A fourth win today for GM Colin McNab helped Scotland A to a 2-2 draw with  Thüringen in the fifth round. Colin's result puts him at the top of the points scorers on board 1 with 4.5 out of 5 and in with a chance of taking the prize for best player on board 1. His 90% score is only bettered on board 1 by German GM Uwe Bönsch who has only seen action in two games, both of which he has won.

For the B team Alan Scrimgour's 60% score leaves him just outside the top 10 performing board two's in the competition.

Board 1 Top Performers

RANK  PLAYER                  ELO     PTS   PLAYED        %
1.     Uwe Bönsch             2541      2          2        100%
2.     Colin McNab             2432     4.5        5         90%
3.     Nigel Short              2664     3.5        4         87.5%
4.     Manfred Heidrich      2336      4          5         80%
5.     Glenn Flear              2463      4          5         80%

Round 5 Results

Thüringen v Scotland A : 2-2

1. IM Thomas Casper 2387               0-1       GM Colin A McNab 2432
2. FM Bernd Vökler 2335               1/2-1/2    IM Stephen R Mannion 2345
3. GM Thomas Pähtz 2365                1-0       IM Roderick McKay 2348
4. IM Joachim Brüggemann 2304   1/2-1/2    IM Douglas M Bryson 2351

Sweden 1 v Scotland B : 2 1/2 - 1 1/2

1. CM Bjorn Gamback 2088         1-0       James Stevenson  2071
2. Lars F Olsson 2002              1/2-1/2    Alan Scrimgour  2023
3. Erik Alquist 1997                    1-0       Alastair Dawson  1924
4. Per Hjalmarsson u/g               0-1       Richard Jennings  1699

Round 6 features Scotland A on board 1 (possibly on live boards) taking on Slovakia. Scotland B are drawn against SK Kaltenkirchen.

Posted on: 28-02-2015
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