Again we didn’t have many members turn up so we only had 5 boards playing. On board 1 it was John Worn vs Yash Narayan. They played Giuoco Piano opening and once John started winning pieces he didn’t stop, eventually promoting a pawn and quickly followed with mate.

Board 2 was Barry Hooton vs Paul Norris. White played a quiet queens gambit and it wasn’t until well into the game that white obtained an advantage with a rook on an open file that co-ordinated with the queen and an advanced knight to firstly go a pawn up and then an exchange up. The win should have been simple from here but only for Barry forgeting to protect a pawn which Paul duely took with counterplay. Luckily for Barry, black ran out of time handing him the win.

Other results were –

Dave Misileki v Paul Postma  0-1 default

Pauline Thomas v Greame Coleman  0-1

Temu Maroroa v Steve Singer  1-0

This leaves John Worn and Barry Hooton leading on 3 points. They will be paired for the critical game in the next round.

Please remember that round 4 will be played on Anzac day at 7.30pm and you should be contacting me or the club if you are not going to attend.

On Wednesday 28 March we played the final 2 rounds of the Papatoetoe Summer Rapid. We saw outright winners in both A and B grades, they are Barry Hooton and Dave Misileki.

In the A grade Barry beat Yash Narayan (from a losing position) and then crucially won against Temu Maroroa. Unfortunately in the B grade I had Paul Postma winning but discovered I had given him 1 point in round 2 when he lost. This meant Dave Misileki won the B grade by winning round 5 against John McRae and in round 6 obtained a crucial half point against Satnam Singh, to win by a half point.

The final standings –

A Grade

Barry Hooton           6

Temu Maroroa          4

John Worn                 4

Cairo Molesi               4

Yash Narayan             3

Paul Norris                  3

Graeme Coleman        3

B Grade

Dave Misileki               3.5

Paul Postma                  3

Krishi Narayan              3

Jagmahan Singh            3

Satnam Singh                 2.5

Solomon Lefe’e               2

John McRae                     2

Gallipoli Misileki             2

Pauline Thomas               1

Ethan Perston                   1

William Lefe’e                   1

Stefan Brzozowski            1

We began the Summer Rapid on Wednesday 14 March playing the first two rounds.

Although we are playing as one swiss format group (because there are not enough numbers to split into 2 groups) there is an A & B grade. Using the Papatoetoe Club ratings, A grade are players 1150 and above and B grade have a rating below 1150.

There are 18 entries which are split into 7 A graders and 11 B grades. The A grade top seed is John Worn with a rapid rating of 1547 and B grades top seed is Krishi Narayan with a rapid rating of 1147.

Round 1 began fast and furious. Although the time limit is 30 minutes each, with no move increments, some games were played like they were 5 minute games. The top 2 boards were –

1. John Worn  vs  John McRae

2. Paul Postma  vs  Barry Hooton

These games were won by John Worn and Barry Hooton.

Round 2 was played after a short break with tea and bickies. The top 2 boards were –

1. Jagmahan Singh  vs John Worn

2. Barry Hooton  vs  Dave Misileki

Again these 2 games were won by John and Barry.

Leading scores after the first 2 rounds are –

A Grade

All on 2 points are – John Worn, Barry Hooton, Paul Norris and Yash Narayan.

B Grade

Almost the whole field in the B Grade are on 1 point, they are – Krishi Narayan, Solomon Lefe’e, John McRae, Paul Postma, Jagmahan Singh, Dave Misileki, Satnam Singh, Pauline Thomas and Ethan Perston.

Summer Rapid 30/30 starts Wednesday 14 March 2012 7.30pm. We will be having 2 rounds per night for 3 nights i.e 6 rounds. If you wish to be involved please ring Barry 5277250, the club or arrived before 7.30 on club night. The second round will start ASAP after the first round is completed, probably about 9pm.

Congratulations to John Worn outright winner of the Summer Cup on 4 points.

The top 2 boards were Barry Hooton vs John Worn and Hans Gao vs Paul Norris. Although Barry gained 2 pawns he was unable to maintain them and offered a draw which John accepted. Unfortunately Hans failed to show so Paul won by default.

The final results are –

1. John Worn                   4.0

2. Paul Norris                   3.5

3. Paul Postma                 3.0

4-5. Barry Hooton           2.5

          Yash Narayan         2.5

6-12 Satnam Singh          2.0

           Hans Gao                 2.0

           Solomon Lefe’e      2.0

           Pauline Thomas    2.0

           Jagmahan Singh    2.0

          Dave Misileki            2.0

          Gallipoli Misileki     2.0

13-14  John McRae           1.5

              William Lefe’e        1.5

15-16   Ethan Perston        1.0

               Greame Coleman  1.0

17-18   Cair0 Molesi             0

                Caleb Lefe’e             0

On Wednesday 15 Februrary Papatoetoe Chess Club played the second round of the summer cup. There were six boards playing and five boards obtained a full point. They were-

Paul Norris, Hans Gao, Paul Postma, Satnam Singh and Solomon Lefe’e.

After two rounds the outright leader is Paul Norris on 2 points, followed closely by John Worn and John McRae on 1.5 points.

Round three will be played 22 Februrary – members and visitors are welcome to join the tournament at anytime.

Please remember if you are in the tournament and cannot make round 3 then ring the club on 2784516 before 7.30pm or Barry on 0274 506 140 (a text is fine).

On 16^th  November 2011 we had our Consultation Chess game which was a lot of fun.

Team B, playing White, greatly encouraged by the thought of gaining either the Brilliancy Prize or the Suicide Prize, quickly resolved to gain one or the other (if nothing else) and sacrificed their Knight for no apparent reason on move 4!

Team A responded confidently and a thoroughly interesting game ensued.

Team B went on to a surprising win!  They were awarded the Brilliancy Prize and the match but lost on points which were arbitrarily awarded or deducted for cheek, abuse, baiting the other team, self-congratulatory remarks etc.

1. e4                    e5
2. Nf3                  Nf6
3. Nxf5                d6
4. Nxf7!?             Kxf7
5. d4                    Be7
6. Nc3                 Re8
7. Bc4+               Be6?!
8. d5                    Bc8
9. 0-0                   Nbd7
10. f4                     Kf8
11. Bd2                 c6
12. dxc6                Qb6+
13. Kh1                 bxc6
14. Qe2                 Nxe4?
15. Qh5                 d5
16. Nxe4               Nf6
17. Nxf6                Bxf6
18. Bb3                 Ba6
19. Rfe1                Qf2!?
20. Bb4+!              Be7
21. Qf5+               Kg8
22. Qe6+               Kh8
23. Bxe7                Bc8
24. Qxc6               Bh3
25. gxh3                Rac8
26. Qxd5               Rcd8
27. Qf7                  Qf3+
28. Kg1                 Qxh3
29. Be6                  Rd2
30. Qxe8++