Message from Jacqui:

Games gone to grade apart from 2. Leston D'Costa beat Declan & Lauren Bond beat Corbin Beaumont.

Those on 2/2 are Euan Gray, Monica Espinosa, Michael Doyle, Colin Howie, Leonardo Sani, Vagif Ramazanov, Leston D'Costa & Liam Richmond.

Activities this afternoon (thankfully rain has stopped).

Rounds 3 & 4 this evening.

I am testing the new software. it is still very much a beta version. I have 2 boards with me

Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6


Blog Day 1

Under 300:
1st Jack Stewart Greenwood Academy Irvine 6/6
2nd Oran Pathi Kirkhill PS Newton Mearns 5/6
3rd John Douglas Rockfield PS Oban 4.5/6 ( on tie-break)

Prizes for 50% and above:
4.5/6 Kyle McFie Paisley CC
Callum Smith Banchory PS Aberdeen
4/6 Joe McKie St Josephs PS Blantyre
Thomas Billcliff Lenzie Chess Academy
Aaron Copeland St John Ogilvie PS Irvine
Joe Pieroni Prestwick CC
3.5/6 Cole Harron Riverside PS Stirling
Marc Lees St Brides PS Cambuslang
3/6 Sam Harper Lanark CC
Aiden Connor Holy Cross PS Croy
Felix Esche Steiner School Edinburgh
Reece Kennedy Lenzie Chess Academy
Fraser Nelson Laurencekirk PS Angus
Daniel Dunn St Peters PS Edinburgh
Advaith Sastry Bearsden CC
Aaran Ghosh St Peters PS Edinburgh
Martin Lang Hallside PS Cambuslang

Under 600:
1st Andrew Gillies St Aloysius PS Chapelhall 5/6
2nd Stuthi Hegde George Heriots PS Edinburgh 5/6
3rd Fintan Pathi Kirkhill PS Newton Mearns 4/6

Prizes for 50% and above:
4/6 Andrew Bleakley Kilwinning
Dylan Bodrell Aberdeen
Robert Pirrie South Morningside PS Edinburgh
Megan Copeland Irvine
Tom Constance Lawhead PS St Andrews
3.5/6 Jake Sanger Prestwick CC
3/6 Leonard Holmes Laurencekirk PS Angus
Ben Volland Muckhart PS stirling
Saumya Maheshwari Edinburgh
Tariq Pasha Albyn School Aberdeen

Under 1000:
1st Euan Gray Mile End Aberdeen 5/6
2nd Leonardo Sani Castlehill CC 5/6
3rd Peter Eagles Albyn School Aberdeen4/6

prizes for 50% and above:
4/6 Leston Da Costa Aberdeen
3.5/6 Liam Richmond Rockfield PS Oban
Craig Gillies St Aloysius PS Chapelhall
Christopher Usher Paisley CC
Euan Dawson Lawhead PS St Andrews
3/6 Dan Clewitt Orkney
Rowan Pathi East Kilbride CC
Michael Doyle Holy Family PS Lenzie

A big thank you to John and the team for what proved to be another great Stewarton Allegro.

It really is brilliant the allegro is able to be held in conjunction with the Bonnet Guild, a bit of history with the future.

A big thank you must go out to all the volunteers who help out on the day, arbiters and kitchen staff who do a fantastic job feeding the chess playing hoards. £1.40 for a toastie and can of juice, virtually giving it away!

Not to mention the fact that many prizes were given out, including the ever popular family prizes. Such was the generoisty of prizes 2.5 was enough to gain a grading prize in the major for the under 1550 lol

Anyone that has never attended before I strongly recommend that you give it a go next year, ideal for the end of the season.

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Just noticed that the primary team competition has been held and was wondering how this event was marketed?

I ask this because I noticed that the Lothian champs (Gillespies) were not involved though I appreciate that they may have been unable to take part.

London Chess Classic 2012 December 2012
Oban 2012 November 2012
East Kilbride Open 2012 May 2012
Glasgow Congress 2012 18/5/12

Maybe it's my age but I always like reading the obits in daily press. Over years we have all lost many friends in Scottish chess world and often someone will post their recollections here on this board. This is always nice to see but tends to get lost in time so, anyway, my bright idea: why not have a permanent link off main menu linking to obituaries of friends remembered? Is this me being a bit weird or others site regulars like to see this?

The home page now sees the introduction of a new module. The "Player Quick Search" module makes it easier to find the players/clubs you want without requiring a more detailed search. The detailed search facility is still available, but I think the vast majority of searches will likely involve the searcher already knowing who/what they are looking for, so advanced filters might seem a bit pointless for these people.

Note that the "Player Quick Search" is quite flexible. You can search for a pnum, forename, surname, or a forename and surname. So for instance: "Jonathan Rowson", will find him, as the search will look at both words independently of each other.

The "Sensory Board Fund" donation has been moved to the left of the page to accommodate the above.

Hope you all find it useful. Please pass on any issues you have.

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Just a wee reminder that this year's Stewarton Bonnet Guild Allegro is being held next Sunday 10th June - entry forms are available on the Chess Scotland web site diary or you can phone me or send me an email.

This year we are putting up the entry list on the CS web site so that you can see who else is playing.

If you have entered and your name is not on the CS entry list then please let me know

Thanks you and hope to see you at the event

John Montgomery
Stewarton Chess Club
Telephone 01294-221486
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