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Oban Congress 2019
Friday 15th November to Sunday 17th November (3 day event)
Royal Hotel, Argyll Square, Oban, PA34 4BE
Time Controls: Regular | Rounds: 5 | Entry Form
More Information
The Oban Congress will take place 15-17 November 2019.
Entry form now available
Royal Hotel, Argyll Square, Oban, Argyll PA34 4BE
1. Open Tournament
2. Challengers Tournament (Grading Limit 1900) (ECF 172)
3. Major Tournament (Grading Limit 1600) (ECF 142)
4. Minor Tournament (Grading Limit 1350) (ECF 117)
Rates of Play: 30 moves in 1 hour 15 minutes, then an additional 30 minutes Quickplay
finish under Chess Scotland Rules.
Times:
1st Round Friday 15th November 7.30pm - 11.00pm
2nd Round Saturday 16th November 10.00am - 1.30pm
3rd Round 2.30pm - 6.00pm
4th Round Sunday 17th November 9.00am - 12.30pm
5th Round 1.30pm - 5.00pm
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 9th november
A Chess Scotland Chessbase.com Scottish Grand Prix qualifying event
Entrants
Open [23]
Pnum | Name | Club / Federation | National Rating |
3187 | FM Neil M Berry | ED | 2158 |
5555 | IM Mark J L Orr | WD | 2142 |
23574 | Mark E Page | EN | 2133 |
5463 | George Neave | EW | 2116 |
4722 | Robert Lothian | BA | 2046 |
4162 | Alan G Grant | CC | 2046 |
11072 | Richard Birkett | IV | 2017 |
4084 | Alex Gillies | SP | 1986 |
5223 | Stephen G McQuillan | HA | 1978 |
4482 | Alan Jelfs | RS | 1932 |
12666 | Neil Irving | ST | 1901 |
18930 | Andrew Newton | IV | 1896 |
15018 | Michael Ridge | ED | 1884 |
8938 | Sai Kong Tsang | CC | 1884 |
17078 | Andre Babin | CH | 1865 |
4866 | Ian A Marks | CC | 1861 |
21604 | Andrew McCusker | HA | 1830 |
5828 | Stephen Robinson | AR | 1730 |
24151 | Sambhav Chadha | BD | 1721 |
27414 | Gwenole Le Feuvre | PR | 1714 |
22809 | Benjamin Ridge | TC | 1631 |
27984 | Sam Coates | OB | 1591 |
28004 | Alex MacDonald | GD | 1303 |
Challengers [32]
Pnum | Name | Club / Federation | National Rating |
6393 | Alistair Stuart Watson | RS | 1885 |
26867 | Simon McGuinness | ER | 1845 |
22505 | Robert Kane | ED | 1815 |
26606 | Tony J Slinger | EN | 1812 |
13697 | Alastair G Dawson | DV | 1806 |
26607 | Colin S Procter | EN | 1780 |
21097 | M John Cawston | EN | 1767 |
11929 | Alistair K J MacNaughton | CO | 1756 |
6052 | Stephen H Smith | ST | 1753 |
7831 | Ralph Stirrat | CN | 1752 |
5827 | Martin E Robinson | EW | 1749 |
5319 | Mark Monaghan | CN | 1739 |
6895 | Frank Teunisse | OB | 1738 |
Lucasz Nowak | Oban | 1711 | |
28173 | Stephen David Harvey | OB | 1701 |
4230 | David G Hall | PR | 1682 |
3020 | A Keith Aitchison | ED | 1681 |
5433 | Frankie Murray | EK | 1658 |
24546 | Jonathan McKay | NJ | 1641 |
3403 | Alistair W I Campbell | EW | 1634 |
7723 | Robert Lawson | BY | 1634 |
4611 | James P R Kleboe | KM | 1604 |
24448 | Andrew McMillan | OB | 1588 |
4100 | Hamish Glen | BH | 1572 |
