How Not to Win Against Anthony

I really should have beaten Anthony this round, I was totally winning. If you ever get into this position with white (and it could happen), please make sure you don't play what I played on my 22nd move.

On a happier note, here is my round 2 game against Lawrence

And also from round 2, Sarah Bennett nearly checkmating Phillip Coghini, but not quite.

Julian Mazur R3 - Ker, Dive, Croad all win

No surprises at the top , with Russell, Anthony and Nic all winning. I missed a relatively easy win against Anthony, I'll publish this later in the week.

Congratulations to Andrew Brockway for holding Brian Nijman to a draw.

I haven't had a chance to go through any of the games yet, I'll publish more later in the week.

Julian Mazur Memorial 2016 - Round 3

Results

No Name                 Loc  Total  Result   Name                 Loc  Total

 1 Dive, Russell        2452 [2]      1:0    Forster, Bill        2075 [2]  
 2 Sellen, Ian          2116 [2]      0:1    Ker, Anthony         2415 [2]  
 3 Croad, Nic           2412 [1.5]    1:0    Coghini, Phillip     1872 [1.5]
 4 Nijman, Brian        2141 [1.5]    ½:½    Brockway, Andrew     1777 [1.5]
 5 Jackson, Ross        2027 [1]      1:0    Meravanage, Satwik   1395 [1]  
 6 Wight, Joshua        1534 [1]      0:1    Aldridge, Alan       1992 [1]  
 7 Barraza, Jesse       1925 [1]      1:0    Tagos, Bernardo      1300 [1]  
 8 Wevers, Alexis       1350 [1]      1:0    Farrington, Lawrence 1810 [1]  
 9 Stracy, Don          1742 [1]      1:0    Kibblewhite, Daniel  1000 [1]  
10 Forlong-Ford, Colwyn 1731 [1]      0:1    Kulkarni, Yogesh     1854 [1]  
11 Austin, Tama         1250 [1]      1:0    List, Bob            1661 [1]  
12 Sknar, Andriy        1152 [1]      0:1    Day, Fabian          1564 [1]  
13 Bennett, Sarah       1299 [.5]     0:1    Cunningham, Patrick  1744 [.5] 
14 Landrain, Marc       1528 [.5]     0:1    Bloor-Wilson, Ethan  1050 [.5] 
15 Zhao, Aiden          1231 [.5]     1:0    Zhao, Jeffrey        950  [.5] 
16 Winter, Ryan         1450 [.5]     0:1    Dixon, Hamish        1544 [0]  
17 Asher, Bruce         1419 [0]      0:1    Proctor, Matthew     1458 [0]  
18 Wood, Oliver         1100 [0]      1:0    BYE                            
19 Thomas, Ben          2203 [1.5]    ½:½    BYE                            
20 Pomeroy, Arthur      2133 [1.5]    ½:½    BYE                            
21 Stone, Andrew        2063 [2]      ½:½    BYE                            
22 Stoeveken, Peter     1932 [1]      ½:½    BYE                            
23 Rossiter, Philip     1814 [1.5]    ½:½    BYE                            
24 Sole, Michael        1629 [1]      ½:½    BYE                            
25 Asplet, Mike         1472 [0]      ½:½    BYE                            

