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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Scottish Championship Tournament

Subramanian Arun Prasad7.5/9(+7 -1 =1)[games]
Mark Hebden7/9(+5 -0 =4)[games]
Jan Markos7/9(+6 -1 =2)[games]
Iain Gourlay6.5/8(+5 -0 =3)[games]
Magesh Chandran Panchanathan6.5/9(+6 -2 =1)[games]
Graham Morrison6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Jonathan Rowson6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Paul Motwani6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
David J Eggleston6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Martin Mitchell5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
Mike J Surtees5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
Craig S M Thomson5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
Mark Lyell5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
Andrew Greet5.5/8(+5 -2 =1)[games]
Neil Berry5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
Gudmundur Kjartansson5.5/8(+4 -1 =3)[games]
Dominic Foord5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
Aaron Summerscale5.5/8(+4 -1 =3)[games]
Jonathan I M Grant5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
Daniel McGowan5/9(+4 -3 =2)[games]
George Neave5/9(+3 -2 =4)[games]
Walter Burnett5/9(+5 -4 =0)[games]
Michael J R White5/9(+4 -3 =2)[games]
Graeme Kafka5/8(+3 -1 =4)[games]
Colin McNab5/8(+4 -2 =2)[games]
James Doyle5/8(+4 -2 =2)[games]
Walter F Buchanan4.5/8(+4 -3 =1)[games]
Duncan Walker4.5/9(+2 -2 =5)[games]
Neil Thomson4.5/8(+3 -2 =3)[games]
Andrew Masters4.5/9(+3 -3 =3)[games]
Neil Farrell4.5/8(+3 -2 =3)[games]
Ravshan Khamroev4.5/8(+4 -3 =1)[games]
(91 players total; 59 players not shown. Click here for longer list.)

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Scottish Championship (2009)

Iain Gourlay (Scottish Champion 6.5), GM S. Arun Prasad (Open Winner 7.5).

 page 1 of 15; games 1-25 of 363  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. S Arun Prasad vs A Tate 1-0562009Scottish ChampionshipA57 Benko Gambit
2. A D Green vs J Rowson  0-1352009Scottish ChampionshipB06 Robatsch
3. N Farrell vs J Markos  0-1332009Scottish ChampionshipE70 King's Indian
4. M Herbold vs P Motwani  0-1512009Scottish ChampionshipB06 Robatsch
5. M Panchanathan vs M Surtees 1-0152009Scottish ChampionshipC05 French, Tarrasch
6. M Mitchell vs C McNab  ½-½402009Scottish ChampionshipE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
7. A Keith Aitchison vs S Hilton  ½-½332009Scottish ChampionshipB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
8. K Arakhamia-Grant vs P Roberts  ½-½362009Scottish ChampionshipB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
9. A D Brown vs R Paul  0-1312009Scottish ChampionshipD02 Queen's Pawn Game
10. E Campbell vs S Smith  ½-½472009Scottish ChampionshipA13 English
11. J Doyle vs J Scott  0-1322009Scottish ChampionshipE73 King's Indian
12. D Fowler vs T Donohue  0-1802009Scottish ChampionshipA29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
13. I Gourlay vs D Rocks  1-0382009Scottish ChampionshipA05 Reti Opening
14. J Grant vs J Hookham  1-0292009Scottish ChampionshipA26 English
15. M Hebden vs W F Buchanan 1-0242009Scottish ChampionshipA46 Queen's Pawn Game
16. R Hughes vs I McDonald 1-0372009Scottish ChampionshipA22 English
17. L Ingram vs M Lunn  ½-½352009Scottish ChampionshipB77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
18. G Kafka vs A Greet  1-0312009Scottish ChampionshipC67 Ruy Lopez
19. M Lyell vs R Giulian  1-0312009Scottish ChampionshipC02 French, Advance
20. J S Macrae vs J Kleboe  1-0502009Scottish ChampionshipA46 Queen's Pawn Game
21. A Masters vs R Montgomery  ½-½432009Scottish ChampionshipE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
22. A McDonald vs B van Beckhoven  0-1242009Scottish ChampionshipD02 Queen's Pawn Game
23. D McGowan vs J Shaw  ½-½302009Scottish ChampionshipC41 Philidor Defense
24. A McHarg vs H Flockhart  ½-½202009Scottish ChampionshipB01 Scandinavian
25. D McKerracher vs C McIntee  0-1492009Scottish ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
 page 1 of 15; games 1-25 of 363  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
May-04-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  Sally Simpson: This was a great event. I covered it for some magazines and did videos, interviews and did a daily Chandler Cornered and put up the 'Best Blunder' prize. (a trophy and other goodies.)

I took and posted 100's of pictures (well not 100's but quite a lot.)

In the preview https://web.archive.org/web/2010010... I interviewed not the players but a few chess pieces. I recall interviewing the Black c-pawn.

"Hi. Looking forward to the tournament."

"You have to be kidding. I'm a c-pawn and this lot are Sicilian experts. I see 1.e4 and before you can say 'play the Pirc' I'm on c5. two moves later I'm off the board."

That kind of thing.

The coverage of the rounds starts here

Round One: https://web.archive.org/web/2010010...

Round Two: https://web.archive.org/web/2009072...

Round Three: https://web.archive.org/web/2009072...

Round Four: https://web.archive.org/web/2010010...

Round Five: https://web.archive.org/web/2010010...

Round Six: https://web.archive.org/web/2010010...

Round Seven: https://web.archive.org/web/2010010...

Around about here I was getting a row for not showing the GM games or producing a table. So I gave them a link where the GM games could be found and produced a table from the 2007 event. I never heard anymore about it after that.

Round Eight: https://web.archive.org/web/2010010...

Round Nine: https://web.archive.org/web/2010010...

May-04-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  Retireborn: Geoff, you might be amused by jargon created by Cambridge stidents around 30 years ago.

The pawns are named Alfie, Bertie, Charlie, Derek, Eddie, Freddie, Graham, and Harry, and the knights are Neddy and Norman.

King Kenny is my own more recent contribution to the joke.

May-04-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  Sally Simpson: Hi Retireborn,

I think I have seen something like it. I l know someone came up with female names for the pawns and I suggested The Gertrude (1.g4) was a great name for the Grob and Fanny for the f-pawn.

They thought I was being rude until I pointed out Nelson's wife was called Fanny....but yes I was being rude.

BTW in Caxton's 'The Game and Playe of the Chesse' all the pawns are given names. Innkeeper, doctor, blacksmith etc.. so naming pawns is not too original.

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