Halfway Through the Julian Mazur - Russell Leads

Sorry for delay again, and just a very quick update here. Russell Dive took sole lead at the halfway stage of the Julian Mazur. Of his main rivals, Nic and Anthony drew with each other in round 4 (in rather an interesting rook and pawn endgame), while Scott won, but is half a point down because of his first round bye.

Both Anthony and Scott are off this week, leaving Layla to face up to the dreaded Russell in round 5.

Round 4

No Name                     Loc  Total  Result   Name                 Loc  Total

 1 Croad, Nic               2375 [3]      ½:½    Ker, Anthony         2474 [3]  
 2 Dive, Russell            2426 [3]      1:0    Nyberg, Michael      2032 [3]  
 3 Stoeveken, Peter         1863 [2.5]    0:1    Timergazi, Layla     2174 [2.5]
 4 Jackson, Ross            2054 [2.5]    0:1    Wastney, Scott       2391 [2.5]
 5 Perry, Roger             2125 [2]      ½:½    Mullan, Brett        1750 [2]  
 6 Benitez, Edgar           1750 [2]      0:1    Stone, Andrew        2118 [2]  
 7 Forster, Bill            2094 [2]      ½:½    Chen, Wei Kai        1732 [2]  
 8 Stracy, Don              1731 [2]      0:1    Sellen, Ian          2079 [2]  
 9 Asher, Bruce             1288 [2]      0:1    Rossiter, Philip     1945 [2]  
10 Barraza, Jesse           1871 [2]      ½:½    Winter, Ryan         1715 [2]  
11 Aldridge, Alan           1942 [1.5]    1:0    Van der Anker, Juan  1501 [1.5]
12 Coghini, Phillip         1888 [1.5]    1:0    Bennett, Sarah       1452 [1.5]
13 Forlong-Ford, Colwyn     1739 [1.5]    1:0    Konakanchi, Karthik  1499 [1.5]
14 Meravanage, Satwik       1524 [1.5]    0:1    Sole, Michael        1586 [1.5]
15 Thorpe, Richard          1630 [1.5]    ½:½    Wevers, Alexis       1641 [1]  
16 Sknar, Andriy            1266 [1]      0:1    Farrington, Lawrence 1855 [1]  
17 Wight, Joshua            1629 [1]      1:0    He, Paul             1051 [1]  
18 He, Caleb                1416 [1]      1:0    Darr, Samuel         1505 [1]  
19 De Briey, Aurian         1300 [1]      0:1    Tagos, Bernardo      1433 [1]  
20 Proctor, Matthew         1464 [.5]     0:1    Hall, Nathan         1063 [1]  
21 Theodosiou, Andreas      1392 [.5]     1:0    Stannard, Bobby      1481 [.5] 
22 Konakanchi, Pramodh      1129 [.5]     0:1    Kibblewhite, Daniel  1451 [.5] 
23 Leask, Hamish            1300 [0]      1:0    Del Favero, Marcus   1410 [0]  
24 Day, Fabian              1726 [2]      ½:½    BYE                            
25 Dixon, Hamish            1698 [2]      ½:½    BYE                            
26 Zhao, Aiden              1305 [0]      ½:½    BYE                            
27 Jacobsen-Grocott, Josiah 1200 [1]      ½:½    BYE                            
28 Nagrecha, Prashant       899  [1]      ½:½    BYE                            

