Scottish Championship 1959

The sixty-sixth annual congress of the Scottish Chess Association was held in the Glasgow CC (July 17th to 24th). The Scottish Championship, somewhat weakened by the absence of both W.A. Fairhurst and Dr J.M. Aitken, present title-holder, resulted in a well deserved, but rather unexpected victory for Peter Coast.

Championship

Championship 1959	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pts
1. P. Coast	■	1	1	0	1	1	½	1	5½
2. G. Dickson	0	■	1	1	½	0	1	1	4½
3. N.A. Macleod	0	0	■	1	1	½	1	1	4½
4. G. Bonner	1	0	0	■	0	1	1	1	4
5. M. Freeman	0	½	0	1	■	1	1	0	3½
6. T. McKelvie	0	1	½	0	0	■	1	1	3½
7. L-Col. W.G. Irvine-Fortescue	½	0	0	0	0	0	■	1	1½
8. D.R. Thomson	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	■	1

Ladies' Championship

Mrs S.M. Steedman was the winner, ahed of Mrs N.C. Elder and Miss L.M. Hogarth.

Boys' Championship

There were five entries; A.H. Brown, A.D. Brown, G. Maxwell, M. Ogston and J. Wheeler. A.H. Brown (Hillhead High School) and Murray Ogston (Kelvinside Academy) tied with 4½, Brown winning the play-off.

Source:
British Chess Magazine 1959, September, p 264
Glasgow Herald

Alan McGowan
Historian/Archivist, Chess Scotland

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