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Donald Wilson · Queen Joined: 07 Mar 2007 Posts: 143

Premier (30 players):

1= Neil Berry (Edinburgh) 4/5
Stephen Burns-Mannion (Hamilton)
Andrew Green (Edinburgh)
(Neil won the trophy on tie-break)

Grading Prize (U2000) =
Michael Green (Dumfries) 2½/5
Ian McDonald (Bon Accord)
Ian Marks (Cumbernauld)
Neil Thomson (Giffnock)

Challengers (32 players)

1. Richard Kynoch (Wandering Dragons) 4/5
2= Alan Prince (Edinburgh Civil Service) 3½/5
Richard Carter (Wandering Dragons)
Martin Gourlay (Perth)
Chris Sykes (Edinburgh)
Joy Durno (Newmachar)

Grading Prize (U1700)
Daniel Thomas (East Kilbride) 3/5

Major (37 players)

1. Rudolph Austin (Edinburgh Civil Service) 5/5
2. Thomas Grundy (Bank of Scotland) 4½/5
3= David Deary (Greenwood) 4/5
William Cook (Highland resident)

Grading Prize (U1500)
David Potts (Bellshill) 3½/5

Minor (35 players)

1= Bernard Cassidy (Hamilton) 4/5
Mark Jones (Edinburgh)
David Brody (Stirling)
Geoffrey White (Oban)
(Bernard won the trophy on tie-break)

Grading Prize (U1100)
Murad Abdulla (Aberdeen Chess Academy) 3½/5

Junior Trophy
Ecsher Mills (Sciennes) 3½/5
(on tie-break)

The Brian Currie Memorial Shield, for the best grading performance by a junior in any of the adult tournaments, was won by Murad Abdulla.

A total of 134 players took part in the four adult tournaments this year, compared with 132 in 2009. In view of the recession this increase is encouraging, and I'd like to thank all the players (as well as the rest of the organising/controlling team: Jim Watson, Jacqui Thomas, Alex McFarlane, Peter Devenny, Andy Howie and Michael Hanley) for creating a successful 2010 Grangemouth Congress.