Chess Scotland
Juniors
designed by kids,
for kids!
Dundee Congress, 21 – 23 October 2005 by Keith Rose
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Manor
House Restorations Open:
Highest
placed under 18 - Christopher MacDonald (7/4/89) Hamilton
Andrew
Bolton Opticians Major
2nd equal
- Andrew Rowe, John Smith, Blair Hawthorne (21/4/91) Robert Gordons
Under
1450 grading prize - Jonathon McLatchie
(29/3/89) Concord
Highest
placed under 16 - Amy Officer (5/12//91) Carse
of Gowrie
Minor
1st. - Alistair
Grant (8/5/91) Stonehaven
2nd equal
- William Harkins, John Tawdrous (12/12/90)
Lanark
Under 1100
grading prize - Kevin Martin (17/1/89) Dundee & Victoria
Highest
placed under 16 (shared) - Natalie Donohue (13/9/90) Lanark, Francis
Batchelor (26/3/90) Glenrothes
Giant-killing
prize - Maryann McDonald (3/10/93) Quarryhill (beat
opponent 574 points above)
Every Child
Nursery Grandmaster Challenge: Best game trophies - Daniel Ronan (13),
Connor McManus (13) and Daniella McLeod (13).
Every Child Nursery Grandmaster
Challenge
Thursday
20th October 2005
In lieu of
a specific event for youngsters in the Congress this simultaneous was an
opportunity for school players to play against GM Colin McNab.
Unfortunately it turned out not to be in as much demand as expected. Various
reasons have been suggested, but in the end only six schoolchildren took
part, despite last minute easing of entry restrictions. In order not to
disappoint those few, some adult players from Castlehill
and Dundee & Victoria were roped in and a total of 18 took part. Despite
it not being the event envisaged all those who took part enjoyed the
experience. Colin almost kept a clean sheet, only dropping a draw to Bruce
Wallace, when Bruce was material ahead.
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I would
just like to say that the congress was a huge success, it was brilliantly run
and the venue was great! I hope that
it gets held there again next year!
Amy
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