48 players signed up for the Autumn Cup this year, which is excellent. Chess players being chess players, however, a few people mysteriously failed to turn up.
Nice to see the NZ Champion Scott Wastney back in action at the club, he got held to a draw by Nic Croad in round 1.
Results mostly went as expected. For this tournament, you are likely to be playing against people roughly the same strength as yourself, but it'll be interesting to see how the new people get on.
Here are the results for round 1:
Group A
Croad 1/2-1/2 Wastney
Dive 1-0 Perry
Ker 1-0 Nijman
Group B
Forster 1/2-1/2 Stone
Jackson 0-1 Sellen
Nyberg 0-1 Pomeroy
Group C
Aldridge 0-1 Stoeveken
Barraza 0-1 Rossiter
Brockway 1/2-1/2 Farrington
Group D
Benitez E 1-0 Winter
Day 1/2-1/2 Stracy
Chen 1-0 Rabina
Group E
Benitez R P-P Wright
Meravanage 0-1 Wevers
Sole 1-0 Thorpe
Group F
Bennett 1-0 Van der Anker
Darr P-P Stannard
Proctor P-P Konakanchi K
Group G
He C P-P Zhao
Leask 1-0 Theodosiou
Kibblewhite 1-0 Tagos
Group H
Hall 1-0 Konakanchi P
He P 0-1 Jacobsen
Asher 1/2-1/2 Sknar
Thursday, 27 April 2017
Monday, 24 April 2017
Croad Wins Fischer Random for Third Year Running
With a win against Fabian Day, and a draw in the final round against Anthony Ker, Nic Croad once again showed his complete dominance in this most fascinating chess variant. He finished on 5.5 points, a full point ahead of Anthony, Russell and Brian Nijman. Congratulations!
My own performance was brightened up with a win against Anthony in round 3, but my last round game was a complete disaster where I threw away a rook in an interesting and quite balanced position.against Russell Dive.
In the parallel normal rapid, Michael Nyberg was well ahead of the field, like Nic only conceding a half point in the final round, against Wei Kai Chen.
My own performance was brightened up with a win against Anthony in round 3, but my last round game was a complete disaster where I threw away a rook in an interesting and quite balanced position.against Russell Dive.
In the parallel normal rapid, Michael Nyberg was well ahead of the field, like Nic only conceding a half point in the final round, against Wei Kai Chen.
Fischer Random 2017
Cross Table
No Name Feder Rtg Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Croad, Nic 2322 5.5 19:W 20:W 14:W 7:W 6:W 2:D 2 Ker, Anthony 2379 4.5 11:W 8:W 7:L 3:W 5:W 1:D 3 Dive, Russell 2387 4.5 17:W 5:W 4:D 2:L 9:W 7:W 4 Nijman, Brian 2117 4.5 16:W 6:W 3:D 5:L 12:W 8:W 5 Forster, Bill 2003 4 21:W 3:L 19:W 4:W 2:L 10:W 6 Day, Fabian 1551 4 12:W 4:L 10:W 14:W 1:L 11:W 7 Sellen, Ian 2016 3.5 15:W 9:W 2:W 1:L 8:D 3:L 8 Jackson, Ross 1932 3.5 10:W 2:L 15:W 9:W 7:D 4:L 9 Wight, Joshua 1412 3 13:W 7:L 12:W 8:L 3:L 18:W 10 Kibblewhite, Daniel 1059 3 8:L 11:W 6:L 19:W 16:W 5:L 11 Wevers, Alexis 1363 3 2:L 10:L 18:W 13:W 20:W 6:L 12 Leask, Hamish 1000 3 6:L 16:W 9:L 15:W 4:L 20:W 13 He, Caleb 997 3 9:L 15:L 21:W 11:L 19:W 16:W 14 Van der Anker, Juan 1400 2 18:W 17:W 1:L 6:L 0:L 0:L 15 Darr, Samuel 1081 2 7:L 13:W 8:L 12:L 18:L 0:W 16 Stannard, Bobby 1118 2 4:L 12:L 22:W 18:W 10:L 13:L 17 Konakanchi, Karthik 1382 2 3:L 14:L 0:L 0:L 22:W 19:W 18 He, Paul 971 2 14:L 21:W 11:L 16:L 15:W 9:L 19 Theodosiou, Andreas 1283 1 1:L 22:W 5:L 10:L 13:L 17:L 20 Rabina, Romeo 1600 1 22:W 1:L 0:L 0:L 11:L 12:L 21 Bennett, Sarah 1061 1 5:L 18:L 13:L 22:W 0:L 0:L 22 Zhao, Aiden 1032 0 20:L 19:L 16:L 21:L 17:L 0:L
Normal Rapid 2017
Cross Table
No Name Feder Rtg Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Nyberg, Michael 2025 5.5 10:W 9:W 5:W 2:W 4:W 3:D 2 Winter, Ryan 1652 4.5 13:W 6:D 4:W 1:L 5:W 7:W 3 Chen, Wei Kai 1650 4.5 14:W 5:L 12:W 13:W 6:W 1:D 4 Rossiter, Philip 1663 4 17:W 11:W 2:L 10:W 1:L 6:W 5 Stoeveken, Peter 1689 3.5 8:W 3:W 1:L 6:D 2:L 10:W 6 Farrington, Lawrence 1591 3 18:W 2:D 9:W 5:D 3:L 4:L 7 Tagos, Bernardo 1547 3 12:L 14:W 10:L 15:W 13:W 2:L 8 Sole, Michael 1488 3 5:L 12:W 0:L 0:L 16:W 19:W 9 Benitez, Edgar 1600 3 19:W 1:L 6:L 18:W 10:D 11:D 10 Benitez, Ric 1500 2.5 1:L 19:W 7:W 4:L 9:D 5:L 11 Brockway, Andrew 1558 2.5 16:W 4:L 0:L 0:L 17:W 9:D 12 Daley, Monty 2 7:W 8:L 3:L 16:W 0:L 0:L 13 Forlong-Ford, Colwyn 1315 2 2:L 18:W 17:W 3:L 7:L 0:L 14 Meravanage, Satwik 1267 2 3:L 7:L 0:L 0:L 18:W 16:W 15 Thorpe, Richard 1500 2 0:L 0:L 16:L 7:L 19:W 18:W 16 Jacobsen, Josiah 1000 1.5 11:L 17:D 15:W 12:L 8:L 14:L 17 Del Favero, Marcus 1410 1.5 4:L 16:D 13:L 0:W 11:L 0:L 18 Asher, Bruce 1123 1 6:L 13:L 0:W 9:L 14:L 15:L 19 Konakanchi, Pramodh 1178 0 9:L 10:L 0:L 0:L 15:L 8:L
Tuesday, 18 April 2017
Ker and Croad Share Wellington Open 2017
Congratulations to Anthony Ker and Nic Croad for winning this year's edition of the Wellington Open.
