The Peterhead vs Bon Accord Knights match in the North East Scotland chess league was played at the Albert hotel, Peterhead on Wednesday 25th February 2015. The outcome was as follows:
| Peterhead | Bon Accord Knights | ||||||
| 1 | B | Chris Rose | 1435 | 0 | 1 | Duncan Harwood | 1988 |
| 2 | W | Malcolm MacMillan | 1105 | 0 | 1 | Neil Irving | 1644 |
| 3 | B | Dominic Troman | 1093 | 0 | 1 | Leston D’Costa | 1421 |
| 4 | W | Default | 0 | 1 | Win by default | ||
| 0 | 4 | ||||||
The world senior team championship takes place from the 24th February till the 4th March 2015 in Dresden, Germany.
The Scotland B team in the 50+ category includes Bon Accord club secretary Richard Jennings on board 4.
We wish him and both Scotland teams the best of luck.
The team progress can be followed here: http://www.schachfestival.de/world-senior-team-championship-2015.html
The Bon Accord Bishops vs Peterhead match in the North East Scotland chess league was played on Tuesday 17th February 2015. The outcome was as follows:
| Bon Accord Bishops | Peterhead | ||||||
| 1 | B | Mike Cavanagh | 1856 | 1 | 0 | Chris Rose | 1435 |
| 2 | W | Richard Jennings | 1820 | 1 | 0 | Malcolm MacMillan | 1105 |
| 3 | B | Hugh Holmes | 1724 | 1 | 0 | Dominic Troman | 1093 |
| 4 | W | Ian Grieve | 1445 | 1 | 0 | Matthew Buchan | U/G |
| 4 | 0 | ||||||
The All Stars vs Stonehaven match in the North East Scotland allegro league was played on Tuesday 17th February 2015. Stonehaven very kindly agreed to play the match at Ferryhill even though it was their home game because of difficulties with scheduling. The outcome was as follows:
| Stonehaven | Bon Accord All Stars | |||||
| 1 | David Grant | 1947 | 0.5 | 1.5 | Daniel Maxwell | 2101 |
| 2 | Keith Emery | 1617 | 0 | 2 | Hamish Olson | 1976 |
| 3 | Bruce Harrold | 1568 | 1.5 | 0.5 | Leston D’Costa | 1380 |
| 4 | David Bridges | 1317 | 0 | 2 | Tariq Pasha | 1091 |
| 2 | 6 | |||||
Bon Accord continued to make good progress in division 5 of the Scottish National Chess League with two convincing wins in rounds 3 and 4. The decisive game in the division is likely to be against Wandering Dragons B in round 5.
The results for rounds 3 and 4 were as follows:
Round 3
| East Kilbride | Bon Accord | ||||||
| 1 | W | Stewart Gray | 1459 | 0 | 1 | Hamish Olson | 2087 |
| 2 | B | Thomas Jose | 1341 | 0 | 1 | Richard Jennings | 1820 |
| 3 | W | Morven Petrie | 1082 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Leston D’Costa | 1421 |
| 4 | B | Fiona Petrie | 1130 | 0 | 1 | Tariq Pasha | 1192 |
| 5 | W | Ethan Palmer | 437 | 0 | 1 | Dylan Bodrell | 898 |
| 0.5 | 4.5 | ||||||
Round 4
| Bon Accord | Lenzie Academy | ||||||
| 1 | W | Hamish Olson | 2087 | 1 | 0 | Chris Wan | 980 |
| 2 | B | Richard Jennings | 1820 | 1 | 0 | Alan Shen | 890 |
| 3 | W | Leston D’Costa | 1421 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Marco D’Alessio | 823 |
| 4 | B | Tariq Pasha | 1192 | 1 | 0 | Yvonne Zhou | 766 |
| 5 | W | Dylan Bodrell | 898 | 1 | 0 | Lian Tang | 668 |
| 4.5 | 0.5 | ||||||
Full results can be seen on the Scottish National League website http://snclchess.co.uk/division-5-results/ .
The Bon Accord Bishops vs Teflon Sharks match in the North East Scotland allegro league was played on Tuesday 3rd Feburary 2015. The outcome was a four all draw, with a notable individual result for Atharva Dabholkar winning on his debut for the Bishops.
| Bon Accord Bishops | Teflon Sharks | |||||
| 1 | Mike Cavanagh | 1710 | 1 | 1 | Jeremy Mitchell | 1731 |
| 2 | Richard Jennings | 1755 | 0.5 | 1.5 | Ross Brennan | 1756 |
| 3 | Ian Grieve | 1524 | 1 | 1 | Eric Davidson | 1721 |
| 4 | Atharva Dabholkar | 810 | 1.5 | 0.5 | Alan Smith | 1602 |
| 4 | 4 | |||||
The draw for round 4 of the club championship is as follows:
| White | Black |
| Mike Cavanagh (2) | Richard Jennings (3) |
| Bob Lothian (2) | Ricky Telford (2) |
| Tariq Pasha (1+1) | Duncan Harwood (2) |
| Alan Smith (2) | John Ewen (2) |
| Callum Smith (2) | Leston D’Costa (1½) |
| Jeremy Mitchell (1½) | Stuthi Hegde (½+1) |
| Neil Irving (1) | Dylan Bodrell (1) |
| Ayo Suberu (1) | Euan Gray (½) |
| Carl Milton (0) | Eric Davidson (0) |
| Ian Grieve (0) | Mark Barclay (0) |
The deadline for games to be completed is Friday 27th February
The NEJCA allegro was held on Saturday 31st January 2015 at Mastrick, Aberdeen.
Several Bon Accord players took part. Particularly successful were Richard Jennings and Murad Abdulla who tied for second in the open section with 3.5/5, Atharva Dabholkar who won the under 1000 section with 5/6, and Oishani Dutta who came 2nd= in the under 1000 section with 4/5.
Full results for the NEJCA tournaments are on the NEJCA website here.
Please note that the chess club will not be open on Friday 7th February as the community centre are hosting a disco that evening.
The recent success of Murad Abdulla and Anna Milton in winning the Rowson and Booth awards has been reported by the Aberdeen Evening Express here.
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