Upper Hutt Rapid Ends with Dive Success

Thanks very much to Roger Smith and the Upper Hutt Chess Club for the efficient running of their annual Rapid tournament, attended by most of the brightest stars in the Lower North Island chess scene! There were 30 players in all, the highest turnout for some years in a tournament which used to be the biggest in New Zealand, I am told.
A strong Wellington Chess Club contingent included our 4 top active players, IMs Dive and Ker, FM Scott Wastney, and Brian Nijman.
The tournament was won outright by Russell Dive, who scored an unbeaten 5.5/6 - congratulations to him. Scott came 2nd with 5 points and correspondence grandmaster Mark Noble, who now plays in Levin, was third on 4.5.

A revelation of the tournament, to me at least, was someone I had never heard of, Jeremy Knowles, who I believe lives in Upper Hutt but who isn't a member of the club. He had some amazing results including a fine win against Anthony Ker.
Congratulations yet again to Layla Timergazi. She won the under 1400 rated group, with a higher score than the joint winners of the under 1700 group.

Upper Hutt 25+5 2012

Cross Table

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

1  Dive, Russell                    2356 5.5   16:W  8:W  6:W  3:W  2:D  4:W
2  Wastney, Scott                   2278 5     25:W  5:W  4:W  6:W  1:D  3:D
3  Noble, Mark                      2313 4.5   24:W 14:W  7:W  1:L 15:W  2:D
4  Knowles, Jeremy                  1946 4     26:W 10:W  2:L  7:W 14:W  1:L
5  Sellen, Ian                      1926 4     19:W  2:L 24:W  8:W  9:W  7:L
6  Nijman, Brian                    2080 4     20:W 18:W  1:L  2:L 16:W 14:W
7  Nyberg, Michael                  2039 4     23:W 21:W  3:L  4:L 10:W  5:W
8  Thomas, Ben                      2016 4     15:W  1:L 11:W  5:L 23:W 13:W
9  Davis, Justin                    1993 4     11:D 13:W 10:D 23:W  5:L 18:W
10 Ker, Anthony                     2378 3.5   12:W  4:L  9:D 20:W  7:L 15:W
11 Timergazi, Layla                 1399 3.5    9:D 22:W  8:L 12:L 24:W 20:W
12 Holdaway, Stewart                1713 3.5   10:L 17:D 22:W 11:W 13:L 21:W
13 Stewart, James                   1781 3     30:W  9:L 15:L 19:W 12:W  8:L
14 Jackson, Ross                    1881 3     27:W  3:L 25:W 17:W  4:L  6:L
15 List, Robert                     1456 3      8:L 28:W 13:W 21:W  3:L 10:L
16 Stoeveken, Peter                 1671 3      1:L 19:W 17:L 26:W  6:L 23:W
17 Farrington, Lawrence B           1794 3     22:D 12:D 16:W 14:L 18:L 24:W
18 Sims, Martin (I M)               1809 3     28:W  6:L 23:L 25:W 17:W  9:L
19 Frater, Dylan                    1259 3      5:L 16:L 28:W 13:L 27:W 26:W
20 Shierlaw, Hamish                 1483 2.5    6:L 27:W 21:D 10:L 22:W 11:L
21 McGowan, Alistair                1838 2.5   29:W  7:L 20:D 15:L 25:W 12:L
22 Li, Henry                        1391 2.5   17:D 11:L 12:L 29:W 20:L 28:W
23 Cunningham, Pat                  1477 2      7:L 30:W 18:W  9:L  8:L 16:L
24 Brockway, Andrew                 1648 2      3:L 26:W  5:L 27:W 11:L 17:L
25 Stevens, Mike                    1527 2      2:L 29:W 14:L 18:L 21:L 30:W
26 Thomas, Dominic                  1319 2      4:L 24:L 29:W 16:L 28:W 19:L
27 O'Kane, Nick                     1205 2     14:L 20:L 30:W 24:L 19:L 29:W
28 Heaton, Ken                      1550 1     18:L 15:L 19:L 30:W 26:L 22:L
29 Federhof, Marcus                 1000 1     21:L 25:L 26:L 22:L 30:W 27:L
30 Carr, Christopher                977  0     13:L 23:L 27:L 28:L 29:L 25:L

