‘B’ Team Lose 4-2 to Cumbernauld
Despite drawing the four bottom boards, the (once more) heavily outgraded ‘B’ team went down 4-2 to Cumbernauld.
| Board | Cumbernauld | 4 | 2 | Glasgow Montrose ‘B’ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Marks | W | 1 | 0 | B | Chris Perkin |
| 2 | Jack Parkes | B | 1 | 0 | W | Roy Smeeton |
| 3 | David Johnstone | W | 0.5 | 0.5 | B | Jim Murray |
| 4 | David Bonella | B | 0.5 | 0.5 | W | Sean Groundwater |
| 5 | George Thomson | W | 0.5 | 0.5 | B | Steve Forgrieve |
| 6 | Paul Black | B | 0.5 | 0.5 | W | Graeme MacDonald |
‘A’ Team lose 2.5-3.5 to Polytechnic ‘B’
The ‘A’ Team lost last Thursday’s (12th Nov.) Div. 2 fixture 2.5 – 3.5 to Polytechnic ‘B’. Things took a worse turn for the Montrosians when Dan Breslin, two pawns down against Robin Templeton, turned his game round with a scintillating exchange sacrifice leading to a mating attack.
| Board | Polytechnic ‘B’ | 3.5 | 2.5 | Glasgow Montrose ‘A’ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J Eldridge | W | 0 | 1 | B | E Ferry |
| 2 | L Brookens | B | 1 | 0 | W | S Collins |
| 3 | D Breslin | W | 1 | 0 | B | R Templeton |
| 4 | B Laidlaw | B | 0.5 | 0.5 | W | N Lindsay |
| 5 | E Delgado | W | 0 | 1 | B | D Reid |
| 6 | B Innes | B | 1 | 0 | W | P Blair |
GM Players’ Results from the Glasgow Chess Congress
Here’s the results for the Glasgow Montrose players who played at the Glasgow Chess Congress last week (photos to follow soon):
E Ferry 2/5 (Open)
C Perkin 3/5 (Major)
J Mearns 3/5 (Major)
S Forgrieve 3/5 (Minor)
P Blair 3/5 (Minor)
G MacDonald 3/5 (Minor)
‘B’ Team lose 2.5 – 3.5 to Giffnock ‘B’ Team
| Board | Polytechnic ‘B’ | 3.5 | 2.5 | Glasgow Montrose ‘A’ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J Eldridge | W | 0 | 1 | B | E Ferry |
| 2 | L Brookens | B | 1 | 0 | W | S Collins |
| 3 | D Breslin | W | 1 | 0 | B | R Templeton |
| 4 | B Laidlaw | B | 0.5 | 0.5 | W | N Lindsay |
| 5 | E Delgado | W | 0 | 1 | B | D Reid |
| 6 | B Innes | B | 1 | 0 | W | P Blair |
‘B’ Team lose 5-1 to East Kilbride ‘A’
A heavily outgraded ‘B’ Team, lacking its top three boards, lost 5-1 playing away against East Kilbride ‘A’ Team on the Div. 2 fixture played on Thursday October 29th. Congrats to new member Graeme for preventing the ‘wipe-out’!
| Board | Glasgow Montrose ‘B’ | 1 | 5 | East Kilbride ‘A’ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J Mearns (1390) | W | 0 | 1 | B | A Jelfs (1872) |
| 2 | S Groundwater (1388) | B | 0 | 1 | W | F Murray (1669) |
| 3 | A Dick (1164) | W | 0 | 1 | B | D MacDonald (1569) |
| 4 | S Forgrieve (U/G) | B | 0 | 1 | W | J Dykes (1486) |
| 5 | G MacDonald (U/G) | W | 1 | 0 | B | T Brisbane (1485) |
| 6 | — Default — | B | 0 | 1 | W | T Dunlop |
‘A’ Team beats Phones ‘A’ 3.5 – 2.5
The ‘A’ Team won 3.5 – 2.5 playing away against Phones ‘A’ Team on the Div. 2 fixture played on October 26th.
| Board | Phones ‘A’ | 2.5 | 3.5 | Glasgow Montrose ‘A’ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S MacDonald | W | 0 | 1 | B | S Collins |
| 2 | R Dickson | B | 0.5 | 0.5 | W | R Templeton |
| 3 | S Rettie | W | 0 | 1 | B | K McCaffrey |
| 4 | J Findlay | B | 0 | 1 | W | D Reid |
| 5 | K Strathern | W | 1 | 0 | B | Suheeb Shnawa |
| 6 | C Paterson | B | 1 | 0 | W | P Blair |
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