Club Champs 2018
A Grade Draw and Results
Round 1 Forster-Nijman 1-0, Winter-Timergazi 1/2-1/2, Laking-Sellen 1/2-1/2, Dive-Croad 1/2-1/2, Ker-Nyberg 1-0
Round 2 Forster-Sellen 1/2-1/2, Winter-Croad 0-1, Laking-Nyberg, Dive-Ker 1/2-1/2, Nijman-Timergazi 0-1
Round 3 Laking-Forster 1-0, Dive-Timergazi 1-0, Ker-Sellen 1/2-1/2, Nyberg-Croad 0-1, Winter-Nijman 1-0
Round 4 Forster-Winter 1-0, Timergazi-Laking 1-0, Sellen-Dive 0-1, Croad-Ker 1/2-1/2, Nijman-Nyberg 1/2-1/2
Round 5 Forster-Dive 1/2-1/2, Winter-Laking 0-1, Timergazi-Ker 0-1, Sellen-Nyberg 1/2-1/2, Nijman-Croad 0-1
Round 6 Ker-Forster 1-0, Dive-Winter 1/2-1/2, Nyberg-Timergazi 0-1, Croad-Sellen 1-0, Laking-Nijman 0-1
Round 7 Forster-Nyberg 0-1, Winter-Ker 0-1, Laking-Dive 0-1, Timergazi-Croad 0-1, Nijman-Sellen 1/2-1/2
Round 8 Croad-Forster 1-0, Nyberg-Winter 1-0, Ker-Laking 1-0, Sellen-Timergazi 1/2-1/2, Dive-Nijman 1-0
Round 9 Timergazi-Forster 1-0, Sellen-Winter 1/2-1/2, Croad-Laking 1-0, Nyberg-Dive 0-1, Ker-Nijman 1-0
A Grade Crosstable
No Name Rating Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10
1 Croad, Nic 2431 8 * = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Ker, Anthony 2485 7.5 = * = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1
3 Dive, Russell 2425 7 = = * 1 1 1 = 1 = 1
4 Timergazi, Layla 2157 5 0 0 0 * = 1 1 1 = 1
5 Sellen, Ian 2041 3.5 0 = 0 = * = = = = =
6 Laking, Robert 2014 3.5 0 0 0 0 = * 1 1 1 0
7 Forster, Bill 2011 3 0 0 = 0 = 0 * 0 1 1
8 Nyberg, Michael 2114 3 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 * 1 =
9 Winter, Ryan 2129 2.5 0 0 = = = 0 0 0 * 1
10 Nijman, Brian 2162 2 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 = 0 *
B Grade Draw and Results
Round 1 Mullan-Lyall 1-0, Day-Rossiter 1/2-1/2, Sole-Aldridge 0-1, Winfield-Benitez 1/2-1/2, Jackon-Chen 1-0
Round 2 Mullan-Day 0-1, Rossiter-Sole 0-1, Aldridge-Winfield 1-0, Benitez-Jackson 1-0, Chen-Lyall 0-1
Round 3 Sole-Mullan 1-0, Winfield-Rossiter 0-1, Jackson-Aldridge 0-1, Chen-Benitez 1/2-1/2, Day-Lyall 0-1
Round 4 Mullan-Winfield 1-0, Day-Sole 0-1, Rossiter-Jackson 0-1, Aldridge-Chen 1-0, Lyall-Benitez 1/2-1/2
Round 5 Jackson-Mullan 1/2-1/2, Winfield-Day 1-0, Chen-Rossiter 1-0, Benitez-Aldridge 1-0, Sole-Lyall 1-0
Round 6 Mullan-Chen 0-1, Day-Jackson 1/2-1/2, Sole-Winfield 1-0, Rossiter-Benitez 0-1, Lyall-Aldridge 1/2-1/2
Round 7 Benitez-Mullan 1/2-1/2, Chen-Day 1-0d, Jackson-Sole 1/2-1/2, Aldridge-Rossiter 0-1, Winfield-Lyall 1/2-1/2
Round 8 Mullan-Aldridge 1-0, Day-Benitez 0-1d, Sole-Chen 0-1, Winfield-Jackson 0-1, Lyall-Rossiter 0-1
Round 9 Rossiter-Mullan 1/2-1/2, Aldridge-Day 1-0, Benitez-Sole 1-0, Chen-Winfield 1-0, Jackson-Lyall 1/2-1/2
B Grade Crosstable
No Name Rating Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10
1 Benitez, Edgar 2006 7 * = 1 1 1 1 = = = 1
2 Chen, Wei Kai 1895 6.5 = * 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1
3 Aldridge, Alan 1892 5.5 0 1 * 1 0 1 0 = 1 1
4 Sole, Michael 1899 5.5 0 0 0 * 1 = 1 1 1 1
5 Rossiter, Philip 1947 5 0 0 1 0 * 1 = 1 1 =
6 Jackson, Ross 1945 4 0 1 0 = 0 * = = 1 =
7 Mullan, Brett 1923 3.5 = 0 1 0 = = * 1 0 0
8 Lyall, Gordon 1854 3 = 0 = 0 0 = 0 * = 1
9 Winfield, Alan 1957 3 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 = * 1
10 Day, Fabian 1899 2 0 0 0 0 = = 1 0 0 *
C Grade Final Crosstable
No Name Rating Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 Hall, Nathan 1863 7.5 21:1 2:1 3:1 17:1 4:= 11:1 6:0 5:1 8:1
2 Tanoi, Edward 1800 6.5 23:1 1:0 5:1 0:= 3:= 13:1 4:1 6:= 7:1
3 Stoeveken, Peter 1822 6 26:1 8:1 1:0 12:1 2:= 4:0 5:= 11:1 6:1
4 Dixon, Hamish 1701 5.5 15:= 12:= 19:1 23:1 1:= 3:1 2:0 7:0 13:1
5 Farrington, Lawrence 1763 5 13:1 10:= 2:0 24:= 21:1 6:= 3:= 1:0 14:1
6 He, Caleb 1823 5 25:1 0:= 0:= 0:0 17:1 5:= 1:1 2:= 3:0
7 He, Paul 1507 5 0:= 0:= 0:0 0:0 26:1 20:1 17:1 4:1 2:0
8 Hurndell, Robert 1551 5 27:1 3:0 28:1 0:= 11:0 17:1 26:1 0:= 1:0
9 Stracy, Don 1649 5 0:= 0:= 0:0 0:0 23:0 27:1 21:1 15:1 12:1
10 Brockway, Andrew 1867 4.5 19:1 5:= 0:= 0:= 0:0 0:0 0:0 21:1 16:1
11 Ashe, Michael 1623 4.5 20:1 17:0 26:1 0:= 8:1 1:0 12:= 3:0 0:=
12 Frater, Dylan 1509 4 0:= 4:= 15:1 3:0 13:0 21:1 11:= 0:= 9:0
13 Stannard, Bobby 1298 4 5:0 0:= 0:= 27:1 12:1 2:0 0:0 20:1 4:0
14 Darr, Samuel 1481 4 22:1 0:= 0:= 0:0 20:1 0:0 15:1 0:0 5:0
15 Langford, Josh 1291 3.5 4:= 0:= 12:0 21:0 19:1 26:1 14:0 9:0 0:=
16 Carroll, Lewis 1190 3.5 0:0 23:0 22:1 0:= 24:1 18:1 27:- 0:0 10:0
17 Wevers, Alexis 1795 3 0:= 11:1 18:1 1:0 6:0 8:0 7:0 0:= 0:0
18 Meravanage, Satwik 1550 3 0:= 22:1 17:0 0:= 0:0 16:0 0:0 27:1 0:0
19 Kibblewhite, Daniel 1481 3 10:0 20:1 4:0 0:0 15:0 22:1 0:0 0:0 27:1
20 Asher, Bruce 1256 3 11:0 19:0 27:1 26:1 14:0 7:0 22:1 13:0 26:0
21 Stannard, Lars 1409 2.5 1:0 0:= 0:= 15:1 5:0 12:0 9:0 10:0 22:=
22 Osborne, Geoff 1500 2.5 14:0 18:0 16:0 25:0 27:1 19:0 20:0 26:1 21:=
23 Annamalai, Karthikeyan 1300 2 2:0 16:1 24:= 4:0 9:= 0:0 0:0 0:0 0:0
24 Rabina, Romeo 1695 2 0:= 0:= 23:= 5:= 16:0 0:0 0:0 0:0 0:0
25 Heyworth, Nicholas 1368 2 6:0 0:= 30:0 22:1 0:= 0:0 0:0 0:0 0:0
26 Kierstead, James 1317 2 3:0 27:1 11:0 20:0 7:0 15:0 8:0 22:0 20:1
27 Rodrigues, Kane 1000 1 8:0 26:0 20:0 13:0 22:0 9:0 16:+ 18:0 19:0
28 Sole, Christopher 1184 1 30:= 0:= 8:0 0:0 0:0 0:0 0: 0: 0:
29 Zhao, Aiden 1236 1 0:= 0:= 0:0 0:0 0: 0: 0: 0: 0:
30 Johnson, Sean 1099 0 28:0 0:0 25:0 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0:
Julian Mazur Memorial 2018
Final Cross Table
No Name Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 Croad, Nic 2422 7.5 17:1 8:1 12:1 2:1 5:1 6:1 3:= 7:1
2 Dive, Russell 2453 7 28:1 24:1 11:1 1:0 15:1 3:1 12:1 5:1
3 Ker, Anthony 2472 5.5 42:= 19:1 7:1 5:= 13:1 2:0 1:= 12:1
4 Nyberg, Michael 2109 5.5 14:0 31:1 33:1 9:= 12:= 0:= 13:1 16:1
5 Nijman, Brian 2155 5 23:1 18:1 9:1 3:= 1:0 7:= 6:1 2:0
6 Stone, Andrew 2087 5 25:1 13:= 42:1 30:= 10:1 1:0 5:0 18:1
7 Benitez, Edgar 1908 5 26:= 46:1 3:0 14:1 25:1 5:= 9:1 1:0
8 Winfield, Alan 1960 5 44:1 1:0 14:0 27:1 39:1 10:= 17:1 11:=
9 Jackson, Ross 1986 5 29:1 38:1 5:0 4:= 0:= 20:1 7:0 19:1
10 Sellen, Ian 2085 5 0:= 39:1 30:= 24:1 6:0 8:= 19:= 21:1
11 Forster, Bill 2051 5 27:1 21:1 2:0 28:= 0:= 24:= 26:1 8:=
12 Winter, Ryan 1999 4.5 31:1 14:1 1:0 22:1 4:= 26:1 2:0 3:0
13 Lyall, Gordon 1900 4.5 45:1 6:= 16:1 15:= 3:0 0:= 4:0 25:1
14 Hall, Nathan 1529 4.5 4:1 12:0 8:1 7:0 20:0 31:1 28:= 24:1
15 Stoeveken, Peter 1815 4.5 43:1 16:1 0:= 13:= 2:0 0:= 0:0 29:1
16 Rossiter, Philip 2010 4.5 36:1 15:0 13:0 40:= 29:1 25:1 24:1 4:0
17 Ashe, Michael 1650 4.5 1:0 44:1 24:0 31:= 38:1 41:1 8:0 27:1
18 Laking, Robert 1900 4 37:1 5:0 0:= 19:1 0:= 0:0 22:1 6:0
19 He, Caleb 1717 4 0:= 3:0 41:1 18:0 35:1 28:1 10:= 9:0
20 Brockway, Andrew 1888 4 0:= 26:= 25:= 37:= 14:1 9:0 21:0 34:1
21 Sole, Michael 1782 4 35:1 11:0 26:= 25:0 41:1 0:= 20:1 10:0
22 Wevers, Alexis 1821 4 38:0 36:1 40:1 12:0 0:= 0:= 18:0 26:1
23 Stracy, Don 1631 4 5:0 37:0 46:1 35:0 27:= 0:= 39:1 31:1
