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Roderick M McKay
R M McKay 
Scottish Chess Nr. 104, May 1988. Roddy McKay at the Save & Prosper International, Edinburgh.  

Number of games in database: 295
Years covered: 1967 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2183 (2195 rapid, 2197 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2415
Overall record: +117 -68 =109 (58.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 1 exhibition game, blitz/rapid, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (26) 
    B29 B46 B50 B51 B81
 Queen's Pawn Game (14) 
    A46 A41 D02 A40 E10
 Ruy Lopez (11) 
    C86 C78 C99 C75 C71
 Reti System (8) 
    A04 A06
 Uncommon Opening (7) 
    A00
 French Defense (6) 
    C00 C10 C03 C04
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (23) 
    B45 B21 B56 B22 B23
 Alekhine's Defense (19) 
    B04 B03 B02
 Queen's Pawn Game (14) 
    A41 D02 A46 A40 E10
 Uncommon Opening (11) 
    B00 A00
 Pirc (8) 
    B08 B07 B09
 Caro-Kann (6) 
    B13 B10 B11 B15
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   R M McKay vs P M Giulian, 1988 1-0
   C Klug vs R M McKay, 2012 0-1
   R M McKay vs Hort, 1982 1-0
   R M McKay vs Karpov, 1969 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Scottish Championship (1979)
   Edinburgh Open (1988)
   Scottish Championship (1980)
   Glasgow Invitation (1968)
   Scottish Championship (1976)
   Glorney Cup (1970)
   Norwich Junior (1972)
   Lugano Olympiad Final-B (1968)
   Charlton Jubilee International (1983)
   Scottish Championship (1993)
   British Championship (1973)
   Siegen Olympiad qual-5 (1970)
   Scottish Championship (2012)
   Tromso Olympiad (2014)
   Batumi Olympiad (2018)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 4NCL 2024/25
   F Badacsonyi vs R M McKay (May-05-25) 1/2-1/2
   R M McKay vs S Royal (May-04-25) 0-1
   R M McKay vs Z Varney (May-03-25) 1/2-1/2
   G Price vs R M McKay (Apr-06-25) 1/2-1/2
   R M McKay vs T Carroll (Apr-05-25) 1-0

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RODERICK M MCKAY
(born Feb-11-1952, 73 years old) United Kingdom

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IM Roderick McIntosh McKay was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He was Scottish Champion in 1971 (joint), 1974, 1976 (after play-off), 1979 and 1982. He represented Scotland in 1969 at the World Junior Championship which was won by Anatoly Karpov.

Eight wins in the Scottish Championship in 1971 (joint), 1974, 1976 (after play-off), 1979, 1982, 1985 (joint), 1988 and 2013.

https://www.chessscotland.com/docum...

Wikipedia article: Roderick McIntosh McKay

Last updated: 2023-08-31 13:26:08

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 page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 305  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. B Marcussi vs R M McKay  0-1571967Glasgow InvitationC16 French, Winawer
2. R M McKay vs R Lancaster  1-0271967Glasgow InvitationB06 Robatsch
3. R M McKay vs Keene  0-1361967Glasgow InvitationA41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
4. J Doyle vs R M McKay  0-1231967Glasgow InvitationA00 Uncommon Opening
5. L Tate vs R M McKay  1-0261967Glasgow InvitationA07 King's Indian Attack
6. R M McKay vs D Levy  0-1361967Glasgow InvitationA21 English
7. R M McKay vs P Atanasov  1-0401968Wch U26-PrelimC41 Philidor Defense
8. A Whiteley vs R M McKay 0-1491968WchT U26 15th fin-BD23 Queen's Gambit Accepted
9. R M McKay vs A Zwaig  0-1451968WchT U26 15th fin-BB08 Pirc, Classical
10. R Waugh vs R M McKay  ½-½241968Glasgow InvitationE77 King's Indian
11. R M McKay vs D Levy  0-1261968Glasgow InvitationB76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
12. M Macdonald-Ross vs R M McKay  ½-½211968Glasgow InvitationD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
13. R M McKay vs D A Watt  1-0241968Glasgow InvitationB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
14. R M McKay vs J Lumsden  1-0331968Glasgow InvitationC04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line
15. M Partis vs R M McKay  0-1431968Glasgow InvitationB02 Alekhine's Defense
16. R M McKay vs W Schmidt  ½-½231968Lugano Olympiad qual-3B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
17. R M McKay vs D Ciric  1-0561968Lugano Olympiad qual-3B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
18. R M McKay vs M Peretz  0-1291968Lugano Olympiad Final-BB29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
19. R M McKay vs S Kajan  ½-½301968Lugano Olympiad Final-BC72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O
20. A Kinzel vs R M McKay  ½-½211968Lugano Olympiad Final-BB56 Sicilian
21. R M McKay vs R Beyen  1-0411968Lugano Olympiad Final-BC47 Four Knights
22. E Walther vs R M McKay  0-1281968Lugano Olympiad Final-BB04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
23. R M McKay vs M Basman  ½-½301968Lugano Olympiad Final-BB04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
24. M Miranda vs R M McKay  0-1411968Lugano Olympiad Final-BE73 King's Indian
25. R M McKay vs H Bouwmeester  0-1351968Lugano Olympiad Final-BC00 French Defense
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Kibitzer's Corner
Sep-17-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Eggman: McKay from Scotland was one of the pre-tournament favourites at the 1969 World Junior Championship won by Karpov.
Nov-26-05  WMD: In the first round of the 1971 Scottish Championship, he bamboozled D.A. Watt with 1.a4!
Feb-11-12  BIDMONFA: Roderick M McKay

McKAY, Roderick M.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/mckay_roder...
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Jul-18-13  Eastfrisian: Again in 2013 he won the Scottish Championship. http://www.chessscotland.com/news/?...
Jul-18-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: He has outlasted Karpov.
Jul-19-13  Karpova: According to Alan McGowan (Waterloo, Canada) in C.N. 8141, this was the eighth time McKay became Scottish Champion - 42 years between his first and, so far, last title.

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