Wellington chess: May 2017

Tuesday, 16 May 2017

Photos from the Autumn Cup

A very full room for round 1

Andreas and Hamish playing their crazy game

Ker on his way to beating Nijman

Croad v Wastney - a draw

Kibblewhite v Tagos (win to Kibblewhite)

Thursday, 11 May 2017

Autumn Cup Round 3: Anthony and Russell Win

Just the results for now, more later
Well done to Russell and Anthony for their important wins!

A Grade



Results
No Name           Result   Name          

 1 Dive, R (2)      1:0    Wastney, S (6)
 2 Ker, A (3)       1:0    Croad, N (1)  
 3 Nijman, B (4)    0:1    Perry, R (5)  






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


1
Ker, Anthony
2474
3
*
 
1
1
 
1


2
Dive, Russell
2426
2.5
 
*
½
1
1
 


3
Croad, Nic
2375
1
0
½
*
 
½
 


4
Perry, Roger
2125
1
0
0
 
*
 
1


5
Wastney, Scott
2391
.5
 
0
½
 
*
 


6
Nijman, Brian
2153
0
0
 
 
0
 
*

B Grade



Results
No Name             Result   Name         

 1 Jackson, Ross      ½:½    Stone, Andrew
 2 Nyberg, Michael    1:0    Forster, Bill
 3 Pomeroy, Arthur     :     Sellen, Ian  






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


1
Pomeroy, Arthur
2075
1.5
*
½
 
1
 
 


2
Stone, Andrew
2118
1.5
½
*
½
 
 
½


3
Forster, Bill
2094
1.5
 
½
*
0
 
1


4
Nyberg, Michael
2032
1
0
 
1
*
 
 


5
Sellen, Ian
2079
1
 
 
 
 
*
1


6
Jackson, Ross
2054
.5
 
½
0
 
0
*

C Grade



Results
No Name               Result   Name            

 1 Barraza, J (2)       1:0    Stoeveken, P (6)
 2 Brockway, A (3)      ½:½    Aldridge, A (1) 
 3 Farrington, L (4)    0:1    Rossiter, P (5) 






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


1
Rossiter, Philip
1945
3
*
 
1
 
1
1


2
Aldridge, Alan
1942
1.5
 
*
 
0
½
1


3
Farrington, Lawrence
1855
1.5
0
 
*
1
½
 


4
Stoeveken, Peter
1863
1
 
1
0
*
 
0


5
Brockway, Andrew
1877
1
0
½
½
 
*
 


6
Barraza, Jesse
1871
1
0
0
 
1
 
*

D Grade



Results
No Name           Result   Name          

 1 Day, Fabian      ½:½    Winter, Ryan  
 2 Chen, Wei Kai    0:1    Benitez, Edgar
 3 Rabina, Romeo     :     Stracy, Don   






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


1
Day, Fabian
1726
2
*
1
½
 
½
 


2
Benitez, Edgar
 
2
0
*
1
1
 
 


3
Winter, Ryan
1715
1.5
½
0
*
 
 
1


4
Chen, Wei Kai
1732
1
 
0
 
*
 
1


5
Stracy, Don
1731
.5
½
 
 
 
*
 


6
Rabina, Romeo
1771
0
 
 
0
0
 
*

E Grade

No Name               Total  Result   Name           Total

 1 Meravanage, Satwik [.5]      :     Wight, Joshua  [0]  
 2 Sole, Michael      [2]      1:0    Benitez, Ric   [.5] 
 3 Thorpe, Richard    [1]      0:1    Wevers, Alexis [1]





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


1
Sole, Michael
 
1586
3
*
1
1
1
 
 


2
Wevers, Alexis
 
1641
2
0
*
1
 
1
 


3
Thorpe, Richard
 
1630
1
0
0
*
 
 
1


4
Benitez, Ric
 
 
.5
0
 
 
*
½
 


5
Meravanage, Satwik
 
1524
.5
 
0
 
½
*
 


6
Wight, Joshua
 
1629
0
 
 
0
 
 
*

F Grade



Results
No Name               Result   Name                

 1 Darr, S (2)          1:0    Van der Anker, J (6)
 2 Proctor, M (3)       0:1    Bennett, S (1)      
 3 Konakanchi, K (4)     :     Stannard, B (5)     






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


1
Bennett, Sarah
1452
2.5
*
½
1
 
 
1


2
Darr, Samuel
1505
1.5
½
*
 
 
 
1


3
Proctor, Matthew
1464
0
0
 
*
 
 
 


4
Konakanchi, Karthik
1499
0
 
 
 
*
 
 


5
Stannard, Bobby
1481
0
 
 
 
 
*
 


6
Van der Anker, Juan
1501
0
0
0
 
 
 
*

G Grade



Results
No Name                 Result   Name               

 1 Leask, Hamish          1:0    Zhao, Aiden        
 2 Kibblewhite, Daniel    1:0    He, Caleb          
 3 Tagos, Bernardo        1:0    Theodosiou, Andreas






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


1
Leask, Hamish
 
3
*
 
 
1
1
1


2
Kibblewhite, Daniel
1451
2
 
*
1
1
 
 


3
Tagos, Bernardo
1433
2
 
0
*
 
1
1


4
He, Caleb
1416
0
0
0
 
*
 
 


5
Theodosiou, Andreas
1392
0
0
 
0
 
*
 


6
Zhao, Aiden
1305
0
0
 
0
 
 
*

H Grade



Results
No Name             Result   Name             

 1 Hall, N (2)        0:1    Sknar, A (6)     
 2 He, P (3)          1:0    Asher, B (1)     
 3 Jacobsen, J (4)     :     Konakanchi, P (5)






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


1
Jacobsen, Josiah
 
2
*
 
1
1
 
 


2
Asher, Bruce
1288
1.5
 
*
½
0
1
 


3
Sknar, Andriy
1266
1.5
0
½
*
 
1
 


4
He, Paul
1051
1
0
1
 
*
 
 


5
Hall, Nathan
 
1
 
0
0
 
*
1


6
Konakanchi, Pramodh
1129
0
 
 
 
 
0
*

Saturday, 6 May 2017

Autumn Cup R2 - Ker Edges Ahead

Still early days in the Autumn Cup, and a host of postponements have exacerbated the lack of clarity. Do other clubs have such a major problem with players not turning up?

Anthony has played, and beaten, the two tail-enders ratings-wise in the A grade, and leads by half a point. NZ Champion Scott Wastney was not in action. Shockingly, Anthony did not play his beloved Pirc on Thursday, and instead faced another of his favourites, the c3 Sicilian. Roger missed a great chance to create real chances with a knight sacrifice on g5, and blundered a few moves later. Russell and Nic ground out a hard-fought draw, with Nic tenaciously trying to create chances in a level endgame.

Bill Forster and Arthur Pomeroy lead the B grade. Bill won a nice game against Ross after accidentally finding himself in a slightly unfamiliar opening (Cambridge Springs Defence). Arthur and group favourite Andrew Stone drew in a game they both described as excruciatingly boring.

Other grades:

C Grade - Philip Rossiter has 2/2
D Grade - Fabian Day 1.5/2
E Grade - Michael Sole 2/2
F Grade - Sarah Bennett 1.5/2 (this group is a real disaster - only two games have been played)
G Grade - Hamish Leask 2/2
H Grade - Josiah Jacobsen 2/2