World Senior Chess Championship, Acqui Terme, Italy, 6-19th November 2017 Report by Alastair Dawson Five intrepid Scots headed out to Italy for 11 rounds of chess at the World Senior Championships in Acqui Terme. Leading the group was IM Craig Pritchett as well as Jonathan Grant, IM Stephen Mannion, Jim Webster and Alastair Dawson. The ‘youngsters’…
SNCL: Rounds 3 & 4: Sunday 26th November 2017 While not as successful as the first two rounds, it was none the less a good Sunday! Alastair Dawson has done a report on the SNCL which you can read when you click the link below. Ray Noble even won both his games. What I hear…
CLUB NIGHT REPORT: Thurs 23rd Nov 17 Another busy night at Castlehill with 28 players down for a game of chess. On tonight was the Ladder, Junior Club Championship and 2 TAFCA matches. Well one at least as Perth A did not show up, so our “C” team did not get a game. TAFCA Div…
The 27th FIDE World Senior Chess Championship 2017 In Acqui Terme, Italy: 6th to 19th November 2017 Congratulations to Alastair Dawson (Dundee CC & Castlehill Dundee CC) who won the U1800 grading prize in the World Seniors (+65) in Italy. Alastair was seeded 137th in a field of 150 players, 11 of them Grandmasters! Alastair…
RANDOM KNOCKOUT 2017-18 We are now looking for entries for the Random Knockout Competition. Please see website for all the details, rules and entries so far. (Sorry a bit late notice, forgot about it!) ** Time Control: All moves 75 minutes each player. ** Closing date for entries:Thurs 23rd Nov 2017 ** Format: Straight Knockout. ** Grading: Normal grading You…
CHESS SCOTLAND: SPENS CLUB 2017 Well here we go again as the Spens Cup draw is up on the Chess Scotland website. We are at home to Glorney Juniors. The match has to be played by 20th January 2018. Keith Rose will be in touch with all players about this ASAP. See the link…
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2017-18 Well what a night the 1st round of the Club Championship. 17 boards in play and that was only because some players had arranged their matches for another night! If all matches go ahead on the night, we will have 24 boards in play! Anyway I have already done a report on…
CLUB NIGHT REPORT & CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP: Thurs 9th Nov 17 Oh what a night to remember with over 42 players down, 18 of them juniors! It was the first round of our Club Championship and it’s been a long time since we had so many players entered. Indeed we are now up to 49 players…
CLUB REPORT: THURSDAY 2nd NOVEMBER 2017
Another very busy night at Castlehill with 37 players down for a game of chess!
TAFCA RESULT
Div 2
Castlehill D 4, Castlehill E 0
Good start for Castlehill D in the TAFCA league against club mates from our “E” team.
SNCL REPORT 2017 Alastair Dawson the organiser and captain of the SNCL teams has done a report on the first two round of this seasons SNCL. We have three teams in this year; Div 1 – Dundee City A: Div 2 – Dundee City B: Div 4 – Dundee City C. The SNCL teams are…
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