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 April 2024. The standings and results are available on the Chess Scotland website.
Pairings & Results
A live draw for round three was made at the Bungo by Competitions Manager Jordan McNaught during the Club meeting of Tuesday 23 January.
The round three pairings are as follows. This table will be updated with the results as they come in.
| Board | White | Rating | Score | Black | Rating |
| 1 | John McKenna | 1680 | 0.5-0.5 | Tommy Lally | 1533 |
| 2 | Alex Lane | 1383 | 0-1 | Connor Thomson | 1659 |
| 3 | Jordan McNaught | 1630 | 1-0 | Jonny Livingstone | 1470 |
| 4 | Giuseppe Bosco | 1372 | 0-1 | Alistair Ahmed | 1623 |
| 5 | Hunter Mackay | 1541 | 1-0 | David Logue | 1597 |
| 6 | Rhys McCrosson | 1593 | 0-1 | Thomas Fowley | 1330 |
| 7 | Douglas Veitch | 0 | 0-1 | Craig Thomson | 1599 |
| 8 | Marc Sheridan | 1437 | 0-1 | Moray Jones | 0 |
| 9 | Jonny Linney | 0 | 1-0 | Harvey Dellanzo | 1381 |
| 10 | Ryan McGill | 1105 | 0.5-0.5 | Malcolm Theodoreson | 1360 |
| 11 | Derek Rankine | 1329 | 0-1 | Moray Lennox | 1396 |
| 12 | Andrew Speirs | 0 | 1-0 | Philip Blaber | 1269 |
| 13 | Julien Papillon | 1210 | 0-1† | Jack Spillane | 0 |
| 14 | Joao Carrapico | 0 | 0.5-0.5 | Caitlin McCulloch | 1161 |
| 15 | Iain Shields | 1159 | 0-1 | Harry McGrory | 0 |
| 16 | Andrew McCulloch | 1118 | 0-1 | Jack Gallagher | 0 |
| 17 | Chris Dinwoodie | 1063 | 0.5-0 5 | Campbell Dougan | 1673 |
| 18 | Ash Angappan | 1284 | 1-0 | Thomas McAleer | 1026 |
| 19 | Angus Gillies | 0 | 1-0† | Declan Mooney | 0 |
| 20 | Ronnie Martin | 1023 | 1-0 | Paul Cumming | 1398 |
| 21 | Jack Crawford | 0 | 0-1 | Wull Swales | 879 |
| 22 | Josh Cummings | 0 | 1-0† | Paul Baran | 0 |
| 23 | Marianne Burns | 0 | 1-0 | David Hughes | 0 |
| 24 | Greg Forrest | 1022 | 1-0 | Paul Chapman | 0 |
| 25 | Andy Chisholm | 1283 | 1-0 | Scott McCartney | 0 |
| 26 | Ciaran Melvin | 0 | 1-0 | Tom Cox | 0 |
Playing Your Game
By default, all games will take place in The Bungo on the designated date for round one: Tuesday 6 February (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 13 February at the The Bungo (including the Club nights of Tue 30 Jan and Tue 13 Feb), 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 16 Feb, 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 questions.