As a form of catharsis I am afraid I have to share the end of my last game. I was on 4 out of 5 and I just needed to beat Michael Nyberg to secure (joint) 2nd place. This is what happened:

Club Rapid rounds 5 and 6

Anthony Ker was indisposed this week, giving Scott Wastney the ideal opportunity to take sole lead in the Club Rapid - which he did briefly and magnificently by beating Russell Dive. But then in round 6 he succumbed to Michael Nyberg, who showed once again how dangerous he can be, particularly in faster time controls. All of which means that after 6 rounds of 10 the lead is shared between Scott, Anthony (awarded two half point byes) and "the Borg", with Russell Dive and a few others lurking one point behind. All credit to young Layla (once again!) for her draw against Alan and her win against Andrew Brockway. Do we have a star in the making here?

Club Rapid 2012 - Round 5

Results

No Name                 Total  Result   Name               Total

 1 Wastney, Scott       [4]      1:0    Dive, Russell      [3]  
 2 Nyberg, Michael      [3]      1:0    Stone, Andrew      [3]  
 3 Forster, Bill        [3]      1:0    Meyer, Marany      [3]  
 4 Jackson, Ross        [2.5]    0:1    Sellen, Ian        [2]  
 5 Brockway, Andrew     [2]      0:1    Nijman, Brian      [2]  
 6 Timergazi, Layla     [2]      =:=    Aldridge, Alan     [2]  
 7 Farrington, Lawrence [2]      1:0    Sknar, Andrew      [2]  
 8 Frater, Dylan        [2]      0:1    Roberts, Mike      [2]  
 9 Stoeveken, Peter     [1]      1:0    Shierlaw, Hamish   [1.5]
10 Cook, John           [1]      0:1    Miriyala, Rama Rao [1]  
11 Johnson, Alex        [1]      0:1    Heaton, Ken        [1]  
12 Theodosiou, Andreas  [0]      0:1    Timergazi, Irek    [1]  
13 Ker, Anthony         [4]      =:=    BYE                     
14 Pomeroy, Arthur      [3]      =:=    BYE                     
15 Sknar, Andriy        [0]      =:=    BYE                     

Club Rapid 2012 - Round 6

Results

No Name               Total  Result   Name                 Total

 1 Nyberg, Michael    [4]      1:0    Wastney, Scott       [5]  
 2 Stone, Andrew      [3]      1:0    Forster, Bill        [4]  
 3 Meyer, Marany      [3]      0:1    Dive, Russell        [3]  
 4 Nijman, Brian      [3]      0:1    Farrington, Lawrence [3]  
 5 Sellen, Ian        [3]      =:=    Roberts, Mike        [3]  
 6 Aldridge, Alan     [2.5]    =:=    Jackson, Ross        [2.5]
 7 Timergazi, Layla   [2.5]    1:0    Brockway, Andrew     [2]  
 8 Miriyala, Rama Rao [2]      1:0    Timergazi, Irek      [2]  
 9 Sknar, Andrew      [2]      0:1    Stoeveken, Peter     [2]  
10 Heaton, Ken        [2]      0:1    Frater, Dylan        [2]  
11 Shierlaw, Hamish   [1.5]    1:0    Theodosiou, Andreas  [0]  
12 Johnson, Alex      [1]      0:1    Cook, John           [1]  
13 Ker, Anthony       [4.5]    =:=    BYE                       
14 Pomeroy, Arthur    [3.5]    =:=    BYE                       
15 Sknar, Andriy      [.5]     =:=    BYE                       

