A GRADE

Temu Maroroa v Katrine McCarthy  0-1

Paul Norris v John Worn                     0-1

Barry Hooton v Saif Ismail                  0-1

With the leaders and top seeds all winning the leaders remain unchanged.

Club Champs 2014 A Grade
Papatoetoe Chess – 20/08/2014, 22/10/2014

 Cross Table

 Pos ID  NAME                Elo     Pts  |  1   2   3   4   5   6
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 1   3  Ismail, Saif         1499    5.0  |  *   ½   1.  1.  ½1  1.
 2   1  McCarthy, Katrine    1800    4.5  |  ½   *   0.  11  1.  1.
 3   2  Worn, John           1547    4.5  |  0.  1.  *   1.  ½   11
 4   6  Maroroa, Temu        1279    2.0  |  0.  00  0.  *   1.  1.
 5   4  Hooton, Barry        1371    1.5  |  ½0  0.  ½   0.  *   ½
 6   5  Norris, Paul         1281    0.5  |  0.  0.  00  0.  ½   *

B GRADE

Sivakumar Manoharan lost to Aiken Eliu and Ronnie Shaddick’s win against Harry Bong allowed Ronnie to catch Siva on 4.5 points. Following at 3=, both with wins, is Simon Claxton and Dipendra Kc, on 4 points. Unfortunately Dipendra is out for the rest of the tournament on an overseas trip.

C GRADE

Aiken Eliu’s win (see above) brought him up to share the lead with Harry Bong on 4 points. Graeme Coleman won for the third week in a row to move into third on 3 points.

The Pauline Thomas Trophy – Junior 5 min Blitz Tournament

has just finished with a tie for 1st place between Arav [rating 551] and Hugh [rating 408],

closely followed by Lucy [rating 507] just one point behind.

RESULTS –             1ST = Arav Gaundar    6/6

                                           Hugh Gao            6/6

                                   3rd     Lucy Massey       5/6

                                        Well done   everyone!

CHESS STARTS AGAIN –  15. 10. 2014.   with the Junior Club Champs

A GRADE  –  Nigel Metge Rook   [ rating over 425]

B GRADE –  Graham Banks Cup  [ rating 400 – 425 ]

C GRADE – Lew Peti Cup  [ rating below 400 ]

Could the winners of last years Cups and Trophies please bring them back in,

so we can get them engraved for this year   –   THANKS

Half way though the club champs.

A GRADE

Saif Ismail v Temu Maroroa   1-0

Barry Hooton v John Worn     1/2 – 1/2

Paul Norris v Katrine McCarthy 0-1

Saif’s win puts him in the lead with 4 points and Katrine and John a half point behind in second equal.

B & C GRADE

In the B Grade Sivakumar Manoharan’s win over the top rated  Dipendra Kc saw Siva extend his lead on 4 1/2 points. Ronnie Shaddick’s win over Stefan Brzozowski saw him move into second place on3 1/2 points followed by Simon Claxton and Dipendra Kc on 3 points.

In the C Grade Harry Bong maintained his lead with a default win over Simon Claxton and is now on 4 points. Aiken Eliu’s win over Pauline Thomas and John McRae’s win over Vialli Eliu see them in second and third respectively. Aiken on 3 points and John on 2 1/2 points.

Sorry I missed posting last week but here is a catch up –

A GRADE

John Worn achieved a full point in the first 3 round but last night was beaten by Saif Ismail. Saif has not lost yet but has had two half point draws so John and Saif are leading on three points.

Club Champs 2014 A Grade
Papatoetoe Chess – 20/08/2014, 22/10/2014

Cross Table

Pos ID  NAME                 Elo         Pts  |  1   2   3   4   5   6
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 1   2  Worn, John           1547   ---  3.0  |  *   0.  1.  1.  ..  1.
 2   3  Ismail, Saif         1499   ---  3.0  |  1.  *   ½   ..  ½   1.
 3   1  McCarthy, Katrine    1800   ---  2.5  |  0.  ½   *   1.  1.  ..
 4   6  Maroroa, Temu        1279   ---  2.0  |  0.  ..  0.  *   1.  1.
 5   4  Hooton, Barry        1371   ---  1.0  |  ..  ½   0.  0.  *   ½
 6   5  Norris, Paul         1281   ---  0.5  |  0.  0.  ..  0.  ½   *

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B & C GRADE

After last week Sivakumar, Stefan and Ronnie were leading the B Grade on 2.5 points each however Sivakumar beat Stefan this week and Ronnie lost to Simon. This left Siva leading on 3.5 points with Simon and Dipendra (who also had a win this week) half a point behind.

