Roger Perry 1959-2018

Very sad to hear of the death of Roger Perry, who died on Thursday at the age of only 58 from cancer. He was a lovely guy, a great sportsman, and a talented chess player. He will be sorely missed by everyone who knew him. He played in the Club Championships 2017, he had been having chemotherapy, and he seemed to be making a recovery.


Here he is destroying me in the Club Championship. He just builds up relentless pressure on the king side, and although he misses a win on move 30 (...Bd4+! 31. Nxd4 Qh4+ etc) he punishes all my endgame mistakes with accurate play.

Anthony Wins the Random, Michael Sole the Thematic

I'm sure everyone thought Nic Croad was going to win the Fischer Random for the 4th year running, as he had scored 100% in the first 4 rounds, including a win against Anthony Ker. However, in the last week he drew with Russell Dive in round 5, then lost to Arthur Pomeroy in the last round, thus letting Anthony overtake him for first place. Congratulations Anthony!

In the inaugural thematic tournament, Michael Sole took the title, ahead of the likes of Bill Forster and Edgar Benitez. In the last 2 rounds they had to play both sides of a Von Hennig-Schara Gambit. For those of you who don't know what this is (as I didn't), it goes:
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 cxd4.

Congratulations Michael! As always, it's great to see the young players coming through.

Fischer Random - Final

No Name                Feder Rtg Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6  

1  Ker, Anthony                  2369 5      8:W  7:W  2:W  3:L  6:W  5:W
2  Dive, Russell                 2401 4.5    6:W  4:W  1:L  9:W  3:D  7:W
3  Croad, Nic                    2312 4.5   12:W  9:W  5:W  1:W  2:D  4:L
4  Pomeroy, Arthur               1998 4     13:W  2:L  0:D  0:D  8:W  3:W
5  Aldridge, Alan                1881 3     16:W  6:D  3:L  7:W 10:D  1:L
6  Brockway, Andrew              1545 3      2:L  5:D 13:W 11:W  1:L 10:D
7  Sellen, Ian                   2021 3     17:W  1:L 12:W  5:L  9:W  2:L
8  Chen, Wei Kai                 1699 3      1:L 17:W  0:D  0:D  4:L 15:W
9  Winter, Ryan                  1664 3     15:W  3:L 10:W  2:L  7:L 11:W
10 Jackson, Ross                      3      0:D  0:D  9:L 12:W  5:D  6:D
11 Kibblewhite, Daniel                2.5    0:   0:  15:W  6:L 12:D  9:L
12 Day, Fabian                   1650 2.5    3:L 15:W  7:L 10:L 11:D  0:W
13 Hurndell, Robert                   2      4:L 16:W  6:L 15:W  0:L  0:L
14 Bennett, Sarah                1047 1      0:D  0:D  0:L  0:L  0:L  0:L
15 Stannard, Bobby               1171 1      9:L 12:L 11:L 13:L 17:+  8:L
16 Zhao, Aiden                   1054 0      5:L 13:L  0:L  0:L  0:L  0:L
17 Alcorn, Simeon                1309 0      7:L  8:L  0:L  0:L 15:-  0:L

Thematic Tournament - Final

No Name                 Feder Rtg Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6  

1  Sole, Michael                  1473 5     12:W  5:W 13:W  6:W  4:L  7:W
2  Laking, Robert                      4.5    6:L 21:W  5:W 13:W  3:D  4:W
3  Forster, Bill                  1982 4.5    0:D  0:D  7:W 19:W  2:D  6:W
4  Benitez, Edgar,                1741 4      5:L 12:W 15:W  9:W  1:W  2:L
5  Hall, Nathan                   1281 4      4:W  1:L  2:L 16:W 14:W  8:W
6  Ashe, Michael                       3.5    2:W  7:D 19:W  1:L  9:W  3:L
7  Konakanchi, Karthik            1379 3.5   21:W  6:D  3:L  8:W 19:W  1:L
8  Winsley, Nicholas                   3      9:L 11:W 17:W  7:L 22:W  5:L
9  He, Caleb                      1534 3      8:W 19:W 16:W  4:L  6:L 14:L
10 Heyworth, Nicholas                  3      0:   0:   0:  20:W 16:W 19:W
11 Wevers, Alexis                 1486 3     19:L  8:L 18:W 15:L 17:W 22:W
12 He, Paul                       1413 2.5    1:L  4:L 20:  23:W 15:W 18:L
13 Tagos, Bernardo                1478 2     18:W 17:W  1:L  2:L  0:L  0:L
14 Dixon, Hamish                       2      0:   0:   0:  17:W  5:L  9:W
15 Stannard, Lars                 1365 2      0:D  0:D  4:L 11:W 12:L 17:L
16 Asher, Bruce                   1033 2     17:L 18:W  9:L  5:L 10:L  0:W
17 Farrington, Lawrence           1566 2     16:W 13:L  8:L 14:L 11:L 15:W
18 Deyab, Mohamed                      2     13:L 16:L 11:L  0:  20:+ 12:W
19 Darr, Samuel                   1315 1     11:W  9:L  6:L  3:L  7:L 10:L
20 Stoeveken, Peter                    .5     0:   0:  12:D 10:L 18:-  0:L
21 Carroll, Lewis                 900  0      7:L  2:L  0:L  0:L  0:L  0:L
22 Johnson, Sean                       0      0:   0:   0:   0:   8:L 11:L
23 Forlong-Ford, Colwyn                0      0:   0:   0:  12:L  0:L  0:L

