OKay you bunch of rogues....

Does anyone know where the MacIsaac trophy is. I know the 2014 didnt receive it....

In the absence of a good murder mystery we have a good detective story coming up.... wheres chandler when you need him...........

Seriously where is it?

Draws were done by the three trophy winners in each section today and are as follows

Richardson

Hamilton v Glasgow Polytechnic
Edinburgh West v Edinburgh

Spens

Wandering Dragons v Phones
Bellshill v Kilmarnock

Campbell Rosebowl

Irvine v Hamilton
Edinburgh CS v Troon

Hi Ken seems a bit obvious but I'll ask anyway

what if a draw claim is made by a player and then during dilberations it is noticed that that player's flag has fallan? Since the draw claim in domestic leagues indicates the end of the player session, due the fact that the draw claim has already been made make any bearing? Also what if instead the player makes a draw claim and then it is observed that the other player's flag has fallen? Is the first player obliged by the draw claim even though technically he know technically has a winning claim?

Plenty of live action from Gibraltar over the next 10 days with GM Keti Arakhamia-Grant, IM Steve Mannion and FM Alan Tate all involved.

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Round 1 saw tough pairings for the boys but Alan played a fine game to draw.

Cheparinov, Ivan (2689) 1-0 Mannion, Stephen

Ganguly, Surya (2657) 0.5 - 0.5 Tate, Alan

Keti had a slightly easier opening task

Arakhamia-Grant 1-0 Neumanova, Monika (1707)

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Starts tomorrow : Tate, Mannion , Arakhamia.
My entry was sent in November for Masters but was deemed to be too late.
I was not allowed in Challengers since too highly rated.
I don't fancy Perth Congress instead since 2 games a day - FIDE rated

Under 300:

1st Pranav Aluri Our Lady of the Missions PS 6/6
2nd Michael Moroz High School of Glasgow 5/6
3rd= Pragna Aluri Our Lady of the Missions PS 4/6 ( won trophy on tiebreak)
Ross MacMillan Giffnock CC
James Coyle Glasgow Academy
Gia Kohli Glasgow Academy
Ishan Rohatgi High School of Glasgow
( Ross, James, Gia, and Ishan got medals for 4/6)
( everybody above has qualified for CFK Final at Fir Park in June)

Medals for 50% and above:
3.5/6 Annabel Liang Fettes College

3/6 Jamie Gibbons Glasgow Academy
Brodie McCann Holy Cross PS Croy

Under 600:

1st Shea McPherson St John Ogilvie HS 6/6
2nd Abhi Reddy St Aloysius PS Chapelhall 4/6
3rd= Alex Brimlow Lenzie Chess Academy 3.5/6
Sean McCann Holy Cross PS Croy
( Alex won trophy on tie break Sean got a medal)

Medals for 50% and above:
3/6 Declan McLelland Lanark CC
Alina Tang Lenzie Chess Academy

Qualifiers for CFK Final, Shea, Abhi, Alex and Sean.

Under 1000:
1st= Pranav Saravanan Albyn School Aberdeen/ Bon Accord CC 4.5/5
Sahib Kohli Glasgow Academy / Lenzie Chess Academy
( Pranav won play-off for 1st place trophy, with Sahib getting 2nd place trophy )
3rd Chelsea Liang Fettes College Edinburgh 3/5

Qualifiers for CFK Final, Pranav, Sahib, Chelsea, Harry.

Michael.

Hi Guys
all results bar one have now been submitted to me with the final fixture concluded this weekend

as the first round round being drawn after this includes a bye it will be a completely random draw

in response to enquiries I can confirm allegro tie breaks will be graded as allegro games

Hi all,

Despite my best efforts to get the magazine out while it was still December, unfortunately a long delay at the printers has made this impossible. My apologies for this - hopefully it will be with you shortly.

Kind regards and a Happy New Year to all!

Andy Burnett

The dates are in the calendar as 15-23 July. Can anyone say if these dates are confirmed?

just to say merry Christmas and a happy new year to everyone