On this page you can find out about the long history of Scotland's international chess activity and Scottish participation in forthcoming and recent international events:
* Team
* Individual
* Women chess
* Senior chess
Chess Scotland selects teams and individual players where organisers limit representation although many international tournaments allow entry simply by payment of an entry fee.
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Chess Olympiad
The Chess Olympiad is the most important of international team events with over 100 countries taking part every two years. Chess Scotland has regularly sent a team since its admission to FIDE in 1932 and has an unbroken record of participation since 1964. European Team Championship
The European Team Championship is currently held every two years in alternate years to the Olympiad and it is the other main team event in which Chess Scotland takes part. Scotland first sent a team to the 1989 championship and has taken part at every opportunity since. |
| Individual Chess
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Scotland has well over 100 internationally rated players seeking to improve their rankings but it is a much smaller proportion who have attained an international title. As at September 2007, on the international rating list run by FIDE, Scotland has
* Four Grandmasters (GMs) Colin McNab, Paul Motwani, Jonathan Rowson and John Shaw. IM Jacob Aagaard has completed all the requirements and will soon be officially confirmed as Scotland's fifth GM.
Chess Scotland submits players where official registration is required e.g. European Individual Championships and selects players for some official championships e.g. British Championship read more |
| Women Chess
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The strongest chess countries in the world, especially those in Eastern Europe and China, run chess events for women, from junior to senior level, separately to men. The number of women playing competitive chess at adult level in Scotland is currently significantly less than those of men. However at junior level there is a growing number of girl players and there is a clear challenge for Chess Scotland to develop this talent to international level. At this time, Chess Scotland does not run any women only international events. read more |
| Senior Chess
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Chess truly is a game that can be played competitively from "cradle to grave" with many GMs and IMs maintaining high level play into their 60s and 70s, just look at Viktor Kortschnoj! Separate senior international events have started to grow in popularity and with strong players such as FM Peter Jamieson expressing interest it is likely that we will increasingly see Chess Scotland represented at senior events. Changes will be made to the Chess Scotland membership process to capture date of birth on renewal in order to ensure that eligibility for senior events is established. read more |
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Key aspects of Chess Scotland's international organisation |
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All
aspects of Chess Scotland's international involvement are
run by a Board headed by International Director Jonathan Grant
Adult
selectors - Jacob Aagaard (chair), GM Jonathan Rowson, GM
Colin McNab, GM John Shaw.
Chess Scotland's selection policy for adults - click here for details
Chess
Scotland's guidance notes on which players can represent Scotland
- click here
for details
Comment: Selection and Scottish Championship issues Aug 2006
Selection News: Jan 2007
International Board Minutes: Jan 2006
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| Forthcoming
international events |
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As
a member of the World Chess Federation FIDE and the European
Chess Union, Chess Scotland is invited to international tournaments
run under their auspices. You can find out what these are,
whether we are taking part, who is going - and even register
interest in representing Scotland. Click on the year you want
to look at -
2007
Chess
Scotland also takes part in other events. These are also shown. Or
look at past years: 2004 2005 2006
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