Congratulations to Colin McNab on his recent success, as top Brit, at the 2011-2012 British Chess Solving Championship.

Congratulations also to Roddy McKay who won the under 2300 rating prize.

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Paisley Chess Club will be opening on Thursday Afternoons between 1.30 and 4.00 during the months of March and April. This is on a trial basis however if it proves popular Thursday afternoon chess may become a permanent feature. Players from other clubs are welcome to come along and try it out. Please note the club will still be open on Monday and Wednesday evenings as usual.

Never mind the six nations rugby on Sunday -- you can watch the highlights on TV / Iplayer/ and any other fancy devices you have.

Be at SNCL this Sunday or face 'The Wrath of Grant' A fate worse than death as many can confirm, I'm sure!


GG

P5 & UNDER:
1st Michael Campbell St Brides Bothwell 7.5/8
2nd Adithya Mohan Hutcheson Grammar 6.5/8
3rd Aidan Connor Holy Cross Croy 6/8

Best P2 Thomas Campbell St Brides Bothwell 4/8
Best P3 Marc Lees St Brides Cambuslang 4.5/8
Best P4 Aedan McGhie Alexandra Airdrie 5/8
Best P5 Luca Marchetti Holy Cross Croy 4/8

Medals 50% and above:
4/8 Jack McKie St josephs blantyre
Kaleb Millar Hamilton College
Louis McGarrity St Brides Bothwell

Primary:
1st Kirsty McCusker Balmuildy Bishopbriggs 8/8
2nd Joe McKie St Josephs Blantyre 6/8
3rd Aidan Jenkins St john the Baptist Uddingston 5.5/8

Best P6 Nicholas Fagan St John the Baptist Uddingston 5/8
Best P7 Mati Steele St Marys Hamilton 5/8

Medals for 50% and above:
4.5/8 Patrick Norris St John the Baptist Uddingston
4/8 Ryan Cunningham Bothwell
Martin Lang Hallside Cambuslang
Sophie Thompson Fernhill Rutherglen
Sam McCrory St Josephs Blantyre
Rachel Lees St Brides Cambuslang
Greg Gardiner St Josephs Blantyre
Jack Halforty St John the Baptist Uddingston

Secondary:
1st Andrew McCusker Bishopbriggs HS 7/7
2nd Stuart Wynne stonelaw HS Rutherglen 6/7
3rd Nadia Ameur Uddingston Grammar 5/7

Best S2 Andrew Reilly stonelaw HS 3.5/7
Best S3 David Borland Coatbridge HS 2.5/7

Adult:
1st Kevin Campbell Bellshill 6/7
2nd= David Mulholland Hamilton 5/7
David Potts Bellshill
Alan Jelfs East Kilbride

Michael.

The Olympiad will take place between 27 August & 10 September 2012.

If anyone wishes the position of non-playing team captain please contact me by 31 March. There should be no expense involved. It will involve helping out both teams

202 Games (all bar 1, from the minor) from across all 3 sections of the 2011 congress are now available on the Prestwick Airport Congress website. Games can be viewed on the website or the PGN game files can be downloaded.

There are 1 or 2 round 5 games which are very short. Very, very short.

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Enjoy.

The authorities have advised Chess Scotland (CS) that there will be a delay in the implementation of the next stage of the PVG scheme, (the delay is attributed to computer system problems). The planned changes were notified on 21 December 2011 on the Noticeboard, Membership News, PVG (Child Protection) - Changes in 2012 In addition, each CS volunteer who would be affected by the changes received a letter from the CS Lead Signatory, Steve Mannion (Snr).

No revised implementation date has been announced as yet, as soon as the position becomes clearer, a further announcement will be made. This delay only impacts on existing volunteers who have been the subject of disclosure under the former Child Protection scheme and who would now be expected to join the new PVG scheme on a phased basis. New volunteers who were not covered under the old scheme can continue to become PVG scheme members under the existing CS arrangements.

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The Chess Scotland website will be offline from approximately 9pm on Saturday 18th February for some upgrades – in preparation for the release of new content. It is expected to return online by 9am on Sunday morning at the latest.

The forum will not be accessible until the site is back up. Note that the timing of this is such that most people will not even notice it happening, as almost all of the work will be done overnight.

We apologise in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.

All,

Paul MacDonald, the International Junior Director and I are heading up to this event at the weekend. We know that there are many young players that perhaps feel a little geographically isolated chesswise in comparison to the central belt. However, you only have to look at the number of present junior international players from here to realise how important every area is. As I have said before, everyone from every area of the country is going to have a fair chance to receive any support possible that we can provide. No matter what age group or section you are playing in this weekend, we look forward to seeing you very much. Please feel free to approach us and talk about any junior chess topic. Any local clubs, schools etc please make sure everyone is aware of this important event.

Robin.

All,

We have 20 or so students at present receiving or about to receive regular online coaching. If there is any progressive junior out there whom I have overlooked, forgot to ask etc please get in touch with me or any of the junior selectors on the home page asap. Our online coaching team can take on another few students presently so please be in touch as I will be delighted to hear from you.

Robin.