Summer Cup Round 6 Dive leads by 1 point

With 2 rounds to go Russell Dive beat Anthony Ker to open up a 1 point gap at the top. Russell is on 5 1/2 with Anthony being joined in second place on by Martin Hill who beat me in his favourite 1. f4 opening - I really must learn what to do against that one.
There are five players on 4 points, myself, Brian Nijman (who beat Mark van der Hoorn), Nic Croad, Bill Forster, and Daniel Baider.
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Round 6 results:
Dive 1 Ker 0
Hill 1 Sellen 0
Nijman 1 Van der Hoorn 0
Stracy 0 Croad 1
Rabina 0 Forster 1
Marner 1/2 Aldridge 1/2
Grkow 0 Nyberg 1
Jen Nung Hong 1/2 Shierlaw 1/2
Jhurani 1 Brockway 0
Wylde 1 L Wu 0
J Wu 1 Theodosiou 0
Hewson 0 Jackson 1
Jen Sun Hong 1 Palmer 0

Standings after 6 rounds:

1 Russell Dive 5.5
2-3 Anthony Ker, Martin Hill 4.5
4-8 Bill Forster, Brian Nijman, Daniel Baider, Ian Sellen, Nic Croad 4
9-12 Alan Aldridge, Gavin Marner, Mark van der Hoorn, Ross Jackson 3.5
13-19 Anil Jhurani, Don Stracy, Henry Wylde, Melvin Tung, Michael Nyberg, Romeo Rabina, Zak Sun 3
20-25 Andrew Grkow, Blaise Drinkwater, Hamish Shierlaw, Jefferey Wu, Jen Sun Hong, Michael Hewson 2.5
26-30 Andrew Brockway, John Marney, LingZhou Wu, Paul Bowden, Somesh Pattekar 2
31-2 Andreas Theodosiou, Jen Nung Hong 1.5
33 Luke Palmer 0.5

Summer Cup Round 5 - Dive and Ker Lead

Anthony Ker beat Nic Croad, and Russell Dive beat Daniel Baider, which means that they are joint leading on 4.5 points after 5 rounds of the Summer Cup. Both players opted for a half point bye in the first round, then won their following 4 games. I did not get much of a chance to look at their games, but Nic Croad looked annoyed with himself as the game ended. Russell was a pawn up against Daniel in a Rook and pawn ending when I looked over near the end of the game.
I am 3rd on 4 points after beating a preoccupied Brian Nijman (his car had just been broken into), with Mark van der Hoorn, Daniel Baider and Martin Hill half a point behind on 3.5.

Looks like we are due for the traditional Ker vs Dive fixture tonight.

Full results:

Croad 0 Ker 1
Baider 0 Dive 1
Van der Hoorn 1 Marner 0
Sellen 1 Nijman 0
Hewson 1 Wylde 0
Brockway 0 Grkow 1
Palmer 0 Drinkwater 1
Aldridge 1 Shierlaw 0
Jackson 1 J Wu 0
Jen Sun Hong 0 Theodosiou 1
Stracy 1 Jhurani 0
Hill 1 Nyberg 0
L. Wu 0 Rabina 1

Standings:

4.5 points
1-2 Anthony Ker, Russell Dive

4 points
3 Ian Sellen

3.5 points
4-6 Daniel Baider, Mark van der Hoorn, Martin Hill

3 points
7-13 Alan Aldridge, Bill Forster, Brian Nijman, Don Stracy, Gavin Marner, Nic Croad, Romeo Rabina

2.5 points
14-18 Andrew Grkow, Melvin Tung, Michael Hewson, Ross Jackson, Zak Sun

2 points
19-27 Andrew Brockway, Anil Jhurani, Blaise Drinkwater, Hamish Shierlaw, Henry Wylde, John Marney, LingZhou Wu, Michael Nyberg, Paul Bowden

1.5 points
28-30 Andreas Theodosiou, Jefferey Wu, Jen Nung Hong

1 point
31-32 Jen Sun Hong, Somesh Pattekar

0.5 points
33 Luke Palmer

AGM pics

Back row l-r: Michael Hewson, Alistair Nicholls(totally obscured) Mark Wilkins, Andrew Brockway, Nic Croad
Front row l-r Someone I don't know, Ian Sellen, Romeo Rabina, and Edmund Salem joking with Lawrence Farrington
Foreground, obscured: Anil Jhurani


Edmund Salem, one of 3 joint winners of Club Championship C grade, but the only one there on the night.
An unseemly brawl developing between new club Secretary Martin Hill and club treasurer Bill Forster, concerning who actually deserved to win the B grade Championship. Martin Hill won. Fortunately, no hospital treatment was required.
Mark's report as club captain, entertaining as usual.
Left to right: Bill Forster, Ross Jackson, Mark van der Hoorn.

Alistair Nicholls is to take over the stewardship of the club website. He has some exciting plans, so please help him with content as much as possible. Thanks to Mark Wilkins who has been looking after the site despite great demands on his time.
Also, a big thankyou to Alan Aldridge for all his work as club secretary. He is getting a well earned break, although he will still be looking after the official New Zealand chess magazine, as well as, of course, looking after his art business on Cuba Street. Please take time to visit his shop, or browse his excellent website, www.kiwiarthouse.co.nz