Sunday, 9 September 2012
Michael Nyberg Wins Kapiti Rapid
Congratulations to Michael Nyberg for winning this year's Kapiti Rapid, and also to Layla Timergazi, joint winner of the B grade. Full results and a report can be found here, along with a link to photos of the event
https://sites.google.com/site/kapitichessclub/Home/latest-news/kapiti-rapid-tournament/2012
Thursday, 6 September 2012
Wednesday, 5 September 2012
Club Championship Round 6
Another sparse evening in the A grade, with only 2 games being played. 4 of us from the nether reaches of the cross table took advantage of the peace and quiet to add half points to our meagre totals. Actually I was extremely lucky to get my half point against Arthur, at some points he looked as though he was merely taking pity on me for playing the opening in such a cack-handed manner. Ross also was let off the hook apparently.
The B grade has been thrown wide open by the defeats of the leaders, with Mike Roberts catching Alok at the top of the table. Anyone could win this grade! John Cook defeated Josh Wight quickly, and now seems clear favourite for the C grade title, having played all his nearest rivals
2 Alok Pandey 0:1 Alan Aldridge
3 Jonathon Whittle p:p David Paul
4 Layla Timergazi p:p Andrew Brockway
5 Lawrence Farrington .5:.5 Don Stracy
The B grade has been thrown wide open by the defeats of the leaders, with Mike Roberts catching Alok at the top of the table. Anyone could win this grade! John Cook defeated Josh Wight quickly, and now seems clear favourite for the C grade title, having played all his nearest rivals
Club Championship A grade - Round 6
Results
No Name Result Name 1 Jackson, Ross .5:.5 Nyberg, Michael 2 Stoeveken, Peter : Nijman, Brian 3 Dive, Russell : Stone, Andrew 4 Forster, Bill : Ker, Anthony 5 Pomeroy, Arthur .5:.5 Sellen, Ian
Cross Table
No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 1 Ker, Anthony 2449 4.5 * D W W W W 2 Nijman, Brian 2156 3 D * L W W D 3 Dive, Russell 2437 2.5 * W D W 4 Forster, Bill 2049 2.5 L * W D W 5 Sellen, Ian 2039 2 L W * D D L 6 Jackson, Ross 2026 2 L D L * D W 7 Nyberg, Michael 2074 2 L L D D * W 8 Pomeroy, Arthur 2111 1 L D D * 9 Stoeveken, Peter 1917 1 L L W L * 10 Stone, Andrew 2033 .5 L D L *
Club Championship B grade - Round 6
Results
1 Mike Roberts 1:0 Rama Rao Miriyala2 Alok Pandey 0:1 Alan Aldridge
3 Jonathon Whittle p:p David Paul
4 Layla Timergazi p:p Andrew Brockway
5 Lawrence Farrington .5:.5 Don Stracy
Cross Table
| No | Name | Loc | Total | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | #7 | #8 | #9 | #10 |
| 1 | Roberts, Mike | 1843 | 3.5 | * | L | W | W | L | W | D | |||
| 2 | Pandey, Alok | 3.5 | * | L | W | D | L | W | W | ||||
| 3 | Aldridge, Alan | 1959 | 3 | W | W | * | L | W | |||||
| 4 | Miriyala, Rama Rao | 3 | L | W | * | W | W | ||||||
| 5 | Timergazi, Layla | 1755 | 3 | L | L | * | W | W | W | ||||
| 6 | Paul, David | 1883 | 2 | W | D | L | * | D | |||||
| 7 | Stracy, Don | 1828 | 1.5 | W | L | * | L | D | |||||
| 8 | Whittle, Jonathon | 1637 | 1.5 | L | L | W | * | D | |||||
| 9 | Farrington, Lawrence | 1751 | 1 | D | L | L | D | * | |||||
| 10 | Brockway, Andrew | 1798 | 1 | L | L | L | D | D | * |
Club Championship C grade - Round 6
Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Josh Wight [3.5] 0:1 John Cook 1611 [4] 2 Matt Veldhuizen 1573 [4] 0:1 John Marney 1610 [3] 3 Andreas Theodosiou 1232 [3] .5:.5 Alex Johnson [3] 4 Shyamkumar Sampathkumar 1301 [2] 0:1 Saurabh Gupta [2.5] 5 Andrew Sknar 1427 [1.5] 1:0 Andriy Sknar 1011 [1.5] 6 Dylan Frater 1596 [2] 1:0 BYE 7 Ken Heaton 1637 [4] .5:.5 BYE 8 Quinn Weekes [1] .5:.5 BYE
Cross Table
