From the BCM report, November 1969, p331: The eighth congress organized by the Glasgow Chess League at the end of September was the strongest, both in numbers and quality, so far. A record entry of 268 was received and if the numbers go on increasing then it may well prove necessary to move from the Langside Halls. The top tournament, the Invitation event, comprised twelve players, five non-Scottish and seven home players...

1969 Glasgow Invitation		Fed	1	2	3	4	5	Total
1	Raymond D Keene	ENG	7w1	8b½	2w½	10b½	4w1	3½
2	Roderick M McKay	SCO	9b½	11w1	1b½	8w1	3b½	3½
3	David N L Levy	SCO	6b½	12w1	8b1	4b½	2w½	3½
4	Leonard W Barden	ENG	12b1	9w1	6b½	3w½	1b0	3
5	Maxwell L Fuller	AUS	8w0	7b0	12b1	9w1	6b1	3
6	David B Pritchard	ENG	3w½	10b½	4w½	7b1	5w0	2½
7	James Montgomery	SCO	1b0	5w1	11b½	6w0	10b1	2½
8	Michael Fallone	SCO	5b1	1w½	3w0	2b0	11b½	2
9	Craig W Pritchett	SCO	2w½	4b0	10w½	5b0	12w1	2
10	Harry Golombek	ENG	11b½	6w½	9b½	1w½	7w0	2
11	D Bryan A Hunter	SCO	10w½	2b0	7w½	12b0	8w½	1½
12	Valentine A Nye	SCO	4w0	3b0	5w0	11w1	9b0	1

The final scores were: R. D. Keene, D. N. L. Levy, and R. McKay 3½; L. Barden and M. Fuller 3; J. Montgomery and D. B. Pritchard 2½; M. Fallone, H. Golombek, and C. W. Pritchett 2; D. B. A. Hunter 1½; and V. A. Nye 1. The event was a five-round Swiss with two prizes, one of £40 the other of £20.

1969 Glasgow Candidates		1	2	3	4	5	Total
1	Anthony F Morgan	♦ ½/4	◊ ½/3	♦ 1/7	◊ 1/6	♦ 1/5	4
2	Anthony James Booth	♦ 1/11	◊ ½/6	♦ 0/3	♦ 1/9	◊ 1/8	3½
3	Colin C Campbell	◊ ½/10	♦ ½/1	◊ 1/2	♦ ½/8	◊ ½/4	3
4	Ian Jardine	◊ ½/1	♦ 1/9	◊ 1/8	♦ 0/5	♦ ½/3	3
5	Alan Scrimgour	♦ 0/7	◊ 1/12	♦ 1/11	◊ 1/4	◊ 0/1	3
6	Alastair F White	◊ ½/9	♦ ½/2	◊ 1/10	♦ 0/1	♦ ½/7	2½
7	W Peter Watson	◊ 1/5	♦ 0/8	◊ 0/1	♦ 1/11	◊ ½/6	2½
8	Michael Rosenberg	♦ 1/12	◊ 1/7	♦ 0/4	◊ ½/3	♦ 0/2	2½
9	David Anthony Watt	♦ ½/6	◊ 0/4	♦ 1/12	◊ 0/2	◊ ½/10	2
10	Philip Maurice Giulian	♦ ½/3	◊ 0/11	♦ 0/6	◊ 1/12	♦ ½/9	2
11	John A Johnstone	◊ 0/2	♦ 1/10	◊ 0/5	◊ 0/7	♦ 0/12	1
12	James J Doyle	◊ 0/8	♦ 0/5	◊ 0/9	♦ 0/10	◊ 1/11	1

Prizewinners in the other events were as follows— Candidates.—Anthony F Morgan 4; Anthony James Booth 3½. Under-seventeen.—R. Bhopal and Ian J Sinclair 5; A. Grant, E. McKinnon, G. Patterson, and T. Scott 4. Under-sixteen.—Alan McGowan 5½; W. Elliott 4½; Miss M. McGinn, D. Stork, and J. McCaughan 4. Glasgow Girls.—M. McGinn 4; B. Burke and M. Harrigan 3½. Under-fifteen.—D. N. Cherry 5½; S. Swansen [sic - probably Swanson - JS] 5; W. A. Cruikshank and J. Dunn 4½. Under-fourteen.—D. Hughes 5½; J. Brannan and J. Burke 5. Under-thirteen.—M. Chalmers and S. Wyllie 5; B. Lonergan and L. Macdonald 4½. Junior.—Andrew J Muir 10½; G. Kerr, R. Ross, and J. Smith 9.

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Date	Notes
24 March 2016	First upload, with 60 games.
24 September 2024	Added the crosstable of the Invitation event, sent by Paul Summers of Australian Chess, for which many thanks. Also, I've generated a crosstable for the Candidates section.