Kapiti Chess News Letter - 20 November 2018

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First - Up, Apologies to all for being off-line these past few weeks.  All things back to normal.

So, bringing you all up to date, the last report on 16 October, gave the current positions in the Club Championships after the end of Series 1.   These being:

CURRENT TABLES AFTER SERIES 1

A Grade

1st          Gordon Lyall                 5

2nd         David Paul                     3.5

3rd=       Lars Dobbertin-King    3

3rd=       Ross Jackson                 3

5th=       Alan Winfield                 2.5

5th=       Alistair McGowan         2.5

B Grade

1st=      John Whibley                  3

1st=      David Scott                      3

1st=      Mark Woodward            3

4th       Valera Bonyushkin         2.5

5th       Geoffrey Gunawan         2

6th=     Guy Burns                       1.5

C Grade

1st        Brandon Holman           5

2nd      Hamish Lester                4.5

3rd=    Mark Summers              3

3rd=    Rick Lowe                       3

5th      Savannah Edwards        .5

6th      Rose Kingston                .0

Results for 30 October 2018

G Lyle             1/2 - 1/2     A Winfield

R Jackson        1  -  0        A McGowan

Lars D-K        1/2 - 1/2     D Paul

M Woodward   1 - 0     G Burns

G Gunawan      0 - 1     D Scott

B Holman         1 - 0     R Lowe

S Edwards     1/2 - 1/2  H Lester

R Kinston       0   -  1    M Summers

A Te Whaaro  1    Bye

Submitted Games

A few games were submitted for publication.  The first is in honour of Rose Kingston and her last  game, played against Mark Summers.   Though not at her best and rarely took points off anyone, the fact she always turned up every week and participated spoke volumes for the love she had of the game and the club.

Rose Kingston v Mark Summers - C Grade Championships

Brandon Holman v Rick Lowe - B Grade Championships



Lars Dobbertin-King v David Paul - A Grade Championship



Pretty intriguing game from two of the top players in the club.  Lars' efforts to dig in for the draw paid off in the end but David missed a winning tactic on move 46. with  46. Rxf2!!

Gordon Lyle v Alan Winfield - A Grade Championship



Results for 6 November 2018

A Winfield     1/2 - 1/2     R Jackson

D Paul            1/2 - 1-2    G Lyle

A McGowan   0  -   1      G Burns

D Scott            1  -   0      B Holman

J Whibley       1  -   0      G Gunawan

Velera B          0  -  1       M Woodward

M Summers   1  -   0      A Te Whaaro

H Lester         0  -  1       R Lowe

Submitted Games

Alan Winfield v R Jackson - A Grade Championship

Results for 13 November 2018

G Lyle              1 - 0           L Dobbertin-King

R Jackson      1/2  - 1/2     D Paul

A McGowan    1  -  0        A Winfield

G Burns           1  -  0        J Whibley
B Holman        1  -  0        G Gunawan
R Lowe            1  -  0        S Edwards
H Lester          1  -  0        A Te Whaaro

Gordon Lyle v Lars Dobbertin-King - A Grade Championship

STANDINGS

Current Standings in the Club Championships, with 3 rounds to go in all grades:

A Grade:

Gordon Lyle  -                 7
David Paul                       5
Lars Dobbertin-King     4.5
Ross Jackson                 4.5
Alan Winfield                3.5
Alstair McGowan          3.5

B Grade:

David Scott                      5
John Whibley                 4.5
Guy Burns                      4.5
Mark Woodward             4
Valera Bonyushkin         2.5
Geoffrey Gunawan         2.5

C Grade:

Brandon Holman             7
Hamish Lester                 6
Rick Lowe                      5
Mark Summers               5
Asher Te Whaaro          1.5
Savannah Edwards         .5

CLUB LADDER NIGHT
Last Tuesday saw the club have a break from the current series of the Championship and a good turnout saw a few changes to the ladder with most taking part playing two games during the night.

At the end of the evening, Lars was able to hold off challenges from those below him and retained his No1 spot for 2018

The ladder for 2018 has now concluded and the final standings are presented here:

1	LARS DOBBERTIN-KING
2	ROSS JACKSON
3	GORDON LYALL
4	VALERA
5	ALAN WINFIELD
6	DAVID SCOTT
7	JOHN WHIBLEY
8	MARK SUMMERS
9	ALISTAIR MCGOWAN
10	GUY BURNS
11	HAMISH LESTER
12	GEOFFREY GUNAWAN
13	RICK LOWE
14	SAVANNAH EDWARDS
15	BRANDON HOLMAN
16	DAVID PAUL
17	ASHER TE WHAARO

That is all for this week and always Remember - Keep your King Safe and may Bishops Prayers be Answered!!

Yours InChess

Alan Winfield

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