No Name Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Cook, John 1611 5 10:W 4:W 3:L 9:W 2:W 6:W 2 Heaton, Ken 1637 4.5 7:W 5:W 6:W 3:W 1:L 0:D 3 Veldhuizen, Matt 1573 4 9:W 12:W 1:W 2:L 5:W 4:L 4 Marney, John 1610 4 12:W 1:L 7:W 5:L 9:W 3:W 5 Theodosiou, Andreas 1232 3.5 11:W 2:L 8:W 4:W 3:L 7:D 6 Wight, Josh 3.5 0:W 8:W 2:L 10:W 0:D 1:L 7 Johnson, Alex 3.5 2:L 11:W 4:L 13:W 0:W 5:D 8 Gupta, Saurabh 3.5 13:W 6:L 5:L 12:W 0:D 11:W 9 Frater, Dylan 1596 3 3:L 10:W 13:W 1:L 4:L 0:W 10 Sknar, Andrew 1427 2.5 1:L 9:L 11:W 6:L 0:D 13:W 11 Sampathkumar, Shyamkumar 1301 2 5:L 7:L 10:L 0:W 12:W 8:L 12 Weekes, Quinn 1.5 4:L 3:L 0:W 8:L 11:L 0:D 13 Sknar, Andriy 1011 1.5 8:L 0:W 9:L 7:L 0:D 10:L
Club Championship C grade - Round 7
Provisional pairings
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 John Cook 1611 [5] : Shyamkumar Sampathkumar 1301 [2] 2 John Marney 1610 [4] : Josh Wight [3.5] 3 Andriy Sknar 1011 [1.5] : Matt Veldhuizen 1573 [4] 4 Saurabh Gupta [3.5] : Dylan Frater 1596 [3] 5 Alex Johnson [3.5] : Andrew Sknar 1427 [2.5] 6 Andreas Theodosiou 1232 [3.5] 1:0 BYE 7 Ken Heaton 1637 [4.5] .5:.5 BYE 8 Quinn Weekes [1.5] .5:.5 BYE
Tuesday, 4 September 2012
Chess Club New Venue - Continued
Chess Club was held at St Peters on Willis Street again last night. We have the venue for one more Tuesday night, 11th September. With regard to a permanent home, the options have been narrowed down to a choice of two, and the overwhelming balance of opinion is in favour of a move to the Wellington Bridge Club in Tinakori Road. We are in the process of submitting the request to the Bridge Club committee, and hope to get an answer back from them shortly. Above is a view of the main playing room (thanks Ross)
There is also a large room upstairs for analysis and friendly games, much larger than the one in Turnbull House, and it is even conceivable that separate tournaments could be run there.
The space and convenience come at a price, both figuratively and literally. The only available days are Thursdays, and I know of at least 2 members who are unable to make this switch. And membership fees will have to rise by $20 per year to cover the increased rent.
We may need to have another look at how we can raise funds for the club. We certainly need to look at ways to increase our visibility and recruit new members. I really think this move should be seen as an opportunity, and if we do end up in the Bridge Club we will have plenty of room for growth. I hope as many of you as possible will help to make the Wellington Chess Club bigger and stronger than ever before!
Friday, 31 August 2012
Thursday, 30 August 2012
Chess club new venue progress
Chess club will be at St Peters Willis Street again this week, 4th September.
just to let everyone know where we are with the new (permanent) venue for the chess club -
Ross Jackson has done a lot of work contacting and visiting venues. It's surprising how little there is out there that is suitable, unfortunately.
1. We have definitely ruled out Philosophy House. The room is too small for the number of people we have
2. Ross and Alan had a look around the old Bowling Club, and deemed it unsuitable also, because of the location and the fencing noise, among other things
3. St Peters is possible. We will be there this Tuesday again, so we can get more of an idea of its pros and cons. The main con as I see it is the lack of a second room for analysis and friendly games. Also it was a pain having to put away the tables and chairs, it was ok with the people I had helping (thanks Ram and Alok), but the people who finish their games last tend to be people who don't help very much. Also, the lighting wasn't very good.
