Edinburgh Chess Club

Played 21/02:

Lasswade 1.5-4.5 Edinburgh 1

Neil Farrell 0-1 Neil Berry

Mark Chapman 0-1 Andrew Green

Brendan Cornes 0-1 Daniel McGowan

Chris Sykes .5-.5 David Oswald

John Watkins .5-.5 Graeme Kafka

Hugh Flockhart .5-.5 Mike Ridge

Played 9/2/11:

Wandering Dragons 1 3.5-2.5 Edinburgh 1

Alan Tate 0-1 Neil Berry

Mark Orr 0.5-0.5 Sebastian Gattenloehner

Alan Minnican 1-0 Daniel McGowan

Graham Hamilton 0-1 Hugh Brechin

Walter Burnett 1-0 David Oswald

John McLay 1-0 Graeme Kafka

Played on 26 January:

Edinburgh 1 5.5-0.5 Edinburgh 2

Neil Berry 1-0 Calum MacQueen

Sebastian Gattenloehner 1-0 Chris McIntee

Andrew Green 1-0 Mike Ridge

Daniel McGowan 1-0 Johnny Scott

Hugh Brechin draw Colin Hutchison

Graeme Kafka 1-0 Keith Aitchison

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Played 1 February:

Wandering Dragons 2 0.5-5.5 Edinburgh 1

Anthony Dempsey draw Neil Berry

Richard Kynoch 0-1 Sebastian Gattenloehner

Eoin Campbell 0-1 Andrew Green

Ewan Taylor 0-1 Daniel McGowan

Richard Carter 0-1 Hugh Brechin

Donald Heron 0-1 David Oswald

Played 12/1:

Edinburgh I 2-4 University I

Neil Berry 0-1 Pavlos Bozinakis

Sebastian Gattenloehner 0-1 Boris Mitrovic

Andrew Green 1-0 Stephan Michel

Daniel McGowan draw Adam Bremner

Hugh Brechin 0-1 ??

Graeme Kafka draw Jonathan Edwards

A bad day at the office.  University move 1 point clear of us at the top of the league.  There’s still the return fixture in March to play, so there’s still all to play for…

Played 17/11 at Alva Street:

Edinburgh 1 5-1 Lasswade

Neil Berry 1-0 Neil Farrell

Andrew Green 0.5-0.5 George Neave

Daniel McGowan 0.5-0.5 Brendan Cornes

Hugh Brechin 1-0 John Watkins

David Oswald 1-0 Hugh Flockhart

Graeme Kafka 1-0 Anthony Roberts

Edinburgh 1 4-2 Wandering Dragons 2

Neil Berry 0.5-0.5 Anthony Dempsey

Sebastian Gattenloehner 1-0 Eoin Campbell

Andrew Green 0-1 Richard Kynoch

Daniel McGowan 0.5-0.5 Ewan Taylor

Hugh Brechin 1-0 Richard Carter

Graeme Kafka 1-0 Donald Heron

Next match is at home to Lasswade on Wednesday.  I believe that ourselves and University are the only teams on maximum points after 2 rounds.

The Chess Edinburgh Premier Division for the 2010/11 Season began last night with a match between Edinburgh 1 and 2.  The second team were weakened by the absence of a few of their regulars, and the match was closer and more hard fought than the final scoreline suggests.  However:

Edinburgh 1 5.5-0.5 Edinburgh 2

Neil Berry 1-0 Chris McIntee

Andrew Green 1-0 Mike Ridge

Daniel McGowan 1-0 David Archibald

Hugh Brechin 1-0 Mark Sanderson

David Oswald 1-0 Colin Hutchison

Graeme Kafka 0.5-0.5 Keith Aitchison

On another note, the Richardson Cup draw has thrown up a cracking match for us against Edinburgh West, while the Spens draw has us away to East Kilbride in the first round.

The third team have clinched promotion from Division 2 with a victory against Lasswade 2 on Monday evening.  The result sees us finish two points clear of second-placed Bank of Scotland 1.

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.