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Do we have to register separately for the new board?

You must really hate playing these kids, David. Very Happy

I was asked to draw up some ‘suggestions’ for English congresses on remunerating arbiters. After a couple of weeks I still haven’t produced anything. I started off thinking along the same lines as ...

I am afraid I don't see the difficulties, allows players to play under Scottish flag if CS board want them - what's the harm ?

Any player? Whether they have any links to Scotland or not?

What cr ...

To summarise yesterday:

Wins for Liam against England player and for Colin v 1507.

Draws for Ben v 1886 and for Vagif.

Andrew had a bye.

Matthew - crazy that they would implement it to pr ...

As an adult who took up the game a year ago, there are a couple of suggestions that would result in me playing more:

1. Organise training for adult newbies. There have been a number of excellent t ...

The referendum is ultimately on independence though, it's just that additional options between the status quo and independence will give more scope for people to vote for what they actually want rat ...

OK a Highly Selective quote from AWIC

The answer of course depends upon whether its a FPTP referendum or an AV referendum.

Comments anyone?

I'd argue that it's totally flawed either way ...

The argument that "I'm a better chess player than you so you should be be subsiding my prize money" is one that would make me think twice about entering a congress.

Thanks to the James Gillespies team for taking the time to go through the games with the Kirkhill players afterwards, when they are all busy with studying. Very much appreciated!

If money is an issue, then find a different approach. Would a fairer, more inclusive option not simply be to introduce automatic membership for anyone playing graded chess matches, and to generate mo ...

Point 3: The dates of the games were removed because they weren't actually the dates of the games. The dates shown were the dates that the results were updated on the grading system, which was mislea ...

Looks good.

I'm sure there will be a few teething problems, as there is with an major revamp. Here's my initial comments:

1. When reviewing someone's games for the season, I prefer to be able t ...

And I believe that James Gillespies High have Kirkhill Primary in the next round of the Scotsman!

These Primary School kids are after some scalps!!! Very Happy

On the issue of training, there are the fairly regular training sessions set up by Michael Hanley in Bothwell, which covers the West of Scotland. I think that they are great, although I understand tha ...