Layla Joint NZ Junior Rapid Champion

Fantastic result for Layla, playing in the New Zealand Junior Rapid tournament in Waitakere. Bear in mind that she is only 12, and the tournament was open to players up to the age of 20. Also, the first girl ever to win this competition.

Good luck to Layla in the NZ Junior (standard time) Championship which is on now until Friday.

NZ Junior Rapid
 Cross Table at round 6 sorted by score

Pos NAME                 Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6  
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  1 Timergazi, Layla     1857  -- NZL  5.5 | +BYE  +W9   +B16  +W7   =B3   +B8   
  2 Zhang, Leo           1851  -- NZL  5.5 | +B25  +W26  +B22  +W10  +B6   =W3   
  3 James, Jack          1922  -- NZL  5.0 | +B36  +W18  +B12  +W13  =W1   =B2   
  4 Guan, Kevin Chengye  1390  -- NZL  5.0 | +B52  -W6   +B25  +W28  +B13  +W12  
  5 Li, William (Xiang W 2037  -- NZL  5.0 | +W24  -B11  +W38  +B42  +W17  +B14  
  6 Rains, Edward        1748  -- NZL  4.5 | +W27  +B4   =W8   +B15  -W2   +B20  
  7 Nicholls, Leighton   1632  -- NZL  4.5 | +W32  +B33  +W15  -B1   +W23  =B9   
  8 Fan, Allen           1555  -- NZL  4.5 | +B39  +W44  =B6   +W20  +B10  -W1   
  9 Charles, Dion        1328  -- NZL  4.5 | +W58  -B1   +W32  +B43  +W38  =W7   
 10 Jia, Hao             1883  -- NZL  4.0 | +W35  +B17  +W14  -B2   -W8   +B33  
 11 Chen, Johnson        1549  -- NZL  4.0 | +B34  +W5   -B13  +W22  -B12  +W28  
 12 Gong, Daniel         1646  -- NZL  4.0 | +B49  +W30  -W3   +B33  +W11  -B4   
 13 Li, Johnson          1724  -- NZL  4.0 | +W23  +B42  +W11  -B3   -W4   +B27  
 14 Zhu, Leo Lei         1591  -- NZL  4.0 | +B46  +W28  -B10  +W26  +B16  -W5   
 15 Rains, Timothy       1871  -- NZL  4.0 | +B29  +W31  -B7   -W6   +B25  +W26  
 16 Zhan, Judd           1572  -- NZL  4.0 | +W53  +B21  -W1   +B24  -W14  +B23  
 17 Zhu, Karl Kai        1518  -- NZL  4.0 | +B47  -W10  +B29  +W30  -B5   +W22  
 18 Qin, Joy Shu Yan     1523  -- NZL  4.0 | +W41  -B3   +W27  -B23  +W35  +B24  
 19 Ang, Alphaeus WeiErn 1724  -- NZL  4.0 | +B37  -W22  -B20  +W39  +B29  +W30  
 20 Jiang, Richard       1555  -- NZL  3.5 | +W48  =B38  +W19  -B8   +W42  -W6   
 21 Yan, Sarah           1203  -- NZL  3.5 | +B50  -W16  =B44  -W31  +B49  +W38  
 22 Dong, Olivia         1234  -- NZL  3.0 | +W40  +B19  -W2   -B11  +W34  -B17  
 23 Qin, Nicole Shu Yu   1024  -- NZL  3.0 | -B13  +W59  +B31  +W18  -B7   -W16  
 24 White, Luke          1173  -- NZL  3.0 | -B5   +W47  +B45  -W16  +B37  -W18  
 25 Sun, Jack            1076  -- NZL  3.0 | -W2   +B54  -W4   +B40  -W15  +B50  
 26 Yan, Caroline        1309  -- NZL  3.0 | +W56  -B2   +W53  -B14  +W32  -B15  
 27 Gaundar, Arul        1068  -- NZL  3.0 | -B6   +W55  -B18  +W52  +B31  -W13  
