03-03-2012, 12:11 AM
Alan Jelfs Wrote:So has anyone checked the ancestry of the following players yet?
Neil McDonald GM
Luke McShane GM
Vincent McCambridge IM
Great news - Luke has the relevant granny or grandpa. We'll soon be a Scot free team - a medal beckons....
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PRESSURES of work prevented millionaire businessman Terry Chapman making the trip north to get in a bit of last-minute match practice before his intriguing handicapped match later this month with Garry Kasparov.
Chapman unfortunately had to make a late withdrawal from Scotland's top weekend tournament, the Edinburgh Congress, and instead now has to rely on an intense, weeklong training camp this week with the likes of top British GMs Jon Speelman, John Nunn and Julian Hodgson to better prepare himself for his charity match against the world number one.
In addition to being the sponsors of the annual tournament Grand Prix circuit in the UK, The Terence Chapman Group last year also initiated (albeit only for English juniors) a new award scheme for juniors. At least the latest recipient of this year's gold medal and 1,000(UK) prize, 17-year-old GM Luke McShane, sounds Scottish (and does have a Scottish grandparent)!