Dive and Ker lead Rapid, 2 rounds to go

Russell Dive and Anthony Ker will each be hoping that the other makes a slip in the final rounds on Tuesday. They have both played Nic Croad, chief contender and half a point behind, but neither has played Scott Wastney yet, probably the only other player with a decent chance of scoring against them. Russell crushed me effortlessly last week, though I managed a bit more of a fight against Anthony (still lost). Getting Black against both Anthony and Russell (and with a stinking cold!) in one week is probably as bad as it gets.

Round 7
Dive 1 Sellen 0
Nijman 0 Ker 1
Kay 0 Croad 1
Marner 1 Forster 0
Nyburg 1/2 Jackson 1/2
Bowden 1/2 Shierlaw 1/2
Farrington 1 Brockway 0
Rabina 1 Proctor 0
Drinkwater 0 Hewson 1
Wastney 1 Seabrook 0
Krueger 0 Aldridge 1
Byes: Du Plessis M, Du Plessis N, Meyer, Pattekar

Round 8
Forster 0 Dive 1
Ker 1 Sellen 0
Croad 1 Rabina 0
Nijman 0 Marner 1
Wastney 1 Jackson 0
Aldridge 1 Seabrook 0
Farrington 1 Proctor 0
Nyburg 1 Kay 0
Bowden 1 Krueger 0
Drinkwater 0 Brockway 1
Shierlaw 0 Hewson 1
Byes: Du Plessis M, Du Plessis N, Meyer, Pattekar


Standings after 8 rounds:

7 points
Russell Dive, Anthony Ker

6.5 points
Nic Croad

6 points
Alan Aldridge, Gavin Marner, Scott Wastney

5.5 points
Lawrence Farrington

5 points
Marany Meyer

4.5 points
Ian Sellen

4 points
Bill Forster, Ross Jackson, Brian Nijman, Michael Nyburg, Roy Seabrook

3.5 points
Paul Bowden, Andrew Brockway, Megan Du Plessis, Neels Du Plessis

3 points
Michael Hewson, Bruce Kay, Matthew Proctor, Romeo Rabina

2 points
Blaise Drinkwater, Hamish Shierlaw

1 point
Sebastian Krueger, Somesh Pattekar