Scottish Championship 1970
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Photo courtesy of Iain Sinclair.
(Missing: Roddy McKay - slept in? - & JA Johnstone)
The following have been identifed:
1. Major Bruges, 2. CJA Jones, 3. NA Perkins, 5. Dr JM Aitken, 6. Iain Sinclair, 7. A. Chalmers, 8. Dr Val Nye,
9. L J Stirling, 10. Hugh Holmes, 11. Lt.-Col. Irvine-Fortescue, 13. Gerald Bonner, 14. Jim Rushton,
15. AM (Sandy) Davie, 17. Jim Robertson, 18. V. Dilworth 20. Tom Borland, 22. Les Blackstock,
23. DA Smith, 24. Graham Patterson, 25. SC Hamilton, 26. Alan Ponting.
Suggestions, please for numbers 4, 12, 16, 19, 21
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Sources:
British Chess Magazine 1970, September, pp 261-2.
Iain Sinclair - photograph.
Thanks to Iain, Gerald Bonner and Christopher Jones for helping to identify those in the photo.
Compiled by
Alan McGowan