Richardson Cup 1948

The April issue of CHESS 1948(p 185) reported briefly on the final of the 1948 Richardson Cup, giving the table below. The boards 6 and 7 games were adjudicated with the score standing at 3-2 for Edinburgh. The final result indicates that Edinburgh gained 1½ points from these games.

Note that the Glasgow CC board 7 player later changed his name to Rose.

Glasgow CC
Edinburgh CC
1. W.A. Fairhurst
1
0
D. Simpson
2. W.M. Inverarity
0
1
S.L. Hart
3. A.F. Cariss
0
1
D.S. Clunie
4. T. Russell Jr.
0
1
A.A. Foster
5. J. Harrison
1
0
T.R. Harvey
6. J. McGrouther
*
*
A.D. Lothian
7. Dr M. Roisentwit
*
*
H.A. Turriff
 

 


Alan McGowan
Historian, Chess Scotland