[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1891.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chambers, JD."]
[Black "Gilchrist, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1891.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Be2 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. Nbd2
c5 9. c4 Nbd7 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Nc5 13. b4 Na6 14. a3 Nc7 15.
Ne5 Bd6 16. Ndc6 Bxc6 17. Nxc6 Qd7 18. Bf3 Rfe8 19. Qe2 Nfd5 20. e4 Nf4 21. Qd1
Nd3 22. e5 $1 Nxb2 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. exd6 Nd5 25. d7 Red8 26. Nxd8 {Falkirk
Herald, 11 September 1907, p.8. Best Game prize, donated by DY Mills.} 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1893.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Walker, W.N.."]
[Black "Mills, D.Y.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator ",user"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. O-O exd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Re8 10. Bd3 Ng4 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Rae1 Nxe3 13. Rxe3 Bf6 14. Re2
Bd4 15. Nd1 Qf6 16. c3 Bb6 17. Kh1 Rad8 18. f4 Qh6 19. Rf3 Bd7 20. Ne3 Bxe3 21.
Rexe3 g6 22. f5 Re5 23. Bc4 d5 $2 24. Bxd5 c6 25. Bb3 g5 26. Rd3 Rxe4 27. h3
Qf6 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Qxd7 Re1+ 30. Kh2 g4 31. Rf4 h5 32. Qd4 Qg5 33. g3 gxh3
34. f6 Re2+ 35. Rf2 h4 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "Scottish Ch (Glasgow)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1897.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Finlayson, JM."]
[Black "Macdonald, Dr RC"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1897.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Ne2 Qc7 9. Ng3 Ne7 10. Nxf5 Nxf5 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. c3 O-O-O 13. c4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Nc5 16. b4 (16. Be3) 16... Rxd4 17. bxc5 Rh4 18. Bg5 {and Black
announced mate in two by 18...Bg1+ and 19...Qh2 mate.} 0-1

[Event "Scottish Ch (Glasgow)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1897.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spens, Sheriff"]
[Black "Macdonald, Dr RC"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1897.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Ne2 Nd7 9. Ng3 Ne7 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nh5 Ng6 13. Ng7+ Kd7 14. Nxf5
exf5 15. Bxf7 Qc7 16. Re1 Nf4 17. g3 Raf8 18. Bb3 Nh3+ 19. Kg2 Ng5 20. Qd3 Kc8
21. Qxf5+ Kb8 22. Nxg5 fxg5 23. Qxg5 h5 24. Qg6 h4 25. Re6 Rfg8 26. Qe4 hxg3
27. fxg3 Bxg3 28. Rg6 Rxh2+ 29. Kg1 Rgh8 30. Rf1 Rh1+ 31. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 32. Kxh1
Qh7+ 33. Kg2 Qxg6 {and wins. Falkirk Herald and Midland Counties Journal, 28
April 1897, p. 8.} 0-1

[Event "Scottish Ch (Glasgow)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1897.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Law, AB."]
[Black "McGrouther, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1897.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
dxe5 Nb7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Nd4 Qe8 11. Re1 Qd8 12. Nf5 d5 13. Nd4 Bc5 14. Be3 Bxd4
15. Bxd4 c5 16. Be3 Re8 17. f4 f6 18. Bf2 fxe5 19. fxe5 Qe7 20. Nd2 Nd8 21. b3
Ne6 22. Rad1 a5 23. a4 Ba6 24. Qf3 c6 25. Qc3 d4 26. Qg3 Ng5 27. Nf3 Nxf3+ 28.
Qxf3 Qe6 29. c4 Rab8 30. Re2 Bc8 31. Bg3 Qg4 32. Rb2 Qxf3 33. gxf3 Bf5 34. e6
Rb7 35. Bd6 Rxe6 36. Bxc5 d3 37. Bd4 Re2 38. Rxe2 dxe2 39. Re1 Bd3 40. Bc3 Rxb3
41. Bxa5 Bxc4 42. Bc7 Rxf3 43. a5 Rf1+ {White resigns. Falkirk Herald and
Midland Counties Journal, 21 April 1897, p8.} 0-1

[Event "Scottish Ch (Glasgow)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1897.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paton, WN."]
[Black "Mills, DY."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1897.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Be3 Bb6 6. h3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Bxb6 axb6 9. Nbd2 Nf4 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne4 Kh8 12. Ng3 Qf6 13. Re1 Be6 14. Bxe6
Qxe6 15. d4 Rxa2 16. Rxa2 Qxa2 17. b3 Rd8 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Ne6 20. Nf5 g6
21. Nh6 Kg7 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Qf3+ Kg7 24. Rxe6 Qa1+ 25. Kh2 Qxd4 26. Re7+ Kh6
27. Qf7 Kg5 28. g3 Rh8 29. Rd7 Qb4 30. Qd5+ Kh6 31. h4 Qc5 32. Qd2+ g5 33. Rd5
Qe7 34. Rxg5 {Falkirk Herald and Midland Counties Journal, 21 April 1897, p8.}
1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "1900.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Macdonald, Dr R.C."]
[Black "Forbes, H.L.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Annotator ",user"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1900.??.??"]

{Source: The Scotsman, Saturday, 14 April, 1900, page 6.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. dxe5 Nb7 9. Nc3 Nc5
10. b3 Ba6 11. Qe3 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 Ne6 13. Bb2 Bc5 14. Qd3 Qe7 15. Ne4 Rd8 16.
Rd1 Bb6 17. Ng3 d5 18. Nf5 Qc5 19. Qd2 a5 20. c3 Rd7 21. N3d4 Nxd4 22. cxd4
Qb5+ 23. Kg1 O-O 24. Ba3 c5 25. Qg5 f6 26. Qg4 fxe5 27. dxe5 Re8 28. Nh6+ Kf8
29. Qf5+ Ke7 30. e6 Rdd8 31. Qf7+ Kd6 32. e7 {and the newspaper report end
with 'R moves and mate in two", which is not strictly correct as after 32...
Rd7 it would be a mate in 4. Black also has many other ways to lose.} 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "1900.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Macdonald, Dr R.C."]
[Black "Longwill, J.R.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1900.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. a3 fxe4 8. dxe4
Be6 9. Ng5 Qd7 10. Nxe6 Qxe6 11. Nd5 O-O-O 12. f3 Nd4 13. Bc4 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Qd7
15. c3 c6 16. Ba2 Ne6 17. Be3 b6 18. a4 d5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Re1 Bf6 21. Qe2
Nc7 22. a5 d4 23. axb6 axb6 24. cxd4 exd4 25. Rac1 d3 26. Qd2 Kb7 27. Bc4 Rhe8
28. Bxb6 Bd4+ 29. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 30. Kh1 Re2 31. Qb4+ Qb6 32. Qxb6+ Kxb6 33. Rcd1
Rxb2 34. Rxd3 Rxd3 35. Bxd3 h6 36. Ra1 Rd2 37. Be4 Rd6 38. Kg1 Ne6 39. Kf2 Ng5
40. Ke3 Ne6 41. h4 Nc5 42. h5 Re6 43. Rb1+ Kc7 44. Kd4 Nxe4 45. fxe4 Kd8 46.
Rb7 g6 47. Kd5 Ra6 48. hxg6 Rxg6 49. Rb2 Ke7 50. e5 Ke8 51. Ke4 Kf7 52. Kf4 Ke8
53. g4 Kf7 54. Rb7+ Kf8 55. Kf5 Rg5+ 56. Kf6 Ke8 57. e6 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "1900.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mills, D.Y.."]
[Black "Longwill, J.R.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[Annotator ",user"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1900.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Qd7 12. Qg5 Be7 13. Qg3 O-O-O 14. a4 Kb7
15. axb5 axb5 16. Be3 g5 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 h5 19. f3 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21.
Ra2 h4 22. Qf2 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Qd2 Qg7 25. Rc1 Be7 26. Qc2 c5 27. dxc5
Kc6 28. Qe2 Bg8 29. Rd1 Qe5 30. Qd2 Bf6 31. f4 gxf4 32. Bxf4 Qe4 33. Bc2 Qc4
34. b3 Qxc5+ 35. Be3 Qc3 36. Qe2 Re8 37. Bd3 Kb7 38. Kh1 Bg5 39. Bd4 {The
Scotsman showed 39. Q-Q4 in error.} Qxb3 40. Qf1 Rf8 41. Qg1 h3 42. Be2 Bh7 43.
Qe1 hxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "1900.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spens, W.C.."]
[Black "Macdonald, R.C.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1900.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. Nf3 a6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. a3 Re8 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. Ne2 Ng6 12. Ng3 Nf4 13. Bc2 Bd7 14. b4 Rc8 15.
Re1 c6 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. e5 fxg3 18. hxg3 Bxb4 19. axb4 Nxd5 20. Re4 Nc3 21.
Qd3 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 g6 23. Rd1 Qe7 24. Qf4 Rcd8 25. Re1 Be6 26. Qh6 Qf8 27. Qh4
Bd5 28. Ng5 h6 29. Ne4 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 Rd5 31. f4 a5 32. bxa5 Qc5+ 0-1

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "1900.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Spens, W."]
[Black "Mills, D.Y.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1900.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Bxc4 Nbd7 7. Nf3 a6 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Re1 Ng6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bd2 Nh5 14. Ne2 Bd7 15. Ng3
Nhf4 16. Nf5 Qf6 17. Qc2 Bxf5 18. exf5 Ne7 19. g3 Nxh3+ 20. Kg2 Ng5 21. Nh4 e4
22. f4 exf3+ 23. Kh1 Bxg3 24. Bc3 Qd6 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. Ng6 Qe4 27. Bd3 Qg4 0-1

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "1900.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Thoms"]
[Black "Spens, W.C.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Annotator ",user"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1900.??.??"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 e5 5. d5 d6 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. g4 Nd7 8. b4 O-O
9. h4 Nf6 10. f3 h5 11. Bg5 c6 12. Qe2 a5 13. b5 cxd5 14. exd5 e4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4
16. Bxe7 Bc3+ 17. Kd1 Qxe7 18. Rb1 Nf2+ 19. Qxf2 hxg4 20. Kc2 Qf6 21. Qg3 Be5
22. Qg2 Ba1 23. Qd2 g3 24. Ne2 Be5 25. f4 g2 26. Rh2 Bd4 27. Rxg2 Bc5 28. h5
Bf5 29. Rg5 Bb4 30. Qd1 Rfc8 31. Kb3 Re8 32. Bxf5 Rxe2 33. Qd3 a4+ 34. Kxb4
Rb2+ 35. Ka3 Rxb1 36. Qc2 Qd4 {and wins, according to the Scotsman.} 0-1