Crosstable after 6 rounds

No Name                 Rtg Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6  

1  Nyberg, Michael          2039 5     19:W 10:L 13:W  9:W  5:W  2:W
2  Wastney, Scott           2278 5     20:W 13:W 10:W 12:W  4:W  1:L
3  Ker, Anthony             2375 5     15:W  9:W 12:W  4:W  0:D  0:D
4  Dive, Russell            2356 4     23:W  7:W  6:W  3:L  2:L 17:W
5  Stone, Andrew            1906 4      0:D  0:D 24:W 11:W  1:L  7:W
6  Pomeroy, Arthur          1985 4     22:W  8:W  4:L 14:W  0:D  0:D
7  Forster, Bill            1969 4     21:W  4:L 20:W 10:W 17:W  5:L
8  Farrington, Lawrence     1794 4     25:W  6:L  9:L 22:W 21:W 12:W
9  Sellen, Ian              1926 3.5   11:W  3:L  8:W  1:L 16:W 10:D
10 Roberts, Mike            1691 3.5   26:W  1:W  2:L  7:L 18:W  9:D
11 Timergazi, Layla         1399 3.5    9:L 15:W 23:W  5:L 14:D 20:W
12 Nijman, Brian            2080 3     24:W 17:W  3:L  2:L 20:W  8:L
13 Miriyala, Rama Rao       1800 3     18:W  2:L  1:L 16:L 24:W 22:W
14 Aldridge, Alan           1813 3      0:D  0:D 22:W  6:L 11:D 16:D
15 Stoeveken, Peter         1671 3      3:L 11:L  0:D  0:D 19:W 21:W
16 Jackson, Ross            1881 3      0:D  0:D 19:D 13:W  9:L 14:D
17 Meyer, Marany            1860 3     27:W 12:L 21:W 19:W  7:L  4:L
18 Frater, Dylan            1259 3     13:L 20:L 25:W 27:W 10:L 23:W
19 Shierlaw, Hamish         1483 2.5    1:L 26:W 16:D 17:L 15:L 27:W
20 Brockway, Andrew         1648 2      2:L 18:W  7:L 26:W 12:L 11:L
21 Sknar, Andrew            1421 2      7:L 23:W 17:L 24:W  8:L 15:L
22 Timergazi, Irek          1437 2      6:L 25:W 14:L  8:L 27:W 13:L
23 Heaton, Ken              1667 2      4:L 21:L 11:L 25:W 26:W 18:L
24 Cook, John               1648 2     12:L 27:W  5:L 21:L 13:L 26:W
25 Sknar, Andriy            1053 1      8:L 22:L 18:L 23:L  0:D  0:D
26 Johnson, Alex                 1     10:L 19:L 27:W 20:L 23:L 24:L
27 Theodosiou, Andreas      1344 0     17:L 24:L 26:L 18:L 22:L 19:L 

Provisional draw - round 7

No Name                Total  Result   Name                 Total

 1 Ker, Anthony        [5]       :     Nyberg, Michael      [5]  
 2 Wastney, Scott      [5]       :     Pomeroy, Arthur      [4]  
 3 Dive, Russell       [4]       :     Stone, Andrew        [4]  
 4 Forster, Bill       [4]       :     Farrington, Lawrence [4]  
 5 Roberts, Mike       [3.5]     :     Timergazi, Layla     [3.5]
 6 Nijman, Brian       [3]       :     Sellen, Ian          [3.5]
 7 Jackson, Ross       [3]       :     Meyer, Marany        [3]  
 8 Frater, Dylan       [3]       :     Aldridge, Alan       [3]  
 9 Stoeveken, Peter    [3]       :     Miriyala, Rama Rao   [3]  
10 Cook, John          [2]       :     Shierlaw, Hamish     [2.5]
11 Timergazi, Irek     [2]       :     Heaton, Ken          [2]  
12 Brockway, Andrew    [2]       :     Sknar, Andrew        [2]  
13 Sknar, Andriy       [1]       :     Johnson, Alex        [1]  
14 Theodosiou, Andreas [0]      1:0    BYE                       

Two Rapid Games from Andrew Stone

Here are Andrew Stone's two games from last Tuesday, simply because he has such beautiful handwriting! Actually I see he was quite lucky to win his game against John Cook...

