1909 - 2009 Centenary Allegro

Crawford Macnab

14 February 2009

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.

Players 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.

Results are shown below.

Group A

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

Group B

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

Group C

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

Group D

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

Group E

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

Group F

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