details for the upcoming Malawi Rapid play tournament here
https://www.chessscotland.com/news-post/...play-2019/

Entry Form here:
https://www.chessscotland.com/documents/...idPlay.pdf

I have had some interest from a few Scottish players regarding the forthcoming FIDE Standard play U1900 & U1500 tournaments I am running in Leyland next month.

I had not considered it would attract any players form Scotland, so I have not advertised it at any Scottish events. Perhaps I was wrong.

For anyone interested and wishing to play 5 FIDE standard games on a Saturday & Sunday 14-15 December, in a modern business conference, the cost is just £30 for Chess Scotland players.

We plan to have live games and make use of the IT facilities that the venue offers.

More information can be found on the following link
http://congress.popmalc.org.uk/congress/49/home

Tournament starts on Tuesday, 11 rounds, with a rest day after 5 rounds then a 6 game run in.
11 of us are here, (well 2 still to come in but on their way)

8 scots in the +50 and 3 scots in the +65

Results here 

Official website

I don't know about live games yet, there is a link on official website but not sure if live games will be on other sites yet.

+50 Open -- 139 entrants
+65 Open -- 192 entrants

Threads have been created on the Tournaments Section for the Scottish Club Tournaments and will be updated as and when required

This is the thread for the Spens Cup 2019-20

Please note:  There are still places available to any club which wants to enter a team into the Spens Cup  Knock Out competition. The deadline is now extended to November 30.



The competition is open to any CS member club. The matches takes place over 5 boards. The draw will appear here in the updated news item.
Entries should be made to Karen Howie, CS Membership secretary who will be able to process new club memberships and Spens entries.
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The dates are in the calendar with the Quarter and Semi a desired completion date and a fixed date for the Final. Jan 19, March 22, April 18. (Whether all the dates are required will depend on the exact number of teams in the competition.)
Ian Brownlee (admindirector@chessscotland.com) will act as Richardson and Spens Tournament Director this season. Please keep Ian informed during the season to assist with the smooth running of the competition.
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These are the rules for the competition. Please contact us immediately if you think any of the rules are unclear or in error.
Please note some points.
Increment is now an acceptable time control in all rounds provided the clubs agree and the required equipment is available.
Spens Cup
Registration Form
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Event history
Richardson
Spens

This is the thread for the current Richardson Cup (2019 -2020)
    
There are 9 clubs which have entered this season's Richardson Cup Knock Out competition.
Bellshill, Bon Accord, Cathcart, Dundee, Edinburgh, Edinburgh West, Hamilton, Glasgow Polytechnic, Phones.
The Quarter-Final draw will be announced shortly - the event is unseeded.
The dates are in the calendar with the Quarter and Semi a desired completion date and a fixed date for the Final. Jan 19, March 22, April 18.
Ian Brownlee (admindirector@chessscotland.com) will act as Richardson and Spens Tournament Director this season. Please keep Ian informed during the season to assist with the smooth running of the competition.
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These are the rules for the competition and incorporate the attempt to meet club requests for a particular format along with the practicalities of the administration of the event. Please contact us immediately if you think any of the rules are unclear or in error.
Please note some points.
Increment is now an acceptable time control in all rounds provided the clubs agree and the required equipment is available.
Colours: The away side will take White on board one and the other boards will alternate (this changes last year's specialist colour ordering which had the downside of being impossible to replicate properly on the Chess-Results server when giving notice of exact board pairings).
Richardson Cup
Registration Form
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Event history
Richardson
Spens

I have just received news that David Welch died early this morning. 

https://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php...HA#p237111


https://britishchessnews.com/2019/11/09/...welch-rip/ 

Sad news indeed

Starts tonight and continues tomorrow. Online entries closed for the blitz, Rapidplay still open for today.

Pairings, results and reports can all be found here.

Off to Bucharest on Sunday, getting really excited. If I manage to win 1 game I will be SOOOO happy. I'm number 146 out of 150!!

Eleven of us are going. All the best everyone.

GG

Resignation Statement – Alex McFarlane


It is with considerable regret that I confirm that I have stepped down from my position as Director of the Scottish Championships.

This is as a direct result of the Chess Scotland AGM’s decision that the title should be shared between players on different scores.  I cannot accept that such a decision makes any sense whatsoever.  Had the decision been to withdraw the title from Matthew Turner and award it to Colin McNab due to a misinterpretation of the qualification regulations on my part then at least that result would have had some logic attached. 

It probably would not have affected my decision if that had been the motion passed, however, as there is a second matter which has to be taken into account.

I was asked by two players to confirm that Mr Turner was eligible for the title.  I replied that he was.  As the AGM has now ruled that I was in error in this respect I therefore misdirected these players. This erroneously given 'confirmation' may have deprived them of the opportunity of becoming Scottish Champion.  That reason alone is a sufficient cause for my resignation.

This decision was not taken lightly.  It was considered over a period of some weeks and it had been intimated to the President before the meeting took place that if it was passed then so too would be my time running the Scottish Championships.

I am proud and privileged to have run the event and to have been an arbiter at it for the number of years I have.  I wish the Championships and my successors as Director and Chief Arbiter well for the future.