Edinburgh Chess Club

Played at Alva Street, Monday 16th May, promotion/relegation play-off ….

Edinburgh 3                 2½ – 3½        Lasswade 1

David Robertson            ½ – ½          Neil Farrell

Lindsay McGregor          0  -  1           George Neave

Shivan Murdochy            1 – 0             Brendan Corne

Gavin Saxton                   0 – 1            Chris Sykes

Mark Sanderson             ½ – ½          John Watkins

Yanni Yannoulis             ½ – ½          Hugh Flockhart

…. so the 3rd team remain in Division 1.

Matches played at Roslin, 14th April:

Round 11

Edinburgh A      2 ½  – 1 ½      Lasswade

Edinburgh B        2   -    2         Gorgie Dalry

Final positions:

1. Edinburgh A            32 ½    (win on tie-break of  individual result v. Badgers Brook)

2. Badgers Brook       32 ½

3. Lasswade                29

Edinburgh B finished eighth (out of 12 teams) with 20 points.

Top Scorers

Ben He and Sam Gregory both finished with 9/11 for Edinburgh A, and Fergus Skillen 7 ½/11.

For Edinburgh B, Shivan Murdochy scored 4/5, David Archibald 4 ½/6 and Calum McGillivray 6 ½/9

Match played at Alva Street, 30th March:

Lasswade  2          6 – 0     Tiger Cubs

Anthony Roberts    1 – 0     Fergus Skillen

Michael Pollard      1 – 0     Default

Charles Nisbet      1 – 0      Leora Wadler

John Hutchison     1 – 0      Michael Welch

Anthony Akers        1 – 0      Adam Wadler

Olav Lange             1 – 0      Robert Pirrie

Match played at Alva Street, 23rd March:

Civil Service 2            2½ – 3½       Tiger Cubs

Ralph Jackson                0 - 1           Angus Taylor

Gordon MacDonald        1 -  0          Fergus Skillen

Patrick Miller                    0 – 1           Rishi Pandya

Mike Gilroy                        1 – 0          Leora Wadler

Alex Powell                      ½ -  ½         Michael Welch

Default                               0 – 1          Adam Wadler

Match played 22nd March:

Musselburgh 1     1½ – 4½    Edinburgh 3

Spens Cup semi-final played at Stobswell Sports and Recreation Club, Dundee on 19th March:

Castlehill             5 – 1      Edinburgh B

Colin Edwards   ½ – ½    Graeme Kafka
Michael Grove    1 – 0      David Archibald
Dmitry Payada   1 – 0      Lindsay McGregor
Andrew Paulin  ½ – ½    Mark Sanderson
Keith Rose          1 – 0      Chris Sykes
Andre Babin        1 – 0      Robert Horne

Division 3 match played at Alva Street, 16th March:

Tiger Cubs                1.5 – 4.5         Sandy Bells 2

Angus Taylor              0   -    1           Gafin Austin

Fergus Skillen          0.5 - 0.5         Robert Burns

Default                         0   -   1            Jake Adamson

Leora Wadler             0   -   1           Henry Christian

Michael Welch           1   -    0          Matt Haughton

Adam Wadler             0   -    1          Catherine Rooney

Matches played 10th March at Roslin:

Round 9

Edinburgh A      2.5 – 1.5    Edinburgh B

Round 10

Gorgie Dalry      1.5 - 2.5    Edinburgh A

Edinburgh B        3   -  1      Wandering Dragons

Leading positions: 1. Edinburgh A 30,  2. Badgers Brook 29,  3. Lasswade 27.5

Edinburgh A play Lasswade in the final round, Badgers Brook play Dragons.

Division 1 match played on 2nd March at Davidsons Mains:

Edinburgh West  1      3 – 3         Edinburgh 3

Jonathan Grant             0 – 1         David Robertson

Duncan Walker             0 – 1         Lindsay McGregor

Ian McLean                    1 – 0         Mark Sanderson

Alistair Campbell          1 – 0        Yanni Yannoulis

Martin Robinson           1 – 0         Colin Hutchison

William Deas                 0 – 1         Calum McGillivray