Author: Andy Chisholm

Board	Rating	White	Score	Black	Ratibng	Date
1	1644	Rhys McCrosson		Scott Kilgour	1677	10th February
2	Ungraded	Bassey Godwin	0-1	Jordan McNaught	1945	27th January
3	1781	Connor Thompson	0.5-0.5	Eric McNeil	1499	27th January
4	1406	Jonathan Linney		Alistair Ahmed	1615	3rd February
5	1678	Moray Lennox	1-0	Chris Lockhart	Ungraded	27th January
6	1185	Scott McCartney		Craig Thomson	1529	10th February
7	1348	Ross Hull	0.5-0.5	Campbell Dougan	1586	27th January
8	1527	Rufus Stones	0-1	Josh Bailey-Withers	1357	27th January
9	1388	Somto Onyebuchi		Chris Dinwoodie	1286	3rd February
10	1336	Malcolm Theodoreson		Ivan Roberts	Ungraded	3rd February
11	1327	Ryan McGill	0-1	Philip Blaber	1274	27th January
12	1537	Jonny Livingstone		Daniel Reidy	1354	5th February
13	1558	David Logue	1-0	Gregory Forrest	1142	27th January
14	1389	Giuseppe Bosco	1-0	Jack Spillane	1358	27th January
15	1371	Graeme McKinnon	1-0	Harry McGrory	1370	27th January
16	1295	Andy Chisholm	0-1	Ally McLellan	1385	27th January
17	1072	Marianne Burns		Jack Collins	1267	3rd February
18	1214	Iain Shields	0-1	Ronnie Martin	1016	27th January
19	1010	Antonio Exposito		James Burns	1165	3rd February
20	Ungraded	Gerry Cowan	0.5-0.5	Andy McCulloch	1036	27th January
21	Ungraded	Hazem Marashi		Josh Cummings	1039	10th February
22	937	David Hughes		Sarah Scott	Ungraded	3rd February

Board	Rating	White	Score	Black	Rating	Date
1	1699	Scott Kilgour	1-0	Ross Hull	1360	9th December
2	1372	João Carrapico	0.5-0.5	Rhys McCrosson	1654	2nd December
3	1958	Jordan McNaught	1-0	Ryan McGill	1325	25th November
4	1209	Mark Irvine	0.5-0.5	Connor Thompson	1794	2nd December
5	1592	Campbell Dougan	0-1	Bassey Godwin	Ungraded	2nd December
6	Ungraded	Chris Lockhart	0.5-0.5	Jonathan Linney	1418	9th December
7	1624	Alistair Ahmed	1-0	Giuseppe Bosco	1319	2nd December
8	1362	Harry McGrory	0-1	Moray Lennox	1678	25th November
9	1347	Daniel Reidy	0-1	Craig Thomson	1555	25th November
10	1182	Scott McCartney	1-0†	Connor McCauley	1557	9th December
11	1499	Eric McNeil	1-0	Paul Cumming	1321	9th December
12	Ungraded	Josh Bailey-Withers	0.5-0.5	Somto Onyebuchi	1356	25th November
13	1173	James Burns	0-1	Rufus Stones	1506	2nd December
14	1134	Gregory Forrest	0.5-0.5	Graeme McKinnon	1364	9th December
15	1075	Andy McCulloch	0-1	Malcolm Theodoreson	1330	2nd December
16	1328	Bruce Knight	1-0†	Ronnie Martin	1016	9th December
17	1280	Philip Blaber	1-0	Marianne Burns	1078	2nd December
18	Ungraded	Gerry Cowan	0-1	Chris Dinwoodie	1273	9th December
19	1267	Jack Collins	0-1	Ivan Roberts	Ungraded	2nd December
20	1354	Jack Spillane	1-0	Antonio Exposito	1007	2nd December
21	1528	Jonny Livingstone	1-0	Ayat Jawad	1215	25th November
22	1316	Ally McLellan	1-0	David Hughes	939	2nd December
23	Ungraded	Sarah Scott	VOID	Josh Cummings	Ungraded	9th December
24	Ungraded	Olanna Horhut	0-1	Hazem Marashi	Ungraded	9th December

