Author: Simon

Due to the George Trundle Masters tournament round 3 was a little disrupted. Many players in A,B and C grade postponed their games. We also had school holidays so several players in D grade missed nights.

Please note that if you don’t turn up for one round without calling ahead you get zero points for that round and I’ll assume you won’t be turning up for the next round unless I hear from you.

For Players in A-C grade please discuss with Simon Lyall if you want to catchup missed games or otherwise score them.

Results from rounds 3 and 4

Alex Nagorski has produced pgns for these rounds:

• Round 3 pgn
• Round 4 pgn

A Grade

• In round 3 only 2 games were played with Alexei Kulashko beating Nathan Goodhue and Alphaeus Ang beating John Duneas in a more even match.
• Alexei is in 1st place on 3.5 although other players have games not played.

B Grade

• Brett Rider’s unusual opening against Tim Ha in round 3 was interesting
• A “distracted” Brett Rider lost to Paul MacDonald in round 4.
• Allen Fan is in the lead on 3 points with a game in hand.

C Grade

• Nicole Qin was lucky to escape in round 3 after Sergiy missed a mate and in the later stages of the game was a little ahead before the game was drawn.
• Seifi Pouya is ahead on 3.5 points with 3 other players on 3 points.

D Grade

• Top place Eric Wu had draws in round 3 and 4 to leave Temu in 1st place.
• Further down the field the large number of byes makes things a little confusing.

The Vega website for the tournament is

• Club Champs A Grade
• Club Champs B Grade
• Club Champs C Grade
• Club Champs D Grade

As of Thursday Night byes for Round 5 in D Grade:

• Caroline Yan
• Kate Song
• Sarah Yan
• Olivia Dong
• Eric Liang
• Winston Weng
• Kumar Puneet

If you are unable to play please contact Simon Lyall either via text (021 575 233) or email to contact @ aucklandchess.nz . Normally you will get a half point bye. Please let us know as early as possible.

The draft draw for D grade is below. Please remember that this may change if there are additional byes

Next week will be round 3 of the club champs and many players will not be playing due to the George Trundle tournament or other events. Please make sure you let Simon know if you are not playing. Especially if you are in the D Grade.

This week was fairly nice from a organiser’s perspective in that there were no unexpected no-shows. Please keep it up.

Results from this week

The PGN of Round 2 games is available, thanks again to Alex Nagorski.

A Grade

• Gordon Morrell had some good chances against Alexei Kulashko but was unable to find the killer move.
• Similar Ben Hague steamrolled over Alphaeus Ang, checking him 19 moves in a row as he took 9 pieces and then checkmated.
• While John Duneas had some chances his game against Nathan Goodhue was drawn
• After getting into a nice position Mike Steadman blundered a piece and resigned to Gino Thornton

B Grade

• Jasmine Zhang vs Tim Ha sew-sawed either way before Jasmine made the last mistake
• Simon Lyall vs Brett Rider saw Simon turn an even endgame into a loss.
• Don Eade’s all-out attack allowed Keith Ward to take 2 pieces when his Queen counter-attacked.
• Allen Fan slowly overpowered Alex Negorsky

C Grade

• No upsets

D Grade

• After several byes and draws towards the top of the grade there are now 3 people on 2 points but another 12 on 1.5 points.
• Major upsets were Kelvin Xiao drawing with Neil Sonnekus, Mathew Steadman drawing with Stephen peak and Renae Ghadiali beating Tom Fu

The Vega website for the tournament is

• Club Champs A Grade
• Club Champs B Grade
• Club Champs C Grade
• Club Champs D Grade

Round 2

As of Thursday Night byes for Round 3 in D Grade:

• Kate Song
• Gaurav Pahuja
• Olivia Dong
• Winston Weng

If you are unable to play please contact Simon Lyall either via text (021 575 233) or email to contact @ aucklandchess.nz . Normally you will get a half point bye. Please let us know as early as possible.

