I was waiting until after the EU Youth (fantastic event for us) was over before posting on this topic. I am hoping Andy Howie can keep us up to date on the present situation.

The way I see it at the moment (and I am more than happy to be corrected) is that the official Fide Trainer title (FT) only affects the World Youth event for now ( free accommodation for a coach as long as they have the full FT qualification). Obviously, this situation could easily change in the future for other events.

If we consider that the World Youth only takes place in Europe every two or three years, the question has to be asked...

How much money do ChessScotland wish to spend pursuing and supporting this qualification? If the World Youth event is in say, somewhere like Brazil, is it economic for CS to send a qualified Fide Trainer?

Here is a link to the World Youth accommodation regulations for South Africa 2014....

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Effectively, at present, we are paying for folks to try and achieve the full Fide Trainer qualification in order for us to obtain free accommodation for one person at one event, the World Youth.

This is a link to the Tromso Olympiad Fide trainers course....

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Are we getting value for money? More accurately, where do we draw the line at the number of fully qualified Fide Trainers CS wish to have and how does CS decide who to send on the official courses?

Remember, CS have to pay a fee to renew the qualification for each trainer every four years for life.

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Sep 8-14 - Radisson Blu
I think I'll go and spectate. Entry fee is £1000 per team (bit more expensive than chess)

The GCL now has its Club Registration Form for the coming season available on the "Downloads" page of the website <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://glasgowchess.com/">http://glasgowchess.com/</a><!-- m -->

It should be filled in by Club Secretaries intimating how many teams are entering which divisions, the names and telephone numbers of Captains etc. and then returned.

Please note a new box for notifying us (well before the fixtures meeting) of dates you DON'T want, such as those set aside for your Club Championship etc. is now included. Something like "First Thursday of every month" or "Venue closed throughout April" is required.

The GCL Fixtures Meeting is on Wednesday 10 September at 7.30 in the Polish Club (Phones), 4/5 Parkgrove Terrace, Glasgow G3 7SD and the entry form MUST be returned by the Friday before, 05/09/14.

The DL Fixtures Meeting will be the following Wednesday, 17 September, venue to be confirmed.

Cheers,
Jim

does anyone know anything about this

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In the AGM topic, on Aug 21st, George Neave posted:

It would be fine if we had level playing field for preparing for these games. Some time back Keith Rose suggested I make a proposal on this with Andy B. Unfortunately due to other commitments we both had over the summer this was not submitted before now. Here is where we got to:

Clubs entering the Richardson Cup should submit their team pool in board playing order. This order is entirely at discretion of the club. There is no requirement to order players based on rating taken from any grading system.
The team must, however, adhere absolutely to this board order for duration of the event.
Team pools should include a minimum 8 players and a maximum of 16 players.
Team Pools will be made available to team captains 2 weeks prior to the first round.
A team may add a maximum of 2 players to their initial pool during the course of the event on condition it does result in list size exceeding the maximum 16. Players already listed cannot be removed to “make way” for new players.
To add a new player, submission should be made to event controller indicating where this player will slot into order of existing list. Assuming eligibility criteria are met the revised list becomes effective 2 weeks after publication by the event controller. The event controller is obliged to publish the revised pool to team captains within 1 week of submission. The practical implication is a team captain will need to notify the controller 3 weeks prior to a match it they wish to play someone who is not listed in their existing team pool.

I will not be in Glasgow for the AGM but if anyone would be willing to put it to the room I would be grateful. As always would be interested to hear any feedback here also.

Can anyone say if this topic was discussed and if so what, if any, conclusions were arrived at?

Regardless of that, are there any opinions out there? If there is to be a change along these lines I'll need to know soon that there is enough support.

Both Clement and Mikey G doing well in France.

Mikey on a 2268 TPR, and Clement has recovered from a disappointing loss to a 1900 player, gaining 4.5 points in the following five rounds. He beat IMs Kukov and Ivanov and drew with GM Lalic. One round to go...!

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Starts today. Four Scots kids taking part.

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I received this message today from organiser Laszlo Nagy and thought I'd pass it on...

Quote:Pls tell the GM-candidates around you, for our First Saturday 6th-16th Sept Budapest we have a vacancy for the player 2400 ELO

Hi all,

I have been nominated as disability office and I thank you for that. I see my role as assisting organisers and disabled organisations with a view to helping promote chess to all with my focus in the disabled community. I would like to set up my stall from the offset and ask for everybody's help here. I would like to collate statistics and find out the following.

1. how many disabled people currently play chess and what percentage are children
2. What different types of disability will Chess Scotland be asked to accommodate now and in the future.
3. What resources should Chess Scotland be providing and are we failing to do
4. What past experiences have both disabled and able bodied players had and any comments would be appreciated on making sure it doesn't happen again.
5. Has any disabled players made any past complaints about playing conditions
6. Have any chess clubs or organisations such as regional leagues made any contact with disabled organisations
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Morning Everyone.

Some great work on Motion 1. Is really good to see what we can do here and people have noticed. I intend (with Steves approval of course) to take the wording to Council in the form: Proposed Andy (on behalf of the noticeboard!) Seconded Steve

Looking through the posts I have the following wording which I ask you to continue refining


CS GUIDELINES – Proposed for CS organised events

1 These guidelines shall be used for all tournaments run by Chess Scotland

2. No one has the right to refuse to meet either a disabled player against whom he has been correctly paired or an able bodied player against whom they have been correctly paired

3 All chess venues should ideally be accessible to all. Failing that an alternative venue with full supervision for those who cannot access the nominated venue would be acceptable.

4 The entry form and website listing(s) should ask whether any potential competitor has an impairment that will require special circumstances. The competitor should inform the organisers about any special circumstances as soon as possible before the start of the event. The less advance notice given to the organiser, the less the competitor can expect cooperation.

5. No disabled player shall be penalised in accordance with the Laws of Chess because of disability.

6. Any disabled competitor, who reasonably requests in time the placing of their equipment in a particular seat or orientation, has the right to do so - provided that they does not disadvantage their opponent or other competitors. The event organiser must ensure the needs of both players are catered for.

7. In any events solely for disabled players there should be a tournament physician, if possible

The tournament director and the chief arbiter shall address sympathetically any requirements (preferably stated well in advance) for assistance with
• Accessing refreshments
• Pressing the clock
• Size of print on official notices.
• Size of scoresheets
• Any other assistance required by the disabled player.


Frequently these requirements will be addressed by the disabled player supplying their own assistant.

However, if the opponent is acting as an assistant the arbiter may decide to give him extra thinking time.

8. After making the pairings the Arbiter shall decide manually on which board each player shall play: Visually impaired players should always play at the same board as unless they request otherwise. Players in wheelchairs require a larger space but not necessarily 3 m wide aisles throughout the venue as implicated in the FIDE guidelines.

9 Assistants should
• Have at least a minimum knowledge of chess.
• Know the name of the pieces in the disabled player’s language.
• Inform the player when they are leaving the chess board temporarily.
• . Where necessary record the moves: This can be a useful tool for the arbiter.

10 Time Trouble
In a time trouble situation featuring a visually disabled players the arbiter should bear in mind that the opponent, if not disabled, can reply almost immediately.

The competition rules should state: If a visually disabled player has less than five minutes left at any stage of a time control, then he does not have to keep score, even when there is an increment of 30 seconds or more. After the time trouble, they must then update their scoresheet.