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If you wish to play please email me before closing date of 10/2/13
Andy


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Greetings from Bulgarian Chess Federation!

Bulgarian Chess Federation on behalf of European Chess Union is pleased to invite member Federations of European Chess Union to the European Senior Chess Championship - 2013 to be held at Plovdiv, Bulgaria from 10th to 22nd March.

Plovdiv is the second biggest city in Bulgaria. It is situated at the central south part of Bulgaria in the vast valley of the Maritsa River. The city has ancient history dating back to 8000 B.C. There are many remains from antiquity - Plovdiv is among the few cities with two ancient theatres; remains of the medieval walls and towers, Ottoman baths and mosques, a well-preserved old quarter from the National Revival period with beautiful houses, churches and narrow paved streets. There are numerous museums, art galleries and cultural institutions have won the fame of the city as the Cultural Capital of Bulgaria.

Bulgaria has a rich tradition of organizing many other competitions like the European Team Chess Championship - Plovdiv 2003, European Individual Chess Championship - Plovdiv 2008, Candidates Match - Sofia 2009, World Chess Championship - Sofia 2010, European Club Cup - Plovdiv 2010, European Youth Chess Championship - Albena 2011, European Individual Chess Championship - Plovdiv 2012.

Best regards,
Nikolay Velchev

Tournament Director
ESCC 2013

Executive Director
Bulgarian Chess Federation

Cappelle : 23/2/13 -2/3/13
Would any player wishing nominated, please contact me by 27/12/12
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Last year conditions were provided for 2 Scottish players

Hi to all, If you intend to play and have not entered yet, please e-mail me as soon as you can. Entries at the moment are at 56, and as most entries come in during last two days or on the morning of the event, we would not like to turn anybody away, maximium capacity is about 90.

Michael.

There are also a few spaces for next Sunday's coaching day.

mixed results for most of group so far. The Spaniards seem to be stronger than previous tournaments

However Neil Thomson Giffnock/Greenwood, unbeaten with 2 wins and 2 draws played the no.1 seed today and won!! Giving Neil 4 out of 5 and will almost certainly be on the 'live' boards in round 6 tomorrow.

Go Neil!

Gets underway today. Was a bit busy in the main hall at the start of play so could not get pics of the Scottish Players in the open, will try tomorrow

Pics will be uploaded here

Pics

What did we think of JR's game today???

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What do a Dutchman, a Ukrainian, an Uzbeki, a Russian and a Filipino have in common at the moment?

As part of our 30th anniversary celebrations IM Craig Pritchett will give a simultaneous exhibition on Wednesday 19th December from 7.30pm.

Entry is open to non-club members - fee is £5 per head.

Venue is our normal club premises, i.e:

Saughtonhall Community Centre
22a Saughtonhall Avenue
Edinburgh EH12 5RN

See weblink below for a map:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&suge...d=0CGgQtgM

If you would like to play in this event then please contact me on ["mandkrobinson at btinternet dot com"], or else call me on 0131 447 3148, and I will confirm your place. Spaces are limited so advance booking is necessary to guarantee availability.

Craig has kindly agreed to donate a copy of one of his recent books - Heroes of Classical Chess or Giants of Innovation - as a prize for the best game.

Regards

Martin Robinson
President
Edinburgh West Chess Club

The Liverpool Quadrangular takes place November 30 to December 2, 2012

Squads below in alphabetical order.

Under 16: Murad Abdulla, Daniel Deary, Lennart Koehn, Andrew McCusker, Carl Milton, Stuart Wynne

Under 14: Alexander Bond, Colin Howie, Moray Lennox, Anna Milton, Declan Shafi, Fergus Skillen, Caitlin Reid, Liam Richmond, Zak Roy, Leonardo Sani, Jamie Underwood

Under 12: Matthew Billcliff, Euan Dawson, Michael Doyle, Andrew Gillies, Craig Gillies, Darren Gillies, Euan Gray, Stuthi Hegde, Kirsty McCusker, Thomas Stidolph, Ben Volland.

Coaches

U16 GM Matthew Turner
U14 Jonathan Edwards and Calum MacQueen
U12 Alastair Dawson and Alex Gillies

Head of Delegation Paul MacDonald

ChessScotland officials Donald Wilson, David Congalton and Judy Milton.

Good luck to eveyone at this event and a special thankyou to Donald, David and Judy for the terrific job they have done in organising accommodation and transport amongst other things.

Robin.

Hi dear chess players, My first visit to th Glen Pavilion it was great to see so many great chess players under one roof the venue was very good and well run with the usual organisers doing there bit, I went to watch my team play (Musselburgh) and take a few photographs with my new camera had a bit of a wonder around town to had a great day thanks to all.

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