SCOTTISH No.1 GM Colin McNab, from Dundee, was on top form taking the first
prize of 500 pounds at Scotland's premier weekend tournament,
the Edinburgh Congress, played at George Heriot's School.
Going into the crucial final round, McNab, who was the only player with a
maximum score of 4/4, faced his toughest opponent of the weekend, IM Steve
Mannion. At one stage it looked as if the game and first place was going to
Mannion. However, being pressed for time, Mannion couldn't find a clear
route to victory and had to settle for a draw giving McNab first place.
15-year old Elaine Rutherford, from Edinburgh, with an impressive 3/5 in the
Open, became the first female to lift the Edinburgh Evening News Cup awarded
to the best-placed under-18 junior in the top section.
Kilmarnock proved to be at the wrong end of two tournament novelty prizes
for the congress. The giant-killing prize for the tournament was awarded to
Stephen Brown, Ardrossan, for his round three win over one of the
pre-tournament favourites, John Shaw, Kilmarnock - a grading gap between the
two of 425-points. The best game prize was awarded to Sam Collins, of
Glasgow Montrose, for his round two victory in the Open over Nicholas
Cameron, Kilmarnock.
Prize winners
Open - 1 GM C McNab (Dundee) 4.5/5; 2-4 IM S Mannion (Crowwood), A Norris
(Crowwood) G Paterson (Mussleburgh) 4.
Challengers - 1 A Melville (Edin Civil Ser) 4.5/5; 2-4 R Dickson (Kinross),
D Heron (W.Dragons) D Russell (Bon Accord) 4.
Major - 1-3 R Austin (Edin Civil Ser), S Balmer (Edinburgh) G Murphy
(Edinburgh) 4.5/5.
Bishops - 1-2 S Donohoe (Kirkcaldy) N Boustred (Newcastle) 4.5/5.
Knights - 1-3 M Perrow (Holy Cross), S Robinson (Livingston) M Murphy
(Cheshire) 4.5/5
[Event "Edinburgh Congress"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cameron, N."]
[Black "Collins, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[PlyCount "34"]
1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. g3 h5 6. d4 h4 7. Qd3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 hxg3 9. Qxb7 Qh4 10. Bg2 gxh2+ 11. Kd1 Qxd4+ 12. Nd2 Ne7 13. Qxa8 c6 14.
Qb7 Qg1+ 15. Rxg1 hxg1=Q+ 16. Bf1 Rh1 17. Qb3 Nf5 0-1
[Event "Edinburgh Congress"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Robinson, S."]
[Black "Lamb, H."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "43"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. b3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. Bb2 a6 8. c4 O-O
9. Nbd2 dxc4 10. bxc4 Qc7 11. Qe2 Nb4 12. Bb1 Bd7 13. a3 Nc6 14. Qd3 g6 15. d5
exd5 16. cxd5 Na5 17. d6 c4 18. Qd4 Qxd6 19. Qxd6 Bxd6 20. Bxf6 b5 21. Ne4 Bc7
22. Be7 1-0
[Event "Edinburgh Congress"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Brown, S."]
[Black "Mannion, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "80"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 g6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. O-O Bg7 7. c3 O-O 8. e4
d6 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Re1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Ba6 Bxa6 13. Qxa6 Qc8 14. Qxc8
Rfxc8 15. f4 Nd3 16. Rf1 e5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. N4f3 Rc7 19. Ne1 Nxc1 20. Rxc1
Rd8 21. Rc2 Ng4 22. Rf3 Rcd7 23. Nf1 Rd1 24. Re2 h5 25. h3 Nf6 26. a3 Nh7 27.
Ne3 R1d7 28. Nd5 Ng5 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. Rxf6 Ne6 31. Rff2 Nf4 32. Re3 Rd1 33.
Kh2 R8d2 34. Rxd2 Rxd2 35. b4 b5 36. Kg3 Kf8 37. Kf3 Ke7 38. h4 f6 39. g3 Nh3
40. Rd3 Ng1+ 0-1
[Event "Edinburgh Congress"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harvey, A."]
[Black "Bryson, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[PlyCount "82"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nbd7 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8.
Nxe5 Qxe5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Re1 O-O 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bg4 14. h3
Bh5 15. b3 Be5 16. Rb1 Bc3 17. Bd2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rad8 19. Bxc3 Rxd1 20. Rbxd1
Qe7 21. Rd2 Rd8 22. Red1 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Nd7 24. Bb5 Nf8 25. f4 h6 26. Kh2 a6 27.
