Chess - The Scotsman 18/07/2012 - News - Scotsman.com KUDOS today goes to Chess Scotland and the dedicated team that superbly ran the recently concluded 119th Scottish Championship and International Open at the Trades Hall in Glasgow. Not only did it exceeded everyone's expectations but it also proved extremely popular with the large number of players who enjoyed the experience of playing in such a major event in their own country. As reported yesterday, the main prize of Scottish Champion went to GM Jacob Aagaard, who, along with Vitaly Teterev (Belarus), Momchil Nikolov (Bulgaria), and IMs Bragi Thorfinnsson (Iceland) and Jonathan Hawkins (England), also finished in a five-way tie on 7/9 in the International Open. There were many other prizes on offer during the biggest event on the Scottish calendar, and while we don't have the space to include all of them, some of the main ones included: Scottish Senior Champions: IM Roddy McKay and FM Philip Giulian, 5.5/9; Junior Boy: Andrew McClement, 5.5/9; Junior Girl: Ali Roy, 4/9; and Weekend Open: 1st Alex Gillies, 4/5. In other important prizes, Calum MacQueen, of Giffnock Chess Club, was voted by Chess Scotland members as their choice for the Player of the Year award. The Best Game prize in the Scottish Championship, sponsored by one of Scotland's eminent judges, Lord Kirkwood, and judged by GM Matthew Turner, went to comeback kid Donald Holmes for his outstanding round 7 effort in beating the highly-rated Romanian IM Vlad-Victor Barnaure. V Barnaure - D Holmes Scottish International Open, (7) Reti's Opening 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4 d4 3 a3 f6 4 d3 e5 5 e3 c5 6 b4 a5 7 bxc5 Nc6 8 exd4 Nxd4 9 Nxd4 Qxd4 10 Ra2 Bxc5 11 Be3 Qd6 12 Nc3 Bxe3 13 fxe3 Nh6 14 Nb5 Qe7 15 Qh5+ Nf7 16 Be2 0-0 17 0-0 Bd7 18 Nc7 Rab8 19 Nd5 Qd6 20 Bg4 Bc6 21 Bf5 Nh6 22 Be4 f5 23 Bf3 Rbe8 24 Qh4 Kh8 25 Qe1 Qc5 26 Rff2 Bxd5 27 cxd5 e4 28 dxe4 fxe4 29 Bh5 Rxf2 30 Rxf2 Rd8 31 Qb1 Qxe3 32 Kf1 Rc8! 33 Qe1 Rc1 34 Rf8+ Ng8 35 Qxc1 Qxc1+ 36 Ke2 Qxa3 37 Rd8 Qd3+ 38 Ke1 e3 0-1