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

Welcome to a new year of CHESS BATTLES!!!

I hope you are all refreshed and ready to go.

This Wednesday 13/2/2013 at 7pm we are having the AGM and straight after will be the prize giving for last years winners. Please try and get along to this to congratulate all the winners. After the formalities we will play some casual chess or whatever people want. The next week will start the serious stuff when the summer cup starts.

If you are interested in helping the club as an officer or a committee member please make it know. We need new blood! and new ideas.

I ‘m standing down this year and only looking after the Juniors and Library.

[a] Job is basically taking the minutes at Club Meetings and applying for funding for Rent [2014] ,equipment,and events.

[b] Minutes and Funding Books are in the cupboard at the club.[the Clubs Seal is in the bookcase]

[c] There are usually only 2 or 3 funding rounds per year,and it takes about a month or more before you get a reply,so it pays to start early.

[d] With some you can apply online , but most have a form to fill in.

[e] They each have a list of the areas they cover and the type of things they support. There is a Book showing all the funding societies  – info in the Funding Books at the club

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

Because I could be working night-shift this year,we need someone to help with some of the jobs I usually do at the Club.

[a] Collect Subs – each night and mark them in the Attendance Sheet so we have a record for the clubs accounts.

[b] Register all new players – name,address,phone,email.

[c]Give a receipts – for a Year Subs payment and NZCF registration.Players can pay registration at tournaments when they enter [no extra charge now],email me [email protected] any who pay at club and I will forward a cheque to NZCF.

[d]Bank all money collected – ASB Account 12-3028-0428483-00 and identify with Seniors Subs.

[e] I will still pay our NZCF and ACA – Affilation Fee and will enter one team in each of the A, B, Junior and Lightning Inter-Club Games. I will still set up the room,and our boards,sets and clocks, – BUT SOMEONE ELSE will have to organize and captain the teams in these events.

[f] Lastly – buy Tea,Milk and Biscuits each week for Seniors and mark the amount spent in the Attendance Sheet for our annual accounts.  David Taylor will buy sugar,milo,raro and biscuits for the Juniors, as well as collect their subs and do their Banking.

John McRae    ph.09 278 4520    [email protected]

Arul Gaundar won the first 4 Tournaments easily before he graduated to the Club Seniors where he won the  C Grade Cup in the Club Champs.  Well Done Arul. Ashton Calmont-Heketoa another of our good Juniors has moved to Australia,but we have gained 3 new girls who are providing plenty of strong competitons,for everyone. Several others have moved on over the year, and a trickle of new faces have filled the gaps. Welcome to all the new players.

John McRae Junior Summer Shield       2012 Arul Gaundar

Russell Metge Junior Rapid Cup              2012 Arul Gaundar

Lew Collins Junior Autumn Cup              2012 Arul Gaundar

Hans Gao Junior Handicap Shield          2012 Arul Gaundar

Graeme Coleman Junior Winter Knight

2012 Ashton Calmont-Heketoa

PIF [play it forward] Clive Wilson Spring Cup

2012 Ethan Stowers  [B Grade Conrad Hart]

Nigel Metge Rook Junior [A Grade] Champion

2012 Kaea Korewha

Graham Banks [B Grade] Cup

2012 Emily Massey

Lew Peti [C Grade] Cup

2012 Dylan Nguyen

Pauline Thomas Trophy [ 5min Blitz] Champion

2012 Rebekha Massey  [B Grade Stanford Colson]

JUNIORS – CHESS STARTS IN 2013  ON WED 13TH FEB

WITH THE FIRST 2 ROUNDS OF THE SUMMER RAPID

15MIN EACH PER GAME, FOR THE RUSSELL METGE CUP.

Prize Giving after games on WED  27th Feb 2013.

This week we interupted the Rapid to have another Blitz. I decided to make it a little different than the other Blitzes we run and add 3 seconds per move. We had 14 players and because of a late start it ran a bit late. Sorry about that we won’t do that again unless we start early or run over 2 nights.

The top results were –

1. Barry Hooton   12

2= John Worn       10.5

2= Solomon Lefe’e 10.5

4. Katrine Metge     10

Next week will be the final 2 rounds of the Rapid.

Last Wednesday saw Katrine Metge clear out from the pack while others fell by the wayside. Katrine first beat Barry Hooton and then William Lefe’e while John Worn beat Graeme Coleman but then fell to Solomon Lefe’e. Solomon in the meantime worked his way up the leader board by first beating his brother, James and then John Worn.

The leading scores with two rounds to go are –

Katrine Metge  5.5

John Worn        4.5

Solomon Lefe’e  4.0

Remember next Wednesday we are having a break from the Rapid and playing another Blitz. Come along and have some fun – everybody to play everybody. Just to make it a little different from the other Blitz we may make it a 5+3 if the majority agree.

Sorry for the lack of match reports as we have now had 4 rounds of this year ending competition. This competition was named after our beloved club member, Joe Sapeta, who died last year so this is our 2nd year with the tournament named after Joe. We play 2 rounds per evening 25+5 and it is an 8 round tournament. Next wednesday will be rounds 5 & 6 and then the following week we will have a break to have another blitz evening. We normally have a simul but by consensus we are having another blitz. We have decided to introduce a new blitz rating as some members are very good at this shortened form but to get a sensible rating we would need to have at least 2 blitz tournament per year. The week after, 28/11, will be the final 2 rounds of the Rapid and also our final club night for the year.

Back to the Rapid – here are the leading scores after 4 rounds –

Katrine Metge   3.5

John Worn         3.5

Barry Hooton     3.0

James Lefe’e        2.0

Solomon Lefe’e    2.0

Graeme Coleman  2.0

Paul Norris             2.0

William Lefe’e       2.0

Once again it was the lower boards that seem to benifit most from the “battle against better players” – with William Lefee drawing against Judd Zhan [1542] in Round 2 , and Stephan and Arul getting draws in Round 3.

It was Arul’s game against Sandeep George [1591] that proved the most interesting. After move 35 Sandeep was a pawn up and had 2 passed pawns ,with another in the d file ready to break through. By move 55 he had lost all his pawns and was fighting to prevent Arul from Queening one of his.

Sadly Arul couldnt do it [he needed to know the Lucena Position]and had to settle for a draw – much to Sandeep’s relief.

1st HP – 12   2nd AC – 11   3rd NS – 8      &     4th  PT -5

http://www.viewchess.com/scripts/gameuploadisapi.dll?showreader?y=2012&m=10&d=21&id=Game14718812   click to replay, drag notation box towards board to expand ,use arrows for full screen.

the basic   LUCENA  POSITION    White to play

1.Re2+ to keep the King away from the pawn …Kf7

2.Re4    Rc1   3.Kd7    Rd1+   4.Kc6    Rc1+    5.Kd6   Rd1+  

6.Kc5    Rc1+   7.Rc4!  shields the King and pawn which now Queens.