24 Aldridge, Alan 1934 3.5 41:1 2:0 17:1 10:0 37:1 11:= 16:0 14:0
25 Darr, Samuel 1522 3.5 6:0 34:1 20:= 21:1 7:0 16:0 35:1 13:0
26 He, Paul 1223 3.5 7:= 20:= 21:= 33:1 28:1 12:0 11:0 22:0
27 Kibblewhite, Daniel 1486 3.5 11:0 0:= 0:= 8:0 23:= 44:1 37:1 17:0
28 Farrington, Lawrence 1769 3.5 2:0 29:1 35:1 11:= 26:0 19:0 14:= 33:=
29 Heyworth, Nicholas 1300 3.5 9:0 28:0 0:= 38:1 16:0 43:1 33:1 15:0
30 Timergazi, Layla 2119 3 34:1 0:= 10:= 6:= 0:= 0:0 0:0 0:0
31 Stannard, Bobby 1306 3 12:0 4:0 43:1 17:= 40:1 14:0 0:= 23:0
32 Sole, Christopher 1143 3 0:= 42:0 0:= 0:0 0: 0:0 43:1 40:1
33 Rabina, Romeo 3 0: 0: 4:0 26:0 36:1 35:= 29:0 28:=
34 Hurndell, Robert 1600 3 30:0 25:0 0:= 0:= 43:1 0:0 44:1 20:0
35 Osborne, Geoff 800 3 21:0 0:= 28:0 23:1 19:0 33:= 25:0 41:1
36 Stannard, Lars 1402 3 16:0 22:0 44:1 39:0 33:0 40:= 0:= 43:+
37 Annamalai, Karthikeyan 1200 2.5 18:0 23:1 0:= 20:= 24:0 0:= 27:0 0:0
38 Johnson, Sean 1000 2 22:1 9:0 0:= 29:0 17:0 0:= 0:0 39:-
39 Benitez, Ric 1551 2 0:= 10:0 0:= 36:1 8:0 0:0 23:0 38:-
40 Frater, Dylan 1509 2 0:= 0:= 22:0 16:= 31:0 36:= 0:0 32:0
41 Zhao, Aiden 1246 2 24:0 0:= 19:0 47:1 21:0 17:0 0:= 35:0
42 Day, Fabian 1778 1.5 3:= 32:1 6:0 0: 0:0 0:0 0:0 0:0
43 Carroll, Lewis 880 1.5 15:0 0:= 31:0 44:1 34:0 29:0 32:0 36:-
44 Asher, Bruce 1263 1.5 8:0 17:0 36:0 43:0 47:1 27:0 34:0 0:=
45 Tung, Melvin 1200 1 13:0 0:= 0:= 0: 0: 0: 0: 0:
46 Alcorn, Simeon 1447 .5 0:= 7:0 23:0 0: 0:0 0:0 47: 0:0
47 Srivastava, Krishh 0 0: 0: 0: 41:0 44:0 0:0 46: 0:0
48 Bennett, Sarah 1429 0 0:0 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0:
Rapid Championships 2018 Results
Final Crosstable
No Name Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 Dive, Russell 2401 9.5 22:1 11:1 27:1 2:1 6:1 26:1 5:1 10:1 14:1 3:=
2 Ker, Anthony 2369 9 19:1 12:1 39:1 1:0 10:1 4:1 7:+ 3:1 11:1 6:1
3 Stone, Andrew 1929 6.5 30:0 47:1 0:= 0:= 20:1 14:1 15:1 2:0 9:1 1:=
4 Sellen, Ian 2021 6.5 36:1 10:= 45:1 6:= 12:1 2:0 11:= 8:0 29:1 7:1
5 Nyberg, Michael 1986 6.5 28:1 14:0 17:1 43:1 13:= 6:1 1:0 12:1 0:= 0:=
6 Nijman, Brian 2115 6 16:1 18:1 15:1 4:= 1:0 5:0 27:1 11:= 10:1 2:0
7 Aldridge, Alan 1881 6 15:0 49:1 16:= 18:1 9:1 13:1 2:- 0:= 8:1 4:0
8 Forster, Bill 1982 6 41:1 39:0 19:1 12:0 16:1 18:1 10:0 4:1 7:0 20:1
9 Pomeroy, Arthur 1998 6 0: 0: 20:1 10:= 7:0 16:1 12:= 17:1 3:0 14:1
10 Sole, Michael 1700 5.5 37:1 4:= 14:1 9:= 2:0 27:1 8:1 1:0 6:0 11:=
11 Stoeveken, Peter 1759 5.5 21:1 1:0 30:1 15:1 0:= 0:= 4:= 6:= 2:0 10:=
12 Benitez, Edgar 1741 5.5 50:1 2:0 28:1 8:1 4:0 17:1 9:= 5:0 20:0 27:1
13 Winter, Ryan 1850 5.5 49:1 30:1 0:= 0:= 5:= 7:0 0:0 0:0 22:1 17:1
14 Chen, Wei Kai 1699 5 46:1 5:1 10:0 27:1 26:0 3:0 19:1 15:1 1:0 9:0
15 Winsley, Nicholas 1400 5 7:1 40:1 6:0 11:0 29:1 22:1 3:0 14:0 0:= 0:=
16 He, Caleb 1534 5 6:0 33:1 7:= 22:1 8:0 9:0 29:1 19:0 21:= 28:1
17 Hall, Nathan 1600 5 0: 0: 5:0 44:1 30:1 12:0 18:1 9:0 27:1 13:0
18 Laking, Robert 1700 5 33:1 6:0 44:1 7:0 36:1 8:0 17:0 22:1 0:= 0:=
19 Brockway, Andrew 1545 5 2:0 50:1 8:0 35:1 27:0 28:1 14:0 16:1 0:= 0:=
20 Ashe, Michael 1600 5 48:1 27:0 9:0 24:1 3:0 41:1 0:= 0:= 12:1 8:0
21 Kibblewhite, Daniel 1300 5 11:0 22:= 29:1 40:0 28:0 25:1 0:= 0:= 16:= 30:1
22 Farrington, Lawrence 1566 4.5 1:0 21:= 41:1 16:0 33:1 15:0 36:1 18:0 13:0 29:1
23 Zhao, Aidan 1054 4.5 0: 0: 35:0 41:0 37:0 48:1 0:= 0:0 34:1 42:1
24 Darr, Samuel 1315 4.5 0: 0: 43:0 20:0 31:0 35:0 48: 25:= 38:1 33:1
25 Sharma, Vaibhav 4.5 0: 0: 33:= 34:0 35:1 21:0 44:1 24:= 28:0 32:=