Cross Table

No Name                     Loc  Total  1    2    3    4  

1  Dive, Russell            2426 4     39:1 12:1  9:1  6:1
2  Croad, Nic               2375 3.5   16:1 15:1  7:1  3:½
3  Ker, Anthony             2474 3.5   17:1 19:1 11:1  2:½
4  Timergazi, Layla         2174 3.5   27:1 26:1 10:½ 18:1
5  Wastney, Scott           2391 3.5    0:½ 42:1 29:1 10:1
6  Nyberg, Michael          2032 3     30:1 25:1 22:+  1:0
7  Rossiter, Philip         1945 3     24:1 35:1  2:0 28:1
8  Stone, Andrew            2118 3     33:0 30:1 27:1 26:1
9  Sellen, Ian              2079 3     49:1 34:1  1:0 31:1
10 Jackson, Ross            2054 2.5   41:1 21:+  4:½  5:0
11 Perry, Roger             2125 2.5   43:1 23:1  3:0 12:½
12 Mullan, Brett            1750 2.5   28:1  1:0 24:1 11:½
13 Winter, Ryan             1715 2.5    0:½ 37:1 14:½ 19:½
14 Forster, Bill            2094 2.5    0:½ 50:1 13:½ 15:½
15 Chen, Wei Kai            1732 2.5   38:1  2:0 42:1 14:½
16 Sole, Michael            1586 2.5    2:0 38:1 20:½ 34:1
17 Dixon, Hamish            1698 2.5    3:0 48:1 25:1  0:½
18 Stoeveken, Peter         1863 2.5    0:½ 36:1 33:1  4:0
19 Barraza, Jesse           1871 2.5   48:1  3:0 43:1 13:½
20 Coghini, Phillip         1888 2.5   37:½  0:½ 16:½ 36:1
21 Forlong-Ford, Colwyn     1739 2.5   44:1 10:-  0:½ 40:1
22 Aldridge, Alan           1942 2.5   52:1  0:½  6:- 33:1
23 Day, Fabian              1726 2.5   45:1 11:0 35:1  0:½
24 He, Caleb                1416 2      7:0 32:1 12:0 43:1
25 Hall, Nathan             1063 2     31:1  6:0 17:0 49:1
26 Benitez, Edgar           1750 2     46:1  4:0 44:1  8:0
27 Wight, Joshua            1629 2      4:0 46:1  8:0 45:1
28 Asher, Bruce             1288 2     12:0 39:1 50:1  7:0
29 Thorpe, Richard          1630 2      0:½ 40:1  5:0 39:½
30 Tagos, Bernardo          1433 2      6:0  8:0 46:1 42:1
31 Stracy, Don              1731 2     25:0 52:1 45:1  9:0
32 Farrington, Lawrence     1855 2     42:0 24:0 37:1 44:1
33 Van der Anker, Juan      1501 1.5    8:1  0:½ 18:0 22:0
34 Meravanage, Satwik       1524 1.5   53:+  9:0  0:½ 16:0
35 Nagrecha, Prashant       899  1.5    0:1  7:0 23:0  0:½
36 Bennett, Sarah           1452 1.5    0:½ 18:0 51:1 20:0
37 Theodosiou, Andreas      1392 1.5   20:½ 13:0 32:0 50:1
38 Jacobsen-Grocott, Josiah 1200 1.5   15:0 16:0 52:1  0:½
39 Wevers, Alexis           1641 1.5    1:0 28:0 48:1 29:½
40 Konakanchi, Karthik      1499 1.5    0:½ 29:0 49:1 21:0
41 Kibblewhite, Daniel      1451 1.5   10:0 44:0  0:½ 51:1
42 De Briey, Aurian         1300 1     32:1  5:0 15:0 30:0
43 Darr, Samuel             1505 1     11:0 51:1 19:0 24:0
44 Sknar, Andriy            1266 1     21:0 41:1 26:0 32:0
45 He, Paul                 1051 1     23:0  0:1 31:0 27:0
46 Leask, Hamish            1300 1     26:0 27:0 30:0 52:1
47 Brockway, Andrew         1877 1      0:½  0:½  0:   0: 
48 Zhao, Aiden              1305 .5    19:0 17:0 39:0  0:½
49 Proctor, Matthew         1464 .5     9:0  0:½ 40:0 25:0
50 Stannard, Bobby          1481 .5     0:½ 14:0 28:0 37:0
51 Konakanchi, Pramodh      1129 .5     0:½ 43:0 36:0 41:0
52 Del Favero, Marcus       1410 0     22:0 31:0 38:0 46:0
53 Nijman, Brian            2153 0     34:-  0:   0:   0: 

