Cathcart Club Championship 2024-5 Round 1 results

October 1, 2024November 29, 2024Alistair Maxwell

The resulta for round 1 were as follows:

1 Gavin Orchin ½-½ Alistair Maxwell
2 Rosie Giulian 1-0 Donald McGregor
3 Hassan Rafiq 0-1 Malcolm Tyre
4 Mike Harkins 1-0 Harry McKay
5 Alex Waddell 1-0 Allen Taylor
6 Andrew MacQueen ½-½ Neil Corrigan
7 John Topping ½-½ Martin Myant
8 Stuart Callison 1-0 Michael Picken
9 Abhinav Datta 0-1 Peter Watson
10 Alan Stewart 1-0 Aleem Azam
11 Aatish Venkatasan 0-1 Rupert Birch
12 Ryan McQuat 1-0 Andrew McCulloch
13 Astitvaa Aggarwal 0-1 Peter Knak-Watt
14 Aidan McFadden 1-0 Ashish Aggarwal
15 Ross Campbell 0-1 Mangesh Hasabnis
16 Haren Rameshbabu 0-1 Martin McGowan

Cathcart Allegro 2024

June 19, 2024August 9, 2024Alistair Maxwell

This event will take place on 10 August 2024

The Park Church, Ravenscliffe Drive, Giffnock G46 7QS

A 6 Round Open Swiss tournament for an absolute maximum of 70 players. Games will be Chess Scotland Allegro list graded and FIDE Rapidplay list rated.

Entry Fee

£15 – (Chess Scotland Members: £13)

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:

Increase or decrease prize money
The organisers reserve the right to refuse entry without assigning a reason
Take any other measures deemed necessary to ensure the smooth running of the congress
Tea, coffee and a selection of cold drinks as well as biscuits, crisps etc. will be available between 11.30 and 17.30.

The organiser is Alistair Maxwell who can be contacted by email at alistair.maxwell34@gmail.com using the title 2024 CC Allegro or text at 07790021618. All entries will be in cash on the day.

The entry list can be viewed here:

	Surname	Forename	Club	Grade	Title
1	Greet	Andrew	BH	2478	IM
2	McKinnon	Graeme	CCQP	1339
3	McKay	Harry	CC	764
4	Myant	Martin	CC	1667
5	Saemundsson	Thor	HA	1267
6	Ganesh	Krishiv	LZPO	447
7	Daniels	Misuzu	EA	921
8	Al Dakl Alla	Humam	LZ	1393
9	Al Dakl Alla	Muhammad	LZ	1619
10	Rajendran	James	ER	632
11	Patil	Om Jitendra	LZ	544
12	Skettos	Nicolas	PO	1867
13	Aitken	Thomas	TR	1311
14	Topping	John	CC	1267
15	Shields	Iain	QP	1104
16	O’Hanlon	Pat	BH	1388
17	Hay	Jack	LG
18	Vijayakumar	Rishi	CH	1925
19	Shravan	Raghu	EU
20	Graham	Sasha	GS	985
21	Munshi	Anika	PO	837
22	Forbes	Graeme	EK	1201
23	Lopez Henderson	Kyle	LZ	1230
24	Lopez Henderson	Sandy	LZ	433
25	MacQueen	Andrew	GI	1767
26	Mittal	Advik	LZ	1450
27	McGregor	Douglas	PA	1791
28	Gaikwad	Netra	LZ	312
29	Gaikwad	Reina	LZ	531
30	McCormack	Derek	PA	1791
31	Wen	Junhan	BD
32	McKenzie	Kyriakos	EW	1118
33	Gillatt	Daniel	PY	875
34	McNaught	Jordan	QP	1556
35	Thomson	Steve	CH	1152
36	McKenna	John	PAQP	1611
37	Monaghan	Mark	BH	1604
38	McGregor	Donald	CC	1424
39	McIntyre	John	PO	1576
40	Gallagher	Jack	QP
41	Warcup	Richard	ST	1472
42	Warcup	Ross	ST	1037
43	Dimitriou	Emilia	GW
44	Dunnington	Angus	CC	2322	IM
45	Ling	Adam	ER	701
46	Nield	Christopher	BDSC	1462
47	Balaji	Lochan	LZ	1380
48	Gong	Ray	LZ	425
49	Semenov	Igor	HA	1543
50	Prakash	Sumanth	LZ	1285
51	Ling	Willie	ER
52	Sharma Nath	Shaurya	LZ	474
53	Ahmed	Alistair	RS	1629
54	Blackford	Ross	DRKO	1966
55	Chintala	Niketh	LZ
56	Floros	Antonios	GI	1798
57	Sathiyamoorthy	Magizhan	NJ	820
58	Spiers	Henry	AR	718
59	McAleer	Thomas	QPBS	1092
60	Aggarwal	Astitvaa	LZGA	800
61	Prabhu	Aadith	EA	1299
62	Prabhu	Ainesh	LZ	482
63	Vaishvik Amurivalla	Sai	LZ	633
64	Keenan	Alex	HA	1633
65	Yuan	Alice	LZGA	552
66	Munshi	Aryan	PO	1728
67	Paul	Rabindra	AR	1768
68	Reynolds	Mike	EK	1480
69	Mannion	Stephen	PA	2144	IM
70	Vasiliadis	Theodoros	BA	1905
71	Railwani	Tavish	LZ	1525

