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Scottish Championship 1956
From the September 1956 British Chess Magazine, p231, report by Dr J.M. Aitken:
The 63rd Annual Congress of the Scottish Chess Association was held in the Burgh Court Room, Dundee, from July 21st-28th, under the auspices of the Dundee Chess Club. The original entry for the championship was, unfortunately, considerably weakened by the withdrawal of a former Champion, P.B. Anderson, but the entry of two young players for the first time in a senior event─seventeen-year-old Michael Fallone and sixteen-year-old George Dickson, who was Scottish Boy Champion last year─was interesting and possibly significant for the future. As will be seen, neither disappointed expectations.
Championship
Scottish Championship 1956 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts 1. Dr J.M. Aitken ■ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8½ 2. M. Fallone ½ ■ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 7 3. C.W. Marshall 0 ½ ■ 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 6½ 4. G. Dickson 0 ½ 0 ■ 0 1 1 1 1 1 5½ 5. E.G.W. Beckingham 0 0 0 1 ■ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 5 6. H. Deas 0 0 1 0 ½ ■ 0 ½ 0 1 3 7. J. Cairncross 0 0 0 0 0 1 ■ 1 0 ½ 2½ 8. A.J. Galbraith 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ■ ½ 1 2½ 9. L-Col. W.G. Irvine-Fortescue 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 ½ ■ 0 2½ 10. E.A. Woods 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ■ 2 Ladies' Championship
A double-round tournament of four players.
Due to the difficulties of arranging a play-off, the title was shared.
Ladies' Championship 1956 1 2 3 4 Pts 1. Mrs N.C. Elder ■ 1 2 2 5 2. Mrs S.M. Steedman 1 ■ 2 2 5 3. Miss E.M. Humby 0 0 ■ 2 2 4. Mrs W. Goldie 0 0 0 ■ 0 Minor Tournament
This was won by F. Fallone, father of Michael.
Alan McGowan
Historian/Archivist, Chess Scotlandrevised 19/11/2020