Julian Mazur Memorial Round 5

Anthony Ker leads the Julian Mazur Memorial tournament with 5/5 (3 rounds to go). He beat his nearest rival, Michael Nyberg, and now leads the field by a full point. Upset of round 4 was Bill Forster (rating 1904), who beat Brian Nijman (rating 2141) with the black pieces. Bill thus joins Nic Croad in the chasing pack on 4/5. Romeo Rabina has been playing very attractive chess, and comes in half a point behind, along with Michael Nyberg and Mark van der Hoorn.

Full results:
Ker 1 Nyberg 0
Croad 1 Sellen 0
Nijman 0 Forster 1
Marner 1 Grkow 0
Jhurani 0 van der Hoorn 1
Kay 1 Bardiya 0
Krueger 0 Rabina 1
Proctor 0 Salem 1
Bowden 0 Brockway 1
Farrington 0 Jackson 1

Some players have only played 1 or 2 games - I have followed the convention of scoring the first 2 absences as half point byes, and any further absences as defaults. This does not affect the top placings.

1. Anthony Ker (5)
2-3 Bill Forster, Nic Croad (4)
4-6 Mar van der Hoorn, Michael Nyberg, Romeo Rabina (3.5)
7-12 Andrew Brockway, Brian Nijman, Bruce Kay, Daniel Baider, Ian Sellen, Ross Jackson (3)
13-14 Gavin Marner, Anil Jhurani (2.5)
15-16 Hamish Shierlaw, Ridhesh Bardiya (2)
17-21 Alexei Manouilenko, Andrew Grkow, Edmund Salem, Paul Bowden, Sebastian Krueger (1.5)
22-24 Blaise Drinkwater, Lawrence Farrington, Somesh Pattekar (1)
25 Matthew Proctor (0.5)

The inaugural WELLINGTON RAPID took place on Saturday 15th November, and was won by Nic Croad on 5.5 points (5 wins, plus a draw with Anthony Ker). Anthony was 2nd on 5, and visitor Edwin Lee 3rd on 4.5 points. 27 players took part. Thanks to Alan, Ross and Mark for organising the event, and to Scott Wastney for bring along a fair size contingent of his juniors. Maybe some of them will come along to regular chess club meetings in the near future.

Julian Mazur Rounds 3 & 4 - Ker leads

After 4 rounds of the Julian Mazur Memorial there is one player left on 4 points. Anthony Ker beat the main opposition, Nic Croad, this week, after seeing off Brian Nijman in the previous round. Brian had the compensation of winning sensationally in round 4 in 13 moves on the BLACK side of a French Defence against Mark Van der Hoorn! Michael Nyberg defeated promising newcomer Anil Jhurani to set himself up with a game against Anthony Ker next week.

This Saturday 15th November there is a rapid tournament at the club, open to all. Please contact Alan Aldridge if you are interested in taking part. Should be fun.

Round 3
Nijman 0 Ker 1
Croad 1 Baider 0
Marner 0 Nyberg 1
Sellen 1 Brockway 0
Rabina 1/2 Farrington 1/2
Forster 1 Krueger 0
Salem 0 Kay 1
Manouilenko 0 Jackson 1
Bowden 1/2 Drinkwater 1/2
Grkow 0 Van der Hoorn 1
Jhurani 1 Procter 0

Round 4
Ker 1 Croad 0
Van der Hoorn 0 Nijman 1
Grkow 0 Forster 1
Farrington 1/2 Marner 1/2
Jackson 0 Sellen 1
Drinkwater 0 Rabina 1
Pattekar 0 Kay 1
Proctor 0 Bowden 1
Brockway 1 Manouilenko 0
Nyberg 1 Jhurani 0

Placings after 4 rounds:

1. Anthony Ker (4)
2. Michael Nyberg (3.5)
3-6 Bill Forster, Brian Nijman, Ian Sellen, Nic Croad (3)
7-10 Anil Jhurani, Daniel Baider, Mark Van der Hoorn, Romeo Rabina (2.5)
11-14 Andrew Brockway, Bruce Kay, Hamish Shierlaw, Ross Jackson (2)
15-18 Andrew Grkow, Gavin Marner, Paul Bowden, Sebastian Krueger (1.5)
19-21 Alexei Manouilenko, Lawrence Farrington, Somesh Pattekar (1)
22-23 Blaise Drinkwater, Matthew Proctor (0.5)

Julian Mazur Memorial, rounds 1 & 2

The Julian Mazur Memorial has been running for 2 weeks and 4 players are left on 100%. Good to see a few new names on the list, and I apologise for any mis-spellings. Please feel free to send amendments.

Round 1
Farrington 0 Ker 1
Croad 1 Brockway 0
Bowden 0 Baider 1
Nijman 1 Shierlaw 0
Salem 0 Marner 1
Sellen 1 Krueger 0
Proctor 0 Jackson 1
Forster 1 Drinkwater 0
Manouilenko 1 Kay 0
Riddhesh 1 Siddarth 0
Byes Van der Hoorn, Nyberg, Jhurani, Grkov, Pattekar

Round 2
Ker 1 Sellen 0
Marner 0 Croad 1
Baider 1 Forster 0
Jackson 0 Nijman 1
Nyberg 1 Pattekar 0
Shierlaw 1 Farrington 0
Krueger 1 Bowden 0
Kay 0 Jhurani 1
Brockway 1 Salem 0
Van der Hoorn 1 Manouilenko 0
Drinkwater 0 Grkow 1
Byes: Riddhesh, Proctor, Siddarth

Standings:
2 points
Anthony Ker, Brian Nijman, Daniel Baider, Nic Croad

1.5 points
Andrew Grkow, Anil Jhurani, Mark Van der Hoorn, Michael Nyberg, Riddhesh

1 point
Alexi Manouilenko, Andrew Brockway, Bill Forster, Gavin Marner, Hamish Shierlaw, Ian Sellen, Ross Jackson, Sebastian Krueger

0.5 points
Matthew Proctor, Siddarth, Somesh Pattekar

0 points
Blaise Drinkwater, Bruce Kay, Edmund Salem, Lawrence Farrington, Paul Bowden.

Below are the final crosstables for the Club Championship. The last game played was Mark Van der Hoorn against Michael Nyberg, which Mark won.