Board	Rating	White	Score	Black	Rating	Date
1	1800	Connor Thompson	0.5-0.5	Campbell Dougan	1586	4th November
2	1564	Craig Thomson	0-1	Scott Kilgour	1705	11th November
3	1655	Rhys McCrosson	1-0	Harry McGrory	1356	4th November
4	1332	Ross Hull	1-0	Alistair Ahmed	1631	4th November
5	1653	Moray Lennox	0-1	João Carrapico	1352	4th November
6	1505	Rufus Stones	0-1	Jordan McNaught	1941	4th November
7	1387	Jonathan Linney	1-0	Jonny Livingstone	1548	11th November
8	Ungraded	Connor McCauley	1-0	Andy Chisholm	1283	11th November
9	1278	Chris Dinwoodie	0-1	Eric McNeil	1465	28th October
10	1286	Ryan McGill	1-0	Jack Spillane	1372	11th November
11	1371	Graeme McKinnon	0.5-0.5	Scott McCartney	1175	28th October
12	1189	Mark Irvine	1-0	Ally McLellan	1368	11th November
13	1350	Somto Onyebuchi	1-0	Gregory Forrest	1139	28th October
14	1101	Andy McCulloch	0-1	Daniel Reidy	1342	28th October
15	1333	Malcolm Theodoreson	0.5-0.5	Josh Bailey-Withers	Ungraded	28th October
16	1319	Giuseppe Bosco	1-0	Gerry Cowan	Ungraded	28th October
17	Ungraded	Bassey Godwin	1-0	Bruce Knight	1322	4th November
18	Ungraded	Chris Lockhart	1-0	Philip Blaber	1280	28th October
19	Ungraded	Josh Cummings	0-1	Jack Collins	1266	4th November
20	Ungraded	Ayat Jawad	0.5-0.5	Iain Shields	1201	28th October
21	Ungraded	Hazem Marashi	0-1	James Burns	1174	28th October
22	1078	Marianne Burns	1-0	Olanna Horhut	Ungraded	28th October
23	1016	Ronnie Martin	1-0	Zee Majeed	Ungraded	28th October
24	1007	Antonio Exposito	1-0	Sarah Scott	Ungraded	28th October
25	Ungraded	Ivan Roberts	1-0	David Hughes	939	4th November

Round 1

Post author By Andy Chisholm
Post date September 23, 2025

Full pairings for Round 1 are as follows:

Bd.	Rating	White	Score	Black	Rating
1	1913	Jordan McNaught	0.5-0.5	Jonathan Linney	1376
2	1375	Jack Spillane	0-1	Connor Thompson	1762
3	1699	Scott Kilgour	1-0	Graeme McKinnon	1374
4	1371	Ally McLellan	0-1	Rhys McCrosson	1651
5	1625	Alistair Ahmed	1-0	Somto Onyebuchi	1355
6	1347	Daniel Reidy	0-1	Moray Lennox	1591
7	1581	Campbell Dougan	1-0	Malcolm Theodoreson	1338
8	1335	Harry McGrory	1-0	Jonny Livingstone	1569
9	1558	Craig Thomson	1-0	Giuseppe Bosco	1325
10	1325	João Carrapico	1-0	Connor McCauley	Ungraded
11	1483	Eric McNeil	0-1	Ross Hull	1311
12	1304	Paul Cumming	0.5-0.5	Rufus Stones	1479
13	Ungraded	Bruce Knight	1-0	Marianne Burns	1084
14	1016	Ronnie Martin	0-1†	Philip Blaber	1282
15	1277	Andy Chisholm	1-0	Antonio Exposito	1012
16	942	David Hughes	0-1	Chris Dinwoodie	1274
17	1266	Jack Collins	0-1	Gerry Cowan	Ungraded
18	Ungraded	Josh Cummings	0-1	Ryan McGill	1258
19	1201	Iain Shields	0-1	Bassey Godwin	Ungraded
20	Ungraded	Olanna Horhut	0-1	Scott McCartney	1175
21	1174	James Burns	0-1	Chris Lockhart	Ungraded
22	Ungraded	Zee Majeed	0-1	Mark Irvine	1161
23	1139	Gregory Forrest	1-0	Hazem Marashi	Ungraded
24	Ungraded	Sarah Scott	0-1	Andy McCulloch	1103
25	Ungraded	Josh Bailey-Withers	1-0	Ayat Jawad	Ungraded

