The 21st Perth Congress

Perth High School, Oct 2-4, 1998


Selection of Perth 98 games

Championship 1-3 GM Keith Arkell (Mid Monarchs), GM Colin McNab (Dundee) & IM Matthew Turner 4/5

Grading Prize: (1880 - 2050) M. Sheperd (Bon Accord); 

(Below 1880) J Parks (Kilmarnock) & G Saxton (Kirkcaldy)

Major 1 M Weighell (Walton Forrest) 5/5; 2 S Balmer 4.5 (Edinburgh); 3-4 E Ferrie (Cambuslang) & M Donoghay (Bon Accord) 4

1st Grading Prize: W Pearson (Kirkcaldy);

2nd Grading Prize:  C Sykes (Edinburgh)

Slow starter:  M Roth (Perth)

Minor 1 J Marr (Edinburgh) 4.5/5; 2-3 A Rowe (Dundee) & R Birkett (Inverness) 4

1st Grading Prize K Hoban (Inverness);

2nd Grading Prize D Macrae (Dundee) & D Bond (Balerno)

Challengers 1 C Tweedie (Holy Cross) 4.5/5; 2-4 J Ross (Kinross), C Ward (Bon Accord) & K Stevenson (Perth) 4.

1st Grading prize: K Anderson (Stirling);

2nd Grading Prize: A Sutherland (Perth), A Carey (Greenwood) & R Graham (Greenwood)

Report and PGN games - courtesy J B Henderson Scotsman