Bc4 Nd7 28. Bd5 b5 29. Bf3 g5 30. Rd1 gxf4 31. exf4 Kf8 32. Bc6 Nf6 33. Be5
Ng4+ 34. Kg2 Nxe5 35. fxe5 Qxe5 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Ra8 c4 38. bxc4 bxc4 39. Rxa6
c3 40. Ba4 Qd5+ 41. Kh2 Qxa2 0-1
[Event "Edinburgh Congress"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Norris, A."]
[Black "Robinson, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[PlyCount "67"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 d6 6. e4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 g6 8. a4 Bg7
9. Nh3 O-O 10. Nf2 Qa5 11. Bd2 axb5 12. Bxb5 Ba6 13. O-O Rfb8 14. Qe2 Ne8 15.
f4 Nc7 16. e5 dxe5 17. Ng4 Qb4 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Qd4+ 20. Kh1 Bxe5 21.
Rad1 Rxb5 22. axb5 Bc8 23. Bf4 Qxf4 24. Rxf4 Bxf4 25. Qxe7 Bg4 26. Rf1 c4 27.
h3 Re8 28. Qf6 g5 29. Rxf4 gxf4 30. hxg4 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Ne8 32. Qxf4 Kg7 33. b6
Nf6 34. Qg5+ 1-0
[Event "Edinburgh Congress"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wiltshire, R."]
[Black "Storey, C."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "106"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. f5 Nge7 7. fxe6 dxe6 8.
O-O O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Bb3 a6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Qd2 Nxb3 13. axb3 e5 14. Bh6 f6
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qf2 Be6 17. Na4 Rac8 18. Qg3 b5 19. Nc3 Qb6 20. Kh1 Nc6 21.
Rf2 Rf7 22. Raf1 Rcf8 23. Nh4 Ne7 24. Nf5+ Bxf5 25. exf5 g5 26. Qe3 Rc8 27. Rf3
Qc6 28. Rh3 Nd5 29. Nxd5 Qxd5 30. Rh5 Kh8 31. h4 g4 32. Qg3 Rg7 33. Rh6 Rc6 34.
Re1 Kg8 35. Re4 Qd6 36. Rxg4 Rcc7 37. Rxg7+ Rxg7 38. Qf3 e4 39. Qh5 Qc6 40. Qe2
e3 41. Kg1 Rg3 42. Kh2 Qc7 43. Kg1 Qg7 44. Kh2 Qg4 45. Qxg4+ Rxg4 46. Rxf6 Re4
47. dxe4 e2 48. Rxa6 e1=Q 49. Re6 Qxh4+ 50. Kg1 Qe1+ 51. Kh2 Qe2 52. Kg3 Qxc2
53. Kf4 Qxg2 0-1
[Event "Edinburgh Congress"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McNab, C."]
[Black "Rutherford, W."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[PlyCount "55"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 h6 8. b3 e5
9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Bb2 Ngxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qd2 Rb8 13. Rad1 Be6 14. h3 f5 15.
Nd5 g5 16. f4 Ng6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd4+ Kh7 19. e4 fxe4 20. fxg5 hxg5 21. Bxe4
Bxh3 22. Nf6+ Kh6 23. Bxg6 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 c6 25. Qg4 Qb6+ 26. Kg2 Rh8 27. Qh5+
Kg7 28. Ne8+ 1-0
[Event "Edinburgh Congress"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bryson, D."]
[Black "Norris, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "96"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Bd3 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15.
g4 Ba6 16. g5 Qc7 17. Kb1 Rfc8 18. Qe3 a4 19. Rc1 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Qc5 21. Rhd1 a3
22. b3 Qxd4 23. Nxd4 Nc5 24. Bxa6 Rxa6 25. c4 Ne4 26. Ne2 Rac6 27. Rd4 Kf8 28.
Rf1 Ke7 29. Kc2 f5 30. gxf6+ gxf6 31. exf6+ Nxf6 32. Kd3 dxc4+ 33. Rxc4 Rxc4
34. bxc4 Re8 35. Nd4 Rd8 36. Rb1 Ng4 37. c5 Rd5 38. c6 Kd6 39. Rc1 e5 40. fxe5+
Nxe5+ 41. Ke4 Ng6 42. c7 Re5+ 43. Kd3 Ne7 44. c8=Q Nxc8 45. Rxc8 Rc5 46. Rxc5
Kxc5 47. Nb3+ Kd5 48. Nd4 h5 {Time} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Edinburgh Congress"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Eynon, D."]
