Annotated Autumn Cup Game

Many thanks to Professor Arthur Pomeroy for providing notes to his last round Autumn Cup game against Bill Forster.

Nijman Cleans Up in the Autumn B Grade

A few more games were played for the Autumn Cup catch up round, but not enough to decide any of the undecided groups, and the new tournament, the Rapid, starts next week. Only the A grade and the D grade actually got completed, all the other groups were marred by no-shows.


Recap of the A grade - this was already completed last week:

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


1
Ker, Anthony
2415
5
*
1
1
1
1
1


2
Croad, Nic
2412
4
0
*
1
1
1
1


3
Dive, Russell
2452
3
0
0
*
1
1
1


4
Timergazi, Layla
2152
2
0
0
0
*
1
1


5
Wastney, Scott
2448
1
0
0
0
0
*
1


6
Thomas, Ben
2203
0
0
0
0
0
0
*

The B grade nearly got completed - but the important thing was Brian Nijman beating Andrew Stone to take the title with a 100% record

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


1
Nijman, Brian
2141
5
*
1
1
1
1
1


2
Nyberg, Michael
2068
2.5
0
*
1
1
½



3
Pomeroy, Arthur
2133
2.5
0
0
*
1
1
½


4
Forster, Bill
2075
2
0
0
0
*
1
1


5
Sellen, Ian
2116
1.5
0
½
0
0
*
1


6
Stone, Andrew
2063
.5
0

½
0
0
*

In the C grade - Stoeveken 1/2-1/2 Rossiter,  Barraza 1/2-1/2 Aldridge. Peter Stoeveken did well to draw, given he was still jet-lagged from his trip back from Germany.

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


1
Jackson, Ross
2027
4.5
*
½
1
1
1
1


2
Rossiter, Philip
1814
3
½
*
1
½
½
½


3
Kulkarni, Yogesh
1854
2
0
0
*
1

1


4
Barraza-Perez, Jesse
1925
2
0
½
0
*
½
1


5
Aldridge, Alan
1992
1
0
½

½
*



6
Stoeveken, Peter
1932
.5
0
½
0
0

*

The D grade got finished! Bob List was lucky to draw with Don Stracy, although he already had first place sewn up.

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


1
List, Bob

1661
4
*
1
1
½
1
½


2
Forlong-Ford, Colwyn

1731
3
0
*
½
1
½
1


3
Farrington, Lawrence

1810
3
0
½
*
½
1
1


4
Stracy, Don

1742
2.5
½
0
½
*
½
1


5
Brockway, Andrew

1777
2
0
½
0
½
*
1


6
Cunningham, Patrick

1744
.5
½
0
0
0
0
*

The E group - the group from hell, from an organisational point of view. Does anybody know who won this group? Does anybody care?

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


1
Day, Fabian
1564
3
*

1

1

1


2
Dixon, Hamish
1544
3

*
1


1
1


3
Wight, Joshua
1534
2
0
0
*
1

1



4
Baker, Jack
1588
2


0
*
0
1
1


5
Anderson, Gordon
1663
1
0


1
*




6
Landrain, Marc
1528
1

0
0
0

*
1


7
Theodosiou, Andreas
1489
0
0
0

0

0
*

F grade - Wevers 1-0 Konakanchi K, Meravanage 1-0 Asher. Asplet withdrew, Konakanchi didn't turn up enough times to join the leaders, I guess it's a joint win between Satwik and Alexis?

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


1
Meravanage, Satwik
1395
3
*
1
0

1
1


2
Wevers, Alexis

3
0
*
1

1
1


3
Konakanchi, Karthik
1399
2
1
0
*

1



4
Asplet, Mike
1472
1



*

1


5
Proctor, Matthew
1458
1
0
0
0

*
1


6
Asher, Bruce
1419
0
0
0

0
0
*

G grade - Hewson 1-0 Konakanchi P. Sarah Bennett was doing well but then found something else to do on a Thursday night, so title goes to Ryan Winter.

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


1
Winter, Ryan

4
*

1
1
1
1


2
Bennett, Sarah
1299
3

*
1

1
1


3
Tagos, Bernardo

2.5
0
0
*
½
1
1


4
Austin, Tama

1.5
0

½
*
1



5
Hewson, Paul

1
0
0
0
0
*
1


6
Konakanchi, Pramodh
1275
0
0
0
0

0
*

H Grade - Zhao J 0-1 Zhao A, Sknar 1-0 Collings. Another disaster of a group.

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


1
Sknar, Andriy
1152
3.5
*
½
1
1
1



2
Kibblewhite, Daniel

2.5
½
*

1
1



3
Collings, Alex
1040
1
0

*


1


4
Zhao, Aiden
1231
1
0
0

*
1



5
Zhao, Jeffrey

0
0
0

0
*



6
Ross, Awatea

0


0


*

Autumn Cup - Final Round Games

As promised, here are a selection of games from the final round of the Autumn Cup.

I begin with my own, with apologies to my opponent who wasn't feeling very well I believe. Still, I'd had a lousy tournament thus far, so it was nice to have something to celebrate. Possibly my shortest ever game at the club.

Next, the mammoth game that decided the B grade winner. This being a Nijman game, it started later than any other game, and being 100 moves long (-ish), it was the last to finish.

Many thanks to Andrew Brockway for annotating his game against Don Stracy:

And finally, a couple of interesting games from the A grade.

