Allegro League - 2nd team win the league!
Crawford Macnab
13 March 2025
The 6th and final round of the Allegro League took place on Thursday 13th March, with both teams in contention just 1½ game points behind the leaders, Bank Of Scotland 2.
The second team had a great night with 3 - 1 and 4 - 0 wins to finish top of the allegro league!
The first team slipped up losing to Corstophine and despite winning 3½ - ½ against Edinburgh could only finish third in the league.
Edinburgh West 1 defeated Bank of Scotland 2 and finished second in the league.
Richard and Euan both got in to poor positions against Corstorphine and lost. William and Derek were undefeated on the night.
| Civil Service 1 | Civil Service 1 | Corstorphine | Corstorphine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Scott | 1717 | 0 - 1 | Palanivel Somasundaram | 1495 | ||
| 2 | Euan McDiarmid | 1585 | 0 - 1 | Raghav Palanivel | 1247 | ||
| 3 | William L Lindved | 1312 | ½ - ½ | Angus G Ruthven | 1221 | ||
| 4 | Derek McCann | 1183 | 1 - 0 | David Watson | 1158 | ||
| 1½ - 2½ | |||||||
| Edinburgh | Edinburgh | Civil Service 1 | Civil Service 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Gyalus | 1575 | 0 - 1 | Richard Scott | 1717 | ||
| 2 | Vipin Zamvar | 1553 | 0 - 1 | Euan McDiarmid | 1585 | ||
| 3 | Paul Robertson | 1411 | 0 - 1 | William L Lindved | 1312 | ||
| 4 | Bence Mogyorodi | ½ - ½ | Derek McCann | 1183 | |||
| ½ - 3½ | |||||||
Charles and Allan were both on good form winning both games and getting revenge against Corstorphine. Isaac did very well in both his games winning an important endgame against Corstorphine. Joe unfortunately had a default in the first match but against Dave Watson of Corstorphine he had a great finish, with a checkmating attack down the h file to secure the league!
Joe’s 100% record continues!
| Civil Service 2 | Civil Service 2 | Bank of Scotland 1 | Bank of Scotland 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Gunn-Russell | 1778 | 1 - 0 | Graeme R Russell | 1447 | ||
| 2 | Allan McDiarmid | 1562 | 1 - 0 | James Turner | 1408 | ||
| 3 | Isaac Boyd | 1385 | 0 - 1 | Krishan Paterson | 1296 | ||
| 4 | Joe Harvey | 1d - 0 | Default | ||||
| 3 - 1 | |||||||
| Corstorphine | Corstorphine | Civil Service 2 | Civil Service 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palanivel Somasundaram | 1495 | 0 - 1 | Charles Gunn-Russell | 1778 | ||
| 2 | Raghav Palanivel | 1247 | 0 - 1 | Allan McDiarmid | 1562 | ||
| 3 | Angus G Ruthven | 1221 | 0 - 1 | Isaac Boyd | 1385 | ||
| 4 | David Watson | 1158 | 0 - 1 | Joe Harvey | |||
| 0 - 4 | |||||||