Saturday, 8 June 2019

Autumn Cup 1 round to go

Been a while, sorry.
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

NoNameLocTotal#1#2#3#4#5#6
1Dive, Russell24312*1010
2Wastney, Scott239620*11
3Ker, Antony247221*01
4Croad, Nicholas24531.501*½
5Cilia Vincenti, David22081.500½*1
6Nijman, Brian21361100*

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
NoNameLocTotal#1#2#3#4#5#6
1Benitez, Edgar20383.5*1½11
2Nyberg, Michael20912.50*½11
3Pomeroy, Arthur20832½*½½½
4Tanoi, TE20481.50½½*½
5Sellen, Ian205310½½*
6Stone, Andrew2096.500½*


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)
NoNameLocTotal#1#2#3#4#5#6
1Chen, Wei Kai19643*½1½1
2Winter, Ryan20152.5*½11
3Forster, Bill20282½½*1
4Laking, Robert1975100*1
5Coghini, Phillip1932.5½0*
6Rossiter, Philip19360000*

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
NoNameLocTotal#1#2#3#4#5#6
1Jackson, Ross19283*½1½1
2Sole, Michael19312.5½*11
3Winfield, Alan1854200*11
4Stoeveken, Peter18531.5½*01
5Aldridge, Alan19141.5001*½
6Mullan, Brett1905.5000½*

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]
NoNameRtgLocTotal#1#2#3#4#5#6
1Wevers, Alexis17404*1111
2He, Caleb17992.50*1½1
3Brockway, Andrew184520*½½1
4He, Paul17711.500½*1
5Farrington, Lawrence176210½½*
6Quayle, Jamie17500000*


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
NoNameLocTotal#1#2#3#4#5#6
1Darr, `Samuel15633*11+
2Ashe, Michael15212.5*1½+
3Hurndell, Robert154520*1+
4Dixon, Hamish17151.500*½+
5Stracy, Don166410½½*
6Heyworth, Nicholas15530----*


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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