Author: Andy Chisholm

With things poised at the top of the table, there are 5 players still in with a chance of winning this years championship!

Check out the current standings.

Board	Rating	White	Score	Black	Rating	Date
1	1874	Jordan McNaught		Connor Thompson	1757	20th May
2	1681	Scott Kilgour	1-0	Moray Lennox	1680	12th May
3	1606	Craig Thomson	0-1	Rhys McCrosson	1610	28th April
4	1714	Ivan Roberts	0-1	Alistair Ahmed	1586	12th May
5	1588	Campbell Dougan	0-1†	Jonny Livingstone	1552	Default
6	1516	Eric McNeil	1-0†	Bassey Godwin	1743	Default
7	1363	Ross Hull	0-1	Jonathan Linney	1407	5th May
8	1072	Marianne Burns	0-1	Ryan McGill	1421	12th May
9	1481	Josh Bailey-Withers	1-0†	Graeme McKinnon	1390	Default
10	1281	Philip Blaber	0-1	Rufus Stones	1547	28th April
11	1183	James Burns	1-0†	Ally McLellan	1506	Default
12	Ungraded	Hazem Marashi	0-1†	Bruce Knight	1326	Default
13	1242	Scott McCartney	1-0	Chris Lockhart	1232	28th April
14	1292	Andy Chisholm	1-0	Iain Shields	1240	28th April
15	1559	David Logue	1-0	Andy McCulloch	1055	28th April
16	1149	Gregory Forrest	0-1	Chris Dinwoodie	1267	5th May
17	1041	Ronnie Martin	0-1	Giuseppe Bosco	1363	28th April
18	1096	Gerry Cowan	0.5-0.5	Daniel Reidy	1349	5th May
19	1029	Antonio Exposito	1-0	Jack Collins	1254	12th May
20	1318	Harry McGrory	1-0	Sarah Scott	Ungraded	5th May
21	1471	Tommy Lally	1-0	Olanna Horhut	Ungraded	12th May

With the tournament entering the final stages, reigning champion Jordan McNaught has taken the lead by half a point. Will he be able to hang on to his lead? Check out the current standings.

Board	Rating	White	Score	Black	Rating	Date
1	1942	Jordan McNaught	0.5-0.5	Craig Thomson	1564	14th April
2	1581	Alistair Ahmed	0-1	Scott Kilgour	1657	14th April
3	1735	Connor Thompson	1-0	Josh Bailey-Withers	1466	7th April
4	1680	Moray Lennox	1-0	Ross Hull	1377	31st March
5	1617	Rhys McCrosson	1-0	Philip Blaber	1284	31st March
6	1417	Somto Onyebuchi	0-1	Campbell Dougan	1580	19th April
7	1549	Jonny Livingstone	1-0	Scott McCartney	1198	31st March
8	1318	Bruce Knight	0-1	Eric McNeil	1495	31st March
9	1413	Jonathan Linney	1-0	Hazem Marashi	Ungraded	7th April
10	1398	Graeme McKinnon	0-1	Ivan Roberts	1696	31st March
11	1707	Bassey Godwin	1-0	Malcolm Theodoreson	1355	14th April
12	1351	Ryan McGill	1-0	Andy Chisholm	1308	7th April
13	1560	Rufus Stones	0.5-0.5	David Logue	1560	14th April
14	1461	Ally McLellan	1-0	Gerry Cowan	Ungraded	31st March
15	1225	Iain Shields	1-0	Harry McGrory	1336	31st March
16	1383	Giuseppe Bosco	0-1	James Burns	1186	7th April
17	1274	Chris Dinwoodie	0.5-0.5	Ronnie Martin	1033	31st March
18	1071	Andy McCulloch	1-0	Antonio Exposito	1031	19th April
19	Ungraded	Sarah Scott	0-1	Gregory Forrest	1150	31st March
20	Ungraded	Olanna Horhut	0-1	Daniel Reidy	1336	19th April
21	1250	Jack Collins	1-0	David Hughes	929	7th April

We’re over halfway through the competition now and only one perfect score remains, belonging to Scott Kilgour at the top of the rankings. Will be be able to hold onto the lead?

Full standings

Board	Rating	White	Score	Black	Rating	Date
1	1681	Scott Kilgour	0-1	Jordan McNaught	1953	10th March
2	1282	Philip Blaber	0-1	Alistair Ahmed	1584	10th March
3	1467	Josh Bailey-Withers	0.5-0.5	Moray Lennox	1691	24th February
4	1534	Craig Thomson	1-0	Bassey Godwin	Ungraded	10th March
5	Ungraded	Ivan Roberts	0-1	Connor Thompson	1764	24th February
6	1183	Scott McCartney	0.5-0.5	Rhys McCrosson	1639	24th February
7	1500	Eric McNeil	0.5-0.5	Somto Onyebuchi	1402	10th March
8	Ungraded	Chris Lockhart	0-1	Ross Hull	1341	10th March
9	1577	Campbell Dougan	1-0	Giuseppe Bosco	1417	24th February
10	1278	Chris Dinwoodie	0-1	Jonny Livingstone	1545	24th February
11	1072	Marianne Burns	1-0†	David Logue	1560	10th March
12	1036	Ronnie Martin	0-1	Jonathan Linney	1396	3rd March
13	1030	Antonio Exposito	0-1	Graeme McKinnon	1378	10th March
14	1405	Ally McLellan	0-1†	Hazem Marashi	Ungraded	10th March
15	1343	Paul Cumming	0.5-0.5	Ryan McGill	1329	10th March
16	1152	Gregory Forrest	0-1	Rufus Stones	1514	3rd March
17	1058	Andy McCulloch	0-1	Andy Chisholm	1301	3rd March
18	1349	Daniel Reidy	0-1	Malcolm Theodoreson	1343	10th March
19	1346	Harry McGrory	1-0	Olanna Horhut	Ungraded	10th March
20	1169	James Burns	1-0	Jack Collins	1264	3rd March
21	937	David Hughes	0-1	Iain Shields	1204	3rd March

After a long winter break, we’re back in action starting on 27th January.

Current standings available here.

Board	Rating	White	Score	Black	Ratibng	Date
1	1644	Rhys McCrosson	0-1	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	0-1	Alistair Ahmed	1615	3rd February
5	1678	Moray Lennox	1-0	Chris Lockhart	Ungraded	27th January
6	1185	Scott McCartney	0-1	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	1-0	Chris Dinwoodie	1286	3rd February
10	1336	Malcolm Theodoreson	0-1	Ivan Roberts	Ungraded	3rd February
11	1327	Ryan McGill	0-1	Philip Blaber	1274	27th January
12	1537	Jonny Livingstone	1-0	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	1-0†	Jack Collins	1267	3rd February
18	1214	Iain Shields	0-1	Ronnie Martin	1016	27th January
19	1010	Antonio Exposito	1-0	James Burns	1165	3rd February
20	Ungraded	Gerry Cowan	0.5-0.5	Andy McCulloch	1036	27th January
21	Ungraded	Hazem Marashi	1-0	Josh Cummings	1039	10th February
22	937	David Hughes	1-0	Sarah Scott	Ungraded	3rd February

An action-packed first two rounds has seen 6 of the top 8 seeds drop at least half a point as accelerated pairings has turned this year’s competition on its head!

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

With an upset on board 1 in the first round and reining champion Jordan McNaught being held to a draw, it’s all to play for as the top boards jostle for position.

Current standings and gradings.

Full round 2 pairings as follows:

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

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.

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.

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.

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.