 28 Neilsford-Jones, Ra  1186  -- NZL  3.0 | +W43  -B14  +W40  -B4   +W51  -B11  
 29 Luiten-Apirana, Para 1099  -- NZL  3.0 | -W15  +B41  -W17  +B48  -W19  +B43  
 30 Wang, Luke Jintao    1225  -- NZL  3.0 | +W45  -B12  +W48  -B17  +W43  -B19  
 31 Huang, Nicholas      1436  -- NZL  3.0 | +W54  -B15  -W23  +B21  -W27  +B46  
 32 Tang, Ally            968  -- NZL  3.0 | -B7   +W50  -B9   +W55  -B26  +W45  
 33 Qian, Bella          1231  -- NZL  3.0 | +B59  -W7   +B49  -W12  +B45  -W10  
 34 Salazar Eyre, Lucas   863  -- NZL  3.0 | -W11  =B57  =W46  +W36  -B22  +B42  
 35 Li, Rodney (Xiang Re 1113  -- NZL  3.0 | -B10  +W52  -B43  +W47  -B18  +W44  
 36 Wang, Aaron          1140  -- NZL  3.0 | -W3   -B48  +W57  -B34  +W54  +B47  
 37 Rains, Jessica       1027  -- NZL  3.0 | -W19  +B58  -W42  +B54  -W24  +B51  
 38 Zhang, Jasmine       1178  -- NZL  2.5 | +B51  =W20  -B5   +W44  -B9   -B21  
 39 Fu, Alex              889  -- NZL  2.5 | -W8   -B45  +W58  -B19  =W40  +B56  
 40 Rabinovic, Gil        534  -- NZL  2.5 | -B22  +W46  -B28  -W25  =B39  +B53  
 41 Gaundar, Arav         785  -- NZL  2.5 | -B18  -W29  -B55  =W56  +B57  +W52  
 42 Zhang, Darren Yulun  1291  -- NZL  2.0 | +B55  -W13  +B37  -W5   -B20  -W34  
 43 Li, Yuyang              0  -- NZL  2.0 | -B28  +BYE  +W35  -W9   -B30  -W29  
 44 Lin Zou, Oliver       678  -- NZL  2.0 | +W57  -B8   =W21  -B38  =W46  -B35  
 45 Barry, Jacob            0  -- NZL  2.0 | -B30  +W39  -W24  +B53  -W33  -B32  
 46 Pan, Darrick          956  -- NZL  2.0 | -W14  -B40  =B34  +W57  =B44  -W31  
 47 Salazar Eyre, Emma    776  -- NZL  2.0 | -W17  -B24  +W56  -B35  +W58  -W36  
 48 Su, Danny             877  -- NZL  2.0 | -B20  +W36  -B30  -W29  -B50  +W59  
 49 Qin, Oscar Shu Xuan   989  -- NZL  2.0 | -W12  +B56  -W33  -B51  -W21  +B58  
 50 Rose, Jack              0  -- NZL  2.0 | -W21  -B32  -B52  +BYE  +W48  -W25  
 51 Zhang, Toby             0  -- NZL  2.0 | -W38  -B53  +BYE  +W49  -B28  -W37  
 52 Li, Leo               705  -- NZL  1.5 | -W4   -B35  +W50  -B27  =W53  -B41  
 53 Sheen, Joshua         932  -- NZL  1.5 | -B16  +W51  -B26  -W45  =B52  -W40  
 54 Mo, Julian            749  -- NZL  1.5 | -B31  -W25  +B59  -W37  -B36  =B55  
 55 Mo, Justin            539  -- NZL  1.5 | -W42  -B27  +W41  -B32  -B56  =W54  
 56 Tang, Tony            605  -- NZL  1.5 | -B26  -W49  -B47  =B41  +W55  -W39  
 57 Ross, Sol            1322  -- NZL  1.5 | -B44  =W34  -B36  -B46  -W41  +BYE  
 58 Rabinovic, Noam       703  -- NZL  1.0 | -B9   -W37  -B39  +W59  -B47  -W49  
 59 Ang, Beatrice SzeNin    0  -- NZL  1.0 | -W33  -B23  -W54  -B58  +BYE  -B48  
 60 Sivabalan, Brijes(W) 1079  -- NZL  0.0 | -BYE   --    --    --    --    --  

