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Angus McDonald · King Joined: 08 Apr 2009 Posts: 162

One of the problems is that the adulst don't get the recognition for their efforts on behalf of chess.

It was really good to see a chess organiser from Scotland get an award in the 'honours list' . There is hope. It's not all doom and gloom by any means.

Stephen Hilton (Hope alls well in Greece) has talked for some time about strenghtening the regions and apart from being desirable just for chess (chess for chess's sake) it improves the case for funding, sponsorship etc.
Links on CS website to club websites and congresses are a good idea.
I come back to what should people do with their spare time? What do you do on a winter night in Scotland to keep idle hands busy? We do have a good and desirable product imho.
There should be no adult/junior conflict whatsoever and I know you and others are joking but the juniors 100% need the adults to encourage them. Whether we like it or not Scotland is underachieving at Chess. Our international results are actually poor for what a country with the heritage we have should be able to achieve.
We have some real talent not only at the younger ages. There are about a dozen older juniors who could/should become titled players. If we put Scotland on the Chess map hopefully the government and potential sponsors will appreciate it?
I do think there is quite a strong likelihood that Chess will make it into the next 'Winter' Olympics in Russia. This would give the Olympic Committee the chance to bring in many countries that never send teams to the winter Olympics i.e. anywhere really hot that you can think of. If so
Chess will gain a higher profile. It's not all over.