You will have received an email with more info about the scheduling of your match. If you have any issues then please contact the committee.

Club Championship

Club Championship Round 7 – Tue 29th Apr

Post author By Andy Chisholm
Post date April 23, 2025

About

The 2024/25 Queens Park Chess Club Championship is a seven round classical tournament at the 60+10 time control. Please visit our Club Championship page for full details of the format and rules.

Pairings & Results

A live draw for round seven was made at the Bungo by Competitions Manager Jordan McNaught during the Club meeting of Tuesday 22nd April. The round seven pairings are as follows:

Board	Rating	White	Score	Black	Rating
1	1821	Jordan McNaught	1-0	Connor Thompson	1746
2	1568	David Logue		Alistair Ahmed	1621
3	1552	Hunter Mackay	0-1	Moray Lennox	1538
4	1334	Alexander Lane	0.5-0.5	Scott Kilgour	1704
5	1573	Jonny Livingstone	0-1	Rhys McCrosson	1648
6	1419	Jack Spillane	0-1	John McKenna	1526
7	1267	Philip Blaber	1-0	Jack Collins	1282
8	1345	Ally McLellan	0-1	Campbell Dougan	1577
9	1263	Chris Dinwoodie	0.5-0.5	Tommy Lally	1484
10	1250	Ross Hull	1-0	Graeme McKinnon	1395
11	1258	Ryan McGill	0-1	Somto Onyebuchi	1346
12	1430	Rufus Stones	1-0	Giuseppe Bosco	1445
13	1230	James Burns	0-1	Daniel Reidy	1343
14	1204	Iain Shields	0-1	Harry McGrory	1309
15	1472	Eric McNeil	1-0	Andy McCulloch	1140
16	1295	Paul Cumming	1-0	Paul Chapman	1045
17	1328	Thomas Fowley		Chris Thomson	0
18	0	Luke McDowell	0-1	Scott McCartney	1163
19	0	Kristen Neilson	0-1	João Carrapico	1316
20	1028	Ronnie Martin	0-1	Ciaran Melvin	981
21	979	David Hughes	1-0	Gerry Cowan	0
22	1032	Antonio Exposito	0-1	Gregory Forrest	1130
23	0	Olanna Horhut	1-0	Zee Majeed	0

Current standings can be found on the Chess Scotland website.

Playing Your Game

Based on availability sent to us, players have been assigned a match date which has been emailed to you. If you are playing at the Bungo, games will start at 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+10 time control, on or before 11th May, at the The Bungo 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 the day you are assigned, 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 queries about the Club Championship.

Events

Glasgow Congress 2025

Post author By Andy Chisholm
Post date March 31, 2025

The 2025 edition of the Glasgow Congress was held at Caledonian University over the weekend 28th-30th March. This was the 53rd edition of the historic tournament which was resurrected last season; and this time it attracted an impressive 152 entrants in total. With 17 members entered across the 3 sections, Queens Park was the best represented club at the tournament by a considerable margin.

A selection of the QPCC contingent on Sunday morning

There were great performances from members as well, with Jordan McNaught and Connor Thompson scoring an impressive 2.5/5 in the Ken Stewart Open – including a draw against a Candidate Master for Jordan which helped him on the way to a performance rating of 1987. Having already gained 159 elo so far this season, he’ll be getting another boost after that!

