Echesspedia

The oldest federation of the UK. The Scottish Chess Association was founded in 1884 and a member of FIDE since 1924. The first appearance at the Olympiads was in 1933 with fifteenth place. For many decades, McKenzie was the only player of Grandmaster strength, but at the present can easily line up Grandmasters in international competitions. Among them are Motwani, Rowson and McNab.

The Scottish championships are steeped in the history. The first championship was staged in 1884 and, other than during both world wars, the event have been held every year since making it the world’s oldest continuous chess events.

The national champions were:

1884 J Crum, 1885 DY Mills, 1886 GE Barbier, 1887 DY Mills, 1888 GH Mackenzie, 1889 J Marshall, 1890 WN Walker, 1891 JD Chambers, 1892 DY Mills, 1893 WN Walker, 1894 WC Spens, 1895 DY Mills, 1896 DY Mills, 1897 DY Mills, 1898 GB Fraser, 1899 DY Mills, 1900 DY Mills, 1901 RC Macdonald, 1902 E Macdonald, 1903 J Borthwick, 1904 RC Macdonald, 1905 RC Macdonald, 1906 RC Macdonald, 1907 W Gibson, 1908 AJ Mackenzie, 1909 AJ ackenzie, 1910 GW Richmond, 1911 JA McKee, 1912 W Gibson, 1913 AJ Mackenzie, 1914 W Gibson, 1915 C Wardhaugh, 1920 P Wenman, 1921 W Gibson, 1922 W Gibson, 1923 W Gibson, 1924 C Heath, 1925 G Page, 1926 JA McKee, 1927 RC Macdonald, 1928 RC Macdonald, 1929 W Gibson, 1930 W Gibson, 1931 W Gibson (9), 1932 WA Fairhurst, 1933 WA Fairhurst, 1934 WA Fairhurst, 1935 JM Aitken, 1936 WA Fairhurst, 1937 WA Fairhurst, 1938 WA Fairhurst, 1939 M Pavey, 1946 WA Fairhurst, 1947 WA Fairhurst, 1948 WA Fairhurst, 1949 WA Fairhurst, 1950 PB Anderson, 1951 AA Thomson, 1952 JM Aitken, 1953 JM Aitken, 1954 PB Anderson, 1955 JM Aitken, 1956 JM Aitken, 1957 JM Aitken, 1958 JM Aitken, 1959 P Coast, 1960 JM Aitken, 1961 JM Aitken, 1962 WA Fairhurst (11), 1963 M Fallone, 1964 AM Davie, 1965 JM Aitken (10), PM Jamieson, 1966 AM Davie, 1967 G Bonner, 1968 DNL Levy, 1969 AM Davie, 1970 G Bonner, 1971 E Holt, RM McKay, 1972 G Bonner, 1973 PM Jamieson (2), 1974 RM McKay, 1975 DNL Levy (2), S Swanson, 1976 RM McKay, 1977 CW Pritchett, 1978 PA Motwani, 1979 RM McKay, 1980 D Kopec, 1981 G Morrison, 1982 RM McKay, 1983 CA McNab, 1984 CSM Thomson, 1985 ML Condie, RM McKay, 1986 PA Motwani, 1987 PA Motwani, 1988 RM McKay, 1989 ML Condie, 1990 SR Mannion, 1991 CA McNab, 1992 PA Motwani, 1993 CA McNab, PA Motwani, 1994 JF Parker, 1995 SR Mannion, CA McNab, JK Shaw, 1996 DM Bryson, 1997 DM Bryson, 1998 JK Shaw, 1999 J Rowson, 2000 A J Norris and JK Shaw, 2001 J Rowson, 2002 PA Motwani, 2003 PA Motwani and K Arakhamia, 2004 J Rowson, 2005 CW Pritchett, 2006 J Grant, 2007 A. Muir, 2008 A. Tate, 2009 I Gourlay, 2010 A Greet, 2011 K Arakhamia.

Scotland vs. Wales, European Team Championship 2009