About
The 2023/24 Queens Park Chess Club Championship is a six round classical tournament at the 60+5 time control. Please visit our Club Championship page for full details of the format and rules.
The tournament started in October 2023 and will conclude in April 2024. The standings and results are available on the Chess Scotland website.
Pairings & Results
A live draw for round four was made at the Bungo by Competitions Manager Jordan McNaught during the Club meeting of Tuesday 20 February.
The round four pairings are as follows. This table will be updated with the results as they come in.
| Board | White | Rating | Score | Black | Rating |
| 1 | Connor Thompson | 1621 | 1-0 | Hunter Mackay | 1573 |
| 2 | Alistair Ahmed | 1660 | 0-1 | Jordan McNaught | 1673 |
| 3 | Thomas Fowley | 1398 | 0-1 | John McKenna | 1598 |
| 4 | Thomas Lally | 1534 | 0-1 | Rhys McCrosson | 1642 |
| 5 | Craig Thomson | 1588 | †1-0 | Jonny Linney | 0 |
| 6 | David Logue | 1595 | 1-0 | Andrew Speirs | 0 |
| 7 | Jonny Livingstone | 1463 | 1-0 | Jack Spillane | 0 |
| 8 | Moray Lennox | 1432 | 1-0 | Alex Lane | 1365 |
| 9 | Jack Gallagher | 0 | 0.5-0.5 | Giuseppe Bosco | 1384 |
| 10 | Angus Gillies | 0 | 0-1† | Ash Angappan | 1286 |
| 11 | Harry McGrory | 0 | 1-0 | Moray Jones | 0 |
| 12 | Malcolm Theodoreson | 1326 | 0.5-0.5 | Chris Dinwoodie | 1093 |
| 13 | Caitlin McCulloch | 1137 | 1-0 | Douglas Veitch | 1254 |
| 14 | Campbell Dougan | 1664 | 1-0 | Ryan McGill | 1115 |
| 15 | Joao Carrapico | 0 | 0.5-0.5 | Marc Sheridan | 1407 |
| 16 | Harvey Dellanzo | 1384 | 1-0 | Ronnie Martin | 1021 |
| 17 | Wull Swales | 879 | 0-1 | Derek Rankine | 1329 |
| 18 | Philip Blaber | 1263 | 1-0 | Marianne Burns | 0 |
| 19 | Julien Papillon | 1218 | 0-1 | Andy Chisholm | 1269 |
| 20 | Josh Cummings | 0 | 0-1 | Iain Shields | 1172 |
| 21 | Andy McCulloch | 1118 | 0.5-0.5 | Ciaran Melvin | 0 |
| 22 | Thomas McAleer | 922 | 0-1 | Greg Forrest | 1013 |
| 23 | Paul Cumming | 1351 | 0.5-0.5 | Paul Chapman | 0 |
| 24 | Tom Cox | 0 | 0-1 | Scott McCartney | 1116 |
| 25 | David Hughes | 0 | 1-0 | Jack Crawford | 0 |
Playing Your Game
By default, all games will take place in The Bungo on the designated date for round four: Tuesday 5 March (7pm).
IMPORTANT! If you cannot make this date, you must contact your opponent in advance to make an alternative arrangement.
Games must be played over-the-board, with a clock at the 60+5 time control, on or before 12 March at the The Bungo (including the Club nights of Tue 27 Feb and Tue 12 March), or in another public space.
You can contact your opponent by speaking to them at the Club, by posting in the Club Championship WhatsApp group, or by contacting a Committee Member to request their contact details (we have obtained GDPR consent from members to share details with their opponent for the purpose of rescheduling Club Championship ties if required).
If you do not show up for your game on Tue 5 March, and make no attempt to contact your opponent or notify a Committee Member beforehand, you will lose the game by default. Repeat offenders will be removed from the tournament.
Please use the Club Championship Whatsapp group, or email us at contact@queensparkchessclub.com, or speak to Jordan or another Committee Member at a Club night, if you have any questions.