Sunday 31 October 2010

SNCL round one/two

The Scottish National Chess League kicked off on Sunday October the 31st 2010. The Central League teams taking part are the Kingdom Kings and Cumbernauld in division one. Forth Valley in division two and Kingdom Knights in division three.

I can only comment on the Knights, as this was the team that I played for.

It is Halloween and the Knights were handed a nightmare round one draw in the 3rd division against Edinburgh Uni. This team is stronger than most of the 1st div teams and would beat most teams in all four leagues. The Kingdom Knights lost on boards 1-4. Charlie Stewart played well on board five and turned his game around to score a draw. This saved us from a whitewash. Stewart Blyth also turned his game around on board 3, only to blow it in time trouble.

Round two was a much more straightforward affair, against the Ayrshire Armageddon. Previously called Prestwick, it seems that this team has suffered Armageddon and come back a much weaker team. I started things off with a quick draw on board two and left early, so missed the rest of the story. However, I am told that by the time Gary blew a won position on board one, the Knights were already three points to one up. So a much needed 3-2 victory for the Knights. A scoreline which flattered our opponents, as a 4.5-0.5 Knights victory looked on the cards for quite a while.

Results for the teams are posted at the bottom of this post..
DIVISION ONE

KINGDOM KINGS
BdGradeGiffnock & Clarkston A(6)vs(3)Kingdom KingsGradeComments
1 2106 MacQueen, Calum  1  -  0 Burnett, Andrew B  2171 Home Win 
2 1861 Thomson, Neil  0  -  1 Robertson, Ian C  2137 Away Win 
3 1822 Giulian, Rosie A  ½  -  ½ Pyrich, George D  1907 Draw 
4 1475 Rainey, Peter  0  -  1 Kynoch, Russell J F  1858 Away Win 
5 1440 McCulloch, Ian T  0  -  1 Webster, Jim J  1654 Away Win 
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BdGradeKingdom Kings(3)vs(5)East KilbrideGradeComments
1 2171 Burnett, Andrew B  1  -  0 Jelfs, Alan  1895 Home Win 
2 2137 Robertson, Ian C  1  -  0 Dunlop, Anthony  1648 Home Win 
3 1907 Pyrich, George D  1  -  0 Brisbane, Tom  1541 Home Win 
4 1858 Kynoch, Russell J F  1  -  0 Johnston, Jim  1416 Home Win 
5 0 DEFAULT  W  -  L DEFAULT  0 Win by Default 
5 - 0

CUMBERNAULD
BdGradeKilmarnock(7)vs(8)CumbernauldGradeComments
1 1946 Parks, Joe  ½  -  ½ Grant, Alan G  2185 Draw 
2 1811 Malkin, Kenneth  0  -  1 Marks, Ian A  1887 Away Win 
3 1797 Kleboe, James P R  ½  -  ½ Kelly, J Stephen  1788 Draw 
4 1618 Malkin, Jamie  0  -  1 Parkes, Jack C  1700 Away Win 
5 1463 McNicoll, John D  1  -  0 Thomson, George  1548 Home Win 
2 - 3


BdGradeCumbernauld(8)vs(6)Giffnock & Clarkston AGradeComments
1 2185 Grant, Alan G  ½  -  ½ MacQueen, Calum  2106 Draw 
2 1887 Marks, Ian A  0  -  1 Thomson, Neil  1861 Away Win 
3 1788 Kelly, J Stephen  ½  -  ½ Giulian, Rosie A  1822 Draw 
4 1700 Parkes, Jack C  1  -  0 Rainey, Peter  1475 Home Win 
5 1548 Thomson, George  ½  -  ½ McCulloch, Ian T  1440 Draw 
 - 
DIVISION TWO

FORTH VALLEY
BdGradeCS BOS 1(3)vs(4)Forth ValleyGradeComments
1 1870 MacNab, Crawford T  0  -  1 Mason, Ian C  1879 Away Win 
2 1804 Mollison, Jamie  ½  -  ½ Will, Douglas  1850 Draw 
3 1710 Murray, Findlay R  0  -  1 McGeoch, Kenny  1714 Away Win 
4 1659 Stewart, David  0  -  1 Smith, Stephen H  1673 Away Win 
5 1645 Bate, Simon  1  -  0 Gray, William B  1458 Home Win 
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dGradeForth Valley(4)vs(1)StonehavenGradeComments
1 1879 Mason, Ian C  ½  -  ½ Grant, David  1889 Draw 
2 1850 Will, Douglas  1  -  0 Harrold, Bruce T  1817 Home Win 
3 1714 McGeoch, Kenny  1  -  0 Curry, Charles  1795 Home Win 
4 1673 Smith, Stephen H  ½  -  ½ Emery, Keith  1695 Draw 
5 1458 Gray, William B  1  -  0 Bridges, David  1256 Home Win 
4 - 1
DIVISION THREE

KINGDOM KNIGHTS 
dGradeKingdom Knights(7)vs(8)Edinburgh UniversityGradeComments
1 1768 Forbes, Garry  0  -  1 Bozinakis, Pavlos  2199 Away Win 
2 1766 McBride, John  0  -  1 Mitrovic, Boris  2145 Away Win 
3 1664 Blyth, Stuart  0  -  1 Bremner, Adam  1912 Away Win 
4 1618 Black, Stuart  0  -  1 Ho, Weiyang  0 Away Win 
5 1152 Stewart, Charlie  ½  -  ½ Ye, Jian  0 Draw 
½ - 


BdGradeAyrshire Armageddon(2)vs(7)Kingdom KnightsGradeComments
1 1797 Calder, John  1  -  0 Forbes, Garry  1768 Home Win 
2 1793 Hamilton, Stephen C  ½  -  ½ McBride, John  1766 Draw 
3 1670 McPheator, Gary  0  -  1 Blyth, Stuart  1664 Away Win 
4 1154 Alomenu, Gilbert  ½  -  ½ Black, Stuart  1618 Draw 
5 1140 King, Chris  0  -  1 Horne, Peter  1407 Away Win 
2 - 3

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