The draw for round one of this season’s Championship is as follows.
1 Mangesh Hasabnis 0-1 Alistair Maxwell
2 Rosie Giulian 1-0 Aidan McFadden
3 Alex Waddell 0-1 Martin Myant
4 Malcolm Tyre ppd Hassan Rafiq
5 John Topping draw Peter Watson
6 Mike Harkins 1-0 Stuart Giulian
7 Neil Corrigan 0-1 Stuart Callison
8 Peter Knak-Watt 1-0 Abhinav Datta
9 Astitvaa Aggarwal ppd Allen Taylor
10 Scott Marshall 1-0 Aleem Azam
11 Arran Bryers Clark 0-1 Donald McGregor
12 Alan Stewart 0-1 Abhinava Kampli
This event will take place on 8 August 2026
The Park Church, Ravenscliffe Drive, Giffnock G46 7QS
A 6 Round Open Swiss tournament for 64 players approx. Games will be Chess Scotland Allegro list graded and FIDE Rapidplay list rated.
Entry Fee
£16 – (Chess Scotland Members: £14)
The Chess Scotland discount is only applicable if you have current Chess Scotland membership.
1st Prize £200
2nd Prize £100
3rd Prize £50
There were also be a minimum of 3 grading prizes of £40 assuming the maximum entry.
Playing Sessions
Round Start Time
1 12.00
2 13.05
3 14.10
4 15.15
5 16.20
6 17.25
Time Control
15 mins plus 10 sec increments
Grading
Players should use their live Chess Scotland Allegro grading. If they do not have one then a live Chess Scotland grade will be used. They must also have a FIDE identification number. If you do not have one please see https://www.chessscotland.com/grading/information-for-event-organisers/fide-id-operating-procedure/ for information on how to obtain one.
Conditions of Entry
The organisers reserve the right to:
Tea, coffee and a selection of cold drinks as well as biscuits, crisps etc. will be available between 11.30 and 17.30. This is cash only.
Entries received after August 5 are subject to a £5 late fee and no entries will be accepted on the day.
The organiser is Alistair Maxwell who can be contacted by email at alistair.maxwell34@gmail.com using the title 2026 CC Allegro or text at 07790021618. All entries will be in cash on the day.
WE HAVE NOW REACHED THE MAXIMUM ENTRY AND ARE NOW OPERATING A RESERVE LIST. PLEASE EMAIL IF YOU WANT TO BE ON THE LIST.
Entrants so far:
| Surname | Forename | Club | Grade | Title | |
| 1 | Saemundsson | Thor | HA | ||
| 2 | McAleer | Thomas | GW | ||
| 3 | Childs | Robert | HA | ||
| 4 | Queen | Ewan | HA | ||
| 5 | Thurtell | Craig | SP | ||
| 6 | Wimalachandra | RDMCS | HA | ||
| 7 | Taylor | Andy | ED | ||
| 8 | Greet | Andrew | BH | IM | |
| 9 | Munshi | Aryan | PO | ||
| 10 | Yip | Oscar | PW | ||
| 11 | Yip | Atticus | PW | ||
| 12 | Zhao | Joseph | C1 | ||
| 13 | Gong | Ray | LZ | ||
| 14 | Al Dakl Alla | Humam | LZ | ||
| 15 | Al Dakl Alla | Maria | LZ | ||
| 16 | Al Dakl Alla | Muhammad | LZ | ||
| 17 | Balamurugan Rubadevi | Dheeran | GW | ||
| 18 | Walker | Finlay | HA | ||
| 19 | Lee | Wayne | LZ | ||
| 20 | Clarke | Oscar | LK | ||
| 21 | Semenov | Igor | HA | ||
| 22 | Pawar | Arjun | LZ | ||
| 23 | Leydon | Ryan | SP | ||
| 24 | Munshi | Anika | PO | ||
| 25 | McIntyre | John | PO | ||
| 26 | Maguire | Kevin | PY | ||
| 27 | Revill | Roman | LZ | ||
| 28 | Lee | Oliver | LZ | ||
| 29 | Paul | Rabindra | AR | ||
| 30 | Prakash | Sumanth | LZ | ||
| 31 | Chauhan | Aryan | LZ | ||
| 31 | McConnachie | Adam | LZ | ||
| 33 | McConnachie | John | LZ | ||
| 34 | Datta | Abhinav | CC | ||
| 35 | Taylor | Allen | CC | ||
| 36 | MacQueen | Andrew | CC | ||
| 37 | McGregor | Donald | CC | ||
| 38 | McGregor | Douglas | PO | ||
| 39 | Giulian | Stuart | CC | ||
| 40 | Myant | Martin | CC | ||
| 41 | Topping | John | CC | ||
| 42 | Satyavolu | Yashas | LZ | ||
| 43 | Hasabnis | Mangesh | CC | ||
| 44 | Porter | Reece | GW | ||
| 45 | Lawson | Thomas | DV | ||
| 46 | Shah-Pett | Isaac | C1 | ||
| 47 | Paterson | Krishan | BS | ||
| 48 | Vishwanath | Aniruddha | NJ | ||
| 49 | Nicholson | Emma | LZ | ||
| 50 | Thomson | Neil | CC | ||
| 51 | Forbes | Graeme | IR | ||
| 52 | McKenna | John | PA | ||
| 53 | Heron | Liam | CN | ||
| 54 | Cassidy | Bernard | LL | ||
| 55 | Bassey | Bassey Godwin | QP | ||
| 56 | Ahmed | Alistair | RS | ||
| 57 | Nield | Christopher | SU | ||
| 58 | Bozinakis | Pavlos | PO | ||
| 59 | Lee | Fung | GU | ||
| 60 | Exposito | Antonio | QP | ||
| 61 | Murray | Frankie | EK | ||
| 62 | Smith | Harry | HA | ||
| 63 | Murdochy | Shivan | CC | ||
| 64 | Bhadoria | Shivansh Singh | LZ | ||
| 65 | Murdoch | Robert | SL | ||
| 66 | Kampli | Abhinava | CC | ||
| 67 | Nathan | Prithvi | EW | ||
| 68 | McIntosh | William | HA | ||
| 69 | Defurme | Maxime | GU | ||
| 70 | Cotton | Chris | BD | ||
The draw for the final round scheduled for Monday 13th April is as follows:
1 Shivan Murdochy (5½) 1-0 Peter Watson (4½)
2 Donald McGregor (4½) ½-½ Martin Myant (5)
3 Malcolm Tyre (4) 1-0 Peter Knak-Watt (4½)
4 Andrew MacQueen (4) 0-1 Allen Taylor (4)
5 Stuart Callison (4) def-w/o Rosie Giulian (3½)
6 Alan Stewart (3) 0-1 Ryan McQuat (2)
7 John Topping (3) ½-½ 3 Mangesh Hasabnis (3)
8 Stuart Giulian (2½) ½-½ Harry McKay (2½)
9 Andrew McCulloch (2) 0-1 Abhinav Datta (2½)
10 Aleem Azam (2) w/o-def Andrei Oprea (2½)
11 Hassan Rafiq (3) def-w/o Astitvaa Aggarwal (1½)
12 Ashish Aggarwal (1½) 0-1 Alex Waddell (1½)
13 Neil Corrigan (1) ½-½ Abhinava Kampli
1 Peter Knak-Watt (4½) 0-1 Shivan Murdochy (4½)
2 Martin Myant (4½) ½-½ Peter Watson (4)
3 Allen Taylor (3½) ½-½ Tyre (3½)
4 Mangesh Hasabnis (3) 0-1 Donald McGregor (3½)
5 Ralph Cooke (3) 0-1 Stuart Callison (4)
6 Rosie Giulian (2½) – Alan Stewart (3) ppd
7 Andrew MacQueen (3) 1-0 John Topping (3)
8 Mike Harkins (2½) ½-½ Andrei Oprea (2)
9 Ryan McQuat (2) def-w/o Hassan Rafiq (2) ppd
10 Alex Waddell (1) ½-½ Stuart Giulian (2)
11 Abhinav Datta (2) ½-½ Harry McKay (2)
12 Aleem Azam (1) 1-0 Oliver Birrell (1)
13 Astitvaa Aggarwal (1) ½-½ Ashish Aggarwal (1)
14 Andrew McCulloch (1) 1-0 Neil Corrigan (1)
The draw scheduled for Monday 2nd February is as follows:
1 Shivan Murdochy (4) ½-½ Martin Myant (4)
2 Peter Knak-Watt (3½) 1-0 Rosie Giulian (2½)
3 Malcolm Tyre (3) ½-½ Donald McGregor (3)
4 Peter Watson (3) 1-0 Mangesh Hasabnis (3)
5 Allen Taylor (3) ½-½ Mike Harkins (2)
6 Stuart Callison (2) 1-0 Ryan McQuat (2)
7 Harry McKay (2) 0-1 Andrew MacQueen (2)
8 Hassan Rafiq (2) 0-1 Alan Stewart (2)
9 Andrei Oprea (1) 1-0 Abhinav Datta (2)
10 Astitvaa Aggarwal (1) 0-1 John Topping (2)
11 Neil Corrigan (0) 1-0 Alex Waddell (1)
12 Stuart Giulian (1) 1-0 Andrew McCulloch (1)
13 Oliver Birrell (1) 0-1 Ralph Cooke (2)
14 Ashish Aggarwal (0) 1-0 Aleem Azam (1)
The draw scheduled for 5 January 2026 is as follows:
1 Donald McGregor (3) 0-1 Shivan Murdochy (3)
2 Rosie Giulian (2) ½-½ Peter Watson (2½)
3 Mike Harkins (2) 0-1 Martin Myant (3)
4 Ryan McQuat (2) 0-1 Malcolm Tyre (2)
5 Stuart Callison (2) 0-1 Allen Taylor (2)
6 Andrew MacQueen (2) 0-1 Peter Knak-Watt (2½)
7 Alex Waddell (1) 0-1 Mangesh Hasabnis (2)
8 Alan Stewart (1) 1-0 Neil Corrigan (0)
9 Ralph Cooke (2) def-w/o Harry McKay (1)
10 Hassan Rafiq (1) w/o-def Oliver Birrell (1)
11 Abhinav Datta (1) 1-0 Stuart Giulian (1)
12 John Topping (1) def-w/o Andrei Opera (1)
13 Aleem Azam (0) 1-0 Astitvaa Aggarwal (1)
14 Andrew McCulloch (0) 1-0 Ashish Aggarwal (0)
The draw for round 3 scheduled for 1 December 2025 is as follows:
1 Shivan Murdochy (2) 1-0 Andrew MacQueen (2)
2 Martin Myant (2) 1-0 Rosie Giulian (2)
3 Peter Watson (2) ½-½ Mike Harkins (1½)
4 Donald McGregor (2) 1-0 Alan Stewart (1)
5 Malcolm Tyre (1) 1-0 Alex Waddell (1)
6 Andrei Oprea (1) 0-1 Stuart Callison (1)
7 Allen Taylor (1) 1-0 Harry McKay (1)
8 Peter Knak-Watt (1½) 1-0 Hassan Rafiq (1)
9 Ryan McQuat (1) 1-0 John Topping (1)
10 Mangesh Hasabnis (1) 1-0 Oliver Birrell (1)
11 Neil Corrigan (0) 0-1 Ralph Cooke (1)
12 Stuart Giulian (0) 1-0 Aleem Azam (0)
13 Ashish Aggarwal (0) 0-1 Abhinav Datta (0)
14 Astitvaa Aggarwal (0) 1-0 Andrew Mcculloch (0)
The results for round 2 are as follows:
1 Alan Stewart (1) 0-1 Shivan Murdochy (1)
2 Rosie Giulian (1) 1-0 Allen Taylor (1)
3 Mike Harkins (1) ½-½ Peter Knak-Watt (1)
4 Hassan Rafiq (1) 0-1 Martin Myant (1)
5 Stuart Callison (1) 0-1 Donald McGregor (1)
