Leonid Stein in Scotland - 1968

From the High School of Glasgow Bulletin No. 121-122, 9 February 1968.

Grandmaster Leonid Stein was in devastating form when he took on 25 strong West of Scotland players in Partick Burgh Hall on Friday, 12th January.

Partick Burgh Hall
Picture: Ian Marks

He was also in a hurry! In little more than 2 hours he won 20 games, and conceded 5 draws only - to Anne Dempster, Miss Bain, Mrs Steedman, L.J. Stirling, and J. Sutcliffe.

Gerald and Edward Bonner and their helpers are to be congratulated on this successful and enjoyable event.

Board Order

1	?	14	Beaton, Stan
2	Bain, Miss Jan	15	Malcolm, Colin
3	Borwell, Alan	16	Mannion, Steve snr
4	Brodie, Martin	17	Marks, Ian
5	Brown, Ken	18	?
6	?	19	Munn, Walter
7	Dempster, Anne	20	Partridge, Bernard
8	Drever, George	21	?
9	Fitzjames, Ted	22	?
10	Holmes, Hugh	23	Steedman, Mrs Sarah
11	Hunter, Bryan	24	Stirling, Lawrence
12	Johnstone, John	25	Sutcliffe, James
13	Lumsden, James

 

1. Stein is facing John Johnstone at board 12.
Photo by JBW Robertson, contributed by John Glendinning.

 

2. Alan Borwell is at the far left (table 3), next to him is Martin Brodie (4), and then Ken Brown (5).
Photo courtesy of the Scottish Jewish Archives Centre.

 

3. Anne Dempster (7), George Drever (8), and Ted Fitzjames (9).
Photo courtesy of Lynne Harvie.

 

4. Stein is facing Hugh Holmes (10). To the left is Bryan Hunter (11) and John Johnstone (12). The next row shows James Lumsden (13), Stan Beaton (14 and out of place alphabetically), Colin Malcolm (15), Steve Mannion snr (16), Ian Marks (17), unidentified (18), and Walter Munn (19).
Photo: Stan Beaton photo archive.

 

5. Another view of James Lumsden, Stan Beaton, Colin Malcolm, and Steve Mannion snr (13-16).
Photo: Stan Beaton photo archive. 

 

6. Bernard Partridge on the far left (20). GM Stein is at Mrs Steedman's board (23). Next to her is L.J. Stirling (24).  
Photo: JBW Robertson.

Here is the score of Sutcliffe's draw.

Leonid Stein - J. Sutcliffe [C43]
Glasgow (simutaneous exhibitionl), 1968

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.c4 Nf6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.cxd5 Nb4 10.Bc4 Nbxd5 11.Qf3 c6 12.Bg5 Be6 13.Rad1 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Bxc4 15.Nxc4 Qd5 16.Qxd5 Nxd5 17.Bd2 c5 18.Ne3 Rfd8 19.Nf5 Bf8 20.dxc5 Bxc5 21.c4 Nb6 22.Be3 Bxe3 23.Nxe3 Kf8 24.f3 Rac8 25.Kf2 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Nxc4 27.Nxc4 Rxc4 28.Rd7 Rc2+ 29.Kg3 Rxa2 30.Rxb7 g6 31.h4 Kg7 32.h5 gxh5 33.f4 a5 34.Rb5 Kg6 35.Rg5+ Kf6 36.Rxh5 Kg7 37.Rg5+ Kf6 38.Rh5 ½-½

Stan Beaton's score
Source: Stan Beaton archive

 

 

Alan McGowan
Archivist, Chess Scotland

updated 13/6/2025