Julian Mazur - 8th and final round

Here are the results from the final round of the Julian Mazur Memorial:

Ang, Ferdie 0 Croad, Nic 1
Sellen, Ian 1/2 Pomeroy, Arthur 1/2
Van der Hoorn, Mark 1 Forster, William 0
Baider, Daniel 1 Kay, Bruce 0
Hill, Martin 0 Jackson, Ross 1
Brockway, Andrew 1/2 Townsend, Ralph 1/2
Nicholls, Alistair 1 Proctor, Mike 0
Marney, John 0 Hewson, Michael 1
Waugh, Hugh 0 Cook, John 1
Seabrook, Roy 1 Shirlaw, Hamish 0

Congratulations to Nic Croad on winning all of his games.

Final placings:

1st Nic Croad (7.5 points, 7 wins and 1 bye)
2nd-4th Baider, Sellen, Van der Hoorn (5.5 points)
5th-8th Ang, Jackson, Pomeroy, Seabrook (5 points)
9th Forster (4.5 points)
10th-12th Hill, Nicholls, Townsend (4 points)
13th-15th Brockway, Du Plessis M, Kay (3.5 points)
16th-19th Cook, Farrington, Hewson, Shierlaw (3 points)
20th Marney (2.5 points)
21st-22nd Proctor, Waugh (2 points)

This week - 5 minute chess and beer, hope to see you all there.

Club Championships - final results

Last results from the club championships

A Grade
Dive, Russell 1 Nijman, Brian 0

This result means that we have joint Wellington champions this year - Russell Dive, rated 2370, and Brian Nijman, rated 1980. Congratulations to both players. Third place goes to Nic Croad.

C Grade
(results from last few weeks)
Shierlaw, Hamish 1 Marney, John 0
Proctor, Mike 0 Shierlaw, Hamish 1

Hamish finished strongly, but too late to make an impression on the top places.

Here are cross tables for all 3 grades.

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C grade

Wellington ratings November 2007

Here are the ratings for Wellington players taken from the new grading list published by the New Zealand Chess Federation. Note that the games played in the club championship are not included.In the country as a whole, Russell Dive is third on the list, behind Wainuiomata's finest export (in my opinion) Murray Chandler, and Otago's Ben Martin. A lot of the Wellington people in the list have not been active this year, some have moved away, and some of them, I confess, I have never heard of.
















1.Dive, Russell 2370
2. Ker, Anthony 2344
3. Lukey, Stephen 2326
4. Croad, Nicholas 2321
5. Wastney, Scott 2318
6. Van der Hoorn 2213
7. Baider, Daniel 2148
8. Dunn, Paul 2071
9. Wojnar, Maciej 2050
10. Sims, Martin T 2017
11. Turner, Michael 2017
12. Pomeroy, Arthur 1995
13. Marner, Gavin 1991
14. Wojnar, Jacek 1984
15. Nijman, Brian 1980
16. Sellen, Ian 1940
17. Boardman, Jeffrey 1934
18. Jackson, L Ross 1914
19. Benitez, Edgar 1907
20. Nyberg, Michael 1903
21. Wilkins, Mark 1853
22. Forster, William 1847
23. Ang, Ferdie 1832
24. Gordon, Russel 1821
25. Aldridge, Alan 1801
26. Smith, David 1796
27. Stracy, Don 1765
28. Hill, Martin 1762
29. Du Plessis, Neels 1693
30. Walters, Nigel 1680
31. Farrington, Lawrence 1673
32. King, Peter 1628
33. Chifu, Tudor 1607
34. Capper, David 1587
35. Kay, J Bruce 1571
36. Benitez, Rick 1567
37. Wigbout, Max 1552
38. Moore, Stephen 1491
39. Nicholls, Alistair 1457
40. Thorpe, Richard 1420
41. Harnett, Patrick 1408
42. Du Plessis, Megan 1406
43. Brockway, Andrew 1384
44. Olssen, Alex 1362
45. Sidell, Gregory 1333
46. Yan, Garry 1326
47. French, Will 1306
48. Yin, Ambrose 1211
49. Shierlaw, Hamish 1173
50. Leibowitz, Michael 1155
51. Wylde, Henry 1143
52. Stevens, Michael 1105
53. Pattekar, Somesh 1103
54. Waugh, Hugh 1086

Julian Mazur round 7

With one round to go Nic Croad is already uncatchable at the top, having totally outclassed the field and won all his games (the half point was a bye because he had to play a club championship game). Congratulations Nic!

Croad, Nic 1 Van der Hoorn, Mark 0
Pomeroy, Arthur 1/2 Forster, William 1/2
Seabrook, Roy 0 Sellen, Ian 1
Ang, Ferdie 1 Hill, Martin 0
Townsend, Ralph 1 Baider, Daniel 0
Farrington, Lawrence 1/2 Jackson, Ross 1/2
Nicholls, Alistair 1/2 Brockway, Andrew 1/2
Hewson, Michael 1 Waugh, Hugh 0
Cook, John 1 Marney, John 0 (default)

Standings

6.5 points: Nic Croad
5 points: Ang, Sellen
4.5 points: Baider, Forster, Pomeroy, Van der Hoorn
4 points: Hill, Jackson, Seabrook
3.5 points: Kay, Townsend
3 points: Brockway, Nicholls
2.5 points: Farrington, Marney
2 points: Cook, Hewson, Proctor, Waugh