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1901.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Macdonald, Dr RC"]
[Black "Mills, DY."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1901.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Ndb5 Nc6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 O-O 9. a3 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Bc4 a6 12. Nd6 b5 13. Ba2 Nd4 14. Nd5 Be7
15. c3 Bxd6 16. cxd4 Qg5 17. O-O exd4 18. f4 Qd8 19. Qxd4 Bb8 20. Kh1 Ba7 21.
Qd3 Bb7 22. Nc3 Bc6 23. Rad1 Qb6 24. Bb1 g6 25. f5 Qe3 26. Qc2 Bb8 27. Rf3 Qg5
28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Ba2 Kg7 30. Bd5 Be5 31. Rdf1 f6 32. Qd3 Rad8 33. b4 Rh8 34.
h3 Rdf8 35. Nd1 Bb8 36. Ne3 Bxd5 37. exd5 f5 38. d6 Qf6 39. Rd1 Rc8 40. Ng4 Qb2
41. Ne3 Rc6 42. Rd2 Qf6 43. Nd5 Qxd6 44. g3 Re8 45. Re3 Rxe3 46. Qxe3 Qe5 47.
Kg2 Qxe3 48. Nxe3 Rd6 49. Nd5 Kf7 50. Rd3 Ke6 51. Nf4+ Kf6 52. Kf3 Rxd3+ 53.
Nxd3 Ba7 54. g4 fxg4+ 55. hxg4 d5 56. Kf4 g5+ 57. Kf3 Ke6 58. Ke2 d4 59. Nf2
Kd5 60. Kd3 Ke5 61. Nh3 Kf6 62. Ke4 Bb6 63. Nf2 Ke6 64. Nd3 Kd6 65. Ne5 Bd8 66.
Nf7+ Ke7 67. Nxd8 Kxd8 {At this point the Scotsman shows White's next move as
68. Ke5 Resigns. This must be wron. White probably played 68. Kxd4, Black
replied, but after 69. Ke5 he resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1901.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mills, DY."]
[Black "Wyse, Dr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1901.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bb7
8. O-O Be7 9. Nf5 O-O 10. Qf3 Ne8 11. Bf4 Bf6 12. Rad1 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qf6 14.
Qg3 Kh8 15. Bg5 Qg6 16. Rfe1 f6 17. Bd2 Qxg3 18. hxg3 Rf7 19. Re3 c5 20. f3 Bc8
21. g4 Rb8 22. b3 g5 23. Bc3 Ng7 24. Nh6 Rf8 25. g3 Ne6 26. Re2 Kg7 27. Rh2 Rh8
28. Kf2 Nf8 29. f4 gxf4 30. g5 fxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Nd7 32. Ng4 Ne5 33. Nxf6 Be6 34.
Rdh1 Bg8 35. Ng4 Re8 36. Rh6 Bf7 37. Nf6 Re6 38. Nh5+ Kg8 39. Rxe6 Bxe6 40.
Bxe5 dxe5 41. Rf1 Bf7 42. Kh4 Bxh5 43. Kxh5 Kg7 44. Rd1 Rf8 45. Rd5 Rf2 46.
Rxc5 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1901.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McGrouther, J."]
[Black "Wyse, Dr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1901.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. c3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bd7 7. Nc3 Bf6 8.
Nd5 Nce7 9. Nxf6+ Nxf6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Re1
Nd7 15. Nh4 Nc6 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. g5 Kh8 18. Be3 a6 19. Qg4 Nde5 20. Qe2 Nf3+
21. Kg2 Ncxd4 22. Bxd4 Qxg5+ 23. Kh1 Qf4 0-1

[Event "Scottish Ch. 1908"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "1908.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gibson, W."]
[Black "Crum, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "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

[Event "Scottish Ch. 1908"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "1908.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mackenzie, A.J.."]
[Black "Gibson, W."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D67"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1908.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qd2 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Re8 13. O-O 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

[Event "Scottish Ch. 1908"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "1908.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gibson, W."]
[Black "Kerr, A.P.T.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "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. O-O 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

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1909.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "MacKenzie, AJ."]
[Black "McKee, JA."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator ",user"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1909.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Ne7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nh4 f5 11. exf5 (11. f4 {complicates the game more.})
11... Nxf5 12. Nxf5 Bxf5 13. f4 Qe7 (13... f6 {seems much better.}) 14. fxe5
Qxe5 15. Ba4 Be6 ({Offering a Pawn:} 15... Qxc3 16. Rxf5 Qd4+ 17. Kh1 Qxa4 {
Hardly to Black's advantage, however.}) 16. Qd2 Kh8 17. Rae1 Qh5 18. c4 Rg8 19.
Qc3+ Rg7 20. Qf6 Bh3 ({Losing time, since he cannot continue, after Re3, 21...
Bxg2 22 Rg3, winning a piece.} 20... Qg6 {seems as good as anything.}) ({If} 
20... Qh3 $2 21. Qxg7+) 21. Re3 Rag8 22. Rg3 Bg4 23. h3 Be6 24. d4 {This seems
a necessary preliminary to White's intended combination, not only to prevent ..
.Q-K4, but also to keep the Q from QR4 and K8, as appears later.} c6 (24...
Bxc4 {then} 25. Rf5) 25. Rff3 Qa5 26. c3 h5 27. Rxg7 Rxg7 28. Rg3 Bg4 29. Bb3
Qf5 30. Qxd6 Qe6 31. Qxe6 Bxe6 32. Rxg7 Kxg7 33. c5 Bd5 34. Kf2 Kf6 35. Bxd5
cxd5 36. a4 Kf5 37. g3 a5 38. Kf3 f6 39. h4 Ke6 40. g4 hxg4+ 41. Kxg4 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Aberdeen"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Page"]
[Black "Aitken"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator ",user"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1935.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nbd2 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. f4 Ne4 7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8.
Nf3 Qf6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O h5 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 Qf5 13. c4 Rh6 14. Qc2 Nf6
15. Rd1 Rg6 16. Nf1 h4 17. Bd2 Qg4 18. Be1 O-O-O 19. b4 Nh5 20. Qxe4 f5 21. Qc2
Bf6 22. Kh1 h3 23. Ng3 Bh4 24. Nxh5 hxg2+ 25. Kg1 Qxh5 26. Bg3 ({Threat:} 26.
-- Bf2+ {followed by the Queen capturing on h2, no matter what piece takes the
Bf2.}) 26... Bxg3 27. hxg3 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Aberdeen"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Page"]
[Black "Combe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Annotator ",user"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1935.??.??"]

{Note: Combe was later forced to withdraw from the event because of illness
and his score was cancelled.} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nbd2 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3
Nbd7 6. Ne5 Be7 7. f4 O-O 8. Bd3 Ne8 9. O-O f5 10. c4 Nef6 11. Ndf3 cxd4 12.
exd4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nb6 14. Bb3 Nfd5 15. Qe1 Bd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Bd2 Rac8 18.
Ne5 Qd6 19. Bc3 Rc7 20. Rc1 Rfc8 21. Kh1 Nd7 22. Nd3 b6 23. Bd1 N7f6 24. Bf3
Nxc3 25. bxc3 Nd5 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27. Rc2 b5 28. Re2 Rxc3 29. Rxe6 Rxd3 30. Rxe7
h6 31. Rxa7 Rc2 32. Rg1 {Draw agreed.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Aberdeen"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Page"]
[Black "McGibbon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B29"]
[Annotator ",user"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1935.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. d4 c4 7. c3 Be7 8. Bf4
O-O 9. Be2 d6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Qd2 dxe5 12. dxe5 Be6 13. Rae1 a6 14. Bd1 Bf5 15.
Be2 Re8 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Rc8 18. Rd1 Be6 19. Rfe1 Bc5 20. Qd2 Qb6 21. Bf3
Rcd8 22. Be3 Rd7 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 b5 26. Red1 Red8 27. g3
Kf8 28. Bg2 Ke7 29. R1d2 a5 30. f4 g6 31. Kf2 b4 32. Bf3 h5 33. Kg2 bxc3 34.
bxc3 Rb7 35. h3 a4 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 a3 38. Kf2 Rb2 39. Ke3 Rxd2 40. Rxd2 f6
41. exf6+ Kxf6 42. Kd4 Rh8 43. Kc5 Rh3 44. Rf2 Rg3 45. g5+ Kf5 46. Kd4 Rg1 (
46... Kxf4 47. Bxd5+) 47. Ke3 Rc1 48. Kd2 Rb1 49. Be2 Ke4 (49... d4) 50. Bd1
Rb2+ 51. Bc2+ Rxc2+ 52. Kxc2 Ke3 53. Rf1 Bh3 54. f5 gxf5 55. g6 Bxf1 56. g7
Bd3+ 57. Kc1 f4 58. g8=Q Be4 59. Qg1+ Ke2 60. Qh2+ Ke3 61. Kd1 Bd3 62. Ke1 f3 {
White mates in three.} 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Aberdeen"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aitken"]
[Black "McGibbon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B29"]
[Annotator ",user"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1935.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. Nxd5
Qxd5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Re1 e6 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. b3 O-O 12. Qe4 Qxe4 13. Rxe4 Nb4 14.
a3 Nxc2 15. Ra2 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Rxd4 Rfd8 18. Bb2 Rac8 19. Bc3 f6 20. Kf1
Bc5 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Ke2 e5 23. Rc2 Bb6 24. Bb2 Kf7 25. Rc3 Ke6 26. f3 Bd4
27. Rd3 Kd5 28. f4 Rf8 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Rh3 Ke4 31. Rxh7 d3+ 32. Kf2 Rf7 33.
Rh8 Rd7 34. g3 Rd6 35. Re8+ Kf5 36. Re7 Rb6 37. b4 g5 38. fxg5 fxg5 39. Ke3 Rh6
40. h4 gxh4 41. gxh4 Rxh4 42. Rxb7 Ke5 43. Kxd3 Rh3+ 44. Kc4 Rxa3 45. Rb5+ Kd6
46. Ra5 Rxa5 47. bxa5 {and wins.} 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Aberdeen"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aitken"]
[Black "McNaughton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1935.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 c5 10. Nc6 Qd7 11. Nxe7 Qxe7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bg5 Qe5 14. f4
Qd4+ 15. Qxd4 cxd4 16. Bxf6 dxc3 17. Bxc3 f6 18. Rad1 Bg4 19. Rd4 Rfe8 20. h3
Bc8 21. Rc4 c5 22. Rd1 Be6 23. Ra4 Bd7 24. Ra5 Rxe4 25. Rxd6 Bb5 26. Rd5 Rc8
27. Bd2 Re2 28. a4 Bc6 29. Raxc5 Bxd5 30. Rxc8+ Kf7 31. Bb4 Rxg2+ 32. Kf1 Rg3
33. c4 Rf3+ 34. Ke2 Rxf4 35. Rc7+ Ke8 36. Re7+ Kd8 37. cxd5 Rxb4 38. Rxg7 Rxb2+
39. Kd3 Rb3+ 40. Kc4 Rxh3 41. Ra7 Rh4+ 42. Kc5 Rxa4 43. Kd6 Ke8 44. Rxh7 a5 45.
Re7+ Kf8 46. Kd7 Rd4 47. d6 a4 48. Kc6 a3 49. Ra7 Rd3 50. Ra8+ Kf7 51. d7 a2
52. Rxa2 Rc3+ 53. Kd6 Rd3+ 54. Kc7 Rc3+ 55. Kd8 f5 56. Ra7 Rc4 57. Rc7 Ra4 58.
Rc5 Rd4 59. Kc8 Ke7 60. Rc1 Kf6 61. d8=Q+ Rxd8+ 62. Kxd8 Ke5 63. Kd7 (63. Ke7
f4 64. Rf1 {wins.}) 63... f4 64. Kc6 Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Aberdeen"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponce"]
[Black "Page"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator ",user"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1935.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 f5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 d5 6. c5 Bd7 7. e3 Be7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O b6 10. cxb6 cxb6 11. Rc1 a6 12. h3 Nh5 13. Qd2 Nf6 14. Qd1 Ne8 15.
Na4 g5 16. Bxg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Ng7 (17... Qxg5 18. Nxb6) 18. f4 Ne7 19. Nc3 h6
20. Nf3 Be8 21. Ne5 b5 22. Qe1 Ng6 23. Nd1 Nxe5 24. fxe5 Bh5 25. Nf2 Bxe2 26.
Qxe2 Qh4 27. Nd3 Nh5 28. Rf3 f4 29. exf4 Nxf4 30. Nxf4 Rxf4 31. Rc7 Raf8 32.
Qd3 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Qe4 34. Rg3+ Kh8 35. Qa3 Qxd4 36. Rg6 R4f7 37. Qxf8+ ({
Drawn, but White could have played instead} 37. Rxh6+ Kg7 38. Rxf7+ Rxf7 39.
Rxe6 {etc.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Aberdeen"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McNaughton"]
[Black "Page"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1935.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Nxe5 d5 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 f6 8. Ng4
f5 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. f4 c6 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Nd2 Qf6 13. Nf3 Rae8 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. fxe5 Qb6 17. Be3 Rxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 Nf2+ 20. Rxf2
Qxf2 21. Qf3 Qd4 22. Qe2 Re8 23. Re1 Be6 24. Bb1 Rc8 25. a3 Qc4 26. Qxc4 Rxc4
27. h3 Kf7 28. Rf1 g6 29. b3 Rc3 30. g4 Rxh3+ 31. Kg2 Rxb3 32. gxf5 gxf5 33.
Bxf5 Bxf5 34. Rxf5+ Ke6 35. Rh5 Rxa3 36. Rxh7 Rb3 0-1

