So the leader Layla was up against the New Zealand Champion, Russell Dive, in round 5 of the Summer Cup. Could she cause another upset? As it turned out, Russell was on fine form, and his win was a typical Divean slow death by strangulation, which puts him in first place with three rounds to go.
Anthony Ker took a very different route to victory against Peter Stoeveken. Peter could be seen halfway through the game pacing round the room, muttering to himself "Crazy, crazy game". From a c3 Sicilian, Anthony quickly established an uncomfortable looking bind, with a pawn chain from f4 to d6. Peter unsoundly took the pawn on f4 with his knight to lure Anthony's bishop away from defending the b2 pawn. Peter took on b2 with the queen, then Anthony let the queen take the rook on a1, where it looked distinctly trapped. However it wasn't really trapped, and it popped out after a few moves. Peter was actually winning at this stage, but Anthony pulled it around.
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| Crazy, crazy game |
New member Robert Laking is one of the players sharing 2nd place. He had a fairly even game against Edgar Benitez, but then he outplayed Edgar in the rook and pawn ending. It's great to see new players doing so well in their first tournament!
Michael Sole had another tough game, this time against Andrew Brockway, who is playing rather well at the moment. Michael was doing fine against Andrew's Accelerated Dragon, but then blundered a piece and resigned in a hopeless position.
So far this tournament I have taken a bit of a battering from the younger members of the club, so I was grateful to be paired against a fellow senior in this round. I was even more grateful when Alan "had a senior moment" and gave me a free bishop straight out of the opening!
Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Timergazi, Layla 2133 [4] 0:1 Dive, Russell 2443 [3.5] 2 Ker, Anthony 2488 [3] 1:0 Stoeveken, Peter 1814 [3] 3 Croad, Nic 2407 [3] 1:0 Winter, Ryan 1814 [3] 4 Laking, Robert 1300 [3] 1:0 Benitez, Edgar 1819 [3] 5 Nyberg, Michael 2149 [2.5] 1:0 Chen, Wei Kai 1879 [2.5] 6 Jackson, Ross 2013 [2.5] 1:0 Robinson, Max 1300 [2.5] 7 Rossiter, Philip 1969 [2.5] 1:0 Rabina, Romeo 1767 [2.5] 8 Sole, Michael 1801 [2.5] 0:1 Brockway, Andrew 1914 [2.5] 9 Sellen, Ian 2067 [2.5] 1:0 Aldridge, Alan 1946 [2] 10 Pomeroy, Arthur 2092 [2] 1:0 Konakanchi, Karthik 1519 [2] 11 Hall, Nathan 1559 [2] ½:½ Farrington, Lawrence 1800 [2] 12 Hurndell, Robert 1300 [2] 1:0 Stracy, Don 1710 [2] 13 Wevers, Alexis 1614 [2] 1:0 Alcorn, Simeon 1200 [2] 14 Tagos, Bernardo 1496 [1] 1:0 Kierstead, James 1143 [1.5] 15 Bennett, Sarah 1427 [1.5] 0:1 He, Caleb 1485 [1.5] 16 Sole, Chris 1147 [1] 1:0 Forlong-Ford, Colwyn 1719 [1] 17 Theodosiou, Andreas 1482 [1] 0:1 Zhi, William 1400 [1] 18 Stannard, Lars 1403 [1] 0:1 Stannard, Bobby 1350 [1] 19 Zhao, Aiden 1291 [1] 0:1 Darr, Samuel 1545 [1.5] 20 Asher, Bruce 1268 [.5] 1:0 He, Paul 1183 [.5] 21 Day, Fabian 1784 [2.5] ½:½ BYE 22 Meravanage, Satwik 1514 [2.5] ½:½ BYE 23 Winsley, Nicholas 1000 [1] 0:0 BYE 24 Carroll, Lewis 1100 [0] 0:0 BYE
