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Lothians Chess Congress Results - 2011

8 to 9 January, 2011

report by Dick Heathwood
Click event headers for grading data on the Chess Scotland site

Prizewinners:

Open

1st - David C Oswald (Edinburgh) 4.5/5, £150 - Lothians Champion

2nd= - IM Stephen Burns-Mannion (Hamilton) & Andrew D Green (Edinburgh) 4/5, £35 each

Grading Prize - Parminder Sanghera (Bon Accord) 3.5/5, £50

Challenger

1st= - Chris Sykes (Lasswade) & Christopher McIntee (Balerno) 4/5, £90 each

Grading Prize - Nigel Chapman (Bank of Scotland) & Keith Emery (Stonehaven) 3.5/5, £15 each

Major

1st = Rudolph J Austin (Edinburgh Civil Service) 5/5, £120

2nd= - Mark Monaghan (Grangemouth), Hugh S Flockhart (Lasswade) & Robert Loughran (Irvine) 4/5, £20 each
Grading Prize 1- David B Watt (Balerno), Walter J Pearson (Pentland Hills), Jim M Cunningham (Ardrossan) & Graeme R Russell (Bank of Scotland) 3.5/5, £10 each

Grading Prize 2 - Ecsher Mills (Sciennes PS) 3.5/5, £30

Giant Killer Prize - Carl Milton (Bon Accord) 720 points difference, £30

Minor

1st = Mark Jones (Edinburgh resident) & Jake Adamson (Sandy Bells) 4.5/5, £90 each

Grading Prize 1 - Andrew Millar (Austin Friars), Ian Alexander (Corstorphine), John Reid (Peterhead), Geoffrey White (Oban), Camas Millar (Austin Friars), Peter D Middleton (Sandy Bells), Chris T Tait (Gorgie Dalry), Paul Blair (Glasgow Montrose/Paisley) & Andrew McCulloch (Giffnock) 3/5, £5 each

Honourable Mention - Colin Howie (East Kilbride) 3/5

Grading Prize 2 - Murad Abdulla (Bon Accord) 4/5, £30

Junior Prize - Zak Roy (Carrick) 3.5/5, £30

Giant Killer Prize - Adam Wadler (JMS Gillespie Primary) 670 points difference, £30