Entries are now closed. If you wish to be considered for the reserve list then please email the organiser.

Cathcart Championship 2023-4 Round 7 results

March 12, 2024April 23, 2024Alistair Maxwell

1 Alan Stewart (4) 0-1 Shivan Murdochy (6)

2 Martin Myant (4) ½-½ Malcolm Tyre (4½)

3 Mike Harkins (3½) ½-½ Allen Taylor (4)

4 Rupert Birch (3) ½-½ Peter Watson (3½)

5 Aidan McFadden (3) 0-1 Gavin Orchin (4)

6 Peter Knak-Watt (3) w/o-def Michael Roger (2)

7 Harry McKay (2½) 0-1 Ryan McQuat (3½)

8 Donald McGregor (2½) 1-0 John Topping (2½)

9 Hassan Rafiq (2) 1-0 Alex Waddell (1)

10 Neil Corrigan (3) 1-0 Aleem Azam (1)

Cathcart Championship 2023-4 Round 6 results

February 29, 2024April 23, 2024Alistair Maxwell

1 Shivan Murdochy (5) 1-0 Martin Myant (4)

2 Mike Harkins (3½) 0-1 Malcolm Tyre (3½)

3 Alan Stewart (3½) ½-½ Ryan McQuat (3)

4 Aidan McFadden (3) 0-1 Allen Taylor (3)

5 Gavin Orchin (3) 1-0 Rupert Birch (3)

6 Peter Watson (2½) 1-0 Hassan Rafiq (2)

7 Michael Roger (1) 1-0 John Topping (2½)

8 Harry McKay (2) ½-½ Donald McGregor (2)

9 Peter Knak-Watt (2) 1-0 Neil Corrigan (3)

10 Aleem Azam (0) 1-0 Alex Waddell (1)

Games scheduled for Monday 4th March 2024.

Cathcart Championship 2023-4 Round 5 results

February 2, 2024March 21, 2024Alistair Maxwell

1 Rupert Birch (3) 0-1 Shivan Murdochy (4)

2 Martin Myant (3) 1-0 Gavin Orchin (3)

3 Allen Taylor (2½) ½-½ Alan Stewart (3)

4 Mike Harkins (2½) w/o – def Graeme McKinnon (2½)

5 Malcolm Tyre (2½) 1-0 Donald McGregor (2)

6 Ryan McQuat (2) 1-0 Michael Roger (1)

7 Hassan Rafiq (2) 0-1 Aidan McFadden (2)

8 Neil Corrigan (2½) ½-½ Harry McKay (1½)

9 Andy McCallum (1) w/o-def Martin Edwards (½)

10 Alex Waddell (1) 0-1 Peter Knak-Watt (1)

11 John Topping (1½) 1-0 Aleem Azam (0)

12 Peter Watson (2) ½-pt bye

Games scheduled for Monday 5th February 2024.