20808 | Adam Walkowiak | WD | 1563 |
5812 | Jim Robertson | EK | 1553 |
3785 | Richard K Dowling | CO | 1545 |
27416 | Robert A Gibb | PY | 1526 |
21192 | Michael McRobert | IV | 1507 |
22203 | Caitlin Reid | RS | 1428 |
28016 | Sanjith Madhavan | EK | 1298 |
13560 | Gilbert Alomenu | PY | 1227 |
Major [34]
Pnum | Name | Club / Federation | National Rating |
21174 | Craig Gillies | HA | 1594 |
6114 | Alastair G Stewart | GS | 1582 |
18928 | Martin Brejter | ED | 1571 |
6460 | Ian P Whittaker | ED | 1557 |
24235 | Jan Barron-Majerik | IV | 1534 |
8748 | Graeme R Russell | BS | 1529 |
5122 | Ian McKechnie | DA | 1522 |
6188 | Thomas Tait | DA | 1516 |
15294 | Simon Kerridge | BD | 1508 |
12370 | Kevin Campbell | BH | 1483 |
6016 | Andy Smith | AR | 1475 |
12499 | Gordon Greig | DL | 1475 |
22119 | Norman G Andrews | EN | 1456 |
27698 | Graham Wilson | CO | 1439 |
24918 | Ruairidh McKay | MU | 1431 |
10183 | Ian Washington | PR | 1423 |
25841 | Pranav Arcot | RG | 1421 |
3810 | Jeff Dunn | EK | 1419 |
4313 | Douglas S Heatlie | CS | 1416 |
17298 | William Harkins | BY | 1414 |
15673 | Callum Birkett | IV | 1396 |
3774 | Peter J Doris | BS | 1392 |
4379 | Iain D Hope | MU | 1383 |
23227 | Colin Young | CH | 1380 |
5224 | George R McRobert | IV | 1373 |
21908 | Liam Richmond | OB | 1367 |
28264 | Cameron Wilson | CH | 1323 |
15264 | Steven Galbraith | ED | 1291 |
27092 | Allan W Buchan | ED | 1287 |
7603 | John Lynch | CH | 1080 |
27788 | Aryan Munshi | PO | 1073 |
27691 | Ishan Kumar | LZ | 1073 |
28276 | Ross Blackford | DR | 1061 |
28629 | Stephen Heggie | LG | 1026 |
Minor [34]
Pnum | Name | Club / Federation | National Rating |
8736 | Bernard Cassidy | HA | 1342 |
3991 | Lawrence Freel | HA | 1332 |
24620 | Alex Keenan | HA | 1298 |
5607 | Walter J Pearson | PH | 1283 |
15536 | Derek W Coope | OB | 1270 |
9743 | David Watson | CO | 1193 |
29053 | Tom Wardlaw | PR | 1174 |
24406 | David A Fowler | GR | 1161 |
10177 | Dave J Taylor | CO | 1158 |
21175 | Andrew Gillies | HA | 1152 |
26599 | Thor Saemundsson | HA | 1137 |
3672 | Alastair P Dallas | DF | 1137 |
10275 | Malcolm MacMillan | BA | 1129 |
14266 | Mark J Smith | ED | 1108 |
9032 | Daniel H Boyle | BB | 1099 |
17397 | Andrew McCulloch | GI | 1093 |
28304 | Christopher Sharp | OB | 1075 |
9557 | William Reid | RS | 1070 |
25772 | Karthikeya Vundi | SM | 981 |
13733 | Robert Mcleod | CH | 980 |
14848 | Andy McCallum | CC | 965 |
26866 | Andy Heron | PY | 964 |
13882 | Derek Birkett | IV | 955 |
17971 | Jeffrey M Robinson | OB | 947 |
13881 | Lisa Paton | CH | 944 |
28241 | Shuban Kistareddy | NJ | 818 |
19782 | David Newton | IV | 682 |
28248 | Jainill Vadalia | PO | 646 |
28874 | Unnabh Shrestha | GI | 596 |
28310 | Ashley Tandon | LZ | 505 |
28295 | Neev Lukhi | LZ | 498 |
28060 | Rishi Vijayakumar | CH | 482 |
Aidan Mackay | Oban | - | |
29350 | Deepesh Shrestha | GI | - |