Chess Scotland Noticeboard A place for chess nuts to boast over an open forum    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Lanark Open Goto page 1, 2  Next          Chess Scotland Noticeboard Forum Index -> General Chess Chat View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Ian McLachlan Rook Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 63 Location: Lanark Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 9:36 am    Post subject: Lanark Open Latest entry list for the Lanark Open has been posted in the Tournament Chat section. Back to top Ian McLachlan Rook Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 63 Location: Lanark Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 9:24 pm    Post subject: Re: Lanark Open Ian McLachlan wrote: Latest entry list for the Lanark Open has been posted in the Tournament Chat section. The entry list can now be seen by clicking on The Inaugural Lanark Open entry in the Upcoming Tournaments section on the CS Home Page. Back to top Ian McLachlan Rook Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 63 Location: Lanark Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 9:46 am    Post subject: Two weeks to go and we have 15 entrants so far. There are only 17 places remaining and those will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Given the limited number of places last minute applications are unlikely to be successful, so if you would like to play please enter sooner rather than later. Entry forms are available on the Lanark Chess Club web site but a problem prevents us updating the entry list; the updated version can be seen on our entry in the Upcoming Tournaments list on the CS web site. Back to top Ian McLachlan Rook Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 63 Location: Lanark Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 6:58 pm    Post subject: Surprisingly, with a week to go, there are still places available for this friendly little tournament. Entries will be accepted up till Friday unless the 32 places are taken before then. Don't leave it too late. Back to top Paul Denham King Joined: 19 Feb 2007 Posts: 340 Location: East Kilbride Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 8:24 am    Post subject: Ian Your event was raised under AOCB at East Kilbride's AGM last night. I believe one EK player has entered already in last week. Hopefully one or two more may have heeded my "plug" for the Lanark Open and may enter before this evening's deadline. Paul _________________ It is said that life is too short for chess but that is the fault of life, not chess Back to top Stuart Blyth King Joined: 11 Sep 2008 Posts: 209 Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 9:58 am    Post subject: Good luck!! Back to top Ian McLachlan Rook Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 63 Location: Lanark Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 10:46 am    Post subject: Thank you. Deadline is being extended until Saturday evening in the certain knowledge that some players will have gone on holiday having forgotten to enter, and will be rushing home at the weekend to get an email to me. Back to top Ian McLachlan Rook Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 63 Location: Lanark Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 9:05 pm    Post subject: Here is the provisional draw for tomorrow's first round of the Lanark Open. 1. Jim Doyle v Steven McHarg 2. John Tonkin v Richard Wiltshire 3. Paul MacDonald v George Brown 4. David Congalton v Andrew McHarg 5. Jim Smalls v Alexander Bond 6. Bill Perrie v Ian McLachlan 7. Ian Brownlee v Bernard Airlie 8. Dave Stephens v Frankie Murray 9. Anthony Burns v James Drummond 10. Bill Strachan v John Nicol Bye: Chris Perkin, Hamish Glen Back to top George Thomson Rook Joined: 17 Oct 2008 Posts: 51 Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 10:25 pm    Post subject: I would love to have played, but ever increasing fuel costs made it out of reach. It's getting to the point were even away games are going to be a no no unless things change. No wonder people are out on the streets rioting. To quote an old pal " They are stealing in Ealing, they are looting in Tooting and there all fckn Barking" Vive la Revolution. Back to top AMcHarg King Joined: 19 Nov 2008 Posts: 623 Location: Livingston, Scotland Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:54 am    Post subject: George Thomson wrote: No wonder people are out on the streets rioting. Without intending to hijack this thread... what a load of crap George! The rioting is nothing more than opportunistic criminality, and has nothing to do with economics or anything else. I'd understand this argument if people were looting Asda of bread and milk, but nobody "needs" 50 pairs of designer jeans or a 50'' wide-screen television. I understand the financial difficulties many are facing, but please don't sympathise with a bunch of criminal losers, who are pretending that they have some kind of legitimate reason for behaving like a bunch of animals, and blaming everyone else for their problems in the process. It's insulting to the millions of good people who work hard for what they have. Back to top HughBrechin King Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 201 Location: The moral high ground. Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 10:01 am    Post subject: Without intending to hijack this thread, can I suggest that we either have a sub-forum for 'overly simplistic political punditry' or steer clear of it? EDIT: Sorry Andrew, that's patronising. But things are more complex than simple criminality: without wishing to condone the actions of rioters, it's not a total coincidence a reason this has happened in areas of high unemployment during an economic slump under an extremely unsympathetic government after a black man was shot dead by police under moderately murky circumstances. Explaining's not the same thing as excusing, and if we don't make any effort to do it beyond blaming 'criminality' we're not going to learn anything. Back to top AMcHarg King Joined: 19 Nov 2008 Posts: 623 Location: Livingston, Scotland Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 11:07 am    Post subject: HughBrechin wrote: Without intending to hijack this thread, can I suggest that we either have a sub-forum for 'overly simplistic political punditry' or steer clear of it? EDIT: Sorry Andrew, that's patronising. But things are more complex than simple criminality: without wishing to condone the actions of rioters, it's not a total coincidence a reason this has happened in areas of high unemployment during an economic slump under an extremely unsympathetic government after a black man was shot dead by police under moderately murky circumstances. Explaining's not the same thing as excusing, and if we don't make any effort to do it beyond blaming 'criminality' we're not going to learn anything. Well perhaps for some it's politically motivated, but for most it's simply seen as a bit of "fun" and an opportunity to bag a few things that they didn't have before. Blaming the government's approach to cuts and whatnot is just an easy excuse. I don't like the government's approach to things either, but I don't go up to HMV and steal a ton of CDs. Back to top AMcHarg King Joined: 19 Nov 2008 Posts: 623 Location: Livingston, Scotland Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 11:09 am    Post subject: Anyway really, let's leave this thread alone. If more to say I think we should start another thread. Back to top Ian McLachlan Rook Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 63 Location: Lanark Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 12:33 pm    Post subject: Ian McLachlan wrote: Here is the provisional draw for tomorrow's first round of the Lanark Open. 1. Jim Doyle v Steven McHarg 2. John Tonkin v Richard Wiltshire 3. Paul MacDonald v George Brown 4. David Congalton v Andrew McHarg 5. Jim Smalls v Alexander Bond 6. Bill Perrie v Ian McLachlan 7. Ian Brownlee v Bernard Airlie 8. Dave Stephens v Frankie Murray 9. Anthony Burns v James Drummond 10. Bill Strachan v John Nicol Bye: Chris Perkin, Hamish Glen Please ignore the draw above, a requirement for another player to take a bye means the pairings need to be redone. If the arbiter is able to do that in the next little while I'll post again. Back to top AMcHarg King Joined: 19 Nov 2008 Posts: 623 Location: Livingston, Scotland Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:15 pm    Post subject: Anyone traveling to this tonight from the Edinburgh area should avoid M8 if possible, as there is an accident West-bound around Bathgate. I'm not sure how long it will take to clear. 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