110th Scottish Chess Championships Prize Winners

By Dave Stewart

Championship

1st = GM Paul Motwani (Dundee Victoria), WGM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (Edinburgh West) 7/9 points, £375 each.

3rd Graeme Kafka (Largs) 6/9 points, £125.

4th= IM Craig Pritchett (Dunbar), Mark Fraser (Musselburgh), Iain Gourlay (Leeds), Jonathan Grant (Edinburgh West) 5/9 points, £20 each.

Seniors

1st Robert Clapham (Castlehill) 6/7 points, £150

2nd Michael Roth (Perth) 5.5/7 points, £70

Grading Prize James MacRae (Crowwood) 4.5/7 points, £30

Open

1st Duncan Grassie (Edinburgh) 8/9 points, £150

2nd Jarl Hendrick Kues (Shettleston) 6.5/9 points, £70

Challengers

1st Ian MacLean (Balerno) 6/7 points, £150

2nd Alan Melville (Civil Service) 5/7 points, £70

Major

1st = George Murphy (Concord), Richard Carter (Wandering Dragons), 5.5/7 points, £110 each.

Grading Prize Kenny McGeoch (Stirling) 5/7 points, £30

All the winners of the week events received a pair of presentation whisky glasses.

Edinburgh Chess Congress 2003 Prize Winners

Premier Event

1st GM Ganbold Odondoo (Mongolia) 5/5 points, £300

2nd = George Neave (Edinburgh West), Martin Mitchell (Shettleston) 4/5 points, £75 each.

Grading Prize = Peter Bauer (Brighton), Kenny Malkin (Kilmarnock) 3/5 points, £15 each.

U18 Daniel MacGowan (Tiree) 3/5 points, £30

Evening News Cup & Book prize, donated by Chess Suppliers Scotland.

Candidates Event

1st = David Wallace (Wandering Dragons), Richard Birkett (Inverness) 5/5 points, £110 each.

Grading Prize = Brian Henderson (Phones), Duncan Stuart (Wandering Dragons), Richard Carter (Wandering Dragons) 3.5/5 points, £10 each.

Rooks Event

1st James McCafferty (Polytechnic) 4.5/5 points, £150

2nd= Paul MacDonald (Glasgow Montrose), John Smith (Grangemouth), Derek Cooper (Oban), Bill Platts (Stirling), George Murphy (Concord), Chris McIntee (Juniper Green) 4/5 points, £15 each.

Grading Prize = Robert Loughran (Irvine), Chris Perkin (Glasgow Montrose), Charles Curry (Stonehaven), Dean Whittaker (Pentland Hills), 3.5/5 points, £10 each.

Bishops Event

1st Gerrard Oswald (Sandy Bells) 5/5 points, £150

2nd David Potts (Knights Move) 4.5/5 points, £70

Grading Prize = Andrew Green (Edinburgh), James Malloy (Phones), Stephen Hamilton (Ayrshire), Eoghan Farmer (Nairn) 3.5/5 points, £10 each.

Knights Event

1st Mark Wozniak (Livingston) 5/5 points, £150

2nd Derek Birkett (Pitlochry) 4.5/5 points, £70

Grading Prize = Delroy Bennett (Lewisham), Fergus Thomson (Pentland Hills) 4/5 points, £15 each.

U16 John Tawdrous (Bankton) 2.5/5 points, £30

Primary Ian MacGregor (Bearsden) 3.5/5 points, £30

Prize Draw - The winning move was Kh1. £50

Chon Lee (Edinburgh University)

Giant Killing Prize £30

In the Major Event Michael Emery (Stonehaven) with a grade of 905 defeated
Simon Bate 1555, a grading difference of 650 points.

Best Game Prize £30

Ian Robertson for his win against GM Colin McNab in the Championship.

Lightning Event

1st= Andrew Inglis (Balerno), Willie Falconer (Wandering Dragons) 5/7 points

Grading Prize Donald Grassie (Bon Accord) 4/7 points

The Lightning and weekend events all the winners received a presentation whisky glass, two glasses to Premier winner.