1909 - 2009 Centenary Allegro
On Saturday 14th February 2009, 36 players from chess clubs in the Edinburgh area, took part in an allegro tournament to help Edinburgh Civil Service chess club celebrate their 100 year anniversary. Teams were split into six sections of six based on allegro grading and games were competed over 25 minutes per player. All of the sections were well contested with winners coming from six different Edinburgh clubs.
Many thanks to all players who took part.
Results are shown below.
Results
| Crawford Macnab | 1928 | Edinburgh Civil Service | 4 |
| Alan Minnican | 2063 | Wandering Dragons | 3½ |
| Michal Jenicek | 2086 | Edinburgh University | 3 |
| Alan Melville | 1842 | Edinburgh Civil Service | 2½ |
| Eoin S Campbell | 1830 | Wandering Dragons | 1 |
| David A Archibald | 1808 | Edinburgh | 1 |
| Donald Heron | 1775 | Wandering Dragons | 4 |
| David Oswald | 1629 | Edinburgh | 4 |
| Christopher McIntee | 1730 | Balerno | 3 |
| Hugh S Flockhart | 1767 | Lasswade | 2½ |
| Richard Scott | 1655 | Edinburgh Civil Service | 1 |
| Simon Bate | 1656 | Edinburgh Civil Service | ½ |
| Andrew McHarg | 1581 | Livingston | 3½ |
| Stuart McKinney | 1433 | Gorgie | 3½ |
| David Wilson | 1649 | Wardie All Stars Select | 3½ |
| David Stewart | 1621 | Bank Of Scotland | 2½ |
| John Marr | 1527 | Edinburgh | 2 |
| Graeme R Russell | 1490 | Bank Of Scotland | 0 |
| Walter Pearson | 1388 | Pentland Hills | 4 |
| Douglas Heatlie | 1422 | Edinburgh Civil Service | 3 |
| Patrick Miller | 1362 | Edinburgh Civil Service | 3 |
| Howard Key | 1452 | Edinburgh Resident | 2 |
| George Pirrie | 1422 | Wandering Dragons | 2 |
| Charles Nisbet | 1418 | Lasswade | 1 |
| James Crawford | 1260 | Musselburgh | 3½ |
| George Anderson | 1311 | Edinburgh Civil Service | 3½ |
| David Marshall | 1318 | Livingston | 3 |
| Berian J James | 1306 | Pentland Hills | 2 |
| Lindsay S Ridland | 1280 | Pentland Hills | 2 |
| David E Bond | 1257 | Balerno | 1 |
| Gallo Ceron | 1228 | Sandy Bells | 5 |
| Robert Horne | 1256 | Edinburgh | 4 |
| Donald Scarr | 1062 | Pentland Hills | 2 |
| Imran Ahmed | 1021 | Corstorphine | 2 |
| Jim Harris | 1102 | Musselburgh | 1 |
| Mike Wallace | 1027 | Sandy Bells | 1 |
Round 3
Group B - Scott v. Bate, Heron v. Flockhart and McIntee v. Oswald
Group B - Oswald v. Flockhart
Group F - Wallace v. Horne
Jonnie Marr - nearly old enough to be present in 1909!
George Anderson in deep concentration..
Jonnie Marr - consulting Daily Record for chess tips?
James Crawford - kilt wearing ex member wins his section!
Galleo Ceron - Group D Winner
George Anderson and Sandy Powell
Crawford Macnab - Group A Winner
Donald Heron - Group B Winner
Andrew McHarg - Group C Winner
James Crawford - Group E Winner. Kind supplier of photographs
Douglas Heatlie and David Stewart
Invitation
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