Thurs 1st Dec: Club open Not so busy by our current standards, but 19 players down, including 7 juniors is not bad at all! The coaching was done by Lisa, Lewis & Ray, so not much learned then. Lol! MATCH RESULTS Summer Rd 5 (Yes it`s still going!) Keith Rose 1, Graham Atkins 0 Subhayu…
Scottish National Chess League: Rounds 3 and 4, November 27th 2016: Mixed fortunes for our three teams with the “A” team taking on their nemesis Hamilton A, while our “B” team struggled big time and our “C” team were down and up! A full report by captain Alastair Dawson is on our website SNCL page…
Thurs 24th Nov: Club Update Another busy night with TAFCA, Club and Juniors all on the go! TAFCA Div 2 Castlehill D 3, Castlehill E 1 Lewis Foggie on board one for the “E” team might have been on the losing side, but he stole the show with a great win against the old man…
Thurs 21st Nov: TAFCA Division One Match Perth A v Castlehill B Castlehill B were on an away mission to Perth to seek and destroy their “A” team. Unfortunately the “B” team were two players down and drafted in two players from the “C” team. We can only try our best! When we arrived it…
CHESS SCOTLAND COMPETITIONS 2016-17 Nancy Elder Competition The draw has been make for the Chess Scotland Nancy Elder tournament and as expected most of Castlehill`s players have been drawn together for the first round. Last year the final was contested between Euan Dawson & Keith Rose, with Euan coming out on top! Let’s hope for…
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2016-17 The first round is completed and the new format seems to be working okay, bar a tweak or two! In round one we had two shock results, with the rest going to the form book. Robbie McLeod (1005) won a fantastic game against Colin Young (1329). If only he played like that…
CHESS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Carlsen v Karjakin The World Chess Championship Match 2016, held from 11 to 30 November, will be contested by 25 year old reigning champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway and his challenger, 26 year old Sergey Karjakin of Russia — and this is the first time that two players who have come of…
RANDOM KNOCKOUT 2016-17 23 players in this years competition. The draw is now up on our website. 7 prelims to be played by Thurs 2nd Feb 2017. The 1st round draw is also up and the deadline for that is Thurs 30th March 2017. Please contact your opponents asap to arrange a date. Remember we…
LADDER UPDATE: 12/11/16
All the ladder tables have been updated. If you see any errors or have any questions please let me know.
Table One early leader is Colin Young: Table Two early leaders are Euan Dawson & Keith Rose & Table Three leader is Wei Bin Chan!
Thurs 10th Nov: Club Update. The Club Championship night was an outstanding success with 8 matches on. In all in round one we have 12 matches with 5 rearranged for another night. Including juniors we had an astonishing 33 players down! The atmosphere was electric and I think all players involved enjoyed the format. CLUB…
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