international events in 2004

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Event	Place	Dates	Chess Scotland status
World Events
World Senior Championship	Halle/Salle, Germany	Oct/Nov - dates to be announced	No participation
World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad	Calicut, India	1 to 9 July	Not taking part on logistical and cost grounds
World Major Open Championship	Scarborough, England	2 to 14 August	Open tournament - no action by CS
8th World University Championship	Istanbul, Turkey	6 to 11 September	No interest expressed by any university students
World Junior and Girls U20 Championships	Kochi, India	November	Selected players declined - did not participate
World Senior Team Championship	Isle of Man, England	5 to 13 October	No interest expressed by any team
World Olympiad	Calvia, Majorca, Spain	14 to 31 October	Men's team: Jonathan Rowson, Paul Motwani, Colin McNab, John Shaw, Eddie Dearing, Steve Mannion Manager Paul Roberts. Insufficient players wanted to play to allow a women's team to be entered
World Youth Championship	Heraklion Crete, Greece	3 to 14 November	U18 Daniel McGowan, U16 Ivan Stokes, U14 Andrew Green and Amy Officer, U12 Connor Woods, U10 Jonathan Wright and Rhian Hughes
European Events
European Youth Team Championship	Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro	9 to 18 July	We will participate from 2006 once the Glorney Cup cycle is finished
European Women's Blitz Championship	Open		Open - no CS action
European Blitz Championship	Open	16 to 22 July	Open - no CS action
European Amateur Championship	Pardubice, Czech Republic	21 July to 1 August 2004	Appears to be Open
European Youth Championship	Capodoccia-Nevsehir, Turkey	28 July to 7 August	Not taking part. Details received very late and clashed with Glorney Faber Cup. Also venue very difficult to reach. Some players already selected for the Glorney Faber Cups were asked but preferred to go to Aberdeen. CS going to the Under 16 EU Championships instead (see below)
European Individual and Team Championships for Cadets and Juniors (Rapid and Blitz)	Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro	30 July to 4 August OR 18 to 21 July	Not taking part on logistical and cost grounds
European Seniors Championship	Arvier, Aosta Valley, Italy	10 to 18 September	Open - no CS action
European Club Cup	Istanbul, Turkey	2 to 10 October	Open to CS Club Champion (ie Richardson Cup winner)
European Rapid Chess Championship	Yerevan, Armenia	28 to 30 November	Not taking part on logistical and cost grounds
Under16 EU Championships	Mureck, Austria	23 to 30 August	Under 16 - Ivan Stokes, Under 14 - Amy Officer, Under 12 - Connor Woods. Coach: Joe Redpath
Glorney and Faber Cup junior tournaments	Aberdeen, Scotland	26 to 29 July	Glorney - Christopher McDonald, Ivan Stokes, Neil Thomson, Charles Curry and Andrew Green Faber - Louise Macnab, Amy Officer, Rhian Hughes. Manager - Donna Officer, Coach
Tri-nation youth championships	Dublin, Ireland	3 to 5 September	Under 16 - Christopher Macdonald, Hugh Brechin, Ivan Stokes, Robbie Coleman, David Oswald, Anthony Anderson Under 14 - Andrew Green, Callum MacQueen, Alex Ian Nisbet, Amy Officer, Stuart Leslie, Adam Bremner, Natalie Donohue, Blair Hawthorne Under 12 - Connor Woods, Ian MacGregor, Matthew O'Donnell, Rhian Hughes, Jonathan Wright, Jonathan Edwards, Ruaridh Milne, Craig Petrie Chaperones - Donna Officer, Alex McFarlane, Norman and Maureen Mathie