6 Oliver Birrell (1) 0-1 Peter Watson (1)
7 Andrew MacQueen (1) 1-0 Andrei Oprea (1)
8 Abhinav Datta (0) 0-1 Malcolm Tyre (0)
9 Aleem Azam (0) 0-1 Ryan McQuat (0)
10 Mangesh Hasabnis (0) 1-0 Neil Corrigan (0)
11 Alex Waddell (0) 1-0 Andrew McCulloch (0)
12 Harry McKay (0) 1-0 Astitvaa Aggarwal (0)
13 Ralph Cooke (0) 1-0 Stuart Giulian (0)
14 John Topping (0) 1-0 Ashish Aggarwal (0)
The results for round 1 are as follows:
1 Shivan Murdochy 1-0 Alex Waddell
2 Harry McKay 0-1 Rosie Giulian
3 Malcolm Tyre 0-1 Hassan Rafiq
4 Stuart Giulian 0-1 Mike Harkins
5 Martin Myant 1-0 John Topping
6 Neil Corrigan 0-1 Stuart Callison
7 Peter Watson 1-0 Abhinav Datta
8 Andrew Mcculloch 0-1 Andrew MacQueen
9 Allen Taylor 1-0 Aleem Azam
10 Ashish Aggarwal 0-1 Alan Stewart
11 Peter Knak-Watt 0-1 Astitvaa Aggarwal
12 Oliver Birrell w/o-def Ryan McQuat
13 Donald McGregor 1-0 Ralph Cooke
14 Andrei Oprea 1-0 Mangesh Hasabnis
| Surname | Forename | Club | Grade | Title | |
| 1 | Greet | Andrew | BH | 2442 | IM |
| 2 | Thomson | Neil | 1975 | ||
| 3 | Dickson | Rhona | PA | 1001 | |
| 4 | Maguire | Kevin | PA | 1785 | |
| 5 | Madhavan | Sanjith | EK | 2006 | |
| 6 | McAleer | Thomas | QP | 1105 | |
| 7 | Yip | Atticus | PW | 1632 | |
| 8 | Yip | Oscar | PW | 1509 | |
| 9 | Saemundsson | Thor | HA | 1275 | |
| 10 | Hannah | Mya Louise | HA | ||
| 11 | Daniels | Misuzu | EA | 1025 | |
| 12 | Ganesh | Krishiv | PO | 1063 | |
| 13 | Datta | Abhinav | CC | 1112 | |
| 14 | McQuat | Ryan | CC | 1576 | |
| 15 | McKay | Harry | CC | 802 | |
| 16 | Lopez Henderson | Kyle | SP | 1680 | |
| 17 | Topping | John | CC | 1206 | |
| 18 | Clark | Eve | PY | 1494 | |
| 19 | Myant | Martin | CC | 1698 | |
| 20 | Dimitriou | Emilia | HA | 1239 | |
| 21 | Balaji | Lochan | LZ | 1338 | |
| 22 | Yuan | Alice | LZ | 948 | |
| 23 | Chintala | Niketh | LZ | 503 | |
| 24 | Prakash | Sumanth | LZ | 1308 | |
| 25 | Lee | Wayne | LZ | 1229 | |
| 26 | Fraser | Matthew | PA | 943 | |
| 27 | Pawar | Arjun | LZ | 797 | |
| 28 | Knight | Bruce | 1315 | ||
| 29 | Cotton | Chris | BD | 1143 | |
| 30 | Shao | Ranxi Rex | BD | 1858 | |
| 31 | Moakler | Joseph | PY | 1495 | |
| 32 | Monaghan | Mark | BH | 1632 | |
| 33 | McKay | Jonathan | SC | 1902 | |
| 34 | Childs | Robert | PA | 1351 | |
| 35 | Burnett | Walter | WD | 1831 | |
| 36 | Maxwell | Stephen | RS | 1286 | |
| 37 | Ahmed | Alistair | RS | 1584 | |
| 38 | Sathiyamoorty | Magizhan | NJ | 967 | |
| 39 | Hudson | Alistair | PY | 1310 | |
| 40 | Barnwal | Krisha | LZ | 550 | |
| 41 | Exposito | Antonio | QP | 1008 | |
| 42 | Satyavolu | Yashas | LZ | 739 | |
| 43 | Bozinakis | Pavlos | PO | 2226 | |
