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 |
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.
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)
GMCC Players at the Scottish Chess Championship
Good luck to the Glasgow Montrose players battling in the Scottish Chess Championship between Saturday 5th and Sunday 13th. Chris Perkin is playing in the International Open and Norman Lynsey is in the Seniors. Chris experienced fifteen minutes of fame yesterday afternoon when he rose to board 14 (one of the internet connected boards) and had his game broadcast live to millions of viewers (potentially…). In retrospect, he probably wishes he hadn’t! Live games can be found here.
Left to right: Chris, Norman. Click to view larger (flickr.com)
Aagaard Simul Report
Congrats to organisers John Dempsey and Trevor Davies as well as all who participated in today’s Jacob Aagaard Simultaneous in the Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery. Jacob played 101 players non-stop over a period of 6 hours, scoring 82 wins, 12 draws and 7 losses, raising a total of £600 for charity. More details here.
A strong contingent of GMCC players were of course present, including Yours Truly, Chris Perkin, Evis Perdikou, Jack Collins, Brian Collins, Norman Lynsey, Paul Macdonald and Roy Smeeton.
Photos, top to bottom, John Dempsey in jubilant mood, Norman Lynsey, Evis Perdikou. Click to view larger (flickr.com):
View from the Bar
Click to view larger (flickr.com)
As announced on Saturday, a meet-up was held in the bar of the Novotel yesterday evening. Mearns, Perdikou, Perkin, Reid, Smeeton (pictured above), and your Webmaster were in attendance. Some friendlies were played, a certain amount of beer was consumed, a great many photos were taken, and cameras compared (Evis just bought a new DSLR). Only one club championship game was played, in which yours truly blundered his queen. Click “More…” to savour the nastiness…
Meeting at Novotel, Monday 23rd June
There will be a meeting in the Club premises at the Novotel on Monday 23rd June to finish off those outstanding Club Championship games.
See you there!
Jacob Aagaard Simul – Sat. 28th June
If you want to see Glasgow Montrose CC’s finest doing battle with current British Champion Jacob Aagaard, come along to the Kelvingrove Art Gallery from 10:30am on Saturday, 28th June.
The simultaneous display, open to all comers, is being organised by our very own John Dempsey. GMCC stalwarts Roy Smeeton, Brian Collins, Jack Collins, Norman Lindsay, Evis Perdikou, Chris Perkin, Jim Mearns, Bahlool Voughey as well as your humble webmaster will all be present. You can even have a go yourself: Jacob will be playing 12 boards – every time a game finishes a new player can join for a fee of £5).
More details here (chessscotland.com).
Kelvingrove Art Gallery (find on Google Maps)
New Premises
Glasgow Montrose Chess Club has now relocated to the Novotel Hotel, 181 Pitt Street, G2 4DT.
The club reconvenes at this location on 4th September, so please feel free to join us then! Click the “More” link to see some piccies of the novotel’s plush interior.
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