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 club ran a successful Swiss event on the weekends of June 12-13 and 19-20. 18 players participated, with 6 rated over 2000. The club was well represented by Daniel McGowan, Hugh Brechin, Clement Sreeves, Mark Sanderson, Mike Ridge, Johnny Scott and Shivan Murdochy.
Final Standings:
1 Paul Roberts 6.5/8 2-4 Hugh Brechin, Chris Macdonald, Walter Burnett 5.5 5 Mike Ridge 5 6-7 Andrew McHarg, John McBride 4.5 8-9 Daniel McGowan, Stuart Hayes 4 10-15 Johnny Scott, Shivan Murdochy, Nigel Chapman, Clement Sreeves, Gavin Saxton, Eoin Campbell 3.5 16 Jamie Mollison 3 17 Mark Sanderson 3 18 Hutch Williams 0
Paul Roberts was a deserved winner of the event, although he was pushed very hard in a number of games and had to defend an inferior ending in the last round against Chris Macdonald to secure outright first. Hugh Brechin was matching Paul for most of the event until a round 7 defeat to Chris, who along with Walter Burnett had a strong finish to the event.
Andrew McHarg edged out Hugh for the performance rating prize, with a score of +1.48 ahead of FIDE expected score. Of the unrated players, Mike Ridge had a great recovery following a 0/2 start to register a 2025 performance. Results should be included in time for the July 1 Chess Scotland grading list, and hopefully the next FIDE list too.
We hope to run a similar event next year following this success.
Neil
The line up for the FIDE Tournament being run at the club in June is currently:
Paul Roberts (2209)
Chris Macdonald (2155)
Daniel McGowan (2102)
Clement Sreeves (2093)
Walter Burnett (2032)
Hugh Brechin (2021)
Stuart Hayes (1994)
Eoin Campbell (1968)
Jamie Mollison (1898)
Gavin Saxton (1858)
Johnny Scott (1837)
John McBride (1832)
Shivan Murdochy (1810)
Andrew McHarg (1658)
Mike Ridge (U)
Mark Sanderson (U)
Please contact myself or Mark if you intend to play but haven’t entered as yet.
Neil