Scottish Championship 1949

The Scottish Chess Association Congress opened Friday, 15 April at the Education Offices, Aberdeen. Fairhurst comfortably retained his title, winning his tenth championship.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1. W.A. Fairhurst	■	1	½	1	1	1	4½
2. G.D. Campbell	0	■	½	1	1	1	3½
3. K.H. Marscheider	½	½	■	½	1	1	3½
4. I. Middleton	0	0	½	■	1	1	2½
5. F.C.H. Marriott	0	0	0	0	■	1	1
6. J.E. Bothwell	0	0	0	0	0	■	0

Fairhurst (left) against Marriott
The Press and Journal, 16 April 1949, p. 4.

Ladies' Championship 1949

	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	Total
1. Miss A.M. Crum	■	1	1	1	■	0	½	1	4½
2. Miss N.C. Gordon	0	■	0	1	1	■	1	1	4
3. Mrs M.L. Battrum	0	1	■	1	½	0	■	1	3½
4. Mrs S.M. Steedman	0	0	0	■	0	0	0	■	0

Boys' Championship 1949

	1	2	3	4	5	Total
1. James W.S. Allan	■	½	1	1	1	3½
2. James C. Allan	½	■	½	1	1	3
3. Ian C. Kirkwood	0	½	■	1	1	2½
4. Gilmour Kerr	0	0	0	■	1	1
5. Robert A. Donald	0	0	0	0	■	0

The winner was from Girvan. James C. Allan was from Glasgow.

Alan McGowan
Historian/Archivist, Chess Scotland

revised 1/05/2021