24-07-2012, 09:16 AM
Alex McFarlane Wrote:Let us suppose that GM Angus McCarlson has been living in Scotland for several years and is a regular competitor on the congress scene.
That would be a brilliant but is pretty far from reality - unfortunately.
By my reckoning, we had one resident GM play one Congresss last season. (I'm only counting weekenders not including the Scottish or the Blitz. Sorry to Alex and Johnathan respectively ;P - both excellent tournaments!)
It is for others to judge whether that is right or not.
On the positive side, I must tip my hat to Stephen Burns-Mannion who plays almost every Congress on the calendar and if I were to vote for a player of the year (which I never do) he would get my vote.
How about we stipulate that in order to be Scottish Champion you have to have played in two or three Congresses in Scotland that season? =| Just a thought...
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