Borders Individual 2005/2006
             

Jannic Konarski wins Championship

Congratulations to Jannic on winning the Championship. Jannic secured 1st after holding A Brown to a draw. A Brown, R Plummer and A Armstrong all ended up a ½ point behind Jannic to share 2nd place.

 
                    Round 5
                          Round 2 games to be played by Tuesday 6th June 2006.
    White   Black    
    A Brown (3) ½ ½ Jannic Konarski (3½) 1832  
  1790 Robin Plummer (3) ½ ½ Alan Armstrong (3) 1562  
  1596 Martin Wallace (2½) 0 1 David Bogle (2) 1595  
  1256 Ian Thompson (2) ½ ½ Tom Lawson (1½) 1121  
  1327 Francis Lauder (1) 1 0 Kevin Armstrong (1) 1123  
    930 Paddy Coyle (0) 0 1 Martin Keen (1½) 1469  
             
                    Round 4
                          Round 2 games to be played by 30th April 2006.
    White   Black    
  1832 Jannic Konarski (2½) 1 0 Ian Thompson (2) 1256  
  1596 Martin Wallace (2) ½ ½ Alan Armstrong (2½) 1562  
  1595 David Bogle (2) 0 1 Robin Plummer (2) 1790  
  1327 Francis Lauder (1) 0 1 A Brown (2)    
  1469 Martin Keen (1) ½ ½ Tom Lawson (1) 1121  
  1123 Kevin Armstrong (0) 1 0 Paddy Coyle (0)   930  
             
                    Round 3
                          Round 2 games to be played by 4th April 2006.
    White   Black    
  1562 Alan Armstrong (2) ½ ½ Jannic Konarski (2) 1832  
  1790 Robin Plummer (1) 1 0 Martin Wallace (2) 1596  
  1595 David Bogle (1) 1 0 Francis Lauder (1) 1327  
  1256 Ian Thompson (1) 1 0 Martin Keen (1) 1469  
    A Brown (1) 1 0 Kevin Armstrong (0) 1123  
  1121 Tom Lawson (0) 1 0 Paddy Coyle (0)   930  
             
                    Round 2
                          Round 2 games to be played by
  Round 2 Pairings    
    White   Black    
  1832 Jannic Konarski (1) 1 0 David Bogle (1) 1595  
  1596 Martin Wallace (1) 1 0 Ian Thompson (1) 1256  
  1562 Alan Armstrong (1) 1 0 A Brown (1)    
  1123 Kevin Armstrong (0) 0 1 Martin Keen (0) 1469  
  1121 Tom Lawson (0) 0 1 Robin Plummer (0) 1790  
    930 Paddy Coyle (0) 0 1 Francis Lauder (0) 1327  
             
                    Round 1
                          Round 1 games to be played by
  Round 1 Pairings  
    White   Black    
1327 Francis Lauder 0 1 Jannic Konarski 1832
1790 Robin Plummer 0 1 Ian Thompson 1256
1123 Kevin Armstrong 0 1 Martin Wallace 1596
1595 David Bogle 1 0 Tom Lawson 1121
  930 Paddy Coyle 0 1 Alan Armstrong 1562
1469 Martin Keen 0 1 A Brown

 

 

 

Borders Individual 2004/2005

Martin Wallace wins Championship

Congratulations to Martin on winning the Championship. Martin Wallace came 1st after beating last years winner, Jannic Konarski, in the final round. Robin Plummer came second whilst Jannic Konarski, Ian Thompson Martin Keen and Alan Armstrong all share third place.
                    Round 5
                          Round 5 games to be played by 
  Round 5 Pairings  
  1592 Martin Wallace (3) 1 0 Jannic Konarski (3) 1803  
  1773 Robin Plummer (2½) 1 0 Tom Lawson (1½) 1119  
  1231 Ian Thompson (2) 1 0 David Bogle (2½) 1601  
  1292 Francis Lauder (1½) 0 1 Martin Keen (2) 1453 Win by Default.
  1682 Alan Armstrong (2) 1 0 Paddy Coyle   955  
                    Round 4
                          Round 4 games to be played by Thursday 31st March 2005
  Round 4 Pairings  
  1601 David Bogle (2½) 0 1 Martin Wallace (2) 1592  
  1453 Martin Keen (1) 1 0 Robin Plummer (2½) 1773  
  1682 Alan Armstrong (2) 0 1 Jannic Konarski (2) 1803  
  1119 Tom Lawson (1) ½ ½ Francis Lauder (1) 1292  
    955 Paddy Coyle 0 1 Ian Thompson (1) 1231  
                    Round 3
                          Round 3 games to be played by Sunday 6th February 2005
  Round 3 Pairings  
  1773 Robin Plummer (2) ½ ½ David Bogle (2) 1601  
  1592 Martin Wallace (1) 1 0 Martin Keen (1) 1453  
  1803 Jannic Konarski (1) 1 0 Ian Thompson (1) 1231  
  1119 Tom Lawson (1) 0 1 Alan Armstrong (1) 1682  
  1292 Francis Lauder 1 0 Paddy Coyle   955  
             
                    Round 2
                          Round 2 games to be played by Friday 31st December 2004
  Round 2 Pairings  
  1601 David Bogle (1) 1 0 Jannic Konarski (1) 1803  
  1773 Robin Plummer (1) 1 0 Martin Wallace (1) 1592  
  1453 Martin Keen 1 0 Alan Armstrong (1) 1682  
  1231 Ian Thompson 1 0 Francis Lauder 1292  
    955 Paddy Coyle 0 1 Tom Lawson 1119  
             
                    Round 1
                          Round 1 games to be played by Sunday 31st October 2004
  Round 1 Pairings  
    White   Black    
1682 Alan Armstrong 1 0 Ian Thompson 1231
1803 Jannic Konarski 1 0 Martin Keen 1453
1292 Francis Lauder 0 1 Robin Plummer 1773
1119 Tom Lawson 0 1 David Bogle 1601
1592 Martin Wallace 1 0 Paddy Coyle   955

J Konarski (1803) -M Keen (1453) [D05] Colle System

Borders Individual 2004 (1), 31.10.2004         PLAY THROUGH GAME

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 d5 4.Bd3 c5 5.c3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 Qc7 7.0–0 Bd6 8.Re1 e5 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 0–0 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.Bxh7+ Kxh7 15.Qh5+ Kg8 16.Qxe5 Qxe5 17.Rxe5 Rd8 18.Be3 b6 19.Kf1 Be6 20.b3 Rd3 21.Rc1 Rad8 22.Ke2 c4 23.b4 R8d7 24.Bd4 Rd5 25.Rxd5 Bxd5 26.f3 f5 27.h4 Kh7 28.a4 f4 29.a5 bxa5 30.bxa5 a6 31.Rb1 Bc6 32.Rb6 Ba4 33.Rxa6 Rxd4 34.cxd4 c3 35.Ke1 g6 36.d5 Kh6 37.Ra7 Kh5 38.Rh7# 1–0

 

Borders Individual 2003/2004
 

Jannic Konarski wins Championship

Congratulations to Jannic on winning the Championship. Jannic Konarski came 1st with a perfect five out of five score. Martin Keen was a close runner up in second place with 4 points from 5. Dave Bogle came third with 3 points from 5.

  

                    Round 5
  Round 5 Pairings  
  1104 Tom Lawson 0 1 Jannic Konarski 1876  
  1638 David Bogle 1 0 Paddy Coyle   975  
  1415 Martin Keen 1 0 John Mitchell 1370  
  1296 Robert Crosbie ½ ½ Ian Thompson 1325  
 
                    Round 4
 
  Round 4 Pairings    
  1876 Jannic Konarski 1 0 David Bogle 1638  
  1104 Ian Thompson 0 1 Martin Keen 1415  
  1296 Robert Crosbie 1 0 John Mitchell 1370  
  1104 Tom Lawson 1 0 Paddy Coyle   975  
                    Round 3
 
  Round 3 Pairings  
  1415 Martin Keen 0 1 Jannic Konarski 1876  
    975 Paddy Coyle 0 1 Robert Crosbie 1296  
  1638 David Bogle 1 0 Tom Lawson 1104  
  1370 John Mitchell 1 0 Ian Thompson 1325  
 
                    Round 2
                          Round 2 games to be played by Friday 6th February 2004
  Round 2 Pairings  
  1876 Jannic Konarski 1 0 John Mitchell 1370  
  1415 Martin Keen 1 0 David Bogle 1638  
    975 Paddy Coyle 0 1 Ian Thompson 1325  
  1296 Robert Crosbie 0 1 Tom Lawson 1104  
                    Round 1
                          Round 1 games to be played by Friday 20th December 2003
  Round 1 Pairings  
    White   Black    
  1325 Ian Thompson 0 1 Jannic Konarski 1876  
  1638 David Bogle 1 0 Robert Crosbie 1296  
  1104 Tom Lawson 0 1 Martin Keen 1415  
  1370 John Mitchell 1 0 Paddy Coyle   975  

 

 

Borders Individual 2002/2003
             

Douglas Bain wins Championship

Congratulations to Douglas on winning the Championship. Jannic Konarski came 2nd with Martin Wallace and Francis Lauder sharing 3rd spot. Well done to one and all.

 
          Players uncertain of the Laws of Chess can read them by clicking on Rules above.
          A copy of the notes David Bogle sent to competitors can be found by clicking HERE.
             
                    Round 5
                          Round 5 games to be played by Tuesday 6th May 2003
    White   Black    
  1155 Stuart Graham

0 1

 Douglas Bain 2015  
  1780 Jannic Konarski

½ ½

 Francis Lauder 1265  
  1700 Martin Wallace 1 0 Nick Goodwin 1365  
  1380 Ian Thompson 0 1 Graham Fletcher 1315  
       0 Gordon Axford 0 1 William Cumming 1215  
       0 Gavin Mackinnon 1 0 Tom Lawson 1100  
             

S Graham - D Bain [E14]
Borders Individual (Round 5)

1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 b6 5.Nc3 Bb7 6.Bd3 d6 7.0–0 Be7 8.Re1 Nbd7 9.e4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Ne5 11.Nf3 Nxd3 12.Qxd3 0–0 13.Bg5 Rc8 14.b3 a6 15.a4 Qc7 16.Rad1 Rfd8 17.Qc2 h6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.h4 d5 20.exd5 exd5 21.Nd2 Bxh4 22.g3 Bxg3 23.fxg3 Qxg3+ 24.Kf1 Rd6 25.Nde4 dxe4 26.Rxd6 Qxd6 27.Nxe4 Qc6 28.Kf2 f5 29.Ng3 Qg2+ 0–1

J Konarski (1780) - F Lauder (1265) [C01]
Borders Individual (Round 5)

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Bd6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Nf3 0–0 7.0–0 c6 8.Re1 Re8 9.Rxe8+ Qxe8 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Qe1 Qxe1+ 12.Rxe1 Kf8 ½–½

Ian Thompson (1380) - Graham Fletcher (1315) [C41]
Borders Individual (Round 5)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Be2 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.0–0 Be6 6.c4 c5 7.Nc3 Qd7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.h3 Rg8 11.Kh2 f5 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Ng1 Qc6 14.Bf3 e4 15.dxe4 Be6 16.b3 Qd7 17.Nd5 Nc6 18.Nxe7 Nxe7 19.Qd2 Rh8 20.Qc3 0–0–0 21.Rad1 Ng6 22.Qe3 Qc7 23.g3 h5 24.Bg2 h4 25.Kh1 hxg3 26.fxg3 Qd7 27.h4 Nxh4 28.gxh4 Rxh4+ 29.Nh3 Bxh3 30.Rf2 Bg4+ 0–1

G Mackinnon (100) - T Lawson (1100) [B00]
Borders Individual (Round 5)

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 e6 4.Be3 Bg7 5.Bd3 Nge7 6.Qd2 d5 7.e5 a6 8.Bh6 0–0 9.g4 f5 10.Bxg7 Kxg7 11.g5 b5 12.a3 Rb8 13.b4 Na7 14.Nc3 c6 15.h4 f4 16.h5 Qe8 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.Ne2 Qf7 19.0–0–0 Bb7 20.Rh2 Rh8 21.Rdh1 Rxh2 22.Rxh2 Rf8 23.c3 c5 24.bxc5 Nac6 25.Rh4 Rh8 26.Rxh8 Kxh8 27.Qxf4 Nf5 28.Ng3 Nce7 29.Nh4 Qh7 30.Nhxf5 gxf5 31.Qf3 Qg6 32.Qh5+ Qxh5 33.Nxh5 Kh7 34.f4 Bc6 35.Be2 Ng6 36.Kb2 a5 37.Kb3 Kg8 38.a4 bxa4+ 39.Ka3 Kf8 40.Bd1 Ke7 41.Bxa4 Bd7 42.Bxd7 Kxd7 43.Ka4 Kc6 44.Kxa5 Ne7 45.Ng7 1–0

Martin Wallace (1700) - Nick Goodwin (1365) [C41]
Borders Individual (Round 5)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bd7 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.c3 Ne5 7.0–0 Be7 8.Be2 Nf6 9.f4 Nc6 10.Bf3 h6 11.Re1 Nxd4 12.cxd4 c6 13.Nc3 a6 14.Kh1 0–0 15.e5 Nh7 16.Be3 dxe5 17.dxe5 Be6 18.g4 Qxd1 19.Raxd1 Bb4 20.a3 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Rfd8 22.Bb6 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 f5 24.h3 Nf8 25.Kg2 Nd7 26.Be3 Kf7 27.Kg3 Ke7 28.h4 g6 29.Rd2 Rb8 30.a4 c5 31.Rb2 b6 32.g5 h5 33.Bc6 a5 34.Bxd7 Bxd7 35.Bxc5+ Ke6 36.Rxb6+ Rxb6 37.Bxb6 Bxa4 38.Bxa5 Bc6 39.c4 Be4 40.Kf2 Bd3 41.c5 Kd5 42.Ke3 Bb5 43.Bb6 Ba6 44.Kd2 Ke4 45.c6 Kxf4 46.e6 1–0

 

 
                    Round 4
                          Round 4 games to be played by Friday 31st March 2003
    White   Black    
  2015 Douglas Bain 1 0 Martin Wallace 1700  
  1365 Nick Goodwin 0 1 Jannic Konarski 1780  
  1155 Stuart Graham ½ ½ Ian Thompson 1380  
  1265 Francis Lauder 1 0 William Cumming 1215  
       0 Gordon Axford ½ ½ Gavin Mackinnon      0  
  1315 Graham Fletcher 1 0 Tom Lawson 1100  
             

N Goodwin (1365) - J Konarski (1780) [A28]
Borders Individual (Round 4),

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Be2 0–0 6.a3 Bxc3 7.dxc3 d6 8.b4 b6 9.Nd2 Re8 10.0–0 Bf5 11.Bf3 e4 12.Be2 Ne5 13.a4 Nfg4 14.Nxe4 Nxh2 15.Ng3 Nxf1 16.Nxf5 g6 17.Nd4 Qh4 18.Nf3 Nxf3+ 19.Bxf3 Nh2 20.Bxa8 Rxa8 21.g3 Qg4 22.Qxg4 Nxg4 23.a5 Re8 24.axb6 axb6 25.Ra7 Rc8 26.Ba3 Ne5 27.c5 dxc5 28.bxc5 b5 29.Bb4 c6 30.Kf1 h5 31.Ke2 Kg7 32.Ra2 Kf6 33.f3 Ke6 34.e4 Nc4 35.f4 Kf6 36.Kf3 Re8 37.e5+ Ke6 38.Ra6 Rc8 39.Ra2 f6 40.exf6 Kxf6 41.Ra6 Kf5 42.Ra7 Re8 43.Rf7+ Ke6 44.Ra7 Kf6 45.Ra6 Re6 46.Ra8 Nd2+ 47.Kf2 Kf5 48.Ra2 Nc4 49.Kg2 Kg4 50.Kh2 Ne3 51.Rf2 Nf5 52.Ba5 Re3 53.Bc7 Rxc3 54.Be5 Rxc5 0–1

S Graham (1155) - I Thompson (1380) [D31]
Borders Individual (Round 4),

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd2 Nc6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Bd3 0–0 7.Nf3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b6 9.0–0 Bb7 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Ne7 12.Bb4 a5 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Re1 Rfd8 15.Bd3 c5 16.Bc2 Rd7 17.Ne5 Rd5 18.Bb3 Rdd8 19.Ba4 Qc7 20.Ng4 Nxg4 21.Qxg4 cxd4 22.exd4 Qc4 23.b3 Qxd4 24.Qxd4 Rxd4 25.Red1 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 g6 27.h4 Kg7 28.Rd6 Rc8 29.Rxb6 Bd5 30.Ra6 Rc1+ 31.Kh2 Rc2 32.Kg3 Rc3+ 33.f3 Bxb3 34.Bxb3 Rxb3 35.Rxa5 h5 36.Kf4 Rb2 37.g3 Kf6 38.Ra4 Rb5 39.Rb4 Ra5 40.Ke3 g5 ½–½

 
                    Round 3
                          Round 3 games to be played by Friday 28th February 2003
    White   Black    
  1780 Jannic Konarski ½ ½ Douglas Bain 2015  
  1700 Martin Wallace 1 0 Ian Thompson 1380  
       0 Gordon Axford 0 1 Nick Goodwin 1365  
  1100 Tom Lawson 0 1 Stuart Graham 1155  
       0 Gavin Mackinnon 0 1 Francis Lauder 1265 Default
  1215 William Cumming 1 0 Graham Fletcher 1315  
             
G Axford (0) - N Goodwin (1365) [B20]
Borders Individual (Round 3),

1.e4 c5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nc3 a6 4.Qf3 e6 5.Nge2 Ne5 6.Qg3 Nxc4 7.d3 Nb6 8.Be3 d6 9.Rd1 e5 10.b3 Be6 11.0–0 Ne7 12.f4 f6 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Bxc5 Ng6 15.Be3 Nd7 16.d4 Qc7 17.d5 Bf7 18.Qg4 Bc5 19.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 20.Kh1 Qd6 21.h3 0–0 22.Ng3 Ne7 23.Rd3 Nc5 24.Rdf3 Qd7 25.Nf5 Nxf5 26.Rxf5 Bg6 27.a4 Bxf5 28.Rxf5 g6 29.Rf3 Qxg4 30.hxg4 Rac8 31.Rf2 Kg7 32.Rd2 Nd7 33.b4 Rxc3 0–1

M Wallace (1380) - I Thompson (1700) [C41]
Borders Individual (Round 3),

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Bg4 4.dxe5 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 dxe5 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Qg3 g6 9.Bh6 Qd4 10.Qb3 Kd8 11.Nc3 Qb6 12.Qa4 Ng4 13.Rad1+ Kc8 14.Bg7 Bc5 15.Bxh8 Bxf2+ 16.Kh1 c6 17.Bxf7 Kc7 18.Be6 h5 19.h3 Qc5 20.hxg4 hxg4 21.Rxf2 1-0
                    Round 2
                          Round 2 games to be played by Friday 31st January 2003
    White   Black    
  1780 Jannic Konarski 1 0 Martin Wallace 1700  
  1380 Ian Thompson 1 0 Nick Goodwin 1365  
  2015 Douglas Bain 1 0 Gavin Mackinnon      0  
  1315 Graham Fletcher 0 1 Gordon Axford      0  
  1265 Francis Lauder ½ ½ Tom Lawson 1100  
  1155 Stuart Graham 1 0 William Cumming 1215  
             

G Fletcher (1315) - G Axford (100) [A07]
Borders Individual (Round 2),

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.d3 Bc5 5.0–0 Nc6 6.b3 0–0 7.Bb2 e5 8.Bxe5 Nxe5 9.Nxe5 Bd4 10.Nd2 Bxe5 11.Rc1 c6 12.c4 Be6 13.f4 Bd4+ 14.Kh1 Ng4 15.Qe1 Ne3 16.Rg1 Nxg2 17.Rxg2 Bh3 18.Nf3 Bxg2+ 19.Kxg2 Be3 20.Rd1 Qf6 21.Qb4 Qb2 0–1

J Konarski (1780) - M Wallace (1700) [B13]
Borders Individual (Round 2), 21.01.2003

1.d4 c5 2.e3 cxd4 3.exd4 d5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Nd2 Bg4 7.Ngf3 e6 8.0–0 Be7 9.Re1 0–0 10.Nf1 Nd7 11.Bf4 Re8 12.Ng3 Bf6 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 e5 15.dxe5 Ndxe5 16.Qd1 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 d4 18.Rxe8+ Qxe8 19.Ne4 Be5 20.Bd2 dxc3 21.Bxc3 Rd8 22.Qb5 Bd4 23.Re1 Bxc3 24.bxc3 Kh8 25.Re3 Rd1+ 26.Kh2 Qb8+ 27.g3 a6 28.Qh5 Rd7 29.Ng5 h6 30.Nxf7+ Kg8 31.Nxh6+ gxh6 32.Re8+ Kh7 33.Qf5+ Kg7 34.Qxd7+ 1–0

S Graham (1155) - l Cumming (1215) [D20]
Borders Individual (Round 2), 15.01.2003

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.Nc3 b5 5.e5 Nd5 6.Nxb5 Nb6 7.Nc3 Be6 8.Nf3 h6 9.b3 Nd5 10.Nxd5 Qxd5 11.Bxc4 Qe4+ 12.Qe2 Bd5 13.Bxd5 Qxd5 14.0–0 e6 15.Qc4 c5 16.Qxd5 exd5 17.Ba3 Nd7 18.dxc5 Bxc5 19.Bxc5 Nxc5 20.Rfd1 Rd8 21.Rac1 Ne6 22.Nd4 0–0 23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.Rc7 Rf7 25.Rxf7 Kxf7 26.Rc1 Rd7 27.f4 Kg6 28.Kf2 Kf5 29.Kf3 g5 30.g4+ Kg6 31.Rc6 Re7 32.f5+ Kf7 33.fxe6+ Rxe6 34.Rxe6 Kxe6 35.Ke3 Kxe5 36.b4 d4+ 37.Kd3 Kf4 38.a4 Kxg4 39.b5 Kh3 40.a5 Kxh2 41.b6 axb6 42.axb6 g4 43.b7 g3 44.b8Q h5 45.Qb2+ g2 46.Qf2 Kh3 47.Kxd4 h4 48.Qg1 Kg3 49.Ke3 h3 50.Ke2 h2 51.Qf2+ Kh3 52.Qf3+ 1–0

I Thompson (1380) - N Goodwin (1365) [B30]
Borders Individual (Round 2), 14.01.2003

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 e6 4.a3 a6 5.0–0 b5 6.Ba2 Be7 7.Re1 d6 8.c4 Bb7 9.Nc3 Na7 10.d4 Bf6 11.dxc5 Bxc3 12.bxc3 dxc5 13.Bf4 f6 14.Qc2 e5 15.Bg3 Nh6 16.cxb5 axb5 17.Red1 Qc7 18.Bd5 Bxd5 19.Rxd5 0–0 20.c4 Rfc8 21.cxb5 Nxb5 22.Qc4 Nxa3 23.Rd8# 1–0

F Lauder (1265) - T Lawson (1100) [E61]
Borders Individual (Round 2), 28.01.2003

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 b6 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.Be4 Rb8 10.Qa4 a6 11.Nd5 0–0 12.Nb4 b5 13.cxb5 Nb6 14.Qc2 Bb7 15.Bxb7 Rxb7 16.bxa6 Ra7 17.Nc6 Qa8 18.Nxa7 Qxa7 19.0–0 Re8 20.Qc6 Kf8 21.Qb7 Ra8 22.a4 Nc4 23.Rfc1 Na5 24.Qxa7 Rxa7 25.Nd2 c5 26.dxc5 Bxb2 27.cxd6 Bxa1 28.Rxa1 exd6 29.Rb1 Rxa6 30.g3 Ke7 31.e4 Ke6 32.f4 f5 33.Kf2 Nc6 34.Rc1 Nb4 35.Ra1 Rc6 36.exf5+ Kxf5 37.h3 Rc2 38.Ke2 Rc3 39.a5 Na6 40.Kf2 Rc2 41.Ke2 Rc3 42.Kf2 Rc2 ½–½

D Bain (2015) - G Mackinnon (0) [A45]
Borders Individual (Round 2), 04.02.2003

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d6 3.Nc3 h6 4.Bxf6 gxf6 5.e4 e5 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 a6 8.Qd3 Nc6 9.d5 Ne7 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6 12.0–0–0 Bh7 13.Nh4 Ng6 14.Ng2 Ne7 15.Qf3 Bg7 16.Kb1 c5 17.dxc6 Nxc6 18.Bc4 b5 19.Bd5 Nd4 20.Qd3 Rc8 21.a3 Qb6 22.Ne3 Rc5 23.Ba2 a5 24.Ncd5 Qb7 25.c3 Nf3 26.Nf5 Bxf5 27.gxf5 Ng5 28.b4 axb4 29.axb4 Rc8 30.Rhg1 Rd8 1–0

 
 
                    Round 1
                          Round 1 games to be played by Tuesday 31st December 2002
  Round 1 Pairings  
    White   Black    
  2015 Douglas Bain 1 0 Francis Lauder 1265  
  1215 William Cumming 0 1 Jannic Konarski 1780  
  1700 Martin Wallace 1 0 Stuart Graham 1155  
  1100 Tom Lawson ½ ½ Ian Thompson 1380  
  1365 Nick Goodwin 1 0 Gordon Axford      0  
       0 Gavin Mackinnon 1 0 Graham Fletcher 1315  
             

N Goodwin (1365) - G Axford (100) English Opening [A10]
Borders Individual (Round 1), 17.12.2002

1.c4 b6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.b3 Nf6 5.e3 h6 6.d4 Bb4 7.Bd2 exd4 8.exd4 0-0 9.Be2 d5 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Ne4 12.Bb2 Re8 13.0-0 Ng5 14.Re1 Bg4 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Be6 17.f4 Ne4 18.Bf3 Nc5 19.cxd5 Bf5 20.g4 Bc8 21.b4 Na6 22.Qd4 Bb7 23.e6 f6 24.Kg2 Qd6 25.Rad1 Rad8 26.f5 Nb8 27.Re4 c6 28.dxc6 Qxd4 29.Rexd4 Rxd4 30.Rxd4 Bxc6 31.Bxc6 Nxc6 32.Rd6 Ne7 33.b5 g6 34.Bxf6 gxf5 35.gxf5 Kf8 36.Bxe7+ Kxe7 37.Rd7+ Kf6 38.Rxa7 Kxf5 39.e7 Ke6 40.Rb7 Rxe7 41.Rxb6+ Kd5 42.Rxh6 Ra7 43.Ra6 Rb7 44.a4 Kc4 45.h4 1-0

D Bain (2015) - F Lauder (1265) French Defence [C00]
Borders Individual (Round 1), 17.12.2002

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.d4 c5 7.c3 Qb6 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Nb3 c4 10.Nbd2 Qc7 11.0–0 b5 12.Ne1 a5 13.f4 Nb6 14.Nc2 b4 15.Ne3 Bd7 16.Nf3 h6 17.Qc2 a4 18.f5 bxc3 19.bxc3 a3 20.fxe6 Bxe6 21.Nf5 Bxf5 22.Qxf5 Qd7 23.Qc2 Na4 24.Bf4 Nd8 25.Bg3 Ne6 26.Nh4 Nb2 27.Bg4 Qa4 28.Qf5 0–0 29.Ng6 Qd7 30.Nxf8 Rxf8 31.Qf3 Qc6 32.h4 Nd3 33.Bf5 Nb2 34.Bc2 Bd8 35.Rf2 Ba5 36.Re2 Nd3 37.Be1 Nxd4 38.cxd4 Bxe1 39.Bxd3 1–0

W Cumming (1215) - J Konarski (1780) French Defence [C00]
Borders Individual (Round 1), 02.12.2002

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d4 c5 6.Bb5 Qa5+ 7.Nc3 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.0–0 Ba6 11.Re1 Qb4 12.Qd1 Be7 13.a3 Qg4 14.Nd4 Qxd1 15.Nxd1 Rc8 16.c3 c5 17.Nb3 0–0 18.Nd2 Bd3 19.Nf1 c4 20.Ng3 a5 21.a4 Rb8 22.f4 Nc5 23.Ne2 Nb3 24.Ra2 Bxe2 25.Ne3 Nxc1 26.Rxc1 Bd3 27.Ng4 h5 28.Nf2 Bf5 29.h3 Bc5 30.Kf1 Bxf2 31.Kxf2 Rb3 32.Rd1 Rfb8 33.Rd2 Bb1 34.Ra3 Rxb2 35.Ke3 Rxd2 36.Kxd2 Be4 37.g3 Rb2+ 38.Ke3 Rb3 39.Ra1 Rxc3+ 40.Kd4 Rxg3
0–1

G McKinnon (0) - G Fletcher (1315) Philidor Defence [C41]
Borders Individual (Round1), 03.12.2002

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.Nc3 a6 6.a3 b5 7.Ba2 0-0 8.Nd5 Nxd5 9.Bxd5 c6 10.Bb3 Bg4 11.Be3 Nd7 12.h3 Bh5 13.g4 Bg6 14.Qd2 h6 15.h4 Nc5 16.Ba2 Kh8 17.Bxh6 Ne6 18.Bxg7+ Kxg7 19.h5 Bh7 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.Ke2 Kf7 22.Qh6 Rh8 23.g5 Bxe4 24.g6+ Kg8 25.Qe3 Bxf3+ 26.Qxf3 Qf8 27.Qh3 Rh6 28.Qxe6+ Kg7 29.Rag1 Re8 30.Qd7 Rc8 31.Rg3 Qd8 32.Qe6 Qg8 33.Qxe7+ Kh8 34.Rf3 e4 35.dxe4 Re8 36.Qf6+ Qg7 37.Qxg7+ Kxg7 38.Rf7+ Kg8 39.Ke3 d5 40.f3 c5 41.Rc7 d4+ 42.Kd3 c4+ 43.Kxd4 Rf8 44.Ke3 Ra8 45.f4 1-0

 

Borders Individual 2001/2002

 

 

Borders Champions

Douglas Bain and Martin Wallace are joint Borders Individual Champions for the season 2001/2002. Congratulations to both players on a well fought campaign conducted in a friendly and sporting manner. No doubt they will both be preparing for the next Championship.

 

Round 5
Round 5 games to be played by Sunday 16th June 2002
Round 5 Pairings  
Douglas Bain ( 3½ ) ½ ½ Martin Wallace ( 3½ )  
Alan Armstrong ( 2½ ) 1 0 Ian Thompson ( 3 )  
Jannic Konarski ( 2 ) 1 0 Graham Fletcher ( 2½ )  
Stuart Graham ( 1½ ) 1 0 Martin Keen ( 2 )  
John Mitchell ( 1½ ) 1 0 William Cumming ( 1 )  
Tom Lawson ( 1 ) 1 0 Kevin Armstrong ( 0 ) DEFAULT

D Bain (2040) - M Wallace (1660) [A43]

Borders Individual (5), 2002

1.d4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bf4 e6 5.e3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 a6 7.Bd3 c4 8.Bc2 b5 9.e4 Be7 10.0–0 0–0 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.e5 Ne8 14.Qh5 g6 15.Qg4 Bd7 16.Bh6 Ng7 17.f4 Re8 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Nf3 Rh8 20.Ng5 Qc8 21.Rae1 Qc6 22.f5 exf5 23.Bxf5 Bxf5 24.Rxf5 Bxg5 25.Qxg5 Rae8 26.Ref1 Rhf8 27.Qf6+ Qxf6 28.exf6+ Kh6 29.Rxd5 Re2 30.Rf2 Re1+ 31.Rf1 Re2 32.Rf3 g5 33.b3 Rxa2 34.bxc4 bxc4 35.Rg3 Rb8 36.h3 Rb1+ 37.Kh2 Raa1 38.Rf3 Kg6 39.Rc5 Ra4 40.d5 Rb5 41.Rc8 Rxd5 42.Rg8+ Kh6 43.Rg7 Rd7 44.Rf5 Ra2 45.Rgxg5 Rc2 ½–½

Round 4
Round 4 games to be played by Sunday 19th May 2002

Round 4 Pairings

  
Graham Fletcher ( 2½ ) 0 1 Douglas Bain ( 2½ )  
Jannic Konarski ( 2 ) 0 1 Martin Wallace ( 2½ )  
Ian Thompson ( 2 ) 1 0 John Mitchell ( 1½ )  
Alan Armstrong ( 1½ ) 1 0 Tom Lawson ( 1 )  
William Cumming ( 1 ) 0 1 Martin Keen ( 1 ) DEFAULT
Kevin Armstrong ( 0 ) 0 1 Stuart Graham ( ½ )  

J Konarski (1850) - M Wallace (1660) [A04]

Borders Individual (4), 2002

1.Nf3 c5 2.e3 e6 3.b3 a6 4.Bb2 b5 5.Be2 Nf6 6.a4 b4 7.0–0 Be7 8.d3 Bb7 9.Nbd2 d5 10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.f4 0–0 12.Ndf3 h6 13.Qe1 Ne8 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.Ne5 Qd8 16.Qg3 Bf6 17.Qh3 Nd6 18.Bg4 Rc8 19.Rad1 Kh7 20.f5 exf5 21.Bxf5+ Nxf5 22.Qxf5+ Kg8 23.Bc1 Rc7 24.Ng4 Bc3 25.e4 Bc8 26.Qf4 Rc6 27.e5 Rg6 28.h3 Bxg4 29.hxg4 Qh4 30.Be3 Rxg4 31.Qf5 Qg3 32.Qf3 Qxf3 33.Rxf3 Rc8 34.Rdf1 Rc7 35.Rf5 g6 36.Rf6 Bxe5 37.Rxa6 h5 38.Ra5 d4 39.Bd2 h4 40.Rf3 Kg7 41.Rb5 Bd6 42.Rb6 Be5 43.Rb5 f6 44.Rb6 Kf7 45.a5 Ke7 46.a6 Kd7 47.Bh6 f5 48.Bf8 Kc8 49.Re6 Bg3 50.Rf1 h3 51.Re8+ Kd7 52.Ra8 hxg2 53.Ra1 Bf4 54.Bh6 Bxh6 55.Rh8 Be3+ 56.Kh2 g1Q+ 57.Rxg1 Bxg1+ 0–1

Round 3
Round 3 games to be played by Tuesday 26th March 2002

Round 3 Pairings

  
Douglas Bain ( 1½ ) 1 0 Jannic Konarski ( 2 )  
Martin Wallace ( 1½ ) 1 0 Alan Armstrong ( 1½ )  
Martin Keen ( 1 ) 0 1 Graham Fletcher ( 1½ )  
Tom Lawson ( 1 ) 0 1 Ian Thompson ( 1 )  
Stuart Graham ( 0 ) ½ ½ John Mitchell ( 1 )  
Kevin Armstrong ( 0 ) 0 1 William Cumming ( 0 )  

M Wallace (1660) - A Armstrong (1650) [C00]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Ng5 Nf6 5.c3 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Bxd4 Be7 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.Qc2 0–0 10.0–0 b6 11.Nxe4 Bb7 12.Bf3 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Bxe4 14.Qxe4 Nf6 15.Qe2 Qc7 16.Nd2 Rad8 17.Nf3 Nd5 18.g3 Nf6 19.Rfe1 Qc6 20.b4 Nd5 21.Rac1 Bf6 22.Ne5 Qc8 23.a3 Rfe8 24.f4 Bxe5 25.fxe5 Ne7 26.Qe4 Qc6 27.Qxc6 Nxc6 28.Red1 Rd5 29.Rd3 Nxe5 30.Re3 Nc4 31.Re4 Nxa3 32.c4 Rf5 33.Re3 e5 34.Bb2 Nxc4 35.Rxc4 a5 36.bxa5 bxa5 37.Rxe5 Rfxe5 38.Bxe5 f6 39.Bc3 Ra8 40.Ra4 Kf7 41.Bxa5 h5 42.Kf2 g5 43.Kf3 f5 44.Ra3 Ra6 45.h3 Kg6 46.Bb4 Re6 47.Bd2 g4+ 48.hxg4 hxg4+ 49.Kf2 Kf6 50.Rd3 Kg6 51.Bf4 Kf6 52.Rd6 Rxd6 53.Bxd6 Ke6 54.Bf4 Kd5 55.Ke3 Ke6 56.Bb8 Kf6 57.Kf4 Kg6 58.Be5 Kh6 59.Kxf5 Kh5 60.Bd6 Kh6 61.Kxg4 Kg6 62.Kf4 Kf6 63.g4 Kg6 64.Be5 Kf7 65.Kf5 Kg8 66.g5 Kf7 67.g6+ Kg8 68.Ke6 Kf8 69.g7+ Kg8 70.Bd4 Kh7 71.Kf7 Kh6 72.g8Q Kh5 73.Qg3 Kh6 74.Qg6# 1–0

Round 2
Round 2 games to be played by Sunday 17th February 2002

Round 2 Pairings

  
Alan Armstrong ( 1 ) ½ ½ Douglas Bain ( 1 )  
Jannic Konarski ( 1 ) 1 0 Martin Keen ( 1 )  
Ian Thompson ( 1 ) 0 1 Martin Wallace ( ½ )  
Graham Fletcher ( ½ ) 1 0 Stuart Graham ( 0 )  
John Mitchell ( 0 ) 1 0 Kevin Armstrong ( 0 )  
Tom Lawson ( 0 ) 1 0 William Cumming ( 0 ) DEFAULT
 

Round 1
Reports are filtering through that the round 1 pairings have now been done. I haven't received anything from the Borders League Secretary confirming this but I have listed the first pairings I have heard about below. I will update the pairings if and as soon as I find out more information.

Alan has kindly now confirmed the pairings.

Entry numbers are down this year but the championship should still produce some quality games.

 
Round 1 games to be played by Sunday 13th January 2002

Round 1Pairings
Douglas Bain 1  0 John Mitchell  
Stuart Graham 0  1 Jannic Konarski
Martin Wallace ½ ½ Graham Fletcher
Bill Cumming 0  1 Alan Armstrong  
Martin Keen 1  0 Tom Lawson
Kevin Armstrong 0  1 Ian Thomson

Borders Individual 2000/2001

 

This seasons Borders Individual Chess Championship is now underway. Entry numbers are slightly down on previous years but there is still a good turnout for the competition. Once again it has attracted players of all strengths with all Borders Clubs having players taking part.

Alan Armstrong is sending me pairing details. Results and pairings for each round will appear on this page and will be updated as soon as I receive information.

Players can have their games included by sending me a copy of the moves.

Douglas Bain Borders Champion

Alan and Douglas managed to arrange a playoff prior to the AGM which Douglas duly won.

 

With the AGM having been delayed Alan and Douglas are going to try and arrange a playoff so there might still be one winner of the Borders Individual Championship.

Alan Armstrong and Douglas Bain joint Borders Champions

Alan Armstrong has informed me he is happy to share the title of Borders Individual Champion 2001 with Douglas Bain as there is no time to organize a play-off.

D Bain (2025) - J Konarski (1875) [A03]

Borders Individual (5), 21.06.2001

1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.e3 Nc6 4.Bb5 e6 5.b3 Nf6 6.Bb2 Qd7 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Ne4 9.0–0 Nd6 10.Be2 f5 11.d3 0–0–0 12.c4 Nf7 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Nd2 h5 15.Rac1 Rh6 16.Qf2 Re8 17.Rfe1 Bb4 18.Bd1 Nfd8 19.a3 Ba5 20.b4 Bb6 21.d4 Ree6 22.Ba4 Qe7 23.Nf3 Nf7 24.Bb3 Rd6 25.Ne5 Rd8 26.Qc2 Ncxe5 27.fxe5 Qe6 28.a4 a5 29.Bc3 axb4 30.Bxb4 c6 31.a5 Bc7 32.Rf1 g6 33.a6 Kd7 34.e4 Bb6 35.exd5 1–0

Alan Armstrong kindly informed me of his round 5 result. I managed to confirm the other round 5 results by phoning round the competitors.
Round 5 games to be played by Sunday 3rd June 2001

Round 5
Douglas Bain  (4) 1 0 Jannic Konarski (3½)
Martin Wallace 0 1 Alan Armstrong (4)
George Birbeck ½ ½ Nicholas Goodwin
Ian Thompson 1 0 Bill Cumming
Martin Keen ½ ½ Robert Crosbie
Ian Birtles 1 0 Tom Lawson
John Mitchell 1 0 Graham Fletcher
Stuart Graham 1 0 Kevin Armstrong
Susie Loumgair 1 0 BYE

M Wallace (1630) - A Armstrong (1565) [B00]

Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence. 

1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.h3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Bxe4 7.Ng5 Bg6 8.Qf3 Nc6 9.Bd3 Nf6 10.Bxg6 hxg6 11.h4 Qe7 12.Bf4 Rc8 13.g4 d5 14.Kf1 Qd7 15.Be5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Nh7 17.Kg2 Nxg5 18.hxg5 Ke7 19.Qd3 c5 20.a4 Qc6 21.f3 Qc7 22.Qe2 Qb8 23.Raf1 Qb7 24.Kg3 c4 25.Rh2 Rhg8 26.Qd1 Qc7 27.f4 Qc5 28.Qa1 Rh8 29.Rxh8 Rxh8 30.Qb1 Qe3+ 31.Rf3 Rh3+ 32.Kxh3 Qxf3+ 33.Kh4 Qxc3 34.Qb5 Qxc2 35.Qb4+ Ke8 36.Qb5+ Kd8 37.Qc6 Qh2# 0–1

 
Round 4 games to be played by Sunday 22nd April 2001

Round 4
Jannic Konarski ½ ½ Martin Wallace
Ian Thompson 0 1 Douglas Bain
Alan Armstrong 1 0 Martin Keen
Bill Cumming ½ ½ George Birbeck
David Ewen 1 0 Ian Birtles Dave withdrew from the
Nicholas Goodwin 1 0 John Mitchell       competition shortly after
Robert Crosbie ½ ½ Tom Lawson       the Round 4 draw.
Graham Fletcher 0 1 Stuart Graham
Susie Loumgair 1 0 Kevin Armstrong Default. Game not played.
Round 3 games to be played by Sunday 4th March 2001

J Konarski - M Wallace [D05]

Borders Individual 2001

1.Nf3 c5 2.e3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.c3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.0–0 a6 8.Re1 0–0 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Rxe4 Nf6 12.Rh4 b5 13.Bg5 g6 14.Be4 Ra7 15.dxc5 Be7 16.Bc2 Qc7 17.b4 Rd8 18.Qe1 Bb7 19.Ne5 a5 20.Rd4 Rd5 21.Rxd5 Bxd5 22.Bf4 Nh5 23.Qe3 Bf6 24.Nxg6 Nxf4 25.Nxf4 axb4 26.Nxd5 exd5 27.Qh6 Bg7 28.Qxh7+ Kf8 29.h4 Qxc5 30.Qf5 Qxc3 31.Rd1 Bf6 32.Bb3 Re7 33.Qxd5 Bxh4 34.Qd8+ Kg7 35.Qd5 Bf6 36.Qh5 Re1+ 37.Kh2 Qc7+ 38.g3 Rxd1 39.Qxd1 Bc3 40.Qg4+ Kf8 41.Qf5 Bd4 42.f3 Bc5 43.Qh5 Bd6 44.Qh8+ Ke7 45.Qg7 Ke8 46.Qg8+ Bf8 47.Qg5 Qc5 48.Bd5 f6 49.Qg6+ Kd7 50.Qf7+ Qe7 ½–½

Round 3
Jannic Konarski 1 0 Alan Armstrong
Martin Wallace 1 0 George Birbeck
Douglas Bain 1 0 Robert Crosbie
David Ewen ½ ½ Ian Birtles
Martin Keen 1 0 Graham Fletcher
John Mitchell 0 1 Bill Cumming
Tom Lawson 0 1 Ian Thompson
Kevin Armstrong 0 1 Nicholas Goodwin
Stuart Graham 0 1 Susie Loumgair
Round 2 games to be played by Sunday 28th January 2001

Round 2
Ian Thompson 0 1 Jannic Konarski
Martin Wallace

1 0

 John Mitchell
George Birbeck 1 0 Ian Birtles
Alan Armstrong 1 0 Tom Lawson
Bill Cumming 0 1 Douglas Bain
Stuart Graham 0 1 Martin Keen
Nicholas Goodwin 0 1 Graham Fletcher
David Ewen 1 0 Susie Loumgair Default. Game not played.
Kevin Armstrong 0 1 Robert Crosbie
Round 1 games to be played by Sunday 17th December 2000

Round 1
George Birbeck 1 0 Douglas Bain Default. Game not played.
Jannic Konarski

1 0