Well maybe not the whole of Wellington, but for the 20 devotees of chess innovation who turned up on Tuesday an enjoyable, if head-scratching time was to be had. It was great to see all the best active Wellington players participating, Russell Dive, Anthony Ker, Scott Wastney Nic Croad and Mark Van der Hoorn. Nic wrote the computer program to generate the random positions which we would be using for the games. For the record, here were the positions we got for the first 2 rounds which were played on Tuesday (there will be 6 rounds altogether, 2 per night).
The sensation of the first round was Russell Dive losing to his joint club champion, Brian Nijman. I did not get to see the game, as I was busy messing up my own game, but you can see it on Brian's blog http://capitalchess.blogspot.com/
I was a rook ahead against Anthony Ker (2 rooks and a pawn vs 1 rook and a pawn!). In a finish that will haunt me for many years to come, I somehow managed to lose the position and the game. Actually my 2nd round game against Matthew Proctor was probably equally painful, where I was again a rook up but walked into a mating net - but not quite as many spectators witnessed that one!
Full results:
Round 1
Ker 1 Sellen 0
Jackson 0 Salem 1
Hill 1 Bowden 0
Brockway 0 Van der Hoorn 1
Nijman 1 Dive 0
Proctor 0 Nyberg 1
Wastney 1 Farrington 0
Seabrook 0 Croad 1
Rabina 0 Aldridge 1
Forster 1 Drinkwater 0
Round 2
Nyberg 1/2 Ker 1/2
Croad 1 Forster 0
Aldridge 0 Wastney 1
Van der Hoorn 1 Nijman 0
Salem 0 Hill 1
Bowden 0 Jackson 1
Sellen 0 Proctor 1
Drinkwater 0 Seabrook 1
Farrington 1 Rabina 0
Dive 1 Brockway 0
Positions after 2 rounds:
2 points
Nic Croad, Martin Hill, Mark Van der Hoorn, Scott Wastney
1.5 points
Anthony Ker, Michael Nyberg
1 point
Alan Aldridge, Russell Dive, Lawrence Farrington, Bill Forster, Ross Jackson, Brian Nijman, Matthew Proctor, Edmund Salem, Roy Seabrook
0 points
Paul Bowden, Andrew Brockway, Drinkwater, Romeo Rabina, Ian Sellen
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