The draft draw for D grade is below. Please remember that this may change if there are additional byes

The Club champs started this week. The champs is 3 round robin grades of 10 players with a Swiss D Grade.

Results from this week

The PGN of the first round is available, thanks again to Alex Nagorski.

A Grade

• Upsets were Danial Gong beating Michael Steadman and bottom ranked Nathen Goodhue drawing with 2nd ranked Ben Hague

B Grade

• Brett Rider didn’t turn up allowing Alex Nagorski to get a win by default
• The only upset was a draw by Kieth Ward over Paul Macdonald, the game had both players with huge threats (and winning positions according to the computer) before swaps left the position dead drawn.
• Don Eade was looking good against Allen Fan though but a sudden passed pawn forced him to give up a piece.

C Grade

• One game was postponed tonight due to both players begin unable to make it.
• No upsets in this grade. However Scott Treanor continued his good run of recent results by beating Mike Steiner when Mike trapped is own queen on move 16 and resigned.

D Grade

• Some late platers saw some hasty pairings on the bottom boards
• The big upset was newcomer Puneet Kumar beating Aaron wang after Aaron blundered
• The other main upset was Winston Weng beating Hugh Gao

The Vega website for the tournament is

• Club Champs A Grade
• Club Champs B Grade
• Club Champs C Grade
• Club Champs D Grade

Round 2

As of Sunday Night byes for Round 2 in D Grade:

• Eric Liang
• Erica Hu
• Selena Hu
• David Xu
• Olivia Dong
• Isaac Yuan
• Winston Weng
• Louie Wei is on a zero point bye unless he makes himself known before the draw.

If you are unable to play please contact Simon Lyall either via text (021 575 233) or email to contact @ aucklandchess.nz . Normally you will get a half point bye. Please let us know as early as possible.

The draft draw for D grade is below. Please remember that this may change if there are additional byes

This is the schedule C Grade in the 2016 Club Champs. At the Top I’ll list players whom I know are missing rounds so that people have a chance the schedule matches on different dates. Please let me know any others.

• Chris missed Round 1 (Jingbo)
• Jingbo missed Round 1 (Chris)
• Sergiy missing Round 8 (Mike)

ACC Club Champs 2016 - C Grade : Round 1
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1 = 1 Seifi, Pouya         - 10 Michael, Andrew 
2 = 2 Joel, Chris          - 9 Wei, Jingbo 
3 = 3 Jacobs, Hilton J     - 8 Qin, Nicole Shu Yu 
4 = 4 Steiner, Michael     - 7 Treanor, Scott 
5 = 5 Kozakevych, Sergiy   - 6 Li, Rodney Xiang Rei


ACC Club Champs 2016 - C Grade : Round 2
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1 =10 Michael, Andrew      - 6 Li, Rodney Xiang Rei
2 = 7 Treanor, Scott       - 5 Kozakevych, Sergiy 
3 = 8 Qin, Nicole Shu Yu   - 4 Steiner, Michael 
4 = 9 Wei, Jingbo          - 3 Jacobs, Hilton J 
5 = 1 Seifi, Pouya         - 2 Joel, Chris 


ACC Club Champs 2016 - C Grade : Round 3
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1 = 2 Joel, Chris          - 10 Michael, Andrew 
2 = 3 Jacobs, Hilton J     - 1 Seifi, Pouya 
3 = 4 Steiner, Michael     - 9 Wei, Jingbo 
4 = 5 Kozakevych, Sergiy   - 8 Qin, Nicole Shu Yu 
5 = 6 Li, Rodney Xiang Rei - 7 Treanor, Scott 


ACC Club Champs 2016 - C Grade : Round 4
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1 =10 Michael, Andrew      - 7 Treanor, Scott 
2 = 8 Qin, Nicole Shu Yu   - 6 Li, Rodney Xiang Rei
3 = 9 Wei, Jingbo          - 5 Kozakevych, Sergiy 
4 = 1 Seifi, Pouya         - 4 Steiner, Michael 
5 = 2 Joel, Chris          - 3 Jacobs, Hilton J 


