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Scottish Championship (2009) Iain Gourlay (Scottish Champion 6.5), GM S. Arun Prasad (Open Winner 7.5).  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 111  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. M Mitchell vs C McNab   ½-½ 40 2009 Scottish Championship E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 2. A Keith Aitchison vs S Hilton   ½-½ 33 2009 Scottish Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. K Arakhamia-Grant vs P Roberts   ½-½ 36 2009 Scottish Championship B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 4. E Campbell vs S Smith   ½-½ 47 2009 Scottish Championship A13 English 5. L Ingram vs M Lunn   ½-½ 35 2009 Scottish Championship B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 6. A Masters vs R Montgomery   ½-½ 43 2009 Scottish Championship E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 7. D McGowan vs J Shaw   ½-½ 30 2009 Scottish Championship C41 Philidor Defense 8. A McHarg vs H Flockhart   ½-½ 20 2009 Scottish Championship B01 Scandinavian 9. J Parks vs A Archibald   ½-½ 25 2009 Scottish Championship D05 Queen's Pawn Game 10. P Poobalasingam vs D Walker   ½-½ 23 2009 Scottish Championship D85 Grunfeld 11. R Schmerwitz vs L McGregor   ½-½ 58 2009 Scottish Championship C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 12. A Summerscale vs G Neave   ½-½ 27 2009 Scottish Championship A02 Bird's Opening 13. D Will vs J McBride   ½-½ 17 2009 Scottish Championship A07 King's Indian Attack 14. A Archibald vs R Schmerwitz   ½-½ 34 2009 Scottish Championship A15 English 15. S Hilton vs A McHarg   ½-½ 32 2009 Scottish Championship A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 16. R Montgomery vs W Pearson   ½-½ 29 2009 Scottish Championship A07 King's Indian Attack 17. D Walker vs L Ingram   ½-½ 25 2009 Scottish Championship A36 English 18. M Hebden vs J Markos   ½-½ 54 2009 Scottish Championship D05 Queen's Pawn Game 19. G Morrison vs P Motwani   ½-½ 17 2009 Scottish Championship E00 Queen's Pawn Game 20. A Archibald vs A Tate   ½-½ 21 2009 Scottish Championship A25 English 21. G Kafka vs N Thomson   ½-½ 19 2009 Scottish Championship B25 Sicilian, Closed 22. A Masters vs D Rocks   ½-½ 45 2009 Scottish Championship E92 King's Indian 23. C Sreeves vs J Scott   ½-½ 49 2009 Scottish Championship C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) 24. F Zhang vs B van Beckhoven   ½-½ 34 2009 Scottish Championship D02 Queen's Pawn Game 25. G Morrison vs K Arakhamia-Grant   ½-½ 41 2009 Scottish Championship E94 King's Indian, Orthodox  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 111    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   May-04-24    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    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    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. NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. Nothing in violation of United States law. No cyberstalking or malicious posting of negative or private information (doxing/doxxing) of members. No trolling. 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