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Page"]
[Black "Aitken"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[Annotator ",user"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c6 8.
e3 Qa5 9. Qb3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. O-O O-O (11... Qxc3 12. Bxd5) (11... Nxc3
12. Bxe6) 12. e4 N5f6 13. Rae1 e5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nh4 Nb6 16. f4 exd4 17.
cxd4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Qh5 19. Nf3 Rd8 20. f5 Bd7 21. Re3 Re8 22. Qc3 Kh8 23. Nd2
Rg8 24. Nc4 Rg7 25. Nd6 Rag8 26. Rf2 b6 27. e5 fxe5 28. dxe5 Qd1+ 29. Re1 Qd5
30. g3 c5 31. Rd2 Qa8 32. e6 fxe6 33. Nf7# 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aitken"]
[Black "Fairhurst"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Annotator ",user"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. c5 Be7 10. Nd2 f5 11. Nf3 Bf6 12. Bf4 g5 13. Be5 g4 14. Bxf6 Rxf6
15. Ne5 Rh6 16. Qc1 Qh4 17. Qf4 Ng5 18. Qg3 Qh5 19. f3 gxf3 20. Rxf3 Kh8 ({
A blunder under time pressure, which loses a piece. Better was} 20... Rg6) 21.
Qxg5 Qxh2+ 22. Kf2 Be6 23. Qf4 Qxf4 24. Rxf4 {This was only the third
competition game lost by Fairhurst in Scotland since his arrival five years
before.} 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aitken"]
[Black "Lothian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3 f5 7. Bc4 Nf6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nb5 Na6 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qe2 c6 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. Nxc8+
Raxc8 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. Rd1 Rc7 17. Qxa6 f4 18. Qe2 Qf5 19. Kd2 c5 20. Rhe1 e3+
21. fxe3 cxd4 22. e4 Qa5+ 23. Kc1 Rhc8 24. Qd2 Rxc2+ 25. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 26. Kxc2 e5
27. Kb1 g5 28. h3 h5 29. Re2 Qa4 30. Rd3 Qc4 31. Red2 Qc6 32. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lothian"]
[Black "Page"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator ",user"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qe7 7. Bg5 f6 8.
Bf4 Be6 9. Nbd2 c5 10. Qc3 h6 11. h4 h5 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. e5 Nh6 14. exf6
gxf6 15. Rhe1 Bg7 16. Re2 Nf5 17. Rde1 Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Qb3 Bxb3 20. Rxe7
{and wins.} 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponce"]
[Black "Page"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 f5 5. b3 Nf6 6. Bb2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Na6 9. d4 Qe8 10. Ne1 Bxg2 11. Nxg2 Qf7 12. e3 c6 13. Rc1 d5 14. Nf4 g5 15. Nd3
Bd6 16. c5 bxc5 17. dxc5 Bc7 18. Ne2 Nd7 19. f4 Rac8 20. Nd4 Bd8 21. Nf3 g4 22.
Nfe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Qe8 24. Qd4 Bf6 25. Rf2 Rc7 26. a3 Nb8 27. b4 h5 28. Qd3 Rh7
29. Rg2 h4 30. Kf2 hxg3+ 31. hxg3 Nd7 32. Qa6 Bxe5 33. fxe5 Nb8 34. Qd3 Kg7 35.
Bd4 a6 36. a4 Rf7 37. Rb1 Rb7 38. Ke2 Kg6 39. Kd2 Qh8 40. Qf1 Rh2 41. Kc3 Rbh7
42. Rbb2 Rh1 43. Rg1 Rxg1 44. Qxg1 Rh1 45. Qg2 Qh3 46. Kb3 Kg5 47. Ka2 Rf1 48.
Rf2 Rxf2+ 49. Qxf2 Qh1 50. Kb2 Kg6 51. Qe2 Qg1 52. b5 axb5 53. axb5 Qxg3 54.
bxc6 Nxc6 55. Qb5 Qf2+ 56. Ka3 Nxd4 57. Qe8+ Kg5 58. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lothian"]
[Black "Ponce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 e6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 f5 11. Qd2 h6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 f4 14. Bd4 f3
15. g3 Qe8 16. Rfe1 Bg5 17. Qd1 Qh5 18. Be4 Bd7 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21.
a4 Bg4 22. Bc4 Rac8 23. Qb3 Rf4 24. Rad1 Bh3 25. e6 Bg2 26. Bxg7+ Kh7 27. Qxb7
1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aitken"]
[Black "Ponce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 Qc7 7. d3 b5 8.
Bb3 Na6 9. Ne2 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. a3 O-O 12. Nbc3 Qb7 13. Bf4 b4 14. axb4 Nxb4
15. d6 e6 16. d4 Nh5 17. Be5 f6 18. d5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 fxe5 20. Nc7 Rad8 21.
Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Bd5 Bc6 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Ra6 Qd7 25. Qb3 Rb8 26. Qe6 Qxe6 27.
Nxe6 Rf7 28. Nc5 Rxb2 29. d7 Rb8 30. Rd1 Rd8 31. Rxa7 Nf6 32. Rc7 h6 33. Rc8
Rff8 34. Rc7 Rf7 35. f4 e4 36. Nd4 Nd5 37. Nde6 Nxc7 38. Nxd8 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Page"]
[Black "Stewart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator ",user"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nbd2 Nbd7 4. e3 c5 5. c3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5
b6 (8... Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4) 9. f4 Bb7 10. Qf3 e6 11. g4 Ne8 12. Qh3 f6 13. Nxg6
hxg6 14. Bxg6 Rf7 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Nf3 Nf8 17. Bd2 Ke7 18. b4 c4 19. g5 Kd6
20. Qg3 Kc6 21. a4 Qd6 22. h4 a6 23. Qg2 Qe7 24. h5 Nd6 25. h6 Bh8 26. g6 Nf5
27. g7 Nxg7 28. hxg7 Bxg7 29. Kf2 Nd7 30. Rg1 Bh8 31. b5+ Kc7 32. Bc1 e5 33.
Ba3 Qe6 34. Nh4 exf4 35. exf4 f5 36. Qg6 Nf6 37. Rae1 Ne4+ 38. Rxe4 Qxe4 39.
Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Goldberg"]
[Black "Fairhurst"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Annotator ",user"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1937.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 d6 7. e4 e5 8.
d5 a5 9. Be2 a4 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. O-O Nc5 12. h3 Nh5 13. Ne1 Nf4 14. Ndf3 Qf6
15. Kh1 Qg6 16. Ng1 Nb3 17. Rd1 Nd4 18. Qd2 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Qe3 Nc2 21.
Qf3 O-O 22. Nxc2 Bxc2 23. Rd2 Be4 24. Qg4 Bxg2+ 25. Kh2 Qh6 26. Rfd1 Rf6 27.
Qg3 Nxh3 28. Nxh3 Bxh3 29. Qxh3 Rxf2+ 30. Kg1 Qxh3 31. Kxf2 Rf8+ 32. Kg1 Qg3+
33. Kh1 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Page"]
[Black "Fairhurst"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Be4 5. f3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 Bh7 8. e6 Qd6 9.
exf7+ Kxf7 10. Ne2 e5 11. dxe5 Qxe5 12. Nbc3 Nd7 13. Bf4 Qe6 14. Bh3 Bc5 15.
Na4 Re8 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. g5 Bf5 18. g6+ Ke7 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Qd4 Kd8 21. Qxc5
Qxf4 22. Kf2 Qe5 23. Rae1 Nf6 24. Ng3 Qf4 25. Kg2 Qd2+ 26. Qf2 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2
Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Kxe8 30. Ke3 Kd7 31. Kd4 Ke6 32. a4 b6 33. b4 Nd7
34. a5 c5+ 35. bxc5 bxc5+ 36. Ke3 a6 37. f4 Nf6 38. c3 Kd7 39. Kf3 Kc6 40. Nf5
Nxh5 41. Kg4 Nf6+ 42. Kh4 Ne8 43. Kg4 Kd7 44. Nh4 Ke6 45. Nf3 Nf6+ 46. Kh4 Ne4
47. Kg4 Nxc3 48. f5+ Kf6 49. Nh4 d4 50. Nf3 Nd5 51. Nh4 c4 52. Nf3 Ne3+ 53. Kf4
Nxf5 54. Ne5 Nd6 55. Nd7+ Kxg6 56. Nc5 c3 0-1

