Thought I'd celebrate my resumption of club captain duties with an update of what's going on at the club at the moment. We have got 1 week left of the Autumn Cup, plus the catch-up week. This is graded round robin groups of 6, apart from the lowest grade G which is a Swiss.
In the A grade all of the players have lost at least 1 game. The biggest upset has been Russell Dive losing to Brian Nijman in round 3 after a winning endgame went wrong for Russell. Round 4 included an entertaining game between Scott and Russell where Scott's position seemed more dominant than it actually was, and a tactic that seemed to win actually lost, because of Scott's queen running out of squares
A Grade Round 4
No Name Loc Result Name Loc 1 Ker, Antony 2472 1:0 Nijman, Brian 2136 2 Wastney, Scott 2396 0:1 Dive, Russell 2431 3 Croad, Nicholas 2453 ½:½ Cilia Vincenti, David 2208
Cross Table
No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 1 Dive, Russell 2431 2 * 1 0 1 0 2 Wastney, Scott 2396 2 0 * 1 1 3 Ker, Antony 2472 2 1 * 0 1 4 Croad, Nicholas 2453 1.5 0 1 * ½ 5 Cilia Vincenti, David 2208 1.5 0 0 ½ * 1 6 Nijman, Brian 2136 1 1 0 0 *
Edgar Benitez is going great guns in the B grade and looks set to take the title
B grade round 4
No Name Loc Result Name Loc 1 Stone, Andrew 2096 0:1 Benitez, Edgar 2038 2 Sellen, Ian 2053 0:1 Nyberg, Michael 2091 3 Pomeroy, Arthur 2083 ½:½ Tanoi, TE 2048
No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 1 Benitez, Edgar 2038 3.5 * 1 ½ 1 1 2 Nyberg, Michael 2091 2.5 0 * ½ 1 1 3 Pomeroy, Arthur 2083 2 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 4 Tanoi, TE 2048 1.5 0 ½ ½ * ½ 5 Sellen, Ian 2053 1 0 ½ ½ * 6 Stone, Andrew 2096 .5 0 0 ½ *
The C grade is looking good for Wei Kai Chen, although Ryan Winter is waiting in the wings with a game in hand
C grade round 4
No Name Result Name 1 Forster, B (6) 1:0 Coghini, P (5) 2 Laking, R (1) 0:1 Winter, R (4) 3 Chen, W (2) 1:0 Rossiter, P (3)
No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 1 Chen, Wei Kai 1964 3 * ½ 1 ½ 1 2 Winter, Ryan 2015 2.5 * ½ 1 1 3 Forster, Bill 2028 2 ½ ½ * 1 4 Laking, Robert 1975 1 0 0 * 1 5 Coghini, Phillip 1932 .5 ½ 0 * 6 Rossiter, Philip 1936 0 0 0 0 *
The D grade is currently being led by Ross Jackson, although, again, postponements make the situation not so clear
D grade round 4
No Name Loc Result Name Loc 1 Jackson, Ross 1928 1:0 Winfield, Alan 1854 2 Stoeveken, Peter 1853 : Sole, Michael 1931 3 Mullan, Brett 1905 ½:½ Aldridge, Alan 1914
No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 1 Jackson, Ross 1928 3 * ½ 1 ½ 1 2 Sole, Michael 1931 2.5 ½ * 1 1 3 Winfield, Alan 1854 2 0 0 * 1 1 4 Stoeveken, Peter 1853 1.5 ½ * 0 1 5 Aldridge, Alan 1914 1.5 0 0 1 * ½ 6 Mullan, Brett 1905 .5 0 0 0 ½ *
