I just had to give another £1:50 to Royal Mail as " It's in plastic. " is the excuse for a higher postage required.

Anyone else had this?

Fighting and Dynamic chess: Korchnoi and Larsen – Training seminar

A training event intended to improve attacking and counter-attacking skills using examples from Korchnoi to Larsen. Key principles of how to play dynamically will be covered. The primary focus will be on practical application through solving exercises and playing positions. Aimed at all aspiring players prepared to work hard on improving their game, up to titled level.

FIDE Trainer Jonathan Grant will run the sessions in conjunction with Edinburgh Chess Club. In a special session during the weekend, FIDE Trainer and GM Keti Arakhamia-Grant will explain what she learnt from her personal encounters with Korchnoi and Larsen.

Entry:

The fee, whether attending one or all sessions, is £45 for adults and £35 for juniors (U18).

Venue:

Edinburgh Chess Club, 1 Alva Street, EDINBURGH EH2 4PH

Schedule:

Friday 4 March 2016 6:45 pm – 9:45 pm
Saturday 5 March 2016 2:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Sunday 6 March 2016 2:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Saturday Evening Meal:

Please indicate if you would be interested in participating in a group evening meal at a restaurant in Edinburgh on the Saturday night, costs to be covered by individual participants.

Entry and contact:

Neil Berry
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Phone: 07810-765-986

Found this in yahoonews today

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The next team day at the Wester Hailes Educ. Centre is next Sunday (24th Jan.) with sections for p5&under, p6&7 and secondary. Please note that this is an open event so temas from outside Lothians are welcome!

http://www.ljc.org.uk

Mikey Grove is tearing it up in Prague. Undefeated and a half point off the lead, starting rank 84, currently sitting 14th with some nice results in the first six rounds. Good chance of being on one of the 9 live boards tomorrow. Games start at 3pm UK time.

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Hi all,
Apologies for the delay with the December issue.

It was actually back from the printers before Christmas, but unfortunately some files (and postage supplies also) didn't appear as expected. I hope for the posting to happen this week sometime.

Regards,
Andy Burnett

https://www.inverse.com/article/9990-the...-from-hell

Scotland will be represented by 2 teams of 4 players in the 65+ section, and by one team (a 5-man squad) in the 50+ event. The list below details the players, with board order to be decided later.

There is still time for other players interested in playing in the 50+ section to contact me, in which case we may field a second team in that section also.

65+
Gerald Bonner
Phil Giulian
Peter Jamieson
Ian Marks
Douglas McKerracher
Alan Scrimgeour
Jim Webster
Alastair White

50+
Raj Bhopal
Alastair Dawson
David Findlay
Alan Minnican
Ian Robertson

If you have any questions or queries, please contact me directly via <!-- e --><a href="mailto:abburnett@hotmail.com">abburnett@hotmail.com</a><!-- e -->

Andy Burnett
(CS International Director)

Me with my presents. (I was dragged out bed a jersey
pulled over my pyjamas and a Santa hat placed on my head,)

A book review of 'The History of Chess in 50 moves.'
Actually very few moves. It's 50 chapters.

***STOP***

What do you think are the 3 most famous moves in Chess History?
I give my three. Think of yours before you visit the blog.

***OK Continue Reading***

A DVD called the Dark Horse which thanks to those feckless fools
on the English Forum I ended getting but it was all about a horse
and not the chess DVD of the same name.

Then a mini quiz featuring 3 questions that cropped up
on University Challenge. All three were answered incorrectly.

http://www.redhotpawn.com/chess-blog/lin...ogpost.284

...I know you hiding out there somewhere.

Why in this position.

Alan Tate vs Ladislau-Alexandru Colompar, Gibraltar (2013)

[pos]1k4n1/R5Q1/1prp4/2nP1p2/p1q2P2/P6P/1PP5/1K2R3 w - - 0 37[/pos]

Did you not play 37.Ra8+ then 38.Re7+. Instead of the miserable 37.Re8+.

It's puzzle of the day over at Chessgames.com

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame...05334&m=37

I chose 37.Ra8+ because it sacs something.