Three Scots are playing in this which started yesterday:

IM Craig Pritchett,
FM Phil Giulian. and
Douglas McKerracher

All three are playing in the over-50's section although Craig could have chosen to play n the over-65's.

Live coverage can be found at:
http://www.fpx.pt/escc2014/index.php/med...-streaming

Craig is off to a good start with 2 wins; Phil has 1/2 after losing to the second seed today and Douglas also has 1/2 after losing to a local GM yesterday.

GM Keith Arkell (ENG) is also playing and is third seed, with the avantge of 'youth' on his side.

Results of NEJCA Keith Hoban Memorial events Saturday March 8th 2014 at Albyn School, Aberdeen

Novice
1st Collin Campbell (Albyn School) 5.5/6
2nd Jakub Gryla (Laurencekirk) 5/6
3rd Alan Fleming (Albyn School) 4.5/6
(after Blitz play-off)
4th Pranav Saravanan (Albyn School) 4.5/6
Best Girl
Fadia Bedawi (Albyn School) 4/6
Medal
Jalal Bavramov (Ashley Road) 4/6

Rising Stars
1st Rafal Wilowski (Banchory) 5/6
2nd Oishani Dutta (Broomhill) 5/6
3rd Atharva Dabholkar (Robert Gordons) 5/6
These 3 winners were separated by a Blitz play-off mini-tournament.
Medals
Jonathan McKay (Caol Primary), Nandini Dutta (Broomhill), Fraser Nelson (Laurencekirk),
Keith Murray (Laurencekirk) Mahir Sawaralam (St Machar Academy) all 4/6

Keith Hoban Memorial Trophy
1st Nicholas Straw (Banchory Academy) 4.5/5
2nd Murad Abdullah (Harlaw Academy) 4/6
3rd Declan Shafti (St Pauls, Dundee) 3.5/6

Congratulations to all participants, particularly the winners.
As usual, full results and photos at http://www.nejca.co.uk
Gerald Lobley

I see that items for the council meeting on 16 March have to be submitted by tomorrow.

As an observer, I think that it would be difficult for members to know if they need to raise some items when they still don't know what was discussed at the AGM last August or the last council meeting in January.

I note Vagif Ramazanov (J10) had a TPR of 1800 at the Vineburgh congress at the weekend. Is this some kind of record for a junior of that age in Scotland?

The LJC Junior Champs were held today and the list of prize winners has been posted here:-
http://www.lothianjuniorchess.org.uk.

Pleased to see quite a number of new faces and that numbers were up on last year.

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New video about Phiona Mutesi in Uganda - from 10.47 to 13.16

Part of a program about Queen's baton relay.

Available until 9th March.

Am I reading the accounts correctly? It appears to have ran up a debt of £13K in course of a year. Looks largely attributable to losses from Scottish Championship. It would useful if the relevant office bearers could comment here what went wrong and also what ideas are there to recover the situation? Thank you

starting on 4th March...

http://www.reykjavikopen.com/info/participants/

... stars Jonathan Grant and Mikey Groves

Not sure what the Nigel Short Chess Society is, but it just sounds good. This advert was in the recent edition of the Lothian Primary Times, a magazine which gets sents home to parents of primary age kids. Hopefully it may help someone, should be well worth the petrol/time for a parent to get their kid to Edinburgh for this.

Free Chess sessions for children

Are you aged 10-15 and love playing chess or have you always wanted to learn how to play chess? If so, you may be interested in joining the Nigel Short Chess Society at Fettes College every Thursday from 5.30pm to 7pm. Be coached by chess Grandmaster Jacob Aargaard, meet other players and have the opportunity to learn, develop and challenge yourself playing this fun, strategic game. All sessions are free and beginners and improvers are welcomed.
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I am looking for a spare copy of this work to pass on to an interested party. Can anyone help?
Thanks.