Lindores Abbey

[hamish olson]

from chess 24 :
Magnus leaves the building: "This week I’m going to Denmark for a small exhibition, then I’m going to Scotland to play a rapid tournament this weekend against Vishy, Ding & some Russian, probably Karjakin. Then the weekend after that it’s Norway Chess, so it’s pretty busy!"

https://twitter.com/chess24com/status/11...1427006464

[ruairidhmckay]

Further evidence from Karjakin himself that it is likely to be him:

https://twitter.com/chess24com/status/11...1483472897

[Jim Webster]

The News Item has now been updated.

Sergey Karjakin is confirmed as the 4th Grandmaster, not that it was much of a secret anyway.

Some more information on the Saturday "Activities"

18:00 – 19:30    (approximate timings) Activities

• Simultaneous by Vishy Anand -- playing against 8 Scottish Juniors
  • Pranav Arcot
    
  • Marco D'Alessio
    
  • Jonathan McKay
    
  • Jake Sanger
    
  • Rachel Smith
    
  • Liam Tang
    
  • Ben Volland
    
  • to be confirmed
    
• Magnus Carlsen Masterclass in VIP area -  (Restricted attendance and invitees only). Chess Scotland is being represented by local juniors Declan Shafi and Euan Dawson.
  
• Grandmasters Ding Liren and Sergey Karjakin to give a session and arrange a photo session in the "long corridor" of the distillery.
  

Please note that the Masterclass attendees are invites only and all places are allocated.  CS was allocated 2 local juniors.

Jim

[Jim Webster]

The 8th Junior playing in the simul. is
* Ioannis Dabos-Doukas

[Jim Webster]

Some links to the Chessbase videos in case you missed them.
Photos coming soon.


Videos from Sagar Shah (Chessbase)

1. Linodres Walkabout
   https://youtu.be/D4m2VUHkQHA
    
   
2. Kids
   https://youtu.be/deh2Zd5cC8A
    
   
3. Pitcairlie House
   https://youtu.be/VrkwkLpo4wk
    
   
4. Drew McKenzie-Smith (Owner at Lindores)
   https://youtu.be/g07xO292Oq8
   

[Jim Webster]

I have added some photos to the news page in case you missed them :-)

(Place the mouse over a picture and then click to see a larger version)

[William Hulme]

Just wondering how both the Simuls went? Any results for any of our players against either Vishy or Karjakin...?
Apologies if its posted elsewhere

[Jim Webster]

Both Anand and Karjakin won all their games.

Having said that there was some good chess played by the Scottish players.  I have emailed all and asked for a copy of the games - some have come in already with others still to come. Andy B is also looking for them for the next issue of Scottish Chess e-Mag.

[William Hulme]

Excellent, look forward to seeing them in the eMag then!

[Jim Webster]

I have now added a link on the News Page item to a Video, from Chessbase India, showing the Anand Simultaneous matches v CS Juniors.