Scottish Junior Chess (from their facebook page)

[robin moore]

Derek,

I suggest it would be reasonable for part of any fees paid to the organiser(s) at Lanarkshire schools and similar to be used to grade games. As I have said a couple of posts previously, there are at least four options available, all of which seem to me to have some degree of merit.

All of your options seem to involve money which isn't available.

Money that gets paid to the organiser? Any schools chess I've been involved in (school clubs, Glasgow schools chess league) had no money paid to any organiser. As Andy says, he doesn't get paid and most others don't either.

Derek,

I think you will find that options...

2/ Create your own grading system. (could be an interesting maths lesson!)

and

4/ Enjoy playing chess as before but don't grade games.

don't on the face of it appear to require any money at all.

There are organisers who do get paid and it would seem reasonable for a part of that fee to be used for ChessScotland grading.