TAFCA NEWS (League, Allegro Championships, J.R.Chalmers GP and more!) Well just one more competition to go (The TAFCA Team Battle) before the 2021-22 TAFCA season is completed. It was a challenging year again with us having to play on line. It was also a good year in many respects for Castlehill Chess Club Dundee with…
4NCL (Nations Chess League) Dundee City teams are a joint venture between Castlehill Chess Club Dundee and Dundee Chess Club. SEASON 5 – ROUND 6 (7 rounds in total) Tuesday 5th April 22 – 7:30pm Time-Control: 45 minutes + 15 seconds increments What an incredible performance from all five of our teams with 4 winners and…
CASTLEHILL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP OTB ROUND 3 DRAW Round two of the Club Championship OTB did not go as planned with at least two matches called off due to COVID! Another match did not take place not sure why yet? But this does not stop us going ahead with the 3rd round draw by using an…
CASTLEHILL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP ONLINE Round 4 draw Well it took a bit of pushing and shoving but we finally got round three matches completed (well almost!). There were a few surprise results including a 7 move victory for Ed Walton (1453) over Ana Belen Seijas Otero (1403) ! Of course it was either a mouse…
LADDER QUALIFYING SECTION 2021-22 This will run from Thursday 24th March, until about end of July. This competition was created to help players who did not have a match or league match but wanted to play competitive chess a game which goes for allegro grading rather than just fun games. We run three tables:…
TAFCA ALLEGRO CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES 2021-22 CLUB – CASTLEHILL – Thurs 24th March 2022 – 7:30pm – Lichess 5 round Swiss – 15 minutes each player We had 13 players in the penultimate TAFCA Allegro playing for the TAFCA Castlehill title and points towards the TAFCA Overall championship. It is fitting that a Castlehill player…
4NCL (Nations Chess League) Dundee City teams are a joint venture between Castlehill Chess Club Dundee and Dundee Chess Club. SEASON 5 – ROUND 5 (7 rounds in total) Tuesday 22nd March 22 – 7:30pm Time-Control: 45 minutes + 15 seconds increments Over the 5 teams Dundee City did well with 3 wins, 1…
CHESS NEWS Well as expected the turnout for our club night on Thursday 17th March 22 was poor by any standards, but what can you expect when the following was on! St. Patricks night! JUNIOR 4NCL matches online And 3 TAFCA matches online on Thursday 17th March 22. 7:30pm involving our “A”, “B” and “C” teams!…
CASTLEHILL RANDOM KNOCKOUT OTB 2021-22 Round 1 draw This season we have 15 entries to battle it out until only one person is left standing! The time-Control is 75 minutes both players, no quick-play finish! (Checkout the rules on Random page). The first round deadline is Thursday 2nd June 2022. All matches must be completed…
CASTLEHILL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS OTB 2021-22 Round 1 report Oh what a night in middle of March 2022, 7:30pm at Castlehill Chess Club Dundee as once again we were holding our Club Championship OTB (Over the board) matches! It was fantastic, wonderful, out of this world, incredible, historic and a joyful occasion worthy of Beethoven’s 5th…