Winter Chess Festival

I hate it when you have a song stuck in your head...  I do

"Oh Tweedle Dee Oh Tweedle Dum.
The tune McDougall always used to hum
While he was fighting his rival clan McGregor
Dishonour he would never the tartan of his clan."

Damn you Middle of the Road...

It has been far too long since I last put thoughts to paper and one of my resolutions for next year is I am going to do it more often.

This week I am at the Winter Chess Festival in Edinburgh.  This has to be one of the more strange tournaments I have done.  I have lost my voice!  Last two days I have had to get the TD to do the announcements for me (quite embarrassing).  His offer today was "Andy hasn't fallen out with you...."

Karen has been a star.  I was really ill yesterday.  She insisted on driving me to the venue.  I realised how ill I was when I fell asleep in the car (that never happens!)

Tournament has been really good and we have a couple of the players well on track to get an IM norm.  Will be brilliant if we get that.

Hope you all have a really good new year and will see you all in 2014!