Cross Table
No Name Rtg Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 1 Dive, Russell 2443 4.5 27:W 11:W 0:D 19:W 3:W 2 Croad, Nic 2407 4 13:W 25:W 4:W 3:L 11:W 3 Timergazi, Layla 2133 4 44:W 15:W 21:W 2:W 1:L 4 Ker, Anthony 2488 4 40:W 12:W 2:L 10:W 15:W 5 Laking, Robert 1300 4 11:L 13:W 27:W 25:W 12:W 6 Sellen, Ian 2067 3.5 17:W 19:D 20:D 14:D 34:W 7 Rossiter, Philip 1969 3.5 26:W 14:D 19:L 40:+ 22:W 8 Nyberg, Michael 2149 3.5 20:D 35:W 0:D 0:D 21:W 9 Jackson, Ross 2013 3.5 28:D 29:W 10:D 22:D 24:W 10 Brockway, Andrew 1914 3.5 42:W 38:W 9:D 4:L 19:W 11 Winter, Ryan 1814 3 5:W 1:L 26:W 16:W 2:L 12 Benitez, Edgar 1819 3 33:W 4:L 28:W 20:W 5:L 13 Wevers, Alexis 1614 3 2:L 5:L 29:W 28:W 31:W 14 Day, Fabian 1784 3 36:W 7:D 0:D 6:D 0:D 15 Stoeveken, Peter 1814 3 43:W 3:L 41:W 30:W 4:L 16 Hurndell, Robert 1300 3 0: 31:W 23:W 11:L 27:W 17 Meravanage, Satwik 1514 3 6:L 37:W 0:D 35:W 0:D 18 Pomeroy, Arthur 2092 3 23:L 0:D 36:W 24:D 30:W 19 Sole, Michael 1801 2.5 37:W 6:D 7:W 1:L 10:L 20 Hall, Nathan 1559 2.5 8:D 34:W 6:D 12:L 25:D 21 Chen, Wei Kai 1879 2.5 32:W 23:W 3:L 0:D 8:L 22 Rabina, Romeo 1767 2.5 41:W 0:D 0:D 9:D 7:L 23 Darr, Samuel 1545 2.5 18:W 21:L 16:L 0:D 39:W 24 Robinson, Max 1300 2.5 0: 47:W 44:W 18:D 9:L 25 Farrington, Lawrence 1800 2.5 46:W 2:L 38:W 5:L 20:D 26 He, Caleb 1485 2.5 7:L 46:W 11:L 0:D 35:W 27 Stracy, Don 1710 2 1:L 33:W 5:L 42:W 16:L 28 Tagos, Bernardo 1496 2 9:D 0:D 12:L 13:L 36:W 29 Sole, Chris 1147 2 0:D 9:L 13:L 0:D 40:W 30 Konakanchi, Karthik 1519 2 0: 0:D 40:W 15:L 18:L 31 Alcorn, Simeon 1200 2 0: 16:L 33:W 41:W 13:L 32 Zhi, William 1400 2 21:L 40:L 0:D 0:D 38:W 33 Stannard, Bobby 1350 2 12:L 27:L 31:L 47:+ 42:W 34 Aldridge, Alan 1946 2 38:- 20:L 47:W 38:W 6:L 35 Bennett, Sarah 1427 1.5 0:D 8:L 39:W 17:L 26:L 36 Kierstead, James 1143 1.5 14:L 0:D 18:L 37:W 28:L 37 Asher, Bruce 1268 1.5 19:L 17:L 0:D 36:L 46:W 38 Theodosiou, Andreas 1482 1 34:+ 10:L 25:L 34:L 32:L 39 Zhao, Aiden 1291 1 0: 0:D 35:L 0:D 23:L 40 Forlong-Ford, Colwyn 1719 1 4:L 32:W 30:L 7:- 29:L 41 Winsley, Nicholas 1000 1 22:L 42:W 15:L 31:L 0:L 42 Stannard, Lars 1403 1 10:L 41:L 46:W 27:L 33:L 43 Guthrie, Milo 1300 1 15:L 44:L 0:D 0:D 0: 44 List, Robert 1703 1 3:L 43:W 24:L 0: 0: 45 Benitez, Ric 1565 1 0:D 0:D 0:L 0: 0: 46 He, Paul 1183 .5 25:L 26:L 42:L 0:D 37:L 47 Carroll, Lewis 1100 0 0: 24:L 34:L 33:- 0:L
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