Hi all,

The first video has been uploaded... view here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7K7VPLUYXY

Further rounds to be processed throughout the weekend - enjoy! Feedback welcomed.

http://www.uschess.org/content/view/12677/763

Congratulations to Peter Smith of Ayr Chess Club on winning Group C of the Word Amateur Championships. I'm sure he'll be delighted at being a World Champion and with an unbeaten 8/9, well done! :ymapplause:

Results can be found here:
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr137954.a...t=4&wi=821

Hi Folks, with less than a fortnight to go to the opening of Chess CW2014 I'm still waiting for your entries.

If you are a UK resident send your entry to me now please (entry form has my CW email address)

If foreign entrant please send to Alex McFarlane's email.

Online entries work too!!

See you there, it'll be fun!!

GG

We have the live boards this weekend. Internet is best described as "sporadic".

Round times
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2 - 11:30 <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.chessscotland.com/livegames/201314/PI/Round2/tfd.htm">http://www.chessscotland.com/livegames/ ... d2/tfd.htm</a><!-- m -->
3 - 18:30 <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.chessscotland.com/livegames/201314/PI/Round3/tfd.htm">http://www.chessscotland.com/livegames/ ... d3/tfd.htm</a><!-- m -->
4 - 20:00 <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.chessscotland.com/livegames/201314/PI/Round4/tfd.htm">http://www.chessscotland.com/livegames/ ... d4/tfd.htm</a><!-- m -->

Tomorrow
5 - 13:00 <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.chessscotland.com/livegames/201314/PI/Round5/tfd.htm">http://www.chessscotland.com/livegames/ ... d5/tfd.htm</a><!-- m -->
6 - 14:30 <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.chessscotland.com/livegames/201314/PI/Round6/tfd.htm">http://www.chessscotland.com/livegames/ ... d6/tfd.htm</a><!-- m -->

Paisley Chess Club will be in Barshaw Park today (Saturday) as it is Gala day. We will be taking a couple of sets, playing some speed chess and hoping to interest the public in chess and our club. Feel free to come along and have a game or just say hello.

We will be there from noon and will be sitting near the café and picnic tables.


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Thanks to everyone who has supplied grading data this season.

The 2013-14 season ends on June 30, 2014. After that date there will be a couple of weeks of checking data before the new season is created around July 20. The Commonwealth/Scottish Championships will count as the first event of the new 2014-15 season and will use new season grades in calculation.

Please let us know of any result errors, club code changes, age information etc.


The Commonwealth/Scottish Championships and all ancillary events will count for Grand Prix as last event of this season and first of new season.

As I have next to no knowledge of these matters, having never owned a laptop, I thought I'd enlist some help from the more knowledgeable members of this forum!

Basically, I need a laptop which will run ChessBase and various engines for my chess studies/writing and also allow me to use DeskTop Publishing programs, Skype (very important) and for internet access.

I don't need a super-machine for gaming or anything like that, just a decent computer with a reasonable-sized screen and a not too hefty price-tag (under £500, or is this pushing it?)

Cheers in advance,
Andy Burnett

Thanks to Graham Kerr for the 50 Games from Ayrshire & Arran Congress 2014 - and to Keith Rose for the 195 Games from Dundee & Angus Congress 2013 & 233 from Dundee & Angus Congress 2012 :ymapplause: :ymapplause: :ymapplause:

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Less than two weeks to go to the Stewarton Bonnet Guild Chess Allegro

Breaking news : Free wifi at the Youth Centre

Other breaking news - last year’s winner of the Open section has entered again this year – Alex Gillies
Last year the top seven players were all graded over 2100 but against the odds and with all credit to Alex (graded 1973) he won the event unbeaten.

Full details on Chess Scotland web site <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.chessscotland.com/tournament.php?tid=8391614021873">http://www.chessscotland.com/tournament ... 1614021873</a><!-- m -->

List of entries already received is on the same page
If you have entered and your name isn’t on the list then please contact me

Regards
John Montgomery
Stewarton Chess Club


Stewarton Bonnet Guild Chess Allegro is to be held in The Stewarton Annick Youth & Community Centre, Standalane, Stewarton on Sunday 15th June 2014

Full details of the tournament are on the attached entry form or can be downloaded from the Chess Scotland or Ayrshire Chess Association web sites

Thanks for your attention and hope to see you on June 15th