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Lets name and shame. Those I think I have worked out:

Scotchess = DMB
Materialist = Our player of the year
Kashmir = Another former Scottish champion

Who is "Dull and Boring"?

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Yes, I doubt there's a consensus; maybe economic necessities will build a consensus over the coming years!

I quite like three games on the Saturday, but it can be a bit tough going, especially the ...

>>> GN: The one thing I don't get, though, is how it is that some events / tournaments manage to FIDE rate their games even when many of the participants are not affiliated to a national body ...

If you have a couple of weeks to spare you could start going through the ECF website posts to see the issues which pop up with regard to compulsory membership.

What price level, how many games doe ...

Event Open
Round 7
2 GM Keti Arakhamia-Grant 4.5 Jonathan I M Grant 4.5

I assume that this is the "by the book" draw? I was hoping to see this particular pairing in round 9.. ...

1 draw with 4 games left to play. That is more wins than than the last umpteen world championships....

Just logged in to see how our upcoming players were geting on as they battle to lead the stru ...

Well it's going to be a major shock if either Keti or Craig does not win it.

Green or Sreeves might be worth an outside bet, but odds of 3-1? I would say the odds of anyone other than Craig or Ket ...

As event starts tomorrow so now's the time for predictions. So, I'm offering odds of 3-1 to anyone who wants to bet me the winner will not be an Edinburgh West player, Craig, Paul, Jonathan and Keti a ...

Talking of taking late entries .....

We could really do with one more entry in the Senior event to make it all-play-all.

You mean Craig isn't playing in Seniors then Question

This talk of £2 on/off will not change anyone's behaviour. I was thinking something more like £20 if you enter a month in advance, £30 3-4 weeks in advance and £40 if you enter the week before.

Wou ...

This talk of £2 on/off will not change anyone's behaviour. I was thinking something more like £20 if you enter a month in advance, £30 3-4 weeks in advance and £40 if you enter the week before.

Its an unfortunate feature of chess players that they leave decisions to the last minute - too used top playing key phase of the game when their clock goes below 5 minutes.

Have patience

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For the record, I would have entered this year if event had been over 4 days with weekend in the middle. Whether or not I'd do that every year would depend on commuting distance from Edinburgh. 2 days ...

Eh? Steve McQueen / Faye Dunaway in the Thomas Crown Affair and a long list of exceptions though that one remains one of THE iconic cinematic seduction scenes! There are weirdos in any sport. Even Joh ...

Any thoughts on whether this film might actually damage the image of Chess, instead of promote it? It almost seems to imply that working hard in Chess will have serious consequences for your mental he ...