Richardson Cup Champions

The Richardson cup final took place on Saturday 14th April 2018 at Grangemouth between Bon Accord and Glasgow Polytechnic.

Bon Accord started as clear favourites because we were able field almost our strongest possible team. Polytechnic were missing a few of their better players, but their team was still formidable, headed by Grandmaster Colin McNab on board 1.

The results were as follows:

Bd	Grade	Bon Accord			vs			Polytechnic	Grade
1	2158	Abdulla, Murad (FM)	B	½	–	½	W	McNab, Colin A (GM)	2426
2	2229	Bremner, Adam (CM)	W	½	–	½	B	Swan, Iain (FM)	2219
3	2159	Olson, Hamish	W	1	–	0	B	Watt, David A	1853
4	2159	Gordon, Sean	B	1	–	0	W	Brookens, Lewis	1763
5	2057	Lothian, Robert	B	1	–	0	W	Shahin, Jallal	1815
6	2080	Maxwell, Daniel	W	1	–	0	B	Larkin, John	1640
7	1899	Jennings, Richard L	W	1	–	0	B	Eldridge, John	1565
8	1879	Irving, Neil	B	1	–	0	W	Breslin, Daniel	1522
				7	–	1

On the top two boards Murad Abdulla and Adam Bremner efficiently neutralised strong opponents and the remainder of the team were able to defeat lower rated opposition. The games were broadcast live, and can be seen at (https://www.chessscotland.com/livegames/201718/Richardson/Final/tfd.htm)

This result was particularly pleasing because our previous Richardson final against Glasgow Polytechnic was a disaster (almost the reverse score) (https://www.chessscotland.com/documents/archives/rich2001.htm).

Congratulations to Murad, Adam, Hamish, Sean, Bob, Daniel, Richard and Neil for securing the Richardson Cup for Bon Accord for only the second time in the club’s history.

Richardson Cup

The draw for the 2017 Richardson Cup has been made and in round 1 Bon Accord has the relatively trivial task of defeating defending champions Edinburgh.

The match is provisionally scheduled for January 22nd. See Chess Scotland for details.

Richardson Cup Final Results

The Richardson cup final between Bon Accord and Edinburgh was played at Grangemouth sports centre on Saturday 23^rd April 2016.

Bon Accord were heavily outrated on all boards and although the first two games to finish were both draws the remainder of the games proceeded per rating and we lost 7 – 1. Although the result in the final was disappointing reaching the final was a considerable achievement.

Thanks to Hamish Olson for captaining the team, and congratulations to Edinburgh chess club – winners of the 2016 Richardson cup.

The results were as follows (FIDE ratings in brackets).

		Bon Accord					Edinburgh
1	B	Hamish Olson	2212	(2072)	0	1	FM Clement Sreeves	2340	(2339)
2	W	Bob Lothian	2034	(2130)	0	1	FM Neil Berry	2288	(2351)
3	B	Murad Abdulla	2027	(2065)	0	1	Calum MacQueen	2259	(2253)
4	W	Daniel Maxwell	2056	(2031)	½	½	Andrew Green	2207	(2153)
5	B	Duncan Harwood	1950	(2022)	0	1	Petros Walden	2145	(2176)
6	W	Mike Cavanagh	1888		½	½	David Oswald	2123	(2088)
7	B	Richard Jennings	1878	(1866)	0	1	Daniel McGowan	2113	(2148)
8	W	Euan Gray	1656	(1904)	0	1	Hugh Brechin	2078	(2087)
					1	7

Richardson Cup Final

The final of the 2016 Richardson Cup between Bon Accord and Edinburgh takes place on 12:00 am Saturday 23rd April at the Grangemouth sports complex.

Edinburgh are likely to be the rating favourites but over the past three years we have been second favourite in most of our Richardson cup matches, and only lost once.

The games are likely to be broadcast live on the Chess Scotland Website

Richardson Cup Semi Final

The semi-final of the 2016 Richardson cup between Bon Accord and Edinburgh West was played at Alison’s bar in Dundee on Saturday the 12th March.

Team captain Hamish Olson described the match on facebook:

“It was a tense match and after four hours of play we found ourselves 3-1 down but it was looking good on the remaining boards and eventually we converted our good positions into full points. With about 10 minutes left, Mike was offered a draw by Alan Bell and after stalling for a nerve wracking five minutes waiting for Euan to find the win in a messy position, Euan played the winning move and Mike took the draw. 5 minutes later the decision was vindicated and we had done it!”

The results were as follows (FIDE ratings in brackets).

		Bon Accord					Edinburgh West
1	B	Hamish Olson	2212	(2076)	0	1	IM Craig Pritchett	2262	(2333)
2	W	Adam Bremner	2244	(2200)	½	½	Jonathan Grant	2132	(2224)
3	B	Murad Abdulla	2027	(2060)	½	½	George Neave	2130	(2144)
4	W	Bob Lothian	2034	(2109)	1	0	Walter Buchanan	2124	(2126)
5	B	Duncan Harwood	1950	(2029)	0	1	Neil Farrell	2066	(2122)
6	W	Mike Cavanagh	1888		½	½	Alan Bell	1956	(1968)
7	B	Richard Jennings	1878	(1874)	1	0	Duncan Walker	1822	(1934)
8	W	Euan Gray	1656	(1881)	1	0	Ian McLean	1775	(1929)
					4½	3½

As a result of this match Bon Accord have reached the Richardson cup final for the second time in three years and face Edinburgh chess club in the final. Bon Accord also qualifies for the European Club Cup in Belgrade in November.

Congratulations to Hamish and the team.

 

Richardson cup semi final

The draw for the Richardson cup has now been made, and Bon Accord have been drawn against Edinburgh West who knocked us out of the competition last year. The match must be played by Sunday 12th March. Hamish Olson will be making arrangements.

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

Richardson Cup – Bon Accord vs Edinburgh West

The Richardson cup quarter final between Bon Accord and Edinburgh West was held on January 24th 2015. In a match between two very evenly matched teams Edinburgh West edged out Bon Accord 4.5-3.5.

27/01/15 – The full results were as follows:

		Bon Accord				Edinburgh West
1	B	Adam Bremner	2157	0	1	GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant	2400
2	W	Hamish Olson	2087	1	0	George Neave	2166
3	B	Daniel Maxwell	2081	0	1	Neil Farrell	2085
4	W	Murad Abdulla	1983	0.5	0.5	Walter Buchanan	2076
5	B	Duncan Harwood	1988	0	1	Alan Bell	1920
6	W	Mike Cavanagh	1856	1	0	Ian McLean	1803
7	B	Richard Jennings	1820	1	0	John Watkins	1789
8	W	Anna Milton	1594	0	1	Alistair Campbell	1695
				3.5	4.5

Richardson Cup Draw

Bon Accord have been drawn at home against Edinburgh West in the Richardson Cup.

The game is scheduled to be played on Saturday 29th November.