CHESS NEWS UPDATES FORTHCOMING EVENTS Our 2-23-24 chess Calendar has just got a lot busier! The 4NCL Online has already started! The OTB TAFCA league starts tonight (2nd Oct 23)! The OTB SNCL (Scottish National Chess League) starts with the first 2 rounds on Sunday 22nd October 23, in Dunfermline! The Online World Chess League…
CHALLENGE MATCH (Home & Away) Castlehill Chess Club versus Bon Accord Chess Club MATCH ONE – Sun 1st Oct 23 – at Castlehill Chess Club Match Report Castlehill 4.5-3.5 Bon Accord: Well although it was the final day of the Ryder Cup (well done Europe!), the real entertainment was down as Castlehill where the hosts played…
SEASON 2023-24 4NCL (Nations Chess League) Tues 12th Sept 23 – 7:30pm Season 8 – Round 2 Time-Controls – 45 minutes + 15 seconds increments Dundee City teams is a joint venture between Castlehill Chess Club Dundee and Dundee Chess Club. In round 2, out of the 8 matches, we won 3, draw two, and lost…
JUNIOR 4NCL (Nations Chess League) Thurs 21st Sept 23 – 6:00pm Season 8 – Round 2 Division Three – Group A A joint venture between Castlehill Chess Club Dundee and Dundee Chess Club. RESULT Suffolk Juniors (1539) 4½ – 3½ (1554) Dundee City Juniors On grading, it looks a close match, but Suffolk Juniors were…
4NCL (Nations Chess League) Tues 12th Sept 23 – 7:30pm Season 8 – Round 1 Time-Controls – 45 minutes + 15 seconds increments Dundee City teams are a joint venture between Castlehill Chess Club Dundee and Dundee Chess Club. We are off and up and running in season 8 of the 4NCL! Dundee City have…
SEASON 2023-24 JUNIOR 4NCL (Nations Chess League) Thurs 7th Sept 23 – 6:00pm Season 8 – Round 1 Division Three – Group A A joint venture between Castlehill Chess Club Dundee and Dundee Chess Club. RESULT Dundee City Juniors (700) 3½ – 3½ (1194) Ojay`s D It was a difficult start for our juniors on many…
CASTLEHILL OTB QUICK-PLAY GRAND PRIX 2022-23 Congratulations to Andy Rowe (1572) on winning the Castlehill OTB Quick-Play Grand Prix title 2022-23 after finishing in 3rd place in the last event on Thursday 31st August 23 at Castlehill! The current format, time wise is: 3 minutes + 2 seconds and this is the first time Andy…
The Bob Dunn OTB Summer Championships 2022-23 ROUND FOUR (Last) Congratulations to Ray Noble (1531) on becoming the Bob Dunn Summer Champion (OTB) 2023-24 after an outstanding win against Euan Murray (1575) in the last round! It was a nailbiter which Ray just managed to hold on before a mistake by Euan put an earlier end to the match…
CASTLEHILL ONLINE LAST PERSON STANDING 2022-23 FINAL Congratulations go to Alisdair McLeod (1531) for becoming the first ever Castlehill “Last Person Standing” Champion! Alisdair beat Tom Wardlaw (1234) in the final to claim the inaugural title 2022-23! It took four rounds to reach the final, then the final itself, to take the title, so no mean…
The 4th OTB QUICK-PLAY GRAND PRIX COMPETITION Thurs 17th Aug 23 In the penultimate Quick-Play we had 11 players battling it out for supremacy! This was an 8 round Swiss, 3 minutes + 2 seconds each on the clock! It was a tough field with some big hitters in it, but somebody has to come…