Rowson v Hillarp Persson Challenge Match


Rowson tames the Tiger


IM Jonathan Rowson won his six game match against Swedish IM Tiger Hillarp Persson which took place from 14-19 December at the Edinburgh Capital Moat House Hotel, Clermiston Road, Edinburgh.

Put a Tiger in your bank!


Rowson, 20, receives 3,500 pounds and Persson 1,500 pounds. In December 1996 Rowson won 3,500 by beating English GM Keith Arkell in Edinburgh and was consoled with 1,500 when he lost to GM Julian Hodgson in Rotherham in March 1997. The taxman cometh...!

Rowson,J (2490) - Hillarp-Persson,T (2445) [B40] Edinburgh Challenge (Game 1)

1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 b3 Nc6 4 Bb2 a6 5 c4 Nf6 6 e5 Ng4 7 Qe2 d6 8 exd6 Qxd6 9 Nc3 Nh6 10 Ne4 Qd8 11 d4 cxd4 12 0-0-0 Qa5 13 Nxd4 Bd7 14 Bc3 Qc7 15 Nc2 b6 16 g3 Nf5 17 Bh3 0-0-0 18 Rd2 Kb8 19 Rhd1 f6 20 Kb1 Be7 21 c5 bxc5 22 Qxa6 Bc8 23 Qc4 Rxd2 24 Rxd2 Na5 25 Bxa5 Qxa5 26 Bxf5 exf5 27 b4 cxb4 28 Rd5 Ba6 29 Qd4 Qc7 30 Nc5 Bxc5 31 Rxc5 Rd8 32 Nxb4 Bb7 33 Qe3 Qd6 34 Kb2 Qd2+ 35 Qxd2 Rxd2+ 36 Rc2 Rd4 37 Kc3 Re4 38 Nd3 g5 39 Rb2 Re6 40 Rxb7+ 1-0

Hillarp-Persson,T (2445) - Rowson,J (2490) [D85] Edinburgh Challenge (Game 2)

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 d5 4 cxd5 Nxd5 5 e4 Nxc3 6 bxc3 c5 7 Be3 cxd4 8 cxd4 e5 9 Nf3 Bb4+ 10 Bd2 Bxd2+ 11 Qxd2 exd4 12 Nxd4 0-0 13 Bc4 Re8 14 Qf4 Re7 15 Rd1 Qa5+ 16 Kf1 Qc7 17 Qxc7 Rxc7 18 Bd5 Bd7 19 Ke2 Na6 20 Rc1 Rac8 21 Rxc7 Rxc7 22 Rb1 b6 23 Kd2 Kf8 24 h4 h5 25 f4 Rc5 26 Rc1 Rxc1 27 Kxc1 Ke7 28 Kd2 Nc7 29 Bb3 Ne6 30 Bxe6 Bxe6 31 Nxe6 Kxe6 32 Kc3 Kd6 33 Kc4 a6 34 Kd4 b5 35 e5+ Kc6 36 Ke4 a5 37 f5 b4 38 g4 hxg4 39 e6 gxf5+ 40 Ke5 fxe6 0-1

Rowson,J (2490) - Hillarp-Persson,T (2445) [B40] Edinburgh Challenge (Game 3)

1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 b3 Nc6 4 Bb2 a6 5 c4 Nf6 6 e5 Ng4 7 h3 Nh6 8 Bd3 Be7 9 0-0 0-0 10 Be4 Kh8 11 Nc3 f6 12 exf6 Bxf6 13 Qb1 Nd4 14 Nxd4 Bxd4 15 Bxh7 d5 16 Nd1 e5 17 Bxd4 cxd4 18 cxd5 Bxh3 19 Be4 Qg5 20 Qd3 Rf4 21 Qxh3 Rxe4 22 f4 Rxf4 23 Rxf4 Qxf4 24 Nf2 Qxd2 25 Ne4 Qe2 26 Ng5 Qg4 27 Nf7+ Kh7 28 Qd3+ Qf5 29 Nxe5 Qxd3 30 Nxd3 Rd8 31 Nf4 g5 32 Ne6 Rxd5 33 Rd1 d3 34 b4 Ng4 35 Nc5 d2 36 Ne4 Re5 37 Nxg5+ Rxg5 38 Rxd2 Rg7 39 a4 Kg6 40 Kf1 Kf5 41 b5 axb5 42 Rd5+ Ke4 43 Rxb5 Ne3+ 44 Ke1 Nxg2+ 45 Kd2 Kd4 46 Rb4+ Kc5 47 Re4 Kb6 48 Ke2 Rf7 49 Re5 Nf4+ 50 Ke3 Re7 0-1

