lawrence 1658 [3]      0:1    Rossiter, Philip    1662 [2.5]
 3 Cunningham, Pat      1578 [2]      0:1    Konakanchi, Karthik      [2]  
 4 Forlong-Ford, Colwyn      [2]      0:1    Wight, Joshua       1156 [2]  
 5 Zhao, Aiden               [0]      0:1    Collings, Alex      1239 [1]  
 6 Dixon, Hamish             [2]      1:0    Asher, Bruce             [1]  
 7 Phillips, Cameron    764  [1]     .5:.5   Theodosiou, Andreas 1237 [1]  
 8 Stone, Andrew        1904 [4]     .5:.5   BYE                           
 9 Sole, Michael        1531 [3]     .5:.5   BYE                           
10 Sole, Christopher    1080 [1]     .5:.5   BYE                           
11 Meravanage, Satwik   1021 [2.5]   .5:.5   BYE                           

Round 6

No Name                 Loc  Total  Result   Name                Loc  Total

 1 Rossiter, Philip     1662 [3.5]    0:1    Stoeveken, Peter    1623 [4]  
 2 Farrington, Lawrence 1658 [3]      1:0    Konakanchi, Karthik      [3]  
 3 Wight, Joshua        1156 [3]      0:1    Dixon, Hamish            [3]  
 4 Theodosiou, Andreas  1237 [1.5]    1:0    Asher, Bruce             [1]  
 5 Collings, Alex       1239 [2]      0:1    Kulkarni, Yogesh         [3]  
 6 Forlong-Ford, Colwyn      [2]      0:1    Phillips, Cameron   764  [1.5]
 7 Cunningham, Pat      1578 [2]      1:0    Zhao, Aiden              [0]  
 8 Stone, Andrew        1904 [4.5]   .5:.5   BYE                           
 9 Sole, Michael        1531 [3.5]   .5:.5   BYE                           
10 Sole, Christopher    1080 [1.5]   .5:.5   BYE                           
11 Meravanage, Satwik   1021 [3]     .5:.5   BYE                           

Final Cross Table

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

1  Stoeveken, Peter               1623 5      0:D  0:D  8:W  9:W  4:W  7:W
2  Stone, Andrew                  1904 5     14:W  9:W 11:W  3:W  0:D  0:D
3  Farrington, Lawrence           1658 4     12:W  4:W  5:W  2:L  7:L  9:W
4  Kulkarni, Yogesh                    4      0:W  3:L 10:W 11:W  1:L 15:W
5  Dixon, Hamish                       4     15:W  7:W  3:L  6:L 17:W 10:W
6  Sole, Michael                  1531 4      9:L 19:W 14:W  5:W  0:D  0:D
7  Rossiter, Philip               1662 3.5    8:D  5:L 12:W 13:W  3:W  1:L
8  Meravanage, Satwik             1021 3.5    7:D 15:W  1:L 14:W  0:D  0:D
9  Konakanchi, Karthik                 3      6:W  2:L 13:W  1:L 11:W  3:L
10 Wight, Joshua                  1156 3      0:D  0:D  4:L 15:W 16:W  5:L
11 Cunningham, Pat                1578 3     17:W 13:W  2:L  4:L  9:L 19:W
12 Phillips, Cameron              764  2.5    3:L 18:L  7:L 19:W 13:D 16:W
13 Theodosiou, Andreas            1237 2.5   19:W 11:L  9:L  7:L 12:D 17:W
14 Sole, Christopher              1080 2      2:L 17:W  6:L  8:L  0:D  0:D
15 Collings, Alex                 1239 2      5:L  8:L 16:W 10:L 19:W  4:L
16 Forlong-Ford, Colwyn                2      0:D  0:D 15:L 17:W 10:L 12:L
17 Asher, Bruce                        1     11:L 14:L 19:W 16:L  5:L 13:L
18 Aldridge, Alan                 1864 1      0:L 12:W  0:   0:   0:   0: 
19 Zhao, Aiden                         0     13:L  6:L 17:L 12:L 15:L 11:L

Fischer Random Final - Croad Scores Perfect 6

Nic Croad scored victories against Layla Timergazi and Russell Dive to finish the event on a perfect 6 out of 6. Congratulations Nic!
Anthony Ker was second on 5/6, with just the one loss to Nic in round 3.

Beate was unable to make it for the final week because she was making preparations for getting married. Her wedding was yesterday, so congratulations Beate!!

It really surprises me how unenthusiastic our members are about playing Fischer Random chess, most of them opting to play to their familiar normal rules in the parallel Rapid tournament. But isn't the mental challenge the main reason we play chess?

One of the things about Fischer Random is of course you get into completely unfamiliar looking positions. Here is part of my game against Anthony Ker. I thought I had a reasonable attack going earlier on the king side, but after his king had sheltered behind my pawn on h7, I found it very hard to make progress. Meanwhile on the queen side, bad things were happening.

Fischer Random 2015

Round 5

No Name           Loc  Total  Result   Name             Loc  Total

 1 Croad, Nic     2288 [4]      1:0    Timergazi, Layla 1833 [3]  
 2 Sellen, Ian    1990 [2.5]    0:1    Ker, Anthony     2381 [3]  
 3 Lamerton, Troy 1600 [2]      0:1    Dive, Russell    2390 [2]  
 4 Jackson, Ross  1963 [2]      1:0    Aldridge, Alan   1864 [2]  
 5 Bennett, Sarah 1054 [1]      0:1    Brockway, Andrew 1641 [.5] 
 6 Aumeier, Beate 1100 [1]      0:0    BYE                        

Round 6

No Name             Loc  Total  Result   Name           Loc  Total

 1 Dive, Russell    2390 [3]      0:1    Croad, Nic     2288 [5]  
 2 Ker, Anthony     2381 [4]      1:0    Jackson, Ross  1963 [3]  
 3 Timergazi, Layla 1833 [3]      0:1    Sellen, Ian    1990 [2.5]
 4 Brockway, Andrew 1641 [1.5]    0:1    Lamerton, Troy 1600 [2]  
 5 Aldridge, Alan   1864 [2]      1:0    Bennett, Sarah 1054 [1]  
 6 Aumeier, Beate   1100 [1]      0:0    BYE                      

Cross Table

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

1  Croad, Nic                 2288 6      7:W 9:W  2:W  3:W  5:W  4:W
2  Ker, Anthony               2381 5      5:W 4:W  1:L  8:W  3:W  6:W
3  Sellen, Ian                1990 3.5   10:D 6:W  4:W  1:L  2:L  5:W
4  Dive, Russell              2390 3      6:W 2:L  3:L  9:W  7:W  1:L
5  Timergazi, Layla           1833 3      2:L 7:W 11:W 10:W  1:L  3:L
6  Jackson, Ross              1963 3      4:L 3:L  9:W  0:W  8:W  2:L
7  Lamerton, Troy             1600 3      1:L 5:L  0:W 11:W  4:L  9:W
8  Aldridge, Alan             1864 3      0:D 0:D 10:W  2:L  6:L 11:W
9  Brockway, Andrew           1641 1.5    0:D 1:L  6:L  4:L 11:W  7:L
10 Aumeier, Beate             1100 1      3:D 0:D  8:L  5:L  0:L  0:L
11 Bennett, Sarah             1054 1      0:D 0:D  5:L  7:L  9:L  8:L