Scottish Championship 1898

The fifteenth congress of the Scottish Chess Association was held in the rooms of the Edinburgh Chess Club, 46 Hanover Street. The Scotsman of 9 April 1898 reported that '..the entries up to yesterday were only five...'. These were Sheriff Spens, Glasgow; Dr R.C. Macdonald, Linlithgow; R.A.S. Rankine, Edinburgh; John Comrie, Edinburgh; and G.B. Fraser, Dundee. Other entries were expected, but it is not clear if they transpired.

The championship was won by G.B. Fraser, followed by Sheriff Spens, as reported in The Scotsman of 13 April. There was no other information and no crosstable. The Glasgow Herald of April 12, 1898, also had same sparse report.

		1	2	3	4	5	Points
1	George Brunton Fraser	■	1	1	1	1	4
2	Sheriff Walter Cook Spens	0	■	1	1	1	3
3	Dr Ronald Cadell Macdonald	0	0	■	=	1	1½
4	John Comrie	0	0	=	■	=	1
5	Robert A.S. Rankin	0	0	0	=	■	½

The Minor Tournament was won by Mr William M. Lock, Edinburgh, ahead of Mr John Connor, Garelochhead.

Sources:
The Scotsman, Tuesday 5th April 1898, page 5; Saturday 9th April 1898, page 7; Wednesday 13th April 1898, page 7; Glasgow Herald, 12th April 1898.
Di Felice, Gino. Chess Results, 1747-1900 (McFarland, 2004), p.183. Crosstable (no source given).
Thanks to Rod Edwards (British Columbia, Canada) for the table.

Compiled by
Alan McGowan

updated 5/6/2020