Couple of Games from the Rapid Tournament

Autumn Cup C Grade and Game

Final crosstable for the C grade below. Peter beat Alistair in the final exciting game, and so tied with him for first place. Congratulations to both players! Here is the game, graciously annotated by Alistair:

Autumn Cup C Grade

Cross Table

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


1
Stoeveken, Peter
1888
4
*
W
D
W
W
D


2
Nicholls, Alistair
1760
4
L
*
W
W
W
W


3
Hewson, Michael
1799
3
D
L
*
D
W
W


4
Brockway, Andrew
1813
1.5
L
L
D
*
D
D


5
Farrington, Lawrence
1767
1.5
L
L
L
D
*
W


6
Roberts, Mike
1868
1
D
L
L
D
L
*

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Club Rapid Crosstable

Oops missed out the crosstable - here it is

Club Rapid 2012 - Round 4

Cross Table

No Name                 Rtg Loc  Total  1    2    3    4  

1  Ker, Anthony             2375 4     21:W 12:W 10:W  3:W
2  Wastney, Scott           2278 4     13:W 20:W 11:W 10:W
3  Dive, Russell            2356 3     24:W  4:W  5:W  1:L
4  Forster, Bill            1969 3     15:W  3:L 13:W 11:W
5  Pomeroy, Arthur          1985 3     23:W 17:W  3:L 14:W
6  Stone, Andrew            1906 3      0:D  0:D 22:W 16:W
7  Nyberg, Michael          2039 3     19:W 11:L 20:W 12:W
8  Meyer, Marany            1860 3     26:W 10:L 15:W 19:W
9  Jackson, Ross            1881 2.5    0:D  0:D 19:D 20:W
10 Nijman, Brian            2080 2     22:W  8:W  1:L  2:L
11 Roberts, Mike            1691 2     25:W  7:W  2:L  4:L
12 Sellen, Ian              1926 2     16:W  1:L 17:W  7:L
13 Brockway, Andrew         1648 2      2:L 18:W  4:L 25:W
14 Aldridge, Alan           1813 2      0:D  0:D 23:W  5:L
15 Sknar, Andrew            1421 2      4:L 24:W  8:L 22:W
16 Timergazi, Layla         1399 2     12:L 21:W 24:W  6:L
17 Farrington, Lawrence     1794 2     27:W  5:L 12:L 23:W
18 Frater, Dylan            1259 2     20:L 13:L 27:W 26:W
19 Shierlaw, Hamish         1483 1.5    7:L 25:W  9:D  8:L
20 Miriyala, Rama Rao       1800 1     18:W  2:L  7:L  9:L
21 Stoeveken, Peter         1671 1      1:L 16:L  0:D  0:D
22 Cook, John               1648 1     10:L 26:W  6:L 15:L
23 Timergazi, Irek          1437 1      5:L 27:W 14:L 17:L
24 Heaton, Ken              1667 1      3:L 15:L 16:L 27:W
25 Johnson, Alex                 1     11:L 19:L 26:W 13:L
26 Theodosiou, Andreas      1344 0      8:L 22:L 25:L 18:L
27 Sknar, Andriy            1053 0     17:L 23:L 18:L 24:L

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Rapid Rounds 3 and 4

Here are the results from rounds 3 and 4 of the Rapid. Also the crosstable and the provisional draw for round 5. Not too many upsets here, but congratulations to Anthony on winning the big Dive-Ker match. I can't comment on this game as I didn't see it or hear anything about it.

