With less than six months to go until the Prestwick Airport Congress 2012, I thought I would mark the event with a game from the Open section of the 2011 Congress. This one features the Ayrshire Champion Elliot Frew against Mike Surtees from England. Both were graded 2148 at the time of the event.

[pgn][Event "Prestwick Airport Open"]
[Site "Prestwick"]
[Date "2011.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Surtees, Mike J"]
[Black "Frew, Elliot"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nh3 Nc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 dxe4 8. fxe4
e5 9. Nf2 Be6 10. Be3 Qd7 11. h3 O-O 12. Nd2 Rfd8 13. O-O Rac8 14. Nf3 Ne8 15.
g4 Qc7 16. Qe2 b5 17. Rfc1 Qb8 18. g5 a5 19. Rd1 b4 20. Ng4 Bxg4 21. hxg4 Qb5
22. Bf1 Rb8 23. Rd2 Qb7 24. Qh2 f6 25. Qh3 fxg5 26. Nxg5 Bxg5 27. Bxg5 Rd6 28.
Rf2 Rg6 29. Qh5 Nf6 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Be2 Qe7 32. Bd1 bxc3 33. bxc3 Qd7 34.
Bb3+ Kg7 35. Rg2 Qxd3 36. Rd1 Qe3+ 37. Kf1 Rb7 38. Qf5 Rh6 39. Rg1 Rh2 40. Rd7+
Ne7 41. Rxe7+ Rxe7 42. Bd1 Qd3+ 43. Ke1 Qd2+ 0-1[/pgn]

This year's Glasgow Allegro will take place on Sunday (6th Nov) at Glasgow University Queen Margaret Students' Union. Details are in the calendar section of the Chess Scotland website.

Come along for an exciting day of chess. Entries taken up to 10am.

The 2011 Glasgow Allegro will take place this Sunday 6th November at Glasgow University Queen Margaret Students' Union. Details appear in the calendar section of the Chess Scotland website.

Come along for an exciting day of chess. Entries taken up to 10am on Sunday.

Good luck to the Scotland team (FM Alan Tate, FM Graham Morrison, IM Andrew Muir, CM Paul Roberts, Martin Mitchell), we have a tough draw against Croatia today. Unfortunately only the top 9 matches seem to be live.

November 1 file of SCO players outside Scotland FIDE game data imported into domestic ratings for CS members. The results will appear in player records later today.

A few duplicate SCO players again appearing in the FIDE system despite the players already having a record in the database. Thanks to Robin Moore for spotting the errors.

Most international events request FIDE pnum data when players enter. Does that also apply to representative junior team events? If we do already supply pnums then organisers must be ignoring the information and creating rogue doublers. If we dont supply then it's easy to create a new record or check if a record already exists.
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://ratings.fide.com/">http://ratings.fide.com/</a><!-- m --> is a name search for any graded or ungraded player in the FIDE system. If no record exists then just email <!-- e --><a href="mailto:grading@chessscotland.com">grading@chessscotland.com</a><!-- e --> and a new FIDE pnum will be created. This also applies to individuals competing in FIDE rated events - get an ID before the event and make sure you get credited with the correct results.

Hi Folks,

It was lovely to see you all today and I'm happy that you had such a good time.

Through the thoughtfulness of the catering girls we were given the extra facilities for the cafe area today. Depending on future events and commitments we may or may not have it. We cannot afford to 'buy' this area so please would you keep it tidy so that we are welcome to return.

There are plenty of bins at the venue and it only takes a moment for you to put your rubbish into one.
Once you have finished your games and go away home it is very disheartening for my SNCL Team to find that we have to spent ages clearing your mess. Cups (with and without liquid!!), plates, pens, scoresheets and other rubbish left at the playing boards -- Why?

Analysis area is also left to us. For example when tidying up tonight, rather than disturb a couple who were analysising their game, one of my colleagues left the tub on the table. Coming back ten minutes later -- the couple had gone but the pieces, far from being in the box, had been scattered over the table.

We have a very long day too -- it starts before you arrive and ends long after you leave. Please have some consideration
a) Put all your rubbish in the bin
b) Do not leave anything at the tables - analysis or competition
c) Pack away the analysis sets and leave them tidily on the table when you are finished. If someone else wants to use them it will only take a minute for them to tip them out and reset.

I would like to thank my team for their commitment to SNCL. Through your dedication we have an excellent rapport with the venue staff. I would hope that the chess community will recognise the need to assist us in this matter.

Glynis

Will be available on the links from 7pm ish onwards

Div 1
Div 2
Div 3
Div 4

UNDER 1000:
1st Euan Dawson Lawhead 5/7
2nd Craig Gillies St Aloysius 4.5/7
3rd Darren Gillies St Aloysius 4/7

Medals 50% and above:
Euan Gray Mile End 4/7

all above qualify for final.

UNDER 600:
1st Saumya Maheshwari George Heriots 5/7
2nd Jack Turner St Andrews 5/7
3rd Angus Buck Lenzie Chess Academy

Medals 50% and above:
Tom Constance Lawhead 4/7

all above qualify for final.

UNDER 300:
1st Benjamin Ridge Steiner School 6/7
2nd John Morrison Bruntsfield 6/7
3rd Daniel Dunn St Peters 5/7

Medals for 50% and Above:
Arran Ghosh St Peters 5/7

Felix Esche 4/7

all above qualify for final

Angus Matthews St Peters & Mati Steele St Marys 3.5/7

Michael.

2 games from D1, D2, D3 and D4

Morning link

http://www.chessscotland.com/livegames/SNCL/r1/tfd.htm

Link from 3pm

http://www.chessscotland.com/livegames/SNCL/r2/tfd.htm

Names will appear when we have them

International Integration Chess Tournament With Disabled Players “Vilnius Open 2011″



International Chess Tournament “Vilnius Open 2011″ will take place from 19 to 27 of November in Vilnius, Lithuania. During the tournament for the first time in Vilnius disabled players (vision, hearing, mobility) will compete for prizes with players without disability rated less than 2300 FIDE ELO. Games will be held in conference rooms throughout the hotel “Panorama”. Chess games on first 6 boards will be broadcasted live online. Тhе prize fund - 12000 litas (more than 3400 EUR); first prize - 2500 litas; 10 main prizes and 10 addition prizes for 5 groups. The tournament is registered with FIDE. (Statistics on 30 october 2011: registered 56 players from 11 countries; average ELO - 1704; youngest player -12 years old; oldest - 80 years old)
Official web site: http://www.vilniusopen.eu/en


About tournament: http://www.chessdom.com/international-in...-open-2011