The Commonwealth Championships are coming to Scotland Thread

[Mike Scott]

Will Scotland be free to enter multiple teams - so a bit like Turkey for the Olympiads - have say an U-20 team as well as the senior team?

[Jonathan Edwards]

Will Scotland be free to enter multiple teams - so a bit like Turkey for the Olympiads - have say an U-20 team as well as the senior team?

It's not a team event. :-)

[Alex McFarlane]

There will be one male and female place per country free. Hopefully the same for the junior events.
Otherwise the event will be open to all on payment of the entry fee.

[George Murphy]

The following extracts from the 2012 Commonwealth Open Chess Championships regulations suggest there could be multiple categories. If the Scottish is to be incorporated into the bargain, would this mean that potential entrants could choose between the Open Commonwealth and the Scottish? Given the huge public response to the Olympics and Paralympics this summer past, there could be a swell of interest/support from Britons at large to participate in the 'Commonwealth' - just for the 'glamour' of having their names appear in the historical record. 'I was there.' Family pride and all that kind of thing. A bit speculative, I know...

Entry Fee: Official entries Rs 3750/-{$75} For GMs and IMs (Above 2450) -, WGMs and WIMs (Above 2250) Free Rated 2400-2499 Rs. 1000/- Rated 2300-2399 Rs.3000/- Rated 2200-2299 Rs. 5000/- Rated 2000-2199 Rs.8000/- Rated 1800-1999 Rs. 10000/- Rated 1200-1799 Rs.12000/- Unrated Rs. 25000/-

Best Women 1st Rs. 20,000/- 2nd Rs.15,000/- 3rd Rs.10,000/- Best Under-20 1st Rs. 12,000/- 2nd Rs. 9,000/- 3rd Rs. 6,000/- Best U-20 (Girls) 1st Rs. 12,000/- 2nd Rs. 9,000/- 3rd Rs. 6,000/- Best Under-18 1st Rs. 10,000/- 2nd Rs. 8,000/- 3rd Rs. 5,000/- Best U-18 (Girls) 1st Rs. 10,000/- 2nd Rs. 8,000/- 3rd Rs. 5,000/- Best Under-16 1st Rs. 8,000/- 2nd Rs. 6,000/- 3rd Rs. 4,000/- Best U-16(Girls) 1st Rs. 8,000/- 2nd Rs. 6,000/- 3rd Rs. 4,000/- Best Under-14 1st Rs. 8,000/- 2nd Rs. 6,000/- 3rd Rs. 4,000/- Best U -14 (Girls)1st Rs. 8,000/- 2nd Rs. 6,000/- 3rd Rs. 4,000/- Best Under-12 1st Rs. 6,000/- 2nd Rs. 4,000/- 3rd Rs. 3,000/- Best U-12 (Girls) 1st Rs. 6,000/- 2nd Rs. 4,000/- 3rd Rs. 3,000/- Best Under l0 1st Rs. 6,000/- 2nd Rs. 4,000/- 3rd Rs. 3,000/- Best U-10(Girls) 1st Rs. 6,000/- 2nd Rs. 4,000/- 3rd Rs. 3,000/- Best Under-8 1st Rs. 5,000/- 2nd Rs. 3,000/- 3rd Rs. 2,000/- Best U-8(Girls) 1st Rs. 5,000/- 2nd Rs. 3,000/- 3rd Rs. 2,000/-

...But whatever the outcome, Alex, Lara and the CS planners behind them deserve the heartiest congratulations.

[George Murphy]

Reference Andy's request above, this appeared in this morning's Glasgow Herald. (Can't say which page, since I access it digitally)

Thursday 20 September 2012

Glasgow to host chess champions


Gerry Braiden
Local Government Correspondent

IT is being billed as Glasgow's other Commonwealth Games.

As many as 100 competitors will gather in the city in July 2014, just weeks ahead of the main event, when Glasgow hosts its first-ever Commonwealth Chess Championships.
The city saw off competition from India and England to stage the event, which has run since the 1950s.
In recent years it has been held in Singapore, Canada, New Zealand, Hong Kong and South Africa, with India the most frequent host.
Organisers hope to attract UK legend Nigel Short, who became a grandmaster in 1984 after taking on Garry Kasparov. Scotland's Jonathan Rowson, also The Herald's chess columnist, is expected to be a contender.

[George Murphy]

Sorry about my lack of computer skills.

It is being billed as Glasgow's other Commonwealth Games

was the headline in bold.

Terrible pun by the way...

[Andy Howie]

Scotland's Jonathan Rowson, also The Herald's chess columnist, is expected to be a contender.

Interesting. I didn't say that!

[George Murphy]

Sorry to seem pedantic, but it was Gerry Braiden, the Herald's Local Government Correspondent, who wrote the report - not I.

[Mike Scott]

It's not a team event. :-)

Why do you have to be so pedantic!

[Patrick McGovern]

=o
It will cost me £160 to enter Commonwealth Games and an unrated player £320!!

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