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 Lew Collins Junior Autumn Cup was won this year by Arul Gaundar on 5.5 points out of 6.
2nd = was Basant Singh and Kaea Korewha on 5 points followed by Anusha Gaundar on 4.5
Work needs to be done on MATE in ONE recognition and 2 ROOKS & KING v KING endings.
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.
Here’s what our Papatoetoe junior chess players have to say about coming to Chess Club each week:
“Great mood, great people, great time” Ethan
“From learners to winners!” Keanu
“Chess is the best, never forget” Kaea
“Where you experience chess” Ujinder
“Come here. Be winners!” Marquese
“Welcome to the chess club, enjoy the game of chess, deserve awards, there are lots of trophies you could win” Anusha
“Chess Club is about having fun when you play people” Jershan
“Chess Club is the best in the world” Benjamin
“The kingdom of chess” Ryan
“A great place to learn and play chess” Arul
“Chess is the name of the game” Arul
“Where learning begins” Daniel
“If you want to learn chess come to the chess club” Arav
“Not many people have learnt this fun and brain-challenging game, now is your chance” Ashton
These are their entries in the Junior Motto Competition which was held in November 2011.
The winning mottos were those of Keanu (1st) and Ethan and Daniel (=2nd), who each received a chocolatey prize.
A big thank you to all juniors who submitted an entry!!
On Wednesday 16 May we played the first 2 rounds of the Handicap. This tournament is 25 + 5 with a material deficit for handicapping unless the rating gap is more than 250. In this case the higher rated player has a time deficit along with a material deficit.
After the 2 rounds we have 2 players on 2 points – Yash Narayan and Dave Misileki. We have 2 more evenings i.e 6 rounds for this tournament but anyone is welcome to join round 3 and 4 on Wednesday 23 May.
We revamped the handicapping criteria this year to try to fix last years problem where often the handicapped player had virtually no chance of competing. The games I saw looked close and could have gone either way which is what a handicap tournament should acheive most of the time. Any feedback on this is welcome.