Fischer Random and Themes

Sorry for the delay in publishing stuff. As I'm sure you're aware, Anthony Ker won the Wellington Open with 5½ out of 6, well done!

At the club, we have two tournaments going in parallel. We have the (by now) traditional Fischer Random, and we also have a thematic tournament where each evening you get given an opening position, and you have to play both colours with it. Both tournaments are rapid play, 25 minutes plus 5 seconds added on per move.
The thematic tournament had a King's Gambit position in rounds 1 and 2, and some other position I didn't take a note of in rounds 3 and 4 last week. The final 2 rounds will be this Thursday.

Sorry if I haven't been taking as careful note of the tournaments as usual. If you see that I have any of these results incorrect or missing. please let me know. I have a feeling I have the results of the thematic tournament slightly wrong.

Nic Croad has won the Fischer Random every since 2015, and this year he looks to be keeping up the good work - he has 4 out of 4, including a win against Anthony Ker.

Fischer Random

No Name                Feder Rtg Loc  Total  1    2    3    4  

1  Croad, Nic                    2312 4     14:W  7:W  5:W  2:W
2  Ker, Anthony                  2369 3     13:W  9:W  3:W  1:L
3  Dive, Russell                 2401 3      6:W 11:W  2:L  7:W
4  Jackson, Ross                      3      0:D  0:D  7:L 14:W
5  Aldridge, Alan                1881 2.5   15:W  6:D  1:L  9:W
6  Brockway, Andrew              1545 2.5    3:L  5:D 10:W  8:W
7  Winter, Ryan                  1664 2     17:W  1:L  4:W  3:L
8  Kibblewhite, Daniel                2      0:   0:  17:W  6:L
9  Sellen, Ian                   2021 2     16:W  2:L 14:W  5:L
10 Hurndell, Robert                   2     11:L 15:W  6:L 17:W
11 Pomeroy, Arthur               1998 1     10:W  3:L  0:L  0:L
12 Bennett, Sarah                1047 1      0:D  0:D  0:L  0:L
13 Chen, Wei Kai                 1699 1      2:L 16:W  0:L  0:L
14 Day, Fabian                   1650 1      1:L 17:W  9:L  4:L
15 Zhao, Aiden                   1054 0      5:L 10:L  0:L  0:L
16 Alcorn, Simeon                1309 0      9:L 13:L  0:L  0:L
17 Stannard, Bobby               1171 0      7:L 14:L  8:L 10:L

Thematic
No Name                 Feder Rtg Loc  Total  1    2    3    4  

1  Sole, Michael                  1473 4     12:W  8:W  9:W  6:W
2  Benitez, Edgar,                1741 3      8:L 12:W 10:W  5:W
3  Forster, Bill                  1982 3      0:D  0:D  7:W 13:W
4  Laking, Robert                      3      6:L 20:W  8:W  9:W
5  He, Caleb                      1534 3     11:W 13:W 17:W  2:L
6  Ashe, Michael                       2.5    4:W  7:D 13:W  1:L
7  Konakanchi, Karthik            1379 2.5   20:W  6:D  3:L 11:W
8  Hall, Nathan                   1281 2      2:W  1:L  4:L 17:W
9  Tagos, Bernardo                1478 2     22:W 16:W  1:L  4:L
10 Stannard, Lars                 1365 2      0:D  0:D  2:L 18:W
11 Winsley, Nicholas                   2      5:L 18:W 16:W  7:L
12 He, Paul                       1413 1.5    1:L  2:L 19:  21:W
13 Darr, Samuel                   1315 1     18:W  5:L  6:L  3:L
14 Dixon, Hamish                       1      0:   0:   0:  16:W
15 Heyworth, Nicholas                  1      0:   0:   0:  19:W
16 Farrington, Lawrence           1566 1     17:W  9:L 11:L 14:L
17 Asher, Bruce                   1033 1     16:L 22:W  5:L  8:L
18 Wevers, Alexis                 1486 1     13:L 11:L 22:W 10:L
19 Stoeveken, Peter                    .5     0:   0:  12:D 15:L
20 Carroll, Lewis                 900  0      7:L  4:L  0:L  0:L
21 Forlong-Ford, Colwyn                0      0:   0:   0:  12:L
22 Deyab, Mohamed                      0      9:L 17:L 18:L  0: