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Phil Thomas · King Joined: 26 Mar 2007 Posts: 758

Venue Strathclyde University Glasgow

Dates July 22th to July 24th 2009

Teams
Glorney U18 Mixed 5 boards
Faber U18 Girls 3 boards
U14 Mixed, 6 boards
U12 Mixed, 6 boards

Team selections
Not yet

Phil Thomas · King Joined: 26 Mar 2007 Posts: 758

Initial Selections for the Glorney/Faber/ Trinations are listed below. The event takes place from July 21 to July 24 in Glasgow

These selections have been confirmed with the other junior board members.

Later the junior board will meet to discuss the remaining selections. This meeting has not been scheduled but is unlikely to happen before the end of March.

As before there has to be a deadline for acceptance. In this case I consider 32 days should be sufficient. Which takes us to March 15th.

Please note that I have not attempted to contact all parents/invitees in advance of this posting. I will endeavour to contact all families by e mail within the next few days. Cost of the event should be (99% certain) less than the £125 charged for the event in 2008 (Liverpool).

Glorney (5 boards)
Andrew McClement
Daniel Rocks
Clement Sreeves
Connor Woods

Faber (3 boards)
Rhian Hughes
Amy Officer
Ali Roy

U14 (6 Boards)
Ian McDonald
Shivan Murdochy
Jonny Scott
Daniel Thomas

U12 (6Boards)
Gordon Clark
Ben He
Kiron Roy
Peter Sanders

Phil Thomas · King Joined: 26 Mar 2007 Posts: 758

Long time since I posted on the topic. With a prestige international tournament of this size there is much to do requiring input from many people apart from myself. Details and possible alternatives don't get published. Summaries do.

Most of the tournament details have now been finalised

I would like to see this thread to used as a public information conduit to keep the readers informed. Not for debate about alternative strategies. Heckle and criticise if you like but please use another thread and don't hijack this one.

Andy could you transfer out most of the earlier postings to another thread to reduce this sticky thread to a more suitable size

Arbiter team can now be confirmed

Alex MacFarlane
Andy Howie
Donald Wilson
Michael Hanley
Phil Thomas

These should be familiar names from the regular chess circuit. Very very brief biographies follow.

Alex is the main arbiter in the UK's premier event the British Championship proper. Hence he will be the chief arbiter.

Andy is one of the most active arbiters in both junior and adult events. He is close to achieving Fide Arbiter Status.

Donald is president of chess Scotland and retains a keen interest in junior chess

Michael tournament directs junior events on around 50% of all weekends, and nearly always acts as arbiter on the day.

Phil mainly does junior events these days. There is a rumour not started by me that I'm working towards Fide arbiter status. I haven't actually controlled a Fide rated event since London U21 events at the start of this decade.

Phil Thomas · King Joined: 26 Mar 2007 Posts: 758

Selection News

The following have been offered and have accepted places in the Scotland teams. In each section players appear in alphabetical order.

Adding in the final two selections

Glorney Andrew McClement
Glorney Clement Sreeves
Glorney Daniel Rocks
Glorney Ian MacGregor
Glorney Jamie Hookham

Faber Ali Roy
Faber Maryann McDonald
Faber Rhian Hughes

U14 Callum Dickson
U14 Daniel Thomas
U14 Ian McDonald
U14 Peter Rainey
U14 Peter Sanders
U14 Sam Gregory

U12 Ben He
U12 Camas Millar
U12 Gordon Clark
U12 Kai Pannwitz
U12 Kiron Roy
U12 Max Allison

Phil Thomas · King Joined: 26 Mar 2007 Posts: 758

Glorney /Faber/ 4 Nations Timetable

Weds 22nd July

09-30 Glorney & Faber Round 1
10-00 U14 U12 Round 1

14-15 Glorney & Faber Round 2
14-15 U14 U12 Round 2

19-15 U14 U12 round 3

Thurs 23 July
09-30 Glorney & Faber Round 3
10-00 U14 U12 Round 4

14-15 Glorney & Faber Semi Finals
14-15 U14 U12 Round 5

Friday 24 July
09-30 Glorney & Faber Finals plus 3rd place play off
10-00 U14 U12 Round 6

Prize giving around 13-45

A Muir · King Joined: 15 Feb 2007 Posts: 489 Location: Dumbarton

what are the time controls in the glorney ?
why is connor not playing ?
do his studies continue thro' the summer hols ?

Daniel Rocks · Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 12:17 am Post subject:

1) I was told the tournament is fide rated, hence the time controls must work according to this.
2)To my knowledge, Connor received an invitation to play but rejected as he felt he would be too rusty after a year out from chess. The tone of the second question suggests that Connor playing is some sort of necessity which might inadvertently degrade the player who took his place - of course Connor would have been an excellent addition to the team, but I don't see the need for the negative attitude, why not just focus on the players we have?
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Daniel Rocks

Phil Thomas · King Joined: 26 Mar 2007 Posts: 758

As I understand the FIDE rules If a single player in the event is graded above 2200 then all games must have a 4 hour playing session (or longer).
It was not reasonable to make this an under 2200 event.

Time limits are (I guess) subject to ratifaction at a meeting on the evening of July 21. However they are likely to be.

Glorney & Faber 40 moves in 100 minutes followed by 20 minute QPF
U14 and U12 30 Moves in 75 minutes followed by 15 minutes QPF
U11 all moves in 40 minutes.

The under 11 event is an individual rather than a team event. I anticipate 4 guest players from abroad. Preparation has been rolling on in the background. Entries are restricted to the top 20 J10 or those just outside with a good case for selection - a good case judged by the normal junior selection rules. Entries are still being received.

Ref Connor's absence. Unusually for this notice board I have more facts than I am publishing. Speculation on this notice board helps nobody - I have confidence in the ability of board 5 in the Glorney team whoever that is going to be. Judging by the training game I played against Connor recently - rustiness is not a problem.

A Muir · King Joined: 15 Feb 2007 Posts: 489 Location: Dumbarton

I suppose I am looking at Connor's availability from a Hamilton viewpoint, as I wanted to do some coaching for him. However I agree that the new board 5 must be supported now.

I have no strong feelings about the FIDE ratedness of the Glorney