Entries are now being taken for the 2011 FIDE Swiss on June 4-5 and 11-12. Entries are limited to 24 players and will be on a first come first served basis. The entry form is attached below:
Edinburgh CC FIDE Rated Swiss 2011
Further updates will be published in due course.
Neil
Round 1, Played 7th March:
Section A
Chris McIntee 0 – 1 Yanni Yannoulis
Mike Ridge 0 d 1 David Wilson
Section B
Johnny Marr ½ – ½ Calum McGillivray
Round 2, Played 21st March:
Section A
David Wilson 1 – 0 Chris McIntee
Yanni Yannoulis 0 – 1 Mike Ridge
Section B
Robert Burns 0 – 1 Johnny Marr
The club hosted the Spring Allegro on Sunday March 20th with a capacity entry of 24 players. The proud winner of the Spring Allegro Trophy (two splendidly yellow flower pots magnificently crested with a packet of sunflower seeds) was Callum Watt with a score of 4½/5, which included a win over top seed Ed Perry. Details:
1. Callum Watt (Balerno) 4½
2. Dick Heathwood (Pentland Hills) 4
3. Ed Perry (Sandy Bells), Mark Sanderson (Edinburgh), Paul Girdwood (Gorgie/Dalry) 3½
Many thanks to Bob Burns and David Archibald for another well run and enjoyable event (and further contribution to Club funds).
Next event likely to be early May.
Played Saturday 19 March:
Dundee 2.5 – 5.5 Edinburgh
Colin McNab (w) .5-.5 Neil Berry
Peter Constantinou 0-1 Sebastian Gattenloehner
Ed Spencer 0-1 Andrew Green
David Findlay .5-.5 Calum MacQueen
David Patrick (Chaski) .5-.5 Daniel McGowan
Stephen Hogg .5-.5 Alastair White
Gary Weir .5-.5 Hugh Brechin
James Anderson 0-1 David Oswald
We’re in the final!! We will play Glasgow Polytechnic on Sunday 22 May in Grangemouth. Prerparation starts now!
Neil
Played Wed 2 March:
Edinburgh 1 3-3 Dragons 1.
From Tuesday 15 March:
University 2-4 Edinburgh 1
P Bozinakis .5-.5 Neil Berry
B Mitrovic 0-1 Sebastian Gattenloehner
K Khandhar .5-.5 Andrew Green
S Michel .5-.5 Daniel McGowan
A Bremner .5-.5 Hugh Brechin
W Ho 0-1 David Oswald
Unfortunately this result wasn’t enough for us to win the league, which Dragons clinched with a 4-2 win over Lasswade. Congratulations to them.
Neil
Note that the closing date for the Club “Late Season” Tournament is Monday 28th February.
Further details: