Chess Scotland Adult Selection Criteria
for international team events
(excluding senior events)
update to take effect from October 1st 2017

Scottish Adult team selections will be determined by the Chess Scotland Adult Selectors – a panel chosen by the International Director - using the following criteria:

• A player’s eligibility to represent Chess Scotland at international events.
• Pertinent criteria for selection: standard of play, activity and eligibility (gender, nationality, membership).

- Quantity and quality of activity are key inputs to ensure the reliability of grading. To be considered for selection a player must have completed a minimum of 15 (standard length) graded games over the 6 months prior to the selection deadline date, at least 8 of these to be FIDE-rated.


Andy Burnett
(CS International Director)

announcement on home page...
https://www.chessscotland.com/news-post/...-criteria/

Still a few days to get your vote in for Player of the year.

Voting is online and can be found under the membership tab!!

Still time to enter this, online entry is now available up to the start time so it should be easy to get in.

Pairings, player list and results should all appear here.

It should be frantic fun as usual.

Hi,

Alba have been promoted to Division 1 of the 4NCL for this season.  If any players are interested in joining the team please get in touch with me at thebalernobull@hotmail.com.

Further details on the event can be found at www.4ncl.co.uk.

Thanks

Neil

Gary McPheator is pleased to announce that our inaugural Kirkcaldy Chess Congress will be taking place at the Dean Park Hotel from 22nd to 24th of September.

The congress will be a part of a series of events held in Kirkcaldy, Renfrew, Stirling and Largs with U2000 (FIDE rated), U1700 and U1400 sections as well as introducing our new Masters event and Masters Grand Prix.
 
Players entering by Friday 8th September will be entered into a draw to win free entry to the congress with the winner being announced at Kirkcaldy and we also have accommodation on offer, so enter quickly to make sure you don’t miss out!

Entry form should be attached.

Attached Files

  Kirkcaldy Entry Form.pdf (Size: 726.93 KB / Downloads: 968)

Can someone oblige with scans of an article that is apparently in the July 2005 BCM. Podgaets wrote about Jacob Yuchtman. A researcher in Ukraine needs to confirm some information for a book he is writing about Lipnitsky.
Please send to me at amcgowan at golden.net
Many thanks.

Hi all,

We've had a few overseas organisers in touch to let us know of events they have plans, first up:

Mallorca
'We are going to organize again the Chess Open in October, from 18th to 22th.

7 rounds, swiss system, with games of 90´+30´´

Prizes: 500€, 300€, 200€, 100€, 100€, 50€, 50€, 50€, 50€, 50€, and free accomodation for the first and second, to play the LLucmajor chess open 2018 in May.

Accomodation:
Hotel Bahamas ***
35€ Full board in double room, (Price per person)
45€ Full board in single room

You can see all details in :
http://www.winterchess.com/en/torneos/12...bases.html

We wish to give you greater publicity of the event and if possible with your presence in the tournament.

Greetings. WinterChess'

Hungary/Montenegro
Dear Chessfriends,
 
1.We have in Budapest GM-IM FIRST SATURDAY closed events: 2-12 Sept, 7-17 Oct, 4-14 Nov, 2-12 December, 3-13 Febr, 3-13 March, 7-17 April, 5-15 May – etc - For the 2-12 Sept GM-IM section now from the entry fees I can give DISCOUNTS. Who does wish to discuss that with me?       www.firstsaturday.hu
 
2.I send you this way  the best 10 combinations and 3 analysed games of the First Saturday Budapest AUGUST GM-IM event, pls see and publish them.  This is the work of Mr IM Dusan Jovanovic (SRB).  www.firstsaturday.hu/1708/games.htm
 
3.There is a GM-IM Budapest Chess Federation organized closed tournament in Budapest, from 18th until 27th August, in the Aranytíz cultural house. The GM section has 10 players, the ELO average is 2450, the GM-norm is 6 and a half points.www.bpchesstournament.hu
 
 
4.There will be a good Open tournament in Harkany, Hungary 250 km West from Budapest, 17-23 Nov. Good thermal bath, we go there with my wife every year for relaxaton and bathing. www.baranyasakk.hu
 
5.From 21st until 29th October there will start a GM-IM norm tournament series in DJENOVICI, Montenegro, 20 km from Herceg Novi. the dates: 21-29 Oct, 18-26 Nov, 16-24 Nov, etc.  www.thirdsaturday.wordpress.com
 
6.Some days ago we signed our contract with the BUDAPEST located Hotel BERLIN management. In 2018 year we will make our FIRST SATURDAY events in this hotel as well – pls circulate and publish this info.
 
7.The BUDAPEST SPRING FESTIVAL OPEN chess tournament will be conducted from 18th until 26th April 2018, minimally 13000 EURO prize found, like last year. I also take part in the organization. 
 
С уважением,
Nagy, Laszlo
FIDE International chess organizer, 
www.firstsaturday.hu
nagy-laszlo@mail.ru 
+36-30-230-1914

If I can be of any assistance to those contemplating overseas event please feel free to get in touch, Andy Burnett (CS International Director)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVU81u0_L6o

The congress starts on Friday and, as always, entries are limited.

Any entries received after 50 will be notified as to whether it's been accepted or not.

If you know of any non members that expressed an interest in playing perhaps you could pass this along.

We had 33 players at our recent Friday Evening FIDE Blitz played at the Novotel in Edinburgh Park. 

There was a good mix of juniors in the tournament and amongst the prizewinners.

Most notable was Kaylan Kante from North Juniors who scored a remarkable 6 points and a Performance Rating of 1929.

Andrew Green won the tournament with 8 points from 9 rounds.

List of prize winners here.

Crosstable and full results from Vega here.

Our next Friday Evening FIDE Blitz event is in Glasgow on the 8th September, enter here.

We are back in Edinburgh on Friday 13 October.