Hi all,

I had hoped this would be posted several days ago but seems everyone was busy! Anyway...


There are two big team events on the Senior calendar in the spring of 2017 and those who would like to be considered for selection for Scotland should, in the first instance, contact me via abburnett@hotmail.com.

I plan to have teams selected by the 8th of January so closing date for selection is 1st January 2017.



Both events allow for multiple teams to be entered into competition, so don’t be out off if your rating is lower than what might be expected of international competition!

Details of the events can be found below and CS will endeavour to help with team registration fees/payment processes/etc where possible.



European Senior Team Chess Championship 2017

Novi Sad, Serbia

17 March – 25 March

(website unavailable at this point in time – updates as and when!)



World Senior Team Chess Championship 50+, 65+ 2017

Hersonissos, Crete, Greece

23 April – 3 May 2017

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If any players have questions or problems, please contact me at the e-mail address given above.



Many thanks,

Andy Burnett

CS International Director

Results can all be found at the following link

Results

Please can you check and let me know of any mistakes. For Div 1 and 2, I will not be generating the FIDE file until after Dec 1st, if you check the results from the FIDE results link and see a mistake, let me know as that will generate the FIDE file

Hi Folks,

SNCL on this Sunday.

GG

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It would be nice to see the Scotland team lists published?

Good luck to everyone when the matches come around

We welcomed over 170 kids today for our first team day of the season, the results are as follows:-

P5&U (15 entries)
1st Erskine Stewart Melville Schools (Mark Sanderson shield)
2nd Sciennes A (Calton shield)
3rd South Morningside
4th Bonlay
5th Sciennes B

Challengers prize: Pentland
Intermediate: Brunstfield
Barbarians prize: St Peters and Dunbar
Novive: Low Port

P6/7 (20 entries)
1st St Peters A (Bill Platts shield)
2nd Low Port (Queensferry shield)
3rd Flora Stevenson
4th Bonaly
5th Sciennes A
6th NSCS

Challengers: ESMS P6
Intermediate: Sciennes B
Barbarians: Linlithgow Barbarians
Novice: James Gillespies

Secondary (7 entries)
1st NSCS (Lothians Secondary shield)
2nd Linlithgow Academy (Holyrood shield)
3rd Woodmill Warriors

Our next event is the Lothian Junior Championship on the 22nd of January
Our next Team Day is on the 26th of February.

An alternative to the other World Championship!

Starts today at 2pm UK time. 7 Scots to support. The website is excellent, everything is on there including the tournament results/draw for today. There is a sizeable amount of live games for all events, so should be able to follow some players every day.

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The schedule is:

* CZECH TIME - UK time is 1hr behind *
Saturday 19th November 15:00 1st round
Sunday 20th November 15:00 2nd round
Monday 21st November 15:00 3rd round
Tuesday 22nd November 15:00 4th round
Wednesday 23rd November 15:00 5th round
Thursday 24th November 15:00 6th round
Friday 25th November 
free day - trip to Prague, rapid tournament
Saturday 26th November 15:00 7th round
Sunday 27th November 15:00 8th round
Monday 28th November 15:00 9th round
Tuesday 29th November 15:00 10th round
Wednesday 30th November 13:00 11th round

Open
Challengers
Major
Minor

Photos

In case anyone is wondering why we have no broadcast from Oban, At SNCL two people who shall remain nameless, went into the area next to my desk and tripped over the antenna cable. I have since fixed the cable but the force of yanking the collector out of my tablet has damaged something else. I have them set up here, the boards can see the collector but the tablet can't see the boards, there is a disconnect somewhere.

With a bit of luck it is just the cable between the computer and the collecter and that is a 15 min job in the lab for me, if it is the collector, I will have to send it back for repair with DGT. There will be no live games until after Christmas now while I try to get this fixed.

Apologies to all who have been wondering why the Glasgow Allegro has not taken place at its usual time this year. Problems with the venue as well as my work commitments have meant that it has not been possible to go ahead with the event this autumn.

We are hoping to be able to hold the event some time in the spring, however.