Matches played Thursday 14th October at Roslin:
Round 1
Musselburgh 1-3 Edinburgh A
Lasswade 2.5-1.5 Edinburgh B
Round 2
Edinburgh A 3-1 Pentland Hills
Edinburgh B 2-2 Musselburgh
Matches played Thursday 14th October at Roslin:
Round 1
Musselburgh 1-3 Edinburgh A
Lasswade 2.5-1.5 Edinburgh B
Round 2
Edinburgh A 3-1 Pentland Hills
Edinburgh B 2-2 Musselburgh
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.
The third team have clinched promotion from Division 2 with a victory against Lasswade 2 on Monday evening. The result sees us finish two points clear of second-placed Bank of Scotland 1.
Semi final played 14/03/10:
Dragons 5-3 Edinburgh
Mark Orr 1-0 Neil Berry
Mark Fraser 0-1 Sebastian Gattenloehner
Alan Minnican 1-0 Andrew Green
Graham Hamilton 1-0 Clement Sreeves
John McLay 0-1 Alastair White
Walter Burnett 0.5-0.5 Graeme Kafka
Elliot Sloan 0.5-0.5 Hugh Brechin
Eoin Campbell 1-0 Calum MacQueen
A disappointing end to this season’s Richardson campaign. Good luck to Dragons in the final, they certainly played the better chess overall on the day.
Matches played at Roslin, 11th March 2010
Round 11
Edinburgh 1 2.5 – 1.5 Civil Service
Edinburgh 2 0.5 – 3.5 Edinburgh 3
Round 12
Gorgie Dalry 0.5 – 3.5 Edinburgh 1
Civil Service 1 – 3 Edinburgh 2
Edinburgh 3 1.5 – 2.5 Wandering Dragons
League placings, with one match to play: Edinburgh 3 32 pts, Bank of Scotland 30, Pentland Hills 27.5, Badgers Brook 27.5 ….
Edinburgh 3 face Civil Service in the last round while Bank of Scotland meet Pentland Hills.
Played 09/03:
Dragons I 2-4 Edinburgh I
Mark Orr 0-1 Neil Berry
Alan Minnican 1-0 Sebastian Gattenloehner
Graham Hamilton 0-1 Clement Sreeves
John McLay 1-0 Graeme Kafka
Walter Burnett 0-1 Hugh Brechin
Elliot Sloan 0-1 Daniel McGowan
Nice to win this one, although the result had no impact on the final standings. Clement finished the season as top scorer with a superb 8.5/9, ahead of Hugh (8/9), Daniel (8/10) and myself (7.5/10).