Papatoetoe Chess Club

This  Wednesday(9th) October .

Night  at our club rooms  is girls only training  run by Katrine McCarthy New Zealand  Women’s champ  -start time -6-00 pm $3.00 Per person

all Welcome

Our Spring Rapid 30/30 began on the 30th July and we are playing  rounds per night.

After the first  rounds the leading scores are –

Katrine McCarthy   2

John McRae              2

Solomon Lefe’e         2

John Worn                 1.5

Yash Narayan            1.5

Sorry we have been offline for a little while but following are the final standings in the winter cup –

A GRADE

Katrine McCarthy    6.0

John Worn                 4.5

Barry Hooton            3.0

Paul Postma              3.0

Graeme Coleman      3.0

Paul Norris                 2.0

B GRADE

Yash Narayan             3.5

John McRae               3.0

Pauline Thomas        3.0

Solomon Lefe’e         3.0

Daniel Coop               2.0

William Lefe’e           1.0

Caleb Lefe’e               1.0

Ronnie Shaddick      1.0

Pat Hewett                 1.0

Vialli Eliu                   1.0

Auckland Chess @ Alexandra Park  in the Stable Café -A Grade –  on Sunday nights  meeting time – 6-15PM-

Dates

May-26th

June-9th -June-16th -June-30th

July-7th

all these Dates are  Sunday nights  Starting  Time 6-30pm  if you can not make it please   contact your  team leader

the Junior interclub @also held @ Alexandra park  Stable Café @  this stage will be held on Sunday -4thAugust – finish About- 5-00PM-

meeting time 10-15AM-

Autumn Cup round 2 was played on Wednesday and saw the top 3 players, who have a gap on the rest of the field rating wise, continue their winning ways. This leaves them on 2 points (Katrine McCarthy, Andrew Michael and John Worn) ahead of many players on 1 point. Round 3 will be interesting as these top players will start to clash.

Papatoetoe Chess Club’s Autumn Cup began on Wednesday and we would like to welcome a new member, Pat Hewett. Pat use to play at Papatoetoe many years ago so he is really an old member returning.

Round 1 had 6 boards playing and all games went the way of the top seed except board 5. This was a clash between Pauline Thomas (playing white) and Yash Narayan. Yash is rated 236 points above Pauline who come away with the full point so congatulations Pauline.

So the leading scores on 1 point are –

Katrine McCarthy

Andrew Michael

John Worn

Paul Norris

Paul Postma

Pauline Thomas

The final two rounds of this years Summer Rapid was played on Wednesday evening.

In the A Grade there was no suprises as the top 2 seeds, who had already played each other previously and drawn, won both their round leaving them 1st and 2nd respectively. Here are the final standings in the A Grade –

Katrine McCarthy       5.5

John Worn                    5.0

Barry Hooton               4.0

Paul Norris                    3.0

John McRae                  3.0

Meliton Gesmundo      2.5

Paul Postma                   2.0

The B Grade showed some of the weaknesses inherent in the fact that we have to play as one swiss tournament (i.e. A and B grades all together) because of low numbers.

Graeme Coleman and Stefan Brzozowski were joint leaders going into the final two rounds however Graeme lost against an A grader and then received a 1 point bye. Stefan on the other hand defeated an A grader and then lost to the top sead (Katrine). As well as this Solomon Lefe’e played two B grade players (winning both) and caught up. Final standings are as follows –

Stefan Brzozowski        3.0

Graeme Coleman          3.0

Solomon Lefe’e              3.0

Caleb Lefe’e                    2.0

Rhoslyn Lapworth         1.0

Pauline Thomas             1.0

William Lefe’e                 1.0

James Anderson               0

There is a possibility of separating the grades but there are a number of considerations –

1. Every week there are people who don’t turn up – sometimes 1 or 2 but sometimes many.

2. It is noticeable that in this tournament the A grade players were there every week but in one week there were 4 B grade players missing.

3. We could still play separate tournaments if people are willing to except a win by default. In the case of tournaments where there are only one round per night, there is a possibility of opponents playing during the week before the next round. In this case though the rule should be  – The person that turns up on club night can enforce the default if they cannot or are unwilling to play outside club night.

4. The A grade would be a round robin but this creates a problem if a higher rated player turns up after the first round. This probably could be overcome by contacting the higher rated players before the tournament.

The next graded tournament is the Winter Cup starting 19 June and I think this should be considered as the B Grade invariably has this problem. If you would like to discuss please email me [email protected]

The next tournament starting 17th April is the Autumn Cup (Katrine Metge Cup). This is 5 rounds with swiss format and one single group. Time control is 1 hour + 30 seconds from move one. As usual you need to be there before 7.30 or let Paul Postma know that you wish to enter.

Wednesday evening saw a few draws in the A Grade (genuine draws). On the night Katrine McCarthy managed 1.5 from the 2 rounds which sees her leading on 3.5, by a half a point. Following on 3 points are John Worn and Barry Hooton who both got a half point in round 3 and then played each other in round 4 for another half point.

The rest of A Grade is as follows –

Meliton Gesmundo       2.5

Paul Norris                      2.0

John McRae                     2.0

Paul Postma                     1.0

Stefan Brzozowski had the best night in the  B Grade. Stefan won both his games to lead the B Grade on 2 points with Graeme Coleman. Following these two leaders in the B Grade are as follows –

Solomon Lefe’e            1.0

Caleb Lefe’e                  1.0

Rhoslyn Lapworth       1.0

Pauline Thomas            1.0

James Anderson            0

The final two rounds will be paid next Wednesday 10th April.

On Wednesday 27 March we played the first 2 rounds of the Summer Rapid. There is an A and B Grade even though we are pairing as one tournament.

The standings after round 2 –

A GRADE

Katrine McCarthy      2

John Worn                   2

Barry Hooton                2

Meliton Gesmundo       1

Paul Norris                     1

John McRae                   1

Paul Postma                    0

B GRADE

Graeme Coleman           1

Solomon Lefe’e               1

Caleb Lefe’e                      1

Rhoslyn Lapworth           1

Stefan Brzozowski            0

Pauline Thomas                 0

Starting on the 27/3/2013 is the Summer Rapid (Bruce Marsick Cup). This competition will be six rounds over 3 nights, hence 2 rounds per night, with a time control 30/30. There will be a B Grade winner (cut of will be determined after the first night).

As usual you will need to arrive before 7.30pm to enter or contact the club or Paul Postma if you are going to be a bit late.

Visitors are very welcome to enter – cost is $3 per night.

Paul Postma 2997735 0210330548

Barry Hooton 5277250 0274506140