ACC Club Champs 2016 - C Grade : Round 5
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1 = 3 Jacobs, Hilton J     - 10 Michael, Andrew 
2 = 4 Steiner, Michael     - 2 Joel, Chris 
3 = 5 Kozakevych, Sergiy   - 1 Seifi, Pouya 
4 = 6 Li, Rodney Xiang Rei - 9 Wei, Jingbo 
5 = 7 Treanor, Scott       - 8 Qin, Nicole Shu Yu 


ACC Club Champs 2016 - C Grade : Round 6
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1 =10 Michael, Andrew      - 8 Qin, Nicole Shu Yu 
2 = 9 Wei, Jingbo          - 7 Treanor, Scott 
3 = 1 Seifi, Pouya         - 6 Li, Rodney Xiang Rei
4 = 2 Joel, Chris          - 5 Kozakevych, Sergiy 
5 = 3 Jacobs, Hilton J     - 4 Steiner, Michael 


ACC Club Champs 2016 - C Grade : Round 7
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1 = 4 Steiner, Michael     - 10 Michael, Andrew 
2 = 5 Kozakevych, Sergiy   - 3 Jacobs, Hilton J 
3 = 6 Li, Rodney Xiang Rei - 2 Joel, Chris 
4 = 7 Treanor, Scott       - 1 Seifi, Pouya 
5 = 8 Qin, Nicole Shu Yu   - 9 Wei, Jingbo 


ACC Club Champs 2016 - C Grade : Round 8
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1 =10 Michael, Andrew      - 9 Wei, Jingbo 
2 = 1 Seifi, Pouya         - 8 Qin, Nicole Shu Yu 
3 = 2 Joel, Chris          - 7 Treanor, Scott 
4 = 3 Jacobs, Hilton J     - 6 Li, Rodney Xiang Rei
5 = 4 Steiner, Michael     - 5 Kozakevych, Sergiy 


ACC Club Champs 2016 - C Grade : Round 9
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1 = 5 Kozakevych, Sergiy   - 10 Michael, Andrew 
2 = 6 Li, Rodney Xiang Rei - 4 Steiner, Michael 
3 = 7 Treanor, Scott       - 3 Jacobs, Hilton J 
4 = 8 Qin, Nicole Shu Yu   - 2 Joel, Chris 
5 = 9 Wei, Jingbo          - 1 Seifi, Pouya 

 

This is the schedule B Grade in the 2016 Club Champs. At the Top I’ll list players whom I know are missing rounds so that people have a chance the schedule matches on different dates. Please let me know any others.

• Jasmine missing Rounds 3 (Paul) and 4 (Keith)
• Don, Simon, Allen, Richard and Paul are playing in the Trundle during round 3 (July 11th)

ACC Club Champs 2016 - B Grade : Round 1
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1 = 1 Fan, Allen Chi Zhou   - 10 Eade, Don 
2 = 2 Nagorski, Alex        - 9 Rider, Brett 
3 = 3 Lyall, Simon          - 8 Zhang, Jasmine Haomo
4 = 4 Ha, Huy Minh (Timoth  - 7 Taylor, Richard 
5 = 5 Macdonald, Paul       - 6 Ward, Keith 


ACC Club Champs 2016 - B Grade : Round 2
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1 =10 Eade, Don             - 6 Ward, Keith 
2 = 7 Taylor, Richard       - 5 Macdonald, Paul 
3 = 8 Zhang, Jasmine Haomo  - 4 Ha, Huy Minh (Timoth
4 = 9 Rider, Brett          - 3 Lyall, Simon 
5 = 1 Fan, Allen Chi Zhou   - 2 Nagorski, Alex 


ACC Club Champs 2016 - B Grade : Round 3
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1 = 2 Nagorski, Alex        - 10 Eade, Don 
2 = 3 Lyall, Simon          - 1 Fan, Allen Chi Zhou 
3 = 4 Ha, Huy Minh (Timoth  - 9 Rider, Brett 
4 = 5 Macdonald, Paul       - 8 Zhang, Jasmine Haomo
5 = 6 Ward, Keith           - 7 Taylor, Richard 


