From the BCM report, November 1969, p331: The eighth congress organized by the Glasgow Chess League at the end of September was the strongest, both in numbers and quality, so far. A record entry of 268 was received and if the numbers go on increasing then it may well prove necessary to move from the Langside Halls. The top tournament, the Invitation event, comprised twelve players, five non-Scottish and seven home players...

1969 Glasgow Invitation		Fed	1	2	3	4	5	Total
1	Raymond D Keene	ENG	w7+	b8=	w2=	b10=	w4+	3½
2	Roderick M McKay	SCO	b9=	w11+	b1=	w8+	b3=	3½
3	David N L Levy	SCO	b6=	w12+	b8+	b4=	w2=	3½
4	Leonard W Barden	ENG	b12+	w9+	b6=	w3=	b1-	3
5	Maxwell L Fuller	AUS	w8-	b7-	b12+	w9+	b6+	3
6	David B Pritchard	ENG	w3=	b10=	w4=	b7+	w5-	2½
7	James Montgomery	SCO	b1-	w5+	b11=	w6-	b10+	2½
8	Michael Fallone	SCO	b5+	w1=	w3-	b2-	b11=	2
9	Craig W Pritchett	SCO	w2=	b4-	w10=	b5-	w12+	2
10	Harry Golombek	ENG	b11=	w6=	b9=	w1=	w7-	2
11	D Bryan A Hunter	SCO	w10=	b2-	w7=	b12-	w8=	1½
12	Valentine A Nye	SCO	w4-	b3-	w5-	w11+	b9-	1

The final scores were: R. D. Keene, D. N. L. Levy, and R. McKay 3½; L. Barden and M. Fuller 3; J. Montgomery and D. B. Pritchard 2½; M. Fallone, H. Golombek, and C. W. Pritchett 2; D. B. A. Hunter 1½; and V. A. Nye 1. The event was a five-round Swiss with two prizes, one of £40 the other of £20.

1969 Glasgow Candidates		1	2	3	4	5	Total
1	Anthony F Morgan	b4=	w3=	b7+	w6+	b5+	4
2	Anthony James Booth	b11+	w6=	b3-	b9+	w8+	3½
3	Colin C Campbell	w10=	b1=	w2+	b8=	w4=	3
4	Ian Jardine	w1=	b9+	w8+	b5-	b3=	3
5	Alan Scrimgour	b7-	w12+	b11+	w4+	w1-	3
6	Alastair F White	w9=	b2=	w10+	b1-	b7=	2½
7	W Peter Watson	w5+	b8-	w1-	b11+	w6=	2½
8	Michael Rosenberg	b12+	w7+	b4-	w3=	b2-	2½
9	David Anthony Watt	b6=	w4-	b12+	w2-	w10=	2
10	Philip Maurice Giulian	b3=	w11-	b6-	w12+	b9=	2
11	John A Johnstone	w2-	b10+	w5-	w7-	b12-	1
12	James J Doyle	w8-	b5-	w9-	b10-	w11+	1

Prizewinners in the other events were as follows— Candidates.—Anthony F Morgan 4; Anthony James Booth 3½. Under-seventeen.—R. Bhopal and Ian J Sinclair 5; A. Grant, E. McKinnon, G. Patterson, and T. Scott 4. Under-sixteen.—Alan McGowan 5½; W. Elliott 4½; Miss M. McGinn, D. Stork, and J. McCaughan 4. Glasgow Girls.—M. McGinn 4; B. Burke and M. Harrigan 3½. Under-fifteen.—D. N. Cherry 5½; S. Swansen [sic - probably Swanson - JS] 5; W. A. Cruikshank and J. Dunn 4½. Under-fourteen.—D. Hughes 5½; J. Brannan and J. Burke 5. Under-thirteen.—M. Chalmers and S. Wyllie 5; B. Lonergan and L. Macdonald 4½. Junior.—Andrew J Muir 10½; G. Kerr, R. Ross, and J. Smith 9.

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Date	Notes
24 March 2016	First upload, with 60 games.
24 September 2024	Added the crosstable of the Invitation event, sent by Paul Summers of Australian Chess, for which many thanks. Also, I've generated a crosstable for the Candidates section.