Provisional Round 5 Pairings

No Name                     Loc  Total  Result   Name                 Loc  Total

 1 Timergazi, Layla         2174 [3.5]     :     Dive, Russell        2426 [4]  
 2 Stone, Andrew            2118 [3]       :     Croad, Nic           2375 [3.5]
 3 Nyberg, Michael          2032 [3]       :     Sellen, Ian          2079 [3]  
 4 Rossiter, Philip         1945 [3]       :     Forster, Bill        2094 [2.5]
 5 Chen, Wei Kai            1732 [2.5]     :     Jackson, Ross        2054 [2.5]
 6 Aldridge, Alan           1942 [2.5]     :     Day, Fabian          1726 [2.5]
 7 Winter, Ryan             1715 [2.5]     :     Coghini, Phillip     1888 [2.5]
 8 Dixon, Hamish            1698 [2.5]     :     Barraza, Jesse       1871 [2.5]
 9 Sole, Michael            1586 [2.5]     :     Forlong-Ford, Colwyn 1739 [2.5]
10 Benitez, Edgar           1750 [2]       :     Stoeveken, Peter     1863 [2.5]
11 Farrington, Lawrence     1855 [2]       :     Asher, Bruce         1288 [2]  
12 Tagos, Bernardo          1433 [2]       :     Stracy, Don          1731 [2]  
13 He, Caleb                1416 [2]       :     Thorpe, Richard      1630 [2]  
14 Hall, Nathan             1063 [2]       :     Wight, Joshua        1629 [2]  
15 Kibblewhite, Daniel      1451 [1.5]     :     Wevers, Alexis       1641 [1.5]
16 Jacobsen-Grocott, Josiah 1200 [1.5]     :     Meravanage, Satwik   1524 [1.5]
17 Van der Anker, Juan      1501 [1.5]     :     Theodosiou, Andreas  1392 [1.5]
18 Bennett, Sarah           1452 [1.5]     :     Nagrecha, Prashant   899  [1.5]
19 Konakanchi, Karthik      1499 [1.5]     :     De Briey, Aurian     1300 [1]  
20 Darr, Samuel             1505 [1]       :     Sknar, Andriy        1266 [1]  
21 He, Paul                 1051 [1]       :     Leask, Hamish        1300 [1]  
22 Stannard, Bobby          1481 [.5]      :     Konakanchi, Pramodh  1129 [.5] 
23 Zhao, Aiden              1305 [.5]      :     Proctor, Matthew     1464 [.5] 
24 Del Favero, Marcus       1410 [0]      1:0    BYE                            
25 Ker, Anthony             2474 [3.5]    ½:½    BYE                            
26 Wastney, Scott           2391 [3.5]    ½:½    BYE                            
27 Perry, Roger             2125 [2.5]    ½:½    BYE                            
28 Mullan, Brett            1750 [2.5]    ½:½    BYE                            

Julian Mazur Round 3 - the Cream Floats to the Top

Results from round three of the Julian Mazur Memorial, plus cross table and provisional pairings for round four. Sorry it's a bit late.

I guess not too many surprises at the top. Bill miraculously salvaged a draw from his game against young Ryan Winter. Layla missed a relatively easy win against Ross (again), those two always seem to end up drawing. Aldridge-Nyberg was a bit strange, Michael was sitting there on time, but Alan wasn't there. After about an hour, Alan turned up, but Michael had just packed the pieces up five minutes before. Still, they sat down to play, Alan won - and Michael claimed the win by default!

Sorry I haven't been putting up any games recently. I was looking for another html generator because the KnightVision website didn't seem to be working for me. Now I realize that it does work if I use Internet Explorer, but not Firefox or Chrome. I'll try to put up a game or two in the next week, although I dislike using Internet Explorer, for some reason.

