Club Rapid 2021

 This year's Club Rapid finished in July and was won by Russell Dive, ahead of Scott Wastney and Anthony Ker. Scott drew with Russell, and won the other 5 of his 6 games, including a last round win against Anthony Ker, but had a hard task catching up after taking byes for the first two rounds.

A whole point behind Scott and Anthony were 6 players, Kayden Loke, Arthur Pomeroy, Ian Sellen, Thomas van der Hoorn Chris Symon and Michael Sole.

Cross Table

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

1  Dive, Russell         2378 7     60:1 24:1 19:1 15:1  3:½ 14:1  2:½ 10:1
2  Wastney, Scott        2345 6.5    0:½  0:½ 25:1 10:1  9:1 15:1  1:½  3:1
3  Ker, Anthony          2372 6.5   34:1 47:1 23:1 14:1  1:½ 11:1  6:1  2:0
4  Loke, Kayden          1900 5.5   51:1 58:1 15:0 12:1 11:0  8:½ 34:1 14:1
5  Pomeroy, Arthur       1973 5.5   13:½ 16:0 61:1 22:1 24:½ 25:1 14:½ 12:1
6  Sellen, Ian           1988 5.5   46:1 12:1 14:0 47:1 23:½ 17:1  3:0 16:1
7  Van der Hoorn, Thomas 1789 5.5   18:½ 13:½ 55:1 33:½ 10:0 38:1 22:1 19:1
8  Symon, Chris          1320 5.5   24:0 30:1 26:1 23:0 47:1  4:½ 18:1 27:1
9  Sole, Michael         1894 5.5   59:0 53:1 50:1 32:1  2:0 20:1 16:½ 17:1
10 Winter, Ryan          1951 5     54:1 32:1 17:½  2:0  7:1 16:½ 11:1  1:0
11 Hall, Nathan          1687 5      0:½  0:½ 13:1 38:1  4:1  3:0 10:0 25:1
12 Heyworth, Nick        1401 5     40:1  6:0 20:1  4:0 57:1 26:1 23:1  5:0
13 Archer, Ollie              5      5:½  7:½ 11:0 20:0 45:1 48:1 26:1 23:1
14 Aldridge, Alan        1826 4.5   30:1 59:1  6:1  3:0 19:1  1:0  5:½  4:0
15 Cilia Vincenti, David 2100 4.5   55:1 28:1  4:1  1:0 17:1  2:0  0:½  0:0
16 Tanoi, T Edward       1855 4.5   42:½  5:1  0:½  0:½ 33:1 10:½  9:½  6:0
17 Perrin, Brent         1736 4.5   45:1 48:1 10:½ 18:1 15:0  6:0 21:1  9:0
18 Benitez, Edgar        1882 4.5    7:½ 21:1 33:1 17:0  0:½  0:½  8:0 31:1
19 Stone, Andrew         1925 4.5   43:1 25:1  1:0 27:1 14:0 23:½ 32:1  7:0
20 Scott, Callum              4.5   32:0 54:1 12:0 13:1 28:1  9:0 29:½ 35:1
21 Ackroyd, William      1519 4.5   36:1 18:0 28:1 24:½  0:½  0:½ 17:0 34:1
22 Malcolm, Aidan             4.5   47:0 34:1 35:½  5:0 44:1 29:1  7:0 32:1
23 Jackson, Ross         1869 4     53:1 50:1  3:0  8:1  6:½ 19:½ 12:0 13:0
24 Langford, Josh        1697 4      8:1  1:0 62:1 21:½  5:½ 32:½  0:½  0:0
25 Dunlop, Rafe          1294 4     63:1 19:0  2:0 45:1 27:1  5:0 38:1 11:0
26 Brockway, Andrew      1727 4     44:1 33:0  8:0 43:1 31:1 12:0 13:0 42:1
27 Winsley, Nick         1562 4      0:½  0:½ 59:1 19:0 25:0 43:1 30:1  8:0
28 Farrington, Lawrence  1560 4     37:1 15:0 21:0 59:1 20:0 42:1 31:0 38:1
29 Marney, John          1356 4     33:0 44:1 39:0 62:1 36:½ 22:0 20:½ 43:1
30 Jelley, Arch               4     14:0  8:0 34:½ 42:½ 46:1 47:1 27:0 50:1
