Under 300:
1st Jack Cleland Lenzie Chess Academy 6/7
2nd Lucia Doyle Hamilton CC 5.5/7
3rd Alexander Lonie Giffnock CC 5/7

Medals for 50% and above:
5/7 Matthew Walls St Marys Lanark
Rayaan Mohammed Bruntsfield
4.5/7 Finn Herbert Jordanhill
4/7 Stefan McDermott St Peters Edinburgh
Hannah Robertson Fernhill Rutherglen
Ben Richmond Bruntsfield
3.5/7 Jamie O'Boyle St Peters Edinburgh
Daniel Smith Bishopton

Under 600:
1st Joe O'Boyle St Peters Edinburgh 5.5/7
2nd Martin Lang Hallside Cambuslang 5.5/7
3rd Luke Lavery St Kenneths East Kilbride 5/7

Medals for 50% and above:
5/7 Rachel Smith Alloway School
Arran Ghosh st Peters Edinburgh
4.5/7 Advaith Sastry Bearsden CC
4/7 Siddharth Berera South Morningside Edinburgh
James Norwood Bishopton
Aaron Millar Hamilton College
3.5/7 Adam Coyle Bishopton
Alix Smith Lenzie Chess Academy
Benjamin Ridge Steiner School Edinburgh
Aidan Healy St Marys Hamilton
Aryaman Tyagi Giffnock CC

Over 600:
1st Michael Doyle Hamilton CC 5/6
2nd Jack stewart Greenwood Acad Irvine 5/6
3rd Ben Volland Muckhart 5/6
( they all played each other with every game drawn)

Medals for 50% and above:
3.5/6 Darren Gillies St Margarets HS Airdrie
Jack Orr Holyrood Secondary Glasgow
3/6 Tom Laing Prestwick CC
Lauren Bond Carluke
John Morrison Bruntsfield
Craig Gillies St Margarets HS Airdrie
Stuthi Hegde George Heriots Edinburgh
Saumya Maheshwari Edinburgh

Michael.

A black flask was left at November's SNCL. If it belongs to you please let me know and I'll give it back to you in February's meeting

GG

I very much welcome a discussion on allocation of funds at the next CS meeting in March.
I have £1,308 money left over for 2012-13 but don't know how to distribute it - everyone wants it !
Expenses paid:European Senior Team - nil, European Senior Individual £80 (Giulian),
Olympiad £5,016, World Senior Individual £96 (Pritchett), Total £5,192, Balance £1,308, Budget £6,500
I don't know 2013-14 allocation yet

For 2013 there are e.g.
European Team in November, perhaps £1500 for that, I'll play if selected
Entry fees for CS nominated players
Paul Motwani + other training
Players trying for titles
Would anyone want to organise a FIDE rated tournament ? etc

It would be good to get strong team for Norway Olympiad in 2014 & prepare for that. I quite fancy captaining the team for that too as a Scottish captain for a change.

For anyone interested, I’ve very recently rewritten and released my kids beginners chess software for Windows 8. It’s currently a free download in the Windows 8 App Store but will be charging a small fee in a few days.

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Android and v2.0 in active development and hopefully finished soon.

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All
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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