In the C Grade Harry had another good win against Vialli to propel him into leading the C Grade.

The  PIF Clive Wilson Junior Spring Cup 2014 began on 27.8.2014 – a position is set up and everyone plays on from there – one game as White and one as Black – 2 Rounds per night for 6 Rounds over 3 nights.

This year all Juniors with a club rating of 425 or higher were withdrawn from the Tournament to give the lower rated players a chance at winning a cup.

Instead their games from JWK2014 were reviewed and a Lecture on Queen Pawn Openings and basic – King and Pawn v King endings  was given.

More Lectures on triangulation in King and Pawn endings , how to play and win the Lucena Position and how to defend with the Philidor Position will follow – and

Other ways for Black to respond to the Two Knights Defence and other ways to reply to 1.e4

A GRADE

There was a couple of upsets this week where Temu Maroroa beat Barry Hooton and John Worn beat Katrine McCarthy. This gives John the outright lead on 2 points.

Temu Maroroa v Barry Hooton 1-0

Paul Norris v Saif Ismail 0-1

Katrine McCarthy v John Worn 0-1

Club Champs 2014 A Grade
Papatoetoe Chess – 20/08/2014, 22/10/2014

Cross Table

Pos ID  NAME                 Elo     Pts  |  1   2   3   4   5   6
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 1   2  Worn, John           1547    2.0  |  *   ..  1.  ..  ..  1.
 2   3  Ismail, Saif         1499    1.5  |  ..  *   ..  ..  ½   1.
 3   1  McCarthy, Katrine    1800    1.0  |  0.  ..  *   1.  ..  ..
 4   6  Maroroa, Temu        1279    1.0  |  ..  ..  0.  *   1.  ..
 5   4  Hooton, Barry        1371    0.5  |  ..  ½   ..  0.  *   ..
 6   5  Norris, Paul         1281    0.0  |  0.  0.  ..  ..  ..  *

B & C Grade

On the top boards Sivakumar Manoharan and Ronnie Shaddick continued to win full points and are leading with 2 points. They will probably clash in the next round. A big upset occurred on board 4 where Vialli Eliu defeated Nathan Horsefall however Vialli was originally under-rated so it will be interesting to see where he will end up. Vialli is also leading the C grade (he has already gained 58 rating points in two rounds).

The first round results –

A Grade

Katrine McCarthy v Temu Maroroa 1-0

John Worn v Paul Norris 1-0

Saif Ismail v Barry Hooton 1/2 – 1/2

Last Wednesday we completed the 8 round Spring Rapid 30/30. Congratulations to Katrine McCarthy winner of the A Grade and Stefan Brzozowski and Vialli Eliu who were 1= in the B Grade.

The final round of the Winter cup was played 16 July. There was a big upset where Harry Bong defeated Katrine McCarthy and this result affected both the A grade and B grade.

Below are the results so congratulations to winners Katrine, Sivakumar and Harry.

This year there were 4 people in 1st place with – 7/8 points

Peter Brzozowski  [ 468 ]

Lucy Massey  [ 478 ]

Dylan Nguyen  [ 366 ]   &

William Massey  [ 329 ]

but the Hans Gao Junior Handicap Shield for 2014 goes to William Massey as the lowest rated player.

The Colour Grading Prizes were –

RED PRIZE –   Peter Brzozowski & Lucy Massey

BLUE PRIZE – James Saunders

GREEN PRIZE – Dylan Nguyen

PURPLE PRIZE – Crystal Hart

WELL DONE ! – EVERYONE.

The next tournament is the Winter Knight [A&B Grades] & the Winter Pawn [ beginners] – 5 Rounds one per night @ 60min [ Record]

JULY 23rd  to AUGUST 20th