Club Championship Update Part IV (Final)

To conclude my survey of the 2017 Club Championships, here is the final cross table of the D grade. This was run as a Swiss tournament, so it didn't really matter that some people missed many weeks of play, thus putting themselves out of the running for the title.
In particular, the He brothers were away in China for much of the middle of the tournament, otherwise they would no doubt have been serious contenders. They seem to make massive leaps almost on a weekly basis! As it was, the early front-runners were Karthik Konakanchi, Bernardo Tagos and Hamish Leask. Going into the last round, Karthik and Hamish were neck and neck with 6½ out of 8, with no other players in contention. Sadly for Karthik, he lost against Daniel Kibblewhite, while Hamish easily achieved a draw against Aurian de Briey.
So Hamish became the D grade champion on 7/9, half a point ahead of Karthik.

Cross Table

No Name                     Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9  

1  Leask, Hamish            1570 7      0:½  6:½  3:1  2:1  4:1  5:½ 14:1  7:1  8:½
2  Konakanchi, Karthik      1504 6.5   15:1  0:½  7:1  1:0 14:1  6:1  4:1  3:1  5:0
3  Jacobsen-Grocott, Josiah 1238 6      4:0 12:1  1:0 13:1  9:+ 14:1  5:1  2:0  7:1
4  Tagos, Bernardo          1483 6      3:1  0:½  9:1 14:1  1:0  7:½  2:0  6:1 16:1
5  Kibblewhite, Daniel      1400 6     20:1  8:1 14:0  0:½ 16:1  1:½  3:0 15:1  2:1
6  Darr, Samuel             1444 5     19:½  1:½  0:½  0:½ 12:1  2:0  8:1  4:0 13:1
7  Hall, Nathan             1278 4.5    0:½ 17:1  2:0 11:1  8:1  4:½  0:½  1:0  3:0
8  De Briey, Aurian         1549 4.5   18:1  5:0  0:½  0:½  7:0 17:1  6:0 19:1  1:½
9  Benitez, Ric             1566 4.5    0:½ 11:1  4:0 16:½  3:-  0:½ 13:1  0:0 18:1
10 He, Caleb                1413 4     13:1  0:½  0:½  0:0  0:0  0:0  0:0 17:+ 15:1
11 Bennett, Sarah           1427 4      0:½  9:0  0:½  7:0 15:1 13:1  0:0 18:1  0:0
12 Asher, Bruce             1258 4     16:0  3:0 17:1 15:1  6:0  0:½  0:½ 13:0 20:1
13 Konakanchi, Pramodh      1106 3.5   10:0  0:½ 18:1  3:0 17:1 11:0  9:0 12:1  6:0
14 Langford, Joshua         800  3      0:1 16:1  5:1  4:0  2:0  3:0  1:0  0:0  0:0
15 Zhao, Aiden              1279 3      2:0  0:½  0:½ 12:0 11:0 21:1 20:1  5:0 10:0
16 Theodosiou, Andreas      1493 3     12:1 14:0 20:1  9:½  5:0 18:0 17:0  0:½  4:0
17 Proctor, Matthew         1478 3      0:½  7:0 12:0 18:1 13:0  8:0 16:1 10:-  0:½
18 Stannard, Bobby          1369 3      8:0  0:½ 13:0 17:0 21:1 16:1  0:½ 11:0  9:0
19 He, Paul                 1142 2.5    6:½  0:½  0:½  0:0  0:0  0:0  0:0  8:0 21:1
20 Nagrecha, Prashant       899  2      5:0  0:1 16:0  0:½  0:½  0:0 15:0  0:0 12:0
21 Carroll, Lewis                1      0:½  0:½  0:   0:  18:0 15:0  0:0  0:0 19:0

Club Championship Update Part III

This is the update I have been procrastinating on, because the C grade was such a massive mess of unplayed games, of postponements and unannounced absences. Even Don Stracy, who constantly complains about other people not turning up, removed himself to Australia for 4-5 weeks of the duration of the competition.

In the end, it came down to the last game played, between Ryan Winter and Alexis Wevers. Ryan had won all the games he had played so far, although he was short of a few games, having been away himself, and having opponents not turn up on him. Ryan had to win against Alexis, but he did not manage this and so Alexis became the very deserving C grade champion.

I don't really know what can be done about some players' unreliability, but my solution to the C grade fiasco would be to combine this grade with the D grade in future, and make it one big Swiss tournament. At least if it was a Swiss it wouldn't matter if some people dropped out. You could have a separate grading prize to decide the D grade champion.