Cross Table

No Name                 Loc  Total  1    2    3  

1  Dive, Russell        2452 3     20:1 16:1 15:1
2  Ker, Anthony         2415 3      9:1  5:1 19:1
3  Croad, Nic           2412 2.5    0:½ 22:1 25:1
4  Stone, Andrew        2063 2.5   32:1 27:1  0:½
5  Barraza, Jesse       1925 2     17:1  2:0 31:1
6  Nijman, Brian        2141 2     29:1  8:½  7:½
7  Brockway, Andrew     1777 2     33:1 10:½  6:½
8  Rossiter, Philip     1814 2     23:1  6:½  0:½
9  Day, Fabian          1564 2      2:0 43:+ 36:1
10 Pomeroy, Arthur      2133 2     28:1  7:½  0:½
11 Stracy, Don          1742 2      0:½  0:½ 35:1
12 Austin, Tama         1250 2      0:½ 21:½ 27:1
13 Kulkarni, Yogesh     1854 2      0:   0:  34:1
14 Thomas, Ben          2203 2      0:½ 37:1  0:½
15 Forster, Bill        2075 2     41:1 34:1  1:0
16 Aldridge, Alan       1992 2     43:1  1:0 28:1
17 Wevers, Alexis       1350 2      5:0 29:1 26:1
18 Jackson, Ross        2027 2     37:½  0:½ 30:1
19 Sellen, Ian          2116 2     39:1 26:1  2:0
20 Sole, Michael        1629 1.5    1:0 24:1  0:½
21 Stoeveken, Peter     1932 1.5   30:½ 12:½  0:½
22 Cunningham, Patrick  1744 1.5   24:½  3:0 40:1
23 Zhao, Aiden          1231 1.5    8:0  0:½ 42:1
24 Bloor-Wilson, Ethan  1050 1.5   22:½ 20:0 39:1
25 Coghini, Phillip     1872 1.5   31:½ 40:1  3:0
26 Farrington, Lawrence 1810 1     36:+ 19:0 17:0
27 List, Bob            1661 1     42:1  4:0 12:0
28 Wight, Joshua        1534 1     10:0 33:1 16:0
29 Dixon, Hamish        1544 1      6:0 17:0 37:1
30 Meravanage, Satwik   1395 1     21:½  0:½ 18:0
31 Tagos, Bernardo      1300 1     25:½  0:½  5:0
32 Proctor, Matthew     1458 1      4:0 36:0 43:1
33 Wood, Oliver         1100 1      7:0 28:0  0:1
34 Forlong-Ford, Colwyn 1731 1     35:1 15:0 13:0
35 Kibblewhite, Daniel  1000 1     34:0 41:1 11:0
36 Sknar, Andriy        1152 1     26:- 32:1  9:0
37 Winter, Ryan         1450 .5    18:½ 14:0 29:0
38 Nyberg, Michael      2068 .5     0:½  0:   0: 
39 Landrain, Marc       1528 .5    19:0  0:½ 24:0
40 Bennett, Sarah       1299 .5     0:  25:0 22:0
41 Asplet, Mike         1472 .5    15:0 35:0  0:½
42 Zhao, Jeffrey        950  .5    27:0  0:½ 23:0
43 Asher, Bruce         1419 0     16:0  9:- 32:0

Latest Wellington Rating List - July 2016

Here are the ratings just released for the period March to July 2016. Standard list followed by Rapid list.
Note that this is just for Wellington, Upper Hutt and Kiwi Juniors, the full list can be found here: NZ Ratings

