Edinburgh Chess Club

Played 09/03:

Dragons I 2-4 Edinburgh I

Mark Orr 0-1 Neil Berry

Alan Minnican 1-0 Sebastian Gattenloehner

Graham Hamilton 0-1 Clement Sreeves

John McLay 1-0 Graeme Kafka

Walter Burnett 0-1 Hugh Brechin

Elliot Sloan 0-1 Daniel McGowan

Nice to win this one, although the result had no impact on the final standings.  Clement finished the season as top scorer with a superb 8.5/9, ahead of Hugh (8/9), Daniel (8/10) and myself (7.5/10).

Match Result from 03/03:

Edinburgh I 5-1 Pentland Hills I

Neil Berry 1-0 Ian Morrison

Andrew Green 1-0 Mike Thompson

Clement Sreeves 0.5-0.5 David Begg

Calum MacQueen 1-0 Alan Heavens

Hugh Brechin 1-0 James Roy Ramsey

Daniel McGowan 0.5-0.5 Walter Pearson

Convincing wins by Andrew and Calum put us in control early on in this match, and while the other games gave varying degrees of concern, the result was never really in doubt.  This victory means that the 1st Team have retained their Premier Division crown, with 1 match still to play.

Match Result from 16/02:

Wandering Dragons 2  1-5  Edinburgh 1

Richard Kynoch  0-1  Neil Berry

Jim O’Neil  0-1  Sebastian Gattenloehner

Ewan Taylor  0-1  Andrew Green

Donald Heron  0-1  Clement Sreeves

Richard Carter  0.5-0.5  Hugh Brechin

Chris Donkin  0.5-0.5  Daniel McGowan

The 1st Team move to within 2 points (with 2 matches remaining) of retaining the Premier title following this convincing victory.