Sunday 27 March 2011

Final round of the SNCL 27/03/2011

The final round of the SNCL was played at the Glen Pavilion, Dunfermline on the 27/03/2011. Some pics and a short vid from the event can be seen below.

The Kingdom Knights were already promoted from div three and their last round was of no importance for promotion and demotions. As a result key Knights players decided to have a rest. Despite Dundee City B defaulting board five, they still won 3-2. Peter Horne did really well on board three to score a draw against a much stronger opponent. On board two I got hammered by a very strong player, while Gary did well to draw on board one. Our board four battled away to no avail.

A slightly weaker Kingdom Kings achieved a third place finish in div one after losing to the second team Dundee City A 4-1.

Cumbernauld just managed to hold onto their first div status by losing 3.5 to 1.5 to East Kilbride. If East Kilbride had scored one more game point they would have swapped relegation places with Cumbernauld. A relief for them I am sure.

In div two Forth Valley completed a clean sweep of 7/7 by beating Hamilton B and are joining Kingdom Kings and Cumbernauld in div one next year.

The team lightning tournament that was cancelled due to snow was rescheduled for the afternoon after round seven. A tough tournament for Dunfermline. We did slightly too well in qualifying and ended up in the top section. We all had to face good player after good player and it was relentless. On the bright side I did get a win with black against David Patrick, a 2170 player. Five minutes seems to go so quickly.

Derek Rodger V Ray Noble 1470


Michael Grove V Peter Horne 1407

Gary Weir 1803 V Garry Forbes 1768

Dundee City A V Kingdom Kings

SNCL round seven

SNCL round seven


BdGradeEast Kilbride(5)vs(8)CumbernauldGradeComments
1 2034 McClement, Andrew  ½  -  ½ Grant, Alan G  2185 Draw 
2 1895 Jelfs, Alan  ½  -  ½ Marks, Ian A  1887 Draw 
3 1811 Thomas, Phil  ½  -  ½ Kelly, J Stephen  1788 Draw 
4 1648 Dunlop, Anthony  1  -  0 Thomson, George  1548 Home Win 
5 1383 McClement, Bryan  1  -  0 Kelso, Robert  1288 Home Win 
 - 



BdGradeDundee City A(4)vs(3)Kingdom KingsGradeComments
1 2336 Constantinou, Peter (FM)  ½  -  ½ Burnett, Andrew B  2171 Draw 
2 2214 Spencer, Edwin A  ½  -  ½ Robertson, Ian C  2137 Draw 
3 2197 Findlay, David J  1  -  0 Pyrich, George D  1907 Home Win 
4 2181 Patrick, David  1  -  0 Kynoch, Russell J F  1858 Home Win 
5 0DEFAULT   W -  LDEFAULT  0Loss by Default 
4 - 1

BdGradeForth Valley(4)vs(2)Hamilton BGradeComments
1 1879 Mason, Ian C  0  -  1 McLean, Ian  1882 Away Win 
2 1714 McGeoch, Kenny  1  -  0 Mulholland, Arthur L  1687 Home Win 
3 1673 Smith, Stephen H  1  -  0 Greenslade, Luke  1641 Home Win 
4 1583 Kelly, Harvey  ½  -  ½ Freel, Lawrence  1428 Draw 
5 1557 Anderson, Graham C  ½  -  ½ Frame, Jim H  1247 Draw 
3 - 2


BdGradeDundee City B(4)vs(7)Kingdom KnightsGradeComments
1 1803 Weir, Gary  ½  -  ½ Forbes, Garry  1768 Draw 
2 0 Payada, Dmitriy  1  -  0 McBride, John  1766 Home Win 
3 0 Grove, Michael  ½  -  ½ Horne, Peter  1407 Draw 
4 1470 Noble, Ray  1  -  0 Rodger, Derek  0 Home Win 
5 0 DEFAULT  L  -  W DEFAULT  0 Loss by Default 
3 - 2



Monday 14 March 2011

Glenrothes chess congress 11th-13th of March 2011

Five Dunfermline players played in this excellent Glenrothes tournament. Not much to report apart for an U1300 grading prize for a Terry Doherty. In the minor U1450, Peter Horne scored 3/5, Glynis Grant scored 2/5 and Terry Doherty scored 3.5/5. In the open, Ian Robertson scored 3/5 and I scored 2/5.

It is unusual for someone to win with 5/5 in such a strong open, but Alan Tate managed just that. He beat an IM and a near IM strength player in rounds four and five to average 2551 for the weekend. Some performance!

For a change, it was nice for me to have a decent win against someone close to my playing strength. The game can be viewed below.