Gawain Jones wins the 120th Scottish Chess Championship on tiebreaks

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Rating favorite Gawain Jones took home the first prize at the 120th edition of the Scottish National Chess Championship which took place on 6th – 14th July 2013 at the Victoria Hall in Helensburgh, Scotland.

Jones tied on first place with his compatriot Daniel Gormally but edged him on the first tiebreak criterion. Both players finished on 6.5/9, leaving their closest followers half a point behind.

Hungarian GM Imre Hera obtained third place after obtaining a better tiebreak score than two other contenders that finished with the same 6 points.

GM Matthew Turner was the best Scottish player in the final standings.

Prizes – 1st £2000, 2nd £1000, 3rd £600, 4th £300, 5th £200.

The Scottish Chess Championship is believed to be the oldest continuously run national chess event in the world . The first event was staged in 1884. With the exception of war years, an event has been held every year since.

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Final Standings:

1	GM Jones, Gawain C B	ENG	2643	6.5
2	GM Gormally, Daniel W	ENG	2496	6.5
3	GM Hera, Imre Jr.	HUN	2558	6
4	IM Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn	ISL	2511	6
5	GM Strikovic, Aleksa	SRB	2504	6
6	GM Farago, Ivan	HUN	2447	5.5
7	GM Hebden, Mark L	ENG	2555	5
8	GM Turner, Matthew J	SCO	2518	5
9	IM Barnaure, Vlad-Victor	ROU	2503	5
10	GM McNab, Colin A	SCO	2461	5
11	GM Hoffman, Alejandro	ARG	2452	5
12	IM Trent, Lawrence	ENG	2420	5
13	IM McKay, Roderick M	SCO	2370	5
14	FM Tate, Alan	SCO	2277	5
15	Sreeves, Clement	SCO	2251	5
16	McClement, Andrew	SCO	2169	5
17	IM Bryson, Douglas M	SCO	2362	4.5
18	IM Pritchett, Craig W	SCO	2360	4.5
19	IM Muir, Andrew J	SCO	2325	4.5
20	Stone, Andrew M	ENG	2190	4.5
21	Robertson, Ian C.	SCO	2168	4.5
22	Green, Andrew D	SCO	2160	4.5
23	Burrows, Martin P	ENG	2157	4.5
24	Buchanan, Walter F.	SCO	2119	4.5
25	Nickl, Klaus	AUT	2101	4.5
26	Oswald, David C	SCO	2055	4.5
27	IM Burns-Mannion, Stephen R	SCO	2378	4
28	Grant, Jonathan I M	SCO	2235	4
29	Grant, Alan G	SCO	2156	4
30	McKerracher, Douglas	SCO	2037	4
31	Grove, Michael	SCO	2028	4
32	Marks, Ian A	SCO	1981	4
33	Golubev, Sergey	RUS	2046	3.5
34	Olson, Hamish	SCO	2021	3.5
35	Doyle, James	SCO	2009	3.5
36	McDougall, William M	SCO	1990 *	3.5
37	Giulian, Rosemary A	SCO	1872	3.5
38	Brown, Allan D	SCO	1781	3.5
39	Newton, Andrew	SCO	1769	3.5
40	Borwell, Alan P	SCO	2017	3
41	Aird, Ian	SCO	1988	3
42	Jelfs, Alan	SCO	1905	3
43	Parks, Joseph	SCO	1897	3
44	Roy, Ali	SCO	1882	3
45	Smith, Stephen H	SCO	1802	3
46	Robinson, Stephen	SCO	1879	2.5
47	Schmerwitz, Reinhard	GER	1864	2.5
48	Lees, Fraser A	SCO	1802	2.5
49	Robertson, Jim	SCO	1708	2.5
50	Koehn, Lennart	GER	1682	2.5
51	Kleboe, James P R	SCO	1880	2
52	Macrae, James S	SCO	1718	2
53	Macdonald, Paul H	SCO	1935	1.5
54	Scott, Ian	HKG	1717	1.5
55	Nicholson, John	IRL	1781	1