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Re: Ayr Congress 2014 23rd to 25th May 2014 - David G Congalton - 24-05-2014
Well we're off. Round 1 completed.
Tomorrow should be action packed at Ayr.
Fingers crossed for up to 14 live boards, the whole of the Open section.
Big screen monitors throughout the venue displaying the top games.
A coaching and commentary room hosted by Andrew Green and Ali Roy, with hopefully some of the players dropping in to add to the fun.
The junior Saturday event for up and coming youngsters.
Heavy Saturday night in Ayr? - Robert Lothian - 25-05-2014
Just had a look at this morning's games. There seem to have been a lot of blunders by good players. I'm guessing that Neil Berry's position went South in time trouble, but there were a few one-move blunders on other boards. Was there a particularly enthusiastic Saturday night down there?
Easy to spot blunders from the safety of my armchair of course.
Re: Ayr Congress 2014 23rd to 25th May 2014 - David G Congalton - 26-05-2014
Prize Winners
OPEN
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1st = (all 4/5)
GM Matthew Turner - Glasftonbury
Clement Sreeves - Rhu & Edinburgh
IM Stephen Mannion - Paisley
Stuart A White - Bearsden
Grading Prize (all 3/5)
James Doyle - Stepps
Neil Thomson - Giffnock
Murad Abdulla - Bon Accord
Stephen Robinson - Ardrossan
West of Scotland Champions
Clement Sreeves - Rhu & Edinburgh
IM Stephen Mannion - Paisley
Stuart A White - Bearsden
MAJOR
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1st = (4.5/5)
Jamie Mollison - Bank of Scotland
2nd= (all 4/5)
Lewis Brookens - Polytechnic
Steve H Hilton - Inverclyde
Keith Aitchison - Edinburgh
James P R Kleboe - Kilmarnock
Grading Prize 1 (all 3/5)
Neil Irving - Stirling
Alice Lampard - Troon
Iain S Campbell - Giffnock
Arthur McCurley Prestwick
Grading Prize 2 (all 2.5/5)
Alexander Bond - Lanark
Alec M Waddell - Cathcart
Nicholas Straw - North Juniors
West of Scotland Champions
Lewis Brookens - Polytechnic
Steve H Hilton - Inverclyde
James P R Kleboe - Kilmarnock
MINOR
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1st (4.5/5)
Jack Stewart - Greenwood
2nd= (4/5)
Mark Smith - Edinburgh
Frank Park - Troon
Jake Sanger - Prestwick
William Hardwick - Austin Friars
Geoffrey White - Oban
Under 1000 Grading Prize (3.5/5)
Euan Dawson - Castlehill
Under 750 Grading Prize (3.5/5)
Darren Maley- Dunbar
West of Scotland Champion
Jack Stewart - Greenwood
Re: Ayr Congress 2014 23rd to 25th May 2014 - Patrick McGovern - 26-05-2014
Congratulations to the Greenwood players who did so well over the weekend; Neil Thomson, Jack Stewart and Matthew Turner
Re: Ayr Congress 2014 23rd to 25th May 2014 - Alex Gillies - 26-05-2014
Sounds like a good event good to see new events do well
Couldn't load all the games - if you get chance can you post pgn file thanks
Re: Ayr Congress 2014 23rd to 25th May 2014 - Andy Howie - 26-05-2014
New event? It has been going for 4 or 5 years now!
Re: Ayr Congress 2014 23rd to 25th May 2014 - Jonathan Livingstone - 26-05-2014
Yes and a 'must go to that one' congress for many of us. Thanks to David and his team, another excellent congress this year. Good to see so many juniors. I applaud all those who were involved on the TV screens, live boards, internal commentary etc. The large screens in the playing area were well done, good to see chess getting interactively jazzed up like this, just what our game needs. Doesn't seem like it will be long now before there is progression to text commentary with the live boards.
Re: Ayr Congress 2014 23rd to 25th May 2014 - Andy Howie - 26-05-2014
We could do it now but it is hard enough to do the live boards and arbit without setting up and monitoring twitter! Maybe one for the future if we can get people interested.
Once my arm has finally healed, I will be at more congresses. It was down to David that we were able to do this one as he set it up for me. All I had to do was the computer side
Re: Ayr Congress 2014 23rd to 25th May 2014 - Brendan O'Gorman - 28-05-2014
Some photos http://tinyurl.com/Ayr2014