With a break last week in which we had a fun night that was alot of fun! Teams trying to lose because of points gained for sacrifices. In the end the team led by John Worn won. So, last night we were back into the serious stuff playing the second round of the club champs. Although we are playing as one group we are split into 3 group for the purposes of an A, B and C grade winner so here are the leading scores after 2 rounds –

A GRADE

Katrine Metge          2

John Worn                 2

Paul Norris                2

John McRae               2

B GRADE

Stefan Brzozowski      1

Yash Narayan              1

Graeme Coleman        1

William Lefe’e              1

Solomon Lefe’e             1

C GRADE

Satnam Singh               1

Gallipoli Misileki          0.5

Pauline Thomas            0.5

We started the club champs on Wednesday the 15/8/12. We are playing as one Swiss group but there will an A, B and C grade winner. I will update the positions after round two which will be played in 2 weeks. Next Wednesday we are having a break from the club champs and having a fun evening which will be two teams against each other. It is not just a matter of winning the game but teams can win and lose points for various things which will be revealed on the night.

These rounds were played 25th July.

In round 3 the top boards were – 1. Katrine Metge v Paul Postma  2. Barry Hooton v John Worn  3 . Cairo Molesi v Dave Misileki. Katrine, Barry and Dave were the winners. This leaves Katrine Metge leading on 3 points followed on 2.5 by Barry Hooton & Dave Misileki.

Round 4 the top boards were 1. Dave Misileki v Katrine Metge  2. Paul Norris v Barry Hooton  3. Paul Postma v John McRae. The winners were Katrine, Barry & Paul Postma.

Leading scores after 4 Rounds –

Katrine Metge      4

Barry Hooton       3.5

Paul Postma          3

Dave Misileki        2.5

John Worn             2.5

Cairo Molesi          2.5

Round five of the Winter Cup was played on Wednesday 4 July and there was some good old American fireworks on board two.

On board 1 Katrine Metge won against Pauline Thomas to extend her lead to an unbeatable lead of 1.5 points with 1 round to play. Board 2  was John McRae vs John Worn and with a big rating difference John Worn was expected to prevail. However John McRae has been playing well in this tournament with his only loss in round 4 against Katrine. The game was long finishing about 11.30pm after 80 moves with John McRae pushing pawns to the six rank with the enemy king in front on the back rank, he was able to checkmate.

I would also like to congratulate Rhoslyn Lapworth getting her first points by drawing with Dave Misileki and welcome to a new member James Lefe’e a brother to Solomon, William and Caleb. There will be a few battles of brothers in the future.

Leading scores are –

A GRADE

1. Katrine Metge   5.0

2. John McRae      3.5

B GRADE

1. William Lefe’e  3.0

2. Pauline Thomas  2.5

The final round of the winter cup will be this Wednesday then follow the next week by The Spring (Ewen Green) Rapid.

The forth round was played on the 27 June and the top boards where –

John McRae v Katrine Metge

John Worn v Graeme Coleman

Katrine won on board 1 and John defeated Graeme on board 2.

This leaves the standing in each grade as follows –

A GRADE

1. Katrine Metge   4

2=  John Worn     3

2=  Paul Norris     3

B GRADE

1.   Pauline Thomas  2.5

2= Graeme Coleman 2

2= William Lefe’e       2

The tentitive draw for next Wednesday –

1. Katrine Metge v Paul Norris

2. John McRae v John Worn

3. Barry Hooton v Pauline Thomas

4. Graeme Coleman v Dave Misileki

5. Yash Narayan v William Lefe’e

6. Paul Postma v Gallipoli Misileki

7. Rhoslyn Lapworth v Cairo Molesi

8. Solomon Lefe’e v Jagmahan Singh

9. Satnam Singh v Ethan Perston

Last night we played the third round (out of six).

The top board was a clash of the 2 top seeds – Katrine Metge vs John Worn. It was fairly even for most of the game with Katrine applying the pressure which eventually bought the mistake from John and allowed Katrine to win a piece after a small combination. On board 2 it was Paul Postma vs John McRae which John won after winning a piece and then checkmating.

Although the Winter Cup is being played as one group, all players with a club rating under 1150 are playing for the B Grade cup. Here are the leaders in each group –

A GRADE

1. Katrine Metge  3.0

2.  John McRae    2.5

3= John Worn, Paul Norris & Yash Narayan  2.0

B GRADE

1=  Graeme Coleman & William Lefe’e  2.0

3. Pauline Thomas  1.5

The draw for the fourth round is as follows unless there are any absences (please let me know if you cannot make it so i can redo the draw).

1. John McRae vs Katrine Metge

2. John Worn vs Greame Coleman

3. Paul Norris vs Yash Narayan

4. William Lefe’e vs Barry Hooton

5. Solomon Lefe’e vs Pauline Thomas

6. Rhoslyn Lapworth vs Paul Postma

7. Dave Misileki vs Gallipoli Misileki

8. Satman Singh vs Jagmahan Singh

9. Cairo Molesi vs Ethan Perston

On the top 3 boards Katerine Metge defeated Paul Postma, John Worn defeated Yash Narayan and Paul Norris defeated Rhoslyn Lapworth so these three are leading with 2 points. Following closely on 1.5 points are John McRae and Pauline Thomas who defeated Barry Hooton and Dave Misileki respectively.

The first round of the Winter Cup was played on 6th June. All the seeded players won except John McRae who drew with Pauline Thomas.

The first round winners are –

Katrine Metge

John Worn

Paul Norris

Paul Postma

Yash Narayan

Rhoslyn Lapworth is also on 1 point from a bye.

Although this tournament will be run as one group there will be an A Grade and a B Grade winner. The cut-off will be club rating 1150 so the following are the players in A & B Grades.

A GRADE

Katrine Metge

John Worn

Barry Hooton

Paul Norris

Paul Postma

Yash Narayan

John McRae

B GRADE

Graeme Coleman

Solomon Lefe’e

William Lefe’e

Jagmahan Singh

Satnam Singh

Pauline Thomas

Rhoslyn Lapworth

With Dave Misileki losing the final 2 rounds allowed Yash Narayan and William Lefe’e to catch him. These 3 players were in a tie for 1st on 4 points. William missed the first two rounds so he actually won all the games he played. Congratulation to these players – there might be a fight over who gets the cup!!!

Next week (6th June) will be back to normal chess. It will be the 1st of 6 rounds of the winter cup and the games will be 1 hour + 30seconds from move 1. We are playing as one group using the Swiss format but there will be an A and B grade winner. I will determine the split into grade after the 1st round.

PLEASE NOTE – Because we have juniors playing I will be beginning on time so you must let me know if you are entering. I will be doing the draw at 7.30pm and if you arrive after this then you will not have a game (unless you have already entered by letting me know). So you need to let me know by phone, text or email anytime before Wednesday 7.30pm (Home phone and email before 5.30pm Wednesday). Or be at the club before 7.30pm.

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Played Wednesday 23 May 2012.

There was an important clash in round 3 between Yash Narayan and Dave Misileki in which Dave won. After Dave also winning round 4 this left him on top with 4 wins. Yash also won his 4th round so he is still in touch with 3 point in second. There are a few players on 2 points – Paul Postma, John Worn, Solomon Lefe’e and William Lefe’e. It is worth noting that Solomon and William missed the first 2 rounds so they have won all the games they have played.

This Wednesday will be the final 2 round and then on the 6 June we will begin the Winter Cup. I will tell you more about this after the conclusion of the Handicap Tournament.