Rapid - Dive on Form with Six Straight Wins

The Club Rapid reaches its final week this week with Russell Dive brushing aside the opposition, and seeing off his traditional rival Anthony Ker in round 8. I didn't see any of that game, but I did see him torturing Mark van der Hoorn in the previous round with a typically Divesque queen side storm - vintage stuff! Mark came back the following round to dispose of the upstart Alan Aldridge, who had previously had an unbeaten run, including victory over Bill the previous round (you can see that game on the website)
Further down the list, Rama Rao Miriyala is having a great tournament (three wins, one draw, no losses), but he has missed 2 weeks' play. Roshan avenged himself against Pat Cunningham, reversing their result in the Autumn Cup which decided the E grade title.
Unfortunately, Layla was absent through sickness this week, and she will also miss the last 2 rounds as she is playing in Auckland. Hopefully we'll see her back at the club soon.

Club Rapid 2013 - Round 8

Cross Table

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

1  Dive, Russell            2370 7      0:D  0:D 24:W 19:W  2:W 11:W  3:W  5:W
2  Nyberg, Michael          1965 5.5   20:W 10:W  4:L 14:W  1:L  7:W 16:W  6:D
3  Van der Hoorn, Mark      2132 5.5    0:D  0:D 20:W  7:W 22:W  5:D  1:L  4:W
4  Aldridge, Alan           1817 5.5   22:W  8:W  2:W 11:D  0:D  0:D  6:W  3:L
5  Ker, Anthony             2376 5.5    0:D  0:D 25:W 23:W 11:W  3:D  8:W  1:L
6  Forster, Bill            1965 5     15:D  9:W  0:D  0:D 12:W 10:W  4:L  2:D
7  Nijman, Brian            2074 5     25:W 13:D 23:W  3:L 21:W  2:L 10:D 11:W
8  Stoeveken, Peter         1641 5     32:W  4:L 31:W 10:L 14:W 12:W  5:L 17:W
9  Sellen, Ian              1975 5     14:L  6:L 33:W 20:W 10:L 26:W 15:W 16:W
10 Farrington, Lawrence     1738 4.5   26:W  2:L 21:D  8:W  9:W  6:L  7:D 12:D
11 Jackson, Ross            1847 4.5   29:W 28:W 14:W  4:D  5:L  1:L 21:W  7:L
12 Wilkins, Mark            1927 4.5    0:D  0:D 27:W 18:W  6:L  8:L 24:W 10:D
13 Miriyala, Rama Rao       1731 4.5   30:W  7:D  0:D  0:D  0:L  0:L 14:W 21:W
14 Kay, Bruce               1613 4      9:W 15:W 11:L  2:L  8:L 18:W 13:L 23:W
15 Cook, John               1591 4      6:D 14:L 32:W 21:L 18:W 23:D  9:L 26:W
16 Brockway, Andrew         1636 4     19:W 23:L 18:L 30:W 24:W 28:W  2:L  9:L
17 Facchini, Fabrizio            4      0:D  0:D  0:L  0:L  0:W 30:W 25:W  8:L
18 Wevita, Roshan                4      0:D  0:D 16:W 12:L 15:L 14:L 33:W 24:W
19 Walters, Taina                4     16:L 29:W 22:W  1:L 28:L 31:W  0:D  0:D
20 Veldhuizen, Matt         1512 4      2:L 26:W  3:L  9:L 30:W 24:L 27:W 25:W
21 Pandey, Alok             1263 3.5    0:D  0:D 10:D 15:W  7:L 25:W 11:L 13:L
22 Wight, Joshua            1193 3.5    4:L 32:D 19:L 27:W  3:L 33:W 23:L  0:W
23 Nicholls, Al             1749 3.5   33:W 16:W  7:L  5:L 25:L 15:D 22:W 14:L
24 Cunningham, Pat          1523 3      0:D  0:D  1:L 31:W 16:L 20:W 12:L 18:L
25 List, Robert             1627 3      7:L 33:W  5:L 29:W 23:W 21:L 17:L 20:L
26 Konakanchi, Karthik      891  3     10:L 20:L 29:L 33:W 31:W  9:L  0:W 15:L
27 Sknar, Andrew            1403 3     28:L 30:W 12:L 22:L  0:D  0:D 20:L 31:W
28 Timergazi, Layla         1719 3     27:W 11:L  0:D  0:D 19:W 16:L  0:   0: 
29 Theodosiou, Andreas      1292 2     11:L 19:L 26:W 25:L  0:D  0:D  0:L  0:L
30 Aumeier, Beate                2     13:L 27:L  0:W 16:L 20:L 17:L 31:L 33:W
31 Bennett, Sarah                2      0:D  0:D  8:L 24:L 26:L 19:L 30:W 27:L
32 Mazur, Christian              2      0:D  0:D 15:L  0:D  0:D  0:L  0:   0: 
33 Sknar, Andriy            976  1     23:L 25:L  9:L 26:L  0:W 22:L 18:L 30:L

Kiwi Chess Championship Report

 Thanks to Scott for providing the report below on the tournament he ran for his intermediate and primary school pupils. Congratulations especially to Karthik, who also plays at our club.

