Hi all!

Issue #2 of StreetFighting Chess monthly online magazine is NOW AVAILABLE TO BUY! Only £1-50, with online, pgn and pdf versions included!

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Kind regards,
Andy Burnett

This might interest some of you.

Here's How The Most Popular Opening Chess Moves Have Changed Over Time

http://www.businessinsider.com/most-popu...ime-2014-5

Hi all,
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Regards,
Andy Burnett

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From: "EIWCC 2014" <office@eiwcc2014.eu>
Date: 27 May 2014 11:49
Subject: Greetings from Bulgarian Chess Federation!

Bulgarian Chess Federation on behalf of the European Chess Union is pleased to invite the member federations of the European Chess Union to the European Individual Women’s Chess Championship – 2014, Bulgaria, Plovdiv, 5-18 July.
Plovdiv is the second biggest city in Bulgaria. It is situated at the central south part of Bulgaria in the vast valley of the Maritsa river. The city has ancient history dating back to 8000 B.C. There are many remains from antiquity - Plovdiv is among the few cities with two ancient theatres; remains of the medieval walls and towers, ottoman baths and mosques, a well-preserved old quarter from the National Revival period with beautiful houses, churches and narrow paved streets. There are numerous museums, art galleries and cultural institutions have won the fame of the city as the cultural capital of Bulgaria.
Bulgaria has a rich tradition of organizing many other competitions like the European Team Chess Championship – Plovdiv 2003, European Individual Chess Championship – Plovdiv 2008, World Candidates Match – Sofia 2009, World Chess Championship – Sofia 2010, European Club Cup – Plovdiv 2010, European Youth Chess Championship – Albena 2011, European Individual Chess Championship – Plovdiv 2012, European Senior Chess Championship – Plovdiv 2013.

Good luck!


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Best regards,

Central Office
EIWCC 2014

Any plans?

Results of NEJCA event for Evening Express Primary Schools team trophy
Mastrick Aberdeen Saturday May 24th 2014

The Albyn first team fought off stern challenges from Laurencekirk and their own second team to regain the trophy and thus record 4 wins in the past 5 years.

Results as Match points (board points in parentheses) from 5 rounds
1st Albyn A 10 pts (17)
2nd Laurencekirk A 7 pts (14)
3rd Albyn B 6 pts (12)

Full results and photos at http://www.nejca.co.uk
Many thanks to Sponsors, Organisers, Parents, Teachers and Players who have supported us this season.
The NEJCA is back into action this Autumn.
Please see AGM notification on the Website.

Edit by Andy

We are doing some testing for the Commonwealth

Hopefully we'll have some live board broadcast for rounds 2 to 5.

The live board links will be on the front page of the congress website and hopefully here as the boards are set up

Boards 1 to 3

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Boards 4 to 6

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Boards 7 to 14

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Why Chess Will Destroy Your Mind

That’s how it looked back in 1859, according to Scientific American.

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I have sent the following to Richardson Cup captains and Spens finalists:

With the current tournaments having been completed I ask that you indicate your preferences for some suggested changes to format to the Richardson Cup.

The following is a summary of suggestions:

• Open to the top 8 CS clubs, with play offs for relegation to the Spens with winner of the Spens being promoted; Or -
• 2 (or 4) groups of 4 all-play-all, and then semi-finals for group winners (and runners-up if 2 groups) and then a final.
• Clubs to be ranked according to the published start-of-season grading list according to the average grade of their top 8 players who have 10 or more rated games;
• Top 4 seeds not being paired together in first round and a complete draw made at outset (unless of course the group option is adopted);
• If more than 8/16 entries for the Richardson Cup, the unsuccessful clubs would be entered into the Spens Cup. Promotion/relegation to start at the end of 2014/5 season;
• Any club not fulfilling a fixture would drop automatically to losing play off fixtures;
• 5-board teams to help with car-sharing and encourage interest from smaller clubs;

The current rules can be found at:

http://www.chessscotland.com/membership/...pt2013.pdf

There has been no support for reduction of board numbers so this will remain as 8.

Please indicate your preferences with a ‘Yes’ against changes you wish to see. An absence of a ‘Yes’ I will take as ‘no’.

Number of clubs:
1. Maximum 16 clubs (as present but there were 10 this year.), or
2. 8 clubs
If there is a move to 8 any adjustment will be at the end of next season

Format:
1. Knockout (as present), or
2. Groups
Seeding (as described above)?

I ask that you consult with your club members so we get the widest range range of views. The suggestions listed above all came from Richardson Cup participants so there is at least some desire for change. So this doesn't drag on and to allow time to consider the detail of possible changes please reply by end of June.


If you have views on this please let your captains know.

Keith

I have just recently received the final Scottish Chess magazine which will have Peter Woods as editor. I would like to thank him for taking an already great magazine and making it even better. Good luck for the future Peter.