ACC Club Champs 2016 - B Grade : Round 4
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1 =10 Eade, Don             - 7 Taylor, Richard 
2 = 8 Zhang, Jasmine Haomo  - 6 Ward, Keith 
3 = 9 Rider, Brett          - 5 Macdonald, Paul 
4 = 1 Fan, Allen Chi Zhou   - 4 Ha, Huy Minh (Timoth
5 = 2 Nagorski, Alex        - 3 Lyall, Simon 


ACC Club Champs 2016 - B Grade : Round 5
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1 = 3 Lyall, Simon          - 10 Eade, Don 
2 = 4 Ha, Huy Minh (Timoth  - 2 Nagorski, Alex 
3 = 5 Macdonald, Paul       - 1 Fan, Allen Chi Zhou 
4 = 6 Ward, Keith           - 9 Rider, Brett 
5 = 7 Taylor, Richard       - 8 Zhang, Jasmine Haomo


ACC Club Champs 2016 - B Grade : Round 6
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1 =10 Eade, Don             - 8 Zhang, Jasmine Haomo
2 = 9 Rider, Brett          - 7 Taylor, Richard 
3 = 1 Fan, Allen Chi Zhou   - 6 Ward, Keith 
4 = 2 Nagorski, Alex        - 5 Macdonald, Paul 
5 = 3 Lyall, Simon          - 4 Ha, Huy Minh (Timoth


ACC Club Champs 2016 - B Grade : Round 7
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1 = 4 Ha, Huy Minh (Timoth  - 10 Eade, Don 
2 = 5 Macdonald, Paul       - 3 Lyall, Simon 
3 = 6 Ward, Keith           - 2 Nagorski, Alex 
4 = 7 Taylor, Richard       - 1 Fan, Allen Chi Zhou 
5 = 8 Zhang, Jasmine Haomo  - 9 Rider, Brett 


ACC Club Champs 2016 - B Grade : Round 8
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1 =10 Eade, Don             - 9 Rider, Brett 
2 = 1 Fan, Allen Chi Zhou   - 8 Zhang, Jasmine Haomo
3 = 2 Nagorski, Alex        - 7 Taylor, Richard 
4 = 3 Lyall, Simon          - 6 Ward, Keith 
5 = 4 Ha, Huy Minh (Timoth  - 5 Macdonald, Paul 


ACC Club Champs 2016 - B Grade : Round 9
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1 = 5 Macdonald, Paul       - 10 Eade, Don 
2 = 6 Ward, Keith           - 4 Ha, Huy Minh (Timoth
3 = 7 Taylor, Richard       - 3 Lyall, Simon 
4 = 8 Zhang, Jasmine Haomo  - 2 Nagorski, Alex 
5 = 9 Rider, Brett          - 1 Fan, Allen Chi Zhou

 

This is the schedule A Grade in the 2016 Club Champs. At the Top I’ll list players whom I know are missing rounds so that people have a chance the schedule matches on different dates. Please let me know any others.

• Alexei missing Round 8 (vs Gino)
• Daniel missing Round 2 (vs Bruce Watson)
• Ben missing Round 3 (Daniel) and Round 5 (Gordon)
• John, Ben, Alphaeus, Bruce, Daniel and Gordon are playing in the Trundle on Round 3, (July 11th).