26 Lyall, Gordon 1800 4 0: 0: 36:1 39:1 14:1 1:0 0:0 0:0 0:0 0:0
27 Jackson, Ross 1900 4 35:1 20:1 1:0 14:0 19:1 10:0 6:0 31:1 17:0 12:0
28 Wevers, Alexis 1500 4 5:0 35:1 12:0 45:0 21:1 19:0 0:= 0:= 25:1 16:0
29 Dixon, Hamish 1606 4 0: 0: 21:0 30:1 15:0 36:1 16:0 35:1 4:0 22:0
30 He, Paul 1413 4 3:1 13:0 11:0 29:0 17:0 37:1 31:0 0:1 35:1 21:0
31 Asher, Bruce 1033 4 39:0 41:1 40:0 36:0 24:1 33:0 30:1 27:0 0:= 0:=
32 Stracy, Don 3.5 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 34:1 44:1 33:0 25:=
33 Heyworth, Nicholas 1200 3.5 18:0 16:0 25:= 50:1 22:0 31:1 0:0 0:0 32:1 24:0
34 Carroll, Lewis 3.5 0: 0: 50:0 25:1 39:0 0:0 32:0 38:= 23:0 35:1
35 Frater, Dylan 1405 3 27:0 28:0 23:1 19:0 25:0 24:1 38:1 29:0 30:0 34:0
36 Hurndell, Robert 1500 3 4:0 37:1 26:0 31:1 18:0 29:0 22:0 48:1 0: 0:
37 Deyab, Mohamed 1100 2.5 10:0 36:0 0:= 0:= 23:1 30:0 0:= 0:0 42:- 38:-
38 Annamalai, Karthik 2.5 0: 0: 0: 0: 48:1 44:0 35:0 34:= 24:0 37:+
39 Day, Fabian 1650 2.5 31:1 8:1 2:0 26:0 34:= 0:0 0:0 0:0 0: 0:
40 Mullan, Brett 1800 2.5 47:= 15:0 31:1 21:1 0:0 0:0 0:0 0:0 0: 0:
41 Tagos, Bernardo 1478 2.5 8:0 31:0 22:0 23:1 44:1 20:0 0:= 0:0 0: 0:
42 Sole, Christopher 1037 2 0: 0: 0:0 0:0 0:0 0:0 0: 0: 37:+ 23:0
43 Wilkins, Mark 1719 2 0: 0: 24:1 5:0 0:0 0:0 0:0 0:0 0: 0:
44 Kierstead, James 1143 2 0: 0: 18:0 17:0 41:0 38:1 25:0 32:0 0: 0:
45 Timergazi, Layla 2014 2 0: 0: 4:0 28:1 0:0 0:0 0: 0: 0: 0:
46 Giminez, Federico 1100 2 14:0 48:+ 0:= 0:= 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0:
47 Alcorn, Simeon 1309 1.5 40:= 3:0 0:= 0:= 0:0 0:0 0: 0: 0: 0:
48 Srivastava, Krishh 1000 1 20:0 46:- 0:0 0:0 38:0 23:0 24:0 36:0 0:= 0:=
49 Benitez, Ric 1350 1 13:0 7:0 0:= 0:= 0:0 0:0 0: 0: 0: 0:
50 Theodosiou, Andreas 1252 1 12:0 19:0 34:1 33:0 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0:
Autumn Cup 2018 Games
Forster, Bill - Winter, Ryan Autumn Cup 2018
1.Nf3!? Bill differs from his usual 1.d4, probably trying to avoid any prep I had done, and trying not to head into a complicated, tactical position in which we youngsters stereotypically thrive in (Bill: Astute. Ryan reads my mind) 1...Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 Bill chooses a Reti type setup, instead of transposing back into a Catalan by playing d4. 6...b6 7.Bb2 Bb7 8.d3 8.d4!? 8...c5 9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.e3 Rc8 11.Qe2 Re8!?
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The start of a slightly awkward plan. The rook doesn't really belong on e8, a slightly better plan would have been to move my queen to c7, ready to stick my rook on d8, in anticipation of the centre opening up later on in the game. 11...Qc7 12.Rac1 Rfd8 13.Rfd1 Qb8 12.Rfd1 Bf8 Qc7 was probably still best, Qe7 is a square, but it does block the bishop, and the bishop is not doing anything on f8 that it wasn't doing on e7. 13.Rac1 Qe7 A little awkward, with the arrangement of my queen and bishop. I was thinking about sticking my Bishop on d6, but the problem there is that white can play e4, which is really annoying, since e5 is threatened, and if I move the bishop, e5 forces my knight to g4, where it really doesn't want to be. So I decided to simply leave the bishop on f8 for the time being. If Bill inflicted me with hanging pawns, I was thinking that my queen could go to e6 in the future, where it is quite well placed in these hanging pawn positions. 14.cxd5 exd5 15.d4 Ne4 16.dxc5?
