Welcome to Castlehill Chess Club!

The largest and most active chess club in Dundee. For beginners to Masters, Juniors to adults. We’re always looking for new members – our membership is rapidly expanding!. We have male and female members, the young and the old. Coaching is available.
We also have our own dedicated “World Wide Online Chess Club” so no matter where in the world you are, you can become a member and play in our online competitions!

If you want to improve your chess, play casual chess, league chess, or any kind of chess, our club normally meets every Thursday throughout the year (Except Christmas) from 7:30pm. We also play online as another string to our bow! If you are local to the Dundee area, or a student at Dundee or Abertay Universities, and you are interested in playing online, please contact us. We welcome players of all ages and level of ability.

4NCL (Nations Chess League): Round 6 report and congratulations!

November 23rd, 2023

SEASON 2023-24 4NCL (Nations Chess League) Tues 21st Nov 23 – 7:30pm Season 8 – Round 6 Time-Controls – 45 minutes + 15 seconds increments Dundee City teams is a joint venture between Castlehill Chess Club Dundee and Dundee Chess Club. Dundee City teams make it 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. We have two teams in the play-offs and gaining promotion, with another on the cusp of the play-off`s and promotion, and one trying to defend their title! We also have two teams fighting off relegation! Just another day in the office for Dundee City! RESULTS Div 1 – Group A Dundee City A (2303) 3 - 1 (1988)[...]

Castlehill Online Knockout "Last Person Standing" - Round 1 draw!

November 20th, 2023

Castlehill Online Knockout "Last Person Standing" - Round 1 draw! We have 15 players taking part (still room for one more!) in the 2nd "Last Person Standing" online Knockout 2023-24. Random Knockout Time-Control: 75 minutes each player Round 1 deadline: Sun 10th March 24 The draw is now up on our website (see link below). Please contact your opponent to make arrangements for a suitable date and time to play. Checkout the "Last Person Standing" page for all the rules and other info. Good luck! Last Person Standing[...]

JUNIOR 4NCL (Nations Chess League): Round 6 - Rocky 15!

November 17th, 2023

SEASON 2023-24 JUNIOR 4NCL (Nations Chess League) Thurs 16th Nov 23 – 6:00pm Season 8 – Round 6 Division Three – Group A A joint venture between Castlehill Chess Club Dundee and Dundee Chess Club. Congratulations to Dundee City Juniors, Rishi, Matthew, Josh & Noah on an outstanding win! They traded blows with their opponents, and at times it was like a “Rocky” movie! I am sure I could hear the tune “Eye of the Tiger” in the background! RESULT Dundee City Juniors (1464) 5 - 3 (1326) Chess Challenger’s A What an amazing result from our juniors! As a team, we had the higher grade, but that was down[...]

The George Pyrich OTB Allegro Championship Series 23-24: Round one - Vladyslav!

November 12th, 2023

The George Pyrich OTB Allegro Championship Series 23-24 The 1st George Pyrich OTB Allegro Championship Series fittingly took place at Kirkcaldy Chess Club, on Thursday 9th November 23, 7:30pm. Format: 5 round Swiss, 15 minutes each player George Pyrich was a member of Glenrothes & Kirkcaldy Chess Club and was the president of TACA and the organiser of the Glenrothes Chess Congress! This competition is in memory of this chess stalwart and legend! It was a good turnout for the first event and the fact it was held at Kirkcaldy CC, which is the furthest away venue in the league, I think 23 players[...]

4NCL (Nations Chess League): Round 5 report!

November 10th, 2023

SEASON 2023-24 4NCL (Nations Chess League) Tues 7th Nov 23 – 7:30pm Season 8 – Round 5 Time-Controls – 45 minutes + 15 seconds increments Dundee City teams is a joint venture between Castlehill Chess Club Dundee and Dundee Chess Club. It was a superb night for Dundee City teams, winning 7 of the 8 matches and so close to a clean sweep! Our “H” team lost, but were massively out graded! RESULTS Div 1 – Group A Spirit of Atticus (2046) 1 - 3 (2265) Dundee City A This was another good result for Dundee City A who sit in 4th place on 7 points, with 2 rounds to go. There[...]

