01-05-2014, 05:31 AM
Roddy McKay has again just failed to set a world record.
Last summer his Scottish Championship winning span of 42 years (1971-2013) did not quite beat Howard Williams of Wales’ record of 43 years (1968-2011)
Craig Pritchett (1966) and Roddy (1968) played in the Olympiad team whilst attending Allan Glen’s School, Glasgow. Alan McGowan and I are in the middle of creating a record of this school’s chess successes for the archives.
Roddy’s Olympiad span will thus be 46 years (1968-2014). This does not quite beat Viktor Korchnoi’s record of 48 years (1960-2008).
Roddy’s Olympiad gap of 32 years between successive Olympiads (1982-2014) seems to be a record though.
Roddy will need to expand his horizons if he is to beat Viktor’s record. He has so far only played Olympiads in Western Europe: Lugano, Siegen, Nice, Lucerne and now Tromso. However the next Olympiads are expected to be in: 2016 Azerbaijan, 2018 Georgia or South Africa, 2020 South Korea
Last summer his Scottish Championship winning span of 42 years (1971-2013) did not quite beat Howard Williams of Wales’ record of 43 years (1968-2011)
Craig Pritchett (1966) and Roddy (1968) played in the Olympiad team whilst attending Allan Glen’s School, Glasgow. Alan McGowan and I are in the middle of creating a record of this school’s chess successes for the archives.
Roddy’s Olympiad span will thus be 46 years (1968-2014). This does not quite beat Viktor Korchnoi’s record of 48 years (1960-2008).
Roddy’s Olympiad gap of 32 years between successive Olympiads (1982-2014) seems to be a record though.
Roddy will need to expand his horizons if he is to beat Viktor’s record. He has so far only played Olympiads in Western Europe: Lugano, Siegen, Nice, Lucerne and now Tromso. However the next Olympiads are expected to be in: 2016 Azerbaijan, 2018 Georgia or South Africa, 2020 South Korea