In the Major (U1800), Jonny Livingstone scored an amazing 4.5/5 to secure sole overall victory. On top of that, Scott Kilgour was among those who took a share of second place with 4/5. An incredible showing from our only 2 entrants in the Major, both of whom were undefeated.

Meanwhile, the Minor (U1400) was dominated by QPCC – with over a quarter of the field being members. Friendly fire was inevitable, and early leaders Ryan McGill and Ally Mclellan met on board 1 in round 3 – an epic which ended in a draw. Ally went on to share second place, while Somto Onyebuchi, James Burns and Andy Chisholm were among the 4-way tie for third.

In among the long, drawn-out battles: Paul Cumming recorded a victory in 14 moves in round 4 with his beloved King’s Gambit; only to be outdone in round 5 by Iain Shields who won in only 9 moves with a Scotch Gambit trap. No official prizes are handed out for such wins, but they are worthy of mention nonetheless!

Well done to everyone who took part and congratulations to those who won prizes!

Some post-tourney analysis was done at the Bungo

Club Championship

Club Championship Round 6 – Tue 25th Mar

Post author By Andy Chisholm
Post date March 18, 2025

About

The 2024/25 Queens Park Chess Club Championship is a seven round classical tournament at the 60+10 time control. Please visit our Club Championship page for full details of the format and rules.

Pairings & Results

A live draw for round six was made at the Bungo by Competitions Manager Jordan McNaught during the Club meeting of Tuesday 18th March. The round six pairings are as follows:

Board	Rating	White	Score	Black	Rating
1	1698	Scott Kilgour	0-1	Jordan McNaught	1805
2	1554	Craig Thomson	0-1	Alistair Ahmed	1656
3	1545	Moray Lennox	0-1	Connor Thompson	1693
4	1342	Malcolm Theodoreson	0-1	David Logue	1585
5	1539	John McKenna	0.5-0.5	Hunter Mackay	1551
6	1657	Rhys McCrosson	1-0	Iain Shields	1211
7	1585	Campbell Dougan	0.5-0.5	Chris Dinwoodie	1214
8	1493	Tommy Lally	0.5-0.5	Ryan McGill	1210
9	1516	Jonny Livingstone	1-0	Harry McGrory	1349
10	1432	Graeme McKinnon	0.5-0.5	Ally McLellan	1351
11	1334	Alexander Lane	1-0	Eric McNeil	0
12	1426	Giuseppe Bosco	0-1	Jack Spillane	1385
13	1264	Jack Collins	1-0	Jonathan Linney	1392
14	0	Somto Onyebuchi	1-0	Paul Cumming	1326
15	1314	Andrew Speirs	0-1	Philip Blaber	1233
16	1367	João Carrapico	0-1	Ross Hull	0
17	1129	Andy McCulloch	0-1	Daniel Reidy	1342
18	1290	Andy Chisholm	0-1	James Burns	1154
19	1158	Scott McCartney	0.5-0.5	Ronnie Martin	1018
20	997	Marianne Burns	1-0	Gregory Forrest	1137
21	885	Paul Chapman	1-0	Antonio Exposito	900
22	0	Chris Thomson	1-0	Gerry Cowan	0
23	978	Ciaran Melvin	1-0	Olanna Horhut	0
24	948	David Hughes	1-0†	Calum Lindsay	0

Current standings can be found on the Chess Scotland website.

Playing Your Game

Based on availability sent to us, players have been assigned a match date which has been emailed to you. If you are playing at the Bungo, games will start at 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+10 time control, on or before 13th April, at the The Bungo or in another public space.

Club Championship

Club Championship Round 5 – Tue 25th Feb

Post author By Andy Chisholm
Post date February 18, 2025

About

The 2024/25 Queens Park Chess Club Championship is a seven round classical tournament at the 60+10 time control. Please visit our Club Championship page for full details of the format and rules.

