Scottish Chess Tour

[David G Congalton]

Inverness Chess Congress
Minor Section
Round 2 Provisional
Venue: Cheftain Hotel
Date: 11/09/2015 to 13/09/2015
Timings: 90 mins to completion plus an additional 30 secs for each move


Board White Result Black

1 6 Peter J, Doris 1256 [1] 1 Derek W, Coope 1365 [1]
2 2 James, Collins 1300 [1] 16 James, Carson 990 [1]
3 4 Ron J, McCormick 1272 [1] 20 Dietah, Connolly Sams 829 [1]
4 9 Ruairidh, McKay 1130 [½] 15 Lisa, Paton 993 [½]
5 11 Geoffrey, White 1104 [½] 17 Nandini, Dutta 972 [½]

6 19 Oishani, Dutta 840 [½] 13 Jonathan, McKay 1053 [½]
7 14 Robert, Mcleod 1043 [½] 21 Aditya, Hegde 478 [½]
8 10 Andrew, Millar 1106 [0] 5 Malcolm, MacMillan 1271 [0]
9 12 David, Watson 1102 [0] 7 Martin, O`Leary 1254 [0]
10 8 William V, Bower 1160 [0] 18 Jeffrey M, Robinson 931 [0]

11 3 Roland A, Fraser 1300 [½] ½

[David G Congalton]

Inverness Chess Congress
Open Section
Round 2 Provisional
Venue: Cheftain Hotel
Date: 11/09/2015 to 13/09/2015
Timings: 90 mins to completion plus an additional 30 secs for each move


Board White Black

1 John Healy v Clement Sreeves
2 Andrew Green v Richard Birkett
3 Heinrich Koble v Hamish Olson
4 Murad Abdulla v Kai Pannwitz
5 Declan Shafi v Andrew Newton
6 Stephen Robinson v James Doyle
7 Eaun Gray v Peter Ackley
8 Duncan Campbell v Neil Irving
9 Joy Durno v Gary O'Grady
Full Point Bye - Nigel Chapman

[David G Congalton]

Inverness Chess Congress
Major Section
Round 2 Provisional
Venue: Cheftain Hotel
Date: 11/09/2015 to 13/09/2015
Timings: 90 mins to completion plus an additional 30 secs for each move


Board White Black

1 Keith Aitchison v David Cumming
2 Callum Smith v Robin Moore
3 David Potts v Michael McRobert
4 Ioannis Dabos-Doukas v Walter Pearson
5 Tom Constance v Paul MacDonald
6 Nihad Abddullazada v George McRobert
7 Lukah Connolly Sams v Jan Baron Majerik

[David G Congalton]

[pgn][Event "Inverness Balnuaran FIDE Open"]
[Site "Inverness"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sreeves, Clement"]
[Black "Durno, Joy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "1819"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2015.09.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qf3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Nc6 14. Bc4 Qc7
15. O-O-O b5 16. Bb3 Bb7 17. g6 hxg6 18. fxg6 Bh6 19. gxf7+ Kf8 20. Bxh6+ Rxh6
21. Qg4 Ke7 22. f8=Q+ Rxf8 23. Qg7+ 1-0[/pgn]

[pgn][Event "Inverness Balnuaran FIDE Open"]
[Site "Inverness"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "O'Grady, Gary"]
[Black "Green, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1892"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2015.09.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 cxd5
8. Nc3 Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14.
Ne2 c5 15. Ng3 Rb8 16. Rab1 Kh8 17. Rfe1 Be6 18. c3 Rg8 19. Bf5 Rge8 20. Bc2
Rg8 21. Bf5 Be5 22. Re3 Rxg3 1-0[/pgn]

