Autumn Cup Round 3: Anthony and Russell Win

Just the results for now, more later
Well done to Russell and Anthony for their important wins!

A Grade

Results
No Name           Result   Name          

 1 Dive, R (2)      1:0    Wastney, S (6)
 2 Ker, A (3)       1:0    Croad, N (1)  
 3 Nijman, B (4)    0:1    Perry, R (5)  






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


1
Ker, Anthony
2474
3
*
 
1
1
 
1


2
Dive, Russell
2426
2.5
 
*
½
1
1
 


3
Croad, Nic
2375
1
0
½
*
 
½
 


4
Perry, Roger
2125
1
0
0
 
*
 
1


5
Wastney, Scott
2391
.5
 
0
½
 
*
 


6
Nijman, Brian
2153
0
0
 
 
0
 
*

B Grade

Results
No Name             Result   Name         

 1 Jackson, Ross      ½:½    Stone, Andrew
 2 Nyberg, Michael    1:0    Forster, Bill
 3 Pomeroy, Arthur     :     Sellen, Ian  






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


1
Pomeroy, Arthur
2075
1.5
*
½
 
1
 
 


2
Stone, Andrew
2118
1.5
½
*
½
 
 
½


3
Forster, Bill
2094
1.5
 
½
*
0
 
1


4
Nyberg, Michael
2032
1
0
 
1
*
 
 


5
Sellen, Ian
2079
1
 
 
 
 
*
1


6
Jackson, Ross
2054
.5
 
½
0
 
0
*

C Grade

Results
No Name               Result   Name            

 1 Barraza, J (2)       1:0    Stoeveken, P (6)
 2 Brockway, A (3)      ½:½    Aldridge, A (1) 
 3 Farrington, L (4)    0:1    Rossiter, P (5) 






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


1
Rossiter, Philip
1945
3
*
 
1
 
1
1


2
Aldridge, Alan
1942
1.5
 
*
 
0
½
1


3
Farrington, Lawrence
1855
1.5
0
 
*
1
½
 


4
Stoeveken, Peter
1863
1
 
1
0
*
 
0


5
Brockway, Andrew
1877
1
0
½
½
 
*
 


6
Barraza, Jesse
1871
1
0
0
 
1
 
*

D Grade

Results
No Name           Result   Name          

 1 Day, Fabian      ½:½    Winter, Ryan  
 2 Chen, Wei Kai    0:1    Benitez, Edgar
 3 Rabina, Romeo     :     Stracy, Don   






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


1
Day, Fabian
1726
2
*
1
½
 
½
 


2
Benitez, Edgar
 
2
0
*
1
1
 
 


3
Winter, Ryan
1715
1.5
½
0
*
 
 
1


4
Chen, Wei Kai
1732
1
 
0
 
*
 
1


5
Stracy, Don
1731
.5
½
 
 
 
*
 


6
Rabina, Romeo
1771
0
 
 
0
0
 
*

E Grade

No Name               Total  Result   Name           Total

 1 Meravanage, Satwik [.5]      :     Wight, Joshua  [0]  
 2 Sole, Michael      [2]      1:0    Benitez, Ric   [.5] 
 3 Thorpe, Richard    [1]      0:1    Wevers, Alexis [1]  

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


1
Sole, Michael
 
1586
3
*
1
1
1
 
 


2
Wevers, Alexis
 
1641
2
0
*
1
 
1
 


3
Thorpe, Richard
 
1630
1
0
0
*
 
 
1


4
Benitez, Ric
 
 
.5
0
 
 
*
½
 


5
Meravanage, Satwik
 
1524
.5
 
0
 
½
*
 


6
Wight, Joshua
 
1629
0
 
 
0
 
 
*

F Grade

Results
No Name               Result   Name                

 1 Darr, S (2)          1:0    Van der Anker, J (6)
 2 Proctor, M (3)       0:1    Bennett, S (1)      
 3 Konakanchi, K (4)     :     Stannard, B (5)     






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


1
Bennett, Sarah
1452
2.5
*
½
1
 
 
1


2
Darr, Samuel
1505
1.5
½
*
 
 
 
1


3
Proctor, Matthew
1464
0
0
 
*
 
 
 


4
Konakanchi, Karthik
1499
0
 
 
 
*
 
 


5
Stannard, Bobby
1481
0
 
 
 
 
*
 


6
Van der Anker, Juan
1501
0
0
0
 
 
 
*

G Grade

Results
No Name                 Result   Name               

 1 Leask, Hamish          1:0    Zhao, Aiden        
 2 Kibblewhite, Daniel    1:0    He, Caleb          
 3 Tagos, Bernardo        1:0    Theodosiou, Andreas






