Halfway through the Summer Cup 2018, and we have a sole leader in the shape of 16 year old Layla Timergazi. She beat Nic Croad in a tense struggle where Nic as black, had managed to advance his pawn up to a3 against Layla's queen side castled king, then sacrificed a couple of rooks to take control of the a1-h8 diagonal. It would have been pretty spectacular if it had worked, but unfortunately for Nic, Layla had enough defensive resources to turn the game around.
Russell Dive has also won all his games, but took a half point bye in the previous round, and so stands on 3½/4. His opponent in round 4, Michael Sole, has played so well thus far, but this time he allowed Russell to provoke him into advancing his king side pawn cover, with disastrous results.
After his loss to Nic last week, Anthony had no problems against Andrew Brockway. Andrew survived to the endgame, but the result was never in doubt.
Elsewhere, there were a few absences for various reasons. All five of our Chinese competitors chose to take the half point bye because of the Chinese New Year. And a couple of other people just didn't show up, maybe they were celebrating something too.
Max Robinson continues to impress, this time putting Arthur Pomeroy on the defensive, although it was a draw in the end. I continue to struggle against the Young Guard, scoring my third consecutive draw against the junior section. Although I must be shedding a heap of rating points, I'm not at all unhappy about this - it's about time Youth started prevailing against the experienced fuddy-duddies of the club.
Round 4
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Timergazi, Layla 2133 [3] 1:0 Croad, Nic 2407 [3] 2 Dive, Russell 2443 [2.5] 1:0 Sole, Michael 1801 [2.5] 3 Brockway, Andrew 1914 [2.5] 0:1 Ker, Anthony 2488 [2] 4 Sellen, Ian 2067 [2] ½:½ Day, Fabian 1784 [2] 5 Rabina, Romeo 1767 [2] ½:½ Jackson, Ross 2013 [2] 6 Benitez, Edgar 1819 [2] 1:0 Hall, Nathan 1559 [2] 7 Konakanchi, Karthik 1519 [2] 0:1 Stoeveken, Peter 1814 [2] 8 Winter, Ryan 1814 [2] 1:0 Hurndell, Robert 1300 [2] 9 Farrington, Lawrence 1800 [2] 0:1 Laking, Robert 1300 [2] 10 Robinson, Max 1300 [2] ½:½ Pomeroy, Arthur 2092 [1.5] 11 Meravanage, Satwik 1514 [1.5] 1:0 Bennett, Sarah 1427 [1.5] 12 Rossiter, Philip 1969 [1.5] +:- Forlong-Ford, Colwyn 1719 [1] 13 Aldridge, Alan 1946 [1] 1:0 Theodosiou, Andreas 1482 [1] 14 Stracy, Don 1710 [1] 1:0 Stannard, Lars 1403 [1] 15 Alcorn, Simeon 1200 [1] 1:0 Winsley, Nicholas 1000 [1] 16 Tagos, Bernardo 1496 [1] 0:1 Wevers, Alexis 1614 [1] 17 