Round 1 Results

Belgium B v Scotland A : 1/2 -3 1/2

1. FM Johan Goormachtigh 2190   0-1    GM Colin A McNab 2432
2. Rene Beniest   2114                0-1     IM Stephen R Mannion 2345
3. Daniel Vanheirzeele 2101      1/2-1/2  IM Roderick M McKay 2348
4. Frank Schrickx  1885               0-1     IM Douglas M Bryson 2351

Scotland B v SK Bad Harzburg 1927 : 2-2

1. James Stevenson 2071                0-1      Dr. Friedemann Brock  2245
2. Alan Scrimgour 2013                1/2-1/2   Werner Szenetra 2186
3. Alastair Dawson 1924               1/2-1/2   CM Manfred Pape 2151
4. Richard Jennings 1699                 1-0      Roland Dyk 2102

The opening ceremony and the first round of the 3rd World Senior Team Chess Championship took place on Tuesday, February 24th.

Scotland has two teams participating in the 50+ section of the event, with the two squads seeded fourth and thirty-fifth out of the forty four teams taking part in the section.

Scotland A

1. GM Colin A McNab  2432
2. IM Douglas M Bryson 2351
3. IM Roderick M McKay 2348
4. IM Stephen R Mannion 2345
5. Alan Minnican 2131

Scotland B

1. James Stevenson 2071
2. Alan Scrimgour 2023
3. Alastair Dawson 1924
4. Richard Jennings 1699

The official tournament website is at http://www.schachfestival.de/world-senior-team-championship-2015.html

Live games should be available at http://www.chessdom.com/3rd-fide-world-senior-team-chess-championship-live/

Round 1 starts at 2pm local time tomorrow, 1pm in the UK, with rounds 2 to 9 starting at 9.30am local time, 8.30am UK. There are no rest days in this nine round battle for the title of World Senior Chess Team Champions.

The time control is 90 min/40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game + 30 sec for each move from the first move.

The default time at the start of all rounds is 30 minutes.

Posted on: 23-02-2015
Categories: News