Papatoetoe chess will begin the first round of the Summer cup on the 12th February. See calendar below.

There will be some change this year in the way tournaments are conducted. The issue has arisen because some long games are going on too late at night. Following is a list of these changes including one not related to the time issue –

1. This years club champs will have the A grade running as a separate tournament. The top six entries will play a double round robin hence club champs will be ten rounds this year to accommodate this. There has been discussion to allow non members into the club champs so this could alter the format if we get many non members entering and we are left with only a few members in the A grade. I will keep you posted on this.

2. All the tournaments (except the Club Champs) have had the increments reduced from 30 seconds to 10 seconds to help reduce the length of long games.

3. Strict start times. This is not new rules but in the past they have not been enforced. You are expected to arrive at or before 7.30pm so the draw will be done and the round started as soon as possible – start will be by 7.45 but earlier if possible. There are many things that need to change in order for this to happen and I will list these below. PLEASE REMEMBER THESE RULES ARE SO YOUR FELLOW CLUB MEMBERS CAN TURN UP KNOWING THEY WILL HAVE A GAME AND GET HOME AT A RESONABLE TIME.  We also have younger members playing in the seniors that cannot stay late.

a) There is no casual play on the tournament boards. You can easily grab a spare set and set up on another table.

b) The following rules do not mean you cannot be late but your clock will be started and you will have 30 minutes or when your time runs out for shorter games, before your game is forfeited.

c) On the first night (first round) of a tournament you will need to be on time to enter or contact the club if you are going to be a bit late. If you haven’t done either of these you will not be in the first round.

d) For subsequent rounds once you are in the tournament we will be assuming you are coming and you will be paired and the rule in b) will apply.

e) Once you are in a tournament but know you will not be coming for any particular round please let the club know. This is so we can prevent you being paired and then your fellow club member isn’t waiting for someone who will not turn up.

f) The rule e) is one rule that is often ignored by some members (some are very good). If you habitually do not turn up and do not let anybody know we may take you out of a round in future if you have not arrived on time. Of course if you do arrive you will not have a game.

g) We have a 15 minute break about 9pm. The 15 minute time will be strictly adhered to at which time clocks are restarted. This does not mean you have to sit down at that time, just that the clock will be ticking.

I hope these rules do not seem too harsh but remember they are necessary so everyone can enjoy the club and we have an environment that is acceptable to the majority.

One last thing before the calendar. Not everybody will know of these rule changes so we have agreed that there will be a little leeway on the first night.

Papatoetoe Rapid – A Grade
Cross Table at round 6 sorted by score

Pos NAME                 Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6
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1 Wang Pu Chen         2420  IM NZL    5.5 | +B7   +W4   =B2   +W5   +B6   +W3
2 Hague Ben            2367  FM NZL       5.5 | +W12  +B3   =W1   +B6   +W4   +B7
3 Smith Robert         2274  FM NZL     4.0 | +B15  -W2   +B14  +W9   +W8   -B1
4 Gao Hans             2280  — NZL          4.0 | +W17  -B1   +W12  +B13  -B2   +W6
5 Huang Alex           1862  — NZL         4.0 | +W16  -B6   +W10  -B1   +B12  +W9
6 Garbett Paul         2317  IM NZL       3.0 | +B14  +W5   +B8   -W2   -W1   -B4
7 Hoffmann Peter       1990  — GER    3.0 | -W1   +B17  +W18  -B8   +W13  -W2
8 Krstev Antonio       2021  — NZL      3.0 | =W9   +B16  -W6   +W7   -B3   =B10
9 Yang Scott           1854  — NZL          3.0 | =B8   +W10  =W13  -B3   +W18  -B5
10 Thornton Giovanni    2178  — NZL  3.0 | =W13  -B9   -B5   +W17  +B14  =W8
11 Lim Benjamin         2003  — NZL    3.0 | -B18  -W14  +B15  -W12  +W16  +B13
12 Runcan Daniel        1986  — ROU   2.5 | -B2   +W15  -B4   +B11  -W5   =B16
13 Jia Hao              1883  — NZL          2.0 | =B10  +W18  =B9   -W4   -B7   -W11
14 Spiller Paul         1954  — NZL        2.0 | -W6   +B11  -W3   =B18  -W10  =B17
15 Taylor Richard       1909  — NZL   2.0 | -W3   -B12  -W11  =B16  =W17  +B18
16 Stuart Peter         2040  — NZL      1.5 | -B5   -W8   =B17  =W15  -B11  =W12
17 Gibbons Robert       1951  — NZL   1.5 | -B4   -W7   =W16  -B10  =B15  =W14
18 Smith Vivian         1740  — NZL   1.5 | +W11  -B13  -B7   =W14  -B9   -W15

