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

Due to being unable to find an available suitable venue for 4th-6th May, the Stirling Chess Congress will no longer be taking place that weekend. I am hopeful that the congress will take place later in the year and will confirm the new dates and venue as soon as possible. A replacement congress at Renfrew will take place instead on the first weekend of May, with results counting towards the Masters Grand Prix instead of Stirling.

Your thoughts on the following please:

1. When making moves at the board should you be seated or is it permissible to stand?

2. Recording moves and your pen runs dry. What should happen?

3. After reaching the first time control is there a minimum amount of moves you need to make in the quick play finish or can you just sit until you have less than two minutes left and claim a draw?

Thank you.

Renfrew this weekend and the pairings and results should appear here

1st round draws up, Gary has decided to combine the u1700 and u1400, so ignore the 1700 section. 

just a quick post to let people know I have been out of action due to illness since before Xmas, I am now back to work and hoping to catch up on  everything junior related very soon.
if you have been waiting on a reply to an email or have been concerned about lack of news on the forum  recently please accept my apologies. And watch this space for updates


Fortunately there is a strong group of people in junior chess that have made sure things have still run as usual

Fiona

Junior Director

I would like to update the article on the Scottish Boys' in the History Archive, which ends at 1992. https://www.chessscotland.com/documents/...BoysCh.htm

I would be grateful if winners in later years could advise me of details of the competition, and direct my attention to any Scottish Chess magazine reports, as the competition was not always part of the annual congress. (Thanks to Graeme Robertson, I have the 1994 details.)

Many thanks,
Alan McGowan
Historian, Chess Scotland

Alan Tate plays Nakamura in round 1.

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tourna...2018/1/1/1

Castlehill 2½ - 2½ Glorney Juniors

Declan Shafi (2083f) 1 – 0 Kalyan Kante (1557f)
Sam Gregory (1868f) ½ - ½  Connor Sibbald (1359cs)
Lloyd Hughes (1821f)  0 – 1 Pranav Arcot (1232cs)
Ben Volland (1820f) 0 – 1 Oishani Dutta (1202cs)
Andy Rowe (1574cs) 1 – 0 Nandini Dutta (1125cs)

Very well played by all the Glorney team

The sad news has reached us that FM Tim Upton passed away yesterday, January 10th 2018, in Luxembourg...

Rob McAndrew writes:

'There are many others better able than I to remember his contribution to chess in Scotland.  I do not know in how many Scottish Championships he played, or how many Olympiads he played for Scotland. I do know that he played in the Malta Olympiad in 1980, and the Thessaloniki Olympiad in 1984, where he beat Heikki Westerinen.

He has lived, worked and played chess since 1994 in Luxembourg , where he played for the first team of Gambit Bonnevoie in the Luxembourg league. Gambit Bonnevoie, with Tim in the team, won the Luxembourg Championship for the 2016/2017 season. He captained the team which played in the European Club Cup in Turkey in October 2017, having represented and captained the club in a number of previous European Club Cup competitions.

He was the Treasurer of the EU Institutions chess club here in Luxembourg, and regularly attended the Thursday evening meetings, where we played blitz, analysed league games from the previous weekend, and discussed chess and politics and the respective fortunes of Hibs (his club) and Raith Rovers (mine).

He will be much missed here in Luxembourg.'


Chess Scotland passes on its sincerest condolences to Tim's family and friends, and a full obituary will be published in the Chess Scotland magazine.