while I'm at it what constitutes a Chess Scotland event and is the SNCL a Chess Scotland event. The reason I ask is that I cant tell which events are under the Chess Scotland umbrella.

I have had my PVG from Disclosure Scotland but I haven't registered it with Chess Scotland because quite frankly I felt I didn't need to. My indication from Disclosure Scotland is that I am answerable to them alone but I am going to double check this. From a tournament organiser point of view does that mean I have to bar myself from running or bar Juniors from playing in it. Dr Phil Thomas is a qualified and most competent arbiter so does this mean I cant use him as an arbiter? There was an occasion this year when the arbiter was running late and Michael Hanley stepped in. Again does this mean I cant do this or is for Chess Scotland events only. if this is the case what are the advantages of having a chess Scotland run event if it puts an extra overhead on the tournament. I honestly don't see why an arbiter has to be registered with Chess Scotland and why my PVG has to be registered with Chess Scotland either

I've asked this a couple times before....

I understand from the AGM that because it was running over, it would conclude in November at the next council meeting with AOCB , a couple of motions and the finances audited. Well November is here and I haven't heard anything and as for the working party for the constitution.....

Results of NEJCA age-based event at Mastrick Community Centre, Aberdeen Saturday November 9th 2013
Our only age-based event of the season!

P5 and Under
1st Robbie Burnett (Laurencekirk) 6/7
2nd Vasul Ramazanov (Ashley Road) 5.5/7
3rd John Rees (Kemnay Primary) 4/7
Best Girl Kelly Campbell (Albyn School) 3.5/7

P6&7
Ist Rafal Wilowski (Banchory Primary) 4/5 (on tie-break)
2nd Matthew Nelson (Laurencekirk) 4/5 (after play-off)
3rd Keith Murray (Laurencekirk) 4/6 (after play-off)
Best Girl Nandini Dutta both 3/5

Secondary
1st Nicholas Straw (Banchory Academy) 5/5
2nd Tariq Pasha (Albyn School) 4/5
3rd Clarence Wei (Lathallan School) 3/5

As usual, full results and photos at http://www.nejca.co.uk

Michael Hanley is still taking entries -contact details on the entry form.

Current numbers are 58 and still rising.

If you do turn up on the day please be 10 minutes early and bring the correct change.

Take a break from Christmas shopping and come to the Glasgow Allegro tomorrow for 6 rounds of action-packed chess. Details on calendar page. Entries close at midnight. A list of entrants so far, with grades:

OPEN
Alan Grant 2168
Graeme Nolan 2134
Michael Green 2011
Jim Doyle 1929
Peter Smith 1832
Rosie Giulian 1825
Alan Jelfs 1765
Norman Lindsay 1708
Thomas Gilmour 1700
Leonardo Sani 1673
Daniel Breslin 1591
David Hewitson 1521
Tunde Lashore UG

MAJOR
Michael Roth 1692
Callum Watt 1674
Evis Perdikou 1670
Tony Dunlop 1646
Alan Sharp 1645
Mark Monaghan 1637
Luke Barker 1627
James Watson 1602
Colin Paterson 1581
Stuart Marchbank 1569
Dick Heathwood 1552
Tom Tait 1535
Frankie Murray 1529
Paul Shafi 1503
Dave Hewitt 1502
Roy Smeeton 1488
Declan Shafi 1469
Walter Pearson 1431
Calum McGillivray 1419
Gilbert Alomenu 1324
Erik Tayar UG

MINOR
James McDonald 1398
Monica Espinosa 1384
David McDonald 1358
Rakhel Kumar Parida 1344
Bernard Cassidy 1309
Ben Volland 1243
Robin Johnson 1155
David Congalton 1127
Steven Monaghan 1115
Hutch Williams 1112
Thomas Wills 806

Good luck to our guys! They'll be up against it but will put up a good fight I'm sure

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Morrison, Graham Solak, Dragan
Muir, Andrew J Esen, Baris
Tate, Alan Yilmaz, Mustafa
Grant, J. Firat, Burak

I'm surprised there's been no thread on this so far ... so here goes!

Both players were among my five "Heroes of Classical Chess" (along with Rubinstein, Smyslov and Fischer). See Everyman Chess books.

They both play powerfully direct classical chess, which I loosely define (never forget that "style" in chess is an essentially fluid and intrinsically elusive quality) as: "a kind of universality ... that embraces all styles, in a sense, and transcends narrow boundaries ... based on such overarching attributes as clarity, energy, toughness, ambition and a fundamental sense of analytic 'correctness' ..."

For much more discussion and exploration of this style of play through history, read the book!

I expect Carlsen to shade it!!

Hi

I've had more than my fair share of coincidences in chess.

Here are just two, I have dozens like it.

Once I drew a cartoon for my magazine where one player (Phil Condie)
knocked another player (Danny Kopec) off his bike.

Two weeks later Danny actually skidded and fell off his bike.
The next car to come along stopped to see if Danny was OK. It was driven by Phil Condie.
That is 100% true.

In 1990 I made a chess videa where I beat Bob Ford in a made up game with
me on the Black side of a Sicilian winning in 15 moves.
About 6 months later I played Bob in a league game and won as Black with a Sicilian in 15 moves!

On the Red Hot Pawn Blog I introduced a Duck as a sidekick to bounce ideas off.
It would ask the daft questions or crack silly jokes etc..etc...

Eventually The Duck set off on a tour around the world staying with RHP members
for a few days them moving on. USA, Canda, Mexico, Vietnam, South Africa, New Zealand...

This link was just sent to me.

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It's not a fake.

Funny old world.

Child Protection and Chess : What you need to know

For the benefit of members who do not subscribe to Scottish Chess magazine, I am providing a link to an article in the October 2013 issue.

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I can announce that these events - if they can be called that now - will be incorporated within the Edinburgh and Ayr Congresses this season.

Keith
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