Edinburgh Chess Club

Played 22/1:

Edinburgh West 1.5 – 6.5 Edinburgh

Keti Arakhamia-Grant 0-1 Neil Berry

Craig Pritchett 0-1 Sebastian Gattenloehner

Jonathan Grant 0-1 Andrew Green

Neil Farrell 0-1 Calum MacQueen

Daniel McGowan draw George Neave

Alan Bell draw Alastair White

Ian McLean 0-1 Hugh Brechin

Kevin Mayo draw Graeme Kafka

A fantastic result!   The semi final draw will be made on Thursday.  Possible opponents are Dundee, Galsgow Polytechnic or Bon Accord, so watch this space…

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.

Semi final played 14/03/10:

Dragons 5-3 Edinburgh

Mark Orr 1-0 Neil Berry

Mark Fraser 0-1 Sebastian Gattenloehner

Alan Minnican 1-0 Andrew Green

Graham Hamilton 1-0 Clement Sreeves

John McLay 0-1 Alastair White

Walter Burnett 0.5-0.5 Graeme Kafka

Elliot Sloan 0.5-0.5 Hugh Brechin

Eoin Campbell 1-0 Calum MacQueen

A disappointing end to this season’s Richardson campaign.  Good luck to Dragons in the final, they certainly played the better chess overall on the day.

Richardson Cup Quarter Final Result:

Edinburgh 6-2 Cathcart

N.Berry 0.5-0.5 R.McKay
S.Gattenloehner 0-1 A.Grant
A.Green 0.5-0.5 A.Maxwell
C.Sreeves 1-0 S.Tsang
A.White 1-0 M.Tyre
H.Brechin 1-0 A.Stewart
C.MacQueen 1-0 F.Murray
D.McGowan 1-0 G.Livie

Edinburgh play Wandering Dragons or Irvine in the semi final.