AC Club Champs 2016 - A Grade : Round 1
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1 = 1 Duneas, John         - 10 Kulashko, Alexei 
2 = 2 Goodhue, Nathan      - 9 Hague, Ben 
3 = 3 Ang, Alphaeus Wei Er - 8 Watson, Bruce R 
4 = 4 Gong, Daniel Hanwen  - 7 Steadman, Michael V 
5 = 5 Thornton, Giovanni A - 6 Morrell, Gordon 


AC Club Champs 2016 - A Grade : Round 2
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1 =10 Kulashko, Alexei     - 6 Morrell, Gordon 
2 = 7 Steadman, Michael V  - 5 Thornton, Giovanni A
3 = 8 Watson, Bruce R      - 4 Gong, Daniel Hanwen 
4 = 9 Hague, Ben           - 3 Ang, Alphaeus Wei Er
5 = 1 Duneas, John         - 2 Goodhue, Nathan 


AC Club Champs 2016 - A Grade : Round 3
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1 = 2 Goodhue, Nathan      - 10 Kulashko, Alexei 
2 = 3 Ang, Alphaeus Wei Er - 1 Duneas, John 
3 = 4 Gong, Daniel Hanwen  - 9 Hague, Ben 
4 = 5 Thornton, Giovanni A - 8 Watson, Bruce R 
5 = 6 Morrell, Gordon      - 7 Steadman, Michael V 


AC Club Champs 2016 - A Grade : Round 4
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1 =10 Kulashko, Alexei     - 7 Steadman, Michael V 
2 = 8 Watson, Bruce R      - 6 Morrell, Gordon 
3 = 9 Hague, Ben           - 5 Thornton, Giovanni A
4 = 1 Duneas, John         - 4 Gong, Daniel Hanwen 
5 = 2 Goodhue, Nathan      - 3 Ang, Alphaeus Wei Er


AC Club Champs 2016 - A Grade : Round 5
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1 = 3 Ang, Alphaeus Wei Er - 10 Kulashko, Alexei 
2 = 4 Gong, Daniel Hanwen  - 2 Goodhue, Nathan 
3 = 5 Thornton, Giovanni A - 1 Duneas, John 
4 = 6 Morrell, Gordon      - 9 Hague, Ben 
5 = 7 Steadman, Michael V  - 8 Watson, Bruce R 


AC Club Champs 2016 - A Grade : Round 6
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1 =10 Kulashko, Alexei     - 8 Watson, Bruce R 
2 = 9 Hague, Ben           - 7 Steadman, Michael V 
3 = 1 Duneas, John         - 6 Morrell, Gordon 
4 = 2 Goodhue, Nathan      - 5 Thornton, Giovanni A
5 = 3 Ang, Alphaeus Wei Er - 4 Gong, Daniel Hanwen 


AC Club Champs 2016 - A Grade : Round 7
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1 = 4 Gong, Daniel Hanwen  - 10 Kulashko, Alexei 
2 = 5 Thornton, Giovanni A - 3 Ang, Alphaeus Wei Er
3 = 6 Morrell, Gordon      - 2 Goodhue, Nathan 
4 = 7 Steadman, Michael V  - 1 Duneas, John 
5 = 8 Watson, Bruce R      - 9 Hague, Ben 


AC Club Champs 2016 - A Grade : Round 8
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1 =10 Kulashko, Alexei     - 9 Hague, Ben 
2 = 1 Duneas, John         - 8 Watson, Bruce R 
3 = 2 Goodhue, Nathan      - 7 Steadman, Michael V 
4 = 3 Ang, Alphaeus Wei Er - 6 Morrell, Gordon 
5 = 4 Gong, Daniel Hanwen  - 5 Thornton, Giovanni A


AC Club Champs 2016 - A Grade : Round 9
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1 = 5 Thornton, Giovanni A - 10 Kulashko, Alexei 
2 = 6 Morrell, Gordon      - 4 Gong, Daniel Hanwen 
3 = 7 Steadman, Michael V  - 3 Ang, Alphaeus Wei Er
4 = 8 Watson, Bruce R      - 2 Goodhue, Nathan 
5 = 9 Hague, Ben           - 1 Duneas, John

 

Results from the Final round

A Grade

• Round 7 pgn from Alex Nagorski
• Bruce Watson went into the last round a full point ahead of Ang, Ward and Hague. After a long game he claimed a win against Alphaeus to finish on 6.5 points a full 1.5 points ahead of the second place players Mike Steadman, Gordon Morrell, William Li and Keith Ward.
• In the Steadman vs Hague game Mike’s unorthodox opening left him slightly behind but after Ben’s attack left him with pieces stranded Mike was able to build a huge centre and Ben’s defense could not hold. In the last couple of moves Ben tries two traps to salvage the game but Mike saw past them to win.
  

• Besides Steadman there were 8 other upsets during the round including Rodney Li against Eric Wu, Virginia Milne vs Caroline Yan  and Jasmine Zhang against Simon Lyall.

 

B Grade

• In the last round the 3 leaders Euan McDougall, Neil Sonnekus and Mike Steiner had already played each other so had separate games.
• Mike Steiner ended up being the sole winner of the 3 ( Neil drew and Euan lost) so capture the grade win.
• Upsets were Leo Li beating Euan McDougall and Hugh Gao drawing with Renae Ghadiali.
• Final placing was Mike Steiner 1st on 6 points; Niel Sonnekus 2nd on 5.5 and Euan McDougall, Leo Li and Mathew Steadman 3rd= on 5.0

The Vega website for the tournament is

• Autumn Cup A Grade
• Autumn Cup B Grade

The follow are the Entries for the 2016 Club Champs. The club champs is planned to be 3 10-player round robins for the top players plus a Swiss competition for the remaining players.

This year there are potential disruptions to competition including the George Trundle, School Holidays and the Olympiad. If you want to play in the round robins please let Simon know which rounds you might miss and we will look at options.

Entries for the Club Champs are listed below along with some draft grades. Currently I have only 9 people in C grade to allow space for late entries. Please contact me if you think you should be in a different grade.

• Alphaeus Ang
• Jacob Barry
• Olivia Dong (miss Rd 2,3)
• John Duneas
• Don Eade
• Allen Fan
• Daniel Gong
• Nathan Goodhue
• Tim Ha
• Ben Hague
• Selena Hu
• Erica Hu
• Jason Huang
• Renae Ghadiali
• Saasha Ghadiali
• Hilton Jacobs
• Chris Joel
• Sergiy Kozakevych
• Alexei Kulashko (miss Rd 9)
• Rodney Li
• Leo Li
• Xinyang Liu
• Simon Lyall
• Paul MacDonald
• Euan MacDougall
• Wayne MacDougall
• Temu Maroroa
• Andrew Michael
• Virginia Milne
• Gordon Morrell
• Alex Nagorski
• Gaurav Pahuja
• Stephen Peak
• Rosa Rhu
• Brett Rider
• Nicole Qin
• Oscar Qin
• Pouya Seifi
• Kate Song (miss rd 5-9)
• Mike Steadman
• Mathew Steadman
• Mike Steiner
• Richard Taylor
• Scott Treanor
• Isaac Yuan (miss Rd 1,2)
• Bruce Watson
• Keith Ward
• Aaron Wang
• Ying Wang
• Jingbo Wei
• Louie Wei
• Eric Wu
• David Xu (miss Rd 1,2)
• Jasmine Zhang
• Brian Zhao

Draft Grades

A Grade – Round Robin

• Alexei Kulashko (miss Rd 9)
• Alphaeus Ang
• Bruce Watson
• Ben Hague
• Mike Steadman
• John Duneas
• Daniel Gong
• Nathan Goodhue
• Gordon Morrell
• Allen Fan

B Grade – Round Robin

• Tim Ha
• Paul MacDonald
• Don Eade
• Jasmine Zhang
• Alex Nagorski
• Keith Ward
• Richard Taylor
• Brett Rider
• Simon Lyall
• Andrew Michael

C Grade – Round Robin

• Chris Joel
• Hilton Jacobs
• Sergiy Kozakevych
• Scott Treanor
• Pouya Seifi
• Nicole Qin
• Jingbo Wei
• Mike Steiner
• Rodney Li
• ???

