Having never played OTB with an incremental time control, sorry if i ask a question that's obvious to others...

Scenario - Player A stops recording his moves once he gets into the final 5 minutes of his time, then makes a few quick moves, each gaining 30 seconds (minus a couple of seconds for actually making the moves) taking his time back over the 5 minutes.
Does he then have to update his scoresheet?

Live games are available.

We are using incremental time controls!

Round 1 - Board 8 is down due to a failed battery pack. I did not have enough time to resolve. Sorry lost board 3 for the same reason. All others worked perfectly. Charging the batteries tonight

Round 2 - Board 8 is still down. It is looking like a sensitivity issue. In a nutshell need to recalibrate the board!

Round went brilliantly with no errors!

Round 3 - Board 8 is out for the rest of the tournament

Round 4 - Board 8 is out for the rest of the tournament. Lost board 3 due to not being here until 10am thanks to Citylink

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Sunday 26 th may 1vs1 on DGT (live board) chessboard recorded blitz friendly games let me (andrew jakimiuk) know if you want to play.

TEAM VS TEAM friendly match on 2nd june sunday 2 pm at Newington fish bar doon stair 3 vs 3 or 4 vs four 30 min per player Legion Newington vs other team.

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The 2013 Dundee & Angus Congress will take place 11 – 13 October at David Lloyd Leisure near Monifieth. This year will be our 10th running of the modern Dundee Congress and the 9th at this venue.

Points of note for this year:

We have received additional funding so the prize fund has been significantly increased. The new money has been spread across most prize groups with additional grading prizes. This assumes similar to, or better than, entry numbers of last year. Junior prizes have not been increased - instead we have secured the services of one of Scotland's leading junior coaches, Andrew Green. Further details including times and format in due course.

Entry fees are unchanged from last year - £23, £21, £19 and £17.

Our policy of not offering free entry continues.

Rate of play – we are dispensing with the interim time control and quickplay finish. Each player will have 1¾ hours for all moves.

Accommodation – we have an interesting addition to accommodation options in the City Centre. Richmond Serviced Apartments has several two-bedroom apartments that I can obtain at a corporate rate of £75 per apartment per night, so equivalent to £37.50 per room per night on their website. Please contact me if you might be interested. For more info look at ‘Richmond Chambers’ http://richmondservicedapartments.com/. I can also get the more luxurious ‘Richmond House’ for £100 per night (also two bedrooms). These are large enough that you could bring your own lilos/camping beds if you wanted to get an extra person or two in. See our own website for a wider choice – <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.dundee-congress.co.uk/accommodation">http://www.dundee-congress.co.uk/accommodation</a><!-- m -->

The website will be down for a short time while it is being updated.

Entry forms will be available at Ayr Congress

The Ayr Junior Saturday takes place this weekend at the Mecure Hotel in Ayr and will run alongside the Ayr Congress. The tournament control team will be Stephen Taylor of Greenwood Academy and myself.

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Entry is open to all players and not just players from Ayrshire. All games will count for grading and there will be prizes, cups, medals and prize money.

Alan Minnican is currently doing extremely well - hope he keeps it up.

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One of the World’s top players, Arkadij Naiditsch visited Scotland for the very successful first Scottish Blitz Championship and a recent simultaneous match at Edinburgh Chess Club. He is returning for the 2nd Scottish Blitz Championship this June.
Arkadij has really enjoyed his time in Scotland and wants to see chess in Scotland grow and prosper. One way in which the public image of Scottish Chess could be improved was if Arkadij was to represent the second oldest club in the world, Edinburgh at the prestigious European Club Cup. For this to become possible there would need to be a significant sponsorship deal in place. If such a deal was possible there are a few potential ways in which Arkadij could help improve chess in Scotland:
• Represent Edinburgh at the European Club Cup.
• Play in the Scottish Championships.
• Coach young and improving Scottish Juniors.
• Give Simultaneous matches with Scottish players or the sponsorship company.

For any potential company interested, Arkadij being attached to Scottish Chess would gain massive publicity. He is a very approachable and down-to-earth Super Grandmaster and would represent a great role model and ambassador for chess in Scotland.

If you are or know of a potential sponsor, please do not hesitate to contact me.

David Oswald

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Hi All
We are considering running the Lanark Open again at the tolbooth again for five mondays starting August 12th. If anyone is interested in playing I can be contacted either by email address <!-- e --><a href="mailto:ian.brownlee@systemsit.co.uk">ian.brownlee@systemsit.co.uk</a><!-- e --> or by telephoning me on 07899832770. Please leave any comments here including if you wish to play. Entries fee will be more or less the same

The following is intended as a series of comments rather than questions.

Maybe I’m becoming out of touch as I become older but, in the age of this celebrity culture thing, is it now considered to be acceptable for someone to be photographed whilst standing smiling at someone’s graveside?

I refer to the photograph of Andrew Muir which adorns the front cover of the recent edition of our Scottish Chess magazine. I know many people like to have pictures taken whilst visiting some tourist site or other (I’ve done this myself) but have we really reached the stage where someone’s grave is to be treated as if were just another such tourist site? Perhaps others may disagree but I find this to be both disrespectful and tasteless. Pictures of the graves of Alekhine, Capablanca and others have been published in numerous sources and indeed pictures Fischer’s headstone and grave have also been provided in various publications (New in Chess provided one not so long ago) but this?

These comments are in no way intended as criticisms of either Peter Woods who provides us with an excellent magazine or Andrew who is to be commended upon his achievements in Iceland (I’ve actually voted for him in the ballot for CS Player of the Year). As I say, these are just comments.

Not putting Player names on but running 6 boards here to test the firmware update as we have had some serious issues.

Delighted so far. Round 1 to upload other rounds will appear as live

Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5