Scottish Championship 1980
From: Scottish Chess, No. 59, October 1980
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Championship Play-off Match
A two-game match was held in Stirling on March 7-8, 1981. Danny Kopec took the title with a 1½-½ win over Roddy McKay.
This was the second time an American studying in Scotland had won the national championship, the earlier occasion being in 1939.
Alan McGowan