[pgn][Event "Inverness Balnuaran FIDE Open"]
[Site "Inverness"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Olson, Hamish"]
[Black "Campbell, Duncan AF"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A94"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.09.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. b3 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Ba3 Bxa3 8. Nxa3
Ne4 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc2 Bd7 11. Nce1 Be8 12. Nd3 Bh5 13. Nf4 Bf7 14. h4 Nd7 15.
e3 Qf6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. b4 Rfe8 18. Qc2 Nb6 19. Ne5 Nc4 20. Nfd3 g5 21. hxg5
Qxg5 22. Nxc4 dxc4 23. Ne5 Bd5 24. Nxc4 Re6 25. Ne5 Rh6 26. Bf3 Re8 27. Kg2 Re7
28. Rh1 Rg7 29. Rxh6 Qxh6 30. Rh1 Qd6 31. Rh5 Qf6 32. Nd3 Bf7 33. Rh1 Qg5 34.
Bxe4 fxe4 35. Nf4 h5 36. Qxe4 Qg4 37. Qe7 Bd5+ 38. Nxd5 Rxe7 39. Nf6+ Kf8 40.
Nxg4 hxg4 41. Rh5 Rg7 42. Kf1 Ke7 43. Ke2 Kd6 44. Rf5 b6 45. e4 Ke6 46. Ke3 1-0[/pgn]

[David G Congalton]

[pgn][Event "Inverness Balnuaran FIDE Open"]
[Site "Inverness"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Newton, Andrew"]
[Black "Abdulla, Murad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1795"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.09.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]

1. b3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
d4 O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. a3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 b5 13. c4 bxc4 14. bxc4
Rac8 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Qb3 Nc5 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 18. Nc4 Bf8 19. Rfd1 Na4 20. Ba1
Nab6 21. Nxb6 Nxb6 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Bb2 Na4 24. Ba1 a6 25. Kf1 Bxa3 26. Ke2 e5
27. Nb3 f6 28. Kf3 Nc5 29. Nxc5 Rxc5 30. Rd3 Bb4 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Rd7+ Kg6 33.
Ra7 Rc1 34. Rxa6 Kf5 35. g4+ Kg5 36. Ra7 Kg6 37. Ra6 Bc3 38. Bxc3 Rxc3 39. Ra7
Rc1 40. h4 Rc4 41. Rb7 Ra4 42. Rc7 Ra1 43. Rb7 Rg1 44. Rb4 h5 45. Ra4 Kh6 46.
Rb4 g6 47. Ra4 hxg4+ 48. Rxg4 Rxg4 49. Kxg4 f5+ 50. Kg3 Kh5 51. f4 exf4+ 52.
exf4 Kh6 53. Kh3 Kg7 54. Kg3 Kf6 55. Kf3 Ke6 56. Ke3 1/2-1/2[/pgn]

[pgn][Event "Inverness Balnuaran FIDE Open"]
[Site "Inverness"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Birkett, Richard"]
[Black "Chapman, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.09.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Bb2 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Qb1 Rc7 14. Rfd1 Nf8
15. dxc5 bxc5 16. e3 Qa8 17. b4 Ne6 18. bxc5 Rxc5 19. Nd4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21.
Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. Nf5 Bf8 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qb2 Ba8 25. Nb3 Nf4 26. gxf4 Qxf5 27.
Nd4 Qd7 28. Qb5 Qc8 29. Bf3 Qb7 30. Qxb7 Bxb7 31. Nb5 f5 32. Nxa7 Bc5 33. Nb5
Ba6 34. Nc7 Bc4 35. Bxd5 Bxd5 36. Nxd5 1-0[/pgn]

[pgn][Event "Inverness Balnuaran FIDE Open"]
[Site "Inverness"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pannwiitz, Kai"]
[Black "Ackley, Peter JE"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1764"]
[BlackElo "1992"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.09.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Qe7 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. O-O Ndf6 12. Be1 a5 13. b3 Bd7 14. Qb2 a4 15.
b4 b5 16. c5 Bc6 17. Bd2 h6 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. Ne1 Bd5 20. f3 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 e5
22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Nd3 Rcd8 24. Qe3 Rfe8 25. Nf2 Bb3 26. c6 Nd5 27. Qc5 Bc4 28.
Rxc4 bxc4 29. Qxc4 Kh8 30. Qc2 Qe6 31. Bh3 g6 32. Qxa4 Ra8 33. Qc2 Nxb4 34. Qd2
Nxc6 35. Qxh6+ Kg8 36. Ne4 Qf7 37. Rc1 Ra6 38. Ng5 Qg7 39. Qh4 Nd4 40. Bf1 Ra4
41. e4 Qe7 42. Kh1 fxe4 43. fxe4 Ne6 44. Nxe6 Qxe6 45. Rxc7 Rxe4 46. Qh7+ 1-0[/pgn]