The E grade is being dominated by Alexis Wevers, the only player in any division to have won all his games
E grade round 4
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 He, Caleb 1799 [1.5] 1:0 Quayle, Jamie 1750 [0] 2 Wevers, Alexis 1740 [3] 1:0 He, Paul 1771 [1.5] 3 Farrington, Lawrence 1762 [.5] ½:½ Brockway, Andrew 1845 [1.5]
No Name Rtg Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 1 Wevers, Alexis 1740 4 * 1 1 1 1 2 He, Caleb 1799 2.5 0 * 1 ½ 1 3 Brockway, Andrew 1845 2 0 * ½ ½ 1 4 He, Paul 1771 1.5 0 0 ½ * 1 5 Farrington, Lawrence 1762 1 0 ½ ½ * 6 Quayle, Jamie 1750 0 0 0 0 *
The F grade suffered disappointingly from a withdrawal, but at this stage Samuel Darr leads
F grade round 4
No Name Loc Result Name Loc 1 Stracy, Don 1664 ½:½ Dixon, Hamish 1715 2 Ashe, Michael 1521 : Darr, `Samuel 1563 3 Hurndell, Robert 1545 +:- Heyworth, Nicholas 1553
No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 1 Darr, `Samuel 1563 3 * 1 1 + 2 Ashe, Michael 1521 2.5 * 1 ½ + 3 Hurndell, Robert 1545 2 0 * 1 + 4 Dixon, Hamish 1715 1.5 0 0 * ½ + 5 Stracy, Don 1664 1 0 ½ ½ * 6 Heyworth, Nicholas 1553 0 - - - - *
And finally, the G grade contains many exciting new and untried players, including Thomas Van der Hoorn (son of the legendary Mark), who, impressively, is leading his first ever tournament.
Here is a favourite game from round 2 of the G grade, Vaibhav Sharma playing a King's Gambit and winning in a style that can only be described as swash-buckling.
G grade
No Name Feder Rtg Loc Total 1 2 3 4 1 Van der Hoorn, Thomas 1000 3.5 15:1 14:1 2:1 3:½ 2 Webster, Jamie 1200 3 9:1 7:1 1:0 12:1 3 Sharma, Vaibhav 1200 3 0:½ 16:1 9:1 1:½ 4 Stannard, Bobby 1403 3 11:1 10:1 5:0 8:1 5 Ross, Matt 1400 2.5 0:½ 0:0 4:1 7:1 6 Carroll, Lewis 1404 2.5 8:1 0:½ 8:- 0:1 7 Kibblewhite, Daniel 1498 2 16:1 2:0 10:1 5:0 8 Cameron, Will 1300 2 6:0 15:1 6:+ 4:0 9 Cooke, Xandi 1387 2 2:0 12:1 3:0 13:1 10 Dunlop, Rafe 1164 2 13:1 4:0 7:0 11:1 11 Asher, Bruce 1237 1.5 4:0 13:1 0:½ 10:0 12 Stannard, Lars 1396 1.5 0:½ 9:0 15:1 2:0 13 Osborne, Geoff 1372 1 10:0 11:0 16:1 9:0 14 Bennett, Sarah 1402 .5 0:½ 1:0 0:0 0:0 15 Theodosiou, Andreas 1358 .5 1:0 8:0 12:0 16:½ 16 Ackroyd, William 1329 .5 7:0 3: 13:0 15:½ 17 Langford, Joshua 1407 .5 0:½ 0: 0: 0:
Round 4 results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Van der Hoorn, Thomas 1000 [3] ½:½ Sharma, Vaibhav 1200 [2.5] 2 Kibblewhite, Daniel 1498 [2] 0:1 Ross, Matt 1400 [1.5] 3 Stannard, Bobby 1403 [2] 1:0 Cameron, Will 1300 [2] 4 Webster, Jamie 1200 [2] 1:0 Stannard, Lars 1396 [1.5] 5 Asher, Bruce 1237 [1.5] 0:1 Dunlop, Rafe 1164 [1] 6 Osborne, Geoff 1372 [1] 0:1 Cooke, Xandi 1387 [1] 7 Ackroyd, William 1329 [0] ½:½ Theodosiou, Andreas 1358 [0] 8 Carroll, Lewis 1404 [1.5] 1:0 BYE 9 Bennett, Sarah 1402 [.5] 0:0 BYE
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