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Papatoetoe Rapid – B Grade
Cross Table at round 6 sorted by score

Pos NAME                 Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6
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1 Rider Brett          1777  — NZL                  5.5 | +B4   +W11  +B7   +W2   +B3   =W6
2 Gong Daniel Hanwen   1698  — NZL     4.5 | +B9   +W5   +B8   -B1   =W10  +W4
3 Eade Don             1737  — NZL                4.0 | +B13  -W7   +B11  +W8   -W1   +B10
4 Chen Johnson         1575  — NZL             3.5 | -W1   =W9   +B5   +B13  +W7   -B2
5 Bryan Jason             0  — NZL                  3.5 | +B6   -B2   -W4   +W12  +B8   =W9
6 Lyall Simon          1724  — NZL               3.5 | -W5   -B13  +B9   +W11  +W14  =B1
7 Jiang Richard        1550  — NZL             3.0 | +B12  +B3   -W1   -W10  -B4   +W14
8 Lee Miles               0  — NZL                    3.0 | +B10  +W12  -W2   -B3   -W5   +B11
9 Jacobs Hilton        1743  — NZL             3.0 | -W2   =B4   -W6   +B14  +W13  =B5
10 Cruden Neil          1660  — NZL            3.0 | -W8   +B14  =W13  +B7   =B2   -W3
11 Fan Allen Chi Zhou   1645  — NZL       2.0 | +B14  -B1   -W3   -B6   +W12  -W8
12 Al-Muhaisen Neetheam 1750  — NZL  2.0 | -W7   -B8   +W14  -B5   -B11  +W13
13 Gothorp Thomas       1548  — NZL        1.5 | -W3   +W6   =B10  -W4   -B9   -B12
14 Shen Terry              0  — NZL                 0.0 | -W11  -W10  -B12  -W9   -B6   -B7

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Papatoetoe Rapid – C Grade
Cross Table at round 6 sorted by score

Pos NAME                 Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6
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1 Wang Tony            1315  — NZL           5.0 | +W17  +B9   +W3   +B2   -W4   +B5
2 Lewis Jordan         1249  — NZL         5.0 | +B13  +W11  +B20  -W1   +W7   +B4
3 Ismail Saif          1350  — NZL             5.0 | +B18  +W20  -B1   +W8   +B12  +W11
4 Yan Caroline         1316  — NZL           4.5 | +B21  +W14  +B12  =W11  +B1   -W2
5 Laughland Alexander  1363  — NZL  4.0 | +BYE  +W6   +B14  -W12  +B19  -W1
6 Garland Mana         1284  — NZL       4.0 | =W22  -B5   +W15  +B10  =B11  +W12
7 Zhang Jasmine        1274  — NZL       3.5 | -B14  +W13  +B19  +W16  -B2   =W8
8 Yan Sarah            1217  — NZL            3.5 | -W15  +B22  +W17  -B3   +W13  =B7
9 Wang Aaron Ziwen     1168  — NZL  3.5 | +B19  -W1   -B11  +W20  =B16  +W15
10 Hutchinson Al        1291  — NZL      3.5 | -B20  +W21  =B16  -W6   +B23  +W14
11 Lum Bryner           1348  — NZL       3.0 | +W23  -B2   +W9   =B4   =W6   -B3
12 Hill Raymon          1259  — NZL      3.0 | +W16  +B15  -W4   +B5   -W3   -B6
13 Rider Reginald          0  — NZL       3.0 | -W2   -B7   +BYE  +W18  -B8   +W22
14 Su Danny              914  — NZL         2.5 | +W7   -B4   -W5   +B17  =W15  -B10
15 Shaddick Ronnie         0  — NZL     2.5 | +B8   -W12  -B6   +W21  =B14  -B9
16 Holdaway Steven         0  — NZL    2.5 | -B12  +BYE  =W10  -B7   =W9   =W18
17 Sivabalan Brijesh    1088  — NZL  2.5 | -B1   +W18  -B8   -W14  +B21  =W19
18 Gaundar Arul         1130  — NZL     2.5 | -W3   -B17  +W22  -B13  +W20  =B16
19 Taylor Victor           0  — NZL          2.5 | -W9   +B23  -W7   +B22  -W5   =B17
20 Hill Anthony          992  — NZL     2.0 | +W10  -B3   -W2   -B9   -B18  +W23
21 McRae John           1115  — NZL     2.0 | -W4   -B10  +W23  -B15  -W17  +BYE
22 Barry Jacob           968  — NZL      1.5 | =B6   -W8   -B18  -W19  +BYE  -B13
23 Zhang Jennifer       1129  — NZL   1.0 | -B11  -W19  -B21  +BYE  -W10  -B20

