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Scottish Championship 1912
The twenty ninth Annual Congress of the Scottish Chess Association, was held under the auspices of Edinburgh CC at Messrs. Ferguson & Forrester's, Princes Street, Edinburgh, from 5th to 10th April. Plans for the prizes to be awarded were based on eight players, but the event attracted only a small entry. [The Scotsman of Saturday, 6 April 1912 reported that restricted railway service prevented some players from travelling.] The championship was therefore played as a double-round tourney, and ended in a triple tie, necessitating a play-off.
Championship 1912 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Pts |
| 1. W. Gibson (Glasgow) | ■ |
1½ |
00 |
11 |
11 |
5½ |
| 2. P. Wenman (Glasgow) | 0½ |
■ |
½1 |
1½ |
11 |
5½ |
| 3. E. Macdonald (London) | 11 |
½0 |
■ |
11 |
01 |
5½ |
| 4. C. Wardhaugh (Glasgow) | 00 |
0½ |
00 |
■ |
½1 |
2 |
| 5. G. Dickson (Falkirk) | 00 |
00 |
10 |
½0 |
■ |
1½ |
The play-off was also held in Edinburgh, and again was a double-round affair. It resulted in a win for Gibson with 3 points from his four games, followed by Wenman on 2½ and Macdonald with ½.
Gibson had by now played in the Scottish Championship on six occasions, and this was his second win, the first being in 1907. He had also tied for first in the 1910 event, but lost the play-off to G.W. Richmond.
Gibson - Wardhaugh [C42]
Scottish Championship 1912
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 Bg4 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.0-0 Be7 8.h3 Bh5 9.c4 Nc6 10.Be3 Qd7 11.Nc3 h6 12.a3 a6 13.Rc1 g5 14.Nd5 g4 15.Nd2 Rg8 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Ne4 Be7 18.Ng3 Bg6 19.hxg4 Bxd3 20.Qxd3 Qxg4 21.d5 Ne5 22.Qf5 Qh4 23.Rfe1 Rg6 24.c5 Rf6 25.Qe4 Ng4 26.Bd4 Qh2+ 27.Kf1 Ne5 28.Bxe5 dxe5 29.Qxe5 0-0-0 30.d6 Re6 31.Qf5 Bxd6 32.Rxe6 fxe6 33.Qxe6+ Kb8 34.cxd6 Rxd6 35.Qe7 Rb6 36.b4 h5 37.Rc4 Rc6 38.Rxc6 bxc6 39.Qe8+ Kb7 40.Qxh5 1-0Dickson - Wenman [D02]
Scottish Championship 1912
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 e6 4.Be2 Nf6 5.0-0 Nc6 6.c4 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 a5 9.Nc3 0-0 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Qc2 Be7 12.Rd1 Be6 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.exd4 Rc8 15.Be3 Ne4 16.Bf3 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Qc7 18.Rdc1 Bd6 19.g3 f5 20.Qb3 Qc6 21.Be2 f4 22.Bd2 Qc7 23.Be1 f3 24.Bf1 Qf7 25.a4 Qh5 26.Qb5 Rf4 27.Bd3 Rh4 28.gxh4 Qg4+ 29.Kh1 Qxh4 30.h3 Bxh3 [30...Qxh3+] 31.Kg1 Qg4+ 32.Kh1 Bg2+ 33.Kg1 Bh2+ 34.Kxh2 Qh4+ 35.Kg1 Qh1# 0-1Macdonald - Gibson [D00]
Scottish Championship 1912
1.d4 d5 2.e3 c5 3.Bd3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.c3 Nf6 6.Nbd2 e6 7.Qa4 c4 8.Be2 Nd7 9.e4 Bd6 10.0-0 0-0 11.Re1 Qc7 12.e5 Be7 13.Nf1 b5 14.Qd1 a5 15.Ng3 f6 16.exf6 Nxf6 17.Ng5 Bxe2 18.Qxe2 Nd8 19.Nxe6 Nxe6 20.Qxe6+ Rf7 21.Bg5 Rd8 22.Nf5 Bf8 23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.Re3 Qd7 25.Rae1 Qxe6 26.Rxe6 Ra8 27.Nd6 Bxd6 28.Rxd6 b4 29.Rxd5 Rc7 30.Rb5 Kf7 31.f4 1-0Sources:
British Chess Magazine 1912, pages 162, 208 and 300.
The Scotsman of April 6, 8, 9 and 12, 1912.Alan McGowan
Historian, Chess Scotland