In that round, Nic Croad drew with Anthony Ker, and Russell Dive beat Ryan Winter, so Nic was still half a point ahead. Having played all the top players, he was tied against Edgar Benitez in the last round and did not have too many problems.
So congratulations Nic! He also confirmed his newly won position as Wellington's top NZCF rated player.
Ryan Winter, having nearly overcome Nic in an earlier round, could also have won against Russell in round 7:
Russell played 38. Qg3?? in this position, which should lose immediately to 38. ...Rxh3!, gaining a piece. However, Ryan missed this, and played 38. ... Qf5??, and after 39. Rxb7 Bxf4 40. exf4 had to resign.
Still, in spite of a couple of unfortunate errors, Ryan played excellent chess overall, and he seems destined to join the ranks of the very best players in the country.
Don't miss Anthony and Russell talking chess strategy at the club this Thursday, and then after that we will be going into the Club Championships. Meanwhile, here are the round 7 and round 8 results, and the final cross table.
Round 7
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Ker, Anthony 2472 [4] ½:½ Croad, Nic 2422 [6] 2 Dive, Russell 2453 [5] 1:0 Winter, Ryan 1999 [4.5] 3 Stone, Andrew 2087 [4] 0:1 Nijman, Brian 2155 [4] 4 Jackson, Ross 1986 [4] 0:1 Benitez, Edgar 1908 [4] 5 Nyberg, Michael 2109 [3.5] 1:0 Lyall, Gordon 1900 [3.5] 6 He, Caleb 1717 [3.5] ½:½ Sellen, Ian 2085 [3.5] 7 He, Paul 1223 [3.5] 0:1 Forster, Bill 2051 [3.5] 8 Aldridge, Alan 1934 [3.5] 0:1 Rossiter, Philip 2010 [3.5] 9 Winfield, Alan 1960 [3.5] 1:0 Ashe, Michael 1650 [3.5] 10 Laking, Robert 1900 [3] 1:0 Wevers, Alexis 1821 [3] 11 Sole, Michael 1782 [3] 1:0 Brockway, Andrew 1888 [3] 12 Hall, Nathan 1529 [3] ½:½ Farrington, Lawrence 1769 [2.5] 13 Heyworth, Nicholas 1300 [2.5] 1:0 Rabina, Romeo [2.5] 14 Darr, Samuel 1522 [2.5] 1:0 Osborne, Geoff 800 [2] 15 Annamalai, Karthikeyan 1200 [2.5] 0:1 Kibblewhite, Daniel 1486 [2.5] 16 Benitez, Ric 1551 [2] 0:1 Stracy, Don 1631 [2] 17 Hurndell, Robert 1600 [2] 1:0 Asher, Bruce 1263 [1] 18 Sole, Christopher 1143 [1] 1:0 Carroll, Lewis 880 [1.5] 19 Timergazi, Layla 2119 [3] 0:0 BYE 20 Stoeveken, Peter 1815 [3.5] 0:0 BYE 21 Day, Fabian 1778 [1.5] 0:0 BYE 22 Frater, Dylan 1509 [2] 0:0 BYE 23 Stannard, Lars 1402 [1.5] ½:½ BYE 24 Stannard, Bobby 1306 [2.5] ½:½ BYE 25 Zhao, Aiden 1246 [1.5] ½:½ BYE 26 Johnson, Sean 1000 [2] 0:0 BYE
Round 8
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Benitez, Edgar 1908 [5] 0:1 Croad, Nic 2422 [6.5] 2 Nijman, Brian 2155 [5] 0:1 Dive, Russell 2453 [6] 3 Winter, Ryan 1999 [4.5] 0:1 Ker, Anthony 2472 [4.5] 4 Rossiter, Philip 2010 [4.5] 0:1 Nyberg, Michael 2109 [4.5] 5 Forster, Bill 2051 [4.5] ½:½ Winfield, Alan 1960 [4.5] 6 Stone, Andrew 2087 [4] 1:0 Laking, Robert 1900 [4] 7 Sellen, Ian 2085 [4] 1:0 Sole, Michael 1782 [4] 8 Jackson, Ross 1986 [4] 1:0 He, Caleb 1717 [4] 9 Hall, Nathan 1529 [3.5] 1:0 Aldridge, Alan 1934 [3.5] 10 Lyall, Gordon 1900 [3.5] 1:0 Darr, Samuel 1522 [3.5] 11 Stoeveken, Peter 1815 [3.5] 1:0 Heyworth, Nicholas 1300 [3.5] 12 Kibblewhite, Daniel 1486 [3.5] 0:1 Ashe, Michael 1650 [3.5] 13 Wevers, Alexis 1821 [3] 1:0 He, Paul 1223 [3.5] 14 Brockway, Andrew 1888 [3] 1:0 Hurndell, Robert 1600 [3] 15 Stracy, Don 1631 [3] 1:0 Stannard, Bobby 1306 [3] 16 Farrington, Lawrence 1769 [3] ½:½ Rabina, Romeo [2.5] 17 Johnson, Sean 1000 [2] -:- Benitez, Ric 1551 [2] 18 Frater, Dylan 1509 [2] 0:1 Sole, Christopher 1143 [2] 19 Osborne, Geoff 800 [2] 1:0 Zhao, Aiden 1246 [2] 20 Carroll, Lewis 880 [1.5] -:+ Stannard, Lars 1402 [2] 21 Timergazi, Layla 2119 [3] 0:0 BYE 22 Day, Fabian 1778 [1.5] 0:0 BYE 23 Alcorn, Simeon 1447 [.5] 0:0 BYE 24 Asher, Bruce 1263 [1] ½:½ BYE 25 Annamalai, Karthikeyan 1200 [2.5] 0:0 BYE 26 Srivastava, Krishh [0] 0:0 BYE
Cross Table
No Name Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Croad, Nic 2422 7.5 17:1 8:1 12:1 2:1 5:1 6:1 3:½ 7:1 2 Dive, Russell 2453 7 28:1 24:1 11:1 1:0 15:1 3:1 12:1 5:1 3 Ker, Anthony 2472 5.5 42:½ 19:1 7:1 5:½ 13:1 2:0 1:½ 12:1 4 Nyberg, Michael 2109 5.5 14:0 31:1 33:1 9:½ 12:½ 0:½ 13:1 16:1 5 Nijman, Brian 2155 5 23:1 18:1 9:1 3:½ 1:0 7:½ 6:1 2:0 6 Stone, Andrew 2087 5 25:1 13:½ 42:1 30:½ 10:1 1:0 5:0 18:1 7 Benitez, Edgar 1908 5 26:½ 46:1 3:0 14:1 25:1 5:½ 9:1 1:0 8 Winfield, Alan 1960 5 44:1 1:0 14:0 27:1 39:1 10:½ 17:1 11:½ 9 Jackson, Ross 1986 5 29:1 38:1 5:0 4:½ 0:½ 20:1 7:0 19:1 10 Sellen, Ian 2085 5 0:½ 39:1 30:½ 24:1 6:0 8:½ 19:½ 21:1 11 Forster, Bill 2051 5 27:1 21:1 2:0 28:½ 0:½ 24:½ 26:1 8:½ 12 Winter, Ryan 1999 4.5 31:1 14:1 1:0 22:1 4:½ 26:1 2:0 3:0 13 Lyall, Gordon 1900 4.5 45:1 6:½ 16:1 15:½ 3:0 0:½ 4:0 25:1 14 Hall, Nathan 1529 4.5 4:1 12:0 8:1 7:0 20:0 31:1 28:½ 24:1 15 Stoeveken, Peter 1815 4.5 43:1 16:1 0:½ 13:½ 2:0 0:½ 0:0 29:1 16 Rossiter, Philip 2010 4.5 36:1 15:0 13:0 40:½ 29:1 25:1 24:1 4:0 17 Ashe, Michael 