Is taking place this weekend.

With a bit of luck the live boards will be working

There is still time to enter, please email me or post your entry, Currently 6 titled players playing!

Results of NEJCA + CFK event Saturday April 27th 2013 at Mastrick Community Centre, Aberdeen
U-300
1st Nandini Dutta (Broomhill) 7/9
2nd Jonathan McKay (Fort William) 7/9
3rd Robbie Burnett(Laurencekirk) 6/9
3rd= medals
Oishani Dutta (Broomhill) 6/9 (Q)
Samuel McKenzie ( Albyn School) 6/9
U-600
1st Anoop Babu (St Josephs) 7/7 (Q)
2nd Atharva Dabholkar (Robert Gordons) 6/7 (Q)
3rd Andrei Gheorghe (St Josephs) 5/6 (Q)
4th Ross Greig (Albyn School) 4.5/5

U-1000
1st Tariq Pasha (Albyn School) 5.5/6 (Q)
2nd Callum Smith (Banchory PS) 4/6 (Q)
3rd Duncan Depasquale (Albyn School) 4/6 (Q)
(Q) already qualified in previous NEJCA + CFK events

Junior/Adult Allegro
1st Sandy Storey (Cults/Edinburgh University) 4/5
2nd David Grant (Stonehaven) 4/5
3rd Richard Jennings (Bon Accord) 4/5
4th Leonardo Sani (Castlehill) 4/5
These four separated after all-play-all play-off in 'hour glass' mode

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

Congratulations to the Michael Hanley and Andy Howie the joint tournament directors of the Megafinal West. The U11 sections ran today at Airdrie started on time & prize giving was actually completed a few minutes before it was due to start. Thanks also to all the parents and teachers who brought along all those well behaved juniors. It was a pleasure to be a part of the control team.

Good luck to Andy and Mike for the U12 to U18 sections tomorrow; to Edinburgh for their Megafinal tomorrow; and likewise to Aberdeen for their Megafinal on the 4th of May.

Should it be only members of chess scotland that be allowed to access noticeboard? debate/discuss.

Dear all,

Is there any chess clubs that meet in the summer?
I am returning to Ayrshire at the end of May to stay and would like to play a few games - graded or otherwise.

Ryan Foster

Morning everyone,

I want to make this clear, I am posting here as Andy Howie the person, not Exec Dir, Mod or anything else that I happen to do in chess in Scotland.

I am frustrated at the loss of the grant. What really sticks in my throat is I speak to my European counterparts frequently and I know how badly off we are in comparison with other Euro countries. Andorra, for example gets 6 times the amount we get and it is the size of Cumbernauld!

I don't particularly want to take this lying down. That unfortunately is not my style. I am thinking of writing to my MSP and wondered if I can get everyone to do the same. Nothing focuses a politicians mind when they have their locals upset about something!

Hi all

I am posting to make everyone aware of the revised adult entry fee for the Scottish Blitz. The adult entry fee has now increased to £20 to ensure the financial viability of the tournament now that further costs have been confirmed.

In other news, Mickey Adams and Arkadij Naiditsch are confirmed participants!

I still feel that the tournament is great value and £10 cheaper than last year. Thanks for the support that has made the event possible.

Following the success of the 1st Elite Armageddon Championships over the Easter Weekend, there is another event organised for Friday 28th - Sunday 30th June.

For further details please see the tournament entry form at:

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Hi Andrew,



Could you circulate this to any Scottish players who you think might be interested, particularly any of those who already have title norms. I've very limited space for non titled players but reasonable availability for FMs and IMs.


Best wishes,
Lawrence Cooper
International Organiser


The main regulations are as follows:


I am pleased to announce that the 3rd Big Slick International will take place from the 22nd to 30th June at the following address:


BIG SLICK, UNIT 10, ROYAL OAK CENTRE, BRIGHTON ROAD, PURLEY, SURREY CR8 2BG ENGLAND


Tournament format: FIDE rated 10 player, nine round, all-play-alls with one game per day. There will be at least one GM and one IM norm section. Other sections may be added subject to sufficient interest.


The entry fees are as follows:


GM norm event: £200 for titled players (IM/WGM/WIM/FM/WFM); £300 for non-titled.


IM norm events: £100 for titled players (WGM/WIM/FM/WFM); £150 for non-titled.


Players registered as ENG on the FIDE rating list will need to be gold or platinum ECF members.


The closing date for payment of entry fees will be 30th April and the number of sections will be decided according to entries received by 31st March.


The Chief Arbiter will be International Arbiter David Sedgwick. Simon Williams and myself will co-organise the event.


The time limit will be 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes with 30 seconds cumulative increment for each move starting from the first move. All rounds will start at 12.00.


Players arriving one hour or more after the start of a round shall lose, unless the arbiter decides otherwise.


I would like to thank The Big Slick club for generously providing their club free of charge for the duration of the tournament, The Friends of Chess for their generous donation and the John Robinson Trust for their contribution towards junior entry fees for the event.


Players wishing to play should contact me at <!-- e --><a href="mailto:lozcooper@hotmail.com">lozcooper@hotmail.com</a><!-- e -->


Lawrence Cooper – Big Slick Co-organiser

I've just been looking at the Edinburgh Congress grading data and apparently I scored a 2248 performance (against my 2249 CS grade).

I thought I had gained a few points or (if my round 4 opponent from Australia who has a FIDE rating but no CS grading is discounted) lost a few?!

How do the calculations work for this and would the FIDE rating of this opponent count towards my CS grading?

Thanks in advance,
Andy Burnett