First Club Night of 2009/10
Last night was GMCC’s first club night of the 2009/10 season. We welcomed two new (potential) members (greeting to Steven and Graeme), and played an informal Autumn Blitz tournament, results as follows:
- Kenny: 5/5
- Jim: 4/5
- Robin: 3.5/5
- Roy: 2.5/5
- Sam, Roy, David, Chris: 3/5
- Norman, Steven, Jamie: 2
- Sean: 1/5
- Graeme: 0/5
Club reconvenes Sept. 3rd
Glasgow Montrose Chess Club will reconvene at our premises at the Novotel Hotel, Pitt Street (maps.google.co.uk) on September 3rd at 7:30pm. See you there!
Glasgow Montrose ‘D’ vs. Shettleston
Glasgow Montrose ‘D’ Team lost 3-1 playing home against Shettleston last night (16th Oct 2008). Individual results will be posted shortly.
Glasgow Montrose B vs. Cathcart B: 3-3
In Glasgow Montrose’ first division 2 clash of the season, the B team drew playing away against Cathcart B. Individual results are as follows:
| Board | Glasgow Montrose ‘B’ | 3 | 3 | Cathcart ‘B’ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Dempsey | B | 0 | 1 | W | Alan Stewart |
| 2 | Chris Perkin | W | 1 | 0 | B | Stan Beaton |
| 3 | Roy Smeeton | B | 1 | 0 | W | Martin McCulloch |
| 4 | Jim Mearns | W | 0 | 1 | B | James Mooney |
| 5 | Sean Groundater | B | 1 | 0 | W | Neil Corrigan |
| 6 | Rama Bbosa | W | 0 | 1 | B | John Topping |
Game Report: Mason vs Ferry, Marymass 24/08/08
We reported a few days back on Glasgow Montrose player Ed Ferry’s win in the Major Tournament of the Marymass Congress. Here’s the first in a couple of game reports from that weekend (notes by Edward Ferry): Continue reading →
Club Opening Night
Glasgow Montrose Chess Club held it’s first meeting of the 2008-9 season at it’s new premises in the Novotel Hotel on Thursday 4th September.
In attendance were a good mixture of club stalwarts, some (potential) new players, and one former member – hopefully soon to return to the fold!
Glasgow Congress: Entry Forms
The 47th Glasgow Chess Congress takes place on 7th – 9th November 2008 in the Kelvin Hall International Arena and Kelvingrove art Gallery. Click here to download your entry form (PDF, 521Kb).
Two members of the Glasgow Congress Committee are GMCC members, and two others are sponsoring the event. This reflects the high level of involvement by GMCC members in managing and organising chess events in Glasgow and the West of Scotland.
Ed Ferry wins U-1900 at Marymass Congress
Glasgow Montrose member Ed Ferry won the Major tournament at the Marymass Congress with a score of 4/5. Congratulations, Ed! Click here for full results.
GMCC at the Scottish Championship pt. 2
The Scottish Chess Championships drew to a close yesterday with GMCC regulars Chris Perkin scoring 3/9 in the International Open, Norman Lindsay scoring 3.5/7 in the seniors, and Evis Perdikou swooping in to scoop a Under-1800’s grading prize in the Sunday Lightning Championship with 5/7.
Below: Chris (right) putting on a brave face with Blair Govan of Phones CC. Photo by Luke Barker. Click to view larger (flickr.com)
A Chess Joke…
Richard Evans, a former member of GMCC, just sent me the following uncannily accurate vignette from RAFA days (BTW, Chris’ shoulders really do move like this when he laughs…):
http://www.alpha72.com/Zugzwang/ChessJoke.html (requires Flash)
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