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Club reconvenes this Thursday (21st Sept)

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Glasgow Montrose Chess Club reconvenes at the Minerva Club this Thursday, 21st September.  See you there!

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Glasgow Montrose Fixtures 2016-17

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Here (MS Excel format) are the 2016-17 fixtures for Glasgow Montrose ‘A’ and ‘B’ Teams.

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Team Captain Report – ‘A’ Team 2015-16

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Thanks to ‘A’ Team captain Robin Templeton, who provided the following report covering the ‘A’ Team’s progress during the 2015-16 season:

Glasgow Montrose A team are looking forward to another season in Glasgow Division One. Last season the team performed very well to retain their place.

The opening match away to Phones A was always close but the home team prevailed 5 – 3. A welcome visitor back to Montrose was John Dempsey who played for the US Virgin Islands at the recent Baku Olympiad in Azerbaidjan.

The second match provided Montrose with its biggest win a 6.5 – 1.5 over Giffnock A and gave the team real hope of staying up. A great team performance with 5 wins and three draws to send everyone home happy.

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Club reconvenes on 22nd September

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Glasgow Montrose Chess Club will reconvene for the 2016-17 season at the Minerva Club on Thursday, 22nd September at 7:30pm.  Looking forward to seeing you there!

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Club closed this Thursday (21st January)

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The club will not be open on Thursday 21st January as most members will be either a) away or b) playing in Hamilton.  The club will be open again as normal on 28th January.  See you there!

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Club closed on Thursday 29th January

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Glasgow Montrose Chess Club will be closed on Thursday January 29th, on account of the fact that both the ‘A’ and ‘B’ Teams are playing away games.  The club will open again as usual on February 5th at 7:30pm.  See you there!

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Glasgow Montrose A 5 – 1 Polytechnic B

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The third of Robin’s reports on the ‘A’ Team’s triumphant progress through the first half of the 1012-13 season:
Top of the table battle
The clash of the two teams on three wins ended decisively in favour of home team Montrose. The final 5 – 1 score was a bit flattering. My game on top board finished first with a pawn threat on the seventh. Norman won equally well with an exquisite middlegame pawn move. He gave his opponent choice of which of his two knights to lose. Bahloul was unlucky to lose on time. Afterwards, opinion was that he was probably winning a very complex game if he could get through the various mate threats. Beni had an adventurous game going a bishop down before finishing a rook up. Looking for the point to secure the win was delayed until the final few minutes. David took full advantage of his opponent’s queen going walkabout. A rook sacrifice allowed checkmate and resigns. Sam took the final point with both players going for a queening pawn. Sam edged in first to complete a memorable win.
Montrose A
Polytechnic B
R Templeton
1 – 0
J Eldridge
B de Armentia
1 – 0
R Innes (sub)
N Lindsay
1 – 0
G King
S Collins
1 – 0
E Martin
B Voghouey
0 – 1
P Clarke
D Reid
1 – 0
P McAloon
5 – 1
This leaves the Glasgow Montrose A team sitting pretty atop division 2 with eight points after four matches going into the Festive season.
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Paisley A 2.5 – 3.5 Glasgow Montrose A

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Robin continues his roundup of the ‘A’ teams progress so far with the 14th Nov. match against Paisley:
 
Montrose cruised through what appeared to be their toughest fixture against Paisley in a clash of the titans.
David Reid survived a caveman attack when his opponent ran out of pieces to toss on the fire. Sam created a mating net that forced the issue. My own game was level after I let slip opening pressure. My opponent made his first freeing move of the match threatening a back rank mate in one. Unfortunately, his king and rook were on the same file and a check from behind cost the rook and game. Montrose were three zip up and seemingly cruising. Paisley fought back. Beni was under the cosh all night with black and ended up losing. Montrose then secured the match when Bahloul accepted a draw offer. The final game was academic. Norman had winning chances at the end but missed a tactic in time trouble that lost a rook. 3.5 to 2.5 was a good result against a very strong top order team.
 
Paisley A
 
Montrose A
W Buchanan
0 – 1
R Templeton
G Moultrie
1 – 0
B de Armentia
P Maiolani
1 – 0
N Lindsay
A McFarlane
0 – 1
S Collins
J Crone
.5 – .5
B Voghouey
S Connor
0 – 1
D Reid
 
2.5 – 3.5
 
 
 
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Bellshill A 1.5 – 4.5 Glasgow Montrose A

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In the first of a serious of fixture reports, Robin Templeton  describes the 22nd Oct. tussle between the ‘A’ Team and Bellshill ‘A’:
 
After two matches Montrose are the pace setters in division two. A weakened Bellshill A team held their own on the top boards but were unable to contend with Montrose’s strength in depth. Bahloul led the way with a kingside attack. David used his extra pawns to push home the win. Sam picked up a piece and the game. Beni took a grandmaster draw with black in an unbalanced position. Boards one and three finished with opposite coloured bishop endings which were unwinnable.
 
Bellshill A
 
Montrose A
H Glen
.5 – .5
R Templeton
K Campbell
.5 – .5
B de Armentia
D Potts
.5 – .5
N Lindsay
D Lafferty
0 – 1
S Collins
A Kane
0 – 1
B Voghouey
W Carnie
0 – 1
D Reid
 
1.5 – 4.5
 
 
 
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‘A’ Team kick off the season with a wipe-out against the ‘B’ Team

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Welcome to the 2012-13 season!  The GMCC kicked off the Glasgow League with a fixture between the ‘A’ and ‘B’ teams last Thursday (both are now rather inconveniently in the second division).  The ‘A’ team did pretty well for a side apparently without a captain, both in the haggling over players which typically starts the season off, and in the games themselves.

As the ‘B’ team captain, it is too painful to dwell on the night’s play, so I merely reproduce the results below:

Board Glasgow Montrose A 6 0 Glasgow Montrose B
1 Edward Ferry B 1 0 W Chris Perkin
2 Robin Templeton W 1 0 B Roy Smeeton
3 Benigno De Armentia B 1 0 W James Mearns
4 Norman Lindsay W 1 0 B Joe Weir
5 Bahloul Voghouey B 1 0 W Sean Groundwater
6 David Reid W 1 0 B Graeme MacDonald
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