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New additions: August 8, 2008: Thanks to William Hulme for 126 games from the SNCL 2006/2007 league, August 2, 2008: Thanks to Andy Howies for 32 games from the Borders 2008 Congress, July 17, 2008: Thanks to William Hulme for 48 games from the Hawick 2007 Congress, July 13, 2008: Thanks to Andy Howie for 248/39 games from the Scottish Championship 2008, July 3, 2008: Thanks to William Hulme for 34 games from the Hawick 2008 Congress, July 2, 2008: Thanks to William Hulme for 33/46 games from the East of Scotland 2007/2008 Congresses, February 23, 2008: Thanks to Alistair Campbell for 93 games from the Oban 2007 Congress, April 22, 2007: Thanks to Geoff Chandler for 73 games from the Edinburgh 2007 Congress, February 3, 2007: Thanks to Alistair Campbell for 45 games from the Oban 2006 Congress, December 28, 2006: Thanks to George Neave for 25 games from the Grangemouth 2006 Congress, July 6, 2006: Thanks to Alan Armstrong for 33 games from the Hawick 2006 Congress, June 6, 2006: Thanks to Craig Postlethwaite for 40 games from the Oban 2005 Congress, May 29, 2006: Thanks to George Neave for 38 games from the East of Scotland Congress, April 23, 2006: Thanks to Geoff Chandler for 72 games from the Glasgow Congress, April 19, 2006: Thanks to Geoff Chandler for 109 games from the SNCL, April 9, 2006: Thanks to Geoff Chandler for 109 games from the Edinburgh Congress, George Pyrich for 38 games from the Glenrothes Congress, and Ken Stewart for 20 games from the Chess Scotland Club Finals, November 25, 2005: Thanks to Alistair Maxwell for games from various Scottish Championships between 1893 and 1938, Note that these are incomplete so any additional games would be welcomed, July 13, 2005: Thanks to Alex McFarlane for 116 games from the Scottish Championships, July 1, 2005: Thanks to Bernard Milligan for 43 games from the Hawick Congress, June 19, 2005: Thanks to Gordon MacArainn for 19 games from the Edinburgh Congress, and for 64 games from the 1996 Paisley Congress, June 7, 2005: Thanks to John Dempsey for 41 games from the West of Scotland Congress, May 25, 2005: Thanks to George Neave for 42 games from the East of Scotland Congress, May 3, 2005: Thanks to Geoff Chandler for 32 games from the Hamilton Congress, April 21, 2005: Thanks to George Pyrich for 41 games from the Glenrothes Congress, April 18, 2005: Thanks to Ken Stewart for games from the CS Tournament Finals. February 2, 2005: Steven Brown compiled a 48 game file from Grangemouth, November 17, 2004: Jim Anderson sends a game file from this years Dundee Congress with 62 games, November 11, 2004: New contributor John Dempsey has compiled a file of 43 games from the recent Glasgow Open; Thanks to George Neave for compiling 35 games from the Edinburgh Congress 2004 - MUCH delayed while extra games were to be added (that never happened), finally posted now. November 8, 2004: Alistair Maxwell has updated the Men's Olympiad file to incorporate Bled and Calvia - corrections or additional info is welcome. August 27, 2004: Thanks to Bernard Milligan for 44 games from the Hawick Congress, July 22, 2004: Thanks to Alex McFarlane for games from the Scottish Championships in Hamilton, June 2, 2004: Thanks to Alistair Maxwell for 31 games from the West of Scotland Championship. April 18, 2004: Thanks to Ken Stewart for games from the CS Tournament Finals. December 8, 2003: Thanks to Gordon MacArainn and Steve Brown for 55 games from the Glasgow Congress, September 25, 2003: Thanks to new contributor Gordon MacArainn for 52 games from the Grangemouth Congress, August 28, 2003: Thanks to Dave Gillespie for 62 games from Hawick 2003, June 23, 2003: Thanks to Dave Gillespie for 14 games from the East of Scotland, June 1, 2003: Thanks to Alistair Maxwell for 43 games from the West of Scotland Championship. April 20, 2003: Thanks to George Pyrich for 49 games (+ 6 via DLG) from the Glenrothes Congress, April 13, 2003: Thanks to Sam Collins for the 81 games from the 2003 Scottish Championship in Edinburgh; and 45 games from the Scottish Open, April 3, 2003: Thanks to Ken Stewart for games from the CS Tournament Finals. March 30, 2003 Thanks to DLG for 51 games from the Glasgow Montrose Open, February 5, 2003 Thanks to DLG for 23 games from the Lothians Congress in January, November 17, 2002 Thanks to Willie Rutherford and Steven Brown for 90 games from the Edinburgh Chess Club FIDE event in October, October 17, 2002 Thanks to Dave Gillespie for 56 games from the 2002 Hawick Congress, July 28, 2002 Thanks to Alistair Maxwell for 35 games from this year's West Championship - Bernard Milligan has supplied 39 games from the 2001 Hawick Congress, July 23, 2002 Thanks to Scott Fraser and Alistair Maxwell for the 81 games from the Scottish Championships in Stirling. This file corrects a few errors from the original game file. June 13, 2002 Thanks to Dave Gillespie for 28 games from the East of Scotland Congress. June 6, 2002 Thanks to Dave Gillespie for 70 games from the Aberdeen Congress. April 21, 2002: Thanks to Ken Stewart for games from the CS Tournament Finals. April 14, 2002: Thanks to Sam Collins for a selection of games from the Edinburgh Congress (corrected April 16). March 12, 2002: Thanks to George Pyrich for 39 games from the Glenrothes Congress. December 10, 2001: 2001 Oban Congress supplied by Alistair Maxwell. November 20, 2001: 2001 Grangemouth Congress supplied by Steven Brown. August 2, 2001: 2001 Aberdeen Scottish Championship has been added (input by Donald Grassie) - this includes the final time-trouble moves of Arakhamia v Rowson which were not in the previous databases. June 6, 2001: Thanks to chief typist Alistair Maxwell for 300+ games from the West of Scotland Championships. May 8, 2001: Thanks to new contributor Steven Brown for 35 games from the Edinburgh Congress. April 23, 2001: Thanks to George Pyrich for 40 games from the Glenrothes Congress and to Ken Stewart for the SCA Richardson and Spens finals. December 16: Ken Stewart has input a few games from the Glasgow congress in November. September 26: Gavin Saxton has provided games from the 2000 Grangemouth Congress. August 22: Alistair Maxwell has supplied the Scottish Championships for 1979-81 (in addition to most of the Championships in the 70s and 80s) Now the 1982 game download available. July 5: Thanks to Bernard Milligan for very prompt submission of all the games from the Borders 2000 congress. May 26: Thanks to Robert Beacon for 55 games from Glasgow Congress 1999.

Alistair Maxwell of Cathcart CC has compiled a database of Scottish Olympiad games from Folkestone 1933 up to Istanbul 2000 - a superb archive of Scotland's international history.

The latest revision January 18, 2001 (Revised again Feb 1 with assistance from Chess Scotland historian Alan McGowan) now includes a separate archive for all Scottish Womens Olympiads. (Please notify Alistair of any errors or omissions).

NB: These games are intended as a free service to regular participants in Scottish tournaments and not as material for re-sale by commercial organisations.

The following files contain Scottish chess games in PGN format. Compatible software will be required to view these games.

PGN (Portable game notation) is the preferred format for game downloads. Anyone who prefers another format should be able to convert within their own software.