4. Alan, Ross and I had a look at the Wellington Bridge Club last night. This is a large comfortable playing room with also a large analysis room upstairs. Storage would be available, and we wouldn't have to put away tables, downstairs at least. There is even a kitchen hand available so washing up is pretty much sorted! The disadvantages would be having to move to a Thursday night (probably), and possibly the motorway noise for some people. At the end of our visit we spoke to some Bridge Club officials and they seemed very positive and welcoming.
The short list at this stage would seem to be St Peters and the Bridge Club. Neither of these venues are guaranteed, however, as we have to wait for the venues themselves to decide if they want us!
I'll keep you updated with any further developments. Any feedback as usual is very welcome.
just to let everyone know where we are with the new (permanent) venue for the chess club -
Ross Jackson has done a lot of work contacting and visiting venues. It's surprising how little there is out there that is suitable, unfortunately.
1. We have definitely ruled out Philosophy House. The room is too small for the number of people we have
2. Ross and Alan had a look around the old Bowling Club, and deemed it unsuitable also, because of the location and the fencing noise, among other things
3. St Peters is possible. We will be there this Tuesday again, so we can get more of an idea of its pros and cons. The main con as I see it is the lack of a second room for analysis and friendly games. Also it was a pain having to put away the tables and chairs, it was ok with the people I had helping (thanks Ram and Alok), but the people who finish their games last tend to be people who don't help very much. Also, the lighting wasn't very good.
4. Alan, Ross and I had a look at the Wellington Bridge Club last night. This is a large comfortable playing room with also a large analysis room upstairs. Storage would be available, and we wouldn't have to put away tables, downstairs at least. There is even a kitchen hand available so washing up is pretty much sorted! The disadvantages would be having to move to a Thursday night (probably), and possibly the motorway noise for some people. At the end of our visit we spoke to some Bridge Club officials and they seemed very positive and welcoming.
The short list at this stage would seem to be St Peters and the Bridge Club. Neither of these venues are guaranteed, however, as we have to wait for the venues themselves to decide if they want us!
I'll keep you updated with any further developments. Any feedback as usual is very welcome.
Wednesday, 29 August 2012
Club Championship Round 5 at St Peters
The A grade schedule was severely ravaged by absences of one sort or another, and only one of the scheduled games actually took place. Anthony and I also played our round 8 game since neither of our opponents were there, and this resulted in a mauling for me.
The B grade looks very interesting, Alok Pandey is hanging in there in the lead but he is going to be challenged strongly, I think, by Ramarao Miriyala, who has won all the 3 games he has played so far. Also on 3 points is our wonderfully talented 11 year old Layla Timergazi, who won the classic youth versus experience match against Don Stracy.
The C grade has been thrown open by Ken Heaton suffering his first loss of the championship, against John Cook. Actually, this will be Ken's last game of the championship, as he is sadly unable to play any more games at the club until November. It's great to see another young talent near the top of the table in Josh Wight, and he will play on board 1 against John Cook next week.
This was our temporary accommodation on Tuesday, where we'll be also next week. This follows the sudden closure of Turnbull House due to earthquake fears. What do people think of St Peters (pictured above - thanks Matt)? Were you happy to play there? Would you rather play somewhere else?
Provisional pairings
The B grade looks very interesting, Alok Pandey is hanging in there in the lead but he is going to be challenged strongly, I think, by Ramarao Miriyala, who has won all the 3 games he has played so far. Also on 3 points is our wonderfully talented 11 year old Layla Timergazi, who won the classic youth versus experience match against Don Stracy.
The C grade has been thrown open by Ken Heaton suffering his first loss of the championship, against John Cook. Actually, this will be Ken's last game of the championship, as he is sadly unable to play any more games at the club until November. It's great to see another young talent near the top of the table in Josh Wight, and he will play on board 1 against John Cook next week.