	Name	Club	Standard	+/-	No of games
1	Ker,Anthony F	WE	2461	46	19
2	Wastney,Scott	WE	2448		19
3	Dive,Russell J	WE	2440	-12	31
4	Croad,Nicholas	WE	2429	17	19
5	Nijman,Brian	WE	2206	65	19
6	Thomas,Ben	UH	2174	-29	11
7	Pomeroy,Arthur J	WE	2134	1	10
8	Perry,Roger L	WE	2114
9	Timergazi,Layla	WE	2105	-47	24
10	Nyberg,Michael	WE	2085	17	17
11	Jackson,L Ross	WE	2067	39	25
12	Forster,William	WE	2066	-9	25
13	Sellen,Ian	WE	2064	-52	19
14	Stone,Andrew	WE	2047	-16	10
15	Kulkarni,Yogesh	WE	2036		17
16	Aldridge,Alan L	WE	1979	-13	3
17	Barraza Perez,Jesus (Jesse)	WE	1957		17
18	Stoeveken,Peter	WE	1899	-33	12
19	Rossiter,Philip E	WE	1897	83	13
20	Coghini,Philip G	WE	1872
21	Farrington,Lawrence B	WE	1811	1	13
22	Brockway,Andrew	WE	1801	24	12
23	List,Robert	UH	1794	133	18
24	Roberts,Michael H	WE	1787	-56	6
25	Stracy,Don M	WE	1748	6	18
26	Forlong-Ford,Colwyn	WE	1726	-5	11
27	Hill,Ryan	WE	1687		4
28	Lamerton,Troy	WE	1671
29	Cunningham,Patrick D	UH	1652	-92	19
30	Anderson,Gordon	WE	1648	-15	1
31	Dixon,Hamish A	WE	1648	104	4
32	Sole,Michael D	WE	1637	8	6
33	Wight,Joshua	WE	1622	88	18
34	Baker,Jack	WE	1619	31	9
35	Day,Fabian	WE	1605		23
36	Phease,Tristan	KJ	1599		5
37	Austin,Tama	WE	1539		14
38	Winter,Ryan	WE	1533		18
39	Asplet,Mike	WE	1505	33	6
40	Landrain,Marc	WE	1490		12
41	Konakanchi,Karthik	WE	1484	85	11
42	Wevers,Alexis	WE	1472		15
43	Meravanage,Satwik	WE	1468	73	11
44	Scarlett,William	WE	1461	13	6
45	Kibblewhite,Daniel	WE	1418		3
46	Bennett,Sarah	WE	1414	115	10
47	Rose,Nathan	WE	1406	-1	6
48	Theodosiou,Andreas	WE	1392	-97	18
49	Tagos,Bernado	WE	1382		5
50	Proctor,Matthew	WE	1369	-89	10
51	Wood,Oliver	WE	1321		4
52	Asher,Bruce	WE	1316		12
53	Zhao,Aiden Tyler	WE	1289	58	16
54	Leman,Dominic	WE	1272		5
55	Luo,Vincent	KJ	1194		5
56	Konakanchi,Pramodh	WE	1191	-84	12
57	Sknar,Andriy	WE	1184	32	4
58	Hewson,Paul	WE	1182		5
59	Sole,Christopher	WE	1147	54	6
60	Greenlee,Isaiah	WE	1120		6
61	Bailey,Daniel	WE	1088
62	Collings,Alex	WE	1058	18	9
63	Zhao,Jeffrey	WE	980		11
64	Nagrecha,Parchant	WE	899

	Name	Club	Rapid	+/-	No of games
1	Dive,Russell J	WE	2411	-6	16
2	Ker,Anthony F	WE	2385	-2	16
3	Wastney,Scott	WE	2339		16
4	Croad,Nicholas	WE	2312	20	10
5	Nijman,Brian	WE	2115	-11	16
6	Knowles,Jeremy	UH	2049	14	6
7	Nyberg,Michael	WE	2024	-19	8
8	Sellen,Ian	WE	2020	29	16
9	Barraza Perez,Jesus (Jesse)	WE	2016		14
10	Forster,William	WE	2002	76	10
11	Jackson,L Ross	WE	1933	-16	39
12	Stone,Andrew	WE	1916	20	8
13	Timergazi,Layla	WE	1908
14	Boardman,Jeffrey F	WE	1901
15	Aldridge,Alan L	WE	1860	1	8
16	Frost,Paul F E	WE	1852	-8	11
17	Stracy,Don M	WE	1774	4	5
18	Kulkarni,Yogesh	WE	1727		1
19	Dixon,Hamish A	WE	1720		10
20	List,Robert	UH	1629	-40	16
21	Stoeveken,Peter	WE	1623	-22	16
22	Farrington,Lawrence B	WE	1614	-11	10
23	Cunningham,Patrick D	UH	1611	-15	16
24	Anderson,Gordon	WE	1555	-35	6
25	Brockway,Andrew	WE	1555	-36	11
26	Reid,Anton	UH	1548
27	Capper,David S	WE	1541	-63	6
28	Winter,Ryan	WE	1532		16
29	Tagos,Bernado	WE	1523		16
30	Baker,Jack	WE	1512		4
31	Landrain,Marc	WE	1487		16
32	Sole,Michael D	WE	1485		6
33	Wight,Joshua	WE	1426	154	10
34	Konakanchi,Karthik	WE	1382	20	9
35	Austin,Tama	WE	1367	189	7
36	Wevers,Alexis	WE	1362		8
37	O'Kane,Nicholas	UH	1336		6
38	Forlong-Ford,Colwyn	WE	1317		9
39	Orr,William	UH	1270	-12	6
40	Meravanage,Satwik	WE	1263		4
41	Legnar,Boris	UH	1226		6
42	Watling,Ray	UH	1218		6
43	Barr,Nicholas	WE	1214
44	Konakanchi,Pramodh	WE	1177	24	9
45	Proctor,Matthew	WE	1174	36	8
46	Harmon,Rua	UH	1145		6
47	Asher,Bruce	WE	1123		9
48	Kibblewhite,Daniel	WE	1058		4
49	Zhao,Aiden Tyler	WE	989		7
50	Hewson,Paul	WE	980		6
51	Wood,Oliver	WE	877		7
52	Zhao,Jeffrey	WE	777		8
53	Luo,Vincent	KJ	634		6

