If anyone's interested in a new tournament http://www.chess.com/tournament/commonwealth-tournament

Open to anyone rated 1500-1800 from the British Commonwealth ie one of these 54 countries:

A: Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Australia

B: The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei

C: Cameroon, Canada, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Cyprus

D: Dominica

E: England

F: Falkland Islands, Fiji Islands

G: The Gambia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guernsey, Guyana

I: India, Isle of Man

J: Jamaica, Jersey

K: Kenya, Kiribati

L: Lesotho

M: Malawi, Malaysia, The Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Montserrat, Mozambique

N: Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Islands, Northern Ireland

P: Pakistan, Papua New Guinea

S: St Kitts & Nevis, St Helena, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Samoa, Scotland, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland

T: Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos, Tuvalu

U: Uganda

V: Vanuatu

W: Wales

Z: Zambia, Zimbabwe 

I know the US was part of the Empire until you didn't like our tea or something - maybe I can make an exception