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Page"]
[Black "Goldberg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1937.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Bf5 7. Nc3 e6 8. Be3
Nc6 9. Nf3 Nb4 10. Rc1 Be7 11. a3 Nc6 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nd4 N8d7 14. Nxf5 exf5 15.
Bd4 O-O 16. Be2 Bh4+ 17. g3 Bg5 18. O-O g6 19. c5 Nc8 20. Bc4 Qe7 21. d6 cxd6
22. Nd5 Qd8 23. cxd6 Ncb6 24. Ba2 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 b6 26. Rc7 Rc8 27. Rxc8 Qxc8
28. e6 Nf6 29. exf7+ Kg7 30. h4 Bh6 31. Bxf6+ Kxf6 32. Qd4# 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fairhurst"]
[Black "Montgomerie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Annotator ",user"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1937.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. a3 c5 6. d5 d6 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O
9. O-O Ne8 10. Ne1 e5 11. Nd3 f5 12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nd7 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4
Ndf6 16. Ng5 Nc7 17. Qe2 Re8 18. Bd2 Bf8 19. Qf3 Bc8 20. Bc3 Be7 21. h3 Rb8 22.
Nf4 h6 23. Nge6 Nxe6 24. dxe6 Bb7 25. Qd3 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qc8 27. Qg6 Rf8 28.
Rae1 Qe8 29. Qd3 Qc6+ 30. Kh2 Rbd8 31. Ng6 Qe8 32. Nxf8 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Montgomerie"]
[Black "Page"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator ",user"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1937.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Ne7 9. Nh4 c6 10. Bc4 d5 11. Bb3 Qd6 12. Qf3 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6
gxf6 15. f4 a5 16. a3 a4 17. Ba2 Ra5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Rae1 Nc6 20. fxe5 fxe5
21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. Rxf5 f6 23. Rb1 Rf7 24. c4 Nd4 ({A mistake that loses an
important pawn. Correct was} 24... Kg7 25. cxd5 Ne7 {etc.}) 25. Rf2 Kg7 26.
cxd5 Nb5 27. c4 Nc3 {To take the RP would be bad, as then Kt would then be
shut out of play.} 28. Rc1 ({Simply} 28. Rb6 {was much better here, as will be
seen.}) 28... Nxa2 29. Rxa2 Rc7 30. Rb2 {An oversight that destroyes most of
White's advantage. The other Rook should have taken the file, but White wanted
that Rook on the Bishop file to support a pawn advance. In other words, a good
strategical idea was spoiled by faulty tactics.} Rxd5 31. cxd5 Rxc1+ 32. Kf2
Rc7 {It was difficult to se it at this stage, but the Rook could have been
played to B6 [c3] now with more advantage than it does later.} 33. Ke3 Kg6 34.
Ke4 Rc3 35. Rxb7 Rxa3 36. d6 f5+ 37. Kxe5 Rxd3 38. d7 a3 39. Ke6 a2 40. Ra7
Re3+ 41. Kd6 Rd3+ 42. Ke7 Re3+ 43. Kf8 Rd3 44. Ra6+ Kh5 {Played so that if
ever the respective advanced pawns should queen, his opponent's should not do
so with check; but overlooking a more serious danger.} 45. Ke7 Re3+ 46. Kf6 Rd3
47. Kxf5 {Threatening mate in two, which forces Black's reply, and White then
wins. In spite of one or two tactical slips, this interesting rook ending was
very well played on both sides.} Rd5+ 48. Ke6 Rd2 49. Rxa2 *

[Event "Scottish Championship "]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fairhurst"]
[Black "Walsworth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1937.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Rd1
Re8 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Nf6 14. Bd3
Nd5 15. Qc1 Qc7 16. e4 Nf4 17. e5 Nxd3 18. Rxd3 Rd8 19. Ng5 c5 20. Ne4 b6 21.
Nf6+ gxf6 22. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Page"]
[Black "van der Gaag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1937.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4
Be7 9. Bd3 Qb6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Bg3 Bf8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qd8
15. h3 Nd7 16. Bg3 Nf6 17. Rad1 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. d5 Qb6 20. Rd2 Bd7 21.
Rfd1 Rad8 22. Qc4 Bb4 23. dxc6 Be6 24. Rxd8 Bxc4 25. Rxe8+ Kh7 26. c7 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Macdonald"]
[Black "Aitken"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. d4
exd4 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. Bf4 Bf6 13. Nd4 Ne5 14. Qc2 Qe8
15. f3 Nxc4 16. Nce2 Be6 17. Rac1 Ne5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. b3 Bg5
21. Rcd1 Be3+ 22. Kh1 c5 23. Nc3 Bd4 24. Na4 Qe7 25. Rd3 Rad8 26. Rfd1 Rd6 27.
Nb2 Rh6 28. g4 Qh4 29. Qg2 Bf2 30. Nc4 Bg3 31. R3d2 Bxh2 32. Qxh2 Qg3 33. Qxh6
Qxf3+ 34. Kh2 gxh6 0-1

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aitken"]
[Black "Burnett"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[Annotator "J.M. Aitken"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

{Notes adjusted to allow for algebraic notation. [A.McG]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 {A strong variation which I have often
played with success. The main idea is to prevent the so-called 'Dragon' line
for Black, as 6...g6 is met by Bxf6. To avoid the present variation Black
might play ...d6 on his second move.} e6 {Probably the best reply, but the
weakness of the QP gives White a point of attack.} 7. Qd2 Be7 8. Nb3 a6 9. a4 (
{Though in any event I want to restrain Black on the Q-side in the Sicilian,
there is a special point in this move here. White intends to castle Q-side,
exercising immediate pressure in the centre, and so must stop Black's ...b5.
Of course} 9. Be2 {and 0-0 was a safe alternative.}) 9... O-O 10. O-O-O Na5 11.
h4 {With two ideas in my mind-(1) h5 and h6; and (2) Rh3, followed by Rg3 or
Rd3, according to circumstances.} Nxb3+ 12. cxb3 Qc7 13. Kb1 Rd8 14. Rc1 {
Considering the direct attack by advancing the h-pawn not sufficiently
prepared, White for a few moves plays to keep control of the centre and Q-side.
} Qd7 15. Rh3 Rb8 16. Rd3 Ne8 17. e5 d5 18. Be3 b5 19. a5 Bb7 20. Bb6 Rdc8 21.
h5 Bd8 ({The desire to advance the pawn to h6 has two ends-(1) The weakening
of f6 may give White mating chances; and (2) in the end game Black may be
hampered by having to hold his h-pawn. If} 21... h6 22. Rg3 {should lead to a
winning attack.}) 22. h6 g6 23. Qf4 ({In considered that the possibilities on
the K-side, and on the c-file, were sufficient compensation for the pawn
sacrifice involved in this; otherwise} 23. Bxd8 {and b4 could be played.})
23... Bxb6 24. axb6 Qe7 25. Rcd1 {A curious move, but I wanted to induce Black
to go for the pawn so that I might gain control of the c-file and c6, since
the Rook on b6 would be badly placed.} Rc6 26. Ne2 Rxb6 27. Nd4 a5 28. Rc1 b4
29. Rf3 Rc8 30. Rxc8 Bxc8 31. Qc1 Qc7 32. Bb5 Qxc1+ 33. Kxc1 Kf8 ({In this
ending the better placed White pieces are full compensation for the missing
pawn, but if Black had kept his King protecting the h-pawn it would have been
hard for White to force anything.} 33... Nc7 {was essential.}) 34. Rf4 Nc7 35.
Ba4 Bb7 ({A decisive mistake made under time pressure. The position could have
been held by} 35... f5 {when White would play} 36. Nf3 {and Ng5, and try to
enter with his King via c5.}) 36. Nf3 Bc6 37. Ng5 Ne8 (37... Bxa4 38. Rxf7+ {
followed by Rxc7.}) (37... Be8 38. Nxh7+ Ke7 39. Nf6 Bxa4 40. h7 Rb8 41. Ng8+ {
wins.}) 38. Nxh7+ Kg8 39. Ng5 Bxa4 40. h7+ Kh8 41. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fairhurst"]
[Black "Dykes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E72"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Nge2 e5 8. d5
Nb8 9. O-O Nbd7 10. f3 a5 11. Be3 b6 12. a3 Nh5 13. g4 Nhf6 14. b4 axb4 15.
axb4 Bb7 16. Qb3 Qe7 17. Nb5 c5 18. dxc6 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Bxc6 20. Nc7 Rb8 21. Nc3
Qd8 22. N7b5 Ne8 23. Ra7 Ra8 24. Qa2 Qb8 25. Rxa8 Qxa8 26. Qxa8 Bxa8 27. Na4
Bc6 28. Nxb6 Bh6 29. Bxh6 Nxb6 30. Nxd6 Nxd6 31. c5 Nbc8 32. cxd6 Nxd6 33. Bf1
f5 34. exf5 gxf5 35. Kf2 fxg4 36. fxg4 Kf7 37. Bd3 e4 38. Ba6 Ke6 39. Bf4 Kd5
40. Bxd6 Kxd6 41. Ke3 Bd5 42. Kd4 Kc6 43. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aitken"]
[Black "Dykes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. f3
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nc2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Rd8 12. Bg5 Qe5 13. f4 Qc5+ 14. Kh1 Nxe4
15. Bxd8 Nf2+ 16. Rxf2 Qxf2 17. Bc7 d5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Qd3 g6 20. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Macdonald, Dr RC"]
[Black "Fairhurst, WA."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator ",user"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

{Notes from the Glasgow Herald of Saturday, April 23, 1938.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. O-O d6 9. f3 Be7
10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Qc2 g6 15. Rac1 Qb7 16. b3
Rac8 17. Qe2 Rc7 18. Kh1 Nh5 19. Qf2 Kh8 20. Bf1 f5 21. g3 Bf6 22. Bg2 Rf7 23.
f4 exf4 24. gxf4 fxe4 25. Nxe4 Be7 26. Qb2+ Kg8 27. Rf1 Rdf8 28. Qd2 Qc7 29.
Rcd1 Bg4 30. Rde1 Qd7 31. Ng5 Bxg5 32. fxg5 Rxf1+ 33. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 34. Bxf1 Bf3+
35. Bg2 ({White could have made a fight of it with} 35. Kg1 {unexpectedly
enough, and loses by this plausible defence.}) 35... Qh3 {A most remarkable
position. Black threatens to win a piece by ...BxB and ...QxB: and to stop
that threat it is necessary for White to move the piece involved; but if B-Kt1
or B-B2, it is mate on the move, and if B-Q4 or BxP, then ...Kt-B5 wins in
another way, while BxB allows ...Kt-Kt6ch and ...Q-B8, mate.} 0-1

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Perkins"]
[Black "Macdonald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Annotator ",user"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 Be6 8.
O-O Nb6 9. a3 f6 10. b4 a6 11. Bb2 Qd7 12. Rc1 Bh3 13. Ne4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 h5 15.
h4 O-O-O 16. Nc5 Qd5 17. Qc2 Bxc5 18. bxc5 Nd7 19. e4 Qe6 20. d4 exd4 21. Bxd4
Nde5 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Qb2 Rd3 24. Rb1 Na5 25. Nxe5 Rb3 26. Qa1 Re8 27. f4 Rd8
28. Rbd1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Nc4 30. Rd3 Rxd3 31. Nxd3 Qxe4+ 32. Kh2 Qxd3 33. Qxg7
Qd2+ 34. Kh1 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Qd2+ 36. Kh1 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Qe2+ 38. Kh1 Kb8 39. Qh8+
Ka7 40. Qd4 Ne3 41. c6+ b6 42. Qe4 Qf1+ 43. Kh2 Ng4# 0-1

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bernstein"]
[Black "Page"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator ",user"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c4 7. Bxb8 Rxb8 8.
Qa4+ b5 9. Qxa7 Bd6 10. Ne5 Rb7 11. Qa6 Rb6 12. Qa5 Ba6 13. g3 O-O 14. Bg2 Re8
15. f4 Bc7 16. Nd1 Rbe6 17. Qd2 Ba5 18. Nc3 b4 19. Nd1 c3 20. bxc3 bxc3 21. Qc2
Ng4 22. Bh3 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Rh6 24. Bg2 Qb6 25. e3 Qb2 $2 (25... Qg6) 26. Nxb2
cxb2+ 27. Kf2 bxa1=Q 28. Rxa1 Rc8 29. Qa4 Bc3 30. Rc1 g5 31. Qa3 Rhc6 32. Rxc3
Rxc3 33. Qxa6 g4 34. Bf1 Rc2+ 35. Be2 Rb8 36. Qf6 {and wins.} 0-1

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aitken, JM."]
[Black "Page, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C71"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

