Colchester A round-up

Colchester A finished in 4th place in NECL Division 1, with two draws and a defeat in their last three matches seeing them slip away from the top of the table. 4th place was a decent result for a team who had only been promoted to the top division in the previous season.

 

Twelve matches were played by the A team, with five wins, three draws and two defeats in the league; a win (on board count) and a defeat in the knockout. The player statistics (by board) are:

 

Board 1 (Total 5.5/12)
Matt Stemp	2/2
Ian Gooding	3.5/7
Alex Orava	0/2
Nathan Barnes	0/1

 

Board 2 (Total 6.5/12)
Alex Orava	2/2
Nathan Barnes	1/1
Matt Stemp	3/6
Norbert Voelker	0.5/1
Felix Schnell	0/2

 

Board 3 (Total 7/12)
Felix Schnell	2/3
Nathan Barnes	2.5/4
Alex Orava	1/2
Norbert Voelker	1/2
Mike Wagstaff	0.5/1

 

Board 4 (Total 7/12)
Svein Kjenner	2/2
Alex Orava	1/1
Felix Schnell	1/1
Norbert Voelker	1/1
Nathan Barnes	1/2
Clive Bellinger	0.5/1
Mike Wagstaff	0.5/2
Martin Harris	0/1
John Duff-Cole	0/1

Colchester D round-up

Colchester D finished in 5th place in NECL Division 3 (exactly the same position as in the previous season), with two wins, three draws and three defeats in the league. They didn't play in the knockout competition.

 

The player statistics (by board) are:

 

Board 1 (Total 2.5/8)
Martin Harris	1.5/3
Brian Remmer	1/2
Pete Smith	0/2
Phil Daley	0/1

 

Board 2 (Total 2.5/8)
Mark Johnson	1.5/2
Phil Daley	0.5/1
Pete Smith	0.5/3
Ed Goodman	0/1
Default	0/1

 

Board 3 (Total 4.5/8)
Pete Smith	1/1
Brian Remmer	2.5/3
Ed Goodman	0.5/1
John Duff-Cole	0.5/2
Denzel Gonzales	0/1

 

Board 4 (Total 6/8)
Ed Goodman	2/2
Brian Remmer	1/1
John Duff-Cole	2/3
Denzel Gonzales	1/2

Colchester C round-up

Colchester C finished in 1st place in NECL Division 3, despite losing their last match of the season (away to Billericay B). They were 3 points clear at the top of the table (from Chelmsford C), winning seven out of eight matches. It was unfortunate that Colchester players had fewer games than hoped due to a large number of defaults.

 

Ten matches were played by the B team, with seven wins and a loss in the league; two defeats in the knockout. The player statistics (by board) are:

 

Board 1 (Total 8/10)
Mike Wagstaff	3/3
Norbert Voelker	2/2
Svein Kjenner	1/1
Clive Bellinger	1.5/2
Phil Daley	0.5/1
Pete Smith	0/1

 

Board 2 (Total 5.5/10)
Martin Harris	1/1
Clive Bellinger	3/4
John Duff-Cole	0.5/1
Phil Daley	1/3
Pete Smith	0/1

 

Board 3 (Total 7/10)
Pete Smith	1/1
Mark Johnson	1/1
Martin Harris	4/5
Brian Remmer	1/2
Default	0/1

 

Board 4 (Total 5/10)
Pete Smith	5/6
Martin Harris	0/1
Mark Johnson	0/1
Mohammud Jaufarally	0/1
Default	0/1

Tony Locke Rapidplay - Round 6

The draw for the final round of the Tony Locke Rapidplay has now been made. There are still a number of games from earlier rounds outstanding but the leaders at this stage are Matt Stemp, Brian Remmer, and Clive Bellinger, though there are a lot of players only half a point behind. For the purposes of making the draw games not played so far have been assumed to be draws, except where a player has played very few games in the competition - games against these players have been assumed to be default wins (these players have also, provisionally, not been put in the draw for round 6).

