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 early May 2024. The standings and results are available on the Chess Scotland website.
Pairings & Results
A live draw for round six was made on Tuesday 16 April at the Bungo by Competitions Manager Jordan McNaught. This is the final round of the 2023/24 Club Championship.
The round six 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 | 1616 | 1-0 | David Logue | 1615 |
| 2 | Moray Lennox | 1523 | .5-.5 | Jordan McNaught | 1639 |
| 3 | Alistair Ahmed | 1673 | 1-0 | Rhys McCrosson | 1697 |
| 4 | Jonny Livingstone | 1490 | 1-0 | Giuseppe Bosco | 1391 |
| 5 | Jack Gallagher | 0 | 0-1 | John McKenna | 1603 |
| 6 | Jonny Linney | 1358 | 1-0 | Craig Thomson | 1538 |
| 7 | Tommy Lally | 1521 | .5-.5 | Joao Carrapico | 0 |
| 8 | Hunter Mackay | 1520 | 1-0 | Caitlin McCulloch | 1147 |
| 9 | Andrew Speirs | 1281 | 1-0 | Andy Chisholm | 1338 |
| 10 | Harry McGrory | 0 | 0-1 | Thomas Fowley | 1339 |
| 11 | Ash Angappan | 1282 | 0-1† | Moray Jones | 0 |
| 12 | Ciaran Melvin | 0 | 1-0 | Derek Rankine | 1304 |
| 13 | Philip Blaber | 1244 | 0-1 | Douglas Veitch | 1229 |
| 14 | Greg Forrest | 1097 | 0-1 | Jack Spillane | 0 |
| 15 | Paul Cumming | 1383 | 1-0 | Campbell Dougan | 1644 |
| 16 | Chris Dinwoodie | 1108 | 0-1 | Alex Lane | 1377 |
| 17 | Malcolm Theodoreson | 1316 | .5-.5 | Josh Cummings | 0 |
| 18 | Thomas McAleer | 930 | 1-0 | Julien Papillon | 1209 |
| 19 | David Hughes | 0 | .5-.5 | Iain Shields | 1189 |
| 20 | Marc Sheridan | 1429 | 1-0 | Andrew McCulloch | 1107 |
| 21 | Ronnie Martin | 1020 | 1-0 | Marianne Burns | 0 |
| 22 | Tom Cox | 993 | 1-0† | Wull Swales | 875 |
| 23 | Paul Chapman | 0 | 0-1 | Scott McCartney | 1163 |
| 24 | Jack Crawford | 1- | (bye) |
Playing Your Game
By default, all games will take place in The Bungo on the designated date for round five: Tuesday 30 April (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 7 May at the The Bungo (including the Club nights of Tue 23 April and Tue 7 May), or in another public space.
Those using other venues for rescheduled matches, are asked to note the clarifications set out here.
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 30 April, and make no attempt to contact your opponent or notify a Committee Member beforehand, you will lose the game by default.
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.