SNCL HEAVEN 2017-18

SNCL – Sunday 29th October 2017: Rounds 1 & 2 First day’s play of the season and a great start. Our three teams all won both their first matches: That is six matches played, six matches won! What a great start! Round 1 Inverclyde ½ – 4½ Dundee City A Dundee City B 3½ –…

CLUB NIGHT REPORT: Thurs 26th Oct 17

CLUB NIGHT REPORT: Thurs 26th Oct 17 we need a bigger room! 42 players down, 16 of them juniors, 1 TAFCA match, 2 Club Championship matches, Junior Championship on, plus the ladder (Two groups!) and some possible new members to boot! I need my bed, and some ear plugs! But we are still looking for…

CLUB NIGHT REPORT: Thurs 19th Oct

CLUB NIGHT REPORT: Thurs 19th Oct 17 We had 22 players down which for us meant a not so good night. My, what high standards we have set ourselves when we are a little disappointed with 22 players! LADDER We had 12 players in the ladder in two groups of six, with group one having…

CLUB NIGHT REPORT: Thurs 12th Oct 17

CHESS CLUB REPORT: 12/10/17 Another busy night at Castlehill Chess Club Dundee with 25 players down for a game of chess! Included in that figure were 8 juniors! Tonight saw the start of the new Junior Chess Championship and the Ladder. In all 8 juniors took part on the 1st night. More info regards rules…

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2017-18: club draw

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2017-18 – Club Draw The 1st round of our Club Championship is finally done and on our website. It took longer due to the record number of entries a mind blowing 45 players! The 1st and 2nd round draws use accelerated Swiss pairings (top v top & bottom v bottom). The Club Championship…

CASTLEHILL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2017-18

CASTLEHILL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2017-18 This is your last chance to enter this years main club event, the Castlehill Club Championship 2017-18. This is a 5 round Swiss; 90 minutes each player; win 1 point; draw ½ point; Lose Nil points. PLACES UP FOR GRABS 1.Champion 2.Runner-up 3.Under 1600 winner 4.Top Junior (below 1000) The first…

CLUB NIGHT REPORT: Thurs 5th Oct 17

CLUB NIGHT REPORT: Thurs 5th Oct 17 What a busy night again at Castlehill Chess Club Dundee with over 28 players down. Not only that but the 35th Konrad Wierszbicki Memorial 2017 was taking place. We had 24 entries, with a high junior content and a new traveling chess player to boot! Yes Alan Harvey…

THE KONRAD WIERSZBICKI ALLEGRO MEMORIAL

THE KONRAD WIERSZBICKI ALLEGRO MEMORIAL 2017 The 35th Konrad Memorial takes place on Thursday 5th October 2017, 7:30pm sign-in. This is a 5 round Swiss, 15 minutes each player; win=1 point; Draw=½ point; loss=nil points. All matches go for allegro grading. There may also be a junior section, with the exception that the stronger juniors…

The 14th Bobby Gow Memorial 2017

The 14th Bobby Gow Memorial 2017 What a night again at Castlehill Chess Club Dundee as we had over 60 people down at the club. It was that busy, we ran out of tables and sets/clocks at one point which had an impact on the Bobby Gow Memorial. Congratulations to Castlehill Chess Club Dundee on…

CLUB REPORT UPDATE:

Club Night: Thurs 14th Sept 17 I would say the chess club was a tad busy tonight! We were packed to the gunnels with Juniors, Adults and some new possible members!   Not only that…We had a full blown musical rehearsal going on down stairs! The chess pieces were dancing around the boards. Was it…