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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]
David J Eggleston6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Jonathan Rowson6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Paul Motwani6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Graham Morrison6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Neil Berry5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
Andrew Greet5.5/8(+5 -2 =1)[games]
Aaron Summerscale5.5/8(+4 -1 =3)[games]
Dominic Foord5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
Martin Mitchell5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
Jonathan I M Grant5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
Mike J Surtees5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
Mark Lyell5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
Gudmundur Kjartansson5.5/8(+4 -1 =3)[games]
Craig S M Thomson5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
James Doyle5/8(+4 -2 =2)[games]
Walter Burnett5/9(+5 -4 =0)[games]
Graeme Kafka5/8(+3 -1 =4)[games]
George Neave5/9(+3 -2 =4)[games]
Daniel McGowan5/9(+4 -3 =2)[games]
Michael J R White5/9(+4 -3 =2)[games]
Colin McNab5/8(+4 -2 =2)[games]
Alan Tate4.5/9(+4 -4 =1)[games]
Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant4.5/8(+3 -2 =3)[games]
Neil Thomson4.5/8(+3 -2 =3)[games]
Rabindra Paul4.5/8(+3 -2 =3)[games]
John Shaw4.5/8(+3 -2 =3)[games]
Clement Sreeves4.5/9(+3 -3 =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 15 of 15; games 351-363 of 363  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
351. K A Martin vs R Giulian  ½-½422009Scottish ChampionshipC03 French, Tarrasch
352. J McBride vs J Kleboe  ½-½662009Scottish ChampionshipA85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3
353. M McDonald vs L Ingram  ½-½312009Scottish ChampionshipA48 King's Indian
354. C McIntee vs R Paul 0-1422009Scottish ChampionshipB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
355. D McKerracher vs A Masters  0-1372009Scottish ChampionshipC42 Petrov Defense
356. J R Montgomery vs M Lunn  ½-½262009Scottish ChampionshipA03 Bird's Opening
357. J O'Neil vs D McGowan  0-1352009Scottish ChampionshipC00 French Defense
358. A Oskarsson vs A McHarg  1-0302009Scottish ChampionshipC55 Two Knights Defense
359. R Schmerwitz vs S H Smith  ½-½422009Scottish ChampionshipC15 French, Winawer
360. C Sreeves vs A Archibald  1-0362009Scottish ChampionshipC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
361. C Sykes vs N Thomson  0-1422009Scottish ChampionshipA45 Queen's Pawn Game
362. D Walker vs D Rocks  ½-½132009Scottish ChampionshipA48 King's Indian
363. J Warren vs A McDonald  0-1202009Scottish ChampionshipC27 Vienna Game
 page 15 of 15; games 351-363 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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