Round	Day	Date	Photographs
1	Saturday	5 July
2	Sunday	6 July
3	Monday	7 July
4	Tuesday	8 July	Photographs
5	Wednesday	9 July	Photographs
6	Thursday	10 July
7	Friday	11 July	Photographs
8	Saturday	12 July	Photographs
9	Sunday	13 July	Photographs

Round 9

On board 1 in the final round, and hoping to become
Scottish Champion, is Andy Tate from Edinburgh.

 

 Sunday morning saw the conclusion to the Scottish Lightning
championship won by Calum MacQueen.

 

Round 8

In play at the start of round 7 on board 1, GM Jan Markos (SVK), left, v Ravshan Khamroev (UZB).

 

Ravshan Khamroev is on 5/7 at the stat of round 8.

 

From Lithonia, Tautvydas Vedrickas on 5½/7.

 

Further down the boards is young Andrew McClement on 3½/7.

 

It takes the extra special skills of an English lady to make those Scottish Championship
trophies shine. Lara Barns prepares the trophies for tomorrows presentation.

 

Round 7

    

Leading on 5/6 is Grand Master Jan Markos who, in round 7, takes on the Current Scottish
 Chess Champion and International Master, Andy Muir who is half a point behind on 4½.

 

On board 2 we have big brother, International Master Sabino Brunello, playing little sister Marina.

 

With excellent results in his games to date, and a tournament rating of 2800, local Scot Daniel Rocks
wins the privilege of a game against Tautvydas Vedrickas from Lithuania, who is graded 398 points higher.

 

        

Leaders in the final round of the Seniors Championship with 4½/6 are Michael Roth (left) and Eoin Campbell.

 

In the U1500 Championship, Fraser Taylor with half a point lead in the 7th and final round.

 

All the top 16 boards are broadcast live on the internet.

 

The tournament hall, above and below

 

Keeping the scores up to date, Senior arbiter and Chess Scotland President, Donald Wilson

 

Tournament Director and International Arbiter, Alex McFarlane,
doubles up as games inputter in his spare time.

 

Keying all those games in for the pgn file can easily make you fall asleep. Andy Howie deals with
the IT issues as well as being one organisers who is in putting games during the congress.

 

Round 5

Marina Brunello from Italy is competing in the International Open and is on 3/4.
The same score as her brother, Sasino, who is pictured behind her.

 

Ravshan Khamroev from Uzbekistan, is picking up wins following
his confusion with the start date of the tournament.

In the background is Connor Woods, thinking how lucky he is not to be playing on the
board behind him where the oranges and apples are falling out of the open cupboard.

 

Realising that the oranges and apples are there to stay, he can now
concentrate on his round 5 match and add to his current score of 2½/4.

 

With his Braille set in front of him, Steve Hilton is sat
twiddling his thumbs waiting for his opponent to arrive.

 

As well as the adult competitions, there are several junior competitions taking place at the same time.

A promising player for the future is Tom McFadyen who has won the Under 9 & Under 10 competitions.

Round 4

Current leader at the start of round 4, GM J Markos from Slovakia.

 

Another international player, K Nickl from Austria is playing on board 2.

Below his opponent for round 4 is Rosemary Giulian
who is one of 3 Scottish players on 2½ points.

 

 

Playing on board 3 is D Vincenti from Malta (above) and R Coleman from Scotland

 

The other remaining Scottish player on 2½ is D Walker

 

International Master S Brunelo, from Italy, is playing on board 5

 

Current Scottish Champion and International Master, IM Andy Muir

 

Playing on board 7 with 2/3 is former Scottish Champion, J Grant

 

Two more Scottish players. S Tsang (2) (above) and D McGowan (1½)

 

 

A view of the top 2 boards with Rosemary Giulian (left) against K Nickl

 

The final day

 

 

Winners Tautvydas Vedrickas (Lithuania) and Jan Markos (GM from Slovakia)

 

Scottish Champion, Alan Tate

 

Jim Thornton who won the giant killers prize.

 

Photographs © ChessScotland
Photographer David Clayton