Someone left a bag with eye drops and toothpaste in it. Do you need this or will I dispose of it?

Someone mistakenly took Ian Robertson's Grey Jumper. Please can he have it back.

Next and last match is the Morning of 25th March. Please make sure you bring all trophies.

The afternoon will be lightning tourney led by Ken Stewart.

Clocks go forward that day make sure you are not an hour late.

GG

Games will appear here.

The Congress starts tomorrow and we are still taking entries up to around 18:00 tomorrow.

There will be a live games feed and results, tables and draws for all sections and the Quickplay can be found here.

Will this be taking place on March 25th after the last round of SNCL as has been the norm in recent years? I don't see it listed in the events calendar?

Hello all,

Just to let people know that Jonathan and I are hoping to go to the European Schools’ Chess Championships in Krakow this summer. The dates are from the 30th of June to the 8th of July. If anybody else is interested, please let Fiona Petrie (or myself) know. Application needs to be in by end of April/start of May. It clashes with the start of the Scottish Champs but anybody selected for the Glorney would be back in plenty of time.

Ruairidh

SNCL is on tomorrow. Hope you've allgot your teams primed

GG

Hello all,

Looking to urgently get in touch with members of SCDAD in my capacity as Chess Scotland Disability Officer. 

Also generally looking to make contact with any active Chess Scotland members who have visual impairment (other than Stevie Hilton who I am in contact with already) or who have a physical disability. Please email me at ruairidh.mckay@yahoo.co.uk

Thanks,

Ruairidh

Hi all,

Tim Wall's excellent new event, the Northumbria Masters, started today with a number of Scots in the line up...

Live boards are available at...

http://foresthallchess.org.uk/northumbria-masters-live-broadcast/

Results can be found at...

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr330966.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=1&wi=821

Good luck to all our players!

Andy Burnett
(CS International Director)

PS If anyone with website editing access reads this, please feel free to put it on the homepage!!

Hi,

I have used a few digital chess clocks over the years and generally aim to configure them so that they count the minimum number of moves to be completed in the first time control.

34 moves in 85 minutes followed by 20 minutes
40 moves in 120 minutes followed by 30 minutes

If you fail to make the minimum number of moves then the clock will flag this.

Usually there is only a single mode that can be programmed this way and so all clocks need to be adjusted if switching between spens time controls and club/Edinburgh league time controls. It is a hassle to have to reprogram them.

The alternative is to use the modes that do not have the number of moves programmed and so it is the responsibility of the players (or arbiter) to confirm that the minimum number of moves have been completed. For example on the DGT 2010 clocks we have it is possible to set mode 5 for spens time control, and mode 7 for Edinburgh league. So no re-programming is required, if willing to not have the clock count the minimum moves.

To my question, what are other clubs doing for this?

Reading some other forums I can see that it may well be the case that for FIDE rules you should not be programming the minimum moves in to the clock. it is the score sheet that should be used to record evidence of minimum number of moves being made.

Thanks,
Crawford.

As has been announced elsewhere, a second Renfrew Chess Congress of the season will take place 4th-6th of May.

Tournaments

Renfrew Congress Championship

A new addition for players graded 1900 and above by Chess Scotland with an additional prize for a perfect 5 out of 5 score. This bonus starts off at £100 and if it is not won this time around it will rollover to the next congress in our series, Largs. The bonus has the potential to add up to £500 on top of our first prizes for the premier section at our congresses!

Fide Rated U2000

A chance for some Fide rated games for those graded under 2000 by Fide.

U1700

Open to all players rated under 1700 by Chess Scotland.

U1400

Open to all players rated under 1400 by Chess Scotland

Fide Rated Open Rapidplay

A one day Allegro that will be Fide rated, a rarity in Scottish chess.

Fide Rated Open Blitz

A fun one day event, also Fide rated.

Players taking part in our U2000, U1700 & U1400 sections have an additional prize to aim for with our Masters Grand Prix, which will award £100 to the player with the most points collected from our congresses at Kirkcaldy, Renfrew & Largs during the 2017/18 season. The latest standings are as follows:

U2000

1st Stephen McQuillan 7.5
2nd Ian Marks 7
3rd= Nicolas Skettos 5.5
3rd= Douglas Will 5.5
3rd= Mike Ridge 5.5

U1700

1st William Clinton 9
2nd Keith Aitchison 7.5
3rd Frank Park 3.5
4th= Raymaond Flood 3
4th= Frankie Murray 3
4th= Mathew Billcliff 3

U1400

1st Walter Pearson 7
2nd= Derek Coope 6.5
2nd= Graham Wilson 6.5
4th Dave Watson 5.5
5th Lee Bishop 4.5