31 Winsley, Daniel       1274 4     48:0 45:1 36:0 40:1 26:0 52:1 28:1 18:0
32 Cooke, Xandi          1357 3.5   20:1 10:0 40:1  9:0 37:1 24:½ 19:0 22:0
33 Sellars, Tom               3.5   29:1 26:1 18:0  7:½ 16:0  0:½  0:½  0:0
34 Jones, Christopher    1158 3.5    3:0 22:0 30:½ 63:1 50:1 36:1  4:0 21:0
35 Ashe, Michael         1531 3.5    0:½  0:½ 22:½ 57:½ 38:0 40:½ 36:1 20:0
36 Stracy, Don           1745 3.5   21:0 42:1 31:1 39:0 29:½ 34:0 35:0 51:1
37 Mason, James               3.5   28:0 60:1 63:0 55:1 32:0 49:1  0:½  0:0
38 Urry, Allan                3      0:½  0:½ 52:1 11:0 35:1  7:0 25:0 28:0
39 Zaslow, Henry         1675 3      0:½  0:½ 29:1 36:1  0:0  0:0  0:0  0:0
40 Miller, Jackson            3     12:0 46:1 32:0 31:0 54:1 35:½  0:½  0:0
41 Evans, Oliver         1273 3      0:½  0:½  0:   0:  61:1 59:1  0:0  0:0
42 Hupert, Leo                3     16:½ 36:0 57:0 30:½ 55:1 28:0 63:1 26:0
43 Cameron, Caleb             3     19:0 52:1 47:0 26:0 63:1 27:0 46:1 29:0
44 Lynch, Oscar               3     26:0 29:0 60:1 50:½ 22:0 55:1  0:½  0:0
45 Lamborn, Petra             3     17:0 31:0 46:1 25:0 13:0 54:0 61:1 53:1
46 Wang, Cheng Qi (Max)  765  3      6:0 40:0 45:0 61:1 30:0 50:1 43:0 49:1
47 Darr, Samuel          1683 2.5   22:1  3:0 43:1  6:0  8:0 30:0  0:½  0:0
48 Vachon, Mia                2.5   31:1 17:0  0:   0:  51:1 13:0  0:½  0:0
49 Carroll, Lewis        1498 2.5    0:½  0:½  0:   0:  62:1 37:0 51:½ 46:0
50 Qu, Lucas             1255 2.5   52:1 23:0  9:0 44:½ 34:0 46:0 62:1 30:0
51 Carlyle, Mathieson         2.5    4:0 61:1  0:   0:  48:0 63:1 49:½ 36:0
52 Young, Cohen               2.5   50:0 43:0 38:0 60:1 59:1 31:0  0:½  0:0
53 Horwood, Eddy              2     23:0  9:0  0:   0:  56:0  0:1 55:1 45:0
54 Brahme, Avadhoot           2     10:0 20:0  0:½  0:½ 40:0 45:1  0:0  0: 
55 Asher, Bruce          1133 2     15:0 63:1  7:0 37:0 42:0 44:0 53:0 62:1
56 Meravanage, Satwik    1260 2      0:   0:   0:   0:  53:1 62:1  0:   0: 
57 Shyamsundar, Tejas         2      0:0  0:½ 42:1 35:½ 12:0  0:   0:   0: 
58 Pendharkar, Ajit           2     61:1  4:0  0:½  0:½  0:   0:   0:   0: 
59 Croad, Simon               1.5    9:1 14:0 27:0 28:0 52:0 41:0  0:½  0:0
60 Osborne, Geoff        1187 1      1:0 37:0 44:0 52:0  0:½  0:½  0:0  0:0
61 Mangera, Muhammad     1389 1     58:0 51:0  5:0 46:0 41:0  0:0 45:0 63:1
62 Hooper, John               1      0:½  0:½ 24:0 29:0 49:0 56:0 50:0 55:0
63 Turner, Giles              1     25:0 55:0 37:1 34:0 43:0 51:0 42:0 61:0
64 Kim, Jaden                 .5     0:0  0:½  0:0  0:0  0:   0:   0:   0: 
65 Herrera Lopez, Jaime       .5     0:0  0:½  0:   0:   0:   0:   0:   0: 

Autumn Cup 2021

 

The Autumn Cup 2021 finished in June, and for the most part it was a successful tournament. 