Round 3

No Name                 Loc  Total  Result   Name                     Loc  Total

 1 Ker, Anthony         2474 [2]      1:0    Perry, Roger             2125 [2]  
 2 Sellen, Ian          2079 [2]      0:1    Dive, Russell            2426 [2]  
 3 Timergazi, Layla     2174 [2]      ½:½    Jackson, Ross            2054 [2]  
 4 Rossiter, Philip     1945 [2]      0:1    Croad, Nic               2375 [2]  
 5 Aldridge, Alan       1942 [1.5]    -:+    Nyberg, Michael          2032 [2]  
 6 Wastney, Scott       2391 [1.5]    1:0    Thorpe, Richard          1630 [1.5]
 7 Winter, Ryan         1715 [1.5]    ½:½    Forster, Bill            2094 [1.5]
 8 Van der Anker, Juan  1501 [1.5]    0:1    Stoeveken, Peter         1863 [1.5]
 9 Stone, Andrew        2118 [1]      1:0    Wight, Joshua            1629 [1]  
10 Sole, Michael        1586 [1]      ½:½    Coghini, Phillip         1888 [1]  
11 Darr, Samuel         1505 [1]      0:1    Barraza, Jesse           1871 [1]  
12 Sknar, Andriy        1266 [1]      0:1    Benitez, Edgar           1750 [1]  
13 Mullan, Brett        1750 [1]      1:0    He, Caleb                1416 [1]  
14 Chen, Wei Kai        1732 [1]      1:0    De Briey, Aurian         1300 [1]  
15 He, Paul             1051 [1]      0:1    Stracy, Don              1731 [1]  
16 Day, Fabian          1726 [1]      1:0    Nagrecha, Prashant       899  [1]  
17 Hall, Nathan         1063 [1]      0:1    Dixon, Hamish            1698 [1]  
18 Stannard, Bobby      1481 [.5]     0:1    Asher, Bruce             1288 [1]  
19 Konakanchi, Karthik  1499 [.5]     1:0    Proctor, Matthew         1464 [.5] 
20 Bennett, Sarah       1452 [.5]     1:0    Konakanchi, Pramodh      1129 [.5] 
21 Farrington, Lawrence 1855 [0]      1:0    Theodosiou, Andreas      1392 [.5] 
22 Wevers, Alexis       1641 [0]      1:0    Zhao, Aiden              1305 [0]  
23 Leask, Hamish        1300 [0]      0:1    Tagos, Bernardo          1433 [0]  
24 Del Favero, Marcus   1410 [0]      0:1    Jacobsen-Grocott, Josiah 1200 [0]  
25 Forlong-Ford, Colwyn 1739 [1]      ½:½    BYE                                
26 Meravanage, Satwik   1524 [1]      ½:½    BYE                                
27 Kibblewhite, Daniel  1451 [0]      ½:½    BYE                                

Cross Table

No Name                     Loc  Total  1    2    3  

1  Ker, Anthony             2474 3     17:1 16:1  9:1
2  Croad, Nic               2375 3     25:1 13:1 15:1
3  Dive, Russell            2426 3     37:1 10:1 14:1
4  Nyberg, Michael          2032 3     41:1 32:1 29:+
5  Timergazi, Layla         2174 2.5   38:1 18:1  6:½
6  Jackson, Ross            2054 2.5   48:1 27:+  5:½
7  Stoeveken, Peter         1863 2.5    0:½ 28:1 23:1
8  Wastney, Scott           2391 2.5    0:½ 33:1 24:1
9  Perry, Roger             2125 2     39:1 21:1  1:0
10 Mullan, Brett            1750 2     20:1  3:0 36:1
11 Forster, Bill            2094 2      0:½ 45:1 12:½
12 Winter, Ryan             1715 2      0:½ 47:1 11:½
13 Chen, Wei Kai            1732 2     43:1  2:0 33:1
14 Sellen, Ian              2079 2     46:1 26:1  3:0
15 Rossiter, Philip         1945 2     36:1 34:1  2:0
16 Barraza, Jesse           1871 2     51:1  1:0 39:1
17 Dixon, Hamish            1698 2      1:0 51:1 32:1
18 Benitez, Edgar           1750 2     52:1  5:0 40:1
19 Stone, Andrew            2118 2     23:0 41:1 38:1
20 Asher, Bruce             1288 2     10:0 37:1 45:1
21 Day, Fabian              1726 2     35:1  9:0 34:1
22 Stracy, Don              1731 2     32:0 50:1 35:1
23 Van der Anker, Juan      1501 1.5   19:1  0:½  7:0
24 Thorpe, Richard          1630 1.5    0:½ 31:1  8:0
25 Sole, Michael            1586 1.5    2:0 43:1 30:½
26 Meravanage, Satwik       1524 1.5   53:+ 14:0  0:½
27 Forlong-Ford, Colwyn     1739 1.5   40:1  6:-  0:½
28 Bennett, Sarah           1452 1.5    0:½  7:0 49:1
29 Aldridge, Alan           1942 1.5   50:1  0:½  4:-
30 Coghini, Phillip         1888 1.5   47:½  0:½ 25:½
31 Konakanchi, Karthik      1499 1.5    0:½ 24:0 46:1
32 Hall, Nathan             1063 1     22:1  4:0 17:0
33 De Briey, Aurian         1300 1     44:1  8:0 13:0
34 Nagrecha, Prashant       899  1      0:1 15:0 21:0
35 He, Paul                 1051 1     21:0  0:1 22:0
36 He, Caleb                1416 1     15:0 44:1 10:0
37 Wevers, Alexis           1641 1      3:0 20:0 51:1
38 Wight, Joshua            1629 1      5:0 52:1 19:0
39 Darr, Samuel             1505 1      9:0 49:1 16:0
40 Sknar, Andriy            1266 1     27:0 48:1 18:0
41 Tagos, Bernardo          1433 1      4:0 19:0 52:1
42 Brockway, Andrew         1877 1      0:½  0:½  0: 
43 Jacobsen-Grocott, Josiah 1200 1     13:0 25:0 50:1
44 Farrington, Lawrence     1855 1     33:0 36:0 47:1
45 Stannard, Bobby          1481 .5     0:½ 11:0 20:0
46 Proctor, Matthew         1464 .5    14:0  0:½ 31:0
47 Theodosiou, Andreas      1392 .5    30:½ 12:0 44:0
48 Kibblewhite, Daniel      1451 .5     6:0 40:0  0:½
49 Konakanchi, Pramodh      1129 .5     0:½ 39:0 28:0
50 Del Favero, Marcus       1410 0     29:0 22:0 43:0
51 Zhao, Aiden              1305 0     16:0 17:0 37:0
52 Leask, Hamish            1300 0     18:0 38:0 41:0
53 Nijman, Brian            2153 0     26:-  0:   0: 

