Glasgow Montrose Chess Club will reconvene at our premises at the Novotel Hotel, Pitt Street (maps.google.co.uk) on September 3rd at 7:30pm.  See you there!

Glasgow Montrose ‘D’ Team lost 3-1 playing home against Shettleston last night (16th Oct 2008).  Individual results will be posted shortly.

GM vs Shettleston

Glasgow Montrose vs. Shettleston, Dunbartonshire League, 16th Oct 2008. IM Dougie Bryson watches the closing stages of Collins vs. Cochrane.

In Glasgow Montrose’ first division 2 clash of the season, the B team drew playing away against Cathcart B.  Individual results are as follows:

Board Glasgow Montrose ‘B’   3 3   Cathcart ‘B’
1 John Dempsey B 0 1 W Alan Stewart
2 Chris Perkin W 1 0 B Stan Beaton
3 Roy Smeeton B 1 0 W Martin McCulloch
4 Jim Mearns W 0 1 B James Mooney
5 Sean Groundater B 1 0 W Neil Corrigan
6 Rama Bbosa W 0 1 B John Topping

We reported a few days back on Glasgow Montrose player Ed Ferry’s win in the Major Tournament of the Marymass Congress.  Here’s the first in a couple of game reports from that weekend (notes by Edward Ferry): (more…)

Glasgow Montrose Chess Club held it’s first meeting of the 2008-9 season at it’s new premises in the Novotel Hotel on Thursday 4th September.

In attendance were a good mixture of club stalwarts, some (potential) new players, and one former member – hopefully soon to return to the fold!

Perkin vs McCaffrey

Perkin vs. McCaffrey at the Novotel on Thursday Night.

The 47th Glasgow Chess Congress takes place on 7th – 9th November 2008 in the Kelvin Hall International Arena and Kelvingrove art GalleryClick here to download your entry form (PDF, 521Kb).

Two members of the Glasgow Congress Committee are GMCC members, and two others are sponsoring the event.  This reflects the high level of involvement by GMCC members in managing and organising chess events in Glasgow and the West of Scotland.

Glasgow Montrose member Ed Ferry won the Major tournament at the Marymass Congress with a score of 4/5.  Congratulations, Ed!  Click here for full results.

The Scottish Chess Championships drew to a close yesterday with GMCC regulars Chris Perkin scoring 3/9 in the International Open, Norman Lindsay scoring 3.5/7 in the seniors, and Evis Perdikou swooping in to scoop a Under-1800’s grading prize in the Sunday Lightning Championship with 5/7.

Below: Chris (right) putting on a brave face with Blair Govan of Phones CC. Photo by Luke Barker. Click to view larger (flickr.com)
chris_blairJuly08

Richard Evans, a former member of GMCC, just sent me the following uncannily accurate vignette from RAFA days (BTW, Chris’ shoulders really do move like this when he laughs…):

http://www.alpha72.com/Zugzwang/ChessJoke.html (requires Flash)

Good luck to the Glasgow Montrose players battling in the Scottish Chess Championship between Saturday 5th and Sunday 13th.  Chris Perkin is playing in the International Open and Norman Lynsey is in the Seniors.  Chris experienced fifteen minutes of fame yesterday afternoon when he rose to board 14 (one of the internet connected boards) and had his game broadcast live to millions of viewers (potentially…).  In retrospect, he probably wishes he hadn’t! Live games can be found here.

Left to right: Chris, Norman. Click to view larger (flickr.com)

Chris at the Scottish Chess Championships Norman at the Scottish Chess Championships 2

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