I haven't been able to find anything on the SNCL or CS websites - does anyone know what, if any, the rules concerning board order are?

Division 1
Division 2
Division 3
Division 4

Fide grading

FIDE

Can div 1 players please check and notify of any mistakes by tomorrow night

I notice that the user Avatars have disappeared.

Can we have them back or do we need to upload them again ?

Results of Chess Scotland Scottish Girls Championship held at Lathallan School, Brotherton Castle, Johnshaven on Saturday February 22nd 2014

Scottish Girls Championship
1st Monica Espinosa (Girvan) 4.5/5
2nd Caitlin Reid (Paisley) 4/5
3rd Cristina Espinosa (Girvan) 3/5

Primary Girls Championship
1st Yvonne Zhou (Lenzie) 5/6
2nd Rachel Lorna Smith (Alloway) 5/6
(tie-break determined by result of individual game)
3rd Oishani Dutta (Broomhill) 4/6
(after tie-break match)
Medals
Nandini Dutta (Broomhill) 4/6
Pranavi Golkonda (Edinburgh) 3/6
Hannah Wallace (Cumbernauld) 3/6

Primary P5 & Under
1st Kelly Campbell (Albyn) 5/6
2nd Ariuna Walker (St Peter's, Edinburgh) 5/6
3rd Hannah Walker (Perth) 5/6
(these 3 needed a triple play-off to decide the eventual order)
Medals
Sophie Robertson (Lenzie) 4/6
Kayla Stewart (Perth) 3/6
Chelsea Liang (Edinburgh) 2.5/6
Sriya Golkonda (Edinburgh)
Iona Kellas (Aboyne) 2.5/5
Annie Overton (Aboyne) 2.5/5

Thanks to Lathallan School for their hospitality and the 2 anonymous donors for their generosity. Also thanks to participants, parents/guardians and helpers
As usual, full results and photos at http://www.nejca.co.uk (note there is slight glitch with photos - they are there but not displaying as montage thumbnails)
Gerald Lobley

Good luck to everyone taking part in the girls championships today

Edinburgh are playing in the British Universities' Team Championship this weekend.

We are second seeds going into the Championship. The team is:

1. Gabriel Petesch
2. Boris Mitrovic
3. David Oswald
4. Jonathan Edwards

http://www.buca.org.uk/news/2014-buca-team-championship

When the Chess Scotland equipment is not being used at events or in transit between two event organisers, I have it stored away.

Anyone looking to borrow the equipment for a tournament should contact me and I can let them know if the equipment is available and where it can be collected from. My contact details can be found on the coaches pages of the Chess Scotland webiste -

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A little bit of notice is helpful, as sometimes there can be a couple of events around the same time and I can look at how best to accommodate everyone's requests.

There are some events missing from Grand Prix chart calculations. This may be related to the recent website server upgrade.

Will update here when we think things are showing normally again.

Saturday results

Under 7’s
1st Dwayne Abella (St Peter’s) 6/6
2nd Michael Joyce (Holy Cross)
3rd Miya Callaghan (St Brides)
4th Declan Campbell (St Brides)

Under 9’s
1st James Hartman (Edinburgh) 7/7
2nd Joseph MacFarlane 6/7
3rd Dietah Connolly Sams (Tiger Cubs) 5/7
= Andrew Forster (Underbank) 5/7
Medals
Thomas Taylor (Prestwick) 4/7
Ritvik Maheshwari (George Heriots) 4/7
Luke Joyce (Holy Cross) 4/7

Under 11’s
1st Ben Volland (Muckhart) 5/5
2nd Jonathan McKay (Fort William) 4/5
3rd Stefan McDermott (St Peters) 4/5
Medals
Andrew McMillan (Oban) 3 ½/5
John Morrison (Bruntsfield) 3 ½/5
Jack McKie (St Josephs) 3/5
Brodie Aitken (Underbank) 3/5
Marco D’Alessio (Lenzie CA) 3/5
Yvonne Zhou (Lenzie CA) 2 ½ /5
Nathan Lunny (Giffnock) 2 ½ /5
Harry McKay (Mearns) 2 ½ /5

Sunday results

Under 8’s
1st Dwayne Abella (St Peter’s) 7/8
2nd Christopher Morris (St Brides) 6/8
3rd Chelsea Liang (Fettes College) 3 ½ /8
4th Robbie Allan (St John the Baptist) 3/8

Under 10’s
1st James Hartman (Edinburgh) 7/7
2nd Mark Lees (St Brides, Cambuslang) 5 ½ /7
3rd Abhinav Datta (St Cadocs) 5/7
Medals
Connor Allan 4 ½ /7
Zoe Ng 4/7
Domonic McGee 4/7
Matilda Ball Tororoff 3 ½ /7
Matthew Walls 3 ½ /7

Under 12’s
1st Rachel Smith (Alloway PS) 4 ½/5
2nd Jack McKie (St Josephs) 4/5
3rd Brodie Aitken (Underbank) 3 ½/5
Medals
Chris Elliot 3 ½ /5 (on tiebreak)
Lewis Towle (Bishopton)
Stefan McDermott (St Peters)
Rebecca Lamb (Bishopton)
Oishani Ditta (Broomhill)
Christian Bland (Fettes College)
Owen Sutherland (Bishopton)

Saturday & Sunday tournaments

Under 14’s
1st Euan Gray (North Juniors) 5 ½ /6
2nd Colin Howie (East Kilbride) 4 ½ /6
3rd Jack Stewart (Greenwood) 4/6
Medals
Siddarth Berera (South Morningside) 4/6 on tiebreak
Callum Smith (Banchory) 4/6 on tiebreak
Joe McKie (John Ogilvie HS) 3/6
Darren Gillies (St Margarets HS) 3/6
Andrew Gillies (St Margarets HS) 3/6
Chris Wan (Lenzie CA) 3/6

Under 18’s
1st Andrew McCusker (Hamilton Chess Club) 5 ½ /6
2nd Stuart Wynne (Hamilton CC/Stonelaw HS) 5/6
3rd Alex Keenan (Hamilton CC/Airdrie Aca) 3/6 on tiebreak
Medals
Ross Heenan (Grangemouth) 3/6
Craig Gillies (St Margarets HS/Hamilton CC) 3/6

A new allegro event for the calendar and diaries. Ideal for all players, especially those seeking last minute Grand Prix points. The allegro will take place on Saturday, May 17th at the Mercure Hotel in Livingston, which is easily accessible from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Central Scotland. The hotel is close to the towns main shopping area.

Play will most likely be 5 rounds from 10am until 4.30pm. Further details, entry forms and so on will appear soon.