Club Rapid 2012 - Round 3

Results

No Name                 Total  Result   Name                Total

 1 Ker, Anthony         [2]      1:0    Nijman, Brian       [2]  
 2 Pomeroy, Arthur      [2]      0:1    Dive, Russell       [2]  
 3 Wastney, Scott       [2]      1:0    Roberts, Mike       [2]  
 4 Nyberg, Michael      [1]      1:0    Miriyala, Rama Rao  [1]  
 5 Forster, Bill        [1]      1:0    Brockway, Andrew    [1]  
 6 Farrington, Lawrence [1]      0:1    Sellen, Ian         [1]  
 7 Cook, John           [1]      0:1    Stone, Andrew       [1]  
 8 Jackson, Ross        [1]      =:=    Shierlaw, Hamish    [1]  
 9 Meyer, Marany        [1]      1:0    Sknar, Andrew       [1]  
10 Timergazi, Irek      [1]      0:1    Aldridge, Alan      [1]  
11 Timergazi, Layla     [1]      1:0    Heaton, Ken         [0]  
12 Johnson, Alex        [0]      1:0    Theodosiou, Andreas [0]  
13 Frater, Dylan        [0]      1:0    Sknar, Andriy       [0]  
14 Stoeveken, Peter     [0]      =:=    BYE 

Club Rapid 2012 - Round 4

Results

No Name                Total  Result   Name                 Total

 1 Dive, Russell       [3]      0:1    Ker, Anthony         [3]  
 2 Nijman, Brian       [2]      0:1    Wastney, Scott       [3]  
 3 Sellen, Ian         [2]      0:1    Nyberg, Michael      [2]  
 4 Aldridge, Alan      [2]      0:1    Pomeroy, Arthur      [2]  
 5 Roberts, Mike       [2]      0:1    Forster, Bill        [2]  
 6 Stone, Andrew       [2]      1:0    Timergazi, Layla     [2]  
 7 Shierlaw, Hamish    [1.5]    0:1    Meyer, Marany        [2]  
 8 Miriyala, Rama Rao  [1]      0:1    Jackson, Ross        [1.5]
 9 Timergazi, Irek     [1]      0:1    Farrington, Lawrence [1]  
10 Brockway, Andrew    [1]      1:0    Johnson, Alex        [1]  
11 Sknar, Andrew       [1]      1:0    Cook, John           [1]  
12 Theodosiou, Andreas [0]      0:1    Frater, Dylan        [1]  
13 Heaton, Ken         [0]      1:0    Sknar, Andriy        [0]  
14 Stoeveken, Peter    [.5]     =:=    BYE                       

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Club Rapid 2012 - Round 5

Provisional Draw

No Name                 Total  Result   Name                Total

 1 Ker, Anthony         [4]       :     Wastney, Scott      [4]  
 2 Meyer, Marany        [3]       :     Dive, Russell       [3]  
 3 Nyberg, Michael      [3]       :     Stone, Andrew       [3]  
 4 Forster, Bill        [3]       :     Jackson, Ross       [2.5]
 5 Roberts, Mike        [2]       :     Nijman, Brian       [2]  
 6 Frater, Dylan        [2]       :     Sellen, Ian         [2]  
 7 Timergazi, Layla     [2]       :     Aldridge, Alan      [2]  
 8 Farrington, Lawrence [2]       :     Brockway, Andrew    [2]  
 9 Shierlaw, Hamish     [1.5]     :     Sknar, Andrew       [2]  
10 Cook, John           [1]       :     Miriyala, Rama Rao  [1]  
11 Stoeveken, Peter     [1]       :     Timergazi, Irek     [1]  
12 Johnson, Alex        [1]       :     Heaton, Ken         [1]  
13 Sknar, Andriy        [0]       :     Theodosiou, Andreas [0]  
14 Pomeroy, Arthur      [3]      =:=    BYE                      

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