Anthony Ker wins Julian Mazur Memorial

Anthony Ker took the Julian Mazur Memorial title, defeating Mark van der Hoorn in 9 moves (with the Black pieces!) on Tuesday. Nic Croad came 2nd, losing to Anthony but defeating everyone else. Brian Nijman defeated me to come 3rd, 1.5 points behind on 5.5. Noteworthy performances by newcomers Andrew Grkow, who finished on 4.5, and Anil Jhurani, who finished on 4.

Full results:

Round 7
Ker 1 Baider 0
Croad 1 Forster 0
Sellen 0 Nyberg 1
Nijman 1/2 Marner 1/2
Jackson 0 Van der Hoorn 1
Salem 0 Grkow 1
Rabina 0 Kay 1
Drinkwater 1 Proctor 0
Shierlaw 0 Jhurani 1

Round 8
Van der Hoorn 0 Ker 1
Croad 1 Nyberg 0 (default)
Sellen 0 Nijman 1
Marner 1 Brockway 0
Jackson 1 Shierlaw 0
Drinkwater 0 Farrington 1
Kay 0 Forster 1
Jhurani 0 Grkow 1
Bardiya 1 Salem 0 (default)
Bowden 0 Rabina 1 (default);

Final placings:
1st Anthony Ker (8)
2nd Nic Croad (7)
3rd Brian Nijman (5.5)
4-6 Bill Forster, Gavin Marner, Michael Nyberg (5)
7-8 Andrew Grkow, Mark Van der Hoorn (4.5)
9-14 Anil Jhurani, Bruce Kay, Daniel Baider, Ian Sellen, Romeo Rabina, Ross Jackson (4)
15 Andrew Brockway (3.5)
16-17 Ridhesh Bardiya, Lawrence Farrington (3)
18 Edmund Salem (2.5)
19-23 Alex Manouilenko, Blaise Drinkwater, Hamish Shierlaw, Matthew Proctor, Sebastian Krueger (2)
24 Paul Bowden, Somesh Pattekar (1.5)

That was the last tournament of the year, apart from the transfer chess scheduled for tomorrow. Summary of 2008 results as follows:

Summer Cup
1 Nic Croad
2-4 Daniel Baider, Russell Dive, Anthony Ker

Fischer Random
1 Anthony Ker
2 Nic Croad
3-5 Michael Nyberg, Russell Dive Scott Wastney

Autumn Cup Round Robin
A grade Russell Dive
B grade Michael Nyberg
C grade Don Stracy
D grade Michael Hewson and Alistair Nicholls

Club Rapid
1 Russell Dive
2-3 Anthony Ker, Nic Croad

Club Championship
A grade Russell Dive
B Grade Martin Hill
C grade Blaise Drinkwater, Edmund Salem, Paul Bowden

Julian Mazur Memorial
1 Anthony Ker
2 Nic Croad
3 Brian Nijman