This was a six round Swiss held at the CQ Hotel in Cuba Street, central Wellington. Players came from all over the country, and one each from France and Canada. Wild weather was hitting the country at the start of the tournament, but in the event only two players were unable to make the first round due to cancelled flights. The overall turnout was 38 players.
Favourites at the start of the tournament were three top Wellington players, Anthony Ker, Nic Croad and Russell Dive. The decisive results turned out to be Anthony and Nic drawing with each other, and Anthony beating Russell.
Thanks to everyone who took part. Thanks especially to Simon Lyall who took lots of photos which you can view on his Flickr page. https://www.flickr.com/photos/simonlyall/collections/72157677599608552/
Cross Table
No Name Rtg Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Ker, Anthony 2474 5.5 31:W 22:W 11:W 2:D 4:W 8:W 2 Croad, Nic 2375 5.5 27:W 15:W 17:W 1:D 5:W 12:W 3 Polischuk, Kirill 2225 4.5 0:D 24:W 6:D 10:W 12:D 13:W 4 Dive, Russell 2426 4 14:W 12:D 8:W 7:W 1:L 5:D 5 James, Jack 2145 4 25:W 10:W 7:W 12:D 2:L 4:D 6 Goodhue, Nathan 2093 4 33:W 19:D 3:D 9:D 13:D 23:W 7 Steadman, Michael 2309 4 29:W 9:W 5:L 4:L 25:W 15:W 8 Nyberg, Michael 2032 4 28:W 13:W 4:L 17:W 16:W 1:L 9 Wells, Clinton 1934 4 32:W 7:L 21:W 6:D 15:D 22:W 10 Masters, Andrew 1911 4 35:W 5:L 34:W 3:L 24:W 20:W 11 Jackson, Ross 2054 4 36:W 26:W 1:L 13:L 29:W 16:W 12 Quere, Alexandre 2022 3.5 21:W 4:D 19:W 5:D 3:D 2:L 13 Chen, Wei Kai 1732 3.5 16:W 8:L 38:W 11:W 6:D 3:L 14 Winter, Ryan 1715 3.5 4:L 21:L 24:D 38:W 34:W 18:W 15 Rossiter, Philip 1945 3 37:W 2:L 33:W 18:D 9:D 7:L 16 O'Brien, Jarrod 3 13:L 0:W 26:W 22:W 8:L 11:L 17 Heppenstall, Lara 1506 3 20:W 23:W 2:L 8:L 19:L 31:W 18 Robinson, John 3 0:D 0:D 27:W 15:D 20:D 14:L 19 Lyall, Simon 1819 3 30:W 6:D 12:L 20:L 17:W 26:D 20 Nicholls, Leighton 2057 3 17:L 28:W 25:D 19:W 18:D 10:L 21 Sinclair, Zephan 1313 3 12:L 14:W 9:L 26:L 38:W 29:W 22 Zhang, Jasmine 2029 3 34:W 1:L 29:W 16:L 26:W 9:L 23 Cooper, Niger 1821 3 24:D 17:L 28:W 25:D 27:W 6:L 24 Benitez, Edgar 2.5 23:D 3:L 14:D 34:W 10:L 25:D 25 Sole, Michael 1586 2.5 5:L 35:W 20:D 23:D 7:L 24:D 26 List, Robert 1747 2.5 38:W 11:L 16:L 21:W 22:L 19:D 27 Wight, Joshua 1629 2.5 2:L 37:W 18:L 30:W 23:L 28:D 28 He, Caleb 1416 2.5 8:L 20:L 23:L 36:W 35:W 27:D 29 Murdoch, Stephen 1608 2 7:L 32:W 22:L 35:W 11:L 21:L 30 Daley, Monty 2 19:L 33:L 37:W 27:L 31:L 0:W 31 Day, Fabian 1726 2 1:L 34:L 0:L 37:W 30:W 17:L 32 Stannard, Lars 1260 2 9:L 29:L 36:W 33:L 37:L 38:W 33 Meravanage, Satwik 1524 2 6:L 30:W 15:L 32:W 0: 0: 34 Del Favero, Marcus 1410 1.5 22:L 31:W 10:L 24:L 14:L 35:D 35 He, Paul 1051 1.5 10:L 25:L 0:W 29:L 28:L 34:D 36 Stannard, Bobby 1481 1.5 11:L 38:L 32:L 28:L 0:W 37:D 37 Burt, James 1291 1.5 15:L 27:L 30:L 31:L 32:W 36:D 38 Legner, James 1 26:L 36:W 13:L 14:L 21:L 32:L
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