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 Topic: Scottish Championship 2012 |
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| Alex McFarlane Replies: 3 Views: 1300 |
 Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 3:24 pm Subject: Scottish Championship 2012 |
| Scottish Championships 2012 Announcement
Chess Scotland is pleased to announce that the 2012 Scottish Championships will be greatly enhanced thanks to the support of an anonymous benefactor. Th ... |
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| Topic: If you go down to the South next year..... |
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| Alex McFarlane Replies: 118 Views: 19157 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 9:45 am Subject: If you go down to the South next year..... |
| Re Charity Status
Whilst the law changed a number of years ago, the application of the new regulations only recently came into force. Simply under the old rules CS was not allowed to become a char ... |
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| Topic: Congress Websites |
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| Alex McFarlane Replies: 3 Views: 1316 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 7:05 pm Subject: Congress Websites |
| Thanks Keith,
I already had that and the following Edinburgh www.chessedinburgh.co.uk/edincongress.htm Prestwick www.ayrshirechesscongress.co.uk Any other organisers want to promote their ... |
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| Topic: If you go down to the South next year..... |
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| Alex McFarlane Replies: 118 Views: 19157 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 1:34 pm Subject: If you go down to the South next year..... |
| It may be countered by an opponent asking to be paid for playing on the same board!
Keep the ideas coming! |
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| Topic: If you go down to the South next year..... |
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| Alex McFarlane Replies: 118 Views: 19157 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 11:55 am Subject: If you go down to the South next year..... |
| Not typical at all.
With a penny per point a true Scot would be pushing to introduce the ECF grading system here!! There we are a link to the south. |
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| Topic: Congress Websites |
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| Alex McFarlane Replies: 3 Views: 1316 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 11:19 am Subject: Congress Websites |
| I know that a number of congresses in Scotland have their own websites but the CS website doesn't seem to have those as a topic (or I may have missed it)
Can you supply links to any that you know? ... |
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| Topic: If you go down to the South next year..... |
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| Alex McFarlane Replies: 118 Views: 19157 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:58 am Subject: If you go down to the South next year..... |
| 2 players on 8/8 in the last round. Brilliant as that would mean the original entry was at least 511!!!
If that was the case we could pay for the £5000 out of entry fees! |
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| Topic: Interesting Blog |
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| Alex McFarlane Replies: 6 Views: 2087 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:17 am Subject: Interesting Blog |
| I've had a few people ask for my thoughts on this issue, including Steve Giddins!
It is complex. I think that the age of the volunteer is on the decline. People also expect a more 'professional' ... |
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| Topic: AGM |
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| Alex McFarlane Replies: 23 Views: 6038 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 8:39 am Subject: AGM |
| who are the cs lawyers who will be drawing up the water-tight rules ?
Andy, It is the duty of anyone proposing a motion, if they wish it to have any chance of success, to make sure that it is ne ... |
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| Topic: British Chess Championships |
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| Alex McFarlane Replies: 5 Views: 2121 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 10:39 pm Subject: British Chess Championships |
| http://www.flickr.com/photos/chessplayer/6010669859/
The winning photo in a competition at this years British. It does have Scottish interest. If you thought your games were long ... |
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| Topic: AGM |
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| Alex McFarlane Replies: 23 Views: 6038 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 2:46 pm Subject: AGM |
| "A new category of Chess Scotland member shall be created. Members of this category will be entitled to have the code SCO in the FIDE rating list and to use the Scottish flag. They will not be en ... | |
| Topic: Congress support |
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| Alex McFarlane Replies: 26 Views: 6016 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:57 pm Subject: Congress support |
| The draw in the SNCL is known in advance so you could prepare for both games, assuming you know the opponents' board order.
It could be a rule that team lists have to be posted on the noticeboard 4 ... |
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| Topic: CS to ECF conversion |
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| Alex McFarlane Replies: 25 Views: 5737 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 1:59 pm Subject: CS to ECF conversion |
| My ECF grade on 8 games is 163 (therefore unpublished by I know people!). Under the old conversion this would have made me in the 1900s which at my prime would have been reasonably accurate but now . ... | |
| Topic: English Deregister Non-Members |
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| Alex McFarlane Replies: 118 Views: 20536 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 12:03 pm Subject: English Deregister Non-Members |
| This may be a joke but I have heard that the ECF transfer fee may be equivalent to the total of annual subscriptions since he was last a member.
It will certainly be an ECF Board decision on how mu ... |
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| Topic: Bobby Fischer against the world |
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| Alex McFarlane Replies: 33 Views: 8529 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:17 pm Subject: Bobby Fischer against the world |
| Bobby Fischer movie giveaway – extended!
Dogwoof’s special promotion for Chess Club Members to celebrate the release of the film ‘Bobby Fischer Against the World’ has been extended to include this we ... |
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