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Full details for the Renfrewshire Congress 2012 are now on the calendar. See www.chessscotland.com/tournament.php?tid=73812430 for entry form etc.

It might be useful to start a debate now about the voting arrangements for next year's POY. Please use this thread to share your ideas/views/comments.

To set the ball rolling, possible changes whi ...

FM Alan Tate was awarded the Player of the Year trophy and prize money at the closing ceremony of the Scottish Chess Championships today, 17 July. Alan was the clear winner after 193 votes were count ...

The main policy document has now been updated to reflect changes in legislation. The new version can be read at http://www.chessscotland.com/csinfo/childprotectmain.htm

168 votes have now been counted so I have decided to close nominations and I am now declining to accept any further names. The winner will therefore be one of the five existing nominations that membe ...

Could I please suggest for any member having difficulty accessing the membership area of the website that a good first step is to check with the Membership Secretary whether or not their membership is ...

We now have 139 votes cast with more still coming in. Plenty time still to vote.

Also, we now have another nomination - see above.

99 members have cast their vote for their choice of POY so many thanks to everyone who has taken part so far. I am sending out a reminder email to members who have not yet voted, please support the a ...

An invitation to vote for POY has now been sent out to all Chess Scotland members. In the interests of minimising costs and maximising ease of use, email has been used as far as possible. For those ...

VOTING NOW UNDER WAY

An email is being sent out to members inviting votes for either of the above nominations (or anyone else). Email responses will be counted and totalled to identify the winner. ...

This is an update to the post dated 20 January 2011.

The introduction of the new scheme under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007, to replace the previous Child Protection arran ...

As in previous years, the prestigious award, Player of the Year, will be selected by the membership of Chess Scotland and will be announced at the Scottish Championships in July. This thread will be ...

Due to changes in the legislation and procedures under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007, no applications for Disclosure and registration as Chess Coaches, Chaperons or Arbiters ...

In Nov 2010, I started this thread to publish membership information which, hopefully, will be of interest. If you have ideas/suggestions/questions/corrections please email me; membership@chessscotla ...

A new entry has been put on the junior calendar advertising this session's Glasgow Secondary Schools Chess League along with a link to the entries' closing date: Friday 29th October. For further deta ...