Chess Scotland

Scottish Championship 1958

From the September 1958 British Chess Magazine, pp223-4, report by Dr J.M. Aitken.

The 65th Annual Congress of the Scottish Chess Association was held in the rooms of the Edinburgh Chess Club from July 5th, to 12th. A maximum entry of twelve included quite a number of new names, most of which were naturally from Edinburgh, and made necessary an exacting schedule─one round on the opening Saturday and two rounds a day from Monday to Friday of the following week. This mde the ability to avoid adjourned games highly desirable and I was fortunate in this respect.

Championship

Championship 1958 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts

   1. Dr J.M. Aitken ■ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10

   2. G. Dickson ½ ■ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 9½

   3. M. Fallone ½ 0 ■ 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 7½

   4. N.A. Perkins 0 0 1 ■ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7½

   5. G. Weeden 0 ½ 0 1 ■ ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 7

   6. E. Allan 0 0 0 0 ½ ■ 1 1 1 1 1 1 6½

   7. L-Col. W.G. Irvine-Fortescue 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ■ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 4

   8. D. Munro 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ■ ½ ½ ½ 1 3½

   9. C.W. Marshall 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ ■ ½ 0 1 3

10. T. Russell 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ■ ½ 0 3

11. D.G. Weir 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ■ 0 2½

12. Major W.E. Bruges 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 ■ 2

Ladies' Championship

Ladies' Championship 1958 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pts

1. Mrs N.C. Elder ■ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 10

2. Miss L.M. Hogarth ½ ■ 1 1 ½ 1 1 9½

3. Mrs H.A. Waterworth ½ 0 ■ 0 1 1 1 7½

4. Mrs W. Goldie 0 0 1 ■ 0 1 ½ 7½

5. Mrs S.M. Steedman 0 ½ 0 1 ■ ½ 1 7

6. Mrs R.P. Foggie 0 0 0 0 ½ ■ 1 6½

7. Miss M.M. Benvie 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ■ 4

Boys' Championship

Boys' Championship 1958 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts

1. G. Bonner ■ ½ 1 1 1 1 4½

2. D.R. Thomson ½ ■ 1 1 1 1 4½

3. G.R.B. Skinner 0 0 ■ 1 ½ 1 2½

4. M. Ogston 0 0 0 ■ 1 1 2

5. G. Maxwell 0 0 ½ 0 ■ ½ 1

6. J.G. Thomson 0 0 0 0 ½ ■ ½

Gerald Bonner attended St Mungo's Academy, with Derek Thomson, Gordon Skinner, Murray Ogston and J.G. Thomson being pupils at Kelvinside Academy. G. Maxwell was from Dundee.

Major Tournament

R.A. McLaren 5; P. McLaren 4½; T. McKelvie 4 (all Edinburgh); D. Donald (Aberdeen) 3; R. Constable (Wormit) 3; W.P. McColl (Dundee) 2; J.D. Maitland (Milngavie) 2; C. Neill (Edinburgh) ½.

Sources
Glasgow Herald chess columns
BCM 1958, pp223-4

Alan McGowan
Historian/Archivist, Chess Scotland

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