Hi Folks,

Okay entry date is now passed.
These are the teams I have. If you are not listed and want to enter please contact me ASAP

Perth (new)
SCDAD (new)
Wandering Dragons
Forth Valley A
Inverclyde Central
Corstorphine
Hamilton A,B
Dumfries
Pentland Hills
Edinburgh 1,2
Dundee City A,B
Dundee City Juniors
Kilmarnock
CSBOS 1,2
Cumbernauld
Prestwick (new)
Irvine
Stepps Warriors (new)
Thistles (new)
Woodmill Warriors
Giffnock
Edinburgh West
Dunfermline Knights
Dunfermline Knaves
North Ayrshire Crusaders
Lanark

Thirty teams but I still have some regular teams missing.

Look forward to hearing from you

On the 20th October, I will fly out to Dresden for the 1st World Disabled Chess Championships.
There are 89 players representing 19 countries. I will be the only representative from any of the home nations.
All three World Champions ( Blind, Deaf and Physically disabled) will be present at this event. The highest rated entrant is GM Thomas Luther from Germany at 2559.
There is a link to this event available <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.worldchess-disabled.com/en">http://www.worldchess-disabled.com/en</a><!-- m --> but I am not sure how frequent this will be updated. Apart from the main event, there will also best player categories incorporated into the tournament.
I will return return to Scotland on the 29th October.

Will Dundee have a live games broadcast this year?

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See the reference above to an old (extremely generous) review by "The Bad Master" - scroll to Chess Note 8323. Does anyone have a clue as to the lifetime scores between Fairhurst and Aitken? I don't but I imagine that it would be close. At any rate, they were both very fine players in Scotland's past.

Can't believe this old book (for which the late M D Thornton did most of the hard research work, I must add) is now virtually 30 years old. Guess the next book comes 20 years hence ... the 150th Anniversary!

Edinburgh and Edinburgh West are representing Scotland in the European Club Cup, Rhodes, October 19-27.

http://euro2013.chessdom.com/clubs/clubs-open/

You have to scroll a bit to see us, we're seeded 44th and 47th!

Can't wait!

This is perhaps not the right section but I don't want to conflict with Dundee Congress postings.

Latest entry lists. There’s still time for more, is there really so little interest in the MacIsaac? Clearly major surgery will be needed. This is likely to be the last time it will be offered as a knockout.

MacIsaac

Pnum - Grade - Name – Club
1. 22511 - 1986 - Mikey Grove - Castlehill
2. 4903 - 1957 - Alistair Maxwell – Cathcart
3. 4482 - 1922 - Alan Jelfs - East Kilbride
4. 6744 - 20654 - Elaine Bamber - Poly
5. 6594 - 1898 - Peter Smith - Ayr

Nancy Elder

Pnum - Grade - Name - Club
1. 4357 - 1822 - Stephen Hilton - Cathcart
2. 3323 - 1698 - Ian Brownlee - Lanark
3. 22274 - 1634 - Leonaro Sani - Castlehill
4. 22858 - 1624 - Dariusz Kosznik - Castlehill
5. 6807 - 1609 - John Robertson - Dundee
6. 22608 - 1544 - Mike Mitchell - Giffnock and Clarkston
7. 3051 - 1534 - Jim Anderson - Dundee
8. 18587 - 1504 - Calum McGillivray - Edinburgh
9. 19640 - 1500 - Declan Shafi – Castlehill
10. 8657 - 1496 - Ray Noble - Castlehill
11. 12506 - 1478 - Paul Shafi - Castlehill
12. 22387 - 1434 - Euan Gray - North Juniors
13. 3575 - 1400 - David Congalton – Cathcart
14. 17397 - 1104 - Andrew McCulloch - Giffnock and Clarkston
15. 7603 - 1046 - John Lynch - Castlehill
16. 13881 - 990 - Lisa Paton – Castlehill
17. 4243 - 889 - Chris Hampton - Pentland Hills

Keith

I was just perusing the website home page & notice that the paypal donate box for Top Scorer is still there although at the council meeting in June, nobody seemed to know why it had been put there or by whom & therefore it was agreed to be removed by the meeting???
AOCB
DH noted on the website there is a box for the top scorer donations. Should this not be changed?
 Box to be removed

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“Look for his shoes, I’m sure it’s in his shoes, because I noticed that he is doing something peculiar with his feet. He is wearing pretty big sneakers, like the ones they would force you to take off at airports, to make sure that you are not carrying something interesting....."

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Evening everyone,

Can you please use <!-- e --><a href="mailto:Admin@chessscotland.com">Admin@chessscotland.com</a><!-- e --> for contacting the moderators as I can be away with my work. That way one of the team will pick it up.

Many thanks

Andy

A little over a week to go now, so this is just a little reminder:

• the prize fund this year is significantly higher than last year
• Andrew Green will be here to coach juniors during Sat and Sun
• The City Quay apartment rooms are still available. I have had enquiries about a couple of rooms but that still leaves two: £60 - £80 for the two nights. All monies received for letting these rooms go to congress funds so if you are looking for a room please consider this option. Info – http://www.dundee-congress.co.uk/cityQuay.htm - contact me directly if interested – <!-- e --><a href="mailto:director@dundee-congress.co.uk">director@dundee-congress.co.uk</a><!-- e -->
• Cheapest Travelodge = Strathmore Ave at £98 for the two nights; the two Travel Inns close to the venue are £140 for the two nights

Keith