| 44 | Kaur | Anaahat | LZ | 389 | |
| 45 | Boddapaty | Amulya | LZ | 805 | |
| 46 | MacQueen | Andrew | CC | 1749 | |
| 47 | Keenan | Alex | HA | 1680 | |
| 48 | Lindsay | Norman | GM | 1634 | |
| 49 | Blackford | Ross | DR | 1996 | |
| 50 | Krishna Kumar | Rohit | SB | ||
| 51 | Gunn-Russell | Charles | CS | 1778 | |
| 52 | Bennett | William | BS | 1993 | |
| 53 | Murray | Frankie | EK | 1432 | |
| 54 | McCloskey | Gregor | DL | 1372 | |
| 55 | Bell | Euan | DL | 1404 | |
| 56 | McGill | Ryan | QP | 1115 | |
| 57 | Carrapico | Joao | QP | 1355 | |
| 58 | Shrivastava | Shivansh | LZ | 555 | |
| 59 | Vasiliadis | Theodoros | BA | 1924 | |
| 60 | Fallman | Jonathan | ED | 1538 | |
| 61 | Pujante Martinez | Rafael | ESP | 1875 | |
| 62 | Adam | Michael | BA | 1567 | |
| 63 | Semenov | Igor | HA | 1551 | |
| 64 | McLellan | Ally | QP | 1252 | |
| 65 | McIntyre | John | PO | 1455 | |
| 66 | Burns | Marianne | QP | 1083 | |
| 67 | McCusker | Andrew | HA | 1944 | |
| 68 | McCusker | Kirsty | HA | 1412 |
This event will take place on 9 August 2025
The Park Church, Ravenscliffe Drive, Giffnock G46 7QS
A 7 Round Open Swiss tournament for approximately 64 players. Games will be Chess Scotland Allegro list graded and FIDE Rapidplay list rated.
Entry Fee
£16 – (Chess Scotland Members: £14)
The Chess Scotland discount is only applicable if you have current Chess Scotland membership.
1st Prize £200
2nd Prize £100
3rd Prize £50
There were also be a minimum of 3 grading prizes of £40 assuming the maximum entry.
Playing Sessions
Round Start Time
1 12.00
2 12.55
3 13.50
4 14.45
5 15.40
6 16.35
7 17.30
Time Control
10 mins plus 10 sec increments
Grading
Players should use their live Chess Scotland Allegro grading. If they do not have one then a live Chess Scotland grade will be used. They must also have a FIDE identification number. If you do not have one please see https://www.chessscotland.com/grading/information-for-event-organisers/fide-id-operating-procedure/ for information on how to obtain one.
Conditions of Entry
The organisers reserve the right to:
Tea, coffee and a selection of cold drinks as well as biscuits, crisps etc. will be available between 11.30 and 17.30.
Entries received after August 6 are subject to a £5 late fee and no entries will be accepted on the day.
The organiser is Alistair Maxwell who can be contacted by email at alistair.maxwell34@gmail.com using the title 2025 CC Allegro or text at 07790021618. All entries will be in cash on the day.
Entrants so far:
We have reached the maximum entry possible so will now operate a waiting list in case of call offs. Please email me if you would like to be considered.
Thanks, Alistair Maxwell