Round 4 today - another good round for all 4 Scots with 2 wins by Euan and Jake and 2 draws by Sanjith and Frederick. Some great results so far.

 
The WORLD SENIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP due to be held in Bucharest, Romania, 11 - 24 November 2019.
 
As usual it has both 50+ and 65+ tournaments, with the possibility of separate women's events if there is enough interest.
 
The official closing date for entries is September 11th, so if Andy Burnett and/or I  could have replies from those interested in playing by September 2nd it would be much appreciated.
 
All the details are available from these links...
 
https://www.fide.com/index.php?option=com_fidecalendar&view=fcalview&aid=1521

Regulations
https://www.fide.com/images/stories/FIDE_Calendar_2019/World_Senior_Chess_Championship_2019_Regulations.pdf

Official Website
https://worldseniors2019.com/

Two tournaments I was considering playing - Inverness, and in particular Arran Rapid do not allow over 2200 players to enter. Why?

Hi
My brother in-law has asked if I can recommend any free (or low cost) chess draw software. I don't have the details as to what it will be used for, whether its a club competion or something grander. Is there anything that anyone can reommend?

Mike

Links to pairings, results are available from News item
Live game link will be published as soon as it becomes available

Monday 22nd
Round 1 (10:00) - France v Scotland,  Wales v Netherlands, Ireland v England 
Round 2 (15:00) - Scotland v England, Netherlands v Ireland, France v Wales...

Tuesday 23rd
Round 3 (10:00) - Wales v Scotland, Ireland v France, England v Wales
Round 4 (15:00) - Scotland v Netherlands, France v England, Wales v Ireland

Wednesday 24th
Round 5 (10:00) - Ireland v Scotland, England v Wales, Netherlands v France

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I wanted to post some comments/observations on the Scottish International Open

1. It was a excellent venue, plenty of space, great air conditioning, no problem with parking and just a really nice back drop to play in.  I think it is great news that we look likely to be returning to same venue for the next two years.

2. Edinburgh is an interesting place; nothing is cheap.  Things are either free or very expensive.
Of the free things, I really enjoyed the Bank museum, the national museum and the national gallery, but I enjoyed just wandering around the Royal Mile and surrounds too.

3. Having stayed at the University and rented an airb&b I can say that there seemed to be a very good range of accommodation which could cater for most tastes and budgets.

4. Thanks to Dave Stewart for organising the social events.  I really enjoyed his Harry Potter tour.  I hope that this might be something that develops in future years - how about an outing to a comedy club or a whisky tasting?

5. My thanks to the organisers, in particular, it was great that chess-results was regularly updated and pairings were posted pretty much immediately the last game finished.

I look forward to future years

Matt

https://www.chessscotland.com/news-post/...m-allegro/
 
In discussion with the organiser this event was listed on the CS calendar on the basis the results would be graded for the allegro list.
 
As of today (July 3, 2019) no results have been supplied despite several requests for data. The English Chess Federation also assisted by contacting the organiser and they too have not had any response. There has not been any acknowledgement of any contact.
 
Unless a satisfactory explanation is provided no events in future will be CS graded or calendar listed from this organiser.

Enjoyable, I shall write report for CS magazine.

June 20, 2019: The 2018-2019 grading year will finish on June 30. Data will be taken right up until the deadline. The July 1 FIDE import will be incorporated into this season’s data.

Thanks to all who supplied data or information this season. Thanks to our programmers Andrew McHarg and Gordon Rattray for website and program support.

Players can view their grading record by logging in to the online grading system. All result crosstables are listed here grouped into event type https://www.chessscotland.com/grading/results-tree/

If players spot any errors or omissions please contact the organiser of that event or email grading(at)chessscotland.com immediately. It is much easier to correct errors now than after the new season starts.
The new grading season will be created shortly after the Scottish Championships are complete. The Scottish Championship will be processed using new 2019-20 season grades and will be the first event of the new season.

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Grand Prix: The 2019 Scottish Championship data will not be used for grading in the current 2018-2019 season. However the results will be incorporated into this season’s Grand Prix calculations. All sections of the Scottish Championships will be included twice: as the final GP event of 2018-19 and the first GP event of 2019-20.

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There will only be a few copies available after the initial orders are fulfilled. The printed book should be available around August 10. The deadline for pre-ordered copies will be July 21.


Grading List pdf: A copy will be distributed to all grading officials and event organisers. A copy of the pdf will be available online to all CS members to view or download.