Championship round 1, July 5
1 K Beaton 0:1 D Bryson (40; Semi-Slav Def) 2 C McNab 1:0 A Grant (34;King's Indian Def) 3 W Buchanan 0:1 J Shaw (57; Philidor Def) 4 C Crouch 1:0 J Stevenson (37; Nimzo Indian Def) 5 A Norris 1:0 E Campbell (50; Sicilian Def) 6 J Parkin 0:1 T Upton (44; Two Knights Def) 7 I Robertson draw G Nolan (30; French Def)
Championship round 2, July 6
1 D Bryson draw C McNab (45; Pirc Def) 2 J Shaw 1:0 A Norris (43; French Def) 3 T Upton draw C Crouch (35; Sicilian Def) 4 E Campbell draw K Beaton (30; King's Indian Def) 5 A Grant 0:1 I Robertson (52; Trompovsky) 6 J Stevenson 1:0 J Parkin (35; Sicilian Def) 7 G Nolan 0:1 W Buchanan (35; French Def)
Placings after r2: 1 FM J Shaw 2; 2-6 IM C Crouch, IM D Bryson, FM T Upton, GM C McNab & I Robertson 1.5; 7-9 W Buchanan, A Norris & J Stevenson 1; 10-11 G Nolan & K Beaton 0.5; 12 J Parkin & A Grant 0.
Championship round 3, July 7
1 C McNab draw J Shaw (33; English Op) 2 C Crouch draw D Bryson (55;Queen's Gambit Dec) 3 I Robertson 0:1 T Upton (35; Vienna Op) 4 A Norris 1:0 J Stevenson (50; Scandanavian Def) 5 W Buchanan draw E Campbell (30;Sicilian Def) 6 K Beaton draw G Nolan (25; Catalan Op) 7 J Parkin 1:0 A Grant (28; French Def)
Placings after r3: 1-2 FM J Shaw & FM T Upton 2.5; 3-6 IM C Crouch, GM C McNab, IM D Bryson & A Norris 2; 7-8 W Buchanan & I Robertson 1.5; 9-13 J Stevenson, K Beaton, G Nolan, J Parkin & E Campbell 1; A Grant 0.
Championship round 4, July 8
1 J Shaw draw T Upton (18; King's Gambit) 2 C Crouch draw C McNab (27;English Op) 3 D Bryson draw A Norris (17; Sicilian Def) 4 W Buchanan 0:1 I Robertson (25; Philidor Def) 5 J Stevenson draw K Beaton (31; French Def) 6 G Nolan draw J Parkin (40; Sicilian Def) 7 E Campbell draw A Grant (55;King's Indian Attack)
Placings after r4: 1-2 FM J Shaw & FM T Upton 3/4; 3-7 IM C Crouch, IM D Bryson, GM Colin McNab, A Norris & I Robertson 2.5; 8-13 W Buchanan, J Stevenson, K Beaton, G Nolan, J Parkin & E Campbell 1.5; 14 A Grant 0.5.
Championship round 5, July 9
1 I Robertson 0:1 J Shaw (36; Philidor Def) 2 T Upton 0:1 D Bryson (27;Scandinavian Def) 3 A Norris 1:0 C Crouch (48; Sicilian Def) 4 C McNab 1:0 J Stevenson (29; English Op) 5 K Beaton draw W Buchanan (49; Nimzo-Indian) 6 J Parkin 1:0 E Campbell (55; Sicilian Def) 7 A Grant 1:0 G Nolan (25;French Def)
Placings after r5: 1 FM J Shaw 4/5; 2-4 IM D Bryson, A Norris & GM C McNab 3.5; 5 FM T Upton 3; 6-8 IM C Crouch, I Robertson & J Parkin 2.5; 9-10 K Beaton & W Buchanan 2; 11-14 J Stevenson, A Grant, E Campbell & G Nolan 1.5.
Championship round 6, July 10
1 J Shaw draw D Bryson (26; French Def) 2 A Norris 0:1 C McNab (62; King's Indian Def) 3 T Upton draw K Beaton (42; Philidor Def) 4 C Crouch 1:0 I Robertson (36; Dutch Def) 5 W Buchanan draw J Parkin (49; Sicilian Def) 6 J Stevenson 0:1 A Grant (34; King's Indian Def) 7 E Campbell draw G Nolan (21; Catalan Op)
Placings after r6: 1-2 GM C McNab & FM J Shaw 4.5/6; 3 IM D Bryson 4;4-6 FM T Upton, IM C Crouch & A Norris 3.5; 7 J Parkin 3; 8-11 K Beaton, A Grant, W Buchanan & I Robertson 2.5; 12-13 E Campbell & G Nolan 2; 14 J Stevenson 1.5.
Championship round 7, July 11
1 C McNab draw T Upton (27; English Op) 2 J Shaw 0:1 C Crouch (49; Sicilian Def) 3 D Bryson 1:0 J Parkin (39; Sicilian Def) 4 K Beaton 0:1 A Norris (38; Queen's Pawn) 5 A Grant 1:0 W Buchanan (73; Trompovsky) 6 I Robertson 1:0 E Campbell (24; French Def) 7 G Nolan draw J Stevenson (25;King's Gambit)
Championship round 8, July 12
1 I Robertson draw C McNab (41; Pirc Def) 2 D Bryson 1:0 A Grant (85;Sicilian Def) 3 T Upton 0:1 A Norris (32; French Def) 4 G Nolan draw J Shaw (22; Queen's Pawn) 5 W Buchanan 0:1 C Crouch (28; Sicilian Def) 6 J Parkin 1:0 K Beaton (27; French Def) 7 J Stevenson draw E Campbell (12;English Op)
Placings after r8: 1 IM D Bryson 6/8; 2-4 GM C McNab, A Norris & IM C Crouch 5.5; 5 FM J Shaw 5; 6-8 I Robertson, J Parkin & FM T Upton 4; 9 AGrant 3.5; 10 G Nolan 3; 11-14 K Beaton, E Campbell, J Stevenson & W Buchanan 2.5.
Championship round 9, July 13
1 D Bryson 1:0 I Robertson (33; Philidor Def) 2 C McNab 1:0 J Parkin (37;English Op) 3 A Grant 0:1 C Crouch (23; Queen's Pawn) 4 K Beaton 0:1 J Shaw (30; Sicilian Def) 5 A Norris 1:0 G Nolan (60; French Def) 6 E Campbell 1:0 T Upton (52; King's Indian Att) 7 J Stevenson draw W Buchanan (13; English Op)
Aviemore (SCO), VII 1997
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1 Bryson, Douglas M m SCO 2375 +14 = 2 = 3 = 4 + 6 = 5 + 8 +10 + 7 7.0 2487
2 McNab, Colin A g SCO 2490 +10 = 1 = 5 = 3 +12 + 4 = 6 = 7 + 8 6.5 2422
3 Crouch, Colin S m ENG 2375 +12 = 6 = 1 = 2 - 4 + 7 + 5 +13 +10 6.5 2448
4 Norris, Alan SCO 2280 + 9 - 5 +12 = 1 + 3 - 2 +14 + 6 +11 6.5 2422
5 Shaw, John f SCO 2390 +13 + 4 = 2 = 6 + 7 = 1 - 3 =11 +14 6.0 2429
6 Upton, Timothy J f SCO 2280 + 8 = 3 + 7 = 5 - 1 =14 = 2 - 4 - 9 4.0 2217
7 Robertson, Ian C SCO 2210 =11 +10 - 6 +13 - 5 - 3 + 9 = 2 - 1 4.0 2247
8 Parkin, James SCO 2035 - 6 -12 +10 =11 + 9 =13 - 1 +14 - 2 4.0 2188
9 Campbell, Eoin SCO 2050 - 4 =14 =13 =10 - 8 =11 - 7 =12 + 6 3.5 2096
10 Grant, Alan SCO 2205 - 2 - 7 - 8 = 9 +11 +12 +13 - 1 - 3 3.5 2090
11 Nolan,Graeme ---- = 7 -13 =14 = 8 -10 = 9 =12 = 5 - 4 3.0 2055
12 Stevenson, James SCO 2155 - 3 + 8 - 4 =14 - 2 -10 =11 = 9 =13 3.0 2075
13 Buchanan, Walter F SCO 2160 - 5 +11 = 9 - 7 =14 = 8 -10 - 3 =12 3.0 2002
14 Beaton, Kenneth S SCO 2140 - 1 = 9 =11 =12 =13 = 6 - 4 - 8 - 5 2.5 2022
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Scottish Chess Championships
1997
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Scottish Chess Championships 1997
Scottish Open: 1 Brian Keogh (Grangemouth) 6/7; 2-6 Scott Crockart (Didcot),Adrian Jackson (British Airways), Donald MacKenzie, Kevin Shaw (both Inverness)& Stephen Smith (Stirling) 4.5.
Scottish Major: 1-2 Gavin Saxton (Kirkcaldy) & Michael Stanners(Athenaeum) 6/7; 3 David Gillespie (Crowwood) 4.5.
Scottish Minor: 1 Paul McQuillan (Edinburgh) 5.5/7; 2-4 Donald Grassie (Bon Accord), Robert McCord (Livingston) & Ian Washington (Kinross) 5.
Scottish Senior Championship: 1 Alan Murphy (Oban) 5/6; 2 Hugh Flockhart(Lasswade) 4.
Weekend Open: 1-3 Graeme Fyfe ((Kirkcaldy), Stewart Haslinger (Formby) & IM Mark Orr (Wandering Dragons) 4/5.
Weekend Major: 1 Kenny McCaffrey (Glasgow Montrose) 4.5/5; 2-3 Ross Brennan (Bon Accord) & Joe Redpath (Edinburgh West) 4.
Weekend Minor: 1-5 Andrew Willetts (West Kilbride), James Baillie (Kirkcaldy), Paul Rivers (Carlisle), Trevor Dickerson (Maldon) & Richard Birkett (Inverness) 4/5.
Weekend U-14 & Primary: U-14: 1 Toby Haslinger (Formby) 5.5/6; 2 Craig Morrison (Ho Chi Minh City) 4.5 Primary: 1-2 Christopher MacDonald (Stirling)& Iain Hunter (Dunfermline) 4; 3 Duncan Morrison (Ho Chi Minh City) 3.5.