Cathcart Championship 2023-4 Round 4 results

January 2, 2024March 21, 2024Alistair Maxwell

The draw for round 4 scheduled for 8 January 2024 is as follows:

1 Shivan Murdochy (3) 1-0 (2½) Mike Harkins

2 Graeme McKinnon (2) ½-½ (2) Malcolm Tyre

3 Rupert Birch (2) w/o-def (1) Michael Roger

4 Alan Stewart (2) 1-0 (2) Peter Watson

5 Donald McGregor (2) 0-1 (2) Martin Myant

6 Harry McKay (1½) 0-1 (1½) Allen Taylor

7 Gavin Orchin (2) 1-0 (2½) Neil Corrigan

8 Hassan Rafiq (1) w/o-def (1) Evan Khodeir

9 Ryan McQuat (1) 1-0 (1) Alex Waddell

10 Aidan McFadden (1) 1-0 (1) Andy McCallum

11 Martin Edwards (½) def-w/o (½) John Topping

12 Peter Knak-Watt (0) 1-0 (0) Aleem Azam

Cathcart Championship 2023-4 Round 3 results

December 2, 2023March 21, 2024Alistair Maxwell

The draw scheduled for round 3 scheduled for 4th December 2023 is as follows:

1 Malcolm Tyre (2) 0-1 Shivan Murdochy (2)

2 Peter Watson (1½) ½-½ Mike Harkins (2)

3 Martin Myant (1½) ½-½ Graeme McKinnon (1½)

4 Michael Roger (1) def-w/o Neil Corrigan (1½)

5 Aiden McFadden (1) 0-1 Rupert Birch (1)

6 Alex Waddell (1) 0-1 Alan Stewart (1)

7 Evan Khodeir (1) def-w/o Gavin Orchin (1)

8 Donald McGregor (1) 1-0 Hassan Rafiq (1)

9 Allen Taylor (½) 1-0 John Topping (½)

10 Harry McKay (½) 1-0 Martin Edwards (½)

11 Aleem Azam (0) 0-1 Ryan McQuat (0)

12 Andy McCallum (0) 1-bye

Cathcart Championship 2023-4 Round 2 results

October 19, 2023December 2, 2023Alistair Maxwell

The draw for round 2, scheduled for November 6 is as follows:

1 Shivan Murdochy (1) 1-0 Michael Roger (1)

2 Alan Stewart (1) 0-1 Malcolm Tyre (1)

3 Mike Harkins (1) 1-0 Evan Khodeir (1)

4 Graeme McKinnon (1) draw Peter Watson (1)

5 Neil Corrigan (1) draw Martin Myant (1)

6 Rupert Birch (½) draw Allen Taylor (0)

7 Martin Edwards (0) draw Alex Waddell (½)

8 Andy McCallum (0) 0-1 Donald McGregor (0)

9 Gavin Orchin (0) 1-0 Aleem Azam (0)

10 Marc Morrow (0) def-w/o Hassan Rafiq (0)

11 John Topping (0) draw Harry McKay (0)

12 Ryan McQuat (0) 0-1 Aidan McFadden

Cathcart Championship 2023-4 Round 1 Results

September 27, 2023October 19, 2023Alistair Maxwell

The results for round 1 were as follows (first named player is white):
1 Donald McGregor 0-1 Shivan Murdochy
2 Malcolm Tyre 1-0 Gavin Orchin
3 Hassan Rafiq 0-1 Mike Harkins
4 Allen Taylor 0-1 Graeme McKinnon
5 Alex Waddell ½-½ Rupert Birch
6 Peter Watson 1-0 John Topping
7 Neil Corrigan 1-0 Martin Edwards
8 Martin Myant 1-0 Andy McCallum
9 Aleem Azam 0-1 Alan Stewart
10 Michael Roger 1-0 Marc Morrow
11 Evan Khodeir 1-0 Harry McKay

