Edinburgh Congress

March 31 - April 2, 2006

George Heriot's School

by Dave Stewart

Premier

1st= GM Colin McNab (Dundee Victoria), GM Daniel Gormally (Wood Green), WGM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (Edinburgh West), IM Douglas Bryson (Shettleston), IM Stephen Mannion (Cathcart), Nicol Bathie (Wandering Dragons), Joe Redpath (Hamilton) £110 4/5pts;

U2100 Grading Prize Geoff Chandler (Sandy Bells) 3.5/5pts £50;

U1900 Grading Prize Calum MacQueen (Giffnock), Hugh Brechin (Edinburgh) 3/5pts £25;

U18 Edinburgh Evening News Cup & Book prize donated by Chess Suppliers
Hugh Brechin (Edinburgh) 3/5pts £30.

Challengers

1st Edward Ferry (Cambuslang) 4.5/5pts £150;

2nd= Eoin Campbell (Wandering Dragons), Duncan Campbell (Oban), Duncan Walker (Bankton) 4/5pts £25;

Grading Prize: Ian Macgregor (Bearsden), John Smith (Edinburgh), Jonathan Wright (Stonehaven) 3/5pts £10.

Major

1st = Daniel Bullen (Wandering Dragons), Julius Schwartz (Inverness) 4.5/5pts £110;

Grading Prize: Bruce Chalmers (Renfrew) 3.5/5pts £30.

Bishops

1st= Timothy Allen (Battersea), John Banks (Cambuslang) 4.5/5pts £110;

Grading Prize: Francis Batchelor (Glenrothes), John Tawdrous (Hamilton) 3.5/5pts £15.

Knights

1st = Natalie Donohue (Lanark), Euan Sime (George Heriots) 4.5/5pts £110;

Grading Prize Graeme Blair (Inverness), Darren Rank (Giffnock) 4/5pts £15.

Friendlies

Prize Draw
Neil Limbert (Barnsley) £30 The winning move was a4.

Giant Killing Prize
Caitlin McCulloch (Giffnock) 308 defeated Dale Robbie (Lochgilphead) 1135 a
grading difference of 827 points. £30

Swindlers Prize
Jake Adamson (Sandy Bells) £10 This prize was donated and judged by Geoff
Chandler of Chandler Cornered chessedinburgh.co.uk

Best Game Prize
Christopher Tweedie (Hamilton) £30 for his win as white against Connor Woods
(Hamilton) in the 2nd Round of the Premier Event. The prize was judged by
Geoff Chandler of Chandler Cornered chessedinburgh.co.uk

Tweedie,C - Woods,C

1 e4 c5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 f4 d6 4 Nf3 g6 5 Bc4 Bg7 6 d3 Nf6 7 0-0 0-0 8 e5 dxe5 9 fxe5 Nxe5 10 Nxe5 Qd4+ 11 Kh1 Qxe5 12 Bf4 Qh5 13 Qe1 e6 14 Bd6 Rd8 15 Qg3 Ne8 16 Bf4 Bd7 17 Rae1 Bc6 18 Rxe6 Bxc3 19 bxc3 fxe6 20 Bxe6+ Kh8 21 Be5+ Ng7 22 Bg4 Qg5 23 h4 Qe7 24 Bf6 Qd6 25 Be5 Qd5 26 c4 Qg8 27 h5 gxh5 28 Be6 1-0

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