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Douglas Bryson very helpfully clarified the two key issues that persuade me that CS should not vote on this matter at the 2011 AGM except to commit to to discussing a mutually agreeable way forward wi ...

Well said, Adam!

This is indeed a tricky situation and it might perhaps be best if it (the Matthew Turner case) could be solved within ECF circles as chess (everywhere in the UK) faces similar pote ...

Suggested wording:
"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. ...

[in response to admin's clarification only... a few posts slipped in before mine on purely financial points!!]

It sounds that the motion is therefore to extend the relevant CS criterion to include ...

I certainly have no problem with any transfer by Matthew from ECF to CS ... as long as it is clear that he meets FIDE's criteria for this. But no one has made that clear yet. Does he? It's as simple a ...

Attention ABERDEEN and EDINBURGH - I've just been given news of the following ADDITIONAL showings next week by the film's distributors ... I saw it last Sunday ... it's heart-rending, unutterably trag ...

Sigrun, you are absolutely right about the central importance of playfulness, experiment and fun in learning to play chess (or, indeed, anything). My inspiration for the Rookies book derives largely f ...

I have checked with the FIDE Qualification Commission (via Stewart Reuben, one of its members). If born in 1951 (any date) / 1961 for women, you can now play in this event ... so there could by a winn ...

Great achievement!

? Fewer that 30 "in total"?
? Fewer than 30 in any given rating period?

Makes huge differennce which but I assume it must be the former (which has less of an overall impact on rated pla ...

There is indeed considerable confusion on the age eligibility rule. Unless FIDE changed the rules recently, I believe that to play you must be 60 before 1 January 2011 (i.e. born in 1950 or before - w ...

Just checked - Film showings finished in Glasgow on 17 July, but Edinburgh definitely shows till 28 July. GFT Glasgow told me that it attracted good crowds (but not sell-outs) and if anyone wants to e ...

See "Chess for Rookies", which comes highly recommended for family learning (not just by me, of course)!! Link below:

http://www.everymanchess.com/chess/books/Chess_for_Rookies%3A_Learn_t ...

I'll be there!

Anyone eligible by age can enter, but check regs on "age" carefully ... it's not actually enough to be "60" during the event, you must also have been born in &quo ...

Well done, Keti! There were more than a few roller coaster affairs at the top end of the draw in this event, but Keti held her nerve just a bit better than the rest of us and that made the difference. ...