We have had difficulties running round robin tournaments recently, the problem being that too many people are unable to attend to play all their games. For this reason, I have avoided running round robin tournaments since the 2019 club championship left a rather unsatisfactory result.

This time though, it was great to see everyone making an effort to attend, to the extent that there was not a single postponed game in the top group.

Apart from the round robins, there was also a 6 round Swiss tournament running parallel. At the start of the tournament I asked people who didn't think they would be able to finish their round robin games to play in the  Swiss instead, as it doesn't matter so much in a Swiss if people can't play their games. A couple of players chose to do so.

The Swiss was remarkable for the number of players who did not have a NZCF rating, nearly half the field in fact. Two of the round robin groups collapsed because of absences (the F and G groups) so I ended up including results in these groups in the Swiss tournament. The other five round robin groups finished successfully, apart from the C group where Paul Dunn withdrew part way through.

Congratulations to the winners!

A group - Scott Wastney

B group - Michael Sole

C group - Ross Jackson and Ed Tanoi

D group - Alan Aldridge and Wei Kai Chen

E group - Josh Langford

Swiss - Tom Sellars and Ollie Archer

A Group

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6




1
Wastney, Scott
2434
4
*
1
1
½
½
1



2
Croad, Nic
2451
3.5
0
*
1
1
½
1



3
Dive, Russell
2384
3
0
0
*
1
1
1



4
Ker, Anthony
2452
2.5
½
0
0
*
1
1



5
Winter, Ryan
2176
1.5
½
½
0
0
*
½



6
Cilia Vincenti, David
2282
.5
0
0
0
0
½
*

B Group

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6




1
Sole, Michael
2012
3
*
0
0
1
1
1



2
Wojnar, Maciej
2101
2.5
1
*
1
0
½
0



3
Stone, Andrew
2040
2.5
1
0
*
0
1
½



4
Benitez, Edgar
2033
2.5
0
1
1
*
0
½



5
Wojnar, Jacek
2039
2.5
0
½
0
1
*
1



6
Sellen, Ian
2039
2
0
1
½
½
0
*

C Group

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6




1
Jackson, Ross
1952
3.5
*
1
0
1
½
+



2
Tanoi, T Edward
1944
3.5
0
*
1
½
1
1



3
Van der Hoorn, Thomas
1906
3
1
0
*
½
½
+



4
Jelley, Archie
1966
3
0
½
½
*
1
+



5
Pomeroy, Arthur
2005
2
½
0
½
0
*
1



6
Dunn, Paul
 
0
-
0
-
-
0
*

D Group

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6




1
Aldridge, Alan
1826
3
*
½
0
1
½
1



2
Chen, Wei Kai
1879
3
½
*
½
0
1
1



3
Perrin, Brent
1900
2.5
1
½
*
0
1
0



4
Ackroyd, William
1822
2.5
0
1
1
*
0
½



5
Loke, Kayden
1833
2.5
½
0
0
1
*
1



6
Wevers, Alexis
1845
1.5
0
0
1
½
0
*

E Group

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6




1
Langford, Josh
1802
4.5
*
1
1
½
1
1



2
Hall, Nathan
1807
3
0
*
1
½
1
½



3
Heyworth, Nick
1822
3
0
0
*
1
1
1



4
Zaslow, Henry
1800
2
½
½
0
*
0
1



5
Carroll, Lewis
1806
2
0
0
0
1
*
1



6
Ashe, Michael
1803
.5
0
½
0
0
0
*

Swiss

No Name                 Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6  

1  Sellars, Tom              5      0:½ 34:1  6:1  2:1  4:1  3:½
2  Archer, Ollie             5     24:1 19:1 13:1  1:0 12:1  4:1