{Notes from the Scotsman of 21 April 1938.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4.
Ba4 d6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 Na5 {Giving up the KP to get rid of the bishop.} 7. dxe5
Nxb3 8. axb3 Bb7 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. O-O f6 {Black's scheme is now clear.} 11. Nc3
Ne7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Be3 Qe8 14. Ne1 Qg6 15. f3 Rae8 ({Missing a chance.} 15...
f5 {at once was best.}) 16. Nd3 $1 c6 {To give the KB a retreat and keep
command of Q4.} 17. f4 f5 18. e5 Bb8 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Rfd1 Bxe5 {A bombshell
for White.} 21. fxe5 f4 22. Rd6 {To get quit of Black's dangerous B-Kt5.} Qg5
23. N5e4 Qxe5 24. Bd4 Qf5 25. Qf2 b4 $1 {Another surprise.} 26. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 (
26... bxc3 {was also considered.}) 27. Qd4+ Kg8 28. Nf6+ Rxf6 29. Rxf6 Qxc2 $1
30. Qc4+ Kh8 31. Qd4 $1 ({Realising that} 31. Qf7 {is met by} Rg8 {and Black
wins.}) 31... Kg8 32. Ne4 Nd5 33. Re1 Rxe4 34. Rxe4 Nxf6 35. Re7 (35. Qd8+ Kg7
36. Re7+ Kg6 $1 {and Black is safe.}) 35... Qc1+ 36. Kf2 Ng4+ 37. Ke2 Qc2+ {
Drawn by perpetual check.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wilkes"]
[Black "Perkins"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B73"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Rb1 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bf3 e6 12. Bd4 Qc7 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Ne2 d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Rxd5 18. Qc1 Rad8 19. Nf4 Rd2 20. Rxe6
Rd1+ 21. Qxd1 Rxd1+ *

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aitken"]
[Black "Turriff"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bd6 4. O-O a6 5. Ba4 b5 6. Bb3 Na5 7. d4 Qe7 8. dxe5
Bxe5 9. Qd5 Nc6 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 11. Qxf7+ Kd8 12. Qf8+ Qe8 13. Qxg7 Nge7 14. Bh6
Ng6 15. Nc3 Qe5 16. Qxe5 Ncxe5 17. Bg7 Re8 18. Bf6+ 1-0

[Event "Scottish ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aitken, JM."]
[Black "Combe, RF."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1939.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 exd4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. Bf1 Re8 10. Nde2 Bf8 11. Ng3 g6 12. Bf4 Bg7 13. Qd2 Ng4 14. h3 Nge5
15. Rad1 Bxh3 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Bg4 18. fxe5 Bxd1 19. Qxd1 Qh4 20. Qd3 Bxe5
21. Re3 c5 22. Nce2 Re6 23. Kf2 Rae8 24. Ke1 f5 25. exf5 Bc3+ 26. bxc3 Rxe3 27.
Qd5+ Kh8 28. Kf2 gxf5 29. Qxf5 Qe7 30. Nf4 Rxc3 31. Nge2 Rf8 32. Qg4 Qe3+ 33.
Ke1 Rxc2 {SCA Bulletin 13, Jan-May 1964, p. 3.} 0-1

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Aberdeen"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aitken, JM."]
[Black "Pavey, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Annotator "Pavey"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1939.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 {Aitken's favourite. The usual
move of course is Nc3. This move has for its purpose the formation of P on K4
and P on QB4 against which Black is fairly well hampered. Its weak point is
that it is artificial and Black can force P-Q4 by correct timing to achieve a
better game.} e5 6. Nb5 (6. Bb5+) 6... a6 (6... d5 {loses to} 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Qxd5 Qxd5 9. Nc7+) 7. N5c3 Be6 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Bf5 10. Be3 ({Causes White
to be weakened.} 10. Bd3 {would be followed by} Qh4+ 11. g3 Qh3 {giving Black
the upper hand.}) 10... Qh4+ 11. Kd2 (11. Bf2 {or}) (11. g3 Qb4+ {wins a pawn.}
) 11... Nd7 ({Quiet development is in order here.} 11... Qb4+ {gives nothing.})
12. c4 Be7 13. Qe1 Qxe1+ ({No better way of taking advantage of the position;
the alternative} 13... Qf6 {to avoid exchange crowds Black's pieces too much
to be of any use. Here at any rate White cannot castle and is behind in
development.}) 14. Kxe1 O-O 15. Nc3 Rfc8 16. Ne4 b5 17. Rc1 (17. cxb5 axb5 18.
Bxb5 Rab8 {and White's pawns fall} 19. Ng3 Bh4 {with a won position.}) 17...
Bxe4 18. fxe4 Nf6 19. cxb5 Rxc1+ 20. Bxc1 axb5 21. Bxb5 ({Here} 21. a3 {
loses by} Rc8 {and either ...Rc2 or ...Nxe4 as the next move is made would be
decisive.}) 21... Rxa2 22. Kd2 ({Black must win a pawn for if} 22. Bd3 Ra4)
22... Nxe4+ 23. Kc2 f5 24. Kb1 Ra5 25. Bc6 {By far the best. Black is quite
uncomfortable owing to his hampered Bishop and the threat of b4 and Be3 is
almost deadly.} f4 {The Bishop must not reach e3.} 26. Re1 Nf6 27. b4 (27. Bxf4
{fails by} Nxd5 28. Bd2 Rc5) 27... Ra7 28. Bd2 Bd8 29. b5 Kf7 30. Re2 Nd7 {
Answers the threat of Bb4 adequately because after ...Ke7, Bxd7 is answered by
...Kxd7. Black must avoid an exchange of White's black Bishop for his N as
opposite-coloured bishops with a pawn ahead is frequently no better than a
draw.} 31. Bb4 Ke7 32. Kb2 Bb6 33. Kb3 Rc7 34. Kc4 g5 35. Kd3 Bc5 36. Bxc5
Nxc5+ 37. Kc4 e4 38. Kd4 ({It is interesting that} 38. b6 {leads to nothing by}
Rc8 39. b7 Rb8 40. Ra2 Kd8 41. Ra8 Kc7) 38... e3 {Black places a passed pawn
in a threatening position since the rook is the only piece to stop it.} 39. g3
Kf6 {Black recognises that White can do nothing and he intends playing ...
Kf5-g4-f3 etc. This quiet move forces White's hand and leads to a speedy
finish.} 40. h4 h6 41. Be8 Nb3+ {Wins the exchange.} 42. Ke4 Rc4+ 43. Kd3 Rc8 {
The object of the checks.} 44. hxg5+ hxg5 45. Bh5 Nc1+ 46. Ke4 Rc4+ 47. Kf3
Nxe2 48. Kxe2 Rb4 49. gxf4 gxf4 0-1

[Event "Scottish Night Express train"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yehudi Menuhin"]
[Black "Aird Thomson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Bb4 5. Nd5 Nxe4 6. a3 Bc5 7. O-O d6 8. d3
Nf6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. b4 Bb6 12. h3 Rg8 13. c3 Bxh3 14. Nh4 f5 15.
Qh5 Qg5 16. Nxc7+ Bxc7 17. Qxf7+ Kd8 18. Qxg8+ Qxg8 19. Bxg8 Bg4 20. Be6 Be2
21. Rfe1 Bxd3 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 Ne7 24. g4 Nxf5 25. gxf5 Kd7 26. Kg2 Rf8
27. Kf3 Rxf5+ 28. Ke3 Bb6+ 29. Kd3 Bxf2 30. Re4 h5 31. Rd1 h4 32. Kc4 Rf4 33.
Rxf4 exf4 34. Kd5 Bg3 35. c4 h3 36. c5 dxc5 37. Kxc5+ Ke7 38. a4 Bf2+ 39. Kb5
h2 40. a5 Bg1 {BCM 1944, November, page 25.} 0-1

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fairhurst, WA."]
[Black "Beckingham, EGW."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[Annotator ",user"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

