110th Scottish Championships, Edinburgh, 5-13 April 2003

Last Edited: Monday April 21, 2003 6:29 PM

The 110th Scottish Championships were held at George Heriot's School, Edinburgh, from 5-13 April 2003.

Download zipped PGN file of games from the 2003 Scottish Championship

330 players took part in the congress, a record for the event. It was held earlier in the year than usual in order to avoid clashing with the Smith & Williamson British Championships which are also being held in Edinburgh this year.

Winner for the 7th time was Grandmaster Paul Motwani, though this time he had the share the title with Woman Grandmaster Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, from Georgia but long-time resident in Scotland with her Scottish husband, Jonathan Grant.

Almost stealing the show from better-known names was Graeme Kafka, a 19-year-old student at Edinburgh University. Despite his lowly rating of 2103, Kafka drew with Motwani, beat IM Mark Orr, and finished in an excellent third place. Ian Robertson was awarded the best game prize for his win against Colin McNab.

110th Scottish Championship, Edinburgh (SCO), 5-13Apr03
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 Motwani, Paul             g SCO 2528  +12 +10 = 3 = 2 + 5 + 4 +11 = 8 = 9  7.0  2501
 2 Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan  m GEO 2413  = 6 +15 + 4 = 1 + 3 = 9 = 5 +11 + 8  7.0  2512
 3 Kafka, Graeme               SCO 2103  +11 +17 = 1 + 6 - 2 = 5 + 9 = 4 =12  6.0  2429
 4 Gourlay, Iain               SCO 2276  =14 +16 - 2 +10 = 6 - 1 + 7 = 3 = 5  5.0  2279
 5 Pritchett, Craig W        m SCO 2318  =13 = 7 +18 +17 - 1 = 3 = 2 = 9 = 4  5.0  2284
 6 Fraser, Mark Gordon         SCO 2186  = 2 +13 + 9 - 3 = 4 -11 - 8 +17 +18  5.0  2272
 7 Grant, Jonathan             SCO 2253  =16 = 5 -17 +15 = 8 =10 - 4 +18 +13  5.0  2215
 8 McNab, Colin A            g SCO 2412  -10 =12 +13 = 9 = 7 =15 + 6 = 1 - 2  4.5  2270
 9 Orr, Mark J L             m IRL 2362  =15 +14 - 6 = 8 +17 = 2 - 3 = 5 = 1  4.5  2272
10 Robertson, Ian C            SCO 2182  + 8 - 1 =15 - 4 +13 = 7 =12 =14 =11  4.5  2264
11 Grant, Alan                 SCO 2271  - 3 -18 +14 +16 +12 + 6 - 1 - 2 =10  4.5  2261
12 Redpath, Joseph             SCO 2193  - 1 = 8 =16 +18 -11 +17 =10 =13 = 3  4.5  2189
13 Burnett, Andrew             SCO 2145  = 5 - 6 - 8 +14 -10 +16 +15 =12 - 7  4.0  2163
14 Stevenson, James            SCO 2124  = 4 - 9 -11 -13 +16 +18 =17 =10 =15  4.0  2116
15 Brown, Steven A             SCO 2174  = 9 - 2 =10 - 7 +18 = 8 -13 -16 =14  3.0  2045
16 MacDonald, Christopher      SCO 2019  = 7 - 4 =12 -11 -14 -13 =18 +15 =17  3.0  2063
17 Spencer, Edwin              SCO 2197  +18 - 3 + 7 - 5 - 9 -12 =14 - 6 =16  3.0  2001
18 MacArainn,Gordon                ----  -17 +11 - 5 -12 -15 -14 =16 - 7 - 6  1.5  1919
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Prize-Winners

Championship: 1-2 GM Paul Motwani (Dundee Victoria), WGM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (Edinburgh West) 7/9 (£375 each), 3 Graeme Kafka (Largs) 6 (£125), 4-7 IM Craig Pritchett (Dunbar), Mark Fraser (Musselburgh), Iain Gourlay (Leeds), Jonathan Grant (Edinburgh West) 5 (£20 each).

Challengers: 1 Ian McLean (Balerno) 6/7 (£150), 2 Alan Melville (Civil Service) 5 (£70).

Seniors: 1 Robert Clapham (Castlehill) 6/7 (£150), 2 Michael Roth (Perth) 5½ (£70), Grading Prize: James MacRae (Crowwood) 4½ (£30).

Open: 1st Duncan Grassie (Edinburgh) 8/9 (£150), 2nd Jarl Hendrick Kues (Shettleston) 6½ (£70).

Major: 1-2 George Murphy (Concord), Richard Carter (Wandering Dragons) 5½/7 (£110 each), Grading Prize: Kenny McGeoch (Stirling) 5 (£30).

Edinburgh Congress, 11-13 April

Premier: 1st IM Ganbold Odondoo (Mongolia) 5/5 (£300), 2-3 George Neave (Edinburgh West), Martin Mitchell (Shettleston) 4 (£75), Grading Prize = Peter Bauer (Brighton), Kenny Malkin (Kilmarnock) 3/5 (£15), Under 18 Daniel MacGowan (Tiree) 3/5 (£30)

Candidates Event: 1-2 David Wallace (Wandering Dragons), Richard Birkett (Inverness) 5/5 (£110 each), Grading Prize = Brian Henderson (Phones), Duncan Stuart (Wandering Dragons), Richard Carter (Wandering Dragons) 3½/5 (£10 each)

Rooks Event: 1st James McCafferty (Polytechnic) 4½/5 (£150), 2nd = Paul MacDonald (Glasgow Montrose), John Smith (Grangemouth), Derek Cooper (Oban), Bill Platts (Stirling), George Murphy (Concord), Chris McIntee (Juniper Green) 4/5 (£15 each), Grading Prize Robert Loughran (Irvine), Chris Parkin (Glasgow Montrose), Charles Curry (Stonehaven), Dean Whittaker (Pentland Hills) 3½/5 (£10 each)

Knights Event: 1st Mark Wozniak (Livingston) 5/5 (£150), 2nd Derek Birkett (Pitlochry) 4½ (£70), Grading Prize Delroy Bennett (Lewisham), Fergus Thomson (Pentland Hills) 4/5 (£15 each), Under 16 John Tandrous (Bankton) 2½/5 (£30), Primary Ian MacGregor (Bearsden) 3½/5 (£30)

Bishops Event: 1st Gerrard Oswald (Sandy Bells) 5/5 (£150), 2nd David Potts (Knights Move) 4½ (£70), Grading Prize Andrew Green (Edinburgh), James Malloy (Phones), Stephen Hamilton (Ayrshire), Eoghan Farmer (Nairn) 3½/5 (£10 each)

Home Page: www.bcmchess.co.uk