Pairings & Results

A live draw for round four was made at the Bungo by Competitions Manager Jordan McNaught during the Club meeting of Tuesday 18th February. The round five pairings are as follows.

Board	Rating	White	Score	Black	Rating
1	1793	Jordan McNaught	1-0	David Logue	1597
2	1654	Alistair Ahmed	1-0	Malcolm Theodoreson	1362
3	1679	Scott Kilgour	1-0	Jonny Livingstone	1537
4	1529	Hunter Mackay	1-0	Rhys McCrosson	1664
5	1684	Connor Thompson	1-0	Graeme McKinnon	1435
6	1551	Craig Thomson	1-0	Alexander Lane	1327
7	1399	Jonathan Linney	0-1	Moray Lennox	1535
8	1596	Campbell Dougan	0.5-0.5	Iain Shields	1191
9	1543	John McKenna	1-0	Kristen Neilson	0
10	0	Ally McLellan	0.5-0.5	Tommy Lally	1498
11	1445	Giuseppe Bosco	1-0	Somto Onyebuchi	0
12	1319	Paul Cumming	0.5-0.5	Andy McCulloch	1133
13	1317	Harry McGrory	1-0	Thomas Fowley	1342
14	1367	Daniel Reidy	0-1	Jack Collins	1249
15	0	Ross Hull	0.5-0.5	Andrew Speirs	1326
16	1360	Jack Spillane	1-0	Andy Chisholm	1291
17	0	Eric McNeil	1-0	Scott McCartney	1178
18	1186	Ryan McGill	1-0	Luke McDowell	0
19	1178	Chris Dinwoodie	1-0	Riccardo Olivier	0
20	1419	Jack Gallagher	0-1†	Philip Blaber	1234
21	0	Antonio Exposito	0-1	Rufus Stones	1421
22	1146	Gregory Forrest	0.5-0.5	Paul Chapman	877
23	1008	Ronnie Martin	1-0	David Hughes	984
24	1114	James Burns	1-0	Ciaran Melvin	997
25	0	Calum Lindsay	0-1	Marianne Burns	0
26	0	Scott Brass	0-1†	Gerry Cowan	0

Current standings can be found on the Chess Scotland website.

Playing Your Game

Based on availability sent to us, players have been assigned a match date which has been emailed to you. If you are playing at the Bungo, games will start at 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+10 time control, on or before 9th March, at the The Bungo or in another public space.

Club Championship

Club Championship Round 4 – Tue 28th Jan

Post author By Andy Chisholm
Post date January 21, 2025

About

The 2024/25 Queens Park Chess Club Championship is a seven round classical tournament at the 60+10 time control. Please visit our Club Championship page for full details of the format and rules.

Pairings & Results

A live draw for round four was made at the Bungo by Competitions Manager Jordan McNaught during the Club meeting of Tuesday 21st January. The four two pairings are as follows.

Board	Rating	White	Score	Black	Rating
1	1597	David Logue	1-0	Scott Kilgour	1699
2	1362	Malcolm Theodoreson	1-0	Connor Thompson	1698
3	1516	Tommy Lally	0-1	Jordan McNaught	1789
4	1536	Jonny Livingstone	0.5-0.5	Craig Thomson	1554
5	1653	Alistair Ahmed	1-0	Giuseppe Bosco	1423
6	1645	Rhys McCrosson	1-0	João Carrapico	1352
7	1530	Moray Lennox	1-0	Ross Hull	0
8	1522	Hunter Mackay	1-0	Harry McGrory	1337
9	1414	Graeme McKinnon	1-0	Eric McNeil	0
10	1383	Jonathan Linney	1-0	Marc Sheridan	1441
11	1331	Alexander Lane	1-0	Jack Spillane	1390
12	1294	Andy Chisholm	0-1	Campbell Dougan	1592
13	0	Ally McLellan	1-0	Philip Blaber	1247
14	0	Riccardo Olivier	0.5-0.5	Ryan McGill	1185
15	0	Somto Onyebuchi	1-0	Jack Gallagher	1396
16	1482	Rufus Stones	0-1	Paul Cumming	1304
17	1357	Thomas Fowley	1-0	Paul Chapman	872
18	0	Marianne Burns	0-1	Daniel Reidy	1374
19	1327	Andrew Speirs	1-0	Calum Lindsay	0
20	1170	Scott McCartney	1-0	James Burns	1149
21	1252	Jack Collins	1-0	Gregory Forrest	1155
22	0	David Hughes	0-1	Chris Dinwoodie	1170
23	0	Chris Thomson	0-1	Andy McCulloch	1140
24	0	Luke McDowell	1-0	Scott Brass	0
25	0	Gerry Cowan	0-1	Antonio Exposito	0
26	0	Olanna Horhut	0-1	Ronnie Martin	1014
27	1003	Ciaran Melvin	1-0	Zee Majeed	0

