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Oban Congress 2018
Friday 16th November to Sunday 18th November (3 day event)
Royal Hotel, Argyll Square, Oban, PA34 4BE
Time Controls: Regular | Rounds: 5 | Entry Form
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24th Oban Chess Congress - entry form now available
16th November - 18th November 2018
Royal Hotel, Argyll Square, Oban, Argyll PA34 4BE
1. Open Tournament Prizes 1st £300 + Trophy 2nd £150 3rd £75 Grading Prize £50 Entry Fee £24
2. Challengers Tournament (Grading Limit 1900) (ECF 172) Prizes 1st £200 + Trophy 2nd £100 3rd £50 Grading Prize £50 Entry Fee £24
3. Major Tournament (Grading Limit 1600) (ECF 142) Prizes 1st £200 + Trophy 2nd £100 3rd £50 Grading Prize £50 Entry Fee £24
4. Minor Tournament (Grading Limit 1350) (ECF 117) Prizes 1st £200 + Trophy 2nd £100 3rd £50 Grading Prize £50 Entry Fee £24
Entry Fees: Juniors (U16) £12 CS members £22 Non-members £24
The completed form and required fee should be sent to: Oban Chess Congress,
c/o Duncan Campbell, Alt na Carmaig, Glenmore road, Pulpit Hill, Oban, PA34 4NB.
Enquiries should be directed to Duncan Campbell on 07804 923482 or by email at
duncan.campbell3411@btinternet.com.
Closing date for entries is Saturday 10th November.
A Chess Scotland Chessbase.com Scottish Grand Prix qualifying event
Entrants
Open [29]
Pnum | Name | Club / Federation | National Rating |
21675 | IM Andrew N Greet | BD | 2440 |
6191 | FM Alan W Tate | WD | 2368 |
3187 | FM Neil M Berry | ED | 2278 |
15053 | Stuart A White | BD | 2114 |
5555 | IM Mark J L Orr | WD | 2082 |
4162 | Alan G Grant | CC | 2056 |
5811 | Ian C Robertson | DL | 2045 |
4084 | Alex Gillies | SP | 1986 |
25870 | David A Phillips | EN | 1955 |
18930 | Andrew Newton | IV | 1952 |
11072 | Richard Birkett | IV | 1940 |
8938 | Sai Kong Tsang | CC | 1922 |
18347 | Rob Colston | BD | 1915 |
5223 | Stephen G McQuillan | HA | 1910 |
4866 | Ian A Marks | CC | 1882 |
4482 | Alan Jelfs | RS | 1856 |
15018 | Michael Ridge | ED | 1848 |
22551 | Jake M Sanger | PW | 1840 |
23478 | Callum Smith | NJ | 1826 |
16590 | Peter McEwan | BD | 1822 |
26606 | Tony J Slinger | EN | 1818 |
5828 | Stephen Robinson | AR | 1810 |
25869 | Colin Bragg | EN | 1799 |
22158 | Euan Dawson | CH | 1798 |
25042 | Marco D`Alessio | LZ | 1758 |
13697 | Alastair G Dawson | DV | 1742 |
6895 | Frank Teunisse | OB | 1732 |
24151 | Sambhav Chadha | BD | 1594 |
27984 | Sam Coates | OB | 1450 |
Challengers [27]
Pnum | Name | Club / Federation | National Rating |
22505 | Robert Kane | ED | 1866 |
21097 | M John Cawston | EN | 1822 |
11929 | Alistair K J MacNaughton | CO | 1810 |
7831 | Ralph Stirrat | CN | 1788 |
28173 | Stephen David Harvey | OB | 1774 |
3537 | William Clinton | LV | 1744 |
26607 | Colin S Procter | EN | 1716 |
Lukasz Nowak | Oban | 1711 | |