3  Malcolm, Aidan            4.5   12:0 28:1 19:1  7:1 11:1  1:½
4  Cooke, Xandi         1461 4     29:1  7:1 22:1 11:1  1:0  2:0
5  Scott, Callum             4     31:1 12:0 18:1  0:½  9:1 10:½
6  Pendharkar, Ajit     1605 4     28:1  9:0  1:0 31:1 25:1 11:1
7  Kim, Jaden                4     23:1  4:0 24:1  3:0 15:1 12:1
8  Hurndell, Robert     1582 4     39:1 11:0 23:1 14:1  0:0 13:1
9  Croad, Simon              3.5   14:1  6:1  0:½  0:0  5:0 20:1
10 Brockway, Andrew     1783 3.5   11:0 32:1  0:½ 15:½ 29:1  5:½
11 Herrera Lopez, Jaime      3     10:1  8:1 12:1  4:0  3:0  6:0
12 Osborne, Geoff       1284 3      3:1  5:1 11:0 13:1  2:0  7:0
13 Lynch, Oscar              3     20:1 15:1  2:0 12:0 18:1  8:0
14 Vachon, Mia               3      9:0 39:1 29:1  8:0 19:0  0:1
15 Farrington, Lawrence 1604 3      0:½ 13:0 32:1 10:½  7:0 31:1
16 Winsley, Nick        1690 3     27:1 17:1 33:0 26:1  0:   0:0
17 Dixon, Hamish        1738 3     33:1 16:0 26:1  0:  27:1  0:0
18 Jones, Christopher   1253 3     21:½  0:½  5:0 35:1 13:0 29:1
19 Darr, Samuel         1632 2.5   35:1  2:0  3:0 25:½ 14:1  0:0
20 Dunlop, Rafe         1376 2.5   13:0 23:0 21:1  0:½ 34:1  9:0
21 Mason, James              2.5   18:½ 25:0 20:0 23:1 24:1  0:0
22 Mangera, Muhammad         2.5    0:½  0:0  4:0 32:0 28:1 35:1
23 Miller, Jackson           2      7:0 20:1  8:0 21:0  0:1  0:0
24 Turner, Giles             2      2:0 35:+  7:0  0:½ 21:0 32:½
25 Carlyle, Mathieson        2      0:½ 21:1  0:0 19:½  6:0  0:0
26 Shyamsundar, Tejas   1647 2     30:0 27:1 17:0 16:0 33:1  0:0
27 Stracy, Don          1728 2     16:0 26:0 30:1 33:1 17:0  0:0
28 Hupert, Leo               2      6:0  3:0 31:0 39:+ 22:0 34:1
29 Lamborn, Petra            2      4:0 31:1 14:0 34:1 10:0 18:0
30 Webster, Jamie       1693 2     26:1 33:1 27:0  0:   0:   0:0
31 Wang, Max            1086 2      5:0 29:0 28:1  6:0 35:1 15:0
32 Qu, Lucas                 2     34:½ 10:0 15:0 22:1  0:0 24:½
33 Marney, John         1678 1     17:0 30:0 16:1 27:0 26:0  0:0
34 Asher, Bruce         1119 1     32:½  1:0  0:½ 29:0 20:0 28:0
35 Hooper, John              1     19:0 24:- 39:+ 18:0 31:0 22:0
36 Rudykh, Dmitry       1489 .5     0:½  0:0  0:   0:   0:   0: 
37 Rudykh, Richard      1218 .5     0:½  0:0  0:   0:   0:   0: 
38 Rossiter, Philip     1781 .5     0:½  0:   0:   0:   0:   0: 
39 Lavender, Ariel           0      8:0 14:0 35:- 28:-  0:   0: 

Fischer Random 2021 and Set Position 2021

Eventually I will get this all up to date!

Here are the results of the Fischer Random and Set Position tournaments that finished in April.

The Set Position once again proved the bigger draw - thanks to Philip Rossiter for organising this, and for choosing the positions. I'm not sure now what positions he chose, but they were sure to be weird. I remember one of them was an off-beat variation of the King's Gambit

Time control for both tournaments was 25 minutes plus 10 seconds per move, 2 games per night,

Congratulations to Anthony Ker for winning the Fischer Random with 5½/6

Congratulations to the joint winners of the Set Position, Brent Perrin and Michael Ashe. Both scored 5/6

