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Results – Govanhill Allegro #1

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On Monday 21 March, Govanhill held a small graded Allegro tournament for its members: a three round Swiss format event at the 15+0 time control.

The results and standings, which have also been published by Chess Scotland, follow. Congratulations to new member Guiseppe Bosco on his victory!

The club intends to hold other Allegro tournaments in future, including a collaboration with two other clubs. Keep an eye on the website for details.

Round 1

  1. Julien Papillon 0-1 Derek Rankine
  2. Giuseppe Bosco 1-0 Jass McNeill
  3. Harvey Dellanzo 1-0 Alex Lane

Round 2

  1. Derek Rankine 0.5-0.5 Giuseppe Bosco
  2. Jass McNeill 1-0 Harvey Dellanzo
  3. Alex Lane 1-0 Julien Papillon

Round 3

  1. Harvey Dellanzo 1-0 Derek Rankine
  2. Giuseppe Bosco 1-0 Alex Lane
  3. Julien Papillon 1-0 Jass McNeill

Standings

PositionNameScoreSBgr*Rating†
1Giuseppe Bosco2.52.751416
2Harvey Dellanzo22.51338
3Derek Rankine1.52.251016
4Jass McNeill120
5Alex Lane110
6Julien Papillon111202

* Sonneborn-Berger tie break score

Chess Scotland allegro rating

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Results vs Strathclyde Uni, Bearsden

Chess Scotland have published results from two recent friendly matches with other clubs.

On 21 February, Govanhill hosted a team of four from Strathclyde University Chess Society. In a close battle with some prolonged endgames, the visitors won 2.5 to 1.5. The second leg will take place at the University on Monday 4 April.

On 1 March, Govanhill took a team of nine to Bearsden Chess Club. With the teams closely matched in rating strength, this was also a highly competitive fixture, which Govanhill edged out 5-4. A return match will take place in Govanhill on Monday 28 March.

Click on the links below for a breakdown of the results:

Results – Govanhill vs Strathclyde Uni

Results – Bearsden vs Govanhill

Our thanks to Strathclyde University and Bearsden. In both friendlies, most of the participants were ungraded and relatively new to competitive chess, indicating the healthy growth of chess in Glasgow.

Photo: ‘Your Own Worst Enemy’ by Garen M. is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0.

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Teams for Bearsden Friendly & SNOCL R3

It’s another busy period for Govanhill Chess Club, with three team events taking place over late February to mid-March 2022, plus a group coaching session with AGM Nicolas Skettos (Mon 7 Mar), and the third round of the Club Championship (Mon 14 March).

Govanhill’s line-up for upcoming events follow.

Scottish National Online Chess League – 20 Feb

In the third round of SNOCL Division Four, Govanhill will be facing East Kilbride.

Govanhill’s line-up for the games, which will be played on chess.com at the 25+10 time control at 2pm on Sun 20 Feb, is as follows:

  1. Faidon Filipsson (black)
  2. Rhys McCrosson (white)
  3. Graeme McKinnon (black)
  4. Alex Radevic (white)
  5. Harvey Dellanzo (black)

Results and standings will be published on the Scottish Online Chess Organisation website.

Friendly: Bearsden vs Govanhill – 1 Mar

Following our home-and-away eight board friendly with Bearsden Chess Club last year, both clubs have agreed to a rematch.

The first leg takes place in Cairns Church, Milngavie on the evening of Tue 1 March, with a 60+0 time control. The teams are as follows (Govanhill players highlighted in bold):

  1. Robert Dunn (white) vs Rhys McCrosson (black)
  2. Graeme McKinnon (white) vs Peter MacDonald (black)
  3. Christopher Nield (white) vs Julien Papillon (black)
  4. Ethan Small (white) vs Dominic Quinn (black)
  5. Chris Cotton (white) vs Alex Radevic (black)
  6. Derek Rankine (white) vs Callum McCue (black)
  7. Dominik Jargielo (white) vs Jegan N’Dow (black)
  8. Libor Masar (white) vs Andrew MacLellan (black)
  9. Mel Burt (white) vs James Todd (black)

This will be followed by a home leg at the end of March. All games will be graded by Chess Scotland.

Derek Rankine, Secretary, is the contact for any questions around these events: secretary@queensparkchessclub.com

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Scottish National Online Chess League: R1, R2 Teams

Overview

Govanhill’s first foray into national competition starts this weekend with two matches in Division Four of the Scottish National Online Chess League, or SNOCL.

SNOCL was created by the Scottish Online Chess Organisation in 2021 to provide a new channel for inter-club competition while over-the-board leagues are suspended.

The second iteration of SNOCL takes place over January to March 2022, with Govanhill being one of 18 clubs around Scotland taking part. All matches will be played on chess.com at the rapid time control of 25+10.

Selection

Govanhill’s teams for rounds one and two are:

SNOCL Division Four

Round 1 – East Kilbride vs Govanhill (11am, Sun 30 Jan)

  • Board 1: Graeme McKinnon [white]
  • Board 2: Harvey Dellanzo [black]
  • Board 3: Derek Rankine (captain) [white]
  • Board 4: Niall McCamley [black]
  • Board 5: Jass McNeill [white]

Round 2 – Govanhill vs Lenzie 2 (2pm, Sun 30 Jan)

  • Board 1: Rhys McCrosson [black]
  • Board 2: Harvey Dellanzo [white]
  • Board 3: Julien Papillon (captain) [black]
  • Board 4: Jonny Stark [white]
  • Board 5: Libor Masar [black]

Results

Results and league standings will be made available on the Scottish Online Chess Organisation Website.

All individual games will also be graded and published by Chess Scotland.

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Simul with AGM Nicolas Skettos

We are delighted to confirm that Cyprus national Nicolas Skettos will be joining us on the evening of Monday 31 January for a simultaneous exhibition match.

Nicolas holds the online FIDE title of Arena Grand Master, and has this month achieved a peak FIDE classical rating of 1940 following a strong performance at a tournament in Newcastle.

This will be a valuable opportunity to learn from an expert level player in a distinctive format that evens the playing field somewhat by providing club members with a major time and focus advantage.

Members will this week receive an email from President Julien Papillon with details of the simultaneous exhibition, which begins at 6:45pm. If you would like to notify Julien of your participation, please email president@queensparkchessclub.com.

Update

Nicolas won five of the eight games, and resigned one to Derek Rankine, who had won two pawns in a Sicilian Najdorf.

The other two games – against Alex Radevic and Rhys McCrosson – went on late into the evening and were suspended. The game against Alex was continued at a later date; Alex abandoned a perpetual check idea to seek the win, but Nicolas ultimately emerged victorious in a complex position. It was not possible to find a suitable date for completing the game against Rhys.

We are grateful to Nicolas for taking the time to play us.

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Glasgow clubs friendlies

Thank you to Paisley Chess Club and Bearsden Chess Club for playing home-and-away friendlies with us in November and December. This was a valuable introduction to competitive, over-the-board classical chess for our new members, and a welcome return to inter-club matches for others. The results of the four matches have been published by Chess Scotland:

Paisley vs Govanhill (08/11/21)

Govanhill vs Paisley (15/11/21)

Bearsden vs Govanhill (30/11/21)

Govanhill vs Bearsden (06/12/21)

As we await news on the potential restart of league systems, we would be pleased to hear from other local clubs who are interested in arranging a graded friendly in early 2022. Those interested are warmly invited to contact Derek at secretary@queensparkchessclub.com.

Rhys McCrosson, Graeme McKinnon and Derek Rankine represented the club in the Renfrewshire Allegro Chess Congress on 12 December. The results are available here: major section and minor section.