WORLD CHESS LEAGUE “LIVE”: Round 2 report

November 8th, 2023

WORLD CHESS LEAGUE “LIVE” A joint venture between Castlehill Chess Club Dundee and Dundee Chess Club. Time-Control – 10 minutes + 5 seconds (Two matches each player) Round 2 – Group A Result - Sun 5th Nov 23 - 11:00am Dundee City B 10½ - 11½ Petts Wood & Orpington B (Eng) This was a fantastic match between two sides who put their heart and soul in to it! There were 11 boards in play and we could have had a few more! Petts Wood & Orpington had a slight grading advantage, especially on the top 5 boards and maybe that was the edge, who knows? What I[...]

JUNIOR 4NCL (Nations Chess League): Round 5 report!

November 6th, 2023

SEASON 2023-24 JUNIOR 4NCL (Nations Chess League) Thurs 2nd Nov 23 – 6:00pm Season 8 – Round 5 Division Three – Group A A joint venture between Castlehill Chess Club Dundee and Dundee Chess Club. RESULT Dundee City Juniors (980) 6½ - 1½ (976) Hilsmark Juniors 2 What a fantastic result by our juniors against a decent junior side. The overall team gradings looked close, but the reality was, we massively out graded the Hilsmark board one, but equally, Dundee City Juniors were out graded on the rest of the boards, especially boards 3 & 4! We also had a bit of luck on the night which would not have[...]

November 26, 2023

Castlehill Club Championship online Round 1 deadline.

Starts: 11:00 am

November 28, 2023

TAFCA Online Allegro Championship Grand Prix Round 2

Starts: 7:30 pm

November 30, 2023

Dundee City - Junior 4NCL Round 7

Starts: 6:00 pm
Club OTB Championship Round 1 Deadline/Match night!

Starts: 7:30 pm

December 3, 2023

World Chess League Online Rd 3

Starts: 10:00 am
TAFCA Online Singles Round 1 Deadline!

Starts: 11:00 am

December 5, 2023

Dundee City - 4NCL Round 7

Starts: 7:30 pm

December 12, 2023

4NCL Semi-Finals

Starts: 7:30 pm

Full calendar here.

CASTLEHILL COMPETITION & TROPHY WINNERS 2022-23
Updated: 09/09/23
Congratulations to all winners & runners-up!

OTB
Club Champion: Rishi Vijayakumar J11
Club Runner-Up: Helge Magnussen, Alastair Dawson, Euan Murray, Andy Rowe & Subhayu Banerjee.
Club U1600 Winner: Euan Murray, Andy Rowe & Subhayu Banerjee.

Random Knockout Champion: Alisdair McLeod
Random Knockout Runner-Up: Rishi Vijayakumar J11

Bob Dunn Summer Champion: Ray Noble
Bob Dunn Summer Runner-Up: Alisdair McLeod & Jan Barron-Majerik

Quick-Play Champion: Andy Rowe

Ian McNab Memorial Champions: Cosmo Bobak

ONLINE
Club Champion: Richard Kynoch
Club Runners-Up: Graham Mooney & Andre Babin

Summer Champion: Graham Mooney, Rishi Vijatakumar J11 & Ray Noble

Junior Champion: Rishi Vijayakumar J10 (8½pts)

OUTSIDE EVENTS
TAFCA (Tayside & Fife Chess Association)
TAFCA Team Battle: Castlehill A
TAFCA Team Individual: IM Richard Polaczek, Rishi, Vijayakumar (Castlehill) & Ed Spencer (Dundee)
J.R.Chalmers Grand Prix Memorial: Alastair Dawson (Dundee)
TAFCA Most Improved Junior: Rishi Vijayakumar J11
TAFCA Allegro Online Newport Champion: Not held
TAFCA Allegro Online Castlehill Champion: Ed Spencer (Dundee)
TAFCA Allegro Online Dundee Champion: Ed Spencer, David Findlay & Jacque Ophoff CM (Dundee)
TAFCA Allegro Online Kirkcaldy Champion: Ed Spencer (Dundee) & Rishi Vijayakumar J11 (Castlehill)
TAFCA Allegro Online Perth Champion: Alisdair McLeod (Castlehill) & James Anderson (Dundee)

4NCL (A joint venture between Castlehill CC & Dundee CC)
Division One Champions: Dundee City A

Checkout our website for all the details!

On our website we have a searchable database of games by Castlehill Members.
You can go through the games or download them.
To go to our database you click “Club Info” in main menu and then “View Club Games“.
Or alternatively click “HERE” to take you to the database.

Ray Noble v Andy Rowe
Castlehill Arena Lichess Tournament -5 minutes+ 3 seconds

We are always looking for new games, so players please submit your games
and if possible with some analysis or thoughts.
It does not matter your level, the games are part of the clubs history!