Here are the cross tables

Fischer Random 2021

No Name                  Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6  

1  Ker, Anthony          2372 5.5   13:1  5:1  2:1  3:½  6:1  4:1
2  Croad, Nic            2328 5     10:1  4:1  1:0  7:1  3:1  6:1
3  Dive, Russell         2378 4.5    9:1 16:1  6:1  1:½  2:0  8:1
4  Van der Hoorn, Thomas 1789 4     18:1  2:0 12:1  5:1 14:1  1:0
5  Pomeroy, Arthur       1973 4     15:1  1:0  9:1  4:0 11:1 12:1
6  Sellen, Ian           1988 3     19:1 14:1  3:0 11:1  1:0  2:0
7  Chen, Wei Kai         1739 3      0:½  0:½ 10:1  2:0  8:0 17:1
8  Carlyle, Mathieson    1500 3      0:0  0:0 17:1 18:1  7:1  3:0
9  Brockway, Andrew      1727 3      3:0 17:1  5:0 12:½ 10:½ 19:1
10 Scott, Callum         1500 3      2:0 19:1  7:0 15:1  9:½ 13:½
11 Wevers, Alexis        1534 2.5    0:½  0:½ 16:1  6:0  5:0 14:½
12 Pendharkar, Ajit      1500 2.5   14:0 13:1  4:0  9:½ 19:1  5:0
13 Hall, Nathan          1687 2.5    1:0 12:0  0:½  0:½ 15:1 10:½
14 Jackson, Ross         1869 2.5   12:1  6:0 15:1 16:0  4:0 11:½
15 Jelley, Arch          1500 2      5:0 18:1 14:0 10:0 13:0  0:1
16 Stone, Andrew         1925 2     17:1  3:0 11:0 14:1  0:0  0:0
17 Lynch, Oscar          1500 1     16:0  9:0  8:0 19:0  0:1  7:0
18 Cooke, Xandi          1357 1      4:0 15:0 19:1  8:0  0:0  0:0
19 Hooper, John          1500 1      6:0 10:0 18:0 17:1 12:0  9:0

Set Position 2021

No Name                 Loc Total  1    2    3    4    5    6  

1  Perrin, Brent            5     10:0 11:1 21:1 20:1  6:1  3:1
2  Ashe, Michael            5     29:1 26:1  3:½  9:1 10:1  4:½
3  Winter, Ryan             4.5   15:1  5:1  2:½  8:1  4:1  1:0
4  Benitez, Edgar           4.5   11:1 28:1 10:1  6:1  3:0  2:½
5  Darr, Samuel             4.5   17:1  3:0 20:½ 19:1 24:1  9:1
6  Winsley, Nick            4     23:1 21:1  9:1  4:0  1:0 19:1
7  Lavender, Ariel          4      0:½  0:½ 12:0 30:1 18:1 14:1
8  Farrington, Lawrence     4      9:0 29:1 26:1  3:0 20:1 13:1
9  Archer, Ollie            3      8:1 13:1  6:0  2:0 16:1  5:0
10 Zaslow, Henry            3      1:1 22:1  4:0 14:1  0:0  0:0
11 Jones, Christopher       3      4:0  1:0 17:1 15:1 13:0 23:1
12 Forster, Bill            3      0:½  0:½  7:1 25:1  0:0  0:0
13 Langford, Josh           3     25:1  9:0  0:½  0:½ 11:1  8:0
14 Hupert, Leo              3      0:½  0:½ 24:1 10:0 25:1  7:0
15 Wang, Max                3      3:0  0:1 25:0 11:0 27:1 26:1
16 Webster, Jamie           3     20:½ 24:½  0:½  0:½  9:0 25:1
17 Vachon, Mia              3      5:0 18:½ 11:0 24:1 23:½ 20:1
18 Mason, James             2.5   22:0 17:½  0:½  0:½  7:0 29:1
19 Rudykh, Richard          2.5   24:½ 20:0 27:+  5:0 30:1  6:0
20 Lambourn, Petra          2     16:½ 19:1  5:½  1:0  8:0 17:0
21 Asare, Raoul             2     27:1  6:0  1:0 26:1  0:   0:0
22 Dixon, Hamish            2     18:1 10:0  0:½  0:½  0:0  0:0
23 Qu, Lucas                2      6:0 27:½  0:½  0:½ 17:½ 11:0
24 Rudykh, Dmitry           2     19:½ 16:½ 14:0 17:0  5:0  0:1
25 Miller, Jackson          2     13:0 30:1 15:1 12:0 14:0 16:0
26 Osborne, Geoff           2     30:1  2:0  8:0 21:0 29:1 15:0
27 Dunlop, Rafe             1.5   21:0 23:½ 19:-  0:0 15:0 30:1
28 Ross, Matt               1      0:1  4:0  0:0  0:0  0:0  0:0
29 Turner, Giles            1      2:0  8:0 30:0  0:1 26:0 18:0
30 Asher, Bruce             1     26:0 25:0 29:1  7:0 19:0 27:0