What looks like a reasonable move, giving me hanging pawns or a Isolated Queens pawn, is a mistake. Although I get the weakness on d5, my pieces become quite active, especially the knight on d7 and the bishop on b7. Ba6 is already a difficult threat to meet. 16...Ndxc5! 17.Nd4?? Ba6! Bill later confessed that when I hovered over the bishop, he was initially confused, as he thought the bishop could only move to c6 or a8, and he completely missed the fact that Nc5 defends the a6 square. Now, if White moves the queen, Nd3 or Nxf2 is going to be a big problem. (Bill: In chess one detail can kill you and I can definitely ascribe my disastrous campaign in this game to missing the fact that Nc5 guards a6! A piece defending something behind it is often a problem for me actually. Also, Ryan, quit the hovering please. It's not good for my blood pressure and I've already had to increase my BP medication recently) 18.Qg4 18.Nb5 during the game I thought this was what Bill would play, as it seems that this is the only move that blocks Nd3, but it turns out this loses rather nicely to 18...Nxf2! 19.Qxf2 19.Kxf2 Bxb5 And if the bishop is recaptured, e3 falls, and Black wins. Otherwise, Nd3 is still coming! 20.Qxb5 Qxe3+ 21.Kf1 Nd3 -+ 19...Nd3! And although White is temporarily a piece up, the entire house is hanging. After the queen moves, Black is easily winning. 20.Qe2 Nxb2 20...Bxb5 After this, the knight is pinned, so White has time to escape, by trading the rooks and moving the bishop 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Ba1 21.Re1 Bxb5 22.Qxb5 Rxc1 23.Rxc1 Qxe3+ 18.Qf3 After a move like this, white does defend f2, but black can play Nxf2 anyway! 18...Nxf2! -+ 18...Nd3 -+ 18...Nxf2! 19.Qf4
19.Kxf2?? (Bill: I actually almost played that. I had forgotten to check whether Nxf2 was possible [else I would have tried Nb5 or Qh5 not Qg4 which is hit by Nf2], I had worried about it a move or two earlier when I could safely take with the king but not immediately before it landed. I was expecting Nd3 rather than Nxf2 and for a while I was assuming Nd3 was also the response now to Kxf2. I noticed the mate just in time - although maybe cutting my pain short wouldn't have been such a bad thing!) 19...Qxe3# 19...Nxd1 In the end I decided that simply taking the rook couldn't be bad. Because he can't recapture right away, and so remains down material, he has to try a desperate attack (Bill: Ryan had GM Gawain Jones looking on for several minutes while he contemplated this move - I was very impressed that he didn't rush out a move to impress his 2650ish audience [I would probably impulsively have fallen into this known psychological foible at age 57 - I would *definitely* have done it at 15]. Instead he spent his time wisely - seeking to make sure my coffin escaping chances were reduced to an absolute minimum) 19...Ncd3 I was trying to decide between this move and ...Nxd1, since now the queen is hit, and doesn't have many good squares. But in the end I decided on Nxd1, essentially because I gain a tempo on the bishop on b1. 20.Nf5 Nxf4 21.Nxe7+ Bxe7 22.exf4 Nxd1 23.Rxd1 Here I thought I was just up an exchange, and still with a lot of work to do. But looking at it now, 23...Rc2 24.Ba1 Be2 Wins another piece. Black ends up a rook to the good. 20.Nf5!? The last, desperate try. White's only chance is to throw everything he has at me, otherwise he's just down too much material. 20.Rxd1 And White can't just capture back, because 20...Nd3 forks the queen and bishop, and simply picks up the bishop, with an overwhelming material advantage. 20...Qe6 21.Bxd5!? Objectively, this just loses faster, but it forces Black to be careful, and at least complicates matters a little. 21...Qxd5 22.Qg5
The idea behind Bxd5. If my queen was still on e6, here I could play Qg6, and that would be the last move of the game. Here, White does have some threats on g7, and Nh6 is a idea, either winning the queen or going for the draw, with Nxf7+ Nh6 etc. Bill: It's a terrible shame that 22.Nh6+ gxh6 23.Qg4+ isn't mate only because there is now a stupid and otherwise irrelevant pawn on h6 - that was the sort of thing I was hoping for, 22...Bb7 Defending the queen, and setting up a counter threat of my own, mate on g7 or h1. 22...Nxb2 23.Nh6+ Kh8 24.Qxd5 gxh6 I must admit I didn't actually see this at all, but this is completely winning for Black and may have been better than the line I choose. He has a rook and 3 pieces for the queen, and sadly for White, all my pieces are defended, and he can't even win the knight on b2 (Bill: I had seen this and was wondering whether to resign at the end of this line or stumble on in the hope that the bizarre material balance wouldn't quite line up in reality to the -5 points that bean counting suggests) 25.Qd4+ Bg7 22...Nxe3 This was another option that I barely looked at. For some strange reason, I missed that the queen was defended by the knight on e3. The knight on e3 defends the queen, and also attacks the pseudo-pinned knight on f5. So Nh6+ is forced (unless you count resignation!) and there is no hope left for white. 23.Nh6+ Kh8 24.Qxd5 Nxd5 25.Nxf7+ Kg8 And yet again, I am up huge amounts of material. Having an extra rook and piece is often enough to win! 23.e4!? Trying to block the mate threat, and setting a trap. 23...Qe6
White resigns. After the game, Don Stracy asked why didn't Bill take on g7? The problem is that after Qg6, White is forced to trade queens, and he's down a few too many pieces. A interesting game, which shows that even innocuous positions contain tactics and motifs, and that chess is all about detail, you cannot simply make moves that make sense positionally if they don't work tactically. 23...Nxe4!? 24.Nxe4 Qxe4?? Is the aforementioned trap. After 25.Nh6+ Kh8 26.Nxf7+ Kg8 27.Nh6+ Kh8 = The game is drawn, with Black up a rook and a piece. Not what I wanted! (Bill: You're a very selfish young man!) 0-1
Autumn Cup 2018 Results
Final Results
Thanks to Ian Sellen for these results. See bottom of page for the original draw.
