Unfortunately The Papatoetoe Rapid Open and the Junior Rapid scheduled for 30 November and the 1 December has now been cancelled.
We are sorry if this has inconvenienced anybody and if you have already entered we will fully refund the money.
On the above Wednesday we will have a visit from the Franklin Chess Club. All club members are welcome but we will try to match our players to Franklin’s team. We will do something else for the Papatoetoe members left over (any suggestions welcome).
It is not compulsory but if you would like to bring a plate it would be most welcome.
John McRae Junior Summer Shield
2019 Pasindu Jayawickrama
Russell Metge Junior Rapid Cup
2019 Pratyush Khatiwada
Lew Collins Junior Autumn Cup
2019 Pratyush Khatiwada
Hans Gao Junior Handicap Shield
2019 Pratyush Khatiwada
Graeme Coleman Junior Winter Knight
2019 Pratyush Khatiwada
Winter Pawn Medal
2019 Kimberly Williams
Nigel Metge Rook Junior A Grade
2019 Yabla Han
Graham Banks Junior B Grade
2019 Luke Do
Leo Peti Junior C Grade
2019 Elena-Rhys Utai
Clive Wilson Junior Spring Cup
2019
Pauline Thomas Junior Blitz Trophy
2019
last 2 still to be played this list is for identification for engraving.
A Grade
Stanley has had another win in the penultimate round so he now cannot be overtaken.
B Grade
Scott had the only win in this grade, seeing him edge into the lead.
| WINTER CUP 2019 | ||||||||
| A GRADE | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Total | |
| Stanley Yee | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Harry Bong | 1198 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Mike Buis | 1574 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Leyton Hackney | 1733 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Temu Maroroa | 1184 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| B GRADE (under 1150) | ||||||||
| Scott Smith | 1124 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Paul Postma | 1094 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | |
| Graeme Coleman | 1123 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 2 |
In the A Grade Stanley continued his winnings ways to lead. The B Grade was unchanged from round 3 as they lost to A graders. Following are the leaders in each grade.
| WINTER CUP 2019 | ||||||||
| A GRADE | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Total | |
| Stanley Yee | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Mike Buis | 1574 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Harry Bong | 1198 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| B GRADE (under 1150) | ||||||||
| Paul Postma | 1094 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 2.5 | ||
| Scott Smith | 1124 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Graeme Coleman | 1123 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 |
We are half way through the winter cup and the leaders in the A & B Grades are as follow:
| A GRADE | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Total | |
| Stanley Yee | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Leyton Hackney | 1733 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Mike Buis | 1574 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Harry Bong | 1198 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| B GRADE (under 1150) | ||||||||
| Paul Postma | 1094 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 2.5 | |||
| Scott Smith | 1124 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Graeme Coleman | 1123 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 |
In the A Grade Stan continued his dominance with a clean sweep of all comers. Mike also got a win in this round to stay in second place with Alex in third. See full results below.
The B grade had both Stefan and John Guan winning with black to take out first equal. There was a four way tie for third.
| AUTUMN CUP 2019 | ||||||||
| A GRADE | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Total | |
| Stanley Yee | 1995 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Mike Buis | 1559 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Alex Laughland | 1336 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 3.5 |
| Roy Uta’i | 1214 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Rosjier Hall | 1237 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 |
| Barry Hooton | 1449 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| SivaKumar Manoharan | 1616 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 |
| Ariel Patdu | 1460 | 0.5 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Angus Husin | 1379 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| B GRADE (under 1200) | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Total | |
| John Guan | 1083 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Stefan Brzozowski | 1115 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 4 |
| Harry Bong | 1185 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Temu Maroroa | 1194 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Paul Postma | 1059 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Graeme Coleman | 1116 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Scott Smith | 1152 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| John McRae | 944 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 2 |
| Pasindu Jayawickrama | 1163 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| Sampath Jayawickrama | 909 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| Jim Shack | 1000 | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | 2 |
| Callum Spence | 1079 | – | – | 0 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 |
| Pauliine Thomas | 943 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Joshua Edmonds | 961 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1.5 |
| Agus Husin | 1012 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
On Wednesday 29th May we will start the handicap tournament which is run on the rapid time control and has 2 games per night. Come along and join the fun as anything can happen and anyone has a chance of scoring.
On Sunday 12 May the second round of the A Grade Auckland interclub was played at Stables Café, Alexandra Park. In past years Papatoetoe have generally made up the numbers with Bob Gibbons (and others in the past) our only true A Grader. This year with Stan Yee, Ian McNally, Phillip Mukkattu and Hilton Bennett coming all the way from Hamilton to help, gives us a reasonable team (thanks Hilton).
Despite a still large gap in our ratings we are very pleased to achieve 2 points with Phillip’s fantastic win and two great draws by Stanley and Ian.
| 1 |  |
Papatoetoe CC (4) | 2 | 4 | Howick-Pakuranga CC (3) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | 2082 | Gibbons, Robert E | 0 | 1 | Hague, Ben | 2491 |
| 1.2 | 2068 | Bennett, Hilton P | 0 | 1 | Gong, Daniel Hanwen | 2328 |
| 1.3 | 2026 | Yee, Stanley | ½ | ½ | Dreyer, Martin P | 2263 |
| 1.4 | 1874 | McNally, Ian | ½ | ½ | Green, Ewen M | 2250 |
| 1.5 | 1632 | Mukkattu, Philip | 1 | 0 | Janisz, Andrew | 1946 |
| 1.6 | 986 | Postma, Paul | 0 | 1 | Dai, Oliver | 1885 |
A GRADE
Wednesday evening saw Stan clinch 1st place with one round to go. Mike is the only player that could catch Stan with a win in the final round and Stan needing to loose. Alex is following closely in 3rd.
Stanley Yee vs Roy Uta’i 1-0
John Guan vs Mike Buis 0-1
| A GRADE | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Total | |
| Stanley Yee | 1995 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Mike Buis | 1559 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Alex Laughland | 1336 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
B GRADE
Unfortunately John Guan had to play an in form A grader as there are not enough players to split the two groups. With his loss, Harry, Temu and Stefan were able to catch him.
John Guan vs Mike Buis 0-1
Barry Hooton vs Harry Bong 0-1
Temu Maroroa vs Paul Postma 1-0
Alex Laughland vs Stefan Brzozowski 0.5 – 0.5
| B GRADE (under 1200) | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Total | |
| John Guan | 1083 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Harry Bong | 1185 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Temu Maroroa | 1194 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Stefan Brzozowski | 1115 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 |
Please note if you are wondering how Stefan gained 1 point from last week (after a draw). I had missed a 1/2 point he achieved in round one. My apologies.
A GRADE
The two top players Mike and Stan clashed in this round with Stan continuing his winning ways to stay on full points. Alex and Roy won their rounds to catch Mike on 2=.
| AUTUMN CUP 2019 | ||||||||
| A GRADE | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Total | |
| Stanley Yee | 1995 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Mike Buis | 1559 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Alex Laughland | 1336 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Roy Uta’i | 1214 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
B GRADE
A win by John saw him leading the B Grade on 3 points with a multitude of players right behind on 2 points-
| B GRADE (under 1200) | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Total | |
| John Guan | 1083 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Harry Bong | 1185 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Scott Smith | 1152 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Temu Maroroa | 1194 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Paul Postma | 1059 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| John McRae | 944 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Stefan Brzozowski | 1115 | – | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Pasindu Jayawickrama | 1163 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Sampath Jayawickrama | 909 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |