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| The SCCA grading list has been published during the first quarter of each calendar year, then supplemented by updates from the ICCF
rating system every March and September. The 2008 list was the last to calculate SCCA grades. From 2009, all grades are calculated
on the ICCF system, and SCCA domestic events are administered on the ICCF webserver to allow results to be automatically fed into
the ICCF system. From 2009, the ICCF grading list has been published quarterly. |
Grading List 2023
October 2023 Notes
The final ICCF grading list of 2023 is published and new grades are based on 3 months’ results reported between 1 Jul and 30 Sep 2023.
The grades will apply to internationally graded games starting between 1 Oct and 31 Dec 2023.
In the norms and titles stakes Mark Smith has gained the CCE title. Congratulations to Mark!
There were no new additions or deletions to the list. There have been some changes to the way ratings are being calculated and anyone
interested can view the information regarding this on the ICCF Website. The most significant rating moves were Colin MacGregor (+152) Ian
Marshall (+112) Derek Price (+75), Carlos Almarza Mato (+71), Alan Buchan (+69), David Cumming (+53), John Armstrong (+51) David Kilgour
(+44) Robert Montgomery (+40) James Murray (+37) Colin Beveridge (+29), Michael Blake (+24) and Raymond Burridge (+20).
New games centurions were David Cumming (2200+), Andrew MacMillen (1500+), Colin Beveridge (800+), Iain Sneddon (700+), Wilf Major
(200+) and Benjamin Major (100+) Highest recorded games this quarter were Carlos Almarza Mato (46) Iain Sneddon (38), David Cumming (42),
Raymond Burridge (28) and Colin Beveridge (24).
July 2023 Notes
The third ICCF grading list of 2023 is published and new grades are based on 3 months’ results reported between 1 Apr and 30 Jun 2023.
The grades will apply to internationally graded games starting between 1 Jul and 30 Sep 2023.
In the norms and titles stakes, Graham Morrison obtained 2 CCM norms and the CCM title in quick succession (and, as should have been noted in
the last list, received a Scottish Master norm for achieving a 2300 rating). Congratulations to Graham!
There was 1 addition to the list and 7 players have unfixed and hence unpublished ratings at present. The most significant rating moves were
Carlos Almarza Mato (+39), Derek Price (+30), Martin Hardwick (+26), Colin MacGregor (+22) and Ian Marshall (+21).
New games centurions were Ian Whittaker and Thomas Matheis (300+) and Murdo MacDonald (100+). Highest recorded games this quarter were Carlos
Almarza Mato and Iain Sneddon (49), David Cumming (36), Raymond Burridge (32), Alan Buchan (26), Michael Blake (24), Geoffrey Lloyd (21) and Ian
Whittaker (20).
April 2023 Notes
The second ICCF grading list of 2023 is published and new grades are based on 3 months’ results reported between 1 Dec 2022 and 28 Feb 2022.
The grades will apply to internationally graded games starting between 1 Apr and 30 Jun 2023.
In the norms and titles stakes, Alan Bell got this third IM norm and hence the title playing in the 11th European Team Championship Final.
Kevin Paine and Robert Montgomery both achieved their final norms to obtain their CCM titles while Graham Morrison and Wilf Taylor have both got
final CCE norms for the title as well. Wilf also got his first CCM norm as so congratulations to all our new title and norm holders!
There were no additions or deletions on the list. 7 players have unfixed and hence unpublished ratings at present. The most significant rating
moves were Martin Hardwick (+141), Steve Pettigrew (+37) and Wilf Taylor (+27).
New games centurions were Raymond Burridge, Martin Hardwick (both 1900+), Ian Marshall (900+), John Dunn (500+) and Alan Miles (100). Highest
recorded games this quarter were Martin Hardwick (48), Carlos Almarza Mato and Geoffrey Lloyd (36), Iain Sneddon (33), Alan Buchan (32), Raymond
Burridge (31), David Cumming (30) and Colin Beveridge (25).
January 2023 Notes
The first ICCF grading list of 2023 is published and new grades are based on 3 months’ results reported between 1 Dec 2022 and 28 Feb 2022.
The grades will apply to internationally graded games starting between 1 Apr and 30 Jun 2023.
In the norms and titles stakes, Alan Bell got this third IM norm and hence the title playing in the 11th European Team Championship Final.