[David G Congalton]

[pgn][Event "Inverness Balnuaran FIDE Open"]
[Site "Inverness"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Doyle, James"]
[Black "Gray, Euan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A91"]
[WhiteElo "1891"]
[BlackElo "1656"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2015.09.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 d6 6. e4 fxe4 7. Nxe4 O-O 8.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O Qe8 11. Be3 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. Qd2 Qh5 14. Nc3 Bh3
15. Qd1 Bg4 16. f3 Bh3 17. g4 Qh4 18. Ne4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Ng6 20. Qe1 Qxe1 21.
Raxe1 Bh4 22. Rc1 Nf4+ 23. Bxf4 Rxf4 24. Kh3 Be7 25. b3 h5 26. Kg3 hxg4 27. Nd2
gxf3 28. Rxf3 Raf8 29. Rcf1 Rxf3+ 30. Rxf3 Rxf3+ 31. Kxf3 Kf7 32. Kg4 g6 33.
Ne4 c6 34. h4 cxd5 35. cxd5 b5 36. h5 gxh5+ 37. Kxh5 Ke8 38. Kg6 b4 39. Nd2 Kd7
40. Nc4 Bd8 41. Kf7 Bb6 42. Nd2 Be3 43. Ne4 Bb6 44. Nf6+ Kd8 45. Ke6 Bc7 46.
Ne4 Bb8 47. Nf6 Kc7 48. Ne4 Kb6 49. Kd7 a6 50. Kc8 Ka7 51. Nd2 Ka8 52. Ne4
1/2-1/2[/pgn]

[pgn][Event "Inverness Balnuaran FIDE Open"]
[Site "Inverness"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Irving, Neil"]
[Black "Healy, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1748"]
[BlackElo "1903"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2015.09.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]

1. Nf3 b5 2. e4 Bb7 3. e5 a6 4. d4 e6 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O Nd7 7. Bf4 dxe5 8. Nxe5
Ngf6 9. Nd2 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Be7 11. a4 b4 12. Bf3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 O-O 14. Rfd1 Nd5
15. c4 bxc3 16. bxc3 Bd6 17. Ne4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qh4 19. Rd4 Qh6 20. c4 Ne7 21.
Rd7 Ng6 22. Qg3 Qf4 23. Qxf4 Nxf4 24. g3 Ng6 25. f4 Rfc8 26. Rb1 Nf8 27. Rd3
Rab8 28. Rdb3 Rxb3 29. Rxb3 Rd8 30. Nc5 Rd4 31. Nxa6 Rxc4 32. Ra3 g6 33. Nb8
Rb4 34. Nc6 Rb6 35. Nd4 c5 36. Nb5 c4 37. Nd6 Nd7 38. Nxc4 Rb1+ 39. Kg2 Nc5 40.
a5 Na6 41. Rd3 Rc1 42. Rd8+ Kg7 43. Nd6 Rc5 44. Ne8+ Kh6 45. Nf6 Rxa5 46. Rh8
g5 47. Rxh7+ Kg6 48. Kf3 gxf4 49. gxf4 Ra1 50. h4 Nc5 51. h5+ Kf5 52. Rxf7 Ra3+
53. Kg2 Nd3 54. Nd5+ Kg4 55. Nf6+ Kxf4 56. Nd7+ Kg5 57. Kf1 Kxh5 58. Rf3 Kg4
0-1[/pgn]

[David G Congalton]

[pgn][Event "Inverness Tomnahurich FIDE Major"]
[Site "Inverness"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moore, Robin"]
[Black "Majerik, Jan Baron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1755"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2015.09.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 Bb4 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Nge7 9. Re1 f6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Ba2 O-O 12. Ba3 b6 13. Bd6 Qd8 14. Nd4 Nxd4
15. cxd4 Bb7 16. d5 e5 17. Bxe7 1-0[/pgn]

