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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.
Pairings & Results
A live draw for round one was made at the Bungo by Competitions Manager Jordan McNaught during the Club meeting of Tuesday 24 October. The round one pairings and results are as follows.
The standings and results are available on the Chess Scotland website.
| Board | White | Rating | Score | Black | Rating |
| 1 | John McKenna | 1680 | 1-0 | Wull Swales | 879 |
| 2 | Paul Baran | 0 | 0-1 | Connor Thompson | 1659 |
| 3 | Jordan McNaught | 1630 | 1-0 | Kris Barr | 0 |
| 4 | Marianne Burns | 0 | 0-1 | Alistair Ahmed | 1623 |
| 5 | Craig Thomson | 1599 | 1-0 | Paul Chapman | 0 |
| 6 | Andy Chisholm | 0 | 0-1 | David Logue | 1597 |
| 7 | Rhys McCrosson | 1593 | 1-0 | Tom Cox | 0 |
| 8 | Jack Crawford | 0 | 0-1 | Tommy Lally | 1533 |
| 9 | Dabbi Taylor | 1508* | 1-0 | Josh Cummings | 0 |
| 10 | Greg Forrest | 0 | 0-1 | Jonny Livingstone | 1470 |
| 11 | Marc Sheridan | 1437 | 0-1 | Thomas Fowley | 0 |
| 12 | Angus Gillies | 0 | 1-0 | Paul Cumming | 1398 |
| 13 | Alex Lane | 1383 | 1-0† | David Hughes | 0 |
| 14 | Moray Jones | 0 | 1-0 | Harvey Dellanzo | 1381 |
| 15 | Giuseppe Bosco | 1372 | 1-0 | Moray Lennox | 0 |
| 16 | Jonny Linney | 0 | 1-0 | Malcolm Theodoreson | 1360 |
| 17 | Derek Rankine | 1329 | 0-1 | Hunter Mackay | 0 |
| 18 | Scott McCartney | 0 | 0-1 | Philip Blaber | 1269 |
| 19 | Julien Papillon | 1210 | 1-0 | Ryan McGill | 0 |
| 20 | Ciaran Melvin | 0 | 0-1 | Caitlin McCulloch | 1161 |
| 21 | Iain Shields | 1159 | 1-0 | Thomas Robertson | 0 |
| 22 | Andrew Speirs | 0 | 1-0 | Andrew McCulloch | 1118 |
| 23 | Chris Dinwoodie | 1063 | 0-1 | Jack Spillane | 0 |
| 24 | Douglas Veitch | 0 | 1-0 | Thomas McAleer | 1026 |
| 25 | Ronnie Martin | 1023 | 0-1 | Harry McGrory | 0 |
Playing Your Game
By default, all games will take place in The Bungo on the designated date for round one: Tuesday 7 November (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 14 November, at the The Bungo (including the Club nights of Tue 31 Oct and Tue 14 Nov), 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 7 Nov, 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.