A reminder that this is the last week before a late fee is added to the entry fee for this event on the 2nd of February.

I regret to announce that the Oban player Derek Coope passed away last night.  His death was unexpected.

Does anyone have the bulletins for the 1970 Glasgow Congress. I am looking for rounds 2, 3, 4 and 6 (I have rounds 1 and 5).

I would like to be able to provide a database of all quoted games.

Historian/Archivist, Chess Scotland

Merry Christmas to everyone and a happy and prosperous new year

Hi all
for those who haven't entered yet this year, please submit an email to the Home Director, Harry Marron harrymarron48@gmail.com if you wish to enter. Entries are being taken up to December 31st 2019 with the draw being published early in the new year.

Good luck to all

Jim has asked me to give everyone an update. He had a mild stroke in Bucharest which has slightly affected his speech but he is still as 'sharp' as ever.
He does get tired easily but we are assured this will improve with time. 

Please only send essential, important emails as, although he is able to read them, writing an answer is 'hard work' and again very tiring. This also will improve over time.

Jim is able to communicate by phone but again please do not overtire him with trivial matters 

Jim thanks everyone for their kind thoughts and wishes for a speedy recovery. He wishes you all a lovely Christmas and peaceful New Year.

Does anyone know if there should be customs duty on a chessbase magazine with CD from Germany?  I ask because Royal Mail want to charge me £2 as a customs duty charge to give me my magazine.  We are still in the EU and this is of negligible value (free in fact as part of buying CB14 secondhand unused some time ago).  If I have to pay this can I reclaim it from the Post Office or the Government?  I suspect that they have made a mistake.

details for the upcoming Malawi Rapid play tournament here
https://www.chessscotland.com/news-post/...play-2019/

Entry Form here:
https://www.chessscotland.com/documents/...idPlay.pdf

I have had some interest from a few Scottish players regarding the forthcoming FIDE Standard play U1900 & U1500 tournaments I am running in Leyland next month.

I had not considered it would attract any players form Scotland, so I have not advertised it at any Scottish events. Perhaps I was wrong.

For anyone interested and wishing to play 5 FIDE standard games on a Saturday & Sunday 14-15 December, in a modern business conference, the cost is just £30 for Chess Scotland players.

We plan to have live games and make use of the IT facilities that the venue offers.

More information can be found on the following link
http://congress.popmalc.org.uk/congress/49/home

Tournament starts on Tuesday, 11 rounds, with a rest day after 5 rounds then a 6 game run in.
11 of us are here, (well 2 still to come in but on their way)

8 scots in the +50 and 3 scots in the +65

Results here 

Official website

I don't know about live games yet, there is a link on official website but not sure if live games will be on other sites yet.

+50 Open -- 139 entrants
+65 Open -- 192 entrants