05-05-2017, 01:49 PM
(03-05-2017, 08:28 PM)Keith Rose Wrote: This celebration of the 1867 Dundee Congress will take place 14 - 23 July 2017 in Dundee. The first round will take place on 14th July at Hampton by Hilton Hotel. Then, from 15th, it will run alongside the Scottish Championships in the Bonar Hall. Eight GMs and two IMs will be taking part – they are:
Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant
Pia Cramling (Sweden)
Andrew Greet
Spyridon Kapnisis (Greece)
Colin McNab
Friðrik Ólafsson (Iceland)
Martin Petr (Czech Republic)
Craig Pritchett
Eduardas Rozentalis (Lithuania)
Simon Williams (England)
Event website: www.150chess.gs
Facebook: www.facebook.com/150ChessDundee/
Principal sponsors are 4jStudios of Dundee http://www.4jstudios.com/ developers of Minecraft amongst other things.
Commemorative T-shirts are now on sale for £10 with proceeds going towards running costs – see pics. Please email if you are interested - ksrose29@gmail.com
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Looking good. Was kinda hoping this event would have smoked out Paul MOtwani for a rare sighting or given some aspring local talent a norm opportunity. I guess not though . Maybe it will be different in 2167
Anyway, still looking forward to it.