Club Champs Week 4 - Scott back in action

Sorry for delay in publishing the results, and this will be a short one because I have chores to do.

Scott Wastney returned to the club on Thursday and defeated Brian Nijman. He won an exchange early on, but then struggled to convert it, until he unleashed a beautiful queen sacrifice on his opponent to secure victory by checkmate.

Anthony and Russell did not play at the club on Thursday because they were away playing at the Bridge Congress in Hamilton. They were busy becoming the National Rubber Bridge Champions, the first Wellington pair to do so for more than a decade. Congratulations!!

Andrew Stone and Philip Rossiter continued their winning ways, and lead the B grade

The C grade is such a mess of postponements, it's impossible to talk about a leader there.

The two leaders in the D grade, Alexis and Sarah, played each other and Alexis came out with the win. Daniel Kibblewhite joined Sarah in second place by beating the younger Konakanchi.


Nijman 0-1 Wastney

Croad 1-0 Forster

Pomeroy 1/2-1/2 Jackson

Rossiter 1-0 Kulkarni

Barraza 0-1 Coghini

Stone 1-0 List

Aldridge 1/2-1/2 Brockway

Baker 1-0 Sole

Anderson 0-1 Cunningham

Austin 0-1 Forlong-Ford

Asher 0-1 Konakanchi K

Konakanchi P 0-1 Kibblewhite

Bennett 0-1 Wevers

Proctor 1/2-1/2 Sknar

A grade

No	Name	Loc	Total	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10
1	Croad, Nic	2429	3	*							1	1	1
2	Nijman, Brian	2206	2.5		*		½	0		1			1
3	Ker, Anthony	2461	2			*	1			1
4	Pomeroy, Arthur	2134	1.5		½	0	*					½	½
5	Wastney, Scott	2448	1		1			*
6	Dive, Russell,	2440	1						*			1
7	Nyberg, Michael	2085	1		0	0				*			1
8	Timergazi, Layla	2105	1	0							*	1
9	Forster, Bill	2066	.5	0			½		0		0	*
10	Jackson, Ross	2067	.5	0	0		½			0			*

B Grade

No	Name	Loc	Total	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	#11	#12
1	Stone, Andrew	2047	3	*	1						1			1
2	Rossiter, Philip	1897	3	0	*					1	1		1
3	Coghini, Phillip	1872	2.5			*		½	1			1
4	Sellen, Ian	2064	2				*			1			1
5	Aldridge, Alan	1979	1.5			½		*		½		½
6	Wilkins, Mark	1969	1.5			0			*	½		1
7	Brockway, Andrew	1801	1		0		0	½	½	*
8	Kulkarni, Yogesh	2036	1	0	0						*			1
9	Barraza, Jesse	1957	.5			0		½	0			*
10	Farrington, Lawrence	1811	.5		0		0						*	½
11	List, Bob	1794	.5	0							0		½	*
12	Bye,		0												*

C Grade

No	Name	Loc	Total	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	#11	#12
1	Winter, Ryan	1533	2	*	0	1					1
2	Day, Fabian	1605	2	1	*			0							1
3	Forlong-Ford, Colwyn	1726	2	0		*		1					1
4	Baker, Jack	1619	2				*			1			1
5	Wight, Joshua	1622	1		1	0		*
6	Cunningham, Pat	1652	1						*	0	1
7	Sole, Michael	1637	1				0		1	*
8	Anderson, Gordon	1648	1	0					0		*		1
9	Dixon, Hamish	1648	1									*			1
10	Austin, Tama	1539	0			0	0				0		*
11	Landrain, Marc	1490	0											*
12	Stracy, Don	1748	0		0							0			*

D Grade

No	Name	Loc	Total	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10
1	Wevers, Alexis	1472	4	*		1	1	1		1
2	Kibblewhite, Daniel	1418	3		*				1	1	1
3	Bennett, Sarah	1414	3	0		*					1	1	1
4	Asher, Bruce	1316	2	0			*		0			1	1
5	Proctor, Matthew	1369	1.5	0				*		½		1
6	Konakanchi, Karthik	1484	1		0		1		*
7	Sknar, Andriy	1184	.5	0	0			½		*
8	Konakanchi, Pramodh	1191	0		0	0					*
9	Zhao, Aiden	1289	0			0	0	0				*
10	Zhao, Jeffrey	980	0			0	0						*