2024 - Queens Park Chess Club

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

† Default win. All ratings given are live Chess Scotland classical

Chess Scotland have indicated that the Club Championship is the biggest in Scotland

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.

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 four was made at the Bungo by Competitions Manager Jordan McNaught during the Club meeting of Tuesday 20 February.

The round four pairings are as follows. This table will be updated with the results as they come in.

Board	White	Rating	Score	Black	Rating
1	Connor Thompson	1621	1-0	Hunter Mackay	1573
2	Alistair Ahmed	1660	0-1	Jordan McNaught	1673
3	Thomas Fowley	1398	0-1	John McKenna	1598
4	Thomas Lally	1534	0-1	Rhys McCrosson	1642
5	Craig Thomson	1588	†1-0	Jonny Linney	0
6	David Logue	1595	1-0	Andrew Speirs	0
7	Jonny Livingstone	1463	1-0	Jack Spillane	0
8	Moray Lennox	1432	1-0	Alex Lane	1365
9	Jack Gallagher	0	0.5-0.5	Giuseppe Bosco	1384
10	Angus Gillies	0	0-1†	Ash Angappan	1286
11	Harry McGrory	0	1-0	Moray Jones	0
12	Malcolm Theodoreson	1326	0.5-0.5	Chris Dinwoodie	1093
13	Caitlin McCulloch	1137	1-0	Douglas Veitch	1254
14	Campbell Dougan	1664	1-0	Ryan McGill	1115
15	Joao Carrapico	0	0.5-0.5	Marc Sheridan	1407
16	Harvey Dellanzo	1384	1-0	Ronnie Martin	1021
17	Wull Swales	879	0-1	Derek Rankine	1329
18	Philip Blaber	1263	1-0	Marianne Burns	0
19	Julien Papillon	1218	0-1	Andy Chisholm	1269
20	Josh Cummings	0	0-1	Iain Shields	1172
21	Andy McCulloch	1118	0.5-0.5	Ciaran Melvin	0
22	Thomas McAleer	922	0-1	Greg Forrest	1013
23	Paul Cumming	1351	0.5-0.5	Paul Chapman	0
24	Tom Cox	0	0-1	Scott McCartney	1116
25	David Hughes	0	1-0	Jack Crawford	0

† Default win. All ratings given are Chess Scotland classical

50 players will take part in round four of the Club Championship

Playing Your Game

By default, all games will take place in The Bungo on the designated date for round four: Tuesday 5 March (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 12 March at the The Bungo (including the Club nights of Tue 27 Feb and Tue 12 March), or in another public space.

If you do not show up for your game on Tue 5 March, 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.