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Alan Minnican is currently doing extremely well - hope he keeps it up.
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Alan has 5.5/7 and is in 2nd place in Group B.
Alan, keep winning - a chance to be world champion !!
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Alan won today and if he wins tomorrow he becomes world champion and wins 400 Euros ! Good Luck
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Yes, Alan is Scotland's first World Champion since Paul Motwani 1978 !
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Congratulations Alan! Guess I shouldn't feel so bad about losing to you at Oban, now that you are a World Champion
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Well done!!
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Yes, actually, Elaine won Woman's World Amateur in 2000 too !
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Congratulations Alan on a great achievement! We may now have a late contender for player of the year. I look forward to this Scottish success story taking pride of place on the website.