Scottish U1500 Championship 2007    

Round 1

 

Board

White

Result

Black

1

Hugh Hanlon

½-½

Peter Horne

2

Craig Petrie

0-1

David Cubitt

3

Ali Roy

½-½

Graeme Forbes

4

David Watson

0-1

Iain Hope

5

George Thomson

½-½

Robert McLeod

6

Lisa Paton

0-1

Bernard Cassidy

7

Joe McGreechin

½

Half point bye

 

Round 2


Board

White

Result

Black

1

D Cubitt (1)

½-½

I Hope (1)

2

B Cassidy (1)

1-0

H Hanlon (½)

3

R McLeod (½)

0-1

A Roy (½)

4

G Forbes (½)

0-1

G Thomson (½)

5

P Horne (½)

0-1

J McGreechin (½)

6

L Paton (0)

½-½

C Petrie (0)

7

D Watson (0)

 

Bye

 

Round 3

Board

White

Result

Black

1

A Roy (1½)

½-½

B Cassidy (2)

2

J McGreechin (1½)

0-1

D Cubitt (1½)

3

I Hope (1½)

½-½

G Thomson (1½)

4

C Petrie (½)

0-1

D Watson (1)

5

H Hanlon (½)

1-0

L Paton (½)

6

R McLeod (½)

0-1

P Horne (½)

7

G Forbes (½)

 

 

The following has been entered for the Lord Kirkwood Best Swindle Prize.  Move 27 does leave a little to be desired!

Petrie, C - Watson, D [C47]

(3)

 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nxe5 Nxe5 5.d4 Nc6 6.d5 Ne5 7.f4 Bb4 8.fxe5 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Nxe4 10.Qd4 Qh4+ 11.g3 Qg4 12.Bd3 d6 13.Bxe4 Bf5 14.Bxf5 Qxf5 15.exd6 0–0 16.Bf4 Rfe8+ 17.Kd2 cxd6 18.Rae1 Rec8 19.Bxd6 Rd8 20.Re5 Qf3 21.Rhe1 h6 22.Bc7 f6 23.Bxd8 fxe5 24.Rxe5 Rxd8 25.d6 b6 26.d7 Qf7 27.Qd5 Rxd7 28.Qxd7 Qxd7+ 29.Kc1 Qc7 30.Re3 Qc5 31.Re8+ Kh7 32.Ra8 Qg1+ 33.Kb2 Qxh2 34.Rxa7 Qxg3 35.Rb7 Qf2 36.Kb3 h5 37.Rd7 h4 38.Rd5 Kg6 39.Rd1 Kh5 40.Rd5+ g5 41.Rd3 Qg2 0–1

 

Round 4

Board

White

Result

Black

1

D Cubitt (2½)

½-½

B Cassidy (2½)

2

I Hope (2)

0-1

A Roy (2)

3

G Thomson (2)

0-1

D Watson (2)

4

J McGreechin (1½)

1-0

H Hanlon (1½)

5

P Horne (1½)

0-1

G Forbes (1½)

6

C Petrie (½)

1-0

R McLeod (½)

7

L Paton (½)

 

Bye

 

Round 5

Board

White

Result

Black

1

A Roy (3)

½-½

D Cubitt (3)

2

B Cassidy (3)

1-0

D Watson (3)

3

G Forbes (2½)

0-1

J McGreechin (2½)

4

G Thomson (2)

1-0

C Petrie (1½)

5

H Hanlon (1½)

1-0

I Hope (2)

6

P Horne (1½)

1-0

L Paton (1½)

7

R McLeod (½)

 

Bye

 

Round 6

Board

White

Result

Black

1

B Cassidy (4)

½-½

J McGreechin (3½)

2

D Cubitt (3½)

½-½

G Thomson (3)

3

D Watson (3)

0-1

A Roy (3½)

4

G Forbes (2½)

0-1

H Hanlon (2½)

5

I Hope (2)

½-½

P Horne (2½)

6

L Paton (1½)

1-0

R McLeod (1½)

7

C Petrie (1½)

 

Bye

 

Round 7

Board

White

Result

Black

1

J McGreechin (4)

½-½

A Roy (4½)

2

G Thomson (3½)

1-0

B Cassidy (4½)

3

H Hanlon (3½)

1-0

D Cubitt (4)

4

P Horne (3)

1-0

C Petrie (2½)

5

D Watson (3)

0-1

L Paton (2½)

6

R McLeod (1½)

0-1

G Forbes (2½)

7

I Hope (2½)

 

 

McGreechin, J - Roy, A [C01]

Under 1500 (7)

 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c4 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 Qe7+ 6.Be3 Nf6 7.h3 0–0 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Ne4 10.Qc1 Nf6 11.Bd3 b6 12.Ne2 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Bb7 14.Bd3 Bxg2 15.Rg1 Be4 16.Bh6 Ne8 17.Bxe4 Qxe4 18.Bxg7 Nxg7 19.Qh6 Qg6 20.Rxg6 fxg6 21.Qg5 Nf5 22.Ng3 Nc6 23.Nxf5 Rxf5 24.Qg3 Re8+ 25.Kd2 Na5 26.Kd3 c5 27.Rg1 c4+ 28.Kd2 Nb3+ 29.Kd1 Ref8 30.Rg2 Rf3 31.Qg4 Rd3+ 32.Kc2 Rd2+ 33.Kb1 Re8 34.Rg1 Ree2 35.Qc8+ Kg7 36.Qc7+ Kh6 37.Qf4+ Kg7 38.Qc7+ Kh6 39.Qf4+ Kg7 ½–½

 

 

Final Positions

Scottish Under 1500 Champion and Scottish Girls’ Champion:- Ali Roy 5/7

Scottish Under 1500 Boys’ Champion – Joseph McGreechin 4½

Also Second= Hugh Hanlon, George Thomson, Bernard Cassidy 4½

6= David Cubitt, Peter Horne 4;  8= Iain Hope, Graeme Forbes, Lisa Paton 3½; 11 David Watson 3; 12 Craig Petrie 2½; 13 Robert McLeod 1½.