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On Saturday the 7 December we had our annual rapid open for seniors and juniors. This year we held it at the Panmure Community Centre on the same day as the Panmure Santa Parade. As far as I am aware the clash did not cause any problems.

The junior tournament was six rounds and we used a tie-breaker system recommended by FIDE. This is because we cannot have split prizes.

Congratulations to the overall winner, 10 year old, Jack Sun on 5.5 points. The other cup winners for the overall tournament are-

2nd Leo Zhang      4.5 points (10 years)

3rd Raymond Huang 4.5 points (7 years)

Book prize for 4th went to Oliver Picken on 4.0 points

I would also like to mention the others on 4.0 points but missed out on an overall prize because of the tie-break system –

Darrick Pan

Rebekah Massey

Allan Han

Emily Massey

Lucas Salazar Eyre

Grade prizes were as follows –

12 years plus

David Xu 5 points.

Please note that this age group was ineligible for the cup prizes so David was unable to take 2nd place.

Under 12

Rebekah Massey 4.0 points

Under 10

Sasha Ghadiali  3.5 points

Under 8

Allan Han 4.0 points

Top Girl

Rebekah Massey 4.0 points

We had 28 juniors all together and there were no issues so I would like to congratulate all the entrants on their great sportsmanship.

Papatoetoe Rapid  was  being held in Papatoetoe Town Hall

Now in the

Panmure Community Centre

7-13 Pilkington Road 

Panmure    

7th December- Saturday 

Entries Close Friday  -6th December

PH 527-7520  – cell -0274506140

Barry Hooton

The second round of the winter interclub was played on Wednesday. The top boards and results were as follows –

1. Katrine McCarthy  – Paul Postma  1-0

2. John Worn – Graeme Coleman  1-0

3. Barry Hooton – Yash Narayan  1-0

4. Solomon Lefe’e – John McRae   0-1

All the games went with the ratings except on board 5 in which Pauline Thomas (playing white) beat Paul Norris.

In the A Grade there are 3 players on 2 points –

Katrine McCarthy

John Worn

Barry Hooton

Followed on 1 point by Paul Postma and Graeme Coleman.

The B Grade has bunched up with 6 players on 1 point –

Yash Narayan

Solomon Lefe’e

John McRae

Daniel Coop

Pauline Thomas

William Lefe’e

We began the Papatoetoe Winter cup on Wednesday evening 19/6. There is an A & B grade and the tournament runs for 6 rounds, time control is 1 hour + 30 seconds from move 1. As per normal we will do the draw with A & B grade mixed together because of the low numbers.

Because of swiss pairing rules round 1 meant that the B graders were drawn against the A graders. There were two exciting upset otherwise the full point went the way of ratings.

On board 2 Yash Narayan, playing black, defeated second seed Andrew Michael. Andrew overlooked a knight fork and losed has queen. On board 4 Solomon Lefe’e, again playing back, defeated fourth seed Paul Norris. Paul saced a knight in the end game for a strong pawn advance but he was unable to bring it off.

Leading scores –

A Grade

Katrine McCathy, John Worn, Barry Hooton, Paul Postma and Graeme Coleman all on 1 point.

B Grade

Yash Narayan and Solomon Lefe’e both on 1 point.