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10


1
Wevers, Alexis
1654
7.5
*
1
1
0
½
1
1
+
1
1


2
Winter, Ryan
1711
6
0
*
-
1
1
1
-
1
1
1


3
Wight, Joshua
1609
5.5
0
-
*
0
1
½
1
1
1
1


4
Sole, Michael
1727
5
1
0
1
*
1
1
1
0
0
0


5
Dixon, Hamish
1697
4.5
½
0
0
0
*
1
0
1
1
+


6
Rabina, Romeo
1767
4
0
0
½
0
0
*
½
+
1
+


7
Stracy, Don
1737
3.5
0
-
0
0
1
½
*
1
0
+


8
Forlong-Ford, Colwyn
1738
3
-
0
0
1
0
-
0
*
1
+


9
Thorpe, Richard
1632
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
*
0


10
Day, Fabian
1784
2
0
0
0
1
-
-
-
-
1
*

Latest NZCF Rapid Ratings November 2017

Following on from yesterday's standard ratings, here are the latest (November 2017) rapid ratings. As you can see, there were not many changes, as there were very few rapid games played by our club members.
Russell Dive dropped from number 2 nationally to number 3, being overtaken by Auckland's Ben Hague.
I'm not too sure why some people have not been assigned national ranks, but it may be to do with not having played enough games overall.

The next NZCF rating lists are due out in March.

Rank (club)		↕	Rank (nat)	Rating	∆R	#G	Active
1	Dive, Russell J	-  1	3	2398			2-17
2	Ker, Anthony F	unc	4	2368			2-17
3	Wastney, Scott	+  1	5	2349			2-17
4	Croad, Nicholas	unc	7	2312			2-17
5	Nijman, Brian	-  1	28	2115			2-16
6	Sellen, Ian	+  2	41	2048			2-17
7	Timergazi, Layla	+  2	48	1998	10	6	3-17
8	Nyberg, Michael	-  1	52	1985			2-17
9	Forster, William	unc	54	1981			2-17
10	Jackson, L Ross	unc	64	1938			2-17
11	Stone, Andrew	+  1	68	1928			2-17
12	Boardman, Jeffrey F	+  1	73	1901			1-16
13	Aldridge, Alan L	+  3	77	1880			2-17
14	Kulkarni, Yogesh	+  4	82	1857			2-17
15	Frost, Paul F E	+  4	83	1852			2-16
16	Coghini, Philip G	unc	95	1783			2-17
17	Stracy, Don M	+  1	98	1773			2-16
18	Stoeveken, Peter	unc	105	1758			2-17
19	Barraza Perez, Jesus (Jesse)	unc	106	1755			2-17
20	Benitez, Edgar	new	108	1739		6	3-17
21	Chen, Wei Kai	+  4	119	1698			2-17
22	Day, Fabian			1648			2-17
23	Winter, Ryan	- 10	141	1645	-34	6	3-17
24	De Briey, Aurian			1625		6	3-17
25	Dixon, Hamish A	+  3	155	1607			2-17
26	Farrington, Lawrence B	+  1	167	1565			2-17
27	Rabina, Romeo	-  1	170	1557			2-17
28	Anderson, Gordon	-  1	171	1555			2-16
29	Brockway, Andrew	unc	173	1543			2-17
30	Capper, David S	unc	175	1541			2-16
31	Thorpe, Richard			1533			2-17
32	Baker, Jack			1512			2-16
33	Austin, Tama	+  3	185	1507			1-17
34	He, Caleb	+  2	191	1493			2-17
35	Wevers, Alexis			1488			2-17
36	Sole, Michael D	-  2	200	1483			2-17
37	Tagos, Bernardo	+  3	201	1477	13	6	3-17
38	Landrain, Marc			1462			2-16
39	Jacobsen, Josiah			1458			2-17
40	Wight, Joshua	-  5	221	1411			2-17
41	Forlong-Ford, Colwyn	-  5	222	1410			2-17
42	Leask, Hamish			1392			2-17
43	Benitez, Ric			1387			2-17
44	Konakanchi, Karthik	-  4	230	1379			2-17
45	Van Der Anker, Juan			1342			2-17
46	Darr, Samuel	-  5	249	1313			2-17
47	Alcorn, Simeon			1306			2-17
48	Del Favero, Marcus			1297			2-17
49	Hall, Nathan			1279			2-17
50	Meravanage, Satwik	-  4	254	1272			2-17
51	Theodosiou, Andreas	-  5	263	1252			2-17
52	Barr, Nicholas			1214			1-16
53	Proctor, Matthew	-  8	298	1174			2-16
54	Stannard, Bobby	- 33	299	1171	-62	5	3-17
55	Konakanchi, Pramodh	- 10	301	1169			2-17
56	He, Paul	-  9	303	1159			2-17
57	Zhao, Aiden Tyler	-  5	322	1053			2-17
58	Asher, Bruce	-  5	326	1035			2-17
59	Kibblewhite, Daniel			974			2-17
60	Hewson, Paul			974			2-16
61	Wood, Oliver			873			2-16
62	Zhao, Jeffrey	-  3	363	649			3-16

Latest NZCF Ratings November 2017

The NZCF website seems to be undergoing a revamp (by Bill?) and the November 2017 ratings still haven't shown up.
Anyway, I asked Rowan Wood to send me the spreadsheet and he very kindly obliged. These are the Wellington ratings, with Anthony having lost his top spot to Auckland's Ben Hague.

