I just found this scanned copy of the 1829 book on google books.
Monthly Archives: April 2010
Club Championship Update – Rd2 Draw
Draw for Round Two:
- Mike Ridge vs Shivan Murdochy
- Johnny Marr vs Keith Aitchison
- David Archibald vs Mark Sanderson
- Rod Cranston vs Robert Horne*
- Round 2 Game 1 – Mon April 19th
- Round 2 Game 2 – Mon April 26th
(*) Rod & Robert have arranged to play Round 2 Game 1 on April 26th and Game 2 on Tues 4th May, although this may change if both players agree (please let me know).
The lower rated player gets to choose colour for the first Game.
Round 1 Results:
Round 1 is now complete:
Mike Ridge 2 – 0 Fergus Skillen
Shivan Murdochy proceeds – DEF Mark Smith
Johnny Marr 2 – 0 Stefan Robertson
Keith Aitchison proceeds – DEF Chris Sykes
David Archibald 2-0 Robert Burns
Mark Sanderson 2-0 Callum McGillivray
Rod Cranston proceeds – DEF Loukas Lazarov
Robert Horne 1.5 – 0.5 Bill Platts
Plate :
Another reminder for the Plate. Players who lose their first game are eligible to enter the ‘Plate’ competition. Callum and Robert Burns have entered so far. Please let me know if you wish to enter.
FIDE Swiss at the CLub, June 12-13 and 19-20
The Club will be running a FIDE Rated Swiss on the weekends of June 12-13 and 19-20. Updates will appear on this site. For further details please view:
Allegro League – Champions
Matches played at Roslin, 8th April:
Round 13
Edinburgh 1 3.5 – 0.5 Lasswade
Edinburgh 2 2.5 – 1.5 Gorgie Dalry
Edinburgh 3 3 – 1 Civil Service
Edinburgh 3 win the Allegro League with 35 points. Edinburgh 1 finished fourth with 29 points while Edinburgh 2 were 7th a further 2 points behind. The winning squad comprised: David Archibald, Ben He, Sam Gregory, Calum McGillivray and Mark Sanderson – with Calum scoring 10/13, Sam 9.5/13 and Ben 7/11. Shivan Murdochy scored 11/13 for Edinburgh 2.
SNCL result
The SNCL season ended with mixed fortunes. The first team finished second bottom in the top division and was relegated. The second team won the third division to gain promotion. So both teams will play in division 2 next year. Full results can be seen via the Chess Scotland website (go to leagues, then SNCL)
Edinburgh Chess Congress
Re Neil’s post from 7 April.
Small correction – it was the Major that Mike, Ben and I had success in.
Also, as he was too modest to mention it, Neil Berry beat Colin McNab in the Premier