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Richardson Cup 1970
Cathcart CC, founded in 1953, win the Richardson Cup for the first time.
Cathcart |
Glasgow |
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| 1. R.M. McKay | 1 |
0 |
W.A. Fairhurst
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| 2. M. Rosenberg | 0 |
1 |
G. Bonner |
| 3. W.P. Watson | 1 |
0 |
H.D. Holmes |
| 4. J.M. Glendinning | 0 |
1 |
V.A. Nye |
| 5. J.McNeill | ½ |
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P.M. Guilian |
| 6. G. Sharp | 1 |
0 |
N. Lindsay |
| 7. R. Bhopal | ½ |
½ |
C.W. Marshall |
4 |
3 |
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McKay - Fairhurst [A00] Richardson Cup (Final) Glasgow, 1970
The game was even until Black erred with 24...b5.1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 e5 3.c4 d4 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.0-0 Bd6 7.b4 a5 8.bxa5 Rxa5 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.Nb3 Nxb3 11.Qxb3 0-0 12.Bd2 Ra3 13.Qb2 Qe7 14.Rfc1 Ra6 15.a4 Nd7 16.a5 c6 17.Rcb1 Re8 18.Bb4 Bxb4 19.Qxb4 Qxb4 20.Rxb4 Nc5 21.Nd2 Bg4 22.f3 Be6 23.Nb3 Nxb3 24.Rxb3 b5 25.cxb5 cxb5 26.Rxb5 f6 27.Rb6 Rxb6 28.axb6 Rb8 29.Rb1 Bd5 30.f4 Bxg2 31.Kxg2 exf4 32.gxf4 f5 33.Rb5 g6 34.b7 Kf7 35.h4 Ke6 36.h5 gxh5 37.Kg3 1-0
Alan McGowan
Historian, Chess Scotland