Round three was played on the 6/3 and wins by the top seeds saw the leader board narrow to Katrine McCarthy and Andrew Michael out in front. These two players will clash in the next round so the outcome will be interesting. Results of the top boards were –

Katrine McCarthy vs Paul Postma    1-0

Andrew Michael   vs Paul Norris       1-0

Meliton Gesmundo vs John Worn     0-1

Krishi Narayan     vs Yash Narayan   0-1

Leaders-

Katrine McCarthy     3

Andrew Michael         3

Paul Postma                2

Yash Narayan              2

John Worn                   2

John McRae               1.5

On the top board black made some basic opening errors which Katrine took advantage of and never let go. Here is the game –

Katrine McCarthy vs Paul Postma (Ruy Lopez) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.o-o Nxe5 5.d4 Bd6 6.dxe5 Nxe5 7.Nxe5 Bxe5 8.Qd5 Bxh2+ 9.Kxh2 Qh4+ 10.Kg1 c6 11.Qe5+ Kf8 12.Bd3 d6 13.Qxe4 Qxe4 14.Bxe4 d5 15.Rd1 Be6 16.Bf3 h6 17.Be3 g6 18.Bd4 Rh7 19.a4 b6 20.Bf6 Re8 21.c4 h5 22.cxd5 Bg4 23.dxc6 Bxf3 24.gxf3 h4 25.c7 Rh4 26.Rd8 Rf5 27.Rxe8+ Kxe8 28.c8=Q#

Last wednesday evening we played round two of the Summer Cup. The top three boards involved all the leading players from round one. On board 1 Katrine McCarthy, playing black, won against Paul Norris in nine moves (see below). Board 2 Andrew Michael won against John Worn and board 3 was a victory for Paul Postma against John McRae.

Leading scores are Katrine McCarthy, Andrew Michael and Paul Postma all on 2 points.

Followed by Yash Narayan, Krishi Narayan, John Worn, Paul Norris and Meliton Gesmundo on 1 point.

Paul Norris vs Katrine McCarthy (Albin Counter Gambit)

1. d4     d5

2. c4     e5

3. de     d4

4. a3 (normal is Nf3)  Nc6

5. Nf3    Bg4

6. Nbd2  Qe7

7. b4      o-o-o

8. Bb2   Nxe5

9. Nxd4 (oops- should be Nxe5)  Nd3++

Hello all chess lovers and welcome to the 2013 competition at Papatoetoe Chess Club.

The first round of the Summer Cup was played last night with 6 boards. It is in swiss format so in the first round the top half played the bottom half. Five of the boards were won by the higher seed so are leading on one point –

Katrine McCarthy

John Worn

Andrew Michael

Paul Norris

Paul Postma

Congratulation to Pauline Thomas who got a draw against the higher rated John McRae in a long game that went past 11pm.

Also a warm welcome to newcomers (to Papatoetoe) Andrew Michael and James Anderson. I hope they both enjoy many challenges.

Welcome to Paul Postma as the new club captain and remember if you are in the competition and cannot turn up to a round please text Paul to let him know. This prevents you being paired to play somebody who won’t get a game when you don’t turn up. As well if you have not entered in the first round but wish to join in, you are very welcome but you either need to be at the club by about 7.20pm or text Paul to enter you in the tournament.

Paul’s number is 0210330548

The club is 2784516

My number (Barry) is 0274506140

Summer Cup  (Joe Tyson Cup ) 1st John Worn

Summer Rapid (Bruce Marsick Cup)  1st Barry Hooton

Summer Rapid ( B Grade) 1st Dave Misileki

Autumn Cup (Katrine Metge  Cup) 1st John Worn

Handicap Cup  (Founders  Cup) 1st= William Lefeé ,Yash Narayan, Dave Misileki,

Winter Cup  (Bob Wichman Cup) 1st  Katrine McCarthy

Winter Cup ( B Grade Medals) 1st=Graeme Coleman William Lefeé

Spring Rapid  (Ewen Green Cup) 1st= Katrine Mc Carthy  Barry Hooton

Spring Rapid (B Grade Medals )  1st= Cairo Molesi , Dave Misileki . Willam Lefeé , JohnMcRae

CLUB CHAMPS   A Grade (George McAlonan Cup) 1st Katrine McCarthy

CLUB CHAMPS  B Grade (Tom Smith Cup) 1st Stefan Brzozowski

CLUB CHAMPS C Grade ( Gordon Hodge  Cup) 1st  Arul Gaundar

Lightning Rook (P&M Trophy ) 1st John Worn

PT`’25+5′ Rapid (Joe Sapeta Trophy ) 1st= Katrine  McCarthy ,John Worn