As most of you will be aware, the club is not physically open due to COVID and has not been open since March.
However we are holding the club championship online this year.
It is a five round swiss, with the following key details:
The club championship is open to all members of the Bon Accord club.
The tournament will be a 5-round Swiss, taking place on lichess, following the schedule below.
Schedule
| Round | Default Date (Wednesday) | Deadline (Thursday) |
| 1 | 13th January | 4th February |
| 2 | 10th February | 4th March |
| 3 | 10th March | 1st April |
| 4 | 7th April | 29th April |
| 5 | 5th May | 27th May |
Starting time: 7 pm
Time control: 60 minutes + 15 seconds increment per move.
For the first time two FIDE Masters are playing in the event.
The first round draw is:
| White | Result | Black |
| Rob Wright | Murad Abdulla | |
| Hamish Olson | Alex Stewart | |
| Ananth Subramaniam | Bob Lothian | |
| Richard Jennings | Anish Subramaniam | |
| Malcolm MacMillan | Jeremy Mitchell | |
| Theodoros Vasiliadis | Jonny Turner | |
| Vusal Ramazanov | Ross Brennan | |
| Vagif Ramazanov | Cristian Gabureanu | |
| Anjishnu Bhaduri | Alisdair McLeod | |
| Charles Oppenheim | Li McKay | |
| Aaron McKay | Pranav Arcot | |
| Vasif Ramazanov | Cammy McKay |



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