I have 7 games lifted from the Live Games pages.
The PGN Download page still says 'Coming Soon..."

What will come first I wonder.
The 120 Scottish PGN's or Hibs lifting the Scottish Cup.

But let us look at these very rare 7 precious gems.
By the way things are looking it will be the only 7 games anyone gets to see.

Nickl v Brown, the score is not there, just the result.
No doubt because the live board packed up.

Oswald - Gulian and McCrae - BUchananen open with 1.d4.
Fischer states he did not play 1.d4 on principle so following
the same principle I never look at games that begin with 1.d4

McKerracher - Borwell I can see right away White played 3.g3.
White players who fianchetto their King's Bishop always play boring games.
(it's not their fault, they are boring people.)

The Black King's Bishop should always be finachettoed.
The White KB belongs on c4 for a max of 3 moves then it goes to f7.
This was another game not worth playing over.

Roy - Robertson
Something wrong here and yet again the live boards must be to blame.

[pos]r1b2rk1/p3qpp1/3bpn1p/2p5/8/2PQBN2/PPB2PPP/3R1RK1 b - - 0 19[/pos]













The score states the game continued 17...Bc7 18.Qc4 Bd6 19.Qd3 Bc7
on and on then gives ½ - ½

So it obviously got stuck in a repeating glitch type loop.
(Note the use of computers terms...I know what I am talking about.)

Nicholson - Burrows is given as a draw and yet the final position is:

[pos]8/3k4/8/2P4p/8/8/8/K7 w - h6 0 57[/pos]












Any fool can see that the h-pawn cannot be caught.
Even Dicky Reti could not make a valid study out of this.
Yet we are given ½ - ½.
(check it for yourself I would not make this up.)

Conclusion: These live boards are a load of tosh!
The four people out there who are sitting watching these games are not being fed the right moves.

Look at this from Schmerwitz - Green.
(who is Schmerwitz? Are these live boards are now making up names?)

Here: Black Andrew Green to play.

[pos]r1bq1rk1/pp2ppbp/2np1np1/8/3NP1P1/2N1BP2/PPPQ3P/R3KB1R b KQ - 0 9[/pos]













The PGN says Andrew played 9...Bxg4??

I know Andrew, we attend the same knitting class at Great Junction Street.
As I type this I am wearing a pair of grey hand-knitted socks he gave me last Christmas.

Andrew does not go around blundering pieces away.
So yet another goof up by these live boards.

Shut these things down, get that Carlos guy who is working on them to to enter the PGN's.
Get him to do it by hand, do not let him near a computer.

Hi all,

Having spent far too long (unsuccessfully) trying to convert Streetfighting Chess to Kindle format, I was hoping that someone out there might be able to do it for me?

If you think you can help please contact me via PM: I can send you a sample chapter in pdf as a trial and discuss remuneration/etc.

If anyone wants to purchase a straightforward pdf copy of the book for their Kindle/e-reader/etc. please contact me also!

Kind regards,
Andy Burnett

I've just read this opening line from a ChessBase website article today:

"This is the last time the Commonwealth Championship is held in an Open format..."

Is this true? What format of event are we hosting next year?

(It's possible I'm misinterpreting something of course!?)

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Draw is now available at Draw

All positions are up for renewal this year with the exception of Standards committee positions which have a further 2 years to run.

The following positions are vacant or the incumbents have indicated that they do not want to stand. I will add to this list should others indicate they wish to step down:

Home Director
Home Director (Junior)
International Director (Junior)
Marketing Director
Customer Services Director

If there is anyone out there interested in the positions please make step forward You need a nominator and a seconder.

Hi there and welcome to the Chess Scotland forum.

In order to both view and post on the forum, you need to register to become a member of the forum. You do not need to be a member of Chess Scotland to be a member here!

Why has the forum been made Members Only? Just a mistake?

CS Constitution clause 6.2 states


6.2 An annual subscription payable by Individual, Club, Corporate and Affiliate members of Chess Scotland shall be fixed by COUNCIL from time to time, and COUNCIL is empowered to levy different subscriptions in respect of these different classes of membership and in respect of different age groups or other categories defined by COUNCIL. COUNCIL is empowered to expel any Member whose subscription is three months or more overdue and may delegate this power to an Office Bearer.

I’ll repeat part of that.

COUNCIL is empowered to expel any Member whose subscription is three months or more overdue and may delegate this power to an Office Bearer.

Key phrases being
*** COUNCIL is empowered to
*** Three months or more.


So why is it that Michael Hanley whose membership finished at the end of June 2013 is no longer on the lists of

Directors
Arbiters
Coaches
Chaperones

Especially Chaperones because one does not have to be a member of CS in order to be a chaperone.

Can the last volunteer to leave or be expelled please turn off the lights

Hi all,

Does anyone know how long it usually takes to gain PVG clearance for coaching juniors? Is it possible to gain CS accreditation for coaching adults only in the meantime?

Thanks in advance,
Andy Burnett

Chessbase is really annoying me now. On the one hand they are promoting their ever better Android app with better and more powerful analytical tools (for cheating) and on the other conducting a public lynching of a player alledged to have been cheating.

Is this a bit like the the gun manufacturers not accepting the link between their products and mass shootings in the USA?