A Grade
No Name Rtg Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Croad, Nic 2422 4.5 * 1 = 1 1 1
2 Ker, Anthony 2472 3 0 * 1 1 - 1
3 Dive, Russell 2453 2.5 = 0 * 0 1 1
4 Nijman, Brian 2155 2 0 0 1 * 0 1
5 Nyberg, Michael 2109 1.5 0 - 0 1 * =
6 Timergazi, Layla 2119 .5 0 0 0 0 = *
B Grade
No Name Rtg Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Winter, Ryan 1999 4.5 * = 1 1 1 1
2 Pomeroy, Arthur 2093 2.5 = * = - = 1
3 Forster, Bill 2051 2.5 0 = * = 1 =
4 Jackson, Ross 1986 2.5 0 - = * 1 1
5 Sellen, Ian 2085 1.5 0 = 0 0 * 1
6 Rossiter, Philip 2010 .5 0 0 = 0 0 *
C Grade
No Name Rtg Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Benitez, Edgar 1908 4 * = 1 1 1 =
2 Mullan, Brett 1920 2.5 = * 0 = = 1
3 Wilkins, Mark 1922 2.5 0 1 * = - 1
4 Aldridge, Alan 1934 2 0 = = * - 1
5 Laking, Robert 1.5 0 = - - * 1
6 Brockway, Andrew 1888 .5 = 0 0 0 0 *
D Grade
No Name Rtg Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Day, Fabian 1778 4 * 1 = = 1 1
2 Chen, Wei Kai 1885 3 0 * = 1 = 1
3 Sole, Michael 1782 2.5 = = * 1 = 0
4 Stoeveken, Peter 1815 2.5 = 0 0 * 1 1
5 Farrington, Lawrenc 1769 2 0 = = 0 * 1
6 Wevers, Alexis 1821 1 0 0 1 0 0 *
E Grade
No Name Rtg Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Hall, Nathan 1529 4 * = 1 = 1 1
2 He, Caleb 1717 3.5 = * 1 0 + 1
3 Robinson, Max 3 0 0 * 1 1 1
4 Dixon, Hamish 1708 2 = 1 0 * 0 =
5 Forlong-Ford, Colwy 1701 1 0 - 0 1 * -
6 Rabina, Romeo 1725 .5 0 0 0 = - *
F Grade
No Name Rtg Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1 Stracy, Don 1631 3 * = = = = 1
2 Ashe, Michael 3 = * - = 1 1
3 Benitez, Rick 1551 2.5 = - * 1 1 -
4 Tagos, Bernardo 1575 2 = = 0 * 1 -
5 Herndall, Robert .5 = 0 0 0 * -
6 Konakanchi, Karthik 1586 0 0 0 - - - *
G Grade
No Name Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5
1 Winsley, Nicholas 5 13:1 9:1 2:1 6:1 3:1
2 He, Paul 1223 4 8:1 5:1 1:0 10:1 6:1
3 Stannard, Lars 1402 3.5 0:= 13:1 7:1 5:1 1:0
4 Theodosiou, Andreas 1401 3.5 9:0 12:= 16:1 7:1 10:1
5 Stannard, Bobby 1306 3 12:1 2:0 15:+ 3:0 9:1
6 Kibblewhite, Daniel 1486 2.5 15:1 0:= 11:1 1:0 2:0
7 Darr, Samuel 1522 2.5 0:= 10:+ 3:0 4:0 13:+
8 Bennett, Sarah 1429 2.5 2:0 0:= 12:1 9:0 11:1
9 Deyab, Mohamed 2 4:1 1:0 10:0 8:1 5:0
10 Heyworth, Nicholas 2 16:1 7:- 9:1 2:0 4:0
11 Sole, Chris 1143 1.5 0:= 16:1 6:0 0:0 8:0
12 Johnson, Sean 1 5:0 4:= 8:0 0:= 0:0
13 Srivastava, Krishh 1 1:0 3:0 0:0 16:1 7:-
14 Alcorn, Simeon 1368 1 0:0 15:0 0:0 15:+ 0:0
15 Carroll, Lewis 1 6:0 14:1 5:- 14:- 0:0
16 Asher, Bruce 1263 .5 10:0 11:0 4:0 13:0 0:=
Draw
This was the original draw
Group A
Round 1 Dive-Croad Nyberg-Timergazi Ker-Nijman
Round 2 Dive-Nyberg Timergazi-Ker Croad-Nijman
Round 3 Ker-Dive Nijman-Timergazi Nyberg-Croad
Round 4 Dive-Nijman Nyberg-Ker Croad-Timergazi
Round 5 Timergazi-Dive Nijman-Nyberg Ker-Croad
Group B
Round 1 Sellen-Forster Jackson-Winter Pomeroy-Rossiter
Round 2 Sellen-Jackson Winter-Pomeroy Forster-Rossiter
Round 3 Pomeroy-Sellen Rossiter-Winter Jackson-Forster
Round 4 Sellen-Rossiter Jackson-Pomeroy Forster-Winter
Round 5 Winter-Sellen Rossiter-Jackson Pomeroy-Forster
Group C
Round 1 Wilkins-Mullan (postponed) Brockway-Laking Aldridge-Benitez
Round 2 Wilkins-Brockway Laking-Aldridge Mullan-Benitez
Round 3 Aldridge-Wilkins Benitez-Laking Brockway-Mullan
Round 4 Wilkins-Benitez Brockway-Aldridge Mullan-Laking
Round 5 Laking-Wilkins Benitez-Brockway Aldridge-Mullan
Group D
Round 1 Stoeveken-Wevers Sole-Day Chen-Farrington
Round 2 Stoeveken-Sole Day-Chen Wevers-Farrington
Round 3 Chen-Stoeveken Farrington-Day Sole-Wevers
Round 4 Stoeveken-Farrington Sole-Chen Wevers-Day
Round 5 Day-Stoeveken Farrington-Sole Chen-Wevers
Group E
Round 1 Rabina-He Hall-Forlong-Ford Robinson-Dixon
Round 2 Rabina-Hall Forlong-Ford-Robinson He-Dixon
Round 3 Robinson-Rabina Dixon-Forlong-Ford Hall-He
Round 4 Rabina-Dixon Hall-Robinson He-Forlong-Ford
Round 5 Forlong-Ford-Rabina Dixon-Hall Robinson-He
Group F
Round 1 Herndall-Ashe Benitez-Konakanchi Stracy-Tagos
Round 2 Herndall-Benitez Konakanchi-Stracy Ashe-Tagos
Round 3 Stracy-Herndall Tagos-Konakanchi Benitez-Ashe
Round 4 Herndall-Tagos Benitez-Stracy Ashe-Konakanchi
Round 5 Konakanchi-Herndall Tagos-Benitez Stracy-Ashe
Wellington Open 2018
The Wellington Open is over for another year. Congratulations to winner Anthony Ker.