Round 4, Provisional

No Name                     Loc  Total  Result   Name                 Loc  Total

 1 Croad, Nic               2375 [3]       :     Ker, Anthony         2474 [3]  
 2 Dive, Russell            2426 [3]       :     Nyberg, Michael      2032 [3]  
 3 Stoeveken, Peter         1863 [2.5]     :     Timergazi, Layla     2174 [2.5]
 4 Jackson, Ross            2054 [2.5]     :     Wastney, Scott       2391 [2.5]
 5 Perry, Roger             2125 [2]       :     Mullan, Brett        1750 [2]  
 6 Benitez, Edgar           1750 [2]       :     Stone, Andrew        2118 [2]  
 7 Forster, Bill            2094 [2]       :     Chen, Wei Kai        1732 [2]  
 8 Stracy, Don              1731 [2]       :     Sellen, Ian          2079 [2]  
 9 Asher, Bruce             1288 [2]       :     Rossiter, Philip     1945 [2]  
10 Barraza, Jesse           1871 [2]       :     Day, Fabian          1726 [2]  
11 Coghini, Phillip         1888 [1.5]     :     Winter, Ryan         1715 [2]  
12 Aldridge, Alan           1942 [1.5]     :     Van der Anker, Juan  1501 [1.5]
13 Forlong-Ford, Colwyn     1739 [1.5]     :     Konakanchi, Karthik  1499 [1.5]
14 Thorpe, Richard          1630 [1.5]     :     Bennett, Sarah       1452 [1.5]
15 Meravanage, Satwik       1524 [1.5]     :     Sole, Michael        1586 [1.5]
16 Sknar, Andriy            1266 [1]       :     Farrington, Lawrence 1855 [1]  
17 De Briey, Aurian         1300 [1]       :     Wevers, Alexis       1641 [1]  
18 Wight, Joshua            1629 [1]       :     Hall, Nathan         1063 [1]  
19 Jacobsen-Grocott, Josiah 1200 [1]       :     Darr, Samuel         1505 [1]  
20 Nagrecha, Prashant       899  [1]       :     Tagos, Bernardo      1433 [1]  
21 He, Caleb                1416 [1]       :     He, Paul             1051 [1]  
22 Theodosiou, Andreas      1392 [.5]      :     Stannard, Bobby      1481 [.5] 
23 Proctor, Matthew         1464 [.5]      :     Kibblewhite, Daniel  1451 [.5] 
24 Konakanchi, Pramodh      1129 [.5]      :     Del Favero, Marcus   1410 [0]  
25 Zhao, Aiden              1305 [0]       :     Leask, Hamish        1300 [0]  
26 Dixon, Hamish            1698 [2]      ½:½    BYE