March 4, 2010
The ‘B’ team, outgraded on every board by 300-400 points, went down 5-1 to Phones ‘A’ in tonight’s Div. 2 fixture played at home in the Novotel.
Heroic efforts by Chris Perkin and Jim Mearns avoided the wipe-out.
| Board | Glasgow Montrose ‘B’ | 1 | 5 | Phones ‘A’ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C. Perkin | W | 0.5 | 0.5 | B | S. MacDonald |
| 2 | R. Smeeton | B | 0 | 1 | W | R. Dickson |
| 3 | J. Murray | W | 0 | 1 | B | S. Rettie |
| 4 | J. Mearns | B | 0.5 | 0.5 | W | J. Findlay |
| 5 | S. Groundwater | W | 0 | 1 | B | K. Strathern |
| 6 | S. Forgrieve | B | 0 | 1 | W | C. Paterson |
November 4, 2009
| Board | Polytechnic ‘B’ | 3.5 | 2.5 | Glasgow Montrose ‘A’ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J Eldridge | W | 0 | 1 | B | E Ferry |
| 2 | L Brookens | B | 1 | 0 | W | S Collins |
| 3 | D Breslin | W | 1 | 0 | B | R Templeton |
| 4 | B Laidlaw | B | 0.5 | 0.5 | W | N Lindsay |
| 5 | E Delgado | W | 0 | 1 | B | D Reid |
| 6 | B Innes | B | 1 | 0 | W | P Blair |
November 4, 2009
A heavily outgraded ‘B’ Team, lacking its top three boards, lost 5-1 playing away against East Kilbride ‘A’ Team on the Div. 2 fixture played on Thursday October 29th. Congrats to new member Graeme for preventing the ‘wipe-out’!
| Board | Glasgow Montrose ‘B’ | 1 | 5 | East Kilbride ‘A’ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J Mearns (1390) | W | 0 | 1 | B | A Jelfs (1872) |
| 2 | S Groundwater (1388) | B | 0 | 1 | W | F Murray (1669) |
| 3 | A Dick (1164) | W | 0 | 1 | B | D MacDonald (1569) |
| 4 | S Forgrieve (U/G) | B | 0 | 1 | W | J Dykes (1486) |
| 5 | G MacDonald (U/G) | W | 1 | 0 | B | T Brisbane (1485) |
| 6 | – Default – | B | 0 | 1 | W | T Dunlop |
November 4, 2009
The ‘A’ Team won 3.5 – 2.5 playing away against Phones ‘A’ Team on the Div. 2 fixture played on October 26th.
| Board | Phones ‘A’ | 2.5 | 3.5 | Glasgow Montrose ‘A’ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S MacDonald | W | 0 | 1 | B | S Collins |
| 2 | R Dickson | B | 0.5 | 0.5 | W | R Templeton |
| 3 | S Rettie | W | 0 | 1 | B | K McCaffrey |
| 4 | J Findlay | B | 0 | 1 | W | D Reid |
| 5 | K Strathern | W | 1 | 0 | B | Suheeb Shnawa |
| 6 | C Paterson | B | 1 | 0 | W | P Blair |
October 22, 2009
Despite the ‘B’ team having promising positions on at least 4 boards, a series of last-minute slip-ups ensured that the ‘A’ Team won 6-0 in tonight’s Glasgow League Div. 2 fixture.
Chris on board 1 and Steven on board 6 achieved won positions against their higher-graded opponents, and Jim Mearns on board 3 and your humble Webmaster on board 4 held even positions for much of their respective games, but eventually bad luck and/or bad nerves conspired to cause a wipe-out at the end of the night.
Full results are as follows:
| Board | Glasgow Montrose ‘B’ | 0 | 6 | Glasgow Montrose ‘A’ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Perkin (1526) | W | 0 | 1 | B | Ed Ferry (1954) |
| 2 | Jim Murray (1467) | B | 0 | 1 | W | Sam Collins (1789) |
| 3 | Jim Mearns (1390) | W | 0 | 1 | B | Norman Lindsay (1751) |
| 4 | Sean Groundwater (1388) | B | 0 | 1 | W | Kenny McCaffrey (1768) |
| 5 | Andrew Dick (1142) | W | 0 | 1 | B | Robin Templeton (1750) |
| 6 | Steven Forgrieve (U/G) | B | 0 | 1 | W | David Reid (1681) |
October 21, 2009
New member Paul Blair has just emailed in the following report on Glasgow Montrose players at the Dundee & Angus Congress:
“Eddie Ferry tied with 3 people for the U2000 grading prize in the Open, getting 3/5 and actually drawing with the eventual winner FM Gunnar Jacob in the first match of the tournament (He joked afterwards that he was quite proud he made Mr Jacob’s path easier to the win!)
“Myself, after 2 years out of chess, got a 2.5/5 in the Minor. Was glad just to get the ring rust out of the system and get a few wins on the board.
“Watch out for Eddie’s mug shot hitting http://www.dundee-congress.co.uk over the next few days!”
Full results from the Dundee Congress can be seen here.
October 14, 2009
Twitter users can now follow the exploits of Glasgow Montrose Chess Club: go to http://twitter.com/glasgowmontrose or point your favourite Twitter client to @glasgowmontrose
October 17, 2008
Glasgow Montrose ‘D’ Team lost 3-1 playing home against Shettleston last night (16th Oct 2008). Individual results will be posted shortly.
October 13, 2008
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 |
September 9, 2008
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!
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