Russell Dive on 100% - again

Russell Dive is sole leader of the club rapid after 4 rounds, with his customary rival Anthony Ker dropping half a point to Gavin Marner in round 4. Scott Wastney is some way down the table - he slaughtered me in round 3, but must have got over-confident in his bunny-bashing, as Bill Forster scored a good win against him in the following round. Both our female players are doing well (yes, we have two now!) with Marany Meyer on 3 and Megan Du Plessis on 2 1/2 after a "grandmaster draw" against her Dad.
In other news, Wellington players took top 3 places in the Gordon Hoskyn memorial, Russell Dive scooping 1st place and Scott Wastney and Michael Nyberg sharing second. Great results also for Megan du Plessis and David Capper - check out the tournament report on the website http://www.newzealandchess.co.nz/, and the mammoth picture report on http://www.nzchessevents.myphotoalbum.com/

Also, New Zealand Chess magazine has been revived by Alan Aldridge and Bill Forster. I personally think they have done a fantastic job - even sceptical family members have been picking it up and chuckling over it. Make sure you get your copy if you have not done so already!

Coming up next week - the gamesfest at the Central Wellington library. Wellington Chess Club will have a stall and I and others will be taking on all comers. Ross Jackson has details.

Round 3:
Wastney 1 Sellen 0
Farrington 1 Hewson 0
Du Plessis M 1 Pattekar 0
Du Plessis N 1 Seabrook 0
Drinkwater 0 Dive 1
Marner 1 Kay 0
Shierlaw 1/2 Brockway 1/2
Ker 1 Jackson 0
Krueger 0 Rabina 1
Bowden 1 Proctor 0
Aldridge 0 Forster 1
Nijman 0 Croad 1
Byes: Meyer 1, Nyberg 1/2

Round 4
Ker 1/2 Marner 1/2
Shierlaw 1 Krueger 0
Meyer 1 Drinkwater 0
Pattekar 0 Farrington 1
Croad 0 Dive 1
Forster 1 Wastney 0
Brockway 1 Bowden 0
Sellen 1 Aldridge 0
Seabrook 1 Rabina 0
Nijman 1 Jackson 0
Hewson 0 Kay 1
Byes: Proctor 1, Nyberg 1/2

Standings:

4 points:
Russell Dive

3.5 points
Anthony Ker, Gavin Marner

3 points:
Nic Croad, Bill Forster, Marany Meyer, Brian Nijman, Ian Sellen

2.5 points
Megan Du Plessis, Neels Du Plessis, Lawrence Farrington

2 points
Alan Aldridge, Bruce Kay, Romeo Rabina, Roy Seabrook, Scott Wastney

1.5 points
Andrew Brockway, Ross Jackson, Michael Nyberg, Hamish Shierlaw

1 point
Paul Bowden, Blaise Drinkwater, Michael Hewson, Matthew Proctor

0 points
Sebastian Krueger, Somesh Pattekar