Glenrothes Chess Congress 2006

March 3-5, 2006

by George Pyrich

 

List of Prizewinners

(Win = 3 points, draw = 1 point)

Open (31 players)

1. Andrew Burnett (Wandering Dragons) 13/15 2.= Alan Grant (Cathcart) & Manuel Perez Carballo (Glenrothes) 12/15

Grading Under 1950 – Tom Donohue ( Hamilton ) 10/15

Grading Under 1800 – David Grant (Stonehaven), Richard Kynoch (Wandering Dragons) & Kevin Mayo ( Edinburgh West) 9/15

 

Major (35 players)

1. Rudolph Austin (Civil Service) 13/15 2. Douglas Heatlie (Civil Service)

Grading Under 1550 – Robert Rough ( Inverness ) 9/15

Grading Under 1450 – David Cubitt (Wandering Dragons) 8/15

 

Minor ((24 players)

1. Neil Taylor (Glenrothes) 13/15 2.= Bernard Cassidy (Uddingston) & Terry Doherty (Dalmuir) 12/15

Grading Under 1200 – William J. Harkins (Benarty) 10/15

Grading Under 1100 – Robbie McLeod (Castlehill) 10/15

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Glenrothes Junior Congress

by Stuart Blyth

 

For the first time in a number of years, Glenrothes Chess Congress staged a school chess event. Around thirty children took part – the split being about two thirds local and the remainder from outside of Fife . Given that the event was organised at a relatively late date and was not too widely publicised, we felt this represented a pretty decent turnout.

Craig Petrie was the strongest player taking part and, true to form, won the high school section with a perfect 5/5. Hayley Donohue, Kevin Stirling and Ryan Dick all fought hard to take joint second with 4/5.

In the P6/7 section, three players finished on 3/5, with Robert Hay and Dean Osbourne just losing out to Sarat Roy on a tie break.

 

 

Sam Turner Blyth took first place in the P5 and under on 3½/5, closely followed on 3/5 by Zak Roy, Ian McLaughlan and Kiron Roy. Thanks to Donna for running things so smoothly.

Junior grading