NB these ratings do not include Congress 2018 or the Wellington Club Championship 2017.

Explanation of the columns:
1. Rank in Wellington
2. Name
3. Rating for November 2017
4. Difference in national position compared with July 2017
5. Rank in New Zealand
6. Difference in rating compared with July 2017
7. Number of games played in the rating period
8. Last rating list where player had games counted (e.g. 2-17 means July 2017 rating list, and 3-17 means November 2017 (current) list)

Rank	Name	Rating	↕	National Rank	∆R	#G	Active
1	Ker, Anthony F	2488	-  1	2	-1	7	3-17
2	Dive, Russell J	2443	unc	3	9	13	3-17
3	Croad, Nicholas	2407	unc	6	14	17	3-17
4	Wastney, Scott	2394	unc	7	3	3	3-17
5	Nyberg, Michael	2149	+ 15	33	48	16	3-17
6	Nijman, Brian	2146	-  2	35			2-17
7	Timergazi, Layla	2133	-  6	37	-25	13	3-17
8	Perry, Roger L	2106	-  8	46	-18	13	3-17
9	Pomeroy, Arthur J	2092	+  3	51			2-17
10	Stone, Andrew	2086	- 10	52	-27	7	3-17
11	Sellen, Ian	2067	+  5	59	11	8	3-17
12	Forster, William	2057	- 11	63	-36	16	3-17
13	Kulkarni, Yogesh	2037	+  5	66	8	6	3-17
14	Jackson, L Ross	2013	-  2	75	-7	7	3-17
15	Rossiter, Philip E	1969	+  1	81	-9	8	3-17
16	Aldridge, Alan L	1946	+  4	87	10	5	3-17
17	Wilkins, Mark	1922	-  3	104			2-17
18	Brockway, Andrew	1914	+  1	105	15	8	3-17
19	Chen, Wei Kai	1879	+ 24	119	66	8	3-17
20	Coghini, Philip G	1876	-  8	122	-12	7	3-17
21	Barraza Perez, Jesus (Jesse)	1870	- 12	124	-20	8	3-17
22	Benitez, Edgar	1819				8	3-17
23	Stoeveken, Peter	1814	-  8	139	-36	7	3-17
24	Winter, Ryan	1814	+ 39	139	103	7	3-17
25	Mullan, A Brett	1814				7	3-17
26	Sole, Michael D	1801	+ 34	143	74	8	3-17
27	Farrington, Lawrence B	1800	-  9	146	-38	7	3-17
28	Roberts, Michael H	1787	unc	154			2-16
29	Day, Fabian	1784	+  1	156		6	3-17
30	Baker, Jack	1781	+  1	158			1-17
31	Rabina, Romeo	1767	unc	164			2-17
32	Forlong-Ford, Colwyn	1719	-  8	179	-19	5	3-17
33	Thorpe, Richard	1711	+ 29	180	80	6	3-17
34	Stracy, Don M	1710	-  9	181	-27	6	3-17
35	Dixon, Hamish A	1701	-  3	184	4	5	3-17
36	Hill, Ryan	1688					2-16
37	Austin, Tama	1674	-  2	192			1-17
38	Lamerton, Troy	1671	unc	193			1-16
39	De Briey, Aurian	1650				16	3-17
40	Anderson, Gordon	1640	unc	204			1-17
41	Wight, Joshua	1620	+  3	216	11	7	3-17
42	Wevers, Alexis	1614	- 19	219	-40	8	3-17
43	Leask, Hamish	1567				6	3-17
44	Benitez, Ric	1565					2-17
45	Hall, Nathan	1559				8	3-17
46	Meravanage, Satwik	1541	+  6	241	41	5	3-17
47	Darr, Samuel	1535	new	242		8	3-17
48	Rose, Nathan	1528	-  5	245			2-17
49	Konakanchi, Karthik	1519	+  5	248	29	7	3-17
50	Tagos, Bernardo	1496	unc	259	13	7	3-17
51	He, Caleb	1485	+ 17	263	72	8	3-17
52	Theodosiou, Andreas	1482	- 13	265	-11	7	3-17
53	Asplet, Mike	1478	-  6	266			3-16
54	Van Der Anker, Juan	1477	new	267		6	3-17
55	Scarlett, William	1461	-  9	276			2-16
56	Landrain, Marc	1447	-  5	278			3-16
57	Alcorn, Simeon	1445				8	3-17
58	Bennett, Sarah	1427	- 18	287	-31	6	3-17
59	Jacobsen, Josiah	1409				7	3-17
60	Proctor, Matthew	1407	- 16	288	-42	6	3-17
61	Kibblewhite, Daniel	1387	- 12	294	-13	6	3-17
62	Bloor-Wilson, Ethan	1363					3-16
63	Del Favero, Marcus	1357	new	301		6	3-17
64	Stannard, Bobby	1350	new	303		12	3-17
65	Zhao, Aiden Tyler	1291	- 10	322	13	5	3-17
66	Sknar, Andriy	1281	- 10	323	5	7	3-17
67	Wood, Oliver	1278					3-16
68	Leman, Dominic	1272					2-16
69	Asher, Bruce	1268	- 10	325	8	8	3-17
70	He, Paul	1183	-  4	344	41	7	3-17
71	Hewson, Paul	1181					2-16
72	Sole, Christopher	1147	- 14	352			2-16
73	Greenlee, Isaiah	1120					2-16
74	Bailey, Daniel	1088	- 12	360			1-16
75	Collings, Alex	1058	- 10	362			2-16
76	Konakanchi, Pramodh	1050	- 17	363	-57	6	3-17
77	Nagrecha, Prashant	1023				5	3-17
78	Leo, Esther	963					1-17
79	Zhao, Jeffrey	849	- 11	381			2-17

