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

A Grade

Results

No Name            Result   Name         

 1 Wastney, S (6)     :     Nijman, B (4)
 2 Perry, R (5)      0:1    Ker, A (3)   
 3 Croad, N (1)      ½:½    Dive, R (2)  
No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Ker, Anthony 2474 2 * 1 1
2 Dive, Russell 2426 1.5 * ½ 1
3 Croad, Nic 2375 1 ½ * ½
4 Wastney, Scott 2391 .5 ½ *
5 Nijman, Brian 2153 0 0 *
6 Perry, Roger 2125 0 0 0 *

B Grade

Results

No Name           Result   Name           

 1 Stone, Andrew    ½:½    Pomeroy, Arthur
 2 Sellen, Ian       :     Nyberg, Michael
 3 Forster, Bill    1:0    Jackson, Ross  
No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Forster, Bill 2094 1.5 * ½ 1
2 Pomeroy, Arthur 2075 1.5 * ½ 1
3 Stone, Andrew 2118 1 ½ ½ *
4 Sellen, Ian 2079 1 * 1
5 Jackson, Ross 2054 0 0 0 *
6 Nyberg, Michael 2032 0 0 *

C Grade

Results

No Name              Result   Name             

 1 Stoeveken, P (6)    0:1    Farrington, L (4)
 2 Rossiter, P (5)     1:0    Brockway, A (3)  
 3 Aldridge, A (1)     1:0    Barraza, J (2)   
No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Rossiter, Philip 1945 2 * 1 1
2 Farrington, Lawrence 1855 1.5 * 1 ½
3 Stoeveken, Peter 1863 1 0 * 1
4 Aldridge, Alan 1942 1 0 * 1
5 Brockway, Andrew 1877 .5 0 ½ *
6 Barraza, Jesse 1871 0 0 0 *

D Grade

Results

No Name            Result   Name         

 1 Winter, R (6)     1:0    Rabina, R (4)
 2 Stracy, D (5)      :     Chen, W (3)  
 3 Benitez, E (1)    0:1    Day, F (2)   
No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Day, Fabian 1726 1.5 * 1 .5
2 Benitez, Edgar 1 0 * 1
3 Chen, Wei Kai 1732 1 * 1
4 Winter, Ryan 1715 1 0 * 1
5 Stracy, Don 1731 .5 .5 *
6 Rabina, Romeo 1771 0 0 0 *

E Grade

No Name           Total  Result   Name               Total

 1 Wight, Joshua  [0]      0:1    Thorpe, Richard    [0]  
 2 Wevers, Alexis [1]      0:1    Sole, Michael      [1]  
 3 Benitez, Ric   [0]      ½:½    Meravanage, Satwik [0]  
No Name Rtg Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Sole, Michael 1586 2 * 1 1
2 Wevers, Alexis 1641 1 0 * 1
3 Thorpe, Richard 1630 1 0 * 1
4 Meravanage, Satwik 1524 .5 0 * ½
5 Benitez, Ric .5 ½ *
6 Wight, Joshua 1629 0 0 *

F Grade

Results

No Name                  Result   Name             

 1 Van der Anker, J (6)     :     Konakanchi, K (4)
 2 Stannard, B (5)          :     Proctor, M (3)   
 3 Bennett, S (1)          ½:½    Darr, S (2)      
No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Bennett, Sarah 1452 1.5 * ½ 1
2 Darr, Samuel 1505 .5 ½ *
3 Proctor, Matthew 1464 0 *
4 Konakanchi, Karthik 1499 0 *
5 Stannard, Bobby 1481 0 *
6 Van der Anker, Juan 1501 0 0 *

G Grade

Results

No Name                 Result   Name               

 1 Zhao, Aiden            0:1    Tagos, Bernardo    
 2 Theodosiou, Andreas     :     Kibblewhite, Daniel
 3 He, Caleb              0:1    Leask, Hamish      
No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Leask, Hamish 2 * 1 1
2 Kibblewhite, Daniel 1451 1 * 1
3 Tagos, Bernardo 1433 1 0 * 1
4 He, Caleb 1416 0 0 *
5 Theodosiou, Andreas 1392 0 0 *
6 Zhao, Aiden 1305 0 0 *

H Grade

Results

No Name               Result   Name           

 1 Sknar, A (6)         0:1    Jacobsen, J (4)
 2 Konakanchi, P (5)     :     He, P (3)      
 3 Asher, B (1)         1:0    Hall, N (2)     
No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Jacobsen, Josiah 2 * 1 1
2 Asher, Bruce 1288 1.5 * 1 ½
3 Hall, Nathan 1 0 * 1
4 Sknar, Andriy 1266 .5 0 ½ *
5 He, Paul 1051 0 0 *
6 Konakanchi, Pramodh 1129 0 0 *











1 comment:

  1. > Do other clubs have such a major problem with players not turning up?

    Swiss: 0.5 points if they notify ahead of time, zero if they don't

    Round Robin: They are expected to arrange with the other player. If they don't other can claim a win. Also no draws by agreement without playing. They can either play a move each and make it rated or take a zero each.

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