12th Oban Chess Congress

November 25-27

by Iain Macdonald 

The ice and snow that affected certain parts of the country on the Thursday night prior to this year's Oban Congress would have deterred a lot of people from travelling; not so those intrepid chess players determined to attend this popular event. Although there were a few call-offs, all who made the effort managed to get to Oban with very little difficulty. Their reward was the warm and cosy atmosphere of the Royal Hotel and a weekend of hectic chess activity.

The Congress Committee would like to thank all who attended and made the event a success once again. Also to be thanked are the numerous local businesses who supported the event. Without their sponsorship it couldn't have taken place.

It is hoped that next year's event will take place on the weekend of Friday 24 to Sunday 26 November 2006. This will be confirmed early in the New Year.

The prize winners of the four tournaments are listed below;

OPEN: 1st Colin McNab (Dundee & Victoria) £300 + Trophy

=2nd Jacob Aagaard ( Hamilton ) £75

Alan Minnican (Wandering Dragons) £75

Esben Lund (K41 Denmark ) &75

Grading <2000 Andrew Green (Edinburgh) £25

Richard Wiltshire (Bearsden) £25

 

CHALLENGERS: 1st Phil Thomas (Giffnock) £200 + Trophy

=2nd Rudolf Austin (Civil Service) £50

Blair Hawthorne (Bon Accord) £50

Paul MacDonald ( Glasgow Montrose) £50

 

Grading < 1650 James MacRae (Crowwood) £25

David Stewart (Bank of Scotland ) £25

 

MAJOR: =1st Stuart McKinney (Gorgie) £116.67 + Trophy*

Paul McQuillan (Civil Service) £116.67

Lawrence Freel (Hamilton) £116.67

 

* Stuart McKinney took the trophy on the sum of

progressive scores.

 

Grading<1450 David Cubitt (Wandering Dragons) £25

Iain Morris (Bon Accord) £25

 

MINOR: 1st Glynis Grant ( Dunfermline ) £200 + Trophy

=2nd Iain Farmer (Nairn) £50

Eddie Gillespie (Bank of Scotland ) £50

Ian Johnson ( Newcastle ) £50

 

Grading <1050 Robbie McLeod (Castlehill) £50

Junior: Andrew McClement (Oban) £50

 

Iain Macdonald

Secretary

Oban Chess Club

29th November 2005

Please click event headers for grading data.