Chess Scotland Team Finals 2009-2010

Grangemouth

April 17, 2010

The Finals of the Richardson Cup, Spens Cup and the Jack Campbell Rosebowl team tournaments took place on Saturday, April 17th 2010 at Grangemouth ... reports IM Andrew Muir.

On the morning of the match their top board Polish IM Marcin Tazbir pulled out with illness but Hamilton 's strength in depth was still enough to win. Dragons' boards 5 & 6 were suitably dressed in a kilt for the day but this did not seem to help them.

Adrian Stalker and Joe Redpath won pawns in the opening whilst Steven Tweedie won a closed battle.

Chris Tweedie won after trapping a rook in a Dragon but Tom Donohue lost in another Sicilian. Pat Coffey, in a fluctuating game, agreed a draw to close out the match.

The top two boards were long games. Andy Muir lost & Mark Orr blundered in the final minute of the allegro finish.

For the winners, Andy Muir now has 10 titles for 5 different teams in 5 different decades. Adrian Stalker has now played black in 5 finals scoring 5 wins.

The Campbell Rosebowl was presented by Jack Campbell's son.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=12073&id=100000332891886&l=28bd767d9a

The above jpg file gives a picture of the team but also picture 48 of facebook is good too. The players in the picture are (left to right): J Redpath, S Burns-Mannion, P Coffey, A Muir, A Stalker, T Donohue, C Tweedie, S Tweedie.

J Redpath v D Kilgour : 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 d6 5 Be3 c6 6 Qd2 Qa5 7 Bd3 Ng4 8 Bg5 h6? 9 Bxe7! Qc7 10 Bh4 Nd7 11 0-0 0-0 12 h3 Ngf6 13 Bg3 Rd8 14 a4 Nf8 15 Rfe1 Ne6 16 Ne2 b6 17 c3 Bb7 18 Nf4 Nxf4 19 Bxf4 g5 20 Bh2 Qc8 21 Qe2 c5 22 d5 a6 23 c4 Ne8 24 e5 dxe5 25 Bxe5 Nf6 26 Bc2 Re8 27 Qd3 Qd8 28 Bc3 Qd6 29 Nh2 Kf8 30 Ng4 Rxe1+ 31 Rxe1 Re8 32 Rxe8+ Kxe8 33 Be5 Qd8 34 Qc3  1-0

 

 

Richardson Cup Final

Board No Wandering Dragons Hamilton Colour Name Grade Score Name Grade Score 1  B  Mark Orr 2256 0  Steve Burns-Mannion 2384 1 2    Alan Tate 2216 1  Andy Muir 2330 0 3    David Kilgour 2171 0  Joe Redpath 2258 1 4    Alan Minnican 2080 ½  Pat Coffey 2219 ½ 5    Graham Hamilton 2036 0  Steven Tweedie 2234 1 6    John McLay 1957 0  Adrian Stalker 2086 1 7    Walter Burnett 1922 0  Chris Tweedie 2028 1 8    Elliot Sloan 1872 1  Tom Donohue 2020 0       Total 2½   Total 5½

Spens Cup Final

Board No East Kilbride Troon Colour Name Grade Score Name Grade Score 1  W  Alan Jelfs 1872 ½  John Calder 1846 ½ 2    Phil Thomas 1809 ½  Robin Templeton 1750 ½ 3    Tony Dunlop 1649 1  Len Weir 1588 0 4    Tom Brisbane 1485 0  Frank Park 1455 1 5    Daniel Thomas 1303 ½  Mike Chapman 1406 ½ 6    Andy Howie 1361 1  Default 0 0       Total 3½   Total 2½

Jack Campbell Rosebowl

Board No Civil Service Hamilton B Colour Name Grade Score Name Grade Score 1  W  Crawford MacNab 1829 0  Duncan Walker 1956 1 2    Simon Bate 1752 0  Matthew O'Donnell 1740 1 3    Rudolph Austin 1730 0  Luke Greenslade 1671 1 4    Richard Scott 1626 0  Arthur Mulholland 1634 1 5    Douglas Heatlie 1594 ½  James Montgomery 1660 ½ 6    Gerry Brown 1535 0  Robt. Montgomery 1665 1       Total ½   Total 5½