Having been a bit lax in updating progress I can now tell the world:

North East section was won by Declan Shafi, beating Leo Sani in the final round;
West and South East section was won by Ian Brownlee, beating Chris Donkin in the final round.

So Declan and Ian meet in the national final to decide the winner of the Nancy Elder tournament. They meet on 5th May at Stirling Chess Club.

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Scotland is entitled to send one player but registration is by 1st May

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/News/Cam...070000.htm

Watching very funny gogglebox on catch up (recommend it). Thought guy was a ringer for Alasdair Stewart newsreader - when he had black hair. Turns out he plays chess.

Why dont you? I am sure that was the programme he presented before or after chess programme where they set you a chess problem and dint tell you till next day - bpc - before PC's - those where the days!
:ymparty: Cant remember name of the programme but it had a catchy tune as well. - Answers on a postacrd

Next discussion is should chess be introduced on the curriculum for seven year olds

On the 3rd of May I will fly to Greece to play in the World Braille Chess Championships. This will be my 3rd World Championship B-) At the moment there are 100 entries for the event. All the continents in the word will be present except Oceania. I am seeded 55th
There will be a link to the tournament at chess results.com.
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1= A Muir, S Swanson 4.5
3= E Bamber, N Lindsay, R McKay, P Thomas 4

U1700 grade D Breslin, D Hewitson, D Logue, M Monaghan, J Watson 3
U1550 grade G Thomson 2.5

To improve standards of etiquette on the noticeboard I would like to propose a card system.
It will be similar to football. A statement which is deemed to be offensive gets a yellow card.
If it is very offensive it gets a red card. Two yellows equals a red. A red card gets a one month ban from the noticeboard

It is not enough for the moderator just to delete a post if a "journalistic error" has occurred. This was much more than an error. A card should be issued in this and other cases. Apologies should given by all parties connected with these posts.

I can expand on examples of yellow and red card statements if required.

7th East Kilbride Weekly Open Chess Tournament

5 Round Chessbase.com Scottish Grand Prix Swiss Tournament Event
7.30pm – 10.15pm All moves in an hour with a 20 second increment from Move 1

Dates - Thursdays - 24th April, 1st May, 8th May, 15th May & 29th May 2014
Please note break on 22nd May for European Parliamentary Elections.

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ENTRY LIST

Alan Jelfs EK 1922
Jimmy Doyle Stepps 1906
Graham Dobbie EK 1701
Tony Dunlop EK 1696
Craig Miller EK 1680
Lennart Koehn EK 1678
Frankie Murray EK 1672
David Houston Ham 1660
James Watson Poly 1628
Jim Robertson EK 1602
Tom Brisbane EK 1542
Daniel Breslin Poly 1502
Jim Johnston EK 1396
Stewart Gray EK 1396
Lawrence Freel Ham 1381
Stewart McKay EK 1358
Colin Howie EK 1356
Piero Gosetti EK 1265
James Drummond Ham 1213
Richard Cameron DN 1206
Alasdair Macgregor EK 1182
Biju Jose EK 1179
Bernard Airlie Lan 1160
Bill Perrie Ham 1108
Morven Petrie EK 876
Ethan Palmer EK 398

Its that time of year again, we kick off next thursday. I can take entries up to and including Thursday Lunchtime. Need to check how many boards, sets and working clocks we have or I might be raiding Mikes

Current Entry list

Alan Jelfs EK 1922
Jimmy Doyle Step 1906
Phil Thomas Ham 1822
Daniel Thomas Ham 1758
Graham Dobbie EK 1701
Tony Dunlop EK 1696
Craig Miller EK 1680
Lennart Koehn EK 1678
Frankie Murray EK 1672
David Houston Ham 1660
James Watson Poly 1628
Jim Robertson EK 1602
Tom Brisbane EK 1542
David Hewittson EK 1520
Daniel Breslin Poly 1502
Joseph Weir GM 1440
David Congalton GD 1400
Jim Johnston EK 1396
Stewart Gray EK 1396
Lawrence Freel Ham 1381
Stewart McKay EK 1358
Colin Howie EK 1356
Piero Gosetti EK 1265
James Drummond Ham 1213
Richard Cameron DN 1206
Alastair Macgregor EK 1182
Biju Jose EK 1179
Bernard Airlie Lan 1160
Andy McCulloch Gif 1104
Bill Perrie Ham 1108
Craig Gillies Ham 1004
Morven Petrie EK 876
Ethan Palmer EK 398
Thomas McCluskey 0
Mckay Paull 0

Luke Barker's interview and coaching session on the BBC Radio Scotland programme MacAulay and Co, yesterday, can be heard here. If this link does not work with your PC, the programme which was broadcast on 14 April is available on BBC for 7 days. If you listen via the BBC link, the chess part starts at around 01:19:16.

Well done Luke for promoting chess on radio as well as your coaching work.