Originally posted by RedmikeAre you SNP, a commie or both? I thought chess was banned by the commies and in some places they have to play underground.
Nah. Jacob is Scottish - win, lose or draw.
If you had an ounce of sense, you'd understand that a Dane cannot win the British Championship.
Originally posted by RedmikeWrong, anybody of any nationality is eligle to win, if the have been resident in the British Isles for 3 years.
Nah. Jacob is Scottish - win, lose or draw.
If you had an ounce of sense, you'd understand that a Dane cannot win the British Championship.
From the 2007 British Chess Chpionship entry form:
Championship events – open only to British Isles subjects or players resident therein for
(a) British Championship the past three years, (b) all other Championships the past one
year, or those with British Overseas Dependent Territories Citizenship. In Junior
Championships, ages relate to 1st September, 2006.
Originally posted by SiskinFair enough, but I was specifically referring to winning the British Championship.
Wrong, anybody of any nationality is eligle to win, if the have been resident in the British Isles for 3 years.
From the 2007 British Chess Chpionship entry form:
Championship events – open only to British Isles subjects or players resident therein for
(a) British Championship the past three years, (b) all other Championships the past one
year, or tho ...[text shortened]... Dependent Territories Citizenship. In Junior
Championships, ages relate to 1st September, 2006.
I may be wrong, but I understood it was possible to win the Championship tournament but not be Brittish Champion.