Brian Wurr Memorial Match
Crawford Macnab
7 March 2022
Corstorphine were the visitors to compete for the annual Brian Wurr Memorial match.
On paper we were a bit stronger and this proved to be the case on the night where we won 8½ - 1½.
Unfortunately Corstorphine had to default board 3 with a player calling off at the last minute.
All the games were keenly contested with David Burns putting up a very stubborn defence against Matt Rounds king side attack.
Congratulations also to Simeon Tsvetkov on making a successful winning debut on board 10!
For those not aware of Brian Wurr, here are some details from the Corstorphine web site:
BRIAN WURR MEMORIAL TROPHY MATCH
The Brian Wurr Memorial Trophy was gifted to the club by Sheila Wurr, widow of Brian Wurr who was a Civil Servant working in the Inland Revenue. It consists of a Battle of Culloden Chess Set shown below and is awarded annually to the winner of a challenge match between the chess club and a team from the Edinburgh Civil Service Chess Club.
| Civil Service | Civil Service | Corstorphine | Corstorphine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crawford T Macnab | 1811 | ½ - ½ | Chris Sykes | 1791 | ||
| 2 | Charles Gunn-Russell | 1797 | ½ - ½ | Alistair K J MacNaughton | 1705 | ||
| 3 | Allan McDiarmid | 1740 | 1d - 0 | DEFAULT | |||
| 4 | Matt Rounds | 1736 | 1 - 0 | David Burns | 1480 | ||
| 5 | Eric P Smith | 1621 | 1 - 0 | Krishan Paterson | |||
| 6 | Euan McDiarmid | ½ - ½ | Michael Anderson | 1234 | |||
| 7 | Gerry Brown | 1435 | 1 - 0 | Angus G Ruthven | 1205 | ||
| 8 | Nick West | 1370 | 1 - 0 | Sanjay Dinesh Kumar | |||
| 9 | Sandy Powell | 1108 | 1 - 0 | Michael Flannigan | |||
| 10 | Simeon Tsvetkov | 1 - 0 | James Ferguson | 921 | |||
| 8½ - 1½ | |||||||
Brian Wurr Memorial Trophy
Friendly v Corstorphine
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