Results compiled by Alex McFarlane
17 year old David Eynon and 15 year old David Sime are the joint winners of the 1999 Scottish Boys Championship with 4 out of 5. Their success came in a strong tournament held in Glasgow last weekend. The Edinburgh due edged out James Parkin (Dingwall) by half a point, with Gordon Rigg (Glasgow), Joe Redpath (Edinburgh) and Graeme Kafka (West Kilbride) on 3. The tournament combined both the Scottish Boys and Girls championship, and 16 year old Elaine Rutherford (Edinburgh) won the girls title.
The trophies and prizes were presented by the 1999 Scottish Champion and National Youth Coach, IM John Shaw at the Scottish Chess Association organised event. The final placings in the event [which suffered from an unfortunate bye in such a small event] were: David Eynon and David Sime 4/5, James Parkin 3½, Gordon Rigg, Joe Redpath and Graeme Kafka 3, Andrew Walkingshaw, Daniel McGowan, Elaine Rutherford 2½, Peter Alexander and David Logue 2, Kirsty Stevenson and Graham McKay1½.
Here is the game between the joint Boys champions, with notes by David Sime.
White: David Sime, Black: David Eynon (Opening: Scotch Game) 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 exd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nxc6 bxc6 6 e5 (The Mieses variation, an ancient line) Qe7 7 Qe2 Nd5 8 c4 Ba6 9 b3 (Played by Kasparov in the 1995 World Championship against Anand which produced a complex tactical game) 0-0-0 (9…g6 and 9…Qh4 are also playable. 9…g5!? is an interesting idea which stops f4 being played by white and allows the black-squared bishop to go to g7) 10 Bb2 f6 11 exf6 Nxf6 (11 … Qf7, whilst sacrificing a pawn, gives a lot of counterplay for black For example, if 11 … Qf7 12 fxg7 Bxg7 13 Qd2 Rde8+ 14 Be2 Nf4 15 Bxg7 Qxg7 16 Qxf4 Qxa1 and Black is an exchange up) 12 Qxe7 Bxe7 13 Nc3 Rhf8 14 f3 Rde8 15 0-0-0 Bd6 16 g3 Bb7 17 Bg2 Re3 18 Rhe1 Rfe8 19 Ne4 Rxe1 20 Rxe1 Bb4 21 Re2 Kd8 22 a3 Bf8 23 Kd2 Nxe4+ 24 Rxe4 Rxe4 25 fxe4 g6 26 e5 (to stop the bad, white-squared bishop getting out ) Bc5 27 Be4 (I felt the e5 pawn was in serious trouble and this turned out to be true ) Ke7 28 Ke2 Ke6 29 Kf3 Bf8! (although white has two moves to defend the pawn, he cannot stop the inevitable) 30 Kf4 Bh6+ 31 Kg4 Bg7 32 Kf4 d6 33 g4 dxe5+ 34 Kf3 Bf6 35 Bc1 Be7 36 Be3 a6 37 b4 a5 38 c5 axb4 39 axb4 Bh4 40 b5 Be1 41 bxc6 (didn't necessarily have to be played now ) Ba6 42 Bf2 Bxf2? (it is certainly now a draw) 43 Kxf2 Bc4 44 g5 Bb3 45 Ke3 Bc4 46 Kd2 Bd5 Draw
Season 1999 Scottish Boys/Girls
Pts Plyd
Name Club S Grade Pnum 1 2 3 4 5 28 56
1 Parkin James M IV J17 2080 10085 6 0 8 1 3 1 7 ½ 9 1 3½ 5
2 Eynon David EDGH J17 1960 3866 8 ½ 10 1 5 ½ 11 1 6 1 4 5
3 Rutherford Elain ED J15 1905 6744 9 ½ 6 ½ 1 0 4 ½ 1½ 4
4 Redpath Joe EW J13 1780 8350 9 1 7 ½ 8 ½ 3 ½ 2½ 4
5 Sime David WH J15 1780 9646 11 1 13 1 2 ½ 6 ½ 7 1 4 5
6 Rigg Gordon GI J15 1700 5778 1 1 3 ½ 13 1 5 ½ 2 0 3 5
7 Walkingshaw Andr EWSM J18 1805 7993 12 1 4 ½ 1 ½ 5 0 2 4
8 Kafka Graeme LGPA J16 1730 4517 2 ½ 1 0 4 ½ 11 1 2 4
9 MacGowan Daniel TX J12 1475 8531 3 ½ 4 0 12 1 13 1 1 0 2½ 5
10 Stevenson Kirsty PRKX J13 1145 7741 2 0 11 0 12 0 0 3
11 Alexander Peter DLCI J11 1020 11813 5 0 10 1 2 0 8 0 1 4
12 MacKay Graham AB J 9 695 12831 7 0 9 0 10 1 13 0 1 4
13 Logue David IC J16 1325 9493 5 0 6 0 9 0 12 1 1 4
Season 1999 Scottish Boys/Girls
Performance Table
Name Club S Grade Pnum Gms Opps Act Expect Diff Rise
1 Alexander Peter DLCI J11 1020 11813 1 1255 1.0 0.207 0.793 634.4
2 MacKay Graham AB J 9 695 12831 2 1095 1.0 0.164 0.836 334.4
3 Rigg Gordon GI J15 1700 5778 5 1870 3.0 1.526 1.474 235.8
4 Sime David WH J15 1780 9646 5 1681 4.0 2.950 1.050 168.0
5 Redpath Joe EW J13 1780 8350 4 1806 2.5 1.861 0.639 127.8
6 MacGowan Daniel TX J12 1475 8531 5 1618 2.5 1.781 0.719 115.0
7 Kafka Graeme LGPA J16 1730 4517 4 1838 2.0 1.461 0.539 107.8
8 Walkingshaw Andr EWSM J18 1805 7993 3 1960 1.0 0.931 0.069 18.4
9 Eynon David EDGH J17 1960 3866 4 1751 3.0 2.994 0.006 1.2
10 Logue David IC J16 1325 9493 4 1493 1.0 1.256 -0.256 -51.2
11 Parkin James M IV J17 2080 10085 5 1819 3.5 4.020 -0.520 -83.2
12 Rutherford Elain ED J15 1905 6744 4 1849 1.5 2.267 -0.767 -153.4
13 Stevenson Kirsty PRKX J13 1145 7741 2 978 0.0 1.382 -1.382 -552.8