by Ray Flood
Club Championships
Round 7
Sven Stocklose 1994 1-0 Jacques Ophoff CM 2293
Vladyslav Drabych 1712 0-1 Keith Emery 1531
Sven sprung the major surprise to beat Jacques and relieve him of the title! Jacques had to win to overtake David Findlay, so declined the draw options. Well played Sven, Jacques will fight again. Congratulations David!
Keith restored a good deal of pride with his win over Vlad, neither player having had the best of tournaments, but up against it.
Club Intermediate
Round 5
Ana Belen Seijas Otero 1486 0-1 Ansh Bhakta 1492
Subhayu Banerjee 1475 1-0 Jonathan Bremner
Amy Soutar 1-0 Brian Soutar
Ansh adds to an already stellar season by taking the first Intermediate Championships with the vital decider win over Ana. Ana needed just a draw, and the game was fairly level for a long while, but persistence and determination has been the feature of Ansh's play this season, and it brought him the title in his debut year. Congratulations Ansh!
Subhayu rounded off his tournament with a comfortable win, and Amy took the honours in the family battle!
A few results still to come, particularly between James and Kat, with promotion to next season's Championship at stake.
TAFCA Division 2
Dundee D 4-0 Newport Knights
James Bouin 1-0 Andy Pye 1415
Andrew Collins 1111 1-0 Angus Sneddon 1380
Jonathan Kemp 1-0 Doug Cairns 1369
Magnus Kemp 1-0 Alan Wallace 1181
The D Team wait till the end to record their first points of the season, and in some style! Not all as plain sailing as it seems, but an impressive performance indeed, and particularly delightful to give debuts to Jonathan and Magnus, who will hopefully have a big part to play in the club fortunes going forward. Well played guys!