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


1
Leask, Hamish
 
3
*
 
 
1
1
1


2
Kibblewhite, Daniel
1451
2
 
*
1
1
 
 


3
Tagos, Bernardo
1433
2
 
0
*
 
1
1


4
He, Caleb
1416
0
0
0
 
*
 
 


5
Theodosiou, Andreas
1392
0
0
 
0
 
*
 


6
Zhao, Aiden
1305
0
0
 
0
 
 
*

H Grade

Results
No Name             Result   Name             

 1 Hall, N (2)        0:1    Sknar, A (6)     
 2 He, P (3)          1:0    Asher, B (1)     
 3 Jacobsen, J (4)     :     Konakanchi, P (5)






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


1
Jacobsen, Josiah
 
2
*
 
1
1
 
 


2
Asher, Bruce
1288
1.5
 
*
½
0
1
 


3
Sknar, Andriy
1266
1.5
0
½
*
 
1
 


4
He, Paul
1051
1
0
1
 
*
 
 


5
Hall, Nathan
 
1
 
0
0
 
*
1


6
Konakanchi, Pramodh
1129
0
 
 
 
 
0
*

Autumn Cup R2 - Ker Edges Ahead

Still early days in the Autumn Cup, and a host of postponements have exacerbated the lack of clarity. Do other clubs have such a major problem with players not turning up?

Anthony has played, and beaten, the two tail-enders ratings-wise in the A grade, and leads by half a point. NZ Champion Scott Wastney was not in action. Shockingly, Anthony did not play his beloved Pirc on Thursday, and instead faced another of his favourites, the c3 Sicilian. Roger missed a great chance to create real chances with a knight sacrifice on g5, and blundered a few moves later. Russell and Nic ground out a hard-fought draw, with Nic tenaciously trying to create chances in a level endgame.

Bill Forster and Arthur Pomeroy lead the B grade. Bill won a nice game against Ross after accidentally finding himself in a slightly unfamiliar opening (Cambridge Springs Defence). Arthur and group favourite Andrew Stone drew in a game they both described as excruciatingly boring.

Other grades:

C Grade - Philip Rossiter has 2/2
D Grade - Fabian Day 1.5/2
E Grade - Michael Sole 2/2
F Grade - Sarah Bennett 1.5/2 (this group is a real disaster - only two games have been played)
G Grade - Hamish Leask 2/2
H Grade - Josiah Jacobsen 2/2

A Grade

Results
No Name            Result   Name         

 1 Wastney, S (6)     :     Nijman, B (4)
 2 Perry, R (5)      0:1    Ker, A (3)   
 3 Croad, N (1)      ½:½    Dive, R (2)  






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


1
Ker, Anthony
2474
2
*



1
1


2
Dive, Russell
2426
1.5

*
½


1


3
Croad, Nic
2375
1

½
*
½




4
Wastney, Scott
2391
.5


½
*




5
Nijman, Brian
2153
0
0



*



6
Perry, Roger
2125
0
0
0



*

B Grade

Results
No Name           Result   Name           

 1 Stone, Andrew    ½:½    Pomeroy, Arthur
 2 Sellen, Ian       :     Nyberg, Michael
 3 Forster, Bill    1:0    Jackson, Ross  






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


1
Forster, Bill
2094
1.5
*

½

1



2
Pomeroy, Arthur
2075
1.5

*
½


1


3
Stone, Andrew
2118
1
½
½
*





4
Sellen, Ian
2079
1



*
1



5
Jackson, Ross
2054
0
0


0
*



6
Nyberg, Michael
2032
0

0



*

C Grade

Results
No Name              Result   Name             

 1 Stoeveken, P (6)    0:1    Farrington, L (4)
 2 Rossiter, P (5)     1:0    Brockway, A (3)  
 3 Aldridge, A (1)     1:0    Barraza, J (2)   






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


1
Rossiter, Philip
1945
2
*



1
1


2
Farrington, Lawrence
1855
1.5

*
1

½



3
Stoeveken, Peter
1863
1

0
*
1




4
Aldridge, Alan
1942
1


0
*

1


5
Brockway, Andrew
1877
.5
0
½


*



6
Barraza, Jesse
1871
0
0


0

*

D Grade

Results
No Name            Result   Name         

 1 Winter, R (6)     1:0    Rabina, R (4)
 2 Stracy, D (5)      :     Chen, W (3)  
 3 Benitez, E (1)    0:1    Day, F (2)   






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


1
Day, Fabian
1726
1.5
*
1


.5



2
Benitez, Edgar

1
0
*

1




3
Chen, Wei Kai
1732
1


*


1


4
Winter, Ryan
1715
1

0

*

1


5
Stracy, Don
1731
.5
.5



*



6
Rabina, Romeo
1771
0


0
0

*

E Grade

No Name           Total  Result   Name               Total

 1 Wight, Joshua  [0]      0:1    Thorpe, Richard    [0]  
 2 Wevers, Alexis [1]      0:1    Sole, Michael      [1]  
 3 Benitez, Ric   [0]      ½:½    Meravanage, Satwik [0]  

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


1
Sole, Michael

1586
2
*
1
1





2
Wevers, Alexis

1641
1
0
*

1




3
Thorpe, Richard

1630
1
0

*


1


4
Meravanage, Satwik

1524
.5

0

*
½



5
Benitez, Ric


.5



½
*



6
Wight, Joshua

1629
0


0


*

F Grade

Results
No Name                  Result   Name             

 1 Van der Anker, J (6)     :     Konakanchi, K (4)
 2 Stannard, B (5)          :     Proctor, M (3)   
 3 Bennett, S (1)          ½:½    Darr, S (2)      






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


1
Bennett, Sarah
1452
1.5
*
½



1


2
Darr, Samuel
1505
.5
½
*






3
Proctor, Matthew
1464
0


*





4
Konakanchi, Karthik
1499
0



*




5
Stannard, Bobby
1481
0




*



6
Van der Anker, Juan
1501
0
0




*

G Grade

Results
No Name                 Result   Name               

 1 Zhao, Aiden            0:1    Tagos, Bernardo    
 2 Theodosiou, Andreas     :     Kibblewhite, Daniel
 3 He, Caleb              0:1    Leask, Hamish      






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


1
Leask, Hamish

2
*


1
1



2
Kibblewhite, Daniel
1451
1

*
1





3
Tagos, Bernardo
1433
1

0
*


1


4
He, Caleb
1416
0
0


*




5
Theodosiou, Andreas
1392
0
0



*



6
Zhao, Aiden
1305
0


0


*

H Grade

Results
No Name               Result   Name           

 1 Sknar, A (6)         0:1    Jacobsen, J (4)
 2 Konakanchi, P (5)     :     He, P (3)      
 3 Asher, B (1)         1:0    Hall, N (2)     






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


1
Jacobsen, Josiah

2
*


1
1



2
Asher, Bruce
1288
1.5

*
1
½




3
Hall, Nathan

1

0
*


1


4
Sknar, Andriy
1266
.5
0
½

*




5
He, Paul
1051
0
0



*



6
Konakanchi, Pramodh
1129
0


0


*

Autumn Cup 2017 Starts

48 players signed up for the Autumn Cup this year, which is excellent. Chess players being chess players, however, a few people mysteriously failed to turn up.
Nice to see the NZ Champion Scott Wastney back in action at the club, he got held to a draw by Nic Croad in round 1.
Results mostly went as expected. For this tournament, you are likely to be playing against people roughly the same strength as yourself, but it'll be interesting to see how the new people get on.

Here are the results for round 1:

Group A
Croad        1/2-1/2     Wastney
Dive              1-0        Perry
Ker                1-0        Nijman

Group B
Forster      1/2-1/2      Stone
Jackson        0-1         Sellen
Nyberg         0-1         Pomeroy

Group C
Aldridge      0-1        Stoeveken
Barraza        0-1        Rossiter
Brockway  1/2-1/2    Farrington

Group D
Benitez E    1-0        Winter
 Day           1/2-1/2    Stracy
Chen              1-0      Rabina

Group E
Benitez R     P-P       Wright
Meravanage  0-1       Wevers
Sole               1-0       Thorpe

Group F      
Bennett          1-0      Van der Anker
Darr              P-P       Stannard
Proctor          P-P       Konakanchi K

Group G
He C             P-P        Zhao
Leask            1-0        Theodosiou
Kibblewhite  1-0        Tagos

Group H
Hall               1-0      Konakanchi P
He P              0-1      Jacobsen
Asher          1/2-1/2   Sknar

Croad Wins Fischer Random for Third Year Running

With a win against Fabian Day, and a draw in the final round against Anthony Ker, Nic Croad once again showed his complete dominance in this most fascinating chess variant. He finished on 5.5 points, a full point ahead of Anthony, Russell and Brian Nijman. Congratulations!

My own performance was brightened up with a win against Anthony in round 3, but my last round game was a complete disaster where I threw away a rook in an interesting and quite balanced position.against Russell Dive.

In the parallel normal rapid, Michael Nyberg was well ahead of the field, like Nic only conceding a half point in the final round, against Wei Kai Chen.

Fischer Random 2017

Cross Table

No Name                Feder Rtg Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6  

1  Croad, Nic                    2322 5.5   19:W 20:W 14:W  7:W  6:W  2:D
2  Ker, Anthony                  2379 4.5   11:W  8:W  7:L  3:W  5:W  1:D
3  Dive, Russell                 2387 4.5   17:W  5:W  4:D  2:L  9:W  7:W
4  Nijman, Brian                 2117 4.5   16:W  6:W  3:D  5:L 12:W  8:W
5  Forster, Bill                 2003 4     21:W  3:L 19:W  4:W  2:L 10:W
6  Day, Fabian                   1551 4     12:W  4:L 10:W 14:W  1:L 11:W
7  Sellen, Ian                   2016 3.5   15:W  9:W  2:W  1:L  8:D  3:L
8  Jackson, Ross                 1932 3.5   10:W  2:L 15:W  9:W  7:D  4:L
9  Wight, Joshua                 1412 3     13:W  7:L 12:W  8:L  3:L 18:W
10 Kibblewhite, Daniel           1059 3      8:L 11:W  6:L 19:W 16:W  5:L
11 Wevers, Alexis                1363 3      2:L 10:L 18:W 13:W 20:W  6:L
12 Leask, Hamish                 1000 3      6:L 16:W  9:L 15:W  4:L 20:W
13 He, Caleb                     997  3      9:L 15:L 21:W 11:L 19:W 16:W
14 Van der Anker, Juan           1400 2     18:W 17:W  1:L  6:L  0:L  0:L
15 Darr, Samuel                  1081 2      7:L 13:W  8:L 12:L 18:L  0:W
16 Stannard, Bobby               1118 2      4:L 12:L 22:W 18:W 10:L 13:L
17 Konakanchi, Karthik           1382 2      3:L 14:L  0:L  0:L 22:W 19:W
18 He, Paul                      971  2     14:L 21:W 11:L 16:L 15:W  9:L
19 Theodosiou, Andreas           1283 1      1:L 22:W  5:L 10:L 13:L 17:L
20 Rabina, Romeo                 1600 1     22:W  1:L  0:L  0:L 11:L 12:L
21 Bennett, Sarah                1061 1      5:L 18:L 13:L 22:W  0:L  0:L
22 Zhao, Aiden                   1032 0     20:L 19:L 16:L 21:L 17:L  0:L

Normal Rapid 2017

Cross Table

No Name                 Feder Rtg Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6  

1  Nyberg, Michael                2025 5.5   10:W  9:W  5:W  2:W  4:W  3:D
2  Winter, Ryan                   1652 4.5   13:W  6:D  4:W  1:L  5:W  7:W
3  Chen, Wei Kai                  1650 4.5   14:W  5:L 12:W 13:W  6:W  1:D
4  Rossiter, Philip               1663 4     17:W 11:W  2:L 10:W  1:L  6:W
5  Stoeveken, Peter               1689 3.5    8:W  3:W  1:L  6:D  2:L 10:W
6  Farrington, Lawrence           1591 3     18:W  2:D  9:W  5:D  3:L  4:L
7  Tagos, Bernardo                1547 3     12:L 14:W 10:L 15:W 13:W  2:L
8  Sole, Michael                  1488 3      5:L 12:W  0:L  0:L 16:W 19:W
9  Benitez, Edgar                 1600 3     19:W  1:L  6:L 18:W 10:D 11:D
10 Benitez, Ric                   1500 2.5    1:L 19:W  7:W  4:L  9:D  5:L
11 Brockway, Andrew               1558 2.5   16:W  4:L  0:L  0:L 17:W  9:D
12 Daley, Monty                        2      7:W  8:L  3:L 16:W  0:L  0:L
13 Forlong-Ford, Colwyn           1315 2      2:L 18:W 17:W  3:L  7:L  0:L
14 Meravanage, Satwik             1267 2      3:L  7:L  0:L  0:L 18:W 16:W
15 Thorpe, Richard                1500 2      0:L  0:L 16:L  7:L 19:W 18:W
16 Jacobsen, Josiah               1000 1.5   11:L 17:D 15:W 12:L  8:L 14:L
17 Del Favero, Marcus             1410 1.5    4:L 16:D 13:L  0:W 11:L  0:L
18 Asher, Bruce                   1123 1      6:L 13:L  0:W  9:L 14:L 15:L
19 Konakanchi, Pramodh            1178 0      9:L 10:L  0:L  0:L 15:L  8:L

Ker and Croad Share Wellington Open 2017

Congratulations to Anthony Ker and Nic Croad for winning this year's edition of the Wellington Open.

