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