Scottish Chess Championships 2004

Round 9

J Rowson - S Mannion [D20]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e5 4.Bxc4 exd4 5.exd4 Nf6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.h3 h6 10.Qc2 Be6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Qb3 Qd7 13.Re1 Rae8 14.Qxb7 Nd5 15.Qb5 Ndb4 16.Qe2 Rxf3 17.Qxf3 Nxd4 18.Qg4 Ndc2 19.Bxh6 Nxa1 20.Rxa1 Nd3 21.Ne4 Rf8 22.Be3 Rf5 23.Qe2 a5 24.Rd1 Nb4 25.Qg4 Qe7 26.Qg6 Nd5 27.Ng5 Nf6 28.Re1 Bb4 29.Rc1 Qd7 30.a3 Bd6 31.Re1 Rd5 32.Bc1 Be5 33.Qc2 Qe7 34.Nf3 Bd6 35.Bd2 Qd7 36.Bc3 Qf7 37.Qe2 e5 38.Nxe5 Qe6 39.Nf3 Qxe2 40.Rxe2 a4 41.Kf1 Nh5 42.Re4 Rd1+ 43.Ke2 Rh1 44.Ng5 1-0

A Grant - J Aagaard [A20]
1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 exd4 5.Qxd4 d5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Nf3 Nc6 ½-½

D Bryson - P Motwani [B32]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb5 Nf6 6.Be3 Qd8 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Rb8 10.Nxf6+ gxf6 11.Bd3 d5 12.exd5 Qxd5 13.0-0 Ne5 14.Be2 Bb7 15.Qxd5 Bxd5 16.Nb1 Rg8 17.f3 Rc8 18.Nc3 Bb7 19.Rac1 Nc4 20.Bxc4 Rxc4 21.Kf2 f5 22.Rfd1 Bg7 23.Rd3 Be5 24.Rcd1 f6 25.R1d2 Kf7 26.Ne2 Bxb2 27.c3 Ba3 28.Rd7 Bc8 29.Ra7 Rc6 30.Rd3 Bd6 31.Nd4 Rc7 32.Nb3 Rxa7 33.Bxa7 Be6 34.Rd2 Rc8 35.Bd4 Rc4 36.g3 Ra4 37.Nc1 Bc4 38.f4 Ra3 39.Rc2 Bd5 40.Re2 Be4 41.Re3 Ke6 42.Re2 Kd5 43.Rd2 Kc6 44.Nb3 Bb1 45.Nc1 e5 0-1

J Shaw - C Pritchett [B22]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Bg5 c4 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.g3 0-0 9.Bg2 Nc6 10.b3 Ne4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Nd2 cxb3 14.axb3 Bf5 15.Qe2 Rae8 16.0-0 Bg6 17.Rfe1 f5 18.f3 Qf7 19.fxe4 fxe4 20.Qc4 Qxc4 21.Nxc4 a6 22.Nd6 Re7 23.Re3 Nd8 24.Rae1 Rd7 25.Nxe4 Bxe4 26.Rxe4 g6 27.c4 Kg7 28.d5 Rf6 29.c5 h5 30.d6 Nc6 31.Re7+ Rf7 32.Bxc6 bxc6 33.Rxd7 Rxd7 34.Re8 Kf7 35.Rc8 Ke6 36.Rxc6 Rb7 37.Rc7 Rxb3 (Time) 1-0

C McNab - J Redpath [A07]
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.b3 Bf5 5.Bb2 h6 6.d3 e6 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Re1 Nbd7 10.e4 Bh7 11.Qe2 b5 12.Kh1 Qb6 13.Ng1 a5 14.f4 a4 15.Rab1 axb3 16.axb3 Ra2 17.Ngf3 Rfa8 18.f5 exf5 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.c4 bxc4 21.bxc4 Rxb2 22.cxd5 Bf6 23.dxc6 Nf8 24.Nc4 1-0

K Ruxton - G Kafka [D17]
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bc8 7.Nf3 Bf5 8.Nh4 Bc8 9.e3 Bg4 10.f3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6 12.Bxc4 e6 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.Qb3 Qc7 15.Bd2 Nbd7 16.e4 0-0-0 17.a5 Rh3 18.a6 b6 19.Be2 Qd6 20.Qc2 Qxd4 21.g5 Rxh2 22.Rxh2 Qg1+ 23.Bf1 Qxh2 24.0-0-0 Ne8 25.f4 Qf2 26.Na4 Kb8 27.Kb1 Nc5 28.b4 Nb3 29.Bd3 Nxd2+ 30.Rxd2 Qd4 31.Qxc6 Qd7 32.Bb5 Qxc6 33.Rxd8+ Kc7 34.Bxc6 Kxd8 35.Bxe8 Kxe8 36.b5 Kd8 37.Nxb6 Kc7 38.Nc4 Bc5 39.Kc2 f6 40.Kd3 fxg5 41.fxg5 Bf2 42.Ne5 Bh4 43.Nf3 Bf2 44.Kc4 Be3 45.Kd3 Bf2 46.Ne5 Bh4 47.Nf7 Bg3 48.Kd4 Bf4 49.e5 Kb6 50.Kc4 Kc7 51.Kd4 Kb6 52.Nd8 Bxg5 53.Nxe6 Bc1 54.Kc4 g5 55.Nxg7 g4 56.Nf5 Bg5 57.e6 Ka5 58.Kc5 Bf6 59.e7 Bxe7+ 60.Nxe7 g3 61.Nc6+ Ka4 62.Ne5 1-0

J Grant - C Macdonald [D31]
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.e4 Bb4 5.Bd2 dxc4 6.Bxc4 Qxd4 7.Qe2 Nf6 8.Nf3 Qc5 9.e5 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Nd5 11.0-0 Nd7 12.Ng5 0-0 13.Qe4 g6 14.Qh4 h5 15.Ne4 Qe7 16.Bg5 f6 17.exf6 N5xf6 18.Rad1 b5 19.Bb3 Qf7 20.Rd6 Nxe4 21.Rxe6 Kh7 22.Rxe4 Qf5 23.Re7+ Kh8 24.Be6 Qd3 25.Bxd7 1-0

J Stevenson - D Holmes [E19]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.Qxc3 f5 10.b3 Bf6 11.Bb2 d6 12.Rad1 Qe8 13.Ne1 Bxg2 14.Nxg2 c5 15.Qd2 Nc6 16.dxc5 Bxb2 17.Qxb2 dxc5 18.e3 e5 19.Rd5 Rf6 20.Qe2 Nb4 ½-½

S Brown - C Tweedie [D10]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 ½-½

ROWSON WINS SCOTTISH

Jonathan Rowson took outright 1st place in the 2004 Scottish Championships held in Hamilton.

IM Jacob Aagaard secured a 2nd GM norm.

The tournament table is given below.

Jonathan Rowson had a storming finish to regain the Scottish Championship title. His four straight wins included a victory over fellow GM Colin McNab, who only the previous round had defeated Scotland's other GM Paul Motwani.  With three rounds to go Jonathan was a point of the lead held by Danish IM Jacob Aagaard who is now living in Glasgow following his recent marriage. Jacob took second place and secured a second GM norm.

The organiser had several problems in getting this event together but the venue found at fairly short notice proved to be more than adequate and with the exception of a short time on the Saturday the innovation of having the bar/canteen in the playing hall worked very well.  The death of Brian McGuire (Henderson) meant that a substitute had to be brought in during the first round otherwise any chances of a norm for John Shaw, who had been paired against Brian would have gone. Fortunately Alistair Maxwell stepped in.  For the following rounds the tournament continued with 18 players as Sam Collins moved to his first choice event, the Seniors.

No further problems were encountered and under the supervision of Donald Wilson the remainder of the tournament ran smoothly. 

Can I thank the players for making this an extremely good Scottish Congress.  Can I also thank the team who helped run things over the week.  I would particularly like to thank George Anderson for taking the entries and Donald Wilson for the magnificent effort he has put in acting as Chief Arbiter and doing so many of the jobs I should have been doing.

Alex McFarlane (Congress Director)

                              Nat Ti FIDE   R  O  U  N  D  S
Pos Player                    lty tl Rtng    1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9   A   B  C     D     E     F
  1 ROWSON,Jonathan..........     g  2558   b7+  w11+   b5=   w4=   b2=   w9+   b3+   w8+  w10+  7½  9  7½ 2371  6.66  0.84

  2 AAGAARD,Jacob............     i  2411  b14+   w4+  b11+   b3+   w1=   w5+   w8=  b10=   b6=  7   9  7  2366  5.04  1.96

  3 MCNAB,Colin..............     g  2427   b6+   w9+   b8+   w2-   b5=   w4+   w1-  b12=  w16+  6   9  6  2365  5.31  0.69
  4 MOTWANI,Paul.............     g  2552  w16+   b2-   w7+   b1=  w10+   b3-   w5=   b9+   b8+  6   9  6  2363  6.75 -0.75
  5 SHAW,John................     i  2424  w20+  b10+   w1=   b8=   w3=   b2-   b4=  w11+  w12+  6   9  6  2372  5.13  0.87

  6 GRANT,Alan...............        2193   w3-  b18=  w17+  b10=  w12=   b7-  w15+  b13+   w2=  5   9  5  2219  4.14  0.86
  7 RUXTON,Keith.............        2258   w1-  w15+   b4-  w13+   b9-   w6+  b10-  b17+  w14+  5   9  5  2243  4.68  0.32

  8 BRYSON,Douglas...........     i  2374  w18+  b12+   w3-   w5=  b11=  w14+   b2=   b1-   w4-  4½  9  4½ 2356  4.77 -0.27
  9 GRANT,Jonathan...........        2266  w19+   b3-  w10-  b18+   w7+   b1-  b11=   w4-  w15+  4½  9  4½ 2276  4.41  0.09
 10 MANNION,Steve............     i  2333  b13+   w5-   b9+   w6=   b4-  w11=   w7+   w2=   b1-  4½  9  4½ 2337  4.41  0.09

 11 HOLMES,Donald............     f  2290  w17+   b1-   w2-  b16+   w8=  b10=   w9=   b5-  b18=  4   9  4  2305  4.32 -0.32
 12 PRITCHETT,Craig..........     i  2284  b15=   w8-  b13=  w14=   b6=  w17=  b16+   w3=   b5-  4   9  4  2214  5.40 -1.40

 13 BROWN,Steven.............        2082  w10-  b16=  w12=   b7-  w18+  b15-  b14+   w6-  w17=  3½  9  3½ 2178  3.33  0.17

 14 KAFKA,Graeme.............        2143   w2-  b17=  w18=  b12=  w15+   b8-  w13-  w16=   b7-  3   9  3  2200  3.78 -0.78
 15 MACDONALD,Christopher....        2018  w12=   b7-  w16=  b17=  b14-  w13+   b6-  w18=   b9-  3   9  3  2178  2.61  0.39
 16 REDPATH,Joe..............        2219   b4-  w13=  b15=  w11-  b17=  w18+  w12-  b14=   b3-  3   9  3  2217  4.50 -1.50
 17 TWEEDIE,Christopher......        2046  b11-  w14=   b6-  w15=  w16=  b12=  b18=   w7-  b13=  3   9  3  2178  2.88  0.12

 18 STEVENSON,Jin............        2111   b8-   w6=  b14=   w9-  b13-  b16-  w17=  b15=  w11=  2½  9  2½ 2181  3.60 -1.10

 19 COLLINS,Sam..............               b9-                                                  0   1  0  2266  0.12 -0.12
 20 MAXWELL,Alastair.........        2120   b5-                                                  0   1  0  2424  0.14 -0.14

 Index of Columns :                                                                                                                                   
      A = Points scored in the tournament.                                                                                                            
      B = Number of rated opponents.(N)                                                                                                               
      C = Points scored against rated opponents.(W)                                                                                                   
      D = Average of rated opponents.(Rc). Not printed if B<4 and player is unrated.                                                                  
      E = Score expectation against rated opponents only.(We)                                                                                         
      F = Actual game score less Expected score(rated players).(W-We). Multiply by co-efficent K to get change in rating.                             
          K = 25 for up to 30 FIDE rated games; then K = 15 until rating reaches 2400 when K = 10.