Club Championship Update part II

Here is the cross table for the B grade of the Club Championship that finished in December.
Club captain Philip Rossiter completed a highly successful 2017 to come top of the table, thus earning the right to compete in the A grade later this year. Just half a point behind him were Edgar Benitez and Phillip Coghini, both of whom played excellent chess in this tournament.

On the whole the running of this division went quite well, because people made an effort to try to finish all their games. Unavoidably, Jesse Barraza had to agree draws in his last two fixtures (against Lawrence Farrington and Peter Stöveken) without actually playing the games, because of his sudden relocation to Christchurch.
Jesse has now sold his house in Eastbourne, and we wish him well in his future endeavours.

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10


1
Rossiter, Philip
1978
7
*
1
0
½
1
½
1
1
1
1


2
Benitez, Edgar
1809
6.5
0
*
1
1
½
1
0
1
1
1


3
Coghini, Phillip
1888
6.5
1
0
*
+
1
1
1
0
1
½


4
Mullan, Brett
1800
5
½
0
-
*
0
1
½
1
1
1


5
Chen, Wei Kai
1813
4.5
0
½
0
1
*
½
1
½
0
1


6
Aldridge, Alan
1936
4.5
½
0
0
0
½
*
½
1
1
1


7
Brockway, Andrew
1899
3.5
0
1
0
½
0
½
*
½
½
½


8
Barraza, Jesse
1890
3
0
0
1
0
½
0
½
*
½
½


9
Stoeveken, Peter
1849
2.5
0
0
0
0
1
0
½
½
*
½


10
Farrington, Lawrence
1838
2
0
0
½
0
0
0
½
½
½
*

Final Club Championship Tables - A grade

So sorry for the delay in updating this blog, I wasn't sure if anyone was still reading it. But in Palmerston North I was berated at length by a couple of Upper Hutt players who rely on this to find out what's going on.

I'll update over the next few days. For starters, here is the A grade cross table. The title was won jointly by Nic Croad and Russell Dive, each of whom lost one game. Nic lost to Russell, and Russell lost to Bill Forster (see the Wellington Chess Facebook page for the finish)

From my point of view it wasn't such a bad tournament, I picked up a few rating points mainly by beating a couple of out of form opponents. Michael Nyberg was disappointing, especially after he did so well at the George Trundle Challengers near the start of our Championship.

No
Name
Loc
Total
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10


1
Dive, Russell
2434
8
*
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1


2
Croad, Nic
2393
8
0
*
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1


3
Ker, Anthony
2489
7
0
0
*
1
1
1
1
1
1
1


4
Nijman, Brian
2146
4.5
0
0
0
*
0
1
1
1
1
½


5
Sellen, Ian
2056
4
0
0
0
1
*
½
0
1
½
1


6
Timergazi, Layla
2158
4
0
0
0
0
½
*
1
1
½
1


7
Perry, Roger
2124
3
0
0
0
0
1
0
*
0
1
1


8
Forster, Bill
2093
2.5
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
*
½
0


9
Jackson, Ross
2020
2.5
0
0
0
0
½
½
0
½
*
1


10
Nyberg, Michael
2101
1.5
0
0
0
½
0
0
0
1
0
*