Current standings can be found on the Chess Scotland website.

Playing Your Game

Based on availability sent to us, players have been assigned a match date which has been emailed to you. If you are playing at the Bungo, games will start at 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+10 time control, on or before 11th February, at the The Bungo or in another public space.

Club Championship

Club Championship Round 3 – Tue 26th Nov

Post author By Andy Chisholm
Post date November 19, 2024

About

The 2024/25 Queens Park Chess Club Championship is a seven round classical tournament at the 60+10 time control. Please visit our Club Championship page for full details of the format and rules.

Pairings & Results

A live draw for round two was made at the Bungo by Competitions Manager Jordan McNaught during the Club meeting of Tuesday 19th November. The round two pairings are as follows.

Current standings can be found on the Chess Scotland website.

Board	Rating	White	Score	Black	Rating
1	1799	Jordan McNaught	0.5-0.5	Jonny Livingstone	1517
2	1680	Scott Kilgour	1-0	Hunter Mackay	1529
3	1689	Connor Thompson	1-0	Alexander Lane	1329
4	1613	David Logue	1-0	Jonathan Linney	1388
5	1321	Malcolm Theodoreson	1-0	John McKenna	1516
6	1415	Jack Spillane	0-1	Tommy Lally	1518
7	1530	Craig Thomson	1-0	Rufus Stones	1476
8	1446	Marc Sheridan	0.5-0.5	Andy Chisholm	1293
9	1249	Philip Blaber	0-1	Rhys McCrosson	1653
10	1157	Gregory Forrest	0-1	Alistair Ahmed	1665
11	1171	Ryan McGill	0.5-0.5	Campbell Dougan	1603
12	1155	Chris Dinwoodie	0-1	Moray Lennox	1513
13	1125	Andy McCulloch	0-1	Graeme McKinnon	1430
14	1333	Paul Cumming	0-1	João Carrapico	0
15	860	Paul Chapman	0-1	Giuseppe Bosco	1417
16	0	Ross Hull	1-0	Thomas Fowley	1357
17	1350	Daniel Reidy	0-1	Eric McNeil	0
18	0	Kristen Neilson	1-0	Andrew Speirs	1326
19	1322	Harry McGrory	1-0	Scott McCartney	1196
20	1171	Iain Shields	1-0	Luke McDowell	0
21	0	Riccardo Olivier		Scott Brass	0
22	0	Gerry Cowan	0-1	Somto Onyebuchi	0
23	0	Antonio Exposito	0-1	Ally McLellan	0
24	1014	Ronnie Martin	0-1†	David Hughes	0
25	0	Calum Lindsay	1-0	Ciaran Melvin	1003
26	0	Zee Majeed	0-1	Marianne Burns	0
27	1278	Jack Collins	1-0†	Shaun Oswal	0
28	0	James Burns	1-0	Olanna Horhut	0

Playing Your Game

Based on availability sent to us, players have been assigned a match date which has been emailed to you. If you are playing at the Bungo, games will start at 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+10 time control, on or before 8th December, at the The Bungo or in another public space.