Hillhead Chess Library Group
Exciting news! A new chess group/venue is starting in the West End of Glasgow next Wednesday (6th April).
Old Montrosian Evis Perdikou has been busily starting up the Hillhead Library Chess Group, and has sent us the following update:
It’s official! Next week on Wednesday will be the first meeting of the Hillhead library group! This will be from 5.30-7.30 pm. Sets and clocks will be provided. Hopefully get 5 tables and this would mean an availability of 20 people max. If more people come then it will be drop in. Will get a table for newcomers/children. The toilet facilities are only available upstairs.
Let me know in the comments if you would like to come along!
Hillhead Library is at 348 Byres Rd, Glasgow G12 8AP (Google Maps).
Online Rapid Tournament: 23rd April 2026
The next Glasgow Montrose club event will be the online rapid tournament on chess.com: https://www.chess.com/play/tournament/6392439
As usual, time control will be 10|5, kickoff will be at 7:45pm on Thursday night, and registration will start 1 hour before the event.
See you there!
Club Championship Round 9 Pairings
Here are the pairings for round 9 of the 2025-26 Club Championship: https://www.chessmanager.com/en-gb/tournaments/6118499200794624/rounds/9
…and here are the results so far: https://www.chessmanager.com/en-gb/tournaments/6118499200794624/results/8
Participants should try to have their games completed by Wed. 29th April, whereupon the final results will be announced here…
AGM and annual blitz tournament
On Thursday night Glasgow Montrose Chess Club held its Annual General Meeting followed by the customary 5-minute blitz tournament. The AGM minutes have now been posted on the club’s WhatsApp channel. Blitz tournament results are below…
Club Championship Rd. 5 pairings
The pairings for round 5 of the Club Championship can be found here: https://www.chessmanager.com/en-gb/tournaments/6118499200794624/rounds/5
Online tournament 22/01/2026
The next meeting of Glasgow Montrose Chess Club will be an online rapid tournament on chess.com on Thursday night (22nd Jan): https://www.chess.com/play/tournament/6172101
Kick-off is at 19:45 GMT. Time control is 10 minutes with 5 second interval – anyone who is part of the chess.com GM club can join 1 hour before by clicking the above link and clicking ‘Join’.
The next IRL meeting will be at the Minerva Club next Thursday (29th Jan.) at 19:30 GMT. – the ‘B’ team will be playing a Dumbarton League fixture vs. Hamilton ‘B’.
2023-24 Club Championship Final Results
Congratulations to Jonathan McKay, winner of the 2023-24 club championship, with a perfect score! Standings are below (ratings are chess.com rapid ratings at beginning of tournament):
| Name | Rating | Pts | |
| 1 | Jonathan McKay | 2120 | 6 |
| 2 | Edward Ferry | 1996 | 5 |
| 3 | Norman Lindsay | 1922 | 4 |
| 4 | Sam Collins | 1704 | 3 |
| 5 | Ruairidh McKay | 1645 | 3 |
| 6 | Jamie Palmer | 1548 | 3 |
| 7 | David Reid | 1730 | 2.5 |
| 8 | Sean Groundwater | 1438 | 2.5 |
| 9 | Jim Murray | 1441 | 2 |
| 9 | Joseph Weir | 1216 | 2 |
| 11 | Jim Mearns | 1472 | 2 |
| 12 | Toby Knowles | 1479 | 1 |
Club championship round 6
| # | White | Black | |||
| 1 | Jonathan McKay (dandytastic117) | 2120 | Sean Groundwater (dseang) | 1438 | |
| 2 | Edward Ferry (mongoose1000) | 1996 | Sam Collins (glensannox) | 1704 | |
| 3 | Norman Lindsay (avizandum) | 1922 | David Reid (dreidgmcc) | 1730 | |
| 4 | Jim Mearns (jim59gmcc) | 1472 | Ruairidh McKay (jennlewis) | 1645 | |
| 5 | Jamie Palmer (vaude-villain) | 1548 | Toby Knowles (shoguntango) | 1479 | |
| 6 | Jim Murray (bluejm) | 1441 | Joseph Weir (tacktick) | 1216 |
Current standings:
| 1 | Jonathan McKay | 2120 | 5 |
| 2 | Edward Ferry | 1996 | 4 |
| 3 | Norman Lindsay | 1922 | 3 |
| 4 | Sam Collins | 1704 | 3 |
| 5 | David Reid | 1730 | 2.5 |
| 6 | Sean Groundwater | 1438 | 2.5 |
| 7 | Joseph Weir | 1216 | 2 |
| 8 | Ruairidh McKay | 1645 | 2 |
| 9 | Jamie Palmer | 1548 | 2 |
| 10 | Jim Mearns | 1472 | 2 |
| 11 | Toby Knowles | 1479 | 1 |
| 12 | Jim Murray | 1441 | 1 |
Club Championship Round 3
Here are the pairings for round 3 of the club championship:
| # | White | Black | ||||
| 1 | Jonathan McKay (dandytastic117) | 2120 | 1-0 | Edward Ferry (mongoose1000) | 1996 | |
| 2 | Norman Lindsay (avizandum) | 1922 | 1-0 | Sean Groundwater (dseang) | 1438 | |
| 3 | Jim Murray (bluejm) | 1441 | 0-1 | Sam Collins (glensannox) | 1704 | |
| 4 | Joseph Weir (tacktick) | 1216 | 0-1 | Jamie Palmer (vaude-villain) | 1548 | |
| 5 | David Reid (dreidgmcc) | 1730 | 1-0 | Jim Mearns (jim59gmcc) | 1472 | |
| 6 | Toby Knowles (shoguntango) | 1479 | 0-1 | Ruairidh McKay (jennlewis) | 1645 |
Club Championship Round 2 pairings
Here are the pairings for Round 2 of the Club Championship – this can be played OTP tomorrow night (22nd Feb) at the club – otherwise, can you play your match online by Wednesday next week?
| 1 | Jamie Palmer (vaude-villain) | 1548 | Jonathan McKay (dandytastic117) | 2120 | |
| 2 | Edward Ferry (mongoose1000) | 1996 | 1-0 | Norman Lindsay (avizandum) | 1922 |
| 3 | Sean Groundwater (dseang) | 1438 | 1-0 | Joseph Weir (tacktick) | 1216 |
| 4 | Sam Collins (glensannox) | 1704 | 1-0 | David Reid (dreidgmcc) | 1730 |
| 5 | Ruairidh McKay (jennlewis) | 1645 | 0-1 | Jim Murray (bluejm) | 1441 |
| 6 | Jim Mearns (jim59gmcc) | 1472 | 1-0 | Toby Knowles (shoguntango) | 1479 |