Cathcart Chess Club 70th Anniversary Allegro

July 8, 2023August 31, 2023Alistair Maxwell

70^th Anniversary Cathcart CC Allegro – 26 August 2023

The Park Church, Ravenscliffe Drive, Giffnock G46 7QS

A 6 Round Open Swiss tournament


1st Prize	£200 + The Stan Beaton Memorial Trophy
2nd Prize	£100
3rd Prize	£50
Grading Prizes	3 Grading Prizes

Time Control 15 mins plus 10 sec increments

The final entry list was as follows:

	Surname	Forename	Club	Grade	Title
1	Topping	John	CC	1313
2	Greet	Andrew	BD	2486	IM
3	Saemundsson	Thor	HA	1308
4	Malhotra	Vedant	LZ	730
5	McKenna	John	PA	1620
6	McKay	Harry	GI	633
7	Edwards	Martin	CC	1664
8	Gillatt	Daniel
9	Dickson	Rhona	PA	1063
10	Ahmed	Alistair	RE	1624
11	Myant	Martin	CC	1662
12	McGregor	Donald	CC	1427
13	Marks	Ian	SP	1793
14	MacQueen	Andrew	GI	1762
15	Reza Salgado	Marcos	ESP	1827
16	Colston	Rob	BD	1970
17	McIntyre	John	PO	1668
18	Ganesh	Krishiv	PO	396
19	Paul	Rabindra	AR	1777
20	Giulian	Rosie	GI	1820
21	Giulian	Philip	GI	2124	FM
22	McGregor	Douglas	PA	1897
23	Murphy	Morgan	WS
24	Rankine	Derek	QP	1073
25	Graham	Sasha	GS	1116
26	McNaught	Jordan	QP	1527
27	Vadalia	Jainill	PO	1666
28	Prakash	Sumanth	LZ	839
29	Gaikwad	Netra	LZ	144
30	Gaikwad	Reina	LZ	151
31	Keenan	Alex	HA	1675
32	Dak	Arnav	SP	856
33	Bhopal	Raj	ED	1814
34	McGill	Ryan	QP	994
35	Patterson	Cooper	GD	1610
36	McAleer	Thomas	QP
37	McCrosson	Rhys	QP	1369
38	Thomas	Phil	RS	1794
39	Shields	Iain	PO	1145
40	Srivastava	Aditya	PO	1579
41	McKinnon	Graeme	CC	1339
42	McCulloch	Andrew	GI	1117
43	McCulloch	Caitlin	QP	1121
44	Semenov	Igor	HA	1399
45	Dholakia	Kanish	PO	799
46	Martin	Ronald	QP	1023
47	Conway	Ciaran	TR
48	McCormack	Derek	PA	1753
49	Garg	Dhruv	GW	310
50	Verma	Abhi	LZ	923
51	Al Dakl Alla	Muhammad	LZ	1586
52	Al Dakl Alla	Humam	LZ	1301
53	Chadwick	Patrick
54	Bhatla	Revanta	EN	750

Prizewinners were as follows and prizes were kindly presented by Mrs Eileen Beaton:

Prizewinners:

1^st Andrew Greet (Bearsden) 5.5/6; 2^nd= Rob Colston (Bearsden), Derek McCormack (Paisley), Marcos Reza Salgado (Spain) 5/6

Grading Prizes:1400-1700 – Muhammad Al Dakl Alla (Lenzie) 4.5/6; 1000-1400 – Igor Semenov (Hamilton), Rhys McCrosson (Queen’s Park) ; Under 1000: Ryan McGill (Queen’s Park), Abhi Verma ( Lenzie), Kanish Dholakia (Phones), Harry McKay 3/6.