Kevin Paine and Robert Montgomery both achieved their final norms to obtain their CCM titles while Graham Morrison and Wilf Taylor have both got
final CCE norms for the title as well. Wilf also got his first CCM norm as so congratulations to all our new title and norm holders!
There were no additions or deletions on the list. 7 players have unfixed and hence unpublished ratings at present. The most significant rating
moves were Martin Hardwick (+141), Steve Pettigrew (+37) and Wilf Taylor (+27).
New games centurions were Raymond Burridge, Martin Hardwick (both 1900+), Ian Marshall (900+), John Dunn (500+) and Alan Miles (100). Highest
recorded games this quarter were Martin Hardwick (48), Carlos Almarza Mato and Geoffrey Lloyd (36), Iain Sneddon (33), Alan Buchan (32), Raymond
Burridge (31), David Cumming (30) and Colin Beveridge (25).
General Notes
If you are ungraded, the ICCF webserver will calculate a provisional rating for your first 12 games. Provisional ratings are no longer published.
After you complete 30 games, you are eligible for a published ICCF grade. Note that correspondence grades are often substantially higher than
over-the-board grades. Please get in touch with me at:
grader if you have any queries.
Titled Players
- Grandmaster 3xGM
- Bryson, D M (1986); Kilgour, D A (1996); Muir, A J (1995).
- Senior International Master 6xSIM
- Beecham, C R (2009); Craig, T J (2001); Finnie, D S (2002); Giulian, P M (1999); Mackintosh, I (2018); McNab, Dr C A (1999).
- International Master 10xIM
- Bell, A D (2022); Borwell, A P (1993); Livie, G W G (2003); McAlpine, K B (1990); Matheis, T (2010); Pyrich, G D (1995);
Sprott, G R (2001); Thomson, T (1999); Watson J (1999); Wickens, T S (1988).
- SCCA Master 36xSM
- Aird, I (2002); Anderson, G M (2012); Baxter, R W M (1998); Bell, A D (2012); Bennett, P G (2014); Brown, Dr A C (2003);
Cumming, D R (2013); Gillam, S R (1997); Graham, S (2011); Lennox, C J (2001); Lloyd, G (2011); Milligan, B (2002); Morrison, G (1987);
Neil, D (2002); Norris, A J (1986); Paine, Prof K A (2019); Sneddon, I (2021); Stewart, D J (1998).
- [Note that GM, SIM and IM title holders are also included as SCCA Masters]
- Correspondence Chess Master 12xCCM
- Anderson, G M (2019); Bell, A D (2017); Bennett, P G (2017); Beveridge, C (2022); Blake, M J (2020); Buchan, A W (2021);
Cumming, D R (2017); Lloyd, G (2019); Montgomery, R S (2023); Morrison, G J (2023); Paine, Prof K A (2023); Sneddon, I (2020).
- Correspondence Chess Expert 10xCCE
- Almarza Mato, C (2019); Beveridge, C (2019); Buchan, A W (2020); Dawson, Prof A G (2018); Montgomery, R S (2020); Morrison, G J (2023);
Paine, Prof K A (2021), Smith, M J (2023); Taylor, W (2023); Whittaker, I P (2022).
Scottish Master Title
GM, SIM and IM titles are awarded by ICCF, and their qualifying conditions are explained on the
ICCF website - follow the ICCF Titles links. The Scottish Master (SM) title is awarded by the SCCA, and its qualifying conditions are:
- Attaining the ICCF GM, SIM or IM title.
- Attaining 3 norms, without limit of time; one norm for each of the following:
- (SCCA or) ICCF grade of 2300 or above, provided this grade is based on at least 30 results in total, and on at least 20 new results
since any previous norm has been awarded for grade.
- Outright winner of the SCCA Championship Final, or joint winner with at least 75% of total points. (Note that the SCCA Championship should
be organised so that players play a minimum of 8 games for this condition to operate.)
- IM norm.
- 50% or more of the points in an ICCF World Semi-Final, or 60% or more of the points in an ICCF World Preliminary.
- Players must be members of the SCCA and have indicated that the SCCA is their primary CC body when norms are achieved, and the award of
the title is subject to ratification by the SCCA Executive Committee.