Julian Mazur Round 2 - a Few Upsets

More half points were dropped this week - the highest profile being Arthur Pomeroy and Brian Nijman against Andrew Brockway and Philip Rossiter respectively. Also, Peter Stoeveken dropped another half point after doing the same last week - this time against Tama Austin. And nice wins for underdogs Daniel Kibblewhite, Alexis Wevers and Andriy Sknar.

Other than that, Russell and Anthony have the full points, along with Bill Forster, Andrew Stone and me. Nic Croad won tonight, but he missed the first round because of the George Trundle Masters in Auckland.

Julian Mazur Memorial Round 2

No Name                 Loc  Total  Result   Name                 Loc  Total

 1 Aldridge, Alan       1992 [1]      0:1    Dive, Russell        2452 [1]  
 2 Ker, Anthony         2415 [1]      1:0    Barraza, Jesse       1925 [1]  
 3 Rossiter, Philip     1814 [1]      ½:½    Nijman, Brian        2141 [1]  
 4 Pomeroy, Arthur      2133 [1]      ½:½    Brockway, Andrew     1777 [1]  
 5 Farrington, Lawrence 1810 [1]      0:1    Sellen, Ian          2116 [1]  
 6 Forster, Bill        2075 [1]      1:0    Forlong-Ford, Colwyn 1731 [1]  
 7 List, Bob            1661 [1]      0:1    Stone, Andrew        2063 [1]  
 8 Cunningham, Patrick  1744 [.5]     0:1    Croad, Nic           2412 [.5] 
 9 Thomas, Ben          2203 [.5]     1:0    Winter, Ryan         1450 [.5] 
10 Stoeveken, Peter     1932 [.5]     ½:½    Austin, Tama         1250 [.5] 
11 Coghini, Phillip     1872 [.5]     1:0    Bennett, Sarah       1299 [.5] 
12 Sole, Michael        1629 [0]      1:0    Bloor-Wilson, Ethan  1050 [.5] 
13 Asher, Bruce         1419 [0]      -:+    Day, Fabian          1564 [0]  
14 Dixon, Hamish        1544 [0]      0:1    Wevers, Alexis       1350 [0]  
15 Wood, Oliver         1100 [0]      0:1    Wight, Joshua        1534 [0]  
16 Kibblewhite, Daniel  1000 [0]      1:0    Asplet, Mike         1472 [0]  
17 Proctor, Matthew     1458 [0]      0:1    Sknar, Andriy        1152 [0]  
18 Jackson, Ross        2027 [.5]     ½:½    BYE                            
19 Stracy, Don          1742 [.5]     ½:½    BYE                            
20 Landrain, Marc       1528 [0]      ½:½    BYE                            
21 Meravanage, Satwik   1395 [.5]     ½:½    BYE                            
22 Tagos, Bernardo      1300 [.5]     ½:½    BYE                            
23 Zhao, Aiden          1231 [0]      ½:½    BYE                            
24 Zhao, Jeffrey        950  [0]      ½:½    BYE                            

