2021 ACA A-Grade Interclubs – Round 1 of 5
2021 ACA A-Grade Round 1 of the interclubs was held in the Lyell Creek Lounge at Alexandra Park. Illustrated in the photo above, there were wedding parties occurring in the rooms on the left and below the tournament room where the A-grade interclub games were being played.
Round 1 of 5 pairings for games beginning 6.30pm Sunday 11th April 2021 were:
- HP-AC
- NS-WT
- SU-PT.
Key:
- AC = Auckland Chess Centre.
- HP = Howick Pakuranga Chess Club.
- NS = North Shore Chess Club.
- PT = Papatoetoe Chess Club.
- SU = Summit Chess Club.
- WT = Waitakere Chess Club.
Results of games are in this Google Spreadsheet. Round 1 results are summarised in the tables below:
| Round 1 | Rating | Player | Score | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Board | HP | 1.5 : 4.5 | AC | ||
| 1. | 2331 | FM Gong, Daniel Hanwen | 0.5 : 0.5 | FM Ang, Alphaeus Wei Ern | 2393 |
| 2. | 2263 | FM Dreyer, Martin | 0 : 1 | FM Steadman, Michael V R | 2307 |
| 3. | 2250 | FM Green, Ewen M | 0 : 1 | FM Fan, Allen Chi Zhou | 2287 |
| 4. | 2113 | WIM Zhang, Jasmine Haomo | 0.5 : 0.5 | FM Duneas, John | 2266 |
| 5. | 2037 | CM Lim, Benjamin U | 0 : 1 | CM Huang, Alex | 2126 |
| 6. | 1919 | Dai, Oliver | 0.5 : 0.5 | McDougall, Euan | 1963 |
| Round 1 | Rating | Player | Score | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Board | NS | 3.5 : 2.5 | WT | ||
| 1. | 2280 | Hart, Ralph | 1 : 0 | Morrell, Gord | 2143 |
| 2. | 2094 | CM Meng, Richard | 1 : 0 | Macdonald, Paul | 2044 |
| 3. | 1982 | Gunn, Neil J. | 0.5 : 0.5 | Guico, Leo | 2030 |
| 4. | 1975 | Laking, Robert | 0 : 1 | Le Grange, Rauen | 1910 |
| 5. | 1945 | Isaac, Ceferino | 1 : 0 | Joel, Chris | 1853 |
| 6. | 1873 | Johns, Daniel | 0 : 1 | Akshay Sharma | 1778 |
| Round 1 | Rating | Player | Score | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Board | SU | 4.5 : 1.5 | PT | ||
| 1. | 2212 | Xie, Felix | 1 : 0 | FM Gibbons, Robert | 2087 |
| 2. | 1976 | Tang, Hao | 1 : 0 | CM Bennett, Hilton | 2072 |
| 3. | 1956 | Ha, Huy Minh (Timothy) | 0.5 : 0.5 | Vital, Henry | 1985 |
| 4. | 1908 | Zhang, Kendrick Botong | 0 : 1 | CM Yee, Stanley | 1976 |
| 5. | 1836 | Mao, Daqi | 1 : 0 | Holdo, Karl | 1915 |
| 6. | 1786 | Qin, Oscar Shu Xuan | 1 : 0 | Buis, Michael | 1803 |
