Scotland v Switzerland 1972

Under-19 Telephone Match

Report from Scottish Chess, number 33, February 1973, p 12.

This second Under-19 telephone match against Switzerland was again run by the SJCA [Scottish Junior Chess Association] and sponsored in sumptious fashion by James Robertson and Sons, Paisley. It took place on Sunday, 12th November at the Macdonald Hotel, Glasgow [sic. Giffnock], and was a singularly close and exciting encounter. The final score was in doubt at the end of play, adjudication being necessary on several boards.

Scotland			Switzerland
1	D.J. Findlay	1-0	R. Ott
2	I.J. Sinclair	0-1	P. Ammann
3	S. Swanson	0-1	J. Reust
4	A. Radlow	0-1	W. Bischel
5	D.C. Bentley	½-½	C. Schmid
6	S. Balmer	1-0	C. Sterkman
7	D.S. Tudhope	½-½	F. Schimer
8	A.D. Penman	1-0	A.T. Donarmels
		4-4

Board 1: The Swiss player mishandled his Sicilian Defence and lost quickly.

Findlay - Ott [B80]
Scotland v Switzerland, 1972
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Be7 7.f4 0-0 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.Nb3 a6 10.Qf3 Bd7 11.g4 Be8 12.g5 Nd7 13.Rg1 Rc8 14.Qh3 Nb4 15.Kd2 Nxd3 16.cxd3 b5 17.f5 b4 18.Ne2 exf5 19.exf5 Kh8 20.Rg4 Ne5 21.Rh4 h6 22.Rxh6+ 1-0

Board 2: Iain lost a pawn early in the game, but his opponent played steadily under some pressure to win.

Board 3: Although Stephen regained his pawn from a Morra Gambit, he allowed his opponent's rook to infiltrate in a Rook and Pawn ending.

Board 4: Alan Radlow's last game for Scotland before he emigrated to Australia [he came back - AMcG]. He had fine play for a sacrificed pawn and looked like winning but overlooked a neat combination in time trouble. Scotland will miss this imaginative youngster.

Board 5: David played with great flair and won queen for Rook and Bishop. However, a weak pawn fell and his opponent's resources were enough to draw.

Board 6: Stephen won the exchange for a pawn and produced a good win from a difficult ending.

Board 7: In a tough game, Douglas always had a slight edge but just never enough to win.

Board 8: Alan seemd on the receiving end when his opponent blundered. Thereafter, the win was efficiently secured.

Photo: Courtesy of one of the players, Iain Sinclair. The report was published before the results of the adjudicated games were known. D. Thomson, I suspect, was another representative of the sponsor. Findlay's name is spelled wrongly in the caption. The lower photo shows, from left to right, Swanson, Sinclair and Findlay.[AMcG]

Sources:
Scottish Chess Nr. 33; Iain Sinclair; Paisley Daily Express of November 20, 1972.

Alan McGowan