Cross Table

No Name                 Loc  Total  1    2  

1  Dive, Russell        2452 2     19:1 16:1
2  Ker, Anthony         2415 2     20:1 14:1
3  Sellen, Ian          2116 2     30:1 13:1
4  Forster, Bill        2075 2     39:1 15:1
5  Stone, Andrew        2063 2     38:1 17:1
6  Pomeroy, Arthur      2133 1.5   26:1  9:½
7  Rossiter, Philip     1814 1.5   32:1  8:½
8  Nijman, Brian        2141 1.5   40:1  7:½
9  Brockway, Andrew     1777 1.5   41:1  6:½
10 Croad, Nic           2412 1.5    0:½ 35:1
11 Thomas, Ben          2203 1.5    0:½ 31:1
12 Coghini, Phillip     1872 1.5   18:½ 33:1
13 Farrington, Lawrence 1810 1     29:+  3:0
14 Barraza, Jesse       1925 1     27:1  2:0
15 Forlong-Ford, Colwyn 1731 1     28:1  4:0
16 Aldridge, Alan       1992 1     42:1  1:0
17 List, Bob            1661 1     36:1  5:0
18 Tagos, Bernardo      1300 1     12:½  0:½
19 Sole, Michael        1629 1      1:0 37:1
20 Day, Fabian          1564 1      2:0 42:+
21 Stoeveken, Peter     1932 1     23:½ 24:½
22 Stracy, Don          1742 1      0:½  0:½
23 Meravanage, Satwik   1395 1     21:½  0:½
24 Austin, Tama         1250 1      0:½ 21:½
25 Jackson, Ross        2027 1     31:½  0:½
26 Wight, Joshua        1534 1      6:0 41:1
27 Wevers, Alexis       1350 1     14:0 40:1
28 Kibblewhite, Daniel  1000 1     15:0 39:1
29 Sknar, Andriy        1152 1     13:- 38:1
30 Landrain, Marc       1528 .5     3:0  0:½
31 Winter, Ryan         1450 .5    25:½ 11:0
32 Zhao, Aiden          1231 .5     7:0  0:½
33 Bennett, Sarah       1299 .5     0:  12:0
34 Nyberg, Michael      2068 .5     0:½  0: 
35 Cunningham, Patrick  1744 .5    37:½ 10:0
36 Zhao, Jeffrey        950  .5    17:0  0:½
37 Bloor-Wilson, Ethan  1050 .5    35:½ 19:0
38 Proctor, Matthew     1458 0      5:0 29:0
39 Asplet, Mike         1472 0      4:0 28:0
40 Dixon, Hamish        1544 0      8:0 27:0
41 Wood, Oliver         1100 0      9:0 26:0
42 Asher, Bruce         1419 0     16:0 20:-

Julian Mazur 2016 Begins

This evening saw the start of the Julian Mazur tournament, an 8 round Swiss with time control of 1 hour 15 mins each plus 30 seconds added on per move.

Scott Wastney, it seems, is sitting this one out. Nic Croad and Michael Nyberg were otherwise occupied at the George Trundle Masters in Auckland today, but should be around from round 2 next week.
We always hope for upsets in the first round - this year there were no upset wins but plenty of upset draws, the highest profile being Ryan Winter holding a queen vs 2 rook endgame against Ross Jackson. Also, Satwik Meravanage drew with Peter Stoeveken, Bernardo Tagos (the hero of Upper Hutt a few weeks back) drew with Phillip Coghini, and new boy Ethan Bloor-Wilson drew with Pat Cunningham.

Here are all the results:

Julian Mazur Memorial 2016

Round 1

No Name                 Loc  Total  Result   Name                 Loc  Total

 1 Dive, Russell        2452 [0]      1:0    Sole, Michael        1629 [0]  
 2 Day, Fabian          1564 [0]      0:1    Ker, Anthony         2415 [0]  
 3 Nijman, Brian        2141 [0]      1:0    Dixon, Hamish        1544 [0]  
 4 Wight, Joshua        1534 [0]      0:1    Pomeroy, Arthur      2133 [0]  
 5 Sellen, Ian          2116 [0]      1:0    Landrain, Marc       1528 [0]  
 6 Asplet, Mike         1472 [0]      0:1    Forster, Bill        2075 [0]  
 7 Stone, Andrew        2063 [0]      1:0    Proctor, Matthew     1458 [0]  
 8 Winter, Ryan         1450 [0]     .5:.5   Jackson, Ross        2027 [0]  
 9 Aldridge, Alan       1992 [0]      1:0    Asher, Bruce         1419 [0]  
10 Meravanage, Satwik   1395 [0]     .5:.5   Stoeveken, Peter     1932 [0]  
11 Barraza, Jesse       1925 [0]      1:0    Wevers, Alexis       1350 [0]  
12 Tagos, Bernardo      1300 [0]     .5:.5   Coghini, Phillip     1872 [0]  
13 Rossiter, Philip     1814 [0]      1:0    Zhao, Aiden          1231 [0]  
14 Sknar, Andriy        1152 [0]      -:+    Farrington, Lawrence 1810 [0]  
15 Brockway, Andrew     1777 [0]      1:0    Wood, Oliver         1100 [0]  
16 Bloor-Wilson, Ethan  1050 [0]     .5:.5   Cunningham, Patrick  1744 [0]  
17 Forlong-Ford, Colwyn 1731 [0]      1:0    Kibblewhite, Daniel  1000 [0]  
18 Zhao, Jeffrey        950  [0]      0:1    List, Bob            1661 [0]  
19 Croad, Nic           2412 [0]     .5:.5   BYE                            
20 Thomas, Ben          2203 [0]     .5:.5   BYE                            
21 Nyberg, Michael      2068 [0]     .5:.5   BYE                            
22 Stracy, Don          1742 [0]     .5:.5   BYE                            
23 Austin, Tama              [0]     .5:.5   BYE                            

Russell Dive Takes the Blitz

This year's Club Blitz was run with a 3 min +2 sec time control, and as usual the top 3 from each of 2 preliminary groups qualified for the final.

Congratulations to Russell Dive for taking the title.

He didn't have it all his own way - in the preliminary tournament he failed to come top in his group (dropping half points to Colwyn Forlong-Ford and Brian Nijman, and coming 2nd to the latter), and in the final he lost his last game, also against Brian Nijman. Still, he had done enough.

Here are the tables:

Group A

No
Name
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10
#11
#12


1
Nijman, Brian
10.5
*
½
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
+
1


2
Dive, Russell
10
½
*
1
1
½
1
1
1
1
1
1
1


3
Sellen, Ian
9
0
0
*
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1


4
Austin, Tama
8
0
0
0
*
1
1
1
1
1
1
+
1


5
Forlong-Ford, Colwyn
6.5
0
½
0
0
*
1
0
1
1
1
+
1


6
Tagos, Bernardo
6
0
0
0
0
0
*
1
1
1
1
+
1


7
Cunningham, Pat
4
0
0
0
0
1
0
*
1
0
0
+
1


8
Jackson, Ross
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
*
1
1
+
1


9
Zhao, Aiden
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
*
1
+
1


10
Landrain, Marc
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
*
+
1


11
Wayne, Alan
1
-
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
*
1


12
Zhao, Jason
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
*

Group B

No
Name
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10
#11
#12


1
Ker, Anthony
11
*
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1


2
Croad, Nic
10
0
*
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1


3
Forster, Bill
8.5
0
0
*
1
½
1
1
1
1
1
1
1


4
Stone, Andrew
8
0
0
0
*
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1


5
Farrington, Lawrence
6.5
0
0
½
0
*
1
0
1
1
1
1
1


6
Wight, Joshua
5
0
0
0
0
0
*
1
1
1
1
0
1


7
Dixon, Hamish
4
0
0
0
0
1
0
*
0
0
1
1
1


8
Sknar, Andriy
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
*
1
0
1
1


9
Stoeveken, Peter
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
*
1
1
1


10
Kibblewight, Daniel
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
*
1
1


11
Bloor-Wilson, 
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
*
1


12
Zhao, Jeffrey
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
*

Final

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


1
Dive, Russell
4
*
1
1
0
1
1


2
Ker, Anthony
3.5
0
*
1
½
1
1


3
Croad, Nic
3
0
0
*
1
1
1


4
Nijman, Brian
2.5
1
½
0
*
0
1


5
Stone, Andrew
2
0
0
0
1
*
1


6
Sellen, Ian
0
0
0
0
0
0
*