This was a six round Swiss held at the CQ Hotel in Cuba Street, central Wellington. Players came from all over the country, and one each from France and Canada. Wild weather was hitting the country at the start of the tournament, but in the event only two players were unable to make the first round due to cancelled flights. The overall turnout was 38 players.

Favourites at the start of the tournament were three top Wellington players, Anthony Ker, Nic Croad and Russell Dive. The decisive results turned out to be Anthony and Nic drawing with each other, and Anthony beating Russell.

Thanks to everyone who took part. Thanks especially to Simon Lyall who took lots of photos which you can view on his Flickr page.  https://www.flickr.com/photos/simonlyall/collections/72157677599608552/

Cross Table

No Name               Rtg Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6  

1  Ker, Anthony           2474 5.5   31:W 22:W 11:W  2:D  4:W  8:W
2  Croad, Nic             2375 5.5   27:W 15:W 17:W  1:D  5:W 12:W
3  Polischuk, Kirill      2225 4.5    0:D 24:W  6:D 10:W 12:D 13:W
4  Dive, Russell          2426 4     14:W 12:D  8:W  7:W  1:L  5:D
5  James, Jack            2145 4     25:W 10:W  7:W 12:D  2:L  4:D
6  Goodhue, Nathan        2093 4     33:W 19:D  3:D  9:D 13:D 23:W
7  Steadman, Michael      2309 4     29:W  9:W  5:L  4:L 25:W 15:W
8  Nyberg, Michael        2032 4     28:W 13:W  4:L 17:W 16:W  1:L
9  Wells, Clinton         1934 4     32:W  7:L 21:W  6:D 15:D 22:W
10 Masters, Andrew        1911 4     35:W  5:L 34:W  3:L 24:W 20:W
11 Jackson, Ross          2054 4     36:W 26:W  1:L 13:L 29:W 16:W
12 Quere, Alexandre       2022 3.5   21:W  4:D 19:W  5:D  3:D  2:L
13 Chen, Wei Kai          1732 3.5   16:W  8:L 38:W 11:W  6:D  3:L
14 Winter, Ryan           1715 3.5    4:L 21:L 24:D 38:W 34:W 18:W
15 Rossiter, Philip       1945 3     37:W  2:L 33:W 18:D  9:D  7:L
16 O'Brien, Jarrod             3     13:L  0:W 26:W 22:W  8:L 11:L
17 Heppenstall, Lara      1506 3     20:W 23:W  2:L  8:L 19:L 31:W
18 Robinson, John              3      0:D  0:D 27:W 15:D 20:D 14:L
19 Lyall, Simon           1819 3     30:W  6:D 12:L 20:L 17:W 26:D
20 Nicholls, Leighton     2057 3     17:L 28:W 25:D 19:W 18:D 10:L
21 Sinclair, Zephan       1313 3     12:L 14:W  9:L 26:L 38:W 29:W
22 Zhang, Jasmine         2029 3     34:W  1:L 29:W 16:L 26:W  9:L
23 Cooper, Niger          1821 3     24:D 17:L 28:W 25:D 27:W  6:L
24 Benitez, Edgar              2.5   23:D  3:L 14:D 34:W 10:L 25:D
25 Sole, Michael          1586 2.5    5:L 35:W 20:D 23:D  7:L 24:D
26 List, Robert           1747 2.5   38:W 11:L 16:L 21:W 22:L 19:D
27 Wight, Joshua          1629 2.5    2:L 37:W 18:L 30:W 23:L 28:D
28 He, Caleb              1416 2.5    8:L 20:L 23:L 36:W 35:W 27:D
29 Murdoch, Stephen       1608 2      7:L 32:W 22:L 35:W 11:L 21:L
30 Daley, Monty                2     19:L 33:L 37:W 27:L 31:L  0:W
31 Day, Fabian            1726 2      1:L 34:L  0:L 37:W 30:W 17:L
32 Stannard, Lars         1260 2      9:L 29:L 36:W 33:L 37:L 38:W
33 Meravanage, Satwik     1524 2      6:L 30:W 15:L 32:W  0:   0: 
34 Del Favero, Marcus     1410 1.5   22:L 31:W 10:L 24:L 14:L 35:D
35 He, Paul               1051 1.5   10:L 25:L  0:W 29:L 28:L 34:D
36 Stannard, Bobby        1481 1.5   11:L 38:L 32:L 28:L  0:W 37:D
37 Burt, James            1291 1.5   15:L 27:L 30:L 31:L 32:W 36:D
38 Legner, James               1     26:L 36:W 13:L 14:L 21:L 32:L