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Scottish Championship 1901
The eighteenth annual tournament of the Scottish Chess Association opened at the Athenaeum, Glasgow, on Friday evening, 24th May. The entries for the Championship and Major Tournament were disappointing, owing to their small number, but the standard was high.
The present champion, Mr D.Y. Mills, competed, but he was not in very good form. His play lacked the deadly accuracy observable in previous contests. As it was he tied with Dr Macdonald, of Foyers, and to suit the doctor's convenience he agreed to stake the result on the decisive game, which Dr Macdonald having the move, won, owing to a bad blunder by Mr Mills....
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
Total |
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| 1. Dr R.C. Macdonald | ■ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
| 2. D.Y. Mills | 0 |
■ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
| 3. E. Macdonald | 1 |
0 |
■ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
5½ |
| 4. Dr Wyse | 0 |
0 |
0 |
■ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
| 5. J. Russell | 0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
■ |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| 6. "G. Andrews" | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
■ |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| 7. J.D. Chambers | 0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
0 |
■ |
½ |
2 |
| 8. J. McGrouther | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
■ |
1½ |
Source: BCM 1901, pages 286/7
The BCM crosstable showed 6. A. Lawson, but a report in The Scotsman of 28 May 1901, p7, indicated that '"A. Lawson" has retired.'
Several reports on the tournament showed "G. Andrews," suggesting a pseudonym. It is thought this may be for George Andrew Thomson (1843-1926).
Dr R.C. Macdonald - D.Y. Mills
Scottish Championship Glasgow, 1901
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Ndb5 Nc6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 0-0 9.a3 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Bc4 a6 12.Nd6 b5 13.Ba2 Nd4 14.Nd5 Be7 15.c3 Bxd6 16.cxd4 Qg5 17.0-0 exd4 18.f4 Qd8 19.Qxd4 Bb8 20.Kh1 Ba7 21.Qd3 Bb7 22.Nc3 Bc6 23.Rad1 Qb6 24.Bb1 g6 25.f5 Qe3 26.Qc2 Bb8 27.Rf3 Qg5 28.fxg6 hxg6 29.Ba2 Kg7 30.Bd5 Be5 31.Rdf1 f6 32.Qd3 Rad8 33.b4 Rh8 34.h3 Rdf8 35.Nd1 Bb8 36.Ne3 Bxd5 37.exd5 f5 38.d6 Qf6 39.Rd1 Rc8 40.Ng4 Qb2 41.Ne3 Rc6 42.Rd2 Qf6 43.Nd5 Qxd6 44.g3 Re8 45.Re3 Rxe3 46.Qxe3 Qe5 47.Kg2 Qxe3 48.Nxe3 Rd6 49.Nd5 Kf7 50.Rd3 Ke6 51.Nf4+ Kf6 52.Kf3 Rxd3+ 53.Nxd3 Ba7 54.g4 fxg4+ 55.hxg4 d5 56.Kf4 g5+ 57.Kf3 Ke6 58.Ke2 d4 59.Nf2 Kd5 60.Kd3 Ke5 61.Nh3 Kf6 62.Ke4 Bb6 63.Nf2 Ke6 64.Nd3 Kd6 65.Ne5 Bd8 66.Nf7+ Ke7 67.Nxd8 Kxd8 At this point the Scotsman shows White's next move as 68. Ke5 Resigns. This must be wrong. White probably played 68. Kxd4, Black replied, but after 69. Ke5 he resigned. 1-0
J. McGrouther,J - Dr Wyse
Scottish Championship Glasgow, 1901
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.c3 d6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bd7 7.Nc3 Bf6 8.Nd5 Nce7 9.Nxf6+ Nxf6 10.Bd3 0-0 11.0-0 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.g4 Bg6 14.Re1 Nd7 15.Nh4 Nc6 16.Nxg6 fxg6 17.g5 Kh8 18.Be3 a6 19.Qg4 Nde5 20.Qe2 Nf3+ 21.Kg2 Ncxd4 22.Bxd4 Qxg5+ 23.Kh1 Qf4 0-1
D.Y. Mills - Dr Wyse
Scottish Championship Glasgow, 1901
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bb7 8.0-0 Be7 9.Nf5 0-0 10.Qf3 Ne8 11.Bf4 Bf6 12.Rad1 Bxc3 13.Qxc3 Qf6 14.Qg3 Kh8 15.Bg5 Qg6 16.Rfe1 f6 17.Bd2 Qxg3 18.hxg3 Rf7 19.Re3 c5 20.f3 Bc8 21.g4 Rb8 22.b3 g5 23.Bc3 Ng7 24.Nh6 Rf8 25.g3 Ne6 26.Re2 Kg7 27.Rh2 Rh8 28.Kf2 Nf8 29.f4 gxf4 30.g5 fxg3+ 31.Kxg3 Nd7 32.Ng4 Ne5 33.Nxf6 Be6 34.Rdh1 Bg8 35.Ng4 Re8 36.Rh6 Bf7 37.Nf6 Re6 38.Nh5+ Kg8 39.Rxe6 Bxe6 40.Bxe5 dxe5 41.Rf1 Bf7 42.Kh4 Bxh5 43.Kxh5 Kg7 44.Rd1 Rf8 45.Rd5 Rf2 46.Rxc5 1-0
Sources for the games: Various editions of The Scotsman.
Alan McGowan
updated 10/5/2024