Kierstead, James 1143 [.5] 1:0 Asher, Bruce 1268 [.5] 18 Carroll, Lewis 1100 [0] -:+ Stannard, Bobby 1350 [0] 19 Nyberg, Michael 2149 [2] ½:½ BYE 20 Chen, Wei Kai 1879 [2] ½:½ BYE 21 Darr, Samuel 1545 [1] ½:½ BYE 22 He, Caleb 1485 [1] ½:½ BYE 23 Zhi, William 1400 [.5] ½:½ BYE 24 Guthrie, Milo 1300 [.5] ½:½ BYE 25 He, Paul 1183 [0] ½:½ BYE 26 Sole, Chris 1147 [.5] ½:½ BYE 27 Zhao, Aiden 1291 [.5] ½:½ BYE
Cross Table
No Name Rtg Loc Total 1 2 3 4 1 Timergazi, Layla 2133 4 43:W 8:W 15:W 4:W 2 Dive, Russell 2443 3.5 23:W 5:W 0:D 10:W 3 Ker, Anthony 2488 3 41:W 7:W 4:L 16:W 4 Croad, Nic 2407 3 24:W 26:W 3:W 1:L 5 Winter, Ryan 1814 3 6:W 2:L 31:W 21:W 6 Laking, Robert 1300 3 5:L 24:W 23:W 26:W 7 Benitez, Edgar 1819 3 40:W 3:L 34:W 20:W 8 Stoeveken, Peter 1814 3 37:W 1:L 35:W 22:W 9 Sellen, Ian 2067 2.5 18:W 10:D 20:D 11:D 10 Sole, Michael 1801 2.5 45:W 9:D 12:W 2:L 11 Day, Fabian 1784 2.5 32:W 12:D 0:D 9:D 12 Rossiter, Philip 1969 2.5 31:W 11:D 10:L 41:+ 13 Rabina, Romeo 1767 2.5 35:W 0:D 0:D 17:D 14 Nyberg, Michael 2149 2.5 20:D 29:W 0:D 0:D 15 Chen, Wei Kai 1879 2.5 38:W 30:W 1:L 0:D 16 Brockway, Andrew 1914 2.5 42:W 33:W 17:D 3:L 17 Jackson, Ross 2013 2.5 34:D 36:W 16:D 13:D 18 Meravanage, Satwik 1514 2.5 9:L 45:W 0:D 29:W 19 Robinson, Max 1300 2.5 0: 47:W 43:W 25:D 20 Hall, Nathan 1559 2 14:D 28:W 9:D 7:L 21 Hurndell, Robert 1300 2 0: 27:W 30:W 5:L 22 Konakanchi, Karthik 1519 2 0: 0:D 41:W 8:L 23 Stracy, Don 1710 2 2:L 40:W 6:L 42:W 24 Wevers, Alexis 1614 2 4:L 6:L 36:W 34:W 25 Pomeroy, Arthur 2092 2 30:L 0:D 32:W 19:D 26 Farrington, Lawrence 1800 2 46:W 4:L 33:W 6:L 27 Alcorn, Simeon 1200 2 0: 21:L 40:W 35:W 28 Aldridge, Alan 1946 2 33:- 20:L 47:W 33:W 29 Bennett, Sarah 1427 1.5 0:D 14:L 39:W 18:L 30 Darr, Samuel 1545 1.5 25:W 15:L 21:L 0:D 31 He, Caleb 1485 1.5 12:L 46:W 5:L 0:D 32 Kierstead, James 1143 1.5 11:L 0:D 25:L 45:W 33 Theodosiou, Andreas 1482 1 28:+ 16:L 26:L 28:L 34 Tagos, Bernardo 1496 1 17:D 0:D 7:L 24:L 35 Winsley, Nicholas 1000 1 13:L 42:W 8:L 27:L 36 Sole, Chris 1147 1 0:D 17:L 24:L 0:D 37 Guthrie, Milo 1300 1 8:L 43:L 0:D 0:D 38 Zhi, William 1400 1 15:L 41:L 0:D 0:D 39 Zhao, Aiden 1291 1 0: 0:D 29:L 0:D 40 Stannard, Bobby 1350 1 7:L 23:L 27:L 47:+ 41 Forlong-Ford, Colwyn 1719 1 3:L 38:W 22:L 12:- 42 Stannard, Lars 1403 1 16:L 35:L 46:W 23:L 43 List, Robert 1703 1 1:L 37:W 19:L 0: 44 Benitez, Ric 1565 1 0:D 0:D 0:L 0: 45 Asher, Bruce 1268 .5 10:L 18:L 0:D 32:L 46 He, Paul 1183 .5 26:L 31:L 42:L 0:D 47 Carroll, Lewis 1100 0 0: 19:L 28:L 40:-
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