Highest Scottish ICCF Grades
- 2500+
- 2400+
- 2473 Beecham, C R (SIM); 2460 Murden, C (IM); 2449 Matheis, T (IM); 2438 Buchan, A W (CCM); 2429 Bell, A D (IM).
- 2300+
- 2396 Mackintosh, I (SIM); 2387 Blake, M J (CCM); 2381 Sneddon, I (CCM, SM); 2379 Anderson, G M (CCM, SM);
2378 Bennett, P G (CCM, SM); 2360 Paine, Prof K A (CCM, SM); 2336 Montgomery, R S (CCM); 2326 Morrison G J (CCM);
2306 Cumming, D R (CCM, SM).
- 2200+
- 2289 Kilgour, D A (GM); 2280 Whittaker, I P (CCE); 2270 Lloyd, G (CCM, SM); 2253 Beveridge, C (CCM);
2210 Smith, M J.
- 2100+
- 2197 Borwell, A P (IM); 2176 Almarza Mato, C (CCE); 2162 Taylor, W (CCE); 2153 Marshall, I H;
2144 Dawson Prof A G (CCE); 2135 Antunes, A.
Main Grading List
| A |
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| Member |
Name |
Results |
SCCA Grade |
Prov |
Results |
ICCF Grade |
Prov |
| 317 |
Almarza Mato, C (CCE) |
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|
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2477 |
2176 |
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| 518 |
Anderson, G M (CCM, SM) |
|
|
|
397 |
2328 |
|
|
Anderson, T R |
|
|
|
64 |
1721 |
|
|
Antunes, A |
|
|
|
34 |
2135 |
|
| 313 |
Armstrong, J McK |
|
|
|
545 |
1411 |
|
| B |
|---|
| Member |
Name |
Results |
SCCA Grade |
Prov |
Results |
ICCF Grade |
Prov |
| 511 |
Beecham, C R (SIM) |
|
|
|
548 |
2473 |
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| 599 |
Bell, A D (IM) |
|
|
|
285 |
2429 |
|
| 501 |
Bennett, P G (CCM, SM) |
|
|
|
513 |
2378 |
|
| 481 |
Beveridge, C (CCM) |
|
|
|
805 |
2253 |
|
| 472 |
Blake, M J (CCM) |
|
|
|
962 |
2387 |
|
| 509 |
Borwell, A P (IM) |
|
|
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1105 |
2197 |
|
| 486 |
Buchan, A W (CCM) |
|
|
|
430 |
2438 |
|
| 602 |
Burridge, R J |
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|
|
1972 |
1911 |
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| C |
|---|
| Member |
Name |
Results |
SCCA Grade |
Prov |
Results |
ICCF Grade |
Prov |
|
Carswell, D |
|
|
|
51 |
1528 |
|
| 247 |
Cormack, W H |
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|
|
129 |
1905 |
|
| 166 |
Cumming, D R (CCM, SM) |
|
|
|
2238 |
2306 |
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| D |
|---|
| Member |
Name |
Results |
SCCA Grade |
Prov |
Results |
ICCF Grade |
Prov |
| 422 |
Dawson, Prof A G (CCE) |
|
|
|
179 |
2144 |
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| 478 |
Dunn, J |
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|
|
534 |
1362 |
|
| E |
| Member |
Name |
Results |
SCCA Grade |
Prov |
Results |
ICCF Grade |
Prov |
| 371 |
Edney, D |
|
|
|
339 |
1818 |
|
| F |
| Member |
Name |
Results |
SCCA Grade |
Prov |
Results |
ICCF Grade |
Prov |
| G |
| Member |
Name |
Results |
SCCA Grade |
Prov |
Results |
ICCF Grade |
Prov |
| 462 |
Gilbert, R |
|
|
|
319 |
1628 |
|
| 399 |
Grant, J |
|
|
|
79 |
1629 |
|
| H |
| Member |
Name |
Results |
SCCA Grade |
Prov |
Results |