Here is the Vega link.
There's a short report on the NZCF homepage
There's more pictures on the Wellington Chess Facebook page
Here is a complete pgn (round 6 now added). Thanks to Ian Sellen for entering the games!
Summer Cup 2018
Final Cross Table
1 Ker, Anthony 2488 7 43:W 8:W 3:L 16:W 18:W 4:W 2:W 5:W
2 Dive, Russell 2443 6.5 25:W 6:W 0:D 13:W 4:W 3:W 1:L 12:W
3 Croad, Nic 2407 6 11:W 21:W 1:W 4:L 6:W 2:L 18:W 7:W
4 Timergazi, Layla 2133 6 45:W 18:W 15:W 3:W 2:L 1:L 8:W 6:W
5 Nyberg, Michael 2149 5.5 10:D 34:W 0:D 0:D 15:W 7:W 14:W 1:L
6 Winter, Ryan 1814 5 7:W 2:L 30:W 33:W 3:L 15:W 9:W 4:L
7 Laking, Robert 1300 5 6:L 11:W 25:W 21:W 8:W 5:L 16:W 3:L
8 Benitez, Edgar 1819 5 38:W 1:L 19:W 10:W 7:L 11:W 4:L 20:W
9 Sellen, Ian 2067 5 22:W 13:D 10:D 20:D 26:W 16:D 6:L 18:W
10 Hall, Nathan 1559 5 5:D 26:W 9:D 8:L 21:D 28:W 25:W 0:D
11 Wevers, Alexis 1614 5 3:L 7:L 37:W 19:W 36:W 8:L 33:W 26:W
12 Jackson, Ross 2013 5 19:D 37:W 16:D 28:D 27:W 14:D 20:+ 2:L
13 Sole, Michael 1801 4.5 23:W 9:D 14:W 2:L 16:L 30:W 21:W 17:L
14 Rossiter, Philip 1969 4.5 30:W 20:D 13:L 43:+ 28:W 12:D 5:L 16:D
15 Chen, Wei Kai 1879 4.5 40:W 24:W 4:L 0:D 5:L 6:L 34:W 27:W
16 Brockway, Andrew 1914 4.5 39:W 42:W 12:D 1:L 13:W 9:D 7:L 14:D
17 Pomeroy, Arthur 2092 4.5 24:L 0:D 31:W 27:D 29:W 0:D 0:L 13:W
18 Stoeveken, Peter 1814 4 44:W 4:L 35:W 29:W 1:L 22:W 3:L 9:L
19 Tagos, Bernardo 1496 4 12:D 0:D 8:L 11:L 31:W 36:+ 26:L 36:W
20 Day, Fabian 1784 4 31:W 14:D 0:D 9:D 0:D 33:W 12:- 8:L
21 Farrington, Lawrence 1800 4 32:W 3:L 42:W 7:L 10:D 27:W 13:L 22:D
22 Meravanage, Satwik 1514 4 9:L 23:W 0:D 34:W 0:D 18:L 42:D 21:D
23 Asher, Bruce 1268 4 13:L 22:L 0:D 31:L 32:W 42:W 0:D 24:W
24 Darr, Samuel 1545 4 17:W 15:L 33:L 0:D 41:W 38:W 0:D 23:L
25 Stracy, Don 1710 4 2:L 38:W 7:L 39:W 33:L 37:W 10:L 40:W
26 Aldridge, Alan 1946 4 42:- 10:L 47:W 42:W 9:L 40:W 19:W 11:L
27 Robinson, Max 1300 3.5 0: 47:W 45:W 17:D 12:L 21:L 30:W 15:L
28 Rabina, Romeo 1767 3.5 35:W 0:D 0:D 12:D 14:L 10:L 29:W 0:L
29 Konakanchi, Karthik 1519 3.5 0: 0:D 43:W 18:L 17:L 0:D 28:L 37:W
30 He, Caleb 1485 3.5 14:L 32:W 6:L 0:D 34:W 13:L 27:L 33:W
31 Kierstead, James 1143 3.5 20:L 0:D 17:L 23:W 19:L 34:L 41:W 39:W
32 He, Paul 1183 3.5 21:L 30:L 39:L 0:D 23:L 47:+ 35:W 38:W
33 Hurndell, Robert 1300 3 0: 36:W 24:W 6:L 25:W 20:L 11:L 30:L
34 Bennett, Sarah 1427 3 0:D 5:L 41:W 22:L 30:L 31:W 15:L 0:D
35 Winsley, Nicholas 1000 3 28:L 39:W 18:L 36:L 0:L 41:W 32:L 0:W
36 Alcorn, Simeon 1200 3 0: 33:L 38:W 35:W 11:L 19:- 43:W 19:L
37 Sole, Chris 1147 2.5 0:D 12:L 11:L 0:D 43:W 25:L 0:D 29:L
38 Stannard, Bobby 1350 2.5 8:L 25:L 36:L 47:+ 39:W 24:L 0:D 32:L
39 Stannard, Lars 1403 2.5 16:L 35:L 32:W 25:L 38:L 43:+ 0:D 31:L
40 Zhi, William 1400 2 15:L 43:L 0:D 0:D 42:W 26:L 0:L 25:L
41 Zhao, Aiden 1291 2 0: 0:D 34:L 0:D 24:L 35:L 31:L 42:W
42 Theodosiou, Andreas 1482 1.5 26:+ 16:L 21:L 26:L 40:L 23:L 22:D 41:L
