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 five was made at the Bungo by Competitions Manager Jordan McNaught during the Club meeting of Tuesday 19 March.
The round five pairings are as follows. This table will be updated with the results as they come in.
| Board | White | Rating | Score | Black | Rating |
| 1 | Jordan McNaught | 1664 | .5-.5 | Connor Thompson | 1607 |
| 2 | John McKenna | 1606 | 0-1 | Alistair Ahmed | 1688 |
| 3 | Craig Thomson | 1566 | 0-1 | Moray Lennox | 1470 |
| 4 | Thomas Fowley | 1398 | 0-1 | David Logue | 1603 |
| 5 | Rhys McCrosson | 1665 | 1-0 | Ash Angappan | 1286 |
| 6 | Hunter Mackay | 1561 | 0-1 | Jonny Livingstone | 1468 |
| 7 | Caitlin McCulloch | 1120 | .5- .5 | Tommy Lally | 1545 |
| 8 | Giuseppe Bosco | 1360 | 1-0 | Campbell Dougan | 1664 |
| 9 | Alex Lane | 1375 | 0-1 | Jack Gallagher | 0 |
| 10 | Andy Chisholm | 1284 | 1-0 | Harvey Dellanzo | 1384 |
| 11 | Moray Jones | 0 | 1-0 | Malcolm Theodoreson | 1335 |
| 12 | Derek Rankine | 1311 | .5-.5 | Greg Forrest | 1012 |
| 13 | Jack Spillane | 0 | .5-.5 | Philip Blaber | 1244 |
| 14 | Iain Shields | 1187 | 0-1 | Jonny Linney | 0 |
| 15 | Chris Dinwoodie | 1105 | 0-1† | Joao Carrapico | 0 |
| 16 | Ryan McGill | 1101 | 0-1 | Andrew Speirs | 0 |
| 17 | Marc Sheridan | 1419 | 0-1† | Ciaran Melvin | 0 |
| 18 | Douglas Veitch | 1253 | 1-0 | Andy McCulloch | 1109 |
| 19 | Wull Swales | 879 | 0-1 | Paul Cumming | 1382 |
| 20 | Marianne Burns | 0 | 0-1 | Julien Papillon | 1217 |
| 21 | Scott McCartney | 1180 | 0-1 | Thomas McAleer | 926 |
| 22 | Ronnie Martin | 1021 | 0-1† | Josh Cummings | 0 |
| 23 | Paul Chapman | 0 | 0-1 | David Hughes | 0 |
| 24 | Jack Crawford | 0 | 0-1† | Tom Cox | 0 |
Playing Your Game
By default, all games will take place in The Bungo on the designated date for round five: Tuesday 2 April (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 9 April at the The Bungo (including the Club nights of Tue 26 March and Tue 9 April), 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 2 April, 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.