Good luck to Miguel, Cristina and Monica Espinosa Cancino, who will be participating in the Irish Junior Chess Championships from 5th-7th April.

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The competition is for all juniors under 19.

Sponsored by Quality Chess

Arkadij Naiditsch will be returning to Scotland to do a simultaneous match at the iconic Edinburgh Chess
Club on Saturday the 20th of April at 12pm. The world number 29 will then present a talk to all participants, which is sure to be a masterclass.

Quality Chess have kindly offered to donate books to the event. Quality Chess’s books are always of an excellent standard and we are delighted to have them as prizes for the simultaneous.

Entry fee – £35
Deadline: Friday the 12th of April

Spaces are limited so there is expected to be more interest than places available. If this is the case there will be a public draw “out of the hat” at the Edinburgh Congress (12th - 14th April).

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SNCL and the Team Lightning tournament are both on this Sunday, 24th MArch.

The following weekend is Easter so we managed to avoid it.

Also the clocks do not go forward this weekend so you have no excuses for being late!!

GG

It's now just one week until the Team Lightning to be held after SNCL at Dunfermline on Sunday 24 - entry form on website.
Simplest way to enter is by email to me. I'll get entry fees at the event.
I just need Club (and how many from the club), Organiser and estimate of average strength (for seeding purposes in prelim sections).

Just been to the official site to checkout the candidates games and can not believe how bad the boards look. Anyone know of a better site?

Despite appearances the Lothian Schools' chess web site is still live and I have just added the most recent results.

http://www.lothianschoolchess.org.uk

Wanted, to fill gaps in my collection.
Scottish Chess Nrs. 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 13, 14, 18, 51
High School of Glasgow Bulletin Missing all issues from 1962 through 1966, and isolated issues thereafter.
I would be interested to hear from anyone who may be willing to sell or exchange.

Alan McGowan
Historian, Chess Scotland
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Starts today - Scottish participants

Craig Pritchett IM
Phil Giulian FM
Alastair White
Douglas McKerracher
Alan Borwell

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Event held in St Margaret's Church Hall, Airdrie on Sunday 10th March.

Under 300:
1st Jeremiah Strauss St Peters Edinburgh 5/6
2nd Lewis Ross Jordanhill 4.5/6
3rd Felix Walker Jordanhill 4.5/6
4th Ethan Palmer Eaglesham 4.5/6

Medals for 50% and above,
4/6 Lewis Towle Bishopton
Alen Reji St Josephs Blantyre
Sean O'Brien St Josephs Blantyre
Hamish MacRae Jordanhill
3.5/6 Stefan McDermott St Peters Edinburgh
3/6 Andrew Menzies Bishopton
Ariuna Walker St Peters Edinburgh
Daniel Smith Bishopton
Andrew Forster Underbank PS Lanark
Finn Herbert Jordanhill
Euan Wallace Cumbrnauld

Under 600:
1st Andrew McMillan Campelton 5/5
2nd Jack McKie St Josephs Blantyre 4/5
3rd Sambhav Chadha Glasgow Academy 3.5/5 (on tiebreak)

Medals for 50% and above,
3.5/5 Archie Kemp Bruntsfield Edinburgh
Nikita Lopatinsky Tiger Cubs Edinburgh
Thomas Taylor Prestwick
3/5 Daniel Chamberlain Prestwick
Hannah Wallace Cumbernauld
Thomas Billcliff Lenzie Chess Academy
Mairi mulvanny Boroughmuir Edinburgh
2.5/5 Robbie McKichen Prestwick
Aiden Connor Holy Cross Croy
Adam Coyle Bishopton

Michael.

I received a call this morning with the sad news that Joe McAdam passed away at 10pm last night. My thoughts and prayers are with his friends and family at these sad times.

I will pass on details for the funeral when I have them.

Being involved with Junior Chess, my first recollection of Joe, was when Mike introduced me to Eric and Joe at a tournament. It was obvious to me that the two of them had worked together for some time and made an excellent team. Through the years I have worked with Joe at many tournaments and he was great fun to work with.

I always remember one junior telling me that there was nothing more terrifying than when you know you were messing about, and you heard the swish swish of the wheelchair wheels getting closer. You knew you were in trouble.

Joe, along with Eric, were quite deservedly awarded the Presidents Award last year for the work they had done over many many years in North Lanarkshire.

There has been some brilliant juniors come through the Joe / Eric stable.

Joe will be sadly missed.

RIP