{Notes from the BCM 1947, pp 184/5.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5
5. Bg2 c6 ({This is natural but too slow. White will get a strong centre by
P-K4 and Black must try hard for some counter-play: the consequences of
passive defence are well shown by this game. Thus} 5... Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O {and if}
7. O-O c5 {is a more promising line (Stahlberg-Mikenas, Kemeri 1939).}) 6. Nf3
Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 Nb6 9. h3 N8d7 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Qe2 Be6 12. Rd1 Bc4 13. Qc2
{White has now an admirable position which he proceeds to strengthen by
gaining space on the Queen side. Meanwhile Black can attempt little: he has no
actual weaknesses so far but his cramped position and insifficient hold on th
centre gives him no counter-play.} Ba6 14. b3 Rc8 15. a4 Na8 16. Ba3 Nc7 17. b4
b6 18. Qb3 Bb7 19. Re1 Ne6 20. Rad1 Ne8 21. Ne2 N8c7 {White's position has now
apparently reached its maximum efficiency: but he still has to find the best
means of breaking through. Fairhurst finds an elegant solution to the problem
and in the process lures the Black Queen into a trap.} 22. Bc1 Qd6 {Black
clearly desires to prepare for playing a Rook to Q1 with central pressure and
to encourage P-K5 (which gives him the square Q4) while discouraging Kt-K5.
But White now first gains a tempo and then plays Kt-K5 all the same.} 23. Ba3
Qd8 24. Bb2 Qd6 25. Ne5 $1 Nxd4 {If Black refuses the sacrifice White
continues by P-B4 and will break through by P-K5 and P-B5 after suitable
preparation.} 26. Nxd4 Qxe5 27. f4 Qh5 ({Forced. If} 27... Qf6 28. e5 {wins
the Queen while if}) (27... Qd6 28. Nf5 {wins the exchange.}) 28. e5 Nd5 29. b5
e6 30. bxc6 Bxc6 31. Ba3 Rfd8 ({Overlooking White's decisive 33rd move. After
the better move} 31... Rfe8 {White does best not to rush matters but to play
the quiet} 32. Kh2 {with the threat to win the Queen by Bc1 and Bf3. THere is
no satisfactory defence: an interesting possibility is} Bf8 33. Bc1 Qh6 34. f5
Qg7 35. f6 Qh8 36. Nxc6 Rxc6 37. Bb2 -- {with the deadly threat of} 38. Rxd5
exd5 39. e6) 32. Nxc6 Rxc6 33. Be7 $1 Re8 (33... Rc3 34. Qxc3 Nxc3 35. Rxd8+
Bf8 36. Rxf8+ Kg7 37. Rc8 g5 38. Bf6+ Kg6 39. g4 {forces mate. The rest needs
no comment.}) 34. Rxd5 exd5 35. g4 Qh6 36. Bg5 Qxg5 37. fxg5 Bxe5 38. Kh1 Kg7
39. Bxd5 Rc3 40. Qxc3 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Perkins, N.A.."]
[Black "Beckingham, E.G.W.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B62"]
[Annotator ",user"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qa5 ({
So far as I am aware, novel in this position. It looks premature but becomes
very strong after Black's weak reply.} 7... Be7 {looks best.}) 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9.
Ndb5 Qd8 10. Qd2 a6 11. Nd4 Qc7 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. g3 Rc8 14. Nb3 b5 {Provoking
White to the following sacrifice.} 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qb7 $1 ({A
surprising stroke though it is doubtful if the move is objectively better than
the obvious} 16... Qb8 {which leads to an ending where White has three pawns
for the piece. I would somewhat prefer Black in the ending but Beckingham
prefers the trappy complications of the text. His decision can hardly be
criticized, for at such moments much depends on subjective considerations such
as one's style and by the line chosen he has, at least, a draw and gives his
opponent ample opportunity to go wrong.}) 17. Nxd6+ ({Not} 17. Qxd6 $2 Nb4 {
wins.}) 17... Bxd6 18. Qxd6 Nb4 19. Kb1 ({Not at first} 19. Nc5 $2 Nxa2+ 20.
Kb1 Nc3+ 21. Kc1 Rxc5 22. Qxc5 Nxd1 23. Rxd1 Qxe4 {and wins.}) 19... Nxc2 20.
Nc5 Na3+ 21. Ka1 ({White cannot avoid the draw-if} 21. Kc1 Nb5 {wins.}) 21...
Nc2+ ({Black, too, does best to take the immediate draw: for, after} 21...
Qxb2+ 22. Kxb2 Nc4+ 23. Ka1 Nxd6 24. Nxd7 Nxe4 {(best)} 25. Rd4 {the ending is
in White's favour because of the passed QRP. A game creditable to both players.
}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Perkins, N.A.."]
[Black "Fairhurst, W.A.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 {An unusual line. The attempt to get a Maroczy Bind
is revealed as very dangerous by Fairhurst's energetic play.} Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5.
Nxd4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Qh4 7. Qd3 ({In this tense position Perkins plays to avoid
the loss of a pawn, but this leaves him with a difficult game. An interesting
alternative is} 7. Ndb5 Qxe4+ 8. Be2 {when Fairhurst intended} Qxg2 (8... Qe5
9. f4 Qb8 10. a3 Be7 11. Ne4 {with advantge to White occurred in
Spielmann-Tartakower, Vienna 1928.}) 9. Bf3 Qh3 {with a wild position.}) 7...
Ne5 8. Qc2 Nf6 9. Nf3 {This is the key move of White's plan and saves the
threatened pawn...} Nxf3+ ({...for after} 9... Qxe4+ 10. Qxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe5
Nxc3 12. Bd2 {wins a piece.}) 10. gxf3 O-O 11. Be3 ({White has a very bad game
strategically as his King's side is shattered and so he can only Castle Queen
side where Black can quickly open files. In such positions one must play at
all costs for tactical counter-chances. Here, for instance, I would prefer} 11.
Rg1 {and if} h6 12. e5 {with some counter-play.}) 11... d5 $1 {The theme of
Black's game is to open lines as rapidly as possible, if necessary by pawn
sacrifices.} 12. cxd5 exd5 13. O-O-O dxe4 14. Rd4 ({White did not relish} 14.
fxe4 Bg4 {but the text is hardly better.}) 14... Bc5 15. Rc4 Bxe3+ 16. fxe3
Qe1+ 17. Nd1 Be6 18. Rc3 Nd5 19. Bg2 Qh4 20. Rc5 ({In his efforts to save the
exchange White loses a Rook. There is, however, nothing to be done now: if} 20.
Rc4 Rac8 21. Kb1 (21. b3 b5) 21... Nb4 {wins.}) 20... Nb4 21. Qxe4 Qxe4 22.
fxe4 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beckingham, E.G.W.."]
[Black "Fairhurst, W.A.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O Nc5 8.
f3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a6 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. Qe1 b5 13. b4 Nb7 14. a3 Bd7 15.
Rac1 Rac8 16. Nb1 d5 17. Nd2 e5 18. N4b3 d4 19. Bg5 a5 20. Nb1 a4 21. N3d2 Qb6
22. Kh1 Rfd8 23. c4 dxc3 24. Nxc3 Be6 25. Nxb5 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Ng4 27. fxg4 Bxg5
28. Rc2 Qe3 29. Nf3 Qxe4 30. Rc7 Bxg4 31. Rxf7 Bf6 32. Rc7 Kh8 33. Rc4 Qf5 34.
h3 Bxf3 35. Bxf3 Qd7 36. Nc3 Nd6 37. Rc5 Rc8 38. Qd1 Qf7 39. Qxd6 Rd8 40. Qc7
Qxc7 41. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anderson, PB."]
[Black "Simon, CE."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd1 exd5 7. Qxd5 Be6 8.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 9. Bd2 Nb4 10. Rc1 Nxa2 11. Nxa2 Bxa2 12. e4 Nf6 13. Bb5+ Ke7 14. f3
a6 15. Ba4 b5 16. Bd1 g6 17. Ra1 Bc4 18. Bb4+ Ke8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Rxa6 Kg7
21. b3 Bf1 22. Ra2 Rhe8 23. Nh3 Nxe4 24. fxe4 Rxe4+ 25. Kf2 Rxd1 26. Rxf1 Rd3
27. Rb2 f6 28. Re1 f5 29. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Donald, R.A.."]
[Black "Aitken, Dr. J.M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B73"]
[Annotator ",user"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

{Donald, the youngest player in the championship, missed a chance of breaking
Aitken's record, for he had a winning advantage when on move 29 he made an
oversight which lost a piece and the game.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 Nd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11.
Bxd4 Bxd4+ 12. Qxd4 Qb6 13. Qxb6 Nxb6 14. Nb5 Bd7 15. Nd4 Rfc8 16. c3 Na4 17.
Rab1 Nc5 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Ne6 20. Bf3 Rab8 21. Rfd1 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Be6 23.
Bd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 e6 25. Rd7 Rc5 26. Rf1 Rxe5 27. Rfxf7 Re1+ 28. Kf2 Rb1 29.
Rxb7 $2 Rxb2+ 0-1

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Turriff, HA."]
[Black "Hart, SL."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B73"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. f3 d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 Ne8 12. f4 Nc7 13. Qd2 Na6 14. Rad1 e6
15. Ne4 Nc7 16. Bc5 Na6 17. Bxf8 Bxf8 18. Nf6+ Kg7 19. Qe1 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Qxb2
21. Qh4 h6 22. Ng4 Kh7 23. Qf6 Kg8 24. Bd3 Bg7 25. Qd8+ Kh7 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27.
Qxf6 Kg8 28. Rf3 Bd7 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 31. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Knopfler, E."]
[Black "Harvey, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. Qc2 Be6 8. O-O
Qd7 9. Ng5 Bg4 10. f3 h6 11. Nxf7 Qxf7 12. fxg4 Qd7 13. Qb3 O-O-O 14. Ne4 Rdf8
15. Nxf6 Bxf6 16. Be3 a6 17. Bd5 Nd8 18. Qc4 c6 19. Bb6 Kb8 20. Qa4 Rh7 21. Be4
Rg7 22. Be3 d5 23. Bg2 g5 24. Rf5 d4 25. cxd4 exd4 26. Bd2 Rgf7 27. Raf1 Qe7
28. Be4 Ne6 29. Bb4 c5 30. Ba3 Qd6 31. b4 b5 32. bxc5 Qxc5 33. Qxa6 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Knopfler, E."]
[Black "Harvey, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. Qc2 Be6 8. O-O
Qd7 9. Ng5 Bg4 10. f3 h6 11. Nxf7 Qxf7 12. fxg4 Qd7 13. Qb3 O-O-O 14. Ne4 Rdf8
15. Nxf6 Bxf6 16. Be3 a6 17. Bd5 Nd8 18. Qc4 c6 19. Bb6 Kb8 20. Qa4 Rh7 21. Be4
Rg7 22. Be3 d5 23. Bg2 g5 24. Rf5 d4 25. cxd4 exd4 26. Bd2 Rgf7 27. Raf1 Qe7
28. Be4 Ne6 29. Bb4 c5 30. Ba3 Qd6 31. b4 b5 32. bxc5 Qxc5 33. Qxa6 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aitken, Dr. JM"]
[Black "Harvey, TR."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Nf6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re2 Ng4 14. h3 Qh4
15. Nd2 Bb7 16. d5 Nf6 17. Nf3 Qh5 18. Bg5 Rad8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qd4 c5 21.
Qxf6 Bxd5 22. g4 Qxh3 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24. Bxd5 Be7 25. Rxe7 Rg8 26. Qe5+ Rg7 27.
Re8+ Rxe8 28. Qxe8+ Rg8 29. Qe5+ Rg7 30. Nh2 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Knopfler, E.."]
[Black "Kirkwood, I. C.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nf4
d6 9. Nce2 b5 10. c3 Rb8 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Be3 e5 13. Nh3 Qd7 14. Ng5 Kh8 15.
Rad1 f6 16. Nf3 Qc7 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. Ne1 a5 19. f4 f5 20. Qc2 Bc8 21. Nf3 b4
22. Ng5 Rf8 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Nf4 Rf6 25. cxb4 axb4 26. Bc1 h6 27. d4 hxg5 28.
Nd5 Nxd5 29. dxe5 dxe5 30. Rxd5 Rc6 31. exf5 Bxf5 32. Qd1 Re6 33. Bxg5 Qa7 34.
Be3 Qxa2 35. Rd8+ Rxd8 36. Qxd8+ Kh7 37. Bd5 Qxb2 38. Qh4+ Kg8 39. Rxf5 Qa1+
40. Rf1 Qa6 41. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Macleod, NA."]
[Black "Kirkwood, IC."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Kb1 a6 12. g4 b5 13. h4 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 a5 16. h5 h6 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Rxh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Kf7 20. Bxf6 Kxf6 21.
g5+ Ke5 22. Qh2+ Rf4 23. Bh3 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Macleod, N.A.."]
[Black "Lerchs, A.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B71"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Bg7 7. e5 dxe5 8.
fxe5 Ng8 9. Bb5+ Kf8 10. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aitken, Dr. J.M."]
[Black "Macleod, N.A.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc2 Nh6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Bd2
f5 9. Qc1 Ng4 10. Be2 O-O 11. Bxg4 fxg4 12. O-O Ne5 13. Ne3 e6 14. Ne2 Bd7 15.
Bc3 h5 16. Qd2 Bc6 17. Nd4 Qe7 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Ba5 Bh6 20. Nf5 exf5 21. Qxh6
fxe4 22. Rae1 Qh7 23. Qxh7+ Kxh7 24. Rxe4 Rf7 25. c5 Nd3 26. cxd6 Nc5 27. Rc4
Nb7 28. Bc7 c5 29. Re1 Rd7 30. Rce4 Nxd6 31. Re7+ Rxe7 32. Rxe7+ Kg8 33. Bxd6
Rd8 34. Rxa7 Rxd6 35. Kf1 Rd2 36. Rb7 Rc2 37. a4 c4 38. a5 Rc1+ 39. Ke2 Ra1 40.
Rb5 Kg7 41. Ke3 Ra4 42. Kd4 Kf6 43. Kc5 Ke5 44. Kb6+ Kd4 45. a6 Kd3 46. a7 Ke2
47. Ra5 Rb4+ 48. Kc5 Rxb2 49. a8=Q Kxf2 50. Ra2 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Stirling"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hayden, B."]
[Black "Anderson, PB."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[Annotator ",user"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e5 Be7 7. Qg4 Kf8 8.
Bd3 c5 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. Nf3 c4 11. Be2 Qa5 12. Qf4 b5 13. h4 b4 14. Nb1 Qxa2
15. Ng5 Nd8 16. Rh3 Bd7 17. Rdh1 Rc8 18. Rf3 Be8 19. Rhh3 h6 20. Qg4 c3 21.
bxc3 bxc3 22. Bd3 Qb2+ 23. Kd1 Qxb1+ 24. Ke2 Qc1 25. Rxf7+ Bxf7 26. Nxf7 Nxf7
27. Rg3 Qd2+ 28. Kf3 Qxd3+ 29. cxd3 c2 {and White lost on time} 0-1