43 Forlong-Ford, Colwyn 1719 1 1:L 40:W 29:L 14:- 37:L 39:- 36:L 0:L
44 Guthrie, Milo 1300 1 18:L 45:L 0:D 0:D 0: 0: 0: 0:
45 List, Robert 1703 1 4:L 44:W 27:L 0: 0: 0: 0: 0:
46 Benitez, Ric 1565 1 0:D 0:D 0:L 0: 0: 0: 0: 0:
47 Carroll, Lewis 1100 0 0: 27:L 26:L 38:- 0:L 32:- 0:L 0:L
Ratings (Local)
No Name Feder Loc Id Loc Score Exp. Chg*K Rav Rprfm
1. Ker, Anthony 4300084 2488 7.0/8 7.52 -5 2050 2386
2. Dive, Russell 4300106 2443 6.0/7 6.37 -4 2052 2361
3. Timergazi, Layla 4303733 2133 6.0/8 4.96 10 2046 2239
4. Croad, Nic 4300793 2407 6.0/8 7.60 -16 1926 2119
5. Nyberg, Michael 4301064 2149 4.5/6 5.46 -10 1770 1963
6. Pomeroy, Arthur 4300416 2092 3.5/5 4.95 -15 1460 1609
7. Stone, Andrew 4301854 2086 0 0
8. Sellen, Ian 4300610 2067 5.0/8 6.80 -18 1768 1863
9. Jackson, Ross 4301501 2013 4.0/7 5.95 -20 1719 1769
10. Rossiter, Philip 4301455 1969 3.5/7 4.69 -12 1845 1845
11. Aldridge, Alan 4301528 1946 4.0/7 6.51 -25 1531 1581
12. Brockway, Andrew 4301340 1914 4.5/8 5.12 -6 1815 1858
13. Chen, Wei Kai 4304152 1879 4.0/7 5.32 -13 1680 1730
14. Benitez, Edgar 1819 5.0/8 5.12 -1 1716 1811
15. Stoeveken, Peter 4304098 1814 4.0/8 4.08 -1 1804 1804
16. Winter, Ryan 4306295 1814 5.0/8 3.28 17 1877 1972
17. Sole, Michael 4309030 1801 4.5/8 3.12 14 1880 1923
18. Farrington, Lawrence 4301749 1800 4.0/8 6.32 -23 1568 1568
19. Day, Fabian 4307330 1784 3.0/5 3.35 -4 1660 1732
20. Rabina, Romeo 1767 2.5/5 3.55 -11 1612 1612
21. Forlong-Ford, Colwyn 4306961 1719 1.0/5 3.60 -26 1551 1311
22. Stracy, Don 4302362 1710 4.0/8 6.24 -22 1488 1488
23. List, Robert 4303490 1703 1.0/3 2.01 -10 1578 1453
24. Wevers, Alexis 4307399 1614 5.0/8 4.40 6 1577 1672
25. Benitez, Ric 1565 0 0
26. Hall, Nathan 4306821 1559 4.5/7 0.84 37 1894 1996
27. Darr, Samuel 4306120 1535 3.0/7 3.85 -9 1497 1447
28. Meravanage, Satwik 4304721 1514 3.0/6 1.98 10 1643 1643
29. Tagos, Bernado 4308220 1496 2.5/6 1.98 5 1623 1566
30. He, Caleb 4307615 1485 3.0/7 2.94 1 1542 1492
31. Theodosiou, Andreas 4303520 1482 0.5/7 2.45 -20 1590 1168
32. Bennett, Sarah 1427 2.0/6 1.80 2 1577 1452
33. Stannard, Lars 4308212 1403 1.0/6 3.18 -22 1383 1110
34. Zhi, William 1400 1.0/5 0.55 5 1747 1507
35. Stannard, Bobby 4307666 1350 1.0/6 1.98 -10 1475 1202
36. Guthrie, Milo 1300 0.0/3 0.27 -3 1684 685
37. Laking, Robert 1300 5.0/8 0.16 48 1903 1998
38. Asher, Bruce 1268 3.0/6 1.62 14 1443 1443
39. He, Paul 4307623 1183 2.0/6 1.44 6 1384 1259
40. Sole, Christopher 1147 1.0/5 0.10 9 1715 1475
41. Kierstead, James 1143 3.0/7 0.56 24 1537 1487
42. Winsley, Nicholas 1000 2.0/7 0.56 14 1394 1236
43. Konakanchi, Karthik 4304705 1519 2.0/5 1.25 8 1708 1636
44. Alcorn, Simeon 1200 3.0/6 1.38 16 1413 1413
45. Hurndell, Robert 1300 3.0/7 1.05 20 1592 1542
46. Robinson, Max 1300 3.5/7 0.49 30 1725 1725
47. Carroll, Lewis 1100 0.0/3 0.42 -4 1415 416
48. Zhao, Aiden 4305779 1291 1.0/5 2.30 -13 1317 1077