Club Championship - more catch-up games

Results from the last 2 weeks as follows:

A grade

Nijman 0 Ker 1

Croad 1/2 Van der Hoorn 1/2

Baider 1 Sellen 0

Ker 1 Van der Hoorn 0

Marner 0 Baider 1

Nijman 0 Croad 1

B grade

Rabina 1/2 Shierlaw 1/2

Stracy 1 Rabina 0

C grade

Pattekar 1 Marney 0

Salem 1 Foster 0

These leave the final positions much clearer. Nic Croad gets the runner-up position in the A grade with 6.5 points, 2.5 points behind Russell Dive. Martin Hill won the B grade convincingly 1.5 points ahead of Bill Foster. In the C grade there was a 3 way tie between Paul Bowden, Blaise Drinkwater and Edmund Salem.

There is only one game left to play, and that is Mark van der Hoorn against Michael Nyberg in the A grade. Meanwhile, the Julian Mazur Memorial tournament starts next week on 21st October, which is an 8 round Swiss open to all. See you there!

Club Championship - catch-up games

Due to absences, no catch-up games in the A grade - Daniel Baider and Nic Croad were up in Auckland for the George Trundle event last week. Both players were a credit to our club - Nic got the prize for the highest placed New Zealander, and Daniel performed outstandingly against the visitors, with draws against GM Darryl Johansen and IM Andras Toth, and a win against IM Stephen Solomon. Solomon and Johansen tied for 1st place overall. For more details, please refer to Helen Milligan's excellent website at http://www.newzealandchess.co.nz/.

3 catch-up games in the B grade and 1 in the C grade. In the latter grade, Edmund Salem could only draw against Somesh Pattekar, so Blaise Drinkwater is guaranteed at least shared 1st place.

Full results:

B grade

Shierlaw 0 Stracy 1

Forster 1 Aldridge 0

Kay 1/2 Hewson 1/2

C grade

Pattekar 1/2 Salem 1/2