15990 | Daniel R Thomas | HA | 1705 |
4230 | David G Hall | PR | 1704 |
7723 | Robert Lawson | BY | 1678 |
3020 | A Keith Aitchison | ED | 1664 |
5346 | Robin Moore | GD | 1658 |
4611 | James P R Kleboe | KM | 1650 |
3403 | Alistair W I Campbell | EW | 1641 |
7616 | Joseph Watson-McFie | RS | 1623 |
4100 | Hamish Glen | BH | 1607 |
5433 | Frankie Murray | EK | 1604 |
3785 | Richard K Dowling | CO | 1596 |
5812 | Jim Robertson | EK | 1580 |
20808 | Adam Walkowiak | WD | 1570 |
4059 | E Diarmid Gibson | CD | 1566 |
24448 | Andrew McMillan | OB | 1558 |
22809 | Benjamin Ridge | TC | 1544 |
24546 | Jonathan McKay | NJ | 1510 |
8046 | James McDade | IV | 1442 |
13560 | Gilbert Alomenu | PY | 1354 |
Major [24]
Pnum | Name | Club / Federation | National Rating |
21174 | Craig Gillies | HA | 1593 |
18928 | Martin Brejter | PY | 1573 |
22119 | Norman G Andrews | EN | 1511 |
15294 | Simon Kerridge | BD | 1494 |
23999 | Matthew Billcliff | BD | 1480 |
6188 | Thomas Tait | DA | 1479 |
21192 | Michael McRobert | IV | 1469 |
10183 | Ian Washington | PR | 1468 |
3774 | Peter J Doris | BS | 1456 |
17298 | William Harkins | BY | 1438 |
6501 | Donald M Wilson | GR | 1420 |
8748 | Graeme R Russell | BS | 1417 |
5224 | George R McRobert | IV | 1405 |
15673 | Callum Birkett | IV | 1403 |
24918 | Ruairidh McKay | MU | 1380 |
6016 | Andy Smith | IC | 1374 |
21908 | Liam Richmond | OB | 1371 |
9360 | Paul M Connelly | DL | 1368 |
12932 | David McDonald | GI | 1365 |
27698 | Graham Wilson | CO | 1362 |
8736 | Bernard Cassidy | HA | 1346 |
4166 | Glynis Grant | DL | 1338 |
26699 | Malcolm R Hara | EN | 1261 |
7603 | John Lynch | CH | 1064 |
Minor [32]
Pnum | Name | Club / Federation | National Rating |
3991 | Lawrence Freel | HA | 1335 |
5607 | Walter J Pearson | PH | 1334 |
27082 | Aravind Kumar | WD | 1314 |
10234 | James Dempsey | DA | 1314 |
24917 | Niels Billcliff | BD | 1288 |
27092 | Allan W Buchan | ED | 1252 |
7675 | Paul Blair | PA | 1244 |
28180 | David Ainsworth | CO | 1222 |
14266 | Mark J Smith | ED | 1210 |
21175 | Andrew Gillies | HA | 1194 |
27780 | Lee Bishop | WD | 1180 |
9557 | William Reid | RS | 1174 |
9743 | David Watson | CO | 1168 |
28932 | Patrick Gorman | EN | 1150 |
9032 | Daniel H Boyle | BB | 1128 |
17397 | Andrew McCulloch | GI | 1108 |
24406 | David A Fowler | GR | 1104 |
26599 | Thor Saemundsson | HA | 1098 |
3672 | Alastair P Dallas | DF | 1064 |
28304 | Christopher Sharp | OB | 1048 |
28629 | Stephen Heggie | LG | 1037 |
25087 | Pranav Saravanan | NJ | 1006 |
26866 | Andy Heron | PY | 988 |
13882 | Derek Birkett | IV | 962 |
13733 | Robert Mcleod | CH | 952 |
17971 | Jeffrey M Robinson | OB | 942 |
13881 | Lisa Paton | CH | 926 |
6764 | William Walker | BB | 827 |
19782 | David Newton | IV | 653 |
28276 | Ross Blackford | DR | 612 |
27788 | Aryan Munshi | LZ | 475 |
Samer Fheed | Oban | - |