Club Championship A grade - Round 5
1 Brian Nijman 1:0 Michael Nyberg 2 Ian Sellen 0:1 Anthony Ker
Cross Table
No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 1 Ker, Anthony 2449 4.5 * D W W W W 2 Nijman, Brian 2156 3 D * L W W D 3 Dive, Russell 2437 2.5 * W D W 4 Forster, Bill 2049 2.5 L * W W D 5 Sellen, Ian 2039 1.5 L W * D L 6 Jackson, Ross 2026 1.5 L D L * W 7 Nyberg, Michael 2074 1.5 L L D * W 8 Stoeveken, Peter 1917 1 L L W L * 9 Stone, Andrew 2033 .5 L D L * 10 Pomeroy, Arthur 2111 .5 L D *
Club Championship B grade - Round 5
Results
No Name Loc Result Name Loc 1 Lawrence Farrington 1751 .5:.5 Mike Roberts 1843 2 Don Stracy 1828 0:1 Layla Timergazi 1755 3 Andrew Brockway 1798 .5:.5 Jonathon Whittle 1637 4 David Paul 1883 .5:.5 Alok Pandey 5 Alan Aldridge 1959 0:1 Rama Rao Miriyala
Cross Table
No Name Loc Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 1 Pandey, Alok 3.5 * W D L W W 2 Miriyala, Rama Rao 3 * W W W 3 Timergazi, Layla 1755 3 L * L W W W 4 Roberts, Mike 1843 2.5 W * L L W D 5 Paul, David 1883 2 D L W * D 6 Aldridge, Alan 1959 2 L W * W 7 Whittle, Jonathon 1637 1.5 L L * W D 8 Stracy, Don 1828 1 W L L * 9 Brockway, Andrew 1798 1 L L D L D * 10 Farrington, Lawrence 1751 .5 L L D *
Club Championship C grade - Round 5
Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 John Cook 1611 [3] 1:0 Ken Heaton 1637 [4] 2 Matt Veldhuizen 1573 [3] 1:0 Andreas Theodosiou 1232 [3] 3 John Marney 1610 [2] 1:0 Dylan Frater 1596 [2] 4 Quinn Weekes [1] 0:1 Shyamkumar Sampathkumar 1301 [1] 5 Alex Johnson [2] 1:0 BYE 6 Andrew Sknar 1427 [1] .5:.5 BYE 7 Andriy Sknar 1011 [1] .5:.5 BYE 8 Saurabh Gupta [2] .5:.5 BYE 9 Josh Wight [3] .5:.5 BYE
Cross Table
No Name Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 1 Heaton, Ken 1637 4 7:W 5:W 4:W 3:W 2:L 2 Cook, John 1611 4 11:W 6:W 3:L 9:W 1:W 3 Veldhuizen, Matt 1573 4 9:W 13:W 2:W 1:L 5:W 4 Wight, Josh 3.5 0:W 8:W 1:L 11:W 0:D 5 Theodosiou, Andreas 1232 3 10:W 1:L 8:W 6:W 3:L 6 Marney, John 1610 3 13:W 2:L 7:W 5:L 9:W 7 Johnson, Alex 3 1:L 10:W 6:L 12:W 0:W 8 Gupta, Saurabh 2.5 12:W 4:L 5:L 13:W 0:D 9 Frater, Dylan 1596 2 3:L 11:W 12:W 2:L 6:L 10 Sampathkumar, Shyamkumar 1301 2 5:L 7:L 11:L 0:W 13:W 11 Sknar, Andrew 1427 1.5 2:L 9:L 10:W 4:L 0:D 12 Sknar, Andriy 1011 1.5 8:L 0:W 9:L 7:L 0:D 13 Weekes, Quinn 1 6:L 3:L 0:W 8:L 10:L
Club Championship C grade - Round 6
Provisional pairings
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Josh Wight [3.5] : John Cook 1611 [4] 2 Matt Veldhuizen 1573 [4] : John Marney 1610 [3] 3 Andreas Theodosiou 1232 [3] : Alex Johnson [3] 4 Shyamkumar Sampathkumar 1301 [2] : Saurabh Gupta [2.5] 5 Quinn Weekes [1] : Dylan Frater 1596 [2] 6 Andrew Sknar 1427 [1.5] : Andriy Sknar 1011 [1.5] 7 Ken Heaton 1637 [4] .5:.5 BYE
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