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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Scottish Championship Tournament

Subramanian Arun Prasad7.5/9(+7 -1 =1)[games]
Mark Hebden7/9(+5 -0 =4)[games]
Jan Markos7/9(+6 -1 =2)[games]
Magesh Chandran Panchanathan6.5/9(+6 -2 =1)[games]
Iain Gourlay6.5/8(+5 -0 =3)[games]
Jonathan Rowson6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Graham Morrison6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
David J Eggleston6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Paul Motwani6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Andrew Greet5.5/8(+5 -2 =1)[games]
Craig S M Thomson5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
Aaron Summerscale5.5/8(+4 -1 =3)[games]
Mark Lyell5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
Neil Berry5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
Mike J Surtees5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
Jonathan I M Grant5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
Martin Mitchell5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
Dominic Foord5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
Gudmundur Kjartansson5.5/8(+4 -1 =3)[games]
Colin McNab5/8(+4 -2 =2)[games]
Michael J R White5/9(+4 -3 =2)[games]
Walter Burnett5/9(+5 -4 =0)[games]
James Doyle5/8(+4 -2 =2)[games]
George Neave5/9(+3 -2 =4)[games]
Graeme Kafka5/8(+3 -1 =4)[games]
Daniel McGowan5/9(+4 -3 =2)[games]
Walter F Buchanan4.5/8(+4 -3 =1)[games]
Neil Farrell4.5/8(+3 -2 =3)[games]
Clement Sreeves4.5/9(+3 -3 =3)[games]
Keith Emery4.5/9(+4 -4 =1)[games]
Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant4.5/8(+3 -2 =3)[games]
Neil Thomson4.5/8(+3 -2 =3)[games]
(91 players total; 59 players not shown. Click here for longer list.)

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Scottish Championship (2009)

Iain Gourlay (Scottish Champion 6.5), GM S. Arun Prasad (Open Winner 7.5).

 page 14 of 15; games 326-350 of 363  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
326. J Markos vs J Shaw  1-0422009Scottish ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
327. K Arakhamia-Grant vs A Greet  0-1392009Scottish ChampionshipC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
328. A Summerscale vs C Thomson  1-0532009Scottish ChampionshipD12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
329. I Gourlay vs J Grant  1-0452009Scottish ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
330. J Rowson vs R Khamroev  1-0472009Scottish ChampionshipA80 Dutch
331. M White vs P Motwani  0-1252009Scottish ChampionshipA00 Uncommon Opening
332. A D Green vs C McNab  0-1322009Scottish ChampionshipB06 Robatsch
333. M Herbold vs G Morrison  0-1392009Scottish ChampionshipE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
334. P Poobalasingam vs D Eggleston  0-1612009Scottish ChampionshipB23 Sicilian, Closed
335. N Farrell vs N Berry  ½-½222009Scottish ChampionshipE37 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
336. M Lyell vs P Roberts  ½-½632009Scottish ChampionshipC02 French, Advance
337. D Foord vs A Tate  1-0572009Scottish ChampionshipA58 Benko Gambit
338. F Zhang vs M Surtees  0-1272009Scottish ChampionshipA40 Queen's Pawn Game
339. M Mitchell vs J Parks  1-0462009Scottish ChampionshipD33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
340. K Emery vs W F Buchanan  0-1672009Scottish ChampionshipC00 French Defense
341. A McClement vs W Burnett  0-1302009Scottish ChampionshipD02 Queen's Pawn Game
342. D Oswald vs I McDonald  ½-½412009Scottish ChampionshipC51 Evans Gambit
343. D Will vs J Mollison  1-0342009Scottish ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
344. A Keith Aitchison vs H Flockhart  ½-½262009Scottish ChampionshipB01 Scandinavian
345. A M Brown vs R Montgomery  0-1292009Scottish ChampionshipE92 King's Indian
346. E Campbell vs Ali Roy  1-0342009Scottish ChampionshipA09 Reti Opening
347. J Doyle vs G Neave  ½-½282009Scottish ChampionshipE81 King's Indian, Samisch
348. R Hughes vs W Pearson  1-0232009Scottish ChampionshipA21 English
349. G Kafka vs S Hayes  1-0342009Scottish ChampionshipB12 Caro-Kann Defense
350. J S Macrae vs D Fowler  0-1592009Scottish ChampionshipA46 Queen's Pawn Game
 page 14 of 15; games 326-350 of 363  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
May-04-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  Sally Simpson: This was a great event. I covered it for some magazines and did videos, interviews and did a daily Chandler Cornered and put up the 'Best Blunder' prize. (a trophy and other goodies.)

I took and posted 100's of pictures (well not 100's but quite a lot.)

In the preview https://web.archive.org/web/2010010... I interviewed not the players but a few chess pieces. I recall interviewing the Black c-pawn.

"Hi. Looking forward to the tournament."

"You have to be kidding. I'm a c-pawn and this lot are Sicilian experts. I see 1.e4 and before you can say 'play the Pirc' I'm on c5. two moves later I'm off the board."

That kind of thing.

The coverage of the rounds starts here

Round One: https://web.archive.org/web/2010010...

Round Two: https://web.archive.org/web/2009072...

Round Three: https://web.archive.org/web/2009072...

Round Four: https://web.archive.org/web/2010010...

Round Five: https://web.archive.org/web/2010010...

Round Six: https://web.archive.org/web/2010010...

Round Seven: https://web.archive.org/web/2010010...

Around about here I was getting a row for not showing the GM games or producing a table. So I gave them a link where the GM games could be found and produced a table from the 2007 event. I never heard anymore about it after that.

Round Eight: https://web.archive.org/web/2010010...

Round Nine: https://web.archive.org/web/2010010...

May-04-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  Retireborn: Geoff, you might be amused by jargon created by Cambridge stidents around 30 years ago.

The pawns are named Alfie, Bertie, Charlie, Derek, Eddie, Freddie, Graham, and Harry, and the knights are Neddy and Norman.

King Kenny is my own more recent contribution to the joke.

May-04-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  Sally Simpson: Hi Retireborn,

I think I have seen something like it. I l know someone came up with female names for the pawns and I suggested The Gertrude (1.g4) was a great name for the Grob and Fanny for the f-pawn.

They thought I was being rude until I pointed out Nelson's wife was called Fanny....but yes I was being rude.

BTW in Caxton's 'The Game and Playe of the Chesse' all the pawns are given names. Innkeeper, doctor, blacksmith etc.. so naming pawns is not too original.

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