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 |
‘A’ Team wipes out ‘B’ Team in hard-fought Div. 2 tussle
Despite the ‘B’ team having promising positions on at least 4 boards, a series of last-minute slip-ups ensured that the ‘A’ Team won 6-0 in tonight’s Glasgow League Div. 2 fixture.
Chris on board 1 and Steven on board 6 achieved won positions against their higher-graded opponents, and Jim Mearns on board 3 and your humble Webmaster on board 4 held even positions for much of their respective games, but eventually bad luck and/or bad nerves conspired to cause a wipe-out at the end of the night.
Full results are as follows:
| Board | Glasgow Montrose ‘B’ | 0 | 6 | Glasgow Montrose ‘A’ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Perkin (1526) | W | 0 | 1 | B | Ed Ferry (1954) |
| 2 | Jim Murray (1467) | B | 0 | 1 | W | Sam Collins (1789) |
| 3 | Jim Mearns (1390) | W | 0 | 1 | B | Norman Lindsay (1751) |
| 4 | Sean Groundwater (1388) | B | 0 | 1 | W | Kenny McCaffrey (1768) |
| 5 | Andrew Dick (1142) | W | 0 | 1 | B | Robin Templeton (1750) |
| 6 | Steven Forgrieve (U/G) | B | 0 | 1 | W | David Reid (1681) |
GM Players at the Dundee & Angus Congress
New member Paul Blair has just emailed in the following report on Glasgow Montrose players at the Dundee & Angus Congress:
“Eddie Ferry tied with 3 people for the U2000 grading prize in the Open, getting 3/5 and actually drawing with the eventual winner FM Gunnar Jacob in the first match of the tournament (He joked afterwards that he was quite proud he made Mr Jacob’s path easier to the win!)
“Myself, after 2 years out of chess, got a 2.5/5 in the Minor. Was glad just to get the ring rust out of the system and get a few wins on the board.
“Watch out for Eddie’s mug shot hitting http://www.dundee-congress.co.uk over the next few days!”
Full results from the Dundee Congress can be seen here.
B Team Victory vs. Cathcart B
The ‘B’ team got off to an encouraging start to the season with a 4.5 – 1.5 victory against Cathcart ‘B’ Team in the Glasgow League Div. 2 fixture held last Thursday (8th October). The fixture was played at home in the Pitt Street Novotel. The scoresheet was as follows:
| Board | Glasgow Montrose ‘B’ | 4.5 | 1.5 | Cathcart ‘B’ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Perkin | B | 0 | 1 | W | George Livie |
| 2 | Roy Smeeton | W | 1 | 0 | B | Stan Beaton |
| 3 | Jim Murray | B | 1 | 0 | W | — Default — |
| 4 | Jim Mearns | W | 1 | 0 | B | Martin Mcculloch |
| 5 | Sean Groundater | B | 0.5 | 0.5 | W | Jim Fay |
| 6 | Graeme Macdonald | W | 1 | 0 | B | Ewan Trantor |
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
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 |
Glasgow Montrose Chess Club 