09-11-2013, 10:51 PM
WBuchanan Wrote:Really well done, David! Scottish chess activity seems to be rocking at the moment.
Who's your arbiter, Andy H presumably? And him too.
Also, good to see a Glasgow player among the wannabees. Are you doing zero tolerance in Rd 1? You'll have to give special dispensation to Ian, he has to find Edinburgh!
Afraid so, managed to persuade my manager that I really needed my first Christmas off work for 9 years! Just have to break it to Hastings that I am going to need our live boards this year, normally they borrow them. All being well will broadcast boards 1 - 8 each day as well.
Really looking forward to this! Here's hoping we can get some IM norms in the field. Will do the actual calculation when the FRL updates at the end of the month
"How sad to see, what used to be, a model of decorum and tranquility become like any other sport, a battleground for rival ideologies to slug it out with glee"