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| Two of the nicest people you're ever likely to meet, Edgar Benitez vs Bernardo Tagos |
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| Serious business on board 1, Croad v Ker |
Nic and Anthony repeated the first few moves of their Club Championship Accelerated Dragon (which Nic won), but Anthony went into a different variation on move nine. A lot of pieces got swapped off, Anthony ended up in a difficult ending a pawn down, and lost.
Layla eventually ground out a win, although she didn't have it all her own way, Wei Kai having a one move opportunity to snatch a decisive advantage, which he missed.
Ross and Andrew had a relatively amiable draw, which means that after 3 rounds only Layla and Nic have full points.
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| University student Max Robinson had no problems against Bob List |
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| Robert Laking got to play against his grandfather's ex-colleague at the Treasury, Don Stracy |
Further down the list, new boys Max Robinson, Robert Laking, Simeon Alcorn and Robert Hurndell all scored victories. They are somewhat unknown quantities at the club, so it will be interesting to see how they get on as the opposition they face gets tougher.
I was very impressed with my opponent, Nathan Hall. Not only did he have a very real chance to beat me, he played very exciting, energetic chess which had me on the back foot most of the game. On paper he hasn't had a particularly easy ride (Michael Nyberg, Alan Aldridge, me), but he has come out with two points, which could very easily have been three!
Also worthy of note is Michael Sole, who drew with me in round two. He followed it up in round three by playing a brilliant attacking game to defeat a very much in-form Philip Rossiter. It'll be interesting to see where Michael ends up in the table too.
Round 3 Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Croad, Nic 2407 [2] 1:0 Ker, Anthony 2488 [2] 2 Chen, Wei Kai 1879 [2] 0:1 Timergazi, Layla 2133 [2] 3 Jackson, Ross 2013 [1.5] ½:½ Brockway, Andrew 1914 [2] 4 Hall, Nathan 1559 [1.5] ½:½ Sellen, Ian 2067 [1.5] 5 Sole, Michael 1801 [1.5] 1:0 Rossiter, Philip 1969 [1.5] 6 Benitez, Edgar 1819 [1] 1:0 Tagos, Bernardo 1496 [1] 7 Stoeveken, Peter 1814 [1] 1:0 Winsley, Nicholas 1000 [1] 8 He, Caleb 1485 [1] 0:1 Winter, Ryan 1814 [1] 9 Theodosiou, Andreas 1482 [1] 0:1 Farrington, Lawrence 1800 [1] 10 Forlong-Ford, Colwyn 1719 [1] 0:1 Konakanchi, Karthik 1519 [1] 11 Laking, Robert 1300 [1] 1:0 Stracy, Don 1710 [1] 12 List, Robert 1703 [1] 0:1 Robinson, Max 1300 [1] 13 Hurndell, Robert 1300 [1] 1:0 Darr, Samuel 1545 [1] 14 Kierstead, James 1143 [.5] 0:1 Pomeroy, Arthur 2092 [.5] 15 Bennett, Sarah 1427 [.5] 1:0 Zhao, Aiden 1291 [.5] 16 Wevers, Alexis 1614 [0] 1:0 Sole, Chris 1147 [.5] 17 Carroll, Lewis 1100 [0] 0:1 Aldridge, Alan 1946 [0] 18 Stannard, Lars 1403 [0] 1:0 He, Paul 1183 [0] 19 Stannard, Bobby 1350 [0] 0:1 Alcorn, Simeon 1200 [0] 20 Dive, Russell 2443 [2] ½:½ BYE 21 Nyberg, Michael 2149 [1.5] ½:½ BYE 22 Day, Fabian 1784 [1.5] ½:½ BYE 23 Rabina, Romeo 1767 [1.5] ½:½ BYE 24 Benitez, Ric 1565 [1] 0:0 BYE 25 Meravanage, Satwik 1514 [1] ½:½ BYE 26 Zhi, William 1400 [0] ½:½ BYE 27 Guthrie, Milo 1300 [0] ½:½ BYE 28 Asher, Bruce 1268 [0] ½:½ BYE
