1984 Scottish Centenary Invitation, Walker Halls, Troon, 12-20 July

1984 Scottish Centenary Troon		Fed	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Lev Psakhis	USSR	2565g	&;	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	6½
2	Colin A McNab	SCO	2370f	½	&;	1	½	½	1	½	0	½	1	5½
3	H James Plaskett	ENG	2470m	½	0	&;	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	5½
4	Mark L Condie	SCO	2360f	½	½	½	&;	½	½	½	1	½	0	4½
5	Craig W Pritchett	SCO	2395m	½	½	0	½	&;	½	½	½	1	½	4½
6	Paul Motwani	SCO	2355f	½	0	½	½	½	&;	0	1	½	1	4½
7	Leonid A Shamkovich	USA	2455g	0	½	0	½	½	1	&;	0	1	1	4½
8	Pia Cramling	SWE	2405m	0	1	½	0	½	0	1	&;	0	½	3½
9	Graham Morrison	SCO	2335f	0	½	½	½	0	½	0	1	&;	0	3
10	Vladimir Raicevic	YUG	2395g	0	0	0	1	½	0	0	½	1	&;	3

Average Elo: 2410 / Category: 7 / GM = 6.84 / IM = 5.04. IM norm for Colin McNab.

The Scottish Chess Association was founded in 1884, and this was amongst the events held that year to mark the occasion of its centenary. Link to an article on Chess Scotland with further details of this and other related events.

Link to a blog post by Douglas Griffin, with his translation of Lev Psakhis' contemporary article on the event originally published in '64'.

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1984 Scottish Open Championship, Troon, 14-20 July

Rank	1984 Scottish Open Chess Championship	Total
1-2	Angus J Dunnington (Leeds ENG), Wolfgang Fiedler (FRG)	5½/7
3-10	Douglas M Bryson (Shettleston), Walter F Buchanan (Pollok), Edward Davis (Castlemilk), Owen M Hindle (Morley ENG), Thomas L Milligan (Castlemilk), George D Pyrich (Kirkcaldy), Erik O M C Teichmann (Cambridge ENG), Craig S M Thomson* (Castlemilk)	5
11-14	Maarten D Etmans (NED), C Jonathan Lennox (Tobermory), Stephen C E Robinson (Hillfoots), Andrew G Wright (Dundee)	4½
15-26	Gerald Bonner, Alex Easton, David J Findlay, Kieran M Fryer, Alan Grant, R A Inglis, Wilbert Kieboom (NED), Ken B McEwan, Patrick Mclnally, James A B Stevenson, Iain Swan, R Walker	4
27-37	George J Coutts, Ruurd Dam (NED), Alessandro di Bucchianico (NED), J Doyle, Neil R Farrell, Leslie T Melvin, R Mitchell, A McClelland, John McLean, Joseph M Soesan (ENG), Wim Velker (NED)	3½
...	(a further 25 competitors scored 3 or fewer)

* Craig S M Thomson won the 1984 Scottish Championship title after a play-off between the six Scots players on 5/7.

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File Updated

Date	Notes
18 February 2024	File first uploaded. All games from the invitation included (with dates for the first time) plus 15 games from the Scottish Open Championship.