The Kiwi Chess Championship

The Kiwi Chess Championship is a tournament each term to decide the champion from Kiwi Chess classes.   The tournament was held on Saturday 6^th July and run as a 6 round Swiss with a time control of 15 minutes plus 5 second increments.  The Intermediate and Primary grades were combined this term.   Two primary school players were tied for first equal and Intermediate trophy was presented to Karthik Konakanchi (higher tie-break) and the primary trophy to Sam Merton.  Karthik’s younger brother won the Middle Primary Trophy (year 4 and under) by tie-break.  An impressive result considering Pramodh is a year 1 student and this was his first tournament. 

Karthik Konakanchi (right) against Xandi Gobbi (left).  In the background Alan Zhang against Oliver McCready.

Vincent Luo shows perfect technique to checkmate with rook and king. 

Kiwi Chess Championship Term 2 (Year 8 students and younger)

Place Name                                      School                                    Score

 1-2     Karthik Konakanchi              Johnsonville                           5.5 

            Sam Merton               Eastern Hutt                           5.5 

 3-7     Alan Zhang                             Hutt Intermediate       4   

            Rohan Kumar                        Eastern Hutt                           4   

            Xandi Gobbi                          Otari                                        4   

             Teik Hin Chua          Karori West                           4   

            Oliver McCready                   Cashmere Av           4   

  8        Wiktor Tumilowicz                 Northland                                3.5 

9-12   Teik Jin Chua                        Karori West                           3   

            Timothy Lord                          Otari                                        3   

            Oliver Hershon           Cashmere Av           3   

            Jarrod Roberts         Churton Park                         3   

13-15  Andrew Booth                       Otari                                        2.5 

            James Creamer                    Ngaio                                      2.5 

            Liam Beauchamp                 Newlands Intermediate         2.5 

16-19  Evgeny Zhilkin           Johnsonville                           2   

            Antony Lu                               Eastern Hutt                           2   

            Alexander Jo                         Newlands Intermediate         2   

            Bailey Hayman                      Hutt Intermediate       2   

20-21  Sophie Lu                              Eastern Hutt                           1   

            Taiichi Calderwood              Crofton Downs         1

    Kiwi Chess Championship Term 2 (Year 4 students and younger)

Place Name                                      School                                    Score

 1-2     Pramodh Konakanchi           Johnsonville                           5   

            Cameron Phillips                  Johnsonville                           5   

  3        Ramsin Khouchaba            Our Lady of the Rosary           4.5 

 4-5     Josh Langford                     Cashmere Av               4   

            Tymek Tumilowicz                 Northland                                4   

  6        Samuel Darr                          Eastern Hutt                           3.5 

7-12   Sky Gobbi                              Otari                                        3   

            David Haslam                        St Benedicts                          3   

            Mark Chan                             West Park                              3   

            Zhiheng Dai                           Eastern Hutt                           3   

            Benjamin Farley                    West Park                              3   

            Vincent Luo                            Eastern Hutt                           3   

 13       Torridon Stallworthy              Crofton Downs                      2.5 

 14       Alicia Roberts                        Churton  Park                        1.5 

 15       Scarlett Stallworthy               Crofton Downs                      1   

The Kiwi Chess Shield Tournament

The Kiwi Chess Shield Tournament is an interschool team event which was held on the 26^th June.  The competition is limited to 8 schools at a time, but from event to event rotates around the schools.   Newlands Primary School became the Primary champions and Newlands Intermediate the Intermediate champions. 

Place Name             Score

 1-2     NEWLANDS PRIMARY       15  

            NEWLANDS INT                   15  

  3        ST BRIGIDS                          14  

 4-5     OTARI                         13  

            EASTERN HUTT     13  

  6        RAROA                                  10  

  7        CROFTON DOWNS             9.5 

  8        ST THERESAS                     4   

July Ratings

Here are the latest NZCF ratings for Wellington Chess Club members


Rank numbers are for all New Zealand active players - once again Wellington Chess Club has the top 3 active players in the country. I have filtered for just Wellington, Upper Hutt and "KJ" which I think refers to Scott's (and Mark's?) pupils, so you can see the progress of up-and-coming talents like Karthik Konakanchi and Vaibhav Sharma.

Let me know if you have any questions

Rank	Name	Club	Standard	Rapid
1	WASTNEY, SCOTT	WE	2447	2349
2	KER, ANTHONY F	WE	2422	2360
3	DIVE, RUSSELL J	WE	2421	2372
22	THOMAS, BEN	UH	2233	2012
23	VAN DER HOORN, MARK W	WE	2230	2150
32	NIJMAN, BRIAN	WE	2186	2082
38	TURNER, MICHAEL G	WE	2134	i
41	POMEROY, ARTHUR J	WE	2113	1999
56	STONE, ANDREW	WE	2076	1919
57	SELLEN, IAN	WE	2072	1931
58	FORSTER, WILLIAM	WE	2071	1943
60	MEYER, MARANY	WE	2061	2042
68	NYBERG, MICHAEL	WE	2027	2062
78	JACKSON, L ROSS	WE	1990	1906
78	ALDRIDGE, ALAN L	WE	1990	1815
92	CARTER, GERALD S	UH	1947	1810
105	STOEVEKEN, PETER	WE	1910	1628
107	MIRIYALA, RAMA RAO	WE	1906	1735
110	WILKINS, MARK	WE	1901	i
110	PANDEY, ALOK	WE	1901	1718
115	TIMERGAZI, LAYLA	WE	1889	1857
129	STRACY, DON M	WE	1851	i
133	NICHOLLS, ALISTAIR	WE	1839	i
134	ROSSITER, PHILIP E	WE	1836	unr
137	KAY, J BRUCE	WE	1825	1627
139	HEWSON, MICHAEL	WE	1823	i
140	HAVUKKALA, ILKKA	WE	1821	unr
152	ROBERTS, MICHAEL H	WE	1781	1789
155	JHURANI, ANIL	WE	1776	1762
157	BROCKWAY, ANDREW	WE	1770	1668
158	RABINA, ROMEO	WE	1769	1592
163	FARRINGTON, LAWRENCE B	WE	1761	1641
172	WHITTLE, JONATHON	WE	1736	1644
	CHEN, WEI KAI	KJ	1721	1599
184	LIST, ROBERT	UH	1702	1578
	HEATON, KEN	WE	1684	1399
195	CAPPER, DAVID S	WE	1679	1619
206	SHIERLAW, HAMISH	WE	1645	1591
215	ANDERSON, GORDON	WE	1610	1650
218	COOK, JOHN	WE	1604	1591
221	MARNEY, JOHN	WE	1600	1351
225	CUNNINGHAM, PATRICK D	UH	1590	1586
226	REID, ANTON	UH	1583	1611
229	VELDHUIZEN, MATT	WE	1574	1540
230	GILLESPIE, JOHN G	WE	1573	1426
	GUPTA, SAURABH	WE	1566
	TIMERGAZI, IREK	WE	1531	1525
249	SMITH, ROGER	UH	1530	unr
253	SALEM, EDMUND	WE	1522	unr
	WEVITA, ROSHAN	WE	1511
256	STEVENS, MICHAEL	UH	1509	1518
259	FRATER, DYLAN	WE	1507	1436
	PERERA, IMALKA	WE	1503	1633
268	BOWDEN, PAUL	UH	1467	i
	JOHNSON, ALEX	WE	1448	1361
275	CATTERALL, RICHARD	UH	1436	i
	O'KANE, NICHOLAS	UH	1432	1250
278	LEE, RYAN	UH	1420	1305
283	ORR, WILLIAM	UH	1395	i
	STRAUSS, WERNER	WE	1372	unr
291	SKNAR, ANDREW	WE	1370	1372
294	THEODOSIOU, ANDREAS	WE	1365	1218
	RANSON, BRYCE	WE	1365	1203
	LUO, BRIAN	KJ	1358	1260
	HUGHES, TONY	UH	1353	unr
	SCOTT-HOWMAN, ZACK	WE	1348
	STRAUSS, KEEGAN	WE	1346	unr
	LIM, AIDAN	WE	1296	unr
	HUANG, ZHONGJIN	KJ	1249	i
	FACCHINI, FABRIZIO	WE	1235
312	WIGHT, JOSHUA	WE	1231	1196
