Scottish Championship 1908

The annual congress [the 25th] promoted by the Scottish Chess Association was opened in the Rooms of Dundee Chess Club yesterday. The programme consists of a major tournament deciding the championship of Scotland , a minor tournament, and a lightning handicap tournament. The two first-named tourneys were started yesterday, and for the first of these there were eight entrants-Mr W. Gibson, Glasgow (the present champion); Mr A.P.T. Kerr, Birmingham; Mr C. Wardhaugh, Glasgow; Mr J. Crum, Glasgow; Mr A.J. Mackenzie, Birmingham; Mr J.D. Chambers, Manchester; Mr G. Dickson, Edinburgh; and Mr A. Murray, Glasgow.

Championship 1908		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pts
1	A.J. Mackenzie	■	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
2	A. Murray	0	■	½	1	½	1	½	1	4½
3	W. Gibson	0	½	■	0	1	1	½	1	4
4	A.P.T. Kerr	0	0	1	■	0	1	1	1	4
5	J.D. Chambers	0	½	0	1	■	½	½	1	3½
6	J. Crum	0	0	0	0	½	■	1	1	2½
7	C. Wardhaugh	0	½	½	0	½	0	■	1	2½
8	"G. Dickson"	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	■	0

This was Mackenzie's first win of the championship. He also won in 1909 and 1913.

“G. Dickson”: a pseudonym.

W. Gibson - A.P.T. Kerr [D02]
Scottish Ch. 1908 Dundee (1), 1908

1 d4 d5 2 Bf4 e6 3 Nf3 c5 4 e3 Nc6 5 c3 Nf6 6 Nbd2 Ne4 7 Qc2 f5 8 h3 Bd7 9 Be2 Rc8 10 0-0 Be7 11 Rad1 g5 12 Be5 Bf6 13 Bxf6 Qxf6 14 dxc5 h5 15 Nd4 g4 16 Nxe4 dxe4 17 Nb5 Rb8 18 Qd2 Ne5 19 Qd6 Rc8 20 Nc7+ Kf7 21 Bc4 gxh3 22 gxh3 Rcd8 23 c6 Bc8 24 Qc5 Rhg8+ 25 Kh2 Nf3+ 26 Kh1 Qg6 0-1

W. Gibson - J. Crum [C55]
Scottish Ch. 1908 Dundee (3), 1908

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Nf6 4 d4 Be7 5 dxe5 Nxe4 6 Qd5 Nxe5 7 Nxe5 Nd6 8 Nxf7 c6 9 Nxd6+ 1-0

A.J. Mackenzie - W. Gibson [D67]
Scottish Ch. 1908 Dundee (4), 1908

1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Bg5 Nbd7 5 e3 Be7 6 Nf3 0-0 7 Rc1 c6 8 Bd3 dxc4 9 Bxc4 Nd5 10 Bxe7 Qxe7 11 Qd2 Nxc3 12 Qxc3 Re8 13 0-0 e5 14 dxe5 Nxe5 15 Nxe5 Qxe5 16 Qxe5 Rxe5 17 Rfd1 Bf5 18 Rd4 b5 19 g4 Bg6 20 Bf1 c5 21 Rd7 f5 22 Bxb5 fxg4 23 Rcd1 Ree8 24 Rc7 Red8 25 Rdd7 Rxd7 26 Bxd7 h5 27 Rxc5 Rb8 28 Rc8+ Rxc8 29 Bxc8 Be4 30 Kf1 Kf7 31 Ke1 Kf6 32 Ba6 Ke5 33 Kd2 Bd5 34 a4 g5 35 a5 h4 36 Bc8 Bf3 37 b4 Kd5 38 Kc3 Kc6 39 Ba6 Kd5 40 Bb7+ Ke5 41 Bxf3 gxf3 42 b5 g4 43 Kd3 Kd5 44 e4+ Kc5 45 b6 axb6 46 axb6 Kxb6 47 Ke3 Kc5 48 Kf4 Kd4 49 Kxg4 Kxe4 50 h3 1-0

Source: The Scotsman, Saturday, 18 April, 1908 and later reports; Wednesday, 22 April, 1908, page 7 (crosstable).

Compiled by Alan McGowan