Scotland A missed out on the bronze medal in the World Senior team Championship in Dresden Feb 24-Mar 4 2015 with a last round loss to top seed England which pushed the team down to a final placing of 7th. Both Colin McNab (5.5/9) on board 1 and Douglas Bryson (6.5/9) on board 4 received bronze medal board prizes. The team would like to thank captain Alan Minnican for his enthusiastic support.

The championship had a runaway winner with success for 3rd seed Slovakia who didn't lose a single individual game followed by Germany and England.

Scotland B finished 29th - seven places above pre-event seeding. Alan Scrimgour was top scorer with 6.5/9.

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Round 9 results

Scotland A v England : 0.5-3.5

1. GM Colin A McNab 2432 0-1 GM Nigel D Short 2664
2. IM Stephen R Mannion 2345 0-1 GM John D M Nunn 2601
3. IM Roderick McKay 2348 0-1 GM Jon S Speelman 2506
4. IM Douglas M Bryson 2351 0.5-0.5 GM Keith Arkell 2510

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 SV Dresden v Scotland B : 2.5-1.5

1. Bernhard Scheuermann 0-1 James Stevenson 2071
2. Prof Dr Mark Arenhovel 2138 0.5-0.5 Alan Scrimgour 2023
3. Rainer Siegmund 2115 0.5-0.5 Alastair Dawson 1924
4. Juri Walther 1913 0.5-0.5 Richard Jennings 1699

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Round 8 results

Germany v Scotland A : 2-2

1. GM Uwe Bonsch 2541 0.5-0.5 GM Colin A McNab 2432
2. GM Klaus Bischoff 2495 0.5-0.5 IM Stephen R Mannion 2345
3. IM Karsten Volke 2470 1-0 IM Roderick McKay 2348
4. GM Raj Tischbierek 2420 0-1 IM Douglas M Bryson 2351

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Scotland B v Stiftung BSW : 3-1

1. James Stevenson 2071 0.5-0.5 Hans-Joachim Federer
2. Alan Scrimgour 2023 1-0 Ulrich Fitke
3. Alastair Dawson 1924 0.5-0.5 Bernd Neudal
4. Richard Jennings 1699 1-0 Dr Peter Strauss

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Round 7 results

Denmark v Scotland A : 1.5-2.5

1. FM Uwe Bonsch 2541 0.5-0.5 GM Colin A McNab 2432
2. FM Klaus Bischoff 2495 0.5-0.5 IM Stephen R Mannion 2345
3. FM Bent Sorensen 2183 0-1 IM Roderick McKay 2348
4. Pouelsten Grabow 2140 0.5-0.5 IM Douglas M Bryson 2351

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Trondheim v Scotland B : 1-3

1. Jan Arne Bjorgvik 1833 0-1 James Stevenson 2071
2. Tore H. Lovaas 1797 0-1 Alan Scrimgour 2023
3. Odd Birkestrand 1789 1-0 Alastair Dawson 1924
4. Oyvind Gabrielsen 1749 0-1 Richard Jennings 1699

Posted on: 06-03-2015
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