Nic Croad wins Summer Cup

Nic Croad drew with Daniel Baider to win the Summer Cup by the margin of a full point. Daniel could have caught him with a win, but will be happy to have further improved his rating. Russell Dive and Anthony Ker both won their games to join Daniel on equal second, with Mark van der Hoorn half a point behind. Congratulations to Nic who has now won 2 tournaments in a row!

Full results:

Baider 1/2 Croad 1/2
Ker 1 Nijman 0
Dive 1 Hill 0
Van der Hoorn 1 Forster 0
Sellen 0 Nyberg 1
Jackson 1 Farrington 0
Stracy 1 Capper 0
Rabina 1/2 Bowden 1/2
Aldridge 1 Brockway 0
Proctor 0 Seabrook 1
Pattekar 0 Nicholls 1
Shierlaw 1 Olssen 0

Final standings:

7 points
Nic Croad

6 points
Daniel Baider, Russell Dive, Anthony Ker

5.5 points
Mark Van der Hoorn

5 points
Martin Hill, Ross Jackson, Brian Nijman, Michael Nyberg, Don Stracy

4.5 points
William Forster, Gavin Marner, Ian Sellen

4 points
Alan Aldridge, Megan Du Plessis, Lawrence Farrington, Michael HewsonMulshankar Joshi, Arthur Pomeroy, Romeo Rabina, Roy Seabrook

3.5 points
Paul Bowden, David Capper, Mark Wilkins

3 points
Andrew Brockway, Alistair Nicholls, Edmund Salem

2 points
Neels Du Plessis, Alex Olssen, Somesh Pattekar, Hamish Shierlaw

1.5 points
Hugh Waugh

1 point
Matthew Proctor

FISCHER RANDOM EVENT
Next Tuesday we start a tournament which will be a first for the club: a six round Fischer random event, where the back rank pieces are shuffled around. It will get those good players out of their opening books, so maybe we all stand a chance of winning!
It should be exciting and fun, so I hope as many of you as possible will be able to take part.