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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]
Graham Morrison6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Jonathan Rowson6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Paul Motwani6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
David J Eggleston6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Andrew Greet5.5/8(+5 -2 =1)[games]
Craig S M Thomson5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
Gudmundur Kjartansson5.5/8(+4 -1 =3)[games]
Neil Berry5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
Martin Mitchell5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
Mark Lyell5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
Jonathan I M Grant5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
Dominic Foord5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
Aaron Summerscale5.5/8(+4 -1 =3)[games]
Mike J Surtees5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
George Neave5/9(+3 -2 =4)[games]
Graeme Kafka5/8(+3 -1 =4)[games]
Daniel McGowan5/9(+4 -3 =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]
Colin McNab5/8(+4 -2 =2)[games]
Clement Sreeves4.5/9(+3 -3 =3)[games]
Walter F Buchanan4.5/8(+4 -3 =1)[games]
Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant4.5/8(+3 -2 =3)[games]
John Shaw4.5/8(+3 -2 =3)[games]
Rabindra Paul4.5/8(+3 -2 =3)[games]
Alan Tate4.5/9(+4 -4 =1)[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 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 143  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. S Arun Prasad vs A Tate 1-0562009Scottish ChampionshipA57 Benko Gambit
2. M Panchanathan vs M Surtees 1-0152009Scottish ChampionshipC05 French, Tarrasch
3. I Gourlay vs D Rocks  1-0382009Scottish ChampionshipA05 Reti Opening
4. J Grant vs J Hookham  1-0292009Scottish ChampionshipA26 English
5. M Hebden vs W F Buchanan 1-0242009Scottish ChampionshipA46 Queen's Pawn Game
6. R Hughes vs I McDonald 1-0372009Scottish ChampionshipA22 English
7. G Kafka vs A Greet  1-0312009Scottish ChampionshipC67 Ruy Lopez
8. M Lyell vs R Giulian  1-0312009Scottish ChampionshipC02 French, Advance
9. J S Macrae vs J Kleboe  1-0502009Scottish ChampionshipA46 Queen's Pawn Game
10. J Mollison vs J R Montgomery  1-0322009Scottish ChampionshipA01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
11. G Morrison vs D Foord  1-0402009Scottish ChampionshipD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
12. J O'Neil vs M McDonald  1-0182009Scottish ChampionshipB03 Alekhine's Defense
13. C Sykes vs Ali Roy  1-0522009Scottish ChampionshipD02 Queen's Pawn Game
14. C Thomson vs W Burnett  1-0262009Scottish ChampionshipD02 Queen's Pawn Game
15. J Rowson vs C Thomson  1-0522009Scottish ChampionshipA15 English
16. J Markos vs M Lyell  1-0272009Scottish ChampionshipD06 Queen's Gambit Declined
17. P Motwani vs J Grant 1-0292009Scottish ChampionshipB12 Caro-Kann Defense
18. W Burnett vs A D Brown  1-0242009Scottish ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
19. D Foord vs A Oskarsson  1-0392009Scottish ChampionshipD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
20. R Giulian vs J Warren  1-0382009Scottish ChampionshipB01 Scandinavian
21. R Khamroev vs D McKerracher  1-0302009Scottish ChampionshipB01 Scandinavian
22. L McGregor vs E Campbell  1-0212009Scottish ChampionshipB56 Sicilian
23. G Neave vs A Masters  1-0312009Scottish ChampionshipC42 Petrov Defense
24. M Surtees vs J S Macrae  1-0262009Scottish ChampionshipB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
25. A Tate vs R Hughes  1-0392009Scottish ChampionshipB01 Scandinavian
 page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 143  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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