The First tournament of the year - well the first with rateable games anyway.

The Time Limit G90 Guillotine finish

Games from this round (and other games) and Earlier rounds 1 2 3 4
scroll down for Round 6 pairings

**** Overall Standings ****
  1   Kronental, Bruno  1613 4.5  one deferred result
 2-3  Clark, Peter      1300 3.5  
      Losh, Gary        1462 3.5  
 4-5  Young, Jeffrey    1706 3    one deferred result
      Brown, Phil       1556 3    
 6-8  McLoon, Michael K 1561 2.5  
      Pascoe, John L    1447 2.5  
      Young, Benjamin   1400 2.5  
9-12  Farrell, Keith R  1416 2    
      Clark, Neil       1300 2    
      Bassett, Duncan   1307 2    
      Clark, Andrew     1300 2    
13-14 Skulimowski, Don  1361 0.5  
      Hoseman, Bill     1013 0.5  
 15   Russell, Michael       0    

**** performance (till round 5 results (and deferred game) ).****

No  Name              Loc  Score Exp. Chg*K  Rav Rprfm

1.  Young, Jeffrey    1706 3.0/5 3.90    -9 1488  1560
2.  Kronental, Bruno  1613 4.5/5 3.30    12 1494  1860
3.  McLoon, Michael K 1561 2.5/5 3.20    -7 1456  1456
4.  Brown, Phil       1556 3.0/5 3.60    -6 1392  1464
5.  Clark, Peter      1450 3.5/5 2.00    15 1519  1668
6.  Pascoe, John L    1447 2.5/5 2.70    -2 1420  1420
7.  Farrell, Keith R  1416 2.0/4 1.92     1 1433  1433
8.  Clark, Neil       1266 2.0/5 1.95     1 1348  1276
9.  Clark, Andrew     1215 2.0/5 1.65     4 1338  1266
10. Skulimowski, Don  1361 0.5/5 2.45   -20 1365   999
11. Bassett, Duncan   1307 2.0/5 2.45    -5 1311  1239
12. Hoseman, Bill     1013 0.5/5 0.65    -2 1341   975
13. Losh, Gary        1462 2.5/3 1.26    12 1523  1796
14. Russell, Michael       0.0/1            1462   463
15. Young, Benjamin   1446 2.5/4 2.20     3 1411  1506
1st column - player number
2nd column - player name
3rd column - rating
4th column - score / games played against rated opponents (note that ratings for Clarks and Ben are completely guesses)
5th column - score should have got according to math probability (note the guessed ratings affect these greatly
6th column - whether your own rating wet up or down - ie whether you did better or worse than expected
7th column - the average rating of your opponents
9th column - the rating this player has performed at (so far)


note the deferred result was marked temporarily a draw - so either may be half a point higher or lower. they'll be playing while are will be playing a simltaneous exhibition against John Curtis Fide Master (ie 6 March)

Round 1 Results
 1 Don Skulimowski [0]      0:1    Jeffrey Young    [0]  
 2 Duncan Bassett  [0]      0:1    Bruno Kronental  [0]  
 3 Phil Brown      [0]      1:0    Bill Hoseman     [0]  
 4 Andrew Clark    [0]      0:1    Michael K McLoon [0]  
 5 John L Pascoe   [0]      0:1    Peter Clark      [0]  
 6 Neil Clark      [0]      0:1    Keith R Farrell  [0]  
Round 2 Results
 1 Jeffrey Young    [1]      1:0    Phil Brown    [1]  
 2 Bruno Kronental  [1]      1:0    Peter Clark   [1]  
 3 Michael K McLoon [1]      =:=    Ben           [0]  
 4 Don Skulimowski  [0]      0:1    John L Pascoe [0]  
 5 Duncan Bassett   [0]      0:1    Neil Clark    [0]  
 6 Bill Hoseman     [0]      0:1    Andrew Clark  [0]  
 7 Michael Russell  [0]      0:1    Gary Losh     [0]  
 8 Keith R Farrell  [1]      0:0    BYE                
Round 3 Results
 1 Bruno Kronental [2]      =:=    Jeffrey Young    [2]  this is a deferred game - to be played later
 2 Phil Brown      [1]      0:1    Michael K McLoon [1.5]
 3 Peter Clark     [1]      1:0    Neil Clark       [1]  
 4 John L Pascoe   [1]      1:0    Andrew Clark     [1]  
 5 Keith R Farrell [1]      0:1    Gary Losh        [1]  
 6 Ben             [.5]     1:0    Don Skulimowski  [0]  
 7 Bill Hoseman    [0]      0:1    Duncan Bassett   [0]  
Round 4 Results
 1 Michael K McLoon 1561 [2.5]    0:1    Bruno Kronental 1613 [2.5]
 2 Jeffrey Young    1706 [2.5]    =:=    Peter Clark     1300 [2]  
 3 Gary Losh        1462 [2]      =:=    John L Pascoe   1447 [2]  
 4 Keith R Farrell  1416 [1]      1:0    Ben                  [1.5]
 5 Neil Clark       1300 [1]      0:1    Phil Brown      1556 [1]  
 6 Andrew Clark     1300 [1]      0:1    Duncan Bassett  1307 [1]  
 7 Don Skulimowski  1361 [0]      =:=    Bill Hoseman    1013 [0]  
Round 5 Results
 1 John L Pascoe  1447 [2.5]    0:1    Bruno Kronental  1613 [3.5]
 2 Gary Losh      1462 [2.5]    1:0    Jeffrey Young    1706 [3]  
 3 Peter Clark    1300 [2.5]    1:0    Michael K McLoon 1561 [2.5]
 4 Phil Brown     1556 [2]      1:0    Keith R Farrell  1416 [2]  
 5 Duncan Bassett 1307 [2]      0:1    Benjamin Young        [1.5]
 6 Bill Hoseman   1013 [.5]     0:1    Neil Clark       1300 [1]  
 7 Andrew Clark   1300 [1]      1:0    Don Skulimowski  1361 [.5] 
round notes

Bruno looks assured - but don't forget that deferred game (which was marked as a draw) - so either he or Jeff could be a half point less or more.

Second place is also open till the last round - "it aint over till it's over".

We observed some fine endgames, Gary-Jeff in particular.

I would tell you more except I soon left after 10 quite alright moves , one catastrophic and a strong resignation on move 13 (a forty minute game tho).

A couple of games due to be annotated and posted : Jeff-Peter and Gary-Jeff.

I realise that I haven't mentioned the prizes - 1st and 2nd and 2 performance awards - unrated players havinmg a rating estimate based on their 1st 3 round - as usual prizes are handed out at the Christmas party.

Round 6 pairings - Final Round
 1 Bruno Kronental 1613 [4.5]     :     Gary Losh        1462 [3.5]
 2 Peter Clark     1450 [3.5]     :     Phil Brown       1556 [3]  
 3 Jeffrey Young   1706 [3]       :     Michael K McLoon 1561 [2.5]
 4 Benjamin Young  1446 [2.5]     :     John L Pascoe    1447 [2.5]
 5 Neil Clark      1266 [2]       :     Andrew Clark     1215 [2]  
 6 Keith R Farrell 1416 [2]       :     Bill Hoseman     1013 [.5] 
 7 Duncan Bassett  1307 [2]       :     Don Skulimowski  1361 [.5] 
2 deferred rounds to be played next week (6th March) :
from round 6 : Duncan - Don
from round 3 : Bruno - Jeff

The Wyong Shire Cup (hosted by Mingara club) starts Mon 26 February; 7 rounds $8 entry


coming up in March is the Toukley Open talk to Gary or myself for a few more details