Cross Table
No Name Rtg Loc Total 1 2 3 1 Timergazi, Layla 2133 3 29:W 15:W 14:W 2 Croad, Nic 2407 3 30:W 21:W 6:W 3 Dive, Russell 2443 2.5 32:W 8:W 0:D 4 Sole, Michael 1801 2.5 39:W 7:D 22:W 5 Brockway, Andrew 1914 2.5 37:W 26:W 16:D 6 Ker, Anthony 2488 2 34:W 19:W 2:L 7 Sellen, Ian 2067 2 23:W 4:D 9:D 8 Winter, Ryan 1814 2 17:W 3:L 35:W 9 Hall, Nathan 1559 2 10:D 38:W 7:D 10 Nyberg, Michael 2149 2 9:D 24:W 0:D 11 Rabina, Romeo 1767 2 31:W 0:D 0:D 12 Konakanchi, Karthik 1519 2 0: 0:D 34:W 13 Day, Fabian 1784 2 40:W 22:D 0:D 14 Chen, Wei Kai 1879 2 43:W 27:W 1:L 15 Stoeveken, Peter 1814 2 44:W 1:L 31:W 16 Jackson, Ross 2013 2 28:D 41:W 5:D 17 Laking, Robert 1300 2 8:L 30:W 32:W 18 Hurndell, Robert 1300 2 0: 36:W 27:W 19 Benitez, Edgar 1819 2 46:W 6:L 28:W 20 Robinson, Max 1300 2 0: 45:W 29:W 21 Farrington, Lawrence 1800 2 47:W 2:L 26:W 22 Rossiter, Philip 1969 1.5 35:W 13:D 4:L 23 Meravanage, Satwik 1514 1.5 7:L 39:W 0:D 24 Bennett, Sarah 1427 1.5 0:D 10:L 42:W 25 Pomeroy, Arthur 2092 1.5 27:L 0:D 40:W 26 Theodosiou, Andreas 1482 1 38:+ 5:L 21:L 27 Darr, Samuel 1545 1 25:W 14:L 18:L 28 Tagos, Bernardo 1496 1 16:D 0:D 19:L 29 List, Robert 1703 1 1:L 44:W 20:L 30 Wevers, Alexis 1614 1 2:L 17:L 41:W 31 Winsley, Nicholas 1000 1 11:L 37:W 15:L 32 Stracy, Don 1710 1 3:L 46:W 17:L 33 Benitez, Ric 1565 1 0:D 0:D 0:L 34 Forlong-Ford, Colwyn 1719 1 6:L 43:W 12:L 35 He, Caleb 1485 1 22:L 47:W 8:L 36 Alcorn, Simeon 1200 1 0: 18:L 46:W 37 Stannard, Lars 1403 1 5:L 31:L 47:W 38 Aldridge, Alan 1946 1 26:- 9:L 45:W 39 Asher, Bruce 1268 .5 4:L 23:L 0:D 40 Kierstead, James 1143 .5 13:L 0:D 25:L 41 Sole, Chris 1147 .5 0:D 16:L 30:L 42 Zhao, Aiden 1291 .5 0: 0:D 24:L 43 Zhi, William 1400 .5 14:L 34:L 0:D 44 Guthrie, Milo 1300 .5 15:L 29:L 0:D 45 Carroll, Lewis 1100 0 0: 20:L 38:L 46 Stannard, Bobby 1350 0 19:L 32:L 36:L 47 He, Paul 1183 0 21:L 35:L 37:L
I can report that Bob List threw me to a hospital pass by innocently suggesting I should play Max Robinson at blitz. Surely there's no one playing at this club who I've never seen before who I can't beat right? Turns out not to be the case. The 1300 provisional rating is seriously misleading, at least by 500 points, probably much more for NZCF ratings anyway.
ReplyDeleteDamn it threw me a hospital pass, not threw me to a hospital pass!
ReplyDeleteBill, I know what you mean! It seems there are secret internet chess players all across the country, honing their skills in grim attics, waiting for the right moment to unleash themselves on an unsuspecting chess public. I'm even starting to suspect that I'm not the 59th best player in the country!
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