	SAMPATHKUMAR, SHYAMKUMAR	WE	1229	1267
	STAPLES, NICK	UH	1215	unr
333	THOMAS, DOMINIC	UH	1155	1342
	WALTERS, TAINA	WE	1119
342	PALMER, LUKE	WE	1103	i
	AUMEIER, BEATE	WE	992
353	SKNAR, ANDRIY	WE	958	998
	KONAKANCHI, KARTHIK	KJ	927	1316
	CAREY, BRUCE	WE	880	unr
	BENNETT, SARAH	WE	853	780
	LIM, SIMON	WE	584	unr
	KNOWLES, JEREMY	UH	unr	1988
	FROST, PAUL F E	WE	i	1850
	REEDER, BRIAN	UH	unr	1632
	SHARMA, VAIBHAV	KJ	unr	1605
	PRICE, ANTHONY J	UH	i	1544
	MOORE, NICHOLAS	KJ	i	1449
	BACKHOUSE, CEDRIC	UH	i	1405
	BREARTON, JOSHUA	KJ	unr	1378
	LI, HENRY	KJ	unr	1346
	CHIA, ARTHUR	KJ	unr	1288
	GOODWIN, SIMON	KJ	unr	1205
	PROCTOR, MATTHEW	WE	i	1193
	SULLIVAN, GLEN	UH	unr	1180
	ZENG, JACKY	KJ	unr	1148
	SHENOY, VIKAS	KJ	unr	1130
	SU, WINSTON	KJ	unr	1125
	FEDERHOF, MARCUS	UH	unr	1093
	THOMPSON, ALEX	KJ	unr	1072
	MERTON, SAM	KJ	unr	1019
	HAYMAN, BAILEY	KJ	unr	991
	FAM, YANNIS	KJ	unr	954
	KUSJANTO, SURYA	KJ	unr	927
	KOLONGAHAPITIYA, HASINDU	KJ	unr	900
	SCARLETT, WILLIAM	KJ	unr	872
	KENNEDY, DAVID	KJ	unr	838
	PEARSON, CHRISTOPHER	KJ	unr	837
	YAMOG, NICOLI	KJ	unr	819
	GREENWOOD, MATTHEW	KJ	unr	754
	RANKIN-PEARCE, TUKAHA	KJ	unr	739
	CHIA, ARNOLD	KJ	unr	736
	SUBRA, JANUEK	KJ	unr	726
	RASIAH, YOVAN	KJ	unr	717
	LI, JIN	KJ	unr	707
	FRASER, RILEY	KJ	unr	632
	PHILLIPS, CAMERON	KJ	unr	628
	ZHANG, ALAN	KJ	unr	622
	WILKINSON, OSCAR	KJ	unr	621
	CANLAS, MATTHEW	KJ	unr	617
	PHEASE, TRISTAN	KJ	unr	614
	MORRIS, NICHOLAS	KJ	unr	605
	HOLLAND, NICK	KJ	unr	602
	SAJWAN, SAUMYA	KJ	unr	597
	HART, BOSTON	KJ	unr	567
	YANG, JASON	KJ	unr	558
	KIVI, DANNY	KJ	unr	554
	PULLAR-STRECKER, ZAC	KJ	unr	549
	LORD, TIMOTHY	KJ	unr	529
	GOH, QIYUN	KJ	i	504
	KUMAR, ROHAN	KJ	unr	489
	HARVEY, BEN	KJ	unr	472
	CASSIDY, JOSHUA	KJ	unr	449
	KINAJIL-MORAN, LOGAN	KJ	unr	448
	HANDS, JOSEPH	KJ	unr	447
	DIAS, SANDESH	KJ	unr	443
	PITAWALA, RAVIN	KJ	unr	431
	MEYER, MICHAEL	KJ	unr	427
	GALACGNAC, JACOB	KJ	unr	422
	DE LEON, ALEC	KJ	unr	390
	ZENG, KEVIN	KJ	unr	390
	COX, BENJAMIN	KJ	unr	373
	MARRIOTT, JAMES	KJ	unr	334
	AIMES, SAMUEL	KJ	unr	317
	SMITH, ZAC	KJ	unr	310
	BRADDICK, JACK	KJ	unr	200
	GRAHAME, LAUCHIE	KJ	unr	200
	MCCORMICK, HAYDEN	KJ	unr	200
	PITAWALA, AMAL	KJ	unr	200
	SCOTT, SARAH	KJ	unr	200
	THOMPSON, JOSH	KJ	unr	200
	WIJAYAPALA, DILITHA	KJ	unr	200
	YU, DYLAN	KJ	unr	200
	YU, TERENCE	KJ	unr	200

