Scotland's IM Stephen Mannion and Jonathan Grant are among the extremely strong field in this tournament, starting today. Good luck gents!

http://chess-results.com/tnr385685.aspx?...turdet=YES


Live games and commentary can be found at the site below...


https://iominternationalchess.com/

Dear all,

The World Youth Chess Championships are starting now in Halkidiki, Greece until the 31st of October. Scotland has 2 representatives:

1) U16 Open - Sambhav Chadha

2) U14 Open - Jake Sanger

Good luck to both of you! 

Ruairidh

I have good news and I have bad news. The good news is that the response has been so unexpectedly good that I have now done something I never expected to have to do (the bad news for any latecomer) - closed the congress to new entries (but as there is an odd number in both Major and Minor we would take one more in each).

We are at 134: the room given to the Open is full and the other area for Major and Minor is at a level where I would worry about becoming cramped. We will know better for next year if the large area could take more but caution rules for this year.

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No Scottish teams taking part this year, unfortunately, but both Adam Bremner and Danny McGowan are playing - for Grantham Sharks - with all games transmitted live at the link below...

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tourna...018/1/12/1

It's that time again. The dates are 4th and 25th Nov, 24th of Feb and March.  Entry deadline 26th Oct.

I have completed entry forms and will send them to Karen Howie and Douglas Bryson for delivery to clubs and website calendar. However, I am happy for you to add your intention to participate on this site so that everyone can see who has entered.

Fee is £100 for team of 5, seven games each ----- great value!!!

Venue still at Carnegie Conference Centre, Dunfermline.

GG

Looks like this is going to be a walk over for AD. Writing was on the wall when he had a meltdown over the Kremlin and Zurab insulted the whole African continent.

Nigel withdrawing and endorsing AD is the final nail in the coffin and I will be very surprised if the result is anything other than a resounding win for the challenger.

Haven't seen anything opted about this so here goes:

Live games are on Chess24, the official website and no doubt elsewhere. Pairings and results are on chessresults.com. Will post direct links later if no-one else does.

Just started...

Hi all,

We're delighted to announce the details for the upcoming season: http://2020chess.com/details.html

Saturday 26th January at Edinburgh University, Teviot Row House 13 Bristo Pl, Edinburgh EH8 9AJ

Wandering Dragons were victorious last time, you can see the results/reports from previous tournaments on these links:

https://docs.google.com/viewerng/viewer?...02017.docx


https://docs.google.com/viewerng/viewer?...204th.docx

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If you have any questions or would like to enter please comment below, or email us at director@2020chess.com 

Best of luck  

This Saturday a shiny new tournament in a new place. Park at Ardrossan, £7.80 on the ferry, 5 games of chess, family can be bought of with Brodick castle, perfect.

Entries so far a bit short on what we would like to see, so a nice day out in Arran, then.

Mikhail Tal, “The Magician from Riga” and 8th World Chess Champion, was renowned for his sacrificial ability and beautiful attacking games. Over the last 60 years, the top players developed the theory of sacrificing to deal with massive improvements in defensive techniques.

Typical sacrificial patterns are enjoyable to learn and use in your own games. This training event is intended to help you decide when to sacrifice and how to defend against sacrifices.

The best way to master the art of sacrifice is practice. The primary focus will be on practical application through solving exercises and playing positions after following demonstrated examples. Aimed at all aspiring players prepared to work hard on improving their game, up to titled level. Former Scottish Champion Jonathan Grant, FIDE Trainer, will run the session in conjunction with Edinburgh Chess Club.

Entry: The fee, whether attending one or more sessions, is £49 for adults and £35 for juniors (U18).
Venue: Edinburgh Chess Club, 1 Alva Street, EDINBURGH EH2 4PH
Schedule: Saturday 13 October 2018 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm and Sunday 14 October 2018 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Entry and contact: Neil Berry
E-mail: thebalernobull@hotmail.com 
Phone: 07810-765-986