Draw for round 6:

Clive Bellinger (4.5)	V	Matt Stemp (4.5)
Norbert Voelker (4)	V	Brian Remmer (4.5)
Phil Daley (4)	V	Svein Kjenner (4)
Nathan Barnes (3)	V	Ed Goodman (2)
Pete Smith (2)	V	Dave Chatfield (2)
John Duff-Cole (0.5)	V	Martin Harris (1.5)

Currently the outstanding games are (if any of these matches have taken place, results have not been reported):

WHITE		BLACK
Clive Bellinger	V	Svein Kjenner
Martin Harris	V	Ed Goodman
John Duff-Cole	V	Pete Smith
Dave Chatfield	V	John Duff-Cole
Ed Goodman	V	Pete Smith

Club Championship - round 4

The draw for the penultimate round of the club championship has been made. Currently in the lead (based on completed games) are Nathan Barnes and Norbert Voelker on 2.5/3, though there are a number of incomplete games so others could join them. For the purposes of making the draw, incomplete matches have been counted as being draws - scores will be updated as matches are completed.

 

Round 3

WHITE		BLACK
Clive Bellinger (2.5)	V	Nathan Barnes (2.5)
Felix Schnell (2)	V	Norbert Voelker (2.5)
Pete Smith (2)	V	Mark Johnson (1.5)
Martin Harris (1.5)	V	Brian Remmer (1)
Svein Kjenner (1)	V	Ed Goodman (0.5)
Phil Daley (0.5)	V	John Duff-Cole (0.5)

 

Incomplete matches from previous rounds

WHITE		BLACK
Svein Kjenner	V	Mark Johnson
Felix Schnell	V	Phil Daley
Clive Bellinger	V	Felix Schnell
Mark Johnson	V	Martin Harris
John Duff-Cole	V	Ed Goodman

AGM

Post from Clive

 

Colchester Chess Club A.G.M. will be held on Wednesday 29th June.

 

Any items for inclusion on the Agenda to the undersigned by Wednesday 15th June

 

Clive Bellinger
Secretary

Colchester B round-up

Colchester B drew and won their last two matches to finish the season unbeaten and finish in 1st place in NECL Division 2, improving on their 2nd place last season. They were 5 points clear at the top of the table (from Clacton A, Chelmsford B and Baddow B), this was a larger margin than that achieved by the A team in this division last season.

The team's final match was a 3-1 win against Chelmsford B. Felix won the exchange after the opening (an open Sicilian), but an inaccurate move and his opponent's strong bishop resulted in a draw by repetition. Mike held onto the gambit pawn in the Milner-Barry variation of the French Defence, he won a further pawn and was comfortably winning from then on. Mark got a strong position after the opening and converted this into an extra pawn. However, this wasn't quite enough to force the win in a rook and minor piece endgame. Nathan comfortably equalised as Black but then blundered a pawn when trying to open the game up. As pieces came off it looked like an outside chance of a draw at best, until his opponent blundered twice as time started to run out - once to a completely level endgame (it would have been knight and 3 isolated pawns against a rook with no way of stopping the rook being exchanged for the three pawns) and then into a mate-in-one.

Date: Apr-2016
NECL Division 2
Brd	Col	CHELMSFORD B	Result		COLCHESTER B	Col
1	w	David Chandler (177)	0	1	Nathan Barnes (146)	b
2	b	Elliot Cocks (159)	½	½	Felix Schnell (167)	w
3	w	Ed Porter (147)	0	1	Mike Wagstaff (148)	b
4	b	Peter Brander (125)	½	½	Mark Johnson (104)	w
		(avg=152)	1	3	(avg=141)

 

Ten matches were played by the B team, with seven wins and a draw (against Clacton A) in the league; a win and a defeat in the knockout (against two division 1 teams). The player statistics (by board) are:

 

Board 1 (Total 8/10)
Svein Kjenner	2/2
Norbert Voelker	2/2
Nathan Barnes	1.5/2
Felix Schnell	2/3
Mike Wagstaff	0.5/1

 

Board 2 (Total 8.5/10)
Svein Kjenner	3/3
Norbert Voelker	3/3
Felix Schnell	2/3
Clive Bellinger	0.5/1

 

Board 3 (Total 7/10)
Norbert Voelker	2/2
Nathan Barnes	1/1
Clive Bellinger	1.5/2
Mike Wagstaff	2/3
Phil Daley	0.5/1
Svein Kjenner	0/1

 

Board 4 (Total 5.5/10)
Norbert Voelker	1/1
Martin Harris	1.5/2
Mike Wagstaff	2/3
Clive Bellinger	0.5/1
Mark Johnson	0.5/1
Nathan Barnes	0/1
Brian Remmer	0/1