Nathan Hall Dominates the C Grade

In the Club Championship the C Grade was dominated from start to finish by talented newcomer Nathan Hall, and he finished a clear point ahead of his nearest rival, returning player Edward Tanoi.

Caleb He was the only player to beat Nathan - Caleb would no doubt have finished higher, but he was busy travelling around the country playing in chess tournaments and only got to play in 6 out of the 9 rounds.

Hall v Farrington from an earlier encounter

I am grateful to Nathan for annotating one of his key wins in this tournament, against venerable trooper Lawrence Farrington. Nathan has the black pieces.

Club Championships 2018 - Final Tables

Hi,
It's been a while, I don't know if anyone out there is still looking at this blog.
I thought the official Wellington Chess Club website would have published the Championship results by now, but they haven't, so I'll do it here.

Congratulations to our winners, Nic Croad, Edgar Benitez and Nathan Hall. I see that Nic's fantastic results in 2018 have meant that finally he has overtaken Russell Dive in the latest FIDE rating list, and he is only 11 points behind the top rated Wellington player Anthony Ker.

If anyone wants me to publish any of the games from this tournament, please let me know.

A Grade

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10


1
Croad, Nic
2431
8
*
½
½
1
1
1
1
1
1
1


2
Ker, Anthony
2485
7.5
½
*
½
1
½
1
1
1
1
1


3
Dive, Russell
2425
7
½
½
*
1
1
1
½
1
½
1


4
Timergazi, Layla
2157
5
0
0
0
*
½
1
1
1
½
1


5
Sellen, Ian
2041
3.5
0
½
0
½
*
½
½
½
½
½


6
Laking, Robert
2014
3.5
0
0
0
0
½
*
1
1
1
0


7
Forster, Bill
2011
3
0
0
½
0
½
0
*
0
1
1


8
Nyberg, Michael
2114
3
0
0
0
0
½
0
1
*
1
½


9
Winter, Ryan
2129
2.5
0
0
½
½
½
0
0
0
*
1


10
Nijman, Brian
2162
2
0
0
0
0
½
1
0
½
0
*

B Grade

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10


1
Benitez, Edgar
2006
7
*
½
1
1
1
1
½
½
½
1


2
Chen, Wei Kai
1895
6.5
½
*
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1


3
Aldridge, Alan
1892
5.5
0
1
*
1
0
1
0
½
1
1


4
Sole, Michael
1899
5.5
0
0
0
*
1
½
1
1
1
1


5
Rossiter, Philip
1947
5
0
0
1
0
*
1
½
1
1
½


6
Jackson, Ross
1945
4
0
1
0
½
0
*
½
½
1
½


7
Mullan, Brett
1923
3.5
½
0
1
0
½
½
*
1
0
0


8
Lyall, Gordon
1854
3
½
0
½
0
0
½
0
*
½
1


9
Winfield, Alan
1957
3
½
0
0
0
0
0
1
½
*
1


10
Day, Fabian
1899
2
0
0
0
0
½
½
1
0
0
*

C Grade

No Name                   Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9  

1  Hall, Nathan           1863 7.5   21:1  2:1  3:1 17:1  4:½ 11:1  6:0  5:1  8:1
2  Tanoi, Edward          1800 6.5   23:1  1:0  5:1  0:½  3:½ 13:1  4:1  6:½  7:1
3  Stoeveken, Peter       1822 6     26:1  8:1  1:0 12:1  2:½  4:0  5:½ 11:1  6:1
4  Dixon, Hamish          1701 5.5   15:½ 12:½ 19:1 23:1  1:½  3:1  2:0  7:0 13:1
5  Farrington, Lawrence   1763 5     13:1 10:½  2:0 24:½ 21:1  6:½  3:½  1:0 14:1
6  He, Caleb              1823 5     25:1  0:½  0:½  0:0 17:1  5:½  1:1  2:½  3:0
7  He, Paul               1507 5      0:½  0:½  0:0  0:0 26:1 20:1 17:1  4:1  2:0
8  Hurndell, Robert       1551 5     27:1  3:0 28:1  0:½ 11:0 17:1 26:1  0:½  1:0
9  Stracy, Don            1649 5      0:½  0:½  0:0  0:0 23:0 27:1 21:1 15:1 12:1
10 Brockway, Andrew       1867 4.5   19:1  5:½  0:½  0:½  0:0  0:0  0:0 21:1 16:1
11 Ashe, Michael          1623 4.5   20:1 17:0 26:1  0:½  8:1  1:0 12:½  3:0  0:½
12 Frater, Dylan          1509 4      0:½  4:½ 15:1  3:0 13:0 21:1 11:½  0:½  9:0
13 Stannard, Bobby        1298 4      5:0  0:½  0:½ 27:1 12:1  2:0  0:0 20:1  4:0
14 Darr, Samuel           1481 4     22:1  0:½  0:½  0:0 20:1  0:0 15:1  0:0  5:0
15 Langford, Josh         1291 3.5    4:½  0:½ 12:0 21:0 19:1 26:1 14:0  9:0  0:½
16 Carroll, Lewis         1190 3.5    0:0 23:0 22:1  0:½ 24:1 18:1 27:-  0:0 10:0
17 Wevers, Alexis         1795 3      0:½ 11:1 18:1  1:0  6:0  8:0  7:0  0:½  0:0
18 Meravanage, Satwik     1550 3      0:½ 22:1 17:0  0:½  0:0 16:0  0:0 27:1  0:0
19 Kibblewhite, Daniel    1481 3     10:0 20:1  4:0  0:0 15:0 22:1  0:0  0:0 27:1
20 Asher, Bruce           1256 3     11:0 19:0 27:1 26:1 14:0  7:0 22:1 13:0 26:0
21 Stannard, Lars         1409 2.5    1:0  0:½  0:½ 15:1  5:0 12:0  9:0 10:0 22:½
22 Osborne, Geoff         1500 2.5   14:0 18:0 16:0 25:0 27:1 19:0 20:0 26:1 21:½
23 Annamalai, Karthikeyan 1300 2      2:0 16:1 24:½  4:0  9:½  0:0  0:0  0:0  0:0
24 Rabina, Romeo          1695 2      0:½  0:½ 23:½  5:½ 16:0  0:0  0:0  0:0  0:0
25 Heyworth, Nicholas     1368 2      6:0  0:½ 30:0 22:1  0:½  0:0  0:0  0:0  0:0
26 Kierstead, James       1317 2      3:0 27:1 11:0 20:0  7:0 15:0  8:0 22:0 20:1
27 Rodrigues, Kane        1000 1      8:0 26:0 20:0 13:0 22:0  9:0 16:+ 18:0 19:0
28 Sole, Christopher      1184 1     30:½  0:½  8:0  0:0  0:0  0:0  0:   0:   0: 
29 Zhao, Aiden            1236 1      0:½  0:½  0:0  0:0  0:   0:   0:   0:   0: 
30 Johnson, Sean          1099 0     28:0  0:0 25:0  0:   0:   0:   0:   0:   0: