Richardson Cup 14/3/2026

by Ray Flood

Dundee Chess Club  4½- 3½  Bon Accord Chess Club

1. Jacques Ophoff CM 2243  0-1  Theodoros Vasiliadis 1984

2. Declan Shafi 2170  ½-½  Richard Jennings 1965

3. George Vayanos 2105  ½-½  Jan Berg 1940

4. David Findlay 2096  1-0  Michael Adam 1807

5. Edwin Spencer 2076  ½-½  Ross Brennan 1796

6. Stephen Hogg 1950  1-0  Thomas Murray AFM 1780

7. Jan Klingelhoefer 1897  ½-½  Matthew Thornton 1674

8. Joshua Crofts 1864  ½-½  Levi Dove

A healthy grading advantage should have pointed to a confortable win here, but as ever, it turned out rather differently. Indeed, a win for Richard in the last men standing clash with Declan would have taken our Aberdeen friends through on tie-break. As it was, Declan prevailed, and we edged to our first win in the last three attempts against Bon Accord, though the last twice we had me in the side.  All very hard-fought draws, aside from Josh who was surprised in the opening and erred on the side of caution, but every half-point turned out to be vital! Fine wins for David and Steven took us through to a semi-final against Edinburgh next month.