After seeing some of the recent posts about sponsorship under the Ayr congress link I thought this might be the time to post something about sponsorship in chess.

I have recently taken on the role of Marketing Director for CS and while I have some ideas regarding where I would like to obtain sponsorship, raise profile of chess etc. I realise most of my ideas will be longer term goals.

I am therefore putting a request out here for anyone with an interest in marketing, or with contacts (personal or business) that they may think it would be worthwhile me contacting, please get in touch,my email address is available in CS contacts.

General discussion welcome, in fact actively encouraged, on here, however any details of any individuals/businesses that can be contacted regarding sponsorship should be emailed not put on forum ( data protection and all that)

After seeing some of the posts already regarding finance and sponsorship I am looking forward to a positive and no doubt sometimes heated discussion.

Please remember even the smallest amount of sponsorship can make a difference from a club level right through to sponsoring the Scottish- and the more we can get sponsorship for the more we can give back to you- the players.

I have crossed the border into England and I am helping with the live boards over the next three days. (Glutton for punishment...)

Quite a lot of Scottish interest, I have seen Jacob, John Shaw, Colin McNab, Andrew Greet, Graham Kafka to name a few.

link to live games is http://www.4ncl.co.uk/live/main.htm

Match 1 has Matthew Turner
Match 2 has Colin
Match 5 has Jacob, Andrew, John

(Apologies for any I missed)

http://www.chess.com/news/amateur-player...delhi-7004

Sigh... When, when, when are they going to learn....

Hoping to get some live action from the EK open

Games start at 7:30pm tonight and I hope to have 4 boards going

Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 5

Here's a bit of sports trivia - can anyone think of a chess grandmaster currently playing for an English Premier League team ???!!!

Just a wee update on this to say that the April magazines should be going out at the start of next week.

Apologies for the slight delay.

Deadline for June issue is June 1st and I would welcome anyone with games/reports and any other articles or ideas to please get in touch via editor (at) chessscotland.com and/or abburnett (at) hotmail.com

Kind regards,
Andy Burnett

This event is now cancelled due to a significant lack of interest. Not a decision taken lightly though.

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A judge in England has ruled that Bridge is a sport. Sport England had 'defended' the case.

Could be interesting.

Live games tomorrow for the CS Finals

Boards 1-5 are Richardson, 6 & 7 are Spens and 8 is the Rosebowl

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Apparently on this mornings show is a Grandmaster who is going to explain why women can't play chess! No there wasn't - it was the panel briefly discussing a headliner in the Dail Telegraph where apparently Nigel Short has said that they can't play as they don't have the brains!