Please note that there is an allegro tournament being held at Stonehaven on Saturday 30th January.
The tournament is held at Stonehaven Town Hall and the first round is at 10.00 am. For details see the link here
Month: January 2016
North East Chess League – Sharks vs Stonehaven
The North East Scotland Chess League match between the Teflon Sharks and Stonehaven took place at Ferryhill community centre on Tuesday 19th January. The result was as follows:
| Teflon Sharks | Stonehaven | |||||||
| 1 | B | Jeremy Mitchell | 1794 | 1 | 0 | Keith Emery | 1660 | |
| 2 | W | Eric Davidson | 1647 | 0 | 1 | Bruce Harrold | 1656 | |
| 3 | B | Sean Gordon | 1 | 0 | Pat Coffield | 1531 | ||
| 4 | W | Duncan McClymont | 1227 | ½ | ½ | David Bridges | 1240 | |
| 2½ | 1½ |
North East Scotland Chess League – All Stars vs Knights
The North East Scotland Chess League match between the Bon Accord All Stars and the Bon Accord Knights took place at Ferryhill community centre on Tuesday 19th January. The result was as follows:
| Bon Accord All Stars | Bon Accord Knights | |||||||
| 1 | B | Euan Gray | 1656 | 1 | 0 | Neil Irving | 1748 | |
| 2 | W | Leston D’Costa | 1515 | 0 | 1 | Ricky Telford | 1633 | |
| 3 | B | Callum Smith | 1483 | 0 | 1 | John Ewen | 1568 | |
| 4 | W | Adi Hegde | 478 | 0 | 1 | Kalyan Kante | 749 | |
| 1 | 3 |
Lothians Allegro
Neil Irving and Kalyan Kante participated in the Lothians allegro tournament held at Westerhailes, Edinburgh on Saturday 9th January.
In the challengers section Neil scored 3½/5 to finish in a tie for third place.
Kalyan, competing in the minor section, also finished in a tie for third place with a score of 4/5.
Richardson Cup Quarter Final
The quarter final of the Richardson cup between Bon Accord and Wandering Dragons was played in the function room of Alison’s bar in Dundee on Sunday the 10th January.
Bon Accord were able to field close to their strongest team and won convincingly 6-2.
The results were as follows (FIDE ratings in brackets).
| Bon Accord | Wandering Dragons | ||||||||
| 1 | W | Hamish Olson | 2212 | (2067) | 1 | 0 | Mark Orr | 2169 | (2222) |
| 2 | B | Adam Bremner | 2244 | (2188) | ½ | ½ | Alan Minnican | 2120 | (2131) |
| 3 | W | Jonathan Edwards | 2146 | (2129) | 1 | 0 | Graham Hamilton | 1944 | (2006) |
| 4 | B | Murad Abdulla | 2027 | (1977) | ½ | ½ | Raj Bhopal | 1942 | (2002) |
| 5 | W | Bob Lothian | 2034 | (2097) | 1 | 0 | Jim O’Neil | 1846 | (1956) |
| 6 | B | Daniel Maxwell | 2056 | (2031) | 1 | 0 | David Wallace | 1842 | |
| 7 | W | Richard Jennings | 1878 | (1874) | 0 | 1 | Eoin Campbell | 1839 | (1810) |
| 8 | B | Neil Irving | 1748 | (1910) | 1 | 0 | Richard Kynoch | 1815 | (1954) |
| 6 | 2 |
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