South Ayrshire Congress - January 24 to 26 2014

[David G Congalton]

ROUND 1

The allocation of colours for round 1 will be determined by the number of moves for white in the Giri v Aronian game in round 8 of the Tata Steel Masters currently taking place in Holland. The match takes place on Tuesday, January 21st. An odd number of moves and the higher rated player on board one in all sections of the South Ayrshire Congress will have the white pieces. An even number of white moves by Giri and the higher rated player has black.

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The Giri v Aronian game ended in a 48 move draw. The result of this is that the higher rated player on board 1 of all events at the South Ayrshire Congress will have the black pieces in round 1.

The list of entrants on the CS website and the congress website are both up to date at the present time and I would ask all players to check their name is listed in the correct section. Can players also please check the list of round 1 byes and notify me of any ommissions or errors by e-mail, preferably before 11am on Friday morning.

Thanks for your help.