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Stirling"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lerchs, A."]
[Black "Anderson, PB."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. dxc5 Nf6 4. b4 a5 5. c3 axb4 6. cxb4 e6 7. e3 b6 8. a4
bxc5 9. b5 Ne4 10. Be2 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. Nbd2 f5 14. Nb3 Bc7 15.
Qc2 f4 16. Nfd2 Bb7 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. exf4 Bxf4 19. Qc3 Qg5 20. Qh3 Bd5 21. Nc1
Ne5 22. Qh5 Qf6 23. Kh1 Qe7 24. g3 Rf5 25. Qh3 Bxc1 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Rfxc1 Rf5
28. Kg1 Qf6 29. Rf1 Rxf2 30. Bg4 Rxf1+ 31. Qxf1 Qd4+ 32. Kg2 Rf8 33. Qe1 e3+
34. Kh3 Rf6 35. Bxe6+ Rxe6 36. g4 Rh6+ 37. Kg3 Qe5# 0-1

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Stirling"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rose, Dr. M"]
[Black "Heaton, HJ."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O Nxe5 7. fxe5 Bxb5 8. d3
Be7 9. Nc3 Qd7 10. Nxb5 Qxb5 11. Ng5 Nh6 12. a4 Qd7 13. Qh5 O-O 14. Nxh7 Kxh7
15. Rf6 Rh8 16. Rxh6+ gxh6 17. Qxf7# 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Stirling"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Russell, T."]
[Black "Irvine-Fortescue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D95"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Bb5 Bb7 11. O-O a6 12. Be2 Nd7 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Rxc8 Qxc8
15. Rc1 Qb8 16. Bb4 Bf6 17. Qa3 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Qxc8 19. Bxe7 Qc1+ 20. Bf1 a5 21.
b3 Qd1 22. Qd6 Ba6 23. Nd2 Bxe7 24. Qxe7 Nf8 25. Qc7 Be2 26. Qc3 Ne6 27. h4 Qe1
28. Qc2 g5 29. g3 g4 30. Kg2 Bd1 31. Qb2 Bf3+ 32. Nxf3 gxf3+ 33. Kg1 Ng7 34.
Qc2 Qb4 35. Qc8+ Qf8 36. Qg4 f5 37. Qxf3 Qd6 38. Bg2 Kf7 39. Qxd5+ Qxd5 40.
Bxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Stirling"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Russell, T."]
[Black "Perkins, NA."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Na2 e6 8. Bxc4
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 a5 11. e4 Nbd7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Qe4 f5 15.
exf6 N7xf6 16. Qh4 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. Qh3 c5 19. Re1 Nc7 20. Qg3 Bd6 21. Ne5
cxd4 22. Rd1 Qe2 23. Bh6 Nh5 24. Qh4 Qxe5 0-1

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Stirling"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Irvine-Fortescue, Col. WG"]
[Black "Aitken, Dr JM"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Annotator ",user"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
Nd7 9. Nc3 g6 10. Ne2 Bg7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Qe3 b5 13. cxb5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15.
Qe2 Nc5 16. Bc2 axb5 17. Qxb5 d3 18. Bxd3 c6 19. Qc4 Ra4 20. Qc2 Qh4 21. Rf1
Be5 22. Rb1 Rfa8 23. a3 Qf4 24. g3 Qf3 25. Bc4 Bd4 26. d3 Qxg3+ 27. Kh1 Qxh3+
28. Kg1 Be5 29. f3 Bd4+ 30. Rf2 Rxc4 31. dxc4 Nd3 32. Qxd3 Qg3+ 33. Kh1 Bxf2
34. Bf4 Qxf4 35. Kg2 Qg3+ 36. Kf1 Bc5 {Black wins [Source: Glasgow Herald]} 0-1

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Stirling"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Twort, Dr RF"]
[Black "Anderson, PB"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A89"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3
Bd7 9. b3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Bb2 h6 12. Rc1 g5 13. Qc2 a6 14. Rfd1 Qe8 15. Qe2
Ng6 16. Nd2 Qe7 17. Rf1 Rae8 18. e4 f4 19. f3 h5 20. Rf2 Kf7 21. Kf1 Rh8 22.
Ke1 fxg3 23. hxg3 h4 24. Nf1 hxg3 25. Nxg3 Nf4 26. Qf1 Rh2 27. Kd2 Rxg2 28.
Rxg2 Bh3 29. Nf5 Bxg2 30. Nxe7 Bxf1 31. Rxf1 Kxe7 0-1

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Stirling"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nairn, Dr RC"]
[Black "Campbell, GD."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Ne5
O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 Re8 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O Qb4 14. Qd3 a5
15. a3 Qb8 16. Qd2 Bf5 17. f3 Qd6 18. Na4 Qe7 19. Rf2 Qe3 20. Bf1 Qxd2 21. Rxd2
Re7 22. Rc1 Bd7 23. Nb6 Ra7 24. Nxd7 Rexd7 25. Rxc6 Rdc7 26. Rdc2 Ne8 27. b4
axb4 28. axb4 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Kf8 30. b5 Ke7 31. b6 Rb7 32. Ba6 Rb8 33. b7 Nd6
34. Rc8 Rxb7 35. Bxb7 Nxb7 36. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Stirling"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aitken, Dr JM"]
[Black "Marriott, Dr FHC"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qc7 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Bg5 Nh5 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Rac1 Qd7 19. Qe4 f5 20. Qxf4 Nc4 21.
Rb1 h6 22. Rfe1 g5 23. Qc1 Rac8 24. Qd1 Rf7 25. Re6 g4 26. hxg4 fxg4 27. Nh2 g3
28. fxg3 Bg5 29. Bg6 Be3+ 30. Rxe3 Nxe3 31. Bxf7+ Qxf7 32. Qe2 Re8 33. Ng4 Qg6
34. Re1 Nxg4 35. Qxe8+ Qxe8 36. Rxe8+ Kf7 37. Re6 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Stirling"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anderson, PB."]
[Black "Nairn , Dr RC"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Annotator ",user"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. c3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. f4 f5 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. e4 c4 13. Bc2 e5 14. exd5 Ng4 15.
Ne4 Bf5 16. Qe2 Qxd5 17. h3 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. Rd1 Qe6 21.
Bxf5 Rxf5 22. Qe4 Re8 23. Rd5 exf4 {An unexpected move which wins a pawn. If
White takes the offered piece now he will be mated in two moves, and if he
takes it on move 25 he will be mated in four moves. [Glasgow Herald]} 24. Qxe6+
Rxe6 25. Rd8+ Kf7 26. Bd2 Rd6 27. Rxd6 Bxd6 28. Rf1 Kf6 29. Bc1 g5 30. Rd1 Ke6
31. Kg1 Rd5 32. Re1+ Re5 0-1

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Stirling"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lerchs, A"]
[Black "Nairn, Dr RC"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E58"]
[Annotator ",user"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a4 Re8 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. Bb5 Bd7
15. Bxc5 Qxc3 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Bd4 Qa5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qd4 Qd8 20. Rfc1 Re4
21. Qd1 Qd6 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Qf3 Kh8 24. Qg3 Qe5 25. Rc7 Be6 26. Rac1 a5 27. Rb7
Rg4 28. Qxe5 fxe5 29. f3 {An oversight which enables Black to change his
inferior position based on weak isolated pawns into a winning advantage based
on strong united pawns. [Glasgow Herald]} exd4 30. fxg4 dxe3 31. h3 d4 32. Rb2
d3 33. Kf1 d2 34. Rcb1 Bc4+ 35. Kg1 Kg7 36. Rc2 Bd3 0-1

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fallone, M.."]
[Black "Aitken, Dr. J.M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. Nf3 Bd6 4. Bg3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Ne4 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Ne5 O-O 8.
e3 Nd7 9. Nc4 Nf6 10. Nd2 b6 11. a3 Bb7 12. c4 a5 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. Qb3 Rfb8 15.
Qc2 c5 16. dxc5 Bxg3 17. hxg3 bxc5 18. Be2 Qc7 19. Nb1 Bc6 20. Nc3 Rd8 21. O-O
Rd7 22. a4 Rad8 23. Rcd1 Qe5 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Rd1 Qc7 26. Nb5 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1
Qd7 28. Qe1 Qd8 29. Qc3 h6 30. b3 Bxb5 31. axb5 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Stirling"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dickson"]
[Black "Beckingham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Annotator ",user"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 e6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bd2 c5 7. Rb1 Nc6 8. Nf3
Re8 9. Na4 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. f4 d5 12. b4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. bxc5 Bxe5 15.
cxb6 Nxb6 16. c5 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 Qc7 18. d4 Bc6 19. Qa3 Bxd4 20. Rf1 Rab8 21. Rb3
Bb5 22. Be3 Be5 23. Kf2 Bc4 24. Rb4 a5 25. Ra4 Rb2 ({Black could have played
for material gain here with} 25... Bb2 {but prefers instead to continue with
his mating plans.}) 26. Rxc4 dxc4 27. Bf4 Reb8 28. Kg1 Rb1 29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30.
Qxa5 Qe3+ 31. Kh1 Qxe2 32. Kg1 R1b2 0-1

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fallone, M.."]
[Black "Deas, H.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Ne5 Be7 7. Ndf3 Ne4 8.
Bd3 Nb6 9. g4 Bg6 10. h4 Nd6 11. Ng5 Bxd3 12. Nexf7 Nxf7 13. Nxe6 Qc8 14. Nxc7+
Kf8 15. Qxd3 Qxg4 16. Nxa8 Nxa8 17. Kd2 Nb6 18. b3 Nd6 19. f3 Qg2+ 20. Kc3 Kf7
21. Rag1 Rc8+ 22. Kb2 Rxc2+ 23. Qxc2 Ndc4+ 24. bxc4 Nxc4+ 25. Kb3 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Stirling"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Deas"]
[Black "Dickson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 Nc5 7. Nc3 Nxa4 8.
Nxe5 Be7 9. Nxa4 O-O 10. d4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 d5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Bf4 Qd7 14. Qe2
Bc5 15. Kh1 Rae8 16. Rad1 Bb4 17. a3 Ba5 18. b4 Bb6 19. Ne4 f6 20. c4 fxe5 21.
Bg3 c6 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. f3 Rf5 24. Qd3 Ref8 25. Nc3 Bd4 26. Ne4 Rh5 27. Nf2
Rxf3 28. gxf3 Bxf2 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. Bxe5 Qh3 31. Rg1 Bxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aitken, Dr. J.M."]
[Black "Dickson, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8.
O-O Bxc3 9. d5 Ne5 10. Qe2 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Bf6 12. Qxe4+ Qe7 13. Qc2 Be5 14. Bd3
Qd6 15. f4 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 h5 17. Qe2+ Kf8 18. Qe4 c5 19. Re1 g6 20. f5 b6 21.
fxg6 Bb7 22. gxf7 Bxd5 23. Qe8+ Kg7 24. Bf4 Qxf4 25. f8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Stirling"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Woods"]
[Black "Fallone"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 a6 5. Qg4 Nf6 6. Qxg7 Rg8 7. Qh6 Rg6 8. Qe3
c5 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. Nge2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ng4 12. Nxc6 Nxe3 13. Nxd8 Nxd1 14. Kxd1
Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Kxd8 16. exd5 exd5 17. g3 Bg4+ 18. Kd2 Bf5 19. Bg2 Rc8 20. Kc1 d4
21. Rd1 Rd6 22. Bxb7 Rc4 23. Ba5+ Kd7 24. Rd2 Ra4 25. b4 Rxa2 26. Kb1 Be6 27.
Be4 f5 28. Bxf5 Ra3 29. Bxh7 Rf3 30. Be4 Rf6 31. f4 Bf5 32. Bf3 Rfe6 33. g4 Re3
34. Bd1 Be4 35. f5 d3 36. c4 Rd4 37. Bb6 Re2 38. Bxd4 Rxd2 39. Ba4+ Ke7 40. f6+
Kf7 41. c5 Rxh2 42. Bb3+ Kf8 43. Kc1 d2+ 44. Kd1 Bf3+ 0-1

