CLUB NIGHT REPORT: Thurs 16th May 19 With 36 plus players down at the chess club, 13 of them juniors, we can say it was a busy night again at Castlehill Dundee! CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP – Round 5 (Part 1) Well it was a night of shock results in the last round of our club championship.…
THE BOB DUNN SUMMER CHAMPIONSHIP 2019 1st round Summer night – Thurs 30th May 19 Here we go again with the last major tournament of our club season, the Bob Dunn Summer! The draw is now up on our website on the Summer page (link below). We have a fantastic 23 players entered so far…
REMINDER…REMINDER…REMINDER… The BOB DUNN SUMMER CHAMPIONSHIP 2019 Entries are now being taken for this years Bob Dunn Summer Championships 2019. This is a 4 round Swiss, 90 minutes each player. (See Summer rules page); Win=3 pts: Draw=1 pt: Lose=0 pts Closing date for entries is Thurs 9th May 19. Defending Champions: Paul Shafi; Andy Rowe & Colin…
RANDOM KNOCKOUT – 1st round matches All 1st round matches have been completed at last! The defending champion, Ray Noble (1482) is still with us after just getting passed Gordon Thomas (1350) in a tight match with black! Andy Rowe (1545) was given an unexpected battle by junior Ramit Kanodia J11 (757)! Andy could not…
The BOB DUNN SUMMER CHAMPIONSHIP 2019 Entries are now being taken for this years Bob Dunn Summer Championships 2019. This is a 4 round Swiss, 90 minutes each player. (See Summer rules page); Win=3 pts: Draw=1 pt: Lose=0 pts Closing date for entries is Thurs 9th May 19. Defending Champions: Paul Shafi; Andy Rowe & Colin Young!…
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP – Round 5 (last) draw Declan Shafi is on course for another Club Championship title after seeing of Dariusz Kosznik in round 4. The player standing in his way is Andre Babin who is a half point behind Declan. They will meet in the last round coming up. Will Andre upset the young…
The 11th IAN McNAB MEMORIAL 2019: Thurs 28th April 2019 Oh what a random nights chess we had with 17 players down battling it out for the coveted Ian McNab Memorial 2019! 960 Chess or Fischer-Random was the format, with 5 rounds of 15 minutes chess. It ended in a 3-way tie for first place, with two…
The 11th Ian McNab Memorial 2019 Thurs 25th April, 7:30pm sign-in 5 round Swiss – 15 minutes each player 360 Chess (Fisher-Random) all rounds different starting positions! Matches “DO NOT” go for grading. It`s that time of year again and I cannot believe this is the 11th year! Just come on down and sign-in this…
CLUB NIGHT REPORT: Thurs 18th April 19 31 players down with 13 of them juniors! Tonight saw the start of our new Quick-Play format Grand Prix (The old 5 minute format!). The time control was 3 minute & 2 seconds, plus 2 seconds increment each time you press the clock! There will be 5 separate…
QUICK-PLAY GRAND PRIX – 5 Events Thur 18th April 19: 7:30pm sign in. The first of 5 Grand Prix quick play events. Time-Control: 3 minutes + 2 seconds each player+ 3 seconds increment each player (every time you move and press the clock, you get 3 seconds added to your time) This time control replaces…