[pgn][Event "Inverness Tomnahurich FIDE Major"]
[Site "Inverness"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cumming, David R"]
[Black "Abdullazada, Nihad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2015.09.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. Bxc6
Bxc6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Bd5 11. c4 Be6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Qd2 Nd7 15.
Nf3 Bf5 16. g4 Be6 17. Ng5 Rc6 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. Kg2 b6 20. Bh6 Rxe1 21. Rxe1
e6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. d4 cxd4 24. Qxd4+ Nf6 25. Qe5 Kg8 26. Rd1 Qa8+ 27. f3 Ne8
28. b3 Qc8 29. Nb5 a6 30. Nc3 Qc7 31. Qxc7 Nxc7 32. Rd7 Rc8 33. Ne4 Ne8 34. Ng5
Rc7 35. Rd8 Re7 36. Rb8 Kg7 37. Rxb6 Ra7 38. a4 a5 39. Ne4 Nf6 40. Nc5 Nd7 41.
Rb7 Rxb7 42. Nxb7 Kf6 43. Nxa5 Nc5 44. f4 Ke7 45. Kf3 Kd6 46. Ke3 Kc7 47. Kd4
Kb6 48. g5 Na6 49. b4 Nxb4 50. Nb3 Kc6 51. Kc3 Na2+ 52. Kd4 Nb4 53. Nc1 Nc2+
54. Ke5 Ne3 55. Kf6 Nxc4 56. Kxf7 e5 57. fxe5 Nxe5+ 58. Kg7 Nf3 59. Kh6 Kc5 60.
Nb3+ Kb4 61. a5 Kb5 62. Nd4+ Nxd4 63. Kxh7 Ne6 64. Kxg6 Nf4+ 65. Kf5 Nh5 66. g6
Kxa5 67. Kg5 Ng7 68. Kf6 Nh5+ 69. Kf7 Kb6 70. g7 1-0[/pgn]

[pgn][Event "Inverness Tomnahurich FIDE Major"]
[Site "Inverness"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Constance, Tom"]
[Black "Pearson, Walter J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[BlackElo "1615"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2015.09.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Qd5 7. Qxd5 cxd5
8. d4 Nc6 9. Bf4 Bg4 10. c3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 g6 12. h4 Bg7 13. h5 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. O-O-O O-O 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Rxd5 Bf4+ 18. Kc2 Rad8 19. Bc4 Rxd5 20. Bxd5 b6
21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Rh4 Bc7 23. Ra4 Bb8 24. Rg4 Kg7 25. Re4 Rd8 26. c4 b5 27. b3
bxc4 28. Bxc4 Rc8 29. Re7 Rc7 30. Re8 Rb7 31. a4 Bh2 32. Re1 Bd6 33. Re2 a5 34.
Kd1 Re7 35. Re4 Rxe4 36. fxe4 f5 37. Bd3 fxe4 38. Bxe4 g5 39. Bf5 Kf6 40. Bg4
Ke5 41. Ke2 Kf4 42. Be6 Bb4 43. Bd5 Ba3 44. Kd3 Bb4 45. Kc4 Be1 46. Kb5 Bd2
1/2-1/2[/pgn]

[Andy McCulloch]

Minor point. The O'Grady v Green result and the second round draw seem to be at odds.

[David G Congalton]

Thanks Andy. In my defence it was a bit late when I input the games. Andrew Green did win the round 1 game.

[David G Congalton]

[pgn][Event "Inverness Balnuaran FIDE Open"]
[Site "Inverness"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Healy, John"]
[Black "Sreeves, Clement"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1903"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2015.09.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. O-O Qb6+
8. Kh1 Qxb5 9. Nc3 Qh5 10. Re1+ Be6 11. d4 Bb4 12. d5 Bxc3 13. Rxe6+ fxe6 14.
dxc6 Bb4 15. cxb7 Rb8 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Bxf4 Rxb7 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. c3 Bc5 20. b4
Rb6 21. Qc4 Bd6 22. Be3 Ng4 23. Bxb6 Rxf3 24. h3 Rxh3+ 25. gxh3 Qxh3+ 26. Kg1
Bh2+ 27. Kh1 Qf3# 0-1[/pgn]