Hillarp-Persson,T (2445) - Rowson,J (2490) [D85] Edinburgh Challenge (Game 4)

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 d5 4 cxd5 Nxd5 5 e4 Nxc3 6 bxc3 c5 7 Be3 Bg7 8 Qd2 Qa5 9 Nf3 0-0 10 Rc1 cxd4 11 cxd4 Qxd2+ 12 Kxd2 Rd8 13 Rc7 Nc6 14 d5 e6 15 Bg5 f6 16 Kc1 fxg5 17 dxc6 g4 18 Bc4 gxf3 19 cxb7 Bh6+ 20 Kc2 Bxb7 21 Bxe6+ Kh8 22 Rxb7 fxg2 23 Rg1 Rd2+ 24 Kb3 Rxf2 25 e5 Rd8 26 Bd7 Bg7 27 Bc6 Bxe5 28 Rxg2 Rd3+ 29 Kc4 Rc3+ 30 Kb5 a6+ 31 Ka5 Ra3+ 32 Kb4 Bd6+ 33 Kc4 Rxg2 34 Bxg2 Rxa2 35 Bc6 Bxh2 36 Kd5 Re2 37 Ra7 a5 38 Bd7 Re5+ 39 Kd6 Kg7 40 Be6+ Kh6 41 Ke7 Kg5 42 Kf7 Kh4 43 Ra6 g5 0-1

Rowson,J (2490) - Hillarp-Persson,T (2445) [B84] Edinburgh Challenge (Game 5)

1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 a6 6 Be3 e6 7 Be2 Nbd7 8 0-0 b5 9 a4 b4 10 Na2 Nxe4 11 Nxb4 Bb7 12 Bh5 Ndf6 13 Nxe6 Qa5 14 Nd3 Qxh5 15 Nc7+ Kd7 16 Nxa8 Bxa8 17 f3 Ng5 18 Nf4 Qh4 19 Qd4 Nd5 20 Qa7+ 1-0

Hillarp-Persson,T (2445) - Rowson,J (2490) [A00] Edinburgh Challenge (Game 6)

1 g3 e5 2 Bg2 d5 3 d3 Be6 4 Nf3 f6 5 0-0 Qd7 6 c3 c5 7 a3 c4 8 Nbd2 Nh6 9 b3 cxd3 10 exd3 Nf7 11 c4 Be7 12 Re1 Nc6 13 Bb2 d4 14 b4 0.5-0.5

THE 2ND CALEDONIAN MASTERS

Monday 15th to Friday 19th December, 1997


Won by IM Danny Gormally - see SCA Grading page for full results

2,000 pounds in prize money

A nine-round swiss tournament rated by FIDE and valid for title norms & part of the Leigh Grand Prix.

Chief Arbiter: Simon Gillam (FIDE Arbiter)

PRIZES: 1st - 900 2nd - 500 3rd - 300 4th - 200 5th - 100 Money prizes shared.

SCHEDULE: Rate of play 40/2 then 1 hour to finish (six hour sessions). Rounds Monday to Thursday at 9.30am and 4.30pm. The final round is at 9.30am on Friday 19th December. Prizes will be awarded by 4.30pm on Friday.

TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: Adam Raoof, 21 Golderton, Prince of Wales Close, Hendon, London NW4 4QZ. Tel/fax: 0044 (0) 181 202 0982. E-mail: Adam Raoof