Anthony Picket-Fences the Autumn Cup!

Games to follow in a separate post.....

Congratulations to Anthony Ker for winning the Autumn Cup in fine style. There were no draws in the A grade, and the cross table is as pretty as a picture, so here it is.

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


1
Ker, Anthony
2415
5
*
1
1
1
1
1


2
Croad, Nic
2412
4
0
*
1
1
1
1


3
Dive, Russell
2452
3
0
0
*
1
1
1


4
Timergazi, Layla
2152
2
0
0
0
*
1
1


5
Wastney, Scott
2448
1
0
0
0
0
*
1


6
Thomas, Ben
2203
0
0
0
0
0
0
*

Ben Thomas had a torrid time in the A grade, as did Scott Wastney. Scott is not accustomed to losing at the club at all, but in this tournament he lost 4 games in a row. Let's hope he regains his confidence in time for the Baku Olympiad later in the year.
In Croad v Wastney, most of the pieces came off very quickly, but Nic with commendable persistence kept niggling away, gradually built up an advantage and won after 87 moves. A remarkable performance that Magnus Carlsen would have been proud of!

Brian Nijman took just under 100 moves to defeat Michael Nyberg, in a very interesting game. I'll publish this in a separate post, Brian has annotated it for us.
This means that Brian is the B grade Champion.

In the C grade Ross Jackson beat his nearest rival Yogesh Kulkarni, and thus collected the C grade title.

And in the D grade, Bob List reached a winning position against Pat Cunningham, but agreed a draw to secure the title in this grade.

Other grades are still up in the air, except in the G grade where I believe Ryan Winter takes it, as his only possible rival Sarah Bennett appears to have pulled out.

Full results from Thursday:

Croad 1-0 Wastney
Ker 1-0 Timergazi
Thomas 0-1 Dive

Sellen 1-0 Stone
Forster 0-1 Pomeroy
Nyberg 0-1 Nijman

Kulkarni 0-1 Jackson

Cunningham 1/2-1/2 List
Forlong-Ford 1/2-1/2 Farrington
Stracy 1/2-1/2 Brockway

Landrain 0-1 Dixon
Wight 0-1 Day

Asher 0-1 Wevers
Konakanchi K 1-0 Proctor

Konakanchi P 0-1 Tagos
Austin 1-0 Hewson

Kibblewhite 1-0 Zhao A
Zhao J 0-1 Sknar

B Grade

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


1
Nijman, Brian
2141
4
*
1
1
1
1



2
Nyberg, Michael
2068
2.5
0
*
1
1
½



3
Pomeroy, Arthur
2133
2.5
0
0
*
1
1
½


4
Forster, Bill
2075
2
0
0
0
*
1
1


5
Sellen, Ian
2116
1.5
0
½
0
0
*
1


6
Stone, Andrew
2063
.5


½
0
0
*

C Grade 

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


1
Jackson, Ross
2027
4.5
*
½
1
1
1
1


2
Rossiter, Philip
1814
2.5
½
*
1
½
½



3
Kulkarni, Yogesh
1854
2
0
0
*
1

1


4
Barraza-Perez, Jesse
1925
1.5
0
½
0
*

1


5
Aldridge, Alan
1992
.5
0
½


*



6
Stoeveken, Peter
1932
0
0

0
0

*

D Grade

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


1
List, Bob

1661
3.5
*
1
1

1
½


2
Forlong-Ford, Colwyn

1731
3
0
*
½
1
½
1


3
Farrington, Lawrence

1810
3
0
½
*
½
1
1


4
Stracy, Don

1742
2

0
½
*
½
1


5
Brockway, Andrew

1777
2
0
½
0
½
*
1


6
Cunningham, Patrick

1744
.5
½
0
0
0
0
*

E Grade

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


1
Day, Fabian
1564
3
*

1

1

1


2
Dixon, Hamish
1544
3

*
1


1
1


3
Wight, Joshua
1534
2
0
0
*
1

1



4
Baker, Jack
1588
2


0
*
0
1
1


5
Anderson, Gordon
1663
1
0


1
*




6
Landrain, Marc
1528
1

0
0
0

*
1


7
Theodosiou, Andreas
1489
0
0
0

0

0
*

F Grade

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


1
Konakanchi, Karthik
1399
2
*
1


1



2
Meravanage, Satwik
1395
2
0
*
1

1



3
Wevers, Alexis

2

0
*

1
1


4
Asplet, Mike
1472
1



*

1


5
Proctor, Matthew
1458
1
0
0
0

*
1


6
Asher, Bruce
1419
0


0
0
0
*

G Grade

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


1
Winter, Ryan

4
*

1
1
1
1


2
Bennett, Sarah
1299
3

*
1

1
1


3
Tagos, Bernardo

2.5
0
0
*
½
1
1


4
Austin, Tama

1.5
0

½
*

1


5
Konakanchi, Pramodh
1275
0
0
0
0

*



6
Hewson, Paul

0
0
0
0
0

*

H Grade

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


1
Sknar, Andriy
1152
2.5
*
½

1

1


2
Kibblewhite, Daniel

2.5
½
*

1

1


3
Collings, Alex
1040
1


*

1



4
Zhao, Jeffrey

0
0
0

*




5
Ross, Awatea

0


0

*



6
Zhao, Aiden
1231
0
0
0



*