Club Reconvenes on Thursday 1st September!
A quick post to remind all Montrosians (and any interested in becoming Montrosians) to come along to the opening night of the 2011-12 season at the Novotel Hotel, 181 Pitt Street, Glasgow G2 4DT. Clocks will be started at 7.30pm on Thursday 1st September 2011. Be there or be square (black or white)!
‘B’ team lose 4-2 to Crowwood ‘B’
The ‘B’ team lost 4-2 playing at home to Crowwood ‘B’ in last night’s Division 2 tussle. Results are as follows:
| Board | Glasgow Montrose ‘B’ | 2 | 4 | Crowwood ‘B’ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Murray | B | 0 | 1 | W | G Rylance |
| 2 | Roy Smeeton | W | 0.5 | 0.5 | B | M Theodoreson |
| 3 | Jim Mearns | B | 0 | 1 | W | P Thomson |
| 4 | Chris Perkin | W | 1 | 0 | B | J Peacock |
| 5 | Sean Groundwater | B | 0 | 1 | W | A Pollock |
| 6 | Paul Blair | W | 0.5 | 0.5 | B | A G Barlow |
‘B’ Team lose to Phones ‘B’ 3.5-2.5
The ‘B’ team lost 3.5-2.5 to Phones ‘B’ in last night’s Division 2 tussle at the Sikorski Club. Full result is as follows:
| Board | Phones ‘B’ | 3.5 | 2.5 | Glasgow Montrose ‘B’ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Graeme Stewart | B | 0 | 1 | W | Jim Murray |
| 2 | Colin Paterson | W | 0.5 | 0.5 | B | Roy Smeeton |
| 3 | Tamas Kalman | B | 1 | 0 | W | Jim Mearns |
| 4 | Graeme Delargy | W | 0 | 1 | B | Chris Perkin |
| 5 | Blair Govan | B | 1 | 0 | W | Sean Groundwater |
| 6 | A. Rimdeika | W | 1 | 0 | B | Default |
Wipeout in Cumbernauld
A heavily outgraded ‘B’ team lost 6-0 to Cumbernauld in last night’s Glasgow League Div. 2 fixture. Full result is as follows:
| Board | Glasgow Montrose ‘B’ | 0 | 6 | Cumbernauld | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Murray | W | 0 | 1 | B | Ian Marks |
| 2 | Jim Mearns | B | 0 | 1 | W | Steven Kelly |
| 3 | Chris Perkin | W | 0 | 1 | B | Jack Parkes |
| 4 | Sean Groundwater | B | 0 | 1 | W | Davy Johnstone |
| 5 | Paul Blair | W | 0 | 1 | B | George Thomson |
| 6 | Andrew Dick | B | 0 | 1 | W | Ronnie Wallace |
Glasgow Montrose beat Strathclyde 3-1 (Dunbartonshire League)
Playing at home on Thursday night, Glasgow Montrose beat Strathclyde 3-1. Full match result is as follows:
| Board | Glasgow Montrose | 3 | 1 | Strathclyde | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Collins | W | 0 | 1 | B | Jakub Wawrzyczek |
| 2 | Robin Templeton | B | 1 | 0 | W | Graeme Blair |
| 3 | Norman Lindsay | W | 1 | 0 | B | Winston Ho |
| 4 | Bahloul Voghouei | B | 1 | 0 | W | Michael Forsyth |
Glasgow Montrose beat Bearsden (Dunbartonshire League)
Robin Templeton reports on the Dunbartonshire League Div. 1 fixture versus Bearsen:
“Glasgow Montrose got off to a winning start in the Dunbarton league beating last year’s runners up Bearsden 2.5 – 1.5. The choir in the background were in full voice but it was the home team who seemed ultimately to be out of tune.
“GM Board one, Robin Templeton with white was all at sea in the opening with 2100 rated M. Redman looking to land a quick KO. It is not often a player of this calibre misses the win of a piece but that is what happened. The ending petered out to a draw after exchanges with White having K+R and Black K+N+P. On Board two Bahloul and Bucher ended up castled on opposite sides. Pawns started pouring forward as each player went for the throat. When the dust settled Bahloul was unlucky to find his king position a shade bare and this cost the game. Norman Lindsay played a careful game against Mel Burt – steadily increasing his advantage before winning game and match for GM. Most impressive was Nicolas Guirkinger at Board 4 who notched GM’s first point of the night against Tom Borland. Coming out of the opening two pawns up and coasting Nicolas then allowed some counterplay before the connected pawns settled the game.
“A great start to the season!”
| Board | Bearsden | 1.5 | 2.5 | Glasgow Montrose | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M. Redman | B | 0.5 | 0.5 | W | R. Templeton |
| 2 | G. Bucher | W | 1 | 0 | B | B. Voghouei |
| 3 | M. Burt | B | 0 | 1 | W | N. Lindsay |
| 4 | T. Borland | W | 0 | 1 | B | N. Guirkinger |
Bellshill Fixture Postponed
The ‘B’ Team’s away fixture against Bellshill ‘A’, originally scheduled for tonight, has been postponed until 18th April.
‘A’ team beats ‘B’ team 5-1
A glorious mating combination by Chris Perkin saved the ‘B’ team from a wipeout in tonight’s Glasgow League Div. 2 fixture against the ‘A’ team.
Full results are as follows:
| Board | Glasgow Montrose ‘B’ | 1 | 5 | Glasgow Montrose ‘A’ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Murray | W | 0 | 1 | B | Kenny McCaffrey |
| 2 | Roy Smeeton | B | 0 | 1 | W | Robin Templeton |
| 3 | Jim Mearns | W | 0 | 1 | B | Norman Y Lindsay |
| 4 | Chris Perkin | B | 1 | 0 | W | Bahloul Voghouei |
| 5 | Sean Groundwater | W | 0 | 1 | B | Nicolas Guirkinger |
| 6 | Andrew Dick | B | 0 | 1 | W | David Reid |
Season kicks off with ‘A’ vs. ‘B’ Team showdown
The 2010-2011 season kicks off in earnest tonight* with a Glasgow League Division 2 fixture between Glasgow Montrose ‘A’ and ‘B’ teams at the club premises at the Novotel.
Watch this space for the results of this thrilling showdown, or follow the match as it happens at twitter.com/glasgowmontrose
(* GM have in fact been warming up since early September with friendly blitz and handicap tournaments.)
‘B’ team lose 5-1 to Phones ‘A’
The ‘B’ team, outgraded on every board by 300-400 points, went down 5-1 to Phones ‘A’ in tonight’s Div. 2 fixture played at home in the Novotel.
Heroic efforts by Chris Perkin and Jim Mearns avoided the wipe-out.
| Board | Glasgow Montrose ‘B’ | 1 | 5 | Phones ‘A’ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C. Perkin | W | 0.5 | 0.5 | B | S. MacDonald |
| 2 | R. Smeeton | B | 0 | 1 | W | R. Dickson |
| 3 | J. Murray | W | 0 | 1 | B | S. Rettie |
| 4 | J. Mearns | B | 0.5 | 0.5 | W | J. Findlay |
| 5 | S. Groundwater | W | 0 | 1 | B | K. Strathern |
| 6 | S. Forgrieve | B | 0 | 1 | W | C. Paterson |
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