Club Rapid week 3 - Dive Moves into the Lead

Over halfway through the club rapid, and everything has changed at the top. Of last week's leaders, Alan gets half point byes for missing rounds 5 and 6, and Ross had the misfortune of being paired against Anthony and Russell in successive rounds. In round 6 Anthony was unable to convert his small material advantage in an endgame against Mark van der Hoorn, letting Russell steal into the lead with his victories over Michael Nyberg and Ross.

Michael bounced back from his loss to Russell by beating Brian Nijman in round 6, thus avenging himself for his defeat in the last round of the Upper Hutt Rapid 5 days before.Bill had a good week, beating Mark Wilkins and Lawrence Farrington, thus joining the pack half a point behind the leader Russell Dive.

Sadly, Scott decided not to participate in the Club Rapid, having missed the first 2 weeks, and with a busy schedule organising schools' chess. I hope to be able to publish a report from him soon regarding the Primary Interschool competition he has been running.

Cross Table

No Name                 Rtg Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6  

1  Dive, Russell            2370 5      0:D  0:D 16:W 19:W  6:W  9:W
2  Aldridge, Alan           1817 4.5   23:W  7:W  6:W  9:D  0:D  0:D
3  Ker, Anthony             2376 4.5    0:D  0:D 20:W 22:W  9:W  4:D
4  Van der Hoorn, Mark      2132 4.5    0:D  0:D 28:W 11:W 23:W  3:D
5  Forster, Bill            1965 4.5   18:D 21:W  0:D  0:D 15:W 10:W
6  Nyberg, Michael          1965 4     28:W 10:W  2:L 13:W  1:L 11:W
7  Stoeveken, Peter         1641 4     26:W  2:L 31:W 10:L 13:W 15:W
8  Brockway, Andrew         1636 4     19:W 22:L 25:L 32:W 16:W 14:W
9  Jackson, Ross            1847 3.5   27:W 14:W 13:W  2:D  3:L  1:L
10 Farrington, Lawrence     1738 3.5   30:W  6:L 12:D  7:W 21:W  5:L
11 Nijman, Brian            2074 3.5   20:W 24:D 22:W  4:L 12:W  6:L
12 Pandey, Alok             1263 3.5    0:D  0:D 10:D 18:W 11:L 20:W
13 Kay, Bruce               1613 3     21:W 18:W  9:L  6:L  7:L 25:W
14 Timergazi, Layla         1719 3     29:W  9:L  0:D  0:D 19:W  8:L
15 Wilkins, Mark            1927 3      0:D  0:D 29:W 25:W  5:L  7:L
16 Cunningham, Pat          1523 3      0:D  0:D  1:L 31:W  8:L 28:W
17 Facchini, Fabrizio            3      0:D  0:D  0:L  0:L  0:W 32:W
18 Cook, John               1591 3      5:D 13:L 26:W 12:L 25:W 22:D
19 Walters, Taina                3      8:L 27:W 23:W  1:L 14:L 31:W
20 List, Robert             1627 3     11:L 33:W  3:L 27:W 22:W 12:L
21 Sellen, Ian              1975 3     13:L  5:L 33:W 28:W 10:L 30:W
22 Nicholls, Al             1749 2.5   33:W  8:W 11:L  3:L 20:L 18:D
23 Wight, Joshua            1193 2.5    2:L 26:D 19:L 29:W  4:L 33:W
24 Miriyala, Rama Rao       1731 2.5   32:W 11:D  0:D  0:D  0:L  0:L
25 Wevita, Roshan                2      0:D  0:D  8:W 15:L 18:L 13:L
26 Mazur, Christian              2      0:D  0:D 18:L  0:D  0:D  0:L
27 Theodosiou, Andreas      1292 2      9:L 19:L 30:W 20:L  0:D  0:D
28 Veldhuizen, Matt         1512 2      6:L 30:W  4:L 21:L 32:W 16:L
29 Sknar, Andrew            1403 2     14:L 32:W 15:L 23:L  0:D  0:D
30 Konakanchi, Karthik      891  2     10:L 28:L 27:L 33:W 31:W 21:L
31 Bennett, Sarah                1      0:D  0:D  7:L 16:L 30:L 19:L
32 Aumeier, Beate                1     24:L 29:L  0:W  8:L 28:L 17:L
33 Sknar, Andriy            976  1     22:L 20:L 21:L 30:L  0:W 23:L

