SNCL and the Team Lightning tournament are both on this Sunday, 24th MArch.

The following weekend is Easter so we managed to avoid it.

Also the clocks do not go forward this weekend so you have no excuses for being late!!

GG

It's now just one week until the Team Lightning to be held after SNCL at Dunfermline on Sunday 24 - entry form on website.
Simplest way to enter is by email to me. I'll get entry fees at the event.
I just need Club (and how many from the club), Organiser and estimate of average strength (for seeding purposes in prelim sections).

Just been to the official site to checkout the candidates games and can not believe how bad the boards look. Anyone know of a better site?

Despite appearances the Lothian Schools' chess web site is still live and I have just added the most recent results.

http://www.lothianschoolchess.org.uk

Wanted, to fill gaps in my collection.
Scottish Chess Nrs. 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 13, 14, 18, 51
High School of Glasgow Bulletin Missing all issues from 1962 through 1966, and isolated issues thereafter.
I would be interested to hear from anyone who may be willing to sell or exchange.

Alan McGowan
Historian, Chess Scotland
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Starts today - Scottish participants

Craig Pritchett IM
Phil Giulian FM
Alastair White
Douglas McKerracher
Alan Borwell

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Event held in St Margaret's Church Hall, Airdrie on Sunday 10th March.

Under 300:
1st Jeremiah Strauss St Peters Edinburgh 5/6
2nd Lewis Ross Jordanhill 4.5/6
3rd Felix Walker Jordanhill 4.5/6
4th Ethan Palmer Eaglesham 4.5/6

Medals for 50% and above,
4/6 Lewis Towle Bishopton
Alen Reji St Josephs Blantyre
Sean O'Brien St Josephs Blantyre
Hamish MacRae Jordanhill
3.5/6 Stefan McDermott St Peters Edinburgh
3/6 Andrew Menzies Bishopton
Ariuna Walker St Peters Edinburgh
Daniel Smith Bishopton
Andrew Forster Underbank PS Lanark
Finn Herbert Jordanhill
Euan Wallace Cumbrnauld

Under 600:
1st Andrew McMillan Campelton 5/5
2nd Jack McKie St Josephs Blantyre 4/5
3rd Sambhav Chadha Glasgow Academy 3.5/5 (on tiebreak)

Medals for 50% and above,
3.5/5 Archie Kemp Bruntsfield Edinburgh
Nikita Lopatinsky Tiger Cubs Edinburgh
Thomas Taylor Prestwick
3/5 Daniel Chamberlain Prestwick
Hannah Wallace Cumbernauld
Thomas Billcliff Lenzie Chess Academy
Mairi mulvanny Boroughmuir Edinburgh
2.5/5 Robbie McKichen Prestwick
Aiden Connor Holy Cross Croy
Adam Coyle Bishopton

Michael.

I received a call this morning with the sad news that Joe McAdam passed away at 10pm last night. My thoughts and prayers are with his friends and family at these sad times.

I will pass on details for the funeral when I have them.

Being involved with Junior Chess, my first recollection of Joe, was when Mike introduced me to Eric and Joe at a tournament. It was obvious to me that the two of them had worked together for some time and made an excellent team. Through the years I have worked with Joe at many tournaments and he was great fun to work with.

I always remember one junior telling me that there was nothing more terrifying than when you know you were messing about, and you heard the swish swish of the wheelchair wheels getting closer. You knew you were in trouble.

Joe, along with Eric, were quite deservedly awarded the Presidents Award last year for the work they had done over many many years in North Lanarkshire.

There has been some brilliant juniors come through the Joe / Eric stable.

Joe will be sadly missed.

RIP

Dear friends!

Due to move of offices and upgrading of computers and technical
software and hardware in the past 20 years, it has been an onerous
task to verify norms achieved from old tournaments based on the then
prevailing title regulations when the tournaments took place. Instead
of tracking old regulations and old tournament results whenever an
application is received, the QC recommended that norms achieved prior
to 1st July 2005 be registered before 1st July 2013. Failing which,
the norm will be considered to have expired. In addition with readily
available information from the recent years, the QC hopes to move
towards automation of title awards as soon as possible.

The PB approved the recommendation of the QC.

Anyone affected, please can you let me know

For those of you who haven't noticed the Armageddon event happening at the end of the month please follow the link below (or check it out on the main CS homepage):

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The deadline for entries is just under two weeks. The first ten players that have expressed their aspirations to play are:

Calum MacQueen 2272
Andrew Burnett 2249
Gabriel Petesch 2248
FM Neil Berry 2216
Adam Bremner 2194
Andrew Green 2159
David Oswald 2048
Hamish Olson 2047 (inc jnr add)
Graeme Kafka 2027
Jonathan Edwards 1987