[Black "Farrell, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[PlyCount "58"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. h3 Bd7 15.
Re1 h6 16. Be3 Nh5 17. Rc1 Nf4 18. Bf1 Rf6 19. g3 Ng6 20. Bg2 Raf8 21. Nh2 Nge7
22. Ng4 Rg6 23. f4 Nf5 24. Qd3 h5 25. Ne5 Rxg3 26. Kh2 Bxe5 27. fxe5 Nxe5 28.
dxe5 Qxe5 29. Bc5 Re3+ 0-1
[Event "Edinburgh Congress"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mannion, S."]
[Black "McNab, C."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "109"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O Ne7 6. Re1 a6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2
Nd7 9. Nf1 b5 10. Bb3 c5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Bg3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nb6 15.
Rc1 Bb7 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Rxc8 Nexc8 18. h3 d5 19. e5 Nc4 20. Qc1 Ne7 21. Bf4 g5
22. Be3 Nf5 23. Bc2 Qd7 24. b3 Ncxe3 25. fxe3 Rc8 26. Qb1 Rc3 27. Bxf5 exf5 28.
Ng3 Bc8 29. Rc1 Rxc1+ 30. Qxc1 Bf8 31. Nh5 Qb7 32. Nf6+ Kh8 33. g4 Bg7 34. Qc5
fxg4 35. hxg4 Be6 36. Kf2 Qa8 37. Qc7 a5 38. a4 bxa4 39. bxa4 Bxf6 40. exf6 Qc8
41. Qxa5 Bxg4 42. Qxd5 Qc2+ 43. Kg3 Bxf3 44. Qxf3 Kh7 45. d5 Kg6 46. e4 h5 47.
d6 Qxa4 48. Qd3 h4+ 49. Kf3 Qd7 50. e5+ Kh6 51. Kf2 Qa7+ 52. Qe3 Qa2+ 53. Qe2
Qd5 54. Qe3 Kg6 55. Qe2 1/2-1/2
[Event "Edinburgh Congress"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Paterson, G."]
[Black "Muir, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[PlyCount "89"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. c3 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Nbd2
d6 9. Nf1 h6 10. Ng3 Be6 11. Bc4 Qd7 12. Be3 Na5 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. b4 cxb4 15.
cxb4 Nac6 16. b5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Bd2 a6 19. a4 Rfc8 20. Rc1 Qa2 21. bxa6
bxa6 22. Bb4 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Qxa4 24. Bxd6 Nc6 25. e5 Qb5 26. e6 fxe6 27. Rxe6
Qd5 28. Rxg6 Kh7 29. Rg4 Rd8 30. Bf4 Nb4 31. Qd2 Qb5 32. h3 Nxd3 33. Nh5 Bh8
34. Kh2 Nxf4 35. Nxf4 d3 36. Qa2 Qe8 37. Qxa6 Be5 38. Qb7+ Kh8 39. g3 d2 40.
Ng6+ Qxg6 41. Rxg6 d1=Q 42. Rxh6+ Kg8 43. Qh7+ Kf8 44. Qf5+ Ke7 45. Qxe5+ 1-0
[Event "Edinburgh Congress"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Robinson, S."]
[Black "Nolan, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "87"]
1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Qc7 6. Qe2 Nge7 7. O-O Nf5 8. c3
Be7 9. d3 h5 10. h4 b6 11. Re1 Ba6 12. Bf4 Rd8 13. Nbd2 Kf8 14. Nf1 Kg8 15.
Rac1 Qd7 16. Ne3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 g6 18. Rf1 Rh7 19. Bh3 Qc7 20. Rf2 Rd7 21. Qc2
Qd8 22. d4 Rc7 23. Qb1 Qc8 24. Rd1 b5 25. Ng5 Bxg5 26. Bxg5 b4 27. Rf6 Ne7 28.
Rf2 Nc6 29. Re1 Bc4 30. b3 Bb5 31. e4 dxe4 32. c4 Ba6 33. d5 Nd4 34. Qxe4 Bb7
35. Kh2 Qd7 36. Bg2 Rc8 37. Bh3 Re8 38. Ref1 Qc7 39. Rxf7 Qxf7 40. Rxf7 Rxf7
41. Qxg6+ Kf8 42. Bf6 Ree7 43. Bxe7+ Kxe7 44. Bg2 1-0
John Henderson - "Scotsman"