Jack James Wins Feilding Rapid - pictures

Thank you very much to Mark Noble and his team for the brilliant job in hosting the 2nd Feilding Rapid tournament which took place at the Hokowhitu Bowling Club in Palmerston North yesterday. There was a very respectable field of 29 players from Palmerston North, Wellington, New Plymouth, Wanganui and Hamilton. Results have already been posted here:

http://www.newzealandchess.co.nz/results.html

Six Wellington Chess Club members travelled up to Palmerston North to take part in the competition, and all of us finished in the top half of the table. None of our top three players took part, so the rest of us had a decent chance of taking the title. Defending champion Ross Jackson once again put up an excellent showing, and tied with Palmerston North's Jack James and Wanganui's Chris Burns on 5 out of 6. However, since there was a trophy to play for, and this trophy had to find a mantelpiece to sit on, there was a super-blitz play-off with 1 minute each on the clock. Jack James' young brain (or nerves) triumphed over the old guard in this very stressful form of chess, although Chris should have won his game, as he was heaps of material up but then placed his queen next to Jack's bishop where it could be taken.

So congratulations to Jack James on his victory. Also to WCC member Bob List for taking the under 1650 prize.

Many thanks to Janeen Noble for taking the pictures below

All the players plus Mark Noble (seated, 2nd from right)

Younger players, including the tournament winner Jack James (standing at left)

The analysis section

Holdaway v Sellen, Timergazi v Charles

Ross v McCartney

Club Rapid Rounds 3-4

Nice to have Russell Dive back with us after his sojourn in the Netherlands. He, Anthony, and the two Marks all joined us for the second week of the Rapid, and proceeded to win both their games. Scott was unable to play because he was busy with schools chess, so he has a rather difficult job if he wants to win this tournament (you are only allowed two half point byes). Round 4 saw a draw between the two leaders, Alan and Ross, which puts them both half a point of the (rather intimidating) pack. I recovered from my stormy first week, but my chess was far from convincing.

Cross Table

No Name                 Rtg Loc  Total  1    2    3    4  

1  Aldridge, Alan           1817 3.5   24:W 19:W  3:W  2:D
2  Jackson, Ross            1847 3.5   26:W 16:W 13:W  1:D
3  Nyberg, Michael          1965 3     25:W  9:W  1:L 13:W
4  Ker, Anthony             2376 3      0:D  0:D 21:W 14:W
5  Dive, Russell            2370 3      0:D  0:D 17:W 20:W
6  Van der Hoorn, Mark      2132 3      0:D  0:D 25:W  8:W
7  Wilkins, Mark            1927 3      0:D  0:D 30:W 15:W
8  Nijman, Brian            2074 2.5   21:W 12:D 14:W  6:L
9  Farrington, Lawrence     1738 2.5   32:W  3:L 10:D 19:W
10 Pandey, Alok             1263 2.5    0:D  0:D  9:D 23:W
11 Forster, Bill            1965 2.5   23:D 22:W  0:D  0:D
12 Miriyala, Rama Rao       1731 2.5   29:W  8:D  0:D  0:D
13 Kay, Bruce               1613 2     22:W 23:W  2:L  3:L
14 Nicholls, Al             1749 2     33:W 18:W  8:L  4:L
15 Wevita, Roshan                2      0:D  0:D 18:W  7:L
16 Timergazi, Layla         1719 2     30:W  2:L  0:D  0:D
17 Cunningham, Pat          1523 2      0:D  0:D  5:L 28:W
18 Brockway, Andrew         1636 2     20:W 14:L 15:L 29:W
19 Stoeveken, Peter         1641 2     31:W  1:L 28:W  9:L
20 Walters, Taina                2     18:L 26:W 24:W  5:L
21 List, Robert             1627 2      8:L 33:W  4:L 26:W
22 Sellen, Ian              1975 2     13:L 11:L 33:W 25:W
23 Cook, John               1591 1.5   11:D 13:L 31:W 10:L
24 Wight, Joshua            1193 1.5    1:L 31:D 20:L 30:W
25 Veldhuizen, Matt         1512 1      3:L 32:W  6:L 22:L
26 Theodosiou, Andreas      1292 1      2:L 20:L 32:W 21:L
27 Wastney, Scott           2306 1      0:D  0:D  0:L  0:L
28 Bennett, Sarah                1      0:D  0:D 19:L 17:L
29 Aumeier, Beate                1     12:L 30:L  0:W 18:L
30 Sknar, Andrew            1403 1     16:L 29:W  7:L 24:L
31 Mazur, Christian              1     19:L 24:D 23:L  0:D
32 Konakanchi, Karthik      891  1      9:L 25:L 26:L 33:W
33 Sknar, Andriy            976  0     14:L 21:L 22:L 32:L