Scottish Chess Championship
Template:Short description The Scottish Chess Championship is organised by Chess Scotland, formerly the Scottish Chess Association. It has been running since 1884, and nowadays takes the form of a nine-round tournament played over two weekends and the week in between. Auxiliary tournaments, such as grading-limited sections and a senior championship take place over the first seven days and there is a Weekend Congress on the second weekend.
Originally, the championship was by invitation only and could only be won by players who would be eligible to compete internationally for Scotland, but sometimes a titled player of another nationality was invited to compete in order to make title norms more likely.
In 2008 the Championship was replaced by an international open. The Scottish Champion being determined by the highest finishing Scottish player. The 2009 tournament being held in Edinburgh attracted nine Grandmasters. The 2010 event took place in Hamilton with the 2011 event back in Edinburgh. The 2014 Championships was incorporated into the Commonwealth Chess Championships which was held in Glasgow. In 2015 the Event was held in Edinburgh and the 2016 event will be back In Glasgow
The current Tournament Arbiters are IA Alex McFarlane and IA Andy Howie.
Notable Winners
Recent notable winners include Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant in 2003 – the first woman player to win the Scottish Championship, and Jonathan Rowson, who became the first Scottish player to clinch the Grandmaster title on home soil in 1999, and did the Scottish / British double in 2004. In 2013 Roddy McKay won the title some 39 years after first winning his first title in 1974. In 2018 Murad Abdulla became the youngest Double winner of the title.
Winners
- 1884 - John Crum<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1885 - Daniel Yarnton Mills<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1886 - Georges Emile Barbier<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1887 - Daniel Yarnton Mills<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1888 - George Henry Mackenzie<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1889 - James Marshall<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1890 - William Neish Walker<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1891 - John D. Chambers<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1892 - Daniel Yarnton Mills<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1893 - William Neish Walker<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1894 - Sheriff Walter Cook Spens<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1895 - Daniel Yarnton Mills<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1896 - Daniel Yarnton Mills<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1897 - Daniel Yarnton Mills<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1898 - George Brunton Fraser<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1899 - Daniel Yarnton Mills<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1900 - Daniel Yarnton Mills<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1901 - Dr. Ronald Cadell Macdonald<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1902 - E Macdonald<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1903 - James Borthwick
- 1904 - Dr. Ronald Cadell Macdonald<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1905 - Dr. Ronald Cadell Macdonald<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1906 - Dr. Ronald Cadell Macdonald<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1907 - William Gibson<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1908 - Arthur John Mackenzie<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1909 - Arthur John Mackenzie<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1910 - George W Richmond<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1911 - JA McKee<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1912 - William Gibson<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1913 - Arthur John Mackenzie<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1914 - William Gibson<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1915 - C Wardhaugh<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1916 to 1919 - No Championship Held
- 1920 - P Wenman<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1921 - William Gibson<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1922 - William Gibson<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1923 - William Gibson<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1924 - C Heath<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1925 - George Page<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1926 - JA McKee<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1927 - Dr. Ronald Cadell Macdonald<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1928 - Dr. Ronald Cadell Macdonald<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1929 - William Gibson<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1930 - William Gibson<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1931 - William Gibson<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1932 - William Fairhurst<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1933 - William Fairhurst<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1934 - William Fairhurst<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1935 - James Macrae Aitken<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1936 - William Fairhurst<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1937 - William Fairhurst<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1938 - William Fairhurst<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1939 - Max Pavey<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1940 to 1945 - No Championship Held
- 1946 - William Fairhurst<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1947 - William Fairhurst<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1948 - William Fairhurst<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1949 - William Fairhurst<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1950 - PB Anderson<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1951 - Alexander Aird Thomson<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1952 - James Macrae Aitken<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1953 - James Macrae Aitken<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1954 - PB Anderson<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1955 - James Macrae Aitken<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1956 - James Macrae Aitken<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1957 - James Macrae Aitken<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1958 - James Macrae Aitken<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1959 - Peter Coast<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1960 - James Macrae Aitken<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1961 - James Macrae Aitken<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1962 - William Fairhurst<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1963 - Michael Fallone<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1964 - Alexander Munro Davie<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1965 - James Macrae Aitken, Peter Michael Jamieson<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1966 - Alexander Munro Davie<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1967 - Gerald Bonner<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1968 - David Levy<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1969 - Alexander Munro Davie<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1970 - Gerald Bonner<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1971 - E Holt, RM McKay<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1972 - Gerald Bonner<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1973 - Peter Michael Jamieson<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1974 - RM McKay<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1975 - DNL Levy, S Swanson<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1976 - RM McKay<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1977 - CW Pritchett<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1978 - PA Motwani
- 1979 - RM McKay
- 1980 - Danny Kopec
- 1981 - G Morrison
- 1982 - RM McKay
- 1983 - CA McNab
- 1984 - CSM Thomson
- 1985 - ML Condie, RM McKay
- 1986 - Paul Motwani
- 1987 - Paul Motwani
- 1988 - RM McKay
- 1989 - ML Condie
- 1990 - SR Mannion
- 1991 - Colin McNab
- 1992 - Paul Motwani
- 1993 - Colin McNab, Paul Motwani
- 1994 - Jonathan Parker
- 1995 - SR Mannion, Colin McNab, John K Shaw
- 1996 - DM Bryson
- 1997 - DM Bryson<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1998 - John K Shaw<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1999 - Jonathan Rowson<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2000 - AJ Norris, John K Shaw<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2001 - Jonathan Rowson<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2002 - Paul Motwani<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2003 - Paul Motwani, Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2004 - Jonathan Rowson<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2005 - Craig Pritchett<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2006 - Jonathan Grant<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2007 - Andrew Muir<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2008 - Alan Tate<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2009 - Iain Gourlay (Scottish Champion 6.5), GM S. Arun Prasad (Open Winner 7.5)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2010 - Andrew Greet
- 2011 - Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2012 - Jacob Aagaard<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2013 - RM McKay<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2014 - Alan Tate (chess player)
- 2015 - Neil Berry (Scottish Champion 7), GM Korneev, Oleg (Open Winner 7.5) <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2016 - Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (Scottish Champion 6), Matthew Turner (Open Winner 7.5)
- 2017 - Murad Abdulla (Scottish Champion 6.5), Andrei Maksimenko (Open Winner 7.5)
- 2018 - Murad Abdulla (Scottish Champion & Open Winner 8)
- 2019 - Colin McNab (Scottish Champion 6.5), Matthew Turner (Scottish Champion 7),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Ritvars Reimanis (Open Winner 7)
- 2020/21 - Did not take place due to pandemic
- 2022 - Murad Abdulla (Scottish Champion 6.5)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2023 - Edwin Spencer (Scottish Champion 4)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2024 - Andrew Greet (Scottish Champion 7) <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2025 - Andrew Greet (Scottish Champion 7.5), Johan-Sebastian Christiansen (Open winner 9)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>