1650 4.5 1:0 44:1 24:0 31:½ 38:1 41:1 8:0 27:1 18 Laking, Robert 1900 4 37:1 5:0 0:½ 19:1 0:½ 0:0 22:1 6:0 19 He, Caleb 1717 4 0:½ 3:0 41:1 18:0 35:1 28:1 10:½ 9:0 20 Brockway, Andrew 1888 4 0:½ 26:½ 25:½ 37:½ 14:1 9:0 21:0 34:1 21 Sole, Michael 1782 4 35:1 11:0 26:½ 25:0 41:1 0:½ 20:1 10:0 22 Wevers, Alexis 1821 4 38:0 36:1 40:1 12:0 0:½ 0:½ 18:0 26:1 23 Stracy, Don 1631 4 5:0 37:0 46:1 35:0 27:½ 0:½ 39:1 31:1 24 Aldridge, Alan 1934 3.5 41:1 2:0 17:1 10:0 37:1 11:½ 16:0 14:0 25 Darr, Samuel 1522 3.5 6:0 34:1 20:½ 21:1 7:0 16:0 35:1 13:0 26 He, Paul 1223 3.5 7:½ 20:½ 21:½ 33:1 28:1 12:0 11:0 22:0 27 Kibblewhite, Daniel 1486 3.5 11:0 0:½ 0:½ 8:0 23:½ 44:1 37:1 17:0 28 Farrington, Lawrence 1769 3.5 2:0 29:1 35:1 11:½ 26:0 19:0 14:½ 33:½ 29 Heyworth, Nicholas 1300 3.5 9:0 28:0 0:½ 38:1 16:0 43:1 33:1 15:0 30 Timergazi, Layla 2119 3 34:1 0:½ 10:½ 6:½ 0:½ 0:0 0:0 0:0 31 Stannard, Bobby 1306 3 12:0 4:0 43:1 17:½ 40:1 14:0 0:½ 23:0 32 Sole, Christopher 1143 3 0:½ 42:0 0:½ 0:0 0: 0:0 43:1 40:1 33 Rabina, Romeo 3 0: 0: 4:0 26:0 36:1 35:½ 29:0 28:½ 34 Hurndell, Robert 1600 3 30:0 25:0 0:½ 0:½ 43:1 0:0 44:1 20:0 35 Osborne, Geoff 800 3 21:0 0:½ 28:0 23:1 19:0 33:½ 25:0 41:1 36 Stannard, Lars 1402 3 16:0 22:0 44:1 39:0 33:0 40:½ 0:½ 43:+ 37 Annamalai, Karthikeyan 1200 2.5 18:0 23:1 0:½ 20:½ 24:0 0:½ 27:0 0:0 38 Johnson, Sean 1000 2 22:1 9:0 0:½ 29:0 17:0 0:½ 0:0 39:- 39 Benitez, Ric 1551 2 0:½ 10:0 0:½ 36:1 8:0 0:0 23:0 38:- 40 Frater, Dylan 1509 2 0:½ 0:½ 22:0 16:½ 31:0 36:½ 0:0 32:0 41 Zhao, Aiden 1246 2 24:0 0:½ 19:0 47:1 21:0 17:0 0:½ 35:0 42 Day, Fabian 1778 1.5 3:½ 32:1 6:0 0: 0:0 0:0 0:0 0:0 43 Carroll, Lewis 880 1.5 15:0 0:½ 31:0 44:1 34:0 29:0 32:0 36:- 44 Asher, Bruce 1263 1.5 8:0 17:0 36:0 43:0 47:1 27:0 34:0 0:½ 45 Tung, Melvin 1200 1 13:0 0:½ 0:½ 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 46 Alcorn, Simeon 1447 .5 0:½ 7:0 23:0 0: 0:0 0:0 47: 0:0 47 Srivastava, Krishh 0 0: 0: 0: 41:0 44:0 0:0 46: 0:0 48 Bennett, Sarah 1429 0 0:0 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0:
Seems Ryan might not make our A grade by rating yet? I think he should be placed in the top section however. He is certainly ready for that.
ReplyDeleteRyan will definitely be in the A grade! His latest NZCF rating is 2129- this tournament was created before the latest list came out. I'll post the latest Wellington ratings this week
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