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Stirling"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cairncross"]
[Black "Marshall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E72"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. e4 Nbd7 7. Nge2 e5 8. d5
a5 9. O-O Nc5 10. Be3 b6 11. Bxc5 bxc5 12. Qc2 Ng4 13. h3 Nh6 14. g4 f5 15.
gxf5 gxf5 16. f4 Qh4 17. Rf3 fxe4 18. Qxe4 Bf5 19. Qe3 Rab8 20. b3 Rbe8 21.
Raf1 Bg6 22. Qf2 Qe7 23. Kh1 e4 24. Re3 Bd4 25. Nb5 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Nf5 27. Qc3
Qd7 28. Ng3 e3 29. Ne4 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Stirling"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dickson"]
[Black "Woods"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8.
f4 Nxe5 9. fxe5 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Bc4 e6 12. Qg4 Qxd4 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14.
Qxe6+ Be7 15. Rf1 Rf8 16. Bg5 Rxf1+ 17. Kxf1 Qd7 18. Qg8+ Bf8 19. e6 Bxg2+ 20.
Kxg2 Qd5+ 21. Kf2 Qxg5 22. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dickson, G.."]
[Black "Aitken, Dr. J.M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Bb5 a6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Kh1 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 c5 14. Qd2
h6 15. Bh4 Nxe4 16. Qf4 Ng5 17. Qg3 Bc6 18. f4 f6 19. fxg5 hxg5 20. Qg4 gxh4
21. Qxh4 Rb8 22. Qc4+ Rf7 23. Qxa6 Qd7 24. b3 d5 25. Qd3 Re8 26. Qf5 Qd6 27.
Rae1 Rfe7 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Qf2 d4 30. Nb1 Re5 31. Nd2 Qe6 32. Qf4 Rg5 33. Rf2
Rg4 0-1

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morton, I.."]
[Black "Cairncross, J.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[Annotator ",user"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Bb3 O-O 9. Be3 a6 10. f4 Na5 11. Qf3 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bd7 13. g4 Ne8 14. Kh1 Rc8
15. Rg1 e5 16. Nf5 g6 17. Nd5 Bxf5 18. gxf5 Nc7 19. fxe5 Nxd5 20. exd5 dxe5 21.
Bh6 Re8 22. Raf1 e4 23. Qh5 Bf8 24. fxg6 f6 25. Bxf8 (25. gxh7+ {mates quickly.
}) 25... Kxf8 26. Qxh7 Rc7 27. g7+ Ke7 28. g8=Q+ Kd6 29. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Stirling"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Irvine-Fortescue"]
[Black "Dickson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. b3 a5 8. Bb2 e5
9. d3 Qe8 10. Qd2 Na6 11. Ne1 Qh5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5+ Kh8 14. Bf3 Qg6 15.
Kh1 e4 16. Bg2 Nc5 17. f3 Bg5 18. f4 Bf6 19. Rb1 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Nd7 21. Nc2 Nf6
22. Qe1 Re8 23. Qf2 Ng4 24. Qg1 exd3 25. exd3 Re2 26. Rf3 Bd7 27. d4 Rae8 28.
Qc1 Qh5 29. h3 Nf2+ 30. Kg1 Nxh3+ 31. Kf1 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Stirling"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dickson"]
[Black "Macleod"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc2 d6 7. Be2 f5 8. f3
Qb6 9. Be3 Qxb2 10. Nba3 Nb4 11. O-O Nxc2 12. Nxc2 Nh6 13. c5 O-O 14. cxd6 exd6
15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. Qxd6 Qxc2 17. Bd4 Qxc4 18. Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Russell"]
[Black "Aitken"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60"]
[Annotator ",user"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. Nxd5 Nxd5 6. cxd5 d6 7. Nf3 Be7 8.
e4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O 11. Bd3 Bf6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qg3 Ne5 14. Bc2 Qb6
15. Rb1 Qa6 16. f4 Nc4 17. b3 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Ne5 19. Bd2 Nd7 20. Qh4 Qxa2 21.
Rbc1 Bf6 22. Qg4 Rad8 23. h4 Bb2 24. Rcd1 f5 25. exf5 Bd4 26. Rc1 Qa6 27. Qf3
b6 28. Rfe1 Rf7 29. Re6 Nf8 30. Qh5 Bf6 31. g4 Rc7 32. g5 Nxe6 33. fxe6 g6 34.
Bxg6 (34. gxf6 gxh5 35. Rg1+) 34... hxg6 35. Qxg6+ Bg7 36. f5 Qd3 37. h5 Qxd5+
38. Kg1 Qxd2 39. Rf1 Qd4+ 40. Kh2 Qh4+ 41. Kg1 Qd4+ 42. Kh2 Kh8 43. f6 Rg8 44.
Qf5 c4 45. Rf4 Qb2+ 46. Rf2 Qe5+ 47. Qxe5 dxe5 48. e7 c3 49. f7 Rxe7 50.
fxg8=Q+ Kxg8 51. h6 e4 0-1

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dickson, G.."]
[Black "Aitken, Dr. J.M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3
Bd7 9. d4 b5 10. Bb3 Ne8 11. Nbd2 Bf6 12. Nf1 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. dxc5 dxc5 15.
N3h2 Be6 16. Qf3 Nc4 17. b3 Nb6 18. Ba3 Be7 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Ne3 Nf6 21. Nhg4
Rad8 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Rd6 25. Qe4 g6 26. c4 Bg7 27. Bb2 f6
28. Qe2 Rb8 29. Bc3 b4 30. Bb2 a5 31. f4 Nd7 32. f5 Nf8 33. Qg4 Qf7 34. Bc1 g5
35. Be3 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fallone"]
[Black "Bruges"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nbd2 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. c3
c5 9. g4 Bb7 10. h4 Nxg4 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. hxg5+ Nh6 14. Qc2+ f5
15. gxf6+ Kg8 16. fxg7 Rxf4 17. Rxh6 Qg5 18. Qh7+ Kf7 19. g8=Q# 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Marshall"]
[Black "Dickson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 c5 5. Be3 cxd4 6. Bxd4 Nf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bb5
O-O 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Ng4 11. e5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Rad1 Be6 14. Ng5 Ne3
15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rf3 exf4 18. Rxf4 Bd4 19. Bd3 e5 20. Rf3 Ng4+
0-1

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aitken"]
[Black "Fallone"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. dxc5 Qc7 8. Qe2
Ng6 9. Bxg6 hxg6 10. O-O Bxc5 11. Bf4 a6 12. Re1 Ne7 13. a4 Nf5 14. Nbd2 Rc8
15. Rec1 Qd8 16. c4 Bc6 17. cxd5 Qxd5 18. Qc4 Qxc4 19. Rxc4 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rh4
21. Kg2 g5 22. Bxg5 Rxc4 23. Nxc4 Bxf2 24. b3 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Kxf2 bxc4
27. bxc4 Rxc4 28. Ra8+ Kd7 29. Rf8 Rc2+ 30. Kg1 Re2 31. f4 Ra2 32. Rxf7+ Kc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dickson"]
[Black "Fallone"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. f3 Nfd7 6. e4 Bg6 7. Bd3 Ne5 8. Be2
f5 9. f4 Nf7 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Bd3 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 g6 14. O-O Bg7 15.
Qc2 Qc7 16. Rb1 Qb6 17. Bd2 Nf6 18. Ng5 Nxg5 19. fxg5 Nh5 20. Qa4+ 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aitken, Dr. J.M."]
[Black "Perkins, N.A.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Qc7 11. Bb3 Be6 12. O-O a6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 b5
15. a4 Nh5 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Rad1 Ra7 19. c3 Rc8 20. Re4 Qc5+ 21.
Kh1 Nf5 22. Rde1 Rcc7 23. Bc2 Rcb7 24. Rf4 e5 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. Rxe6 Re7 27.
Bxf5 gxf5 28. b4 Qc8 29. Rxd6 Rad7 30. h3 Qc7 31. Rfd4 Rxd6 32. Rxd6 Re1+ 33.
Qxe1 Qxd6 34. axb5 axb5 35. Kg1 Kf7 36. Qe2 Qd5 37. f4 Kg6 38. Qe8+ Kf6 39. Kh2
h6 40. Kg3 Qd3+ 41. Kh4 Kg7 42. Kh5 Kf6 43. Qg6+ Ke7 44. Kxh6 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fallone, M.."]
[Black "Perkins, N.A.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. Bb2 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. c4 Qe4+ 6. Be2 Nf6 7. d4 Bf5 8.
Nd2 Qc2 9. Qxc2 Bxc2 10. Bf3 Nc6 11. Ne2 e6 12. O-O Be7 13. d5 Nd8 14. Nd4 Bd3
15. Rfe1 O-O 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Nxe6 Nxe6 18. Rxe6 Bc5 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. Bxf6
Rxe6 21. Rxe6 Rxf6 22. Re5 b6 23. Bd5+ Kf8 24. Nf3 h6 25. g4 g5 26. Kg2 a5 27.
h4 gxh4 28. g5 hxg5 29. Nxg5 Rxf2+ 30. Kh1 Kg7 31. Ne6+ Kf6 32. Nxc5 bxc5 33.
Re6+ Kg5 34. Re8 Rxa2 35. Rg8+ Kf4 36. Rf8+ Ke3 37. Rf3+ Kd4 38. Rf4+ Kc3 39.
Rf3 b3 40. Be4 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dickson, G.."]
[Black "Perkins, N.A.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. f3
Nc6 9. Qd2 a6 10. h4 h5 11. O-O-O Kh7 12. g4 Ne5 13. Bb3 hxg4 14. f4 Ned7 15.
h5 gxh5 16. e5 dxe5 17. Qd3+ Kg8 18. Ne6 Qa5 19. Nxf8 Nxf8 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21.
Bxd5 exf4 22. Rxh5 Be6 23. Bd4 Rd8 24. Rdh1 Ng6 25. Rh8+ Bxh8 26. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Scottish Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McKay"]
[Black "Freeman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bc5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qg4 Bf8 12. Rfe1 d6 13. Re3 Bd7 14. Rae1
O-O-O 15. Bf1 h5 16. Qf3 Kb8 17. b4 Bh6 18. Rd3 Rdg8 19. Rb1 f5 20. b5 a5 21.
Qd1 Bf4 22. b6 Qc5 23. exf5 Qxf5 24. Rxd6 Qe5 25. Rxd7 Qxc3 26. Rxb7+ Kxb7 27.
Qd7+ Kb8 28. Qa7+ Kc8 29. b7+ Kd7 30. b8=Q+ Kc6 31. Qb5+ Kd6 32. Qad7# 1-0