ICCF Grade |
Prov |
| 596 |
Hardwick, M E |
|
|
|
1936 |
926 |
|
| J |
| Member |
Name |
Results |
SCCA Grade |
Prov |
Results |
ICCF Grade |
Prov |
| K |
| Member |
Name |
Results |
SCCA Grade |
Prov |
Results |
ICCF Grade |
Prov |
| 475 |
Kearns, A |
|
|
|
115 |
1380 |
|
| 548 |
Kilgour, D A (GM) |
|
|
|
369 |
2289 |
|
| 260 |
Knox, A |
|
|
|
430 |
1231 |
|
| L |
| Member |
Name |
Results |
SCCA Grade |
Prov |
Results |
ICCF Grade |
Prov |
|
Lima, J |
|
|
|
30 |
2039 |
|
| 264 |
Lloyd, G (CCM, SM) |
|
|
|
1181 |
2270 |
|
| Mac-Mc |
| Member |
Name |
Results |
SCCA Grade |
Prov |
Results |
ICCF Grade |
Prov |
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MacDonald, M |
|
|
|
114 |
1106 |
|
| 584 |
MacGregor, C A |
|
|
|
514 |
1996 |
|
| 532 |
Mackintosh, I (SIM) |
|
|
|
849 |
2396 |
|
| 216 |
MacMillen, A N |
|
|
|
1510 |
1581 |
|
| M |
| Member |
Name |
Results |
SCCA Grade |
Prov |
Results |
ICCF Grade |
Prov |
| 485 |
Major, B |
|
|
|
110 |
1188 |
|
| 566 |
Marshall, I H |
|
|
|
918 |
2153 |
|
| 434 |
Matheis, T (IM) |
|
|
|
310 |
2449 |
|
|
Maxwell, A |
|
|
|
74 |
2059 |
|
|
Miles, A |
|
|
|
102 |
1312 |
|
| 598 |
Montgomery, R S (CCM) |
|
|
|
388 |
2336 |
|
|
Morrison, G J (CCE) |
|
|
|
88 |
2326 |
|
|
Moss, R |
|
|
|
47 |
1778 |
|
| 474 |
Murden, C (IM) |
|
|
|
680 |
2460 |
|
| 564 |
Murray, J S |
|
|
|
106 |
2075 |
|
| N |
| Member |
Name |
Results |
SCCA Grade |
Prov |
Results |
ICCF Grade |
Prov |
| O |
| Member |
Name |
Results |
SCCA Grade |
Prov |
Results |
ICCF Grade |
Prov |
| 603 |
O'Neill-McAleenan, C |
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|
|
252 |
1571 |
|
| P |
| Member |
Name |
Results |
SCCA Grade |
Prov |
Results |
ICCF Grade |
Prov |
| 604 |
Paine, Prof K A (CCM, SM) |
|
|
|
258 |
2360 |
|
|
Pettigrew, S |
|
|
|
191 |
1375 |
|
| 432 |
Price, D |
|
|
|
527 |
2038 |
|
| R |
| Member |
Name |
Results |
SCCA Grade |
Prov |
Results |
ICCF Grade |
Prov |
|
Rafferty, F |
|
|
|
42 |
1343 |
|
| 609 |
Rafferty, K |
|
|
|
68 |
1396 |
|
|
Ross, D I |
|
|
|
57 |
1808 |
|
| S |
| Member |
Name |
Results |
SCCA Grade |
Prov |
Results |
ICCF Grade |
Prov |
| 477 |
Sedstrem, A |
|
|
|
119 |
1348 |
|
| 439 |
Smith, M J (CCE) |
|
|
|
132 |
2210 |
|
| 057 |
Sneddon, I (CCM, SM) |
|
|
|
720 |
2381 |
|
| T |
| Member |
Name |
Results |
SCCA Grade |
Prov |
Results |
ICCF Grade |
Prov |
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Taylor, A |
|
|
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42 |
1865 |
|
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Taylor, R |
|
|
|
82 |
1425 |
|
| 605 |
Taylor, W (CCE) |
|
|
|
207 |
2162 |
|
| V |
| Member |
Name |
Results |
SCCA Grade |
Prov |
Results |
ICCF Grade |
Prov |
| W |
| Member |
Name |
Results |
SCCA Grade |
Prov |
Results |
ICCF Grade |
Prov |
| 480 |
Whittaker, I P (CCE) |
|
|
|
316 |
2280 |
|
| 487 |
Wicht, D |
|
|
|
82 |
1890 |
|
| Y |
| Member |
Name |
Results |
SCCA Grade |
Prov |
Results |
ICCF Grade |
Prov |