D Grade – Swiss

• Kate Song (miss Rd 5-9)
• Virginia Milne
• Stephen Peak
• Xinyang Liu
• Eric Wu
• Euan McDougall
• Aaron Wang
• Temu Maroroa
• Olivia Dong (miss Rd 2,3)
• Louie Wei
• Wayne McDougall
• Jacob Barry
• Gaurav Pahuja
• Rosa Ryu
• Oscar Qin
• Leo Li
• Mathew Steadman
• Isaac Yuan (miss Rd 1,2)
• Selena Hu
• Erica Hu
• Jason Huang
• Renae Ghadiali
• Saasha Ghadiali
• Ying Wang
• David Xu (miss Rd 1,2)
• Brian Zhao

 

A few no-shows complicated the draw this week (in two cases two players have now played each other twice). One player has managed to not turn up (without calling) in 3 rounds so far. They have been withdrawn from the competition.

I hope to do an other post or two later this week so keep an eye on the site. Please remember to enter the Club Champs soon.

Results from this week

A Grade

• Round 6 pgn from Alex Nagorski
• Bruce Watson beat John Duneas on board 1 to hold his lead. Going into the last round he is a full point ahead of Hague, Ang and Ward (on 4.5)
• Another seven players are on 4 points due to draws compress the top of the field.
• Upsets this round included Andrew Michael beating Paul Macdonald in a long rook and pawn endgame.
• Scott Treanor also beat Caroline Yan to continue his excellent competition. He now has a performance rating over 2000 which is 400 rating points above is current rating.
• Richard Taylor also drew with Gordon Morrell and Keith Ward beat Simon Lyall.

B Grade

• The Grade has Euan McDougall, Neil Sonnekus and Mike Steiner on 5 points who are a point ahead of a group on 4 points.
• Amusingly the leaders have all played each other.
  • Euan beat Neil
  • Neal beat Mike
  • Mike beat Euan
• There were no major upsets this round.

The Vega website for the tournament is

• Autumn Cup A Grade
• Autumn Cup B Grade

Round 7

As of Wednesday June 15th the following byes have been received for Round 7:

• Alexei Kulashko
• Keith Ward
• John Duneas

If you are unable to play please contact Simon Lyall either via text (021 575 233) or email to contact @ aucklandchess.nz . Normally you will get a half point bye. Please let us know as early as possible.

The draft draw for both grades is below. Please remember that this may change if there are additional byes

First up a reminder that Monday the 6th of June is Labour Day and the Centre will be closed. Round 6 of the Autumn cup will be on Monday the 13th of June.

Next I’d like to send out a huge thanks to Alex Nagorski for entering the top 8 boards in A Grade. The pgn is linked below.

Results from this week

A Grade

• A PGN of round 5 games has been entered by Alex Nagorski
• Board 1 saw a draw between Ben Hague and Bruce Watson so Bruce remains in the lead
• The next two boards all saw draws with Gordon Morrell and Allen Fan managing to hold Alexei Kulashko and Mike Steadman to draws.
• John Duneas won against Simon Lyall on board 4 to join Ben Hague in 2nd place on 4 points
• Keith Ward managed to pick up an early piece from Paul MacDonald for an upset on board 7
• There were a few upsets further down the field although some were with people whose provisional ratings might be inaccurate.

B Grade

• The two undefeated players Neil Sonnekus and Euan McDougall meet on board one. Euan won to leave him in the outright lead on 5 points
• In second place on 4 points are Neil Sonnekus, Mike Steiner and Temu Maroroa

The Vega website for the tournament is

• Autumn Cup A Grade
• Autumn Cup B Grade

Round 5

As of Sunday June 12th the following byes have been received for Round 6:

• Stephen Peak
• Bishop Everett

If you are unable to play please contact Simon Lyall either via text (021 575 233) or email to contact @ aucklandchess.nz . Normally you will get a half point bye. Please let us know as early as possible.

The draft draw for both grades is below. Please remember that this may change if there are additional byes