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Commonwealth less than fortnight to go!! - Glynis Grant - 15-06-2014
Hi Folks, with less than a fortnight to go to the opening of Chess CW2014 I'm still waiting for your entries.
If you are a UK resident send your entry to me now please (entry form has my CW email address)
If foreign entrant please send to Alex McFarlane's email.
Online entries work too!!
See you there, it'll be fun!!
GG
Re: Commonwealth less than fortnight to go!! - Alex McFarlane - 16-06-2014
I've updated the Championship entry.
I'll update the junior events tomorrow once I've got answers to a few queries.
Re: Commonwealth less than fortnight to go!! - George Neave - 22-06-2014
A week to go and not a single GM or IM from England? Anyone know why?
Re: Commonwealth less than fortnight to go!! - andyburnett - 22-06-2014
George Neave Wrote:A week to go and not a single GM or IM from England? Anyone know why?
Could it be because 'they' complained so much about the Indian contingent winning at the British - (who were subsequently deemed ineligible from 2004) - that they have no desire to return to losing ways against our sub-continent brethren?
Re: Commonwealth less than fortnight to go!! - Alan Jelfs - 22-06-2014
George Neave Wrote:A week to go and not a single GM or IM from England? Anyone know why?It is still term time in England so that would rule out the under-18s and teachers.
Re: Commonwealth less than fortnight to go!! - Alan Tate - 22-06-2014
My source informs me that many English chess players intended on watching England lift the world cup and that playing the Commonwealth would have clashed with the games, hence the reduced entry from our neighbours. This information is actually confidential so don't tell anyone I told you.
Confidential
adjective
intended to be kept secret.
"confidential information"
synonyms: private, personal, intimate, privileged, quiet;
antonyms: public, on the record
Re: Commonwealth less than fortnight to go!! - Phil Thomas - 22-06-2014
Ah yes it all makes sense to me now. India were of course eliminated from world cup qualification in July 2011 = plenty of time to prepare for the commonwealth championships.
Re: Commonwealth less than fortnight to go!! - Glynis Grant - 23-06-2014
Don't get too confident there is still a week to go. Plenty of time for the English to stop crying and start entering.
Just remember Scotland welcomes everyone and individual comments do not, necessarily, reflect the attitude of the organisers and Chess Scotland!!!!
Keep it for the Referendum, folks!
Glynis
Re: Commonwealth less than fortnight to go!! - Jonathan Livingstone - 23-06-2014
Alan Jelfs Wrote:George Neave Wrote:A week to go and not a single GM or IM from England? Anyone know why?It is still term time in England so that would rule out the under-18s and teachers.
It also excludes many parents of U18's who have to get their kids to school. This is incidently the reason I can't play as have to get my kid to school (although I live in Scotland). The early timing of this event is unfortunate.
Re: Commonwealth less than fortnight to go!! - andyburnett - 23-06-2014
Glynis Grant Wrote:Don't get too confident there is still a week to go. Plenty of time for the English to stop crying and start entering.
Just remember Scotland welcomes everyone and individual comments do not, necessarily, reflect the attitude of the organisers and Chess Scotland!!!!
Keep it for the Referendum, folks!
Glynis
:-o