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Swiss Rapid 17.02.2022

Here is the link for tomorrow night’s 10 | 5 Swiss tournament, starting at 19:45…

https://www.chess.com/play/tournament/2968323

2021-22 Club Champion

Congratulations to Ed, the Glasgow Montrose Club Champion for 2021-22!

Here are the results for the ninth and final round:

WhitePts.ResultPts.Black
1.chrisglasmont3.51-01.0irvineflyer
2.jim59gmcc5.00-16.0DReidGMCC
3.sioux551.50-17.5GlenSannox
4.TackTick3.00-17.0avizandum
5.dseang2.00-18.5mongoose1000

Links to round 9 games:

Update: jim59gmcc 0-1 DReidGMCC: https://www.chess.com/game/live/38240623241

sioux55 0-1 GlenSannox: https://www.chess.com/game/live/38261666743

TackTick TBA avizandum: https://www.chess.com/game/live/38262210081

dseang 0-1 mongoose1000: https://www.chess.com/game/live/38261126591

Update: chrisglasmont 1-0 irvineflyer: https://www.chess.com/game/live/38604864001

Here are the final standings:

UsernamePts
1.mongoose10008.5
2.GlenSannox7.5
3.avizandum7.0
4.DReidGMCC6.0
5.jim59gmcc5.0
6.chrisglasmont3.5
7.TackTick3.0
8.dseang2.0
9.sioux551.5
10.irvineflyer1.0

Scottish National Online Chess League Rd. 2

GMCC lost 1.5-3.5 to Stepps in round 2 of the SNOCL. The fixture was played at 2:00pm on 30th January. Click the scores below to see the games on chess.com

SteppsResult (3.5-1.5)Glgw Montrose
1freelandertwoB1-0Wmongoose1000
2felipebistroW1-0BGlenSannox
3ianbrownleeB0.5-0.5Wavizandum
4JimSmW0.5-0.5BDReidGMCC
5pawntripB0.5-0.5Wdseang

Scottish National Online Chess League Round 1

GMCC won 3-2 vs. Pentland Hills CC in round 1 of the Scottish National Online Chess League! The fixture was played at 11:00am on 30th January. Results and games below (click on result to see game on chess.com):

Glgw MontroseResult (3-2)Pentland Hills
1mongoose1000B1-0Wdonkintex
2GlenSannoxW0.5-0.5BAuchendinny
3DReidGMCCB0-1Wjim_spavinge
4TackTickW1-0BAndrew-C
5dseangB0.5-0.5Wcuikey58

Club Championship Round 8 Results

Here are the pairings for round 8 of the 2021-22 Club Championship, played 7:45pm on 27th January:

WhitePts.ResultPts.Black
1irvineflyer1.00-12.0dseang
2mongoose10007.51-03.0TackTick
3avizandum6.01-01.5sioux55
4GlenSannox6.50-15.0jim59gmcc
5DReidGMCC5.01-02.5chrisglasmont

Results just in:

irvineflyer 0-1 dseang: https://www.chess.com/live#g=37051797297

mongoose 1-0 TackTick: https://www.chess.com/live#g=37051354685

avizandum 1-0 sioux55: https://www.chess.com/live#g=37052403217

GlenSannox 0-1 jim59gmcc: https://www.chess.com/game/live/37463395227

DReidGMCC 1-0 chrisglasmont: https://www.chess.com/game/live/37135343709

GMCC Rapid Swiss Results

Congrats to Chris, Ed and Sam:

Games here: https://www.chess.com/tournament/live/gmcc-20-01-2022-2903322

GMCC Rapid 20-01-2022

Here is the link to tomorrow night’s Rapid Swiss tournament. Best of luck!

https://www.chess.com/play/tournament/2865834

Club Championship Round 7 Pairings

Here are the results for round 7 of the Club Championship, played on 13th Jan starting at 7:45pm:

WhitePts.ResultPts.Black
1DReidGMCC41-01irvineflyer
2chrisglasmont2.50-15.5Glensannox
3jim59gmcc30-15avizandum
4sioux551.50-16.5mongoose1000
5TackTick31-01dseang

DReidGMCC vs. irvineflyer: https://www.chess.com/game/live/35842267145

chrisglasmont vs. GlenSannox: https://www.chess.com/game/live/35842764725

jim59gmcc 0-1 avizandum: https://www.chess.com/game/live/35844059709

sioux55 0-1 mongoose1000: https://www.chess.com/game/live/35842148065

TackTick 1-0 dseang: https://www.chess.com/game/live/35842211613

Online Rapid Swiss 06-01-2022

All the best wishes to all Montrosians for a healthy and happy 2022!

The link for tomorrow night’s rapid swiss tournament is here:

https://www.chess.com/play/tournament/2865834

The next online Club event will be a rapid Swiss on Thursday 6th January. We wish all the best for a healthy, happy festive season and peace, prosperity and ELO increases in the coming New Year.

White to play and mate in three:

Puzzle: Pal Benko