Matches played at Roslin, Thursday 11th February 2010:
Round 9
Corstorphine 1 – 3 Edinburgh 3
Edinburgh 1 1.5 – 2.5 Edinburgh 2
Round 10
Edinburgh 2 2 – 2 Wandering Dragons
Edinburgh 3 2 – 2 Edinburgh 1
Matches played at Roslin, Thursday 11th February 2010:
Round 9
Corstorphine 1 – 3 Edinburgh 3
Edinburgh 1 1.5 – 2.5 Edinburgh 2
Round 10
Edinburgh 2 2 – 2 Wandering Dragons
Edinburgh 3 2 – 2 Edinburgh 1
Match played at Loanhead, Tuesday 9th February:
Pentland Hills 2 0-6 Edinburgh 3
Roy Ramsey 0-1 Lindsay McGregor
Jim Kilgour 0-1 Colin Hutchison
Lindsay Ridland 0-1 John Smith
Terry Purkins 0-1 Mark Sanderson
Roy Fenoulhet 0-1 Shivan Murdochy
Andrew Clarke 0-1 David Cubitt
The top of Division 2, after 7 matches played: 1. Edinburgh 3 14 pts, 2. Bank of Scotland 1 12, 3. Corstorphine 1 6.
The third team have notched up their sixth successive league victory with a 5.5 to 0.5 home win over a weakened Corstorphine 1. Wins for Jonny Scott (Board 1), John Smith (3), Mark Sanderson (4), Shivan Murdochy (5), and David Cubitt (6). Colin Hutchison (2) drew.
We remain top of Division 2, 2 points ahead of Bank of Scotland 1.
Played Wednesday 3rd February:
Edinburgh 4.5-1.5 Lasswade
Neil Berry 1-0 George Neave
Andrew Green 0-1 Oliver Penrose
Clement Sreeves 1-0 Chris Sykes
Hugh Brechin 1-0 Brendan Cornes
Daniel McGowan 0.5-0.5 Mark Chapman
David Oswald 1-0 John Watkins
A good win moving us 3 points clear of our nearest challengers. Highlights included a convincing win for Hugh, and David winning an ending (OK, he was 2 pieces up!). Geoff Chandler of Chandler Cornered turned up with camera, so keep an eye out for the report on http://www.chessedinburgh.co.uk/chandler.php
Neil
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.