Weekend Open

1^st Alan Grant

Weekend Major

1^st= Joe Parks, Gary McPheator, Keith Emery

Weekend Minor

Games from the Weekend Congress

Calder,J - Roth,M [D10]
Scottish Weekend Major (2)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nc3 c6 4.a4 Bg4 5.f3 Be6 6.e4 g6 7.d5 cxd5 8.exd5 Bf5 9.Bxc4 Bg7 10.Qb3 Qc7 11.Nge2 Nd7 12.Nb5 Qd8 13.d6 Nc5 14.Qe3 Na6 15.0-0 Rc8 16.dxe7 Nxe7 17.Bb3 0-0 18.Rd1 Bd7 19.Nd6 Rc7 20.Qf4 Nc5 21.Bxf7+ Kh8 22.Qh4 Rc6 23.Bg5 Qb6 24.a5 Qxb2 25.Bxe7 Rxf7 26.Nxf7+ Kg8 27.Ng5 Qxe2 28.Qxh7# 1-0

Doris,P - Parks,J [D05]
Scottish Weekend Major (3)

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Qe2 Qc7 9.e4 cxd4 10.cxd4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Rd8 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Qe4 g6 14.Bg5 Bxg5 15.Nxg5 Rxd4 16.Qf3 Ne5 17.Qh3 f6 18.Rac1 Qe7 19.Nxh7 Rxd3 20.Nxf6+ Qxf6 21.Qh6 Ng4 0-1

Costello,C - Grant,A [A24]
Weekend Open (3)

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.Nf3 d6 6.0-0 e5 7.d3 Nbd7 8.Rb1 a5 9.a3 Ne8 10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 f5 12.Bg5 Bf6 13.Qd2 Bxg5 14.Nxg5 Ndf6 15.Ra1 Rxa1 16.Rxa1 h6 17.Nf3 g5 18.Ra8 c6 19.b5 f4 20.gxf4 Nc7 21.Rxc8 Qxc8 22.fxg5 Nh5 23.Ne4 Nf4 24.gxh6 Qg4 25.Ng3 Nfe6 26.Bf1 Kh7 27.d4 e4 28.Ne1 d5 29.bxc6 bxc6 30.cxd5 Nxd5 31.f3 e3 32.Qc2+ Qg6 33.Qxc6 Nef4 34.Qxg6+ Kxg6 35.Nc2 Rc8 36.Na3 Rc1 37.h4 Kxh6 38.Nb5 Nh5 39.Nxh5 Kxh5 40.Nd6 Kxh4 41.Nf5+ Kg5 42.Ng3 Rd1 43.Kh2 Rxd4 44.Bh3 Rh4 45.Ne4+ Kf4 46.Kg2 Rh6 47.Bd7 Rg6+ 48.Kf1 Ke5 49.Bb5 Nf4 50.Bd7 Ra6 51.Kg1 Nxe2+ 52.Kg2 Nf4+ 53.Kg3 Ra2 54.Bb5 Rg2+ 55.Kh4 e2 0-1

Morris,I - Shahriari,A [A25]
Weekend Minor (3)
1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.e3 0-0 6.Nge2 d6 7.Na4 Bd7 8.a3 Qc8 9.d3 Bh3 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Nxc5 dxc5 12.f4 e4 13.d4 cxd4 14.Nxd4 c5 15.Nc6 Qe6 16.Ne5 Rad8 17.Qc2 Ng4 18.Nxg4 Qxg4 19.Qe2 Qe6 20.Bd2 Bg4 21.Qf1 Bf3 22.Rg1 Rd3 23.Rc1 Rfd8 24.Qf2 Rxd2 25.Qxd2 Rxd2 26.Kxd2 Qh3 27.Kc3 Qxh2 28.Rce1 Qh6 29.g4 Qd6 30.b3 Qd3+ 31.Kb2 Qd2+ 32.Kb1 Qc3 33.Ka2 Qc2+ 34.Ka1 g6 35.Rb1 Qc3+ 36.Ka2 Qxe3 37.f5 Kg7 38.b4 Qd4 39.fxg6 hxg6 40.bxc5 Qxc4+ 41.Ka1 e3 42.g5 Qc3+ 43.Rb2 e2 44.Rgb1 Qxa3+ 45.Ra2 Qc3+ 46.Rab2 e1Q 47.c6 Qe7 48.Rf1 Qea3+ 49.Kb1 Qaxb2# 0-1

Pimentil,S - Costello,C [C00]
Weekend Open (4)
1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 c5 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.c3 d5 6.d3 Nf6 7.e5 Nd7 8.g3 b6 9.Bg2 Bb7 10.0-0 Qc7 11.a3 0-0-0 12.b4 Rdg8 13.Nbd2 g5 14.b5 Nd8 15.fxg5 Bxg5 16.Nxg5 Rxg5 17.Nf3 Rgg8 18.d4 h5 19.Nh4 Nf8 20.Bg5 Rxg5 0-1

Grant,A - Maxwell,A [B08]
Weekend Open (4)
1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be3 0-0 6.Qd2 c6 7.Bd3 b5 8.0-0 Qc7 9.h3 Nbd7 10.a4 b4 11.Ne2 a5 12.Ng3 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.Bh6 Be6 16.Rfe1 Rfd8 17.b3 Rd7 18.Qg5 Bxh6 19.Qxh6 Ne8 [19...Bxb3! Alan had missed this in the game and after seeing that his opponent had also missed it, decided to offer a draw! 20.Nf5 Ne8 21.Ne7+ Rxe7 22.cxb3-+] 20.Qe3 ½-½

Birkett,R - Grant,A [B26]
Scottish Open (9)
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 e5 7.Qd2 Nge7 8.h4 h5 9.Nf3 Nd4 10.Nd1 Bg4 11.Ng1 Rc8 12.c3 Ndc6 13.f4 b6 14.c4 Qd7 15.Nf2 Be6 16.Nf3 f6 17.Bh3 Bxh3 18.Nxh3 0-0 19.0-0-0 Nd4 20.Qg2 b5 21.Nf2 bxc4 22.dxc4 Qa4 23.Bxd4 cxd4 24.Nd2 Qxa2 25.g4 Rb8 26.Nd3 Nc6 27.Rh3 Rb7 28.gxh5 Rfb8 29.Nb1 Na5 30.h6 Qxc4+ 31.Qc2 Nb3# 0-1