Updated: 22/06/25 – 20:03hrs

Round 5 (last) deadline Thurs 10th July 25

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Rounds 3 & 4 are now completed.

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Round two completed and Alexander Barron-Majerik leads the way after 2 round!

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Round one completed.

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We have 6 players taking part in an All-Play-All round Robin. Round one deadline/match night is Thurs 19th December 2024, 7:30pm.

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Entries are now open for the 2024-25 OTB Junior Club Championships! Closing date for entries is Thurs 20th Oct 24.

ENTRIES SO FAR “HERE” (Chess-Results)

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Congratulations to Matthew Hunter on winning the OTB Junior Club Championship on 11½ points, one ahead of runner-up Josh Dickson! Matthew still has one outstanding match to play. Well played Matthew and Josh, that was some battle by the two of you!

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Josh Dickson leads the way by 1 point from Matthew Hunter. There are still a few matches to play, including two matches for Matthew, but Josh has finished his, so will be keeping his fingers crossed that Matthew slips up big-time!

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There are still a few matches outstanding, but Josh Dickson &  Haoqi Liu are leading the way on 5 points. A long way to go and as I say there are matches outstanding!

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We have 7 players so far in the Junior Club Championship 23-24. Because it`s 7 players, it will be a Round Robin competition.
The draw is now up for round 1 and match night is Thurs 9th Nov 23, 7:30pm.
You can of course arrange to play the match earlier if that suits you and your opponent, but always keep me informed!
Indeed, you can play any of your 7 matches in any order or date you like, as long as you let me know the result!

GOOD LUCK!

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CASTLEHILL JUNIOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP OTB
The OTB Junior Club Championship is “BACK” for season 2023-24!
Time-Control: 15 minutes + 10 seconds increments:
Entries are now being taken, closing date for entries is Sunday 8th October 2023!
Please checkout the revised & updated rules!

ENTRIES (so far)

#	NAME	STATUS	GRADE
1	Hunter, Matthew	J15	1300e
2	Dickson, Josh	J13	1082
3	Kanodia, Ramit	J16	976
4	Barron-Majerik, Alexander	J12	245
5	Dickson, Noah	J11	UG
6	Lambertino, Armando	J11	UG
7	Liu, Haoqi	J13	UG

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CASTLEHILL JUNIOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP OTB
This will not be held in season 2021-22 due to pandemic. However the “ONLINE” version will be running for 2021-22!

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JUNIOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2020-21 – ONLINE

Round 5 (last) Mon 12^th April 21 – 6pm

Congratulations to Rishi Vijayakumar J9 on defending his title and being crowned Castlehill Junior Club Champion 2020-21! Well deserved, but it was close as Rishi finished on 9 points, only one point ahead of Ramit Kanodia J13! Josh Dickson J10 was in third place on 4½ points. I suppose the surprise was Rishi actually dropping a point! He is a worthy champion and someone who will win titles at the higher level as well if he keeps his interest and enthusiasm for chess!

 

Round 5 (last)

Josh Dickson J10 has come on a lot since joining us this year, but Rishi is just a class act for his age and showed why he is now the champion again after winning both the games!

Ramit also won both his games against Haoqi and even got away with putting his queen on a square threatening checkmate, only for Haoqi to miss the fact he could take it with his bishop for nothing, twice!

The performance of the night went to Noah Dickson J8 who beat Alexander Barron-Majerik J9 twice catching Alexander off guard with two back rank mates! Oh dear Alexander, once maybe, twice no, no!
Josh better watch his back as Noah is improving fast!

 

Castlehill Chess Club Dundee is a lucky club to have so many talented and promising juniors! The future of our club is in safe hands!

GAMES

Noah Dickson v Alexander Barron-Majerik: Game 1; Game 2

Josh Dickson v Rishi Vijayakumar: Game 1; Game 2

Haoqi Liu v Ramit Kanodia: Game 1; Game 2

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22/03/21 – Round 4 (Penultimate round)
Rishi Vijayakumar J9 leads the way going into the last round on Monday 12th April 21, after a very one-sided battle against Hqoqi Liu J9! On the other hand, Ramit Kanodia J12 could only manage a 1-1 draw against Alexander Barron-Majerik J9 which takes everything out of his own hands and he will need help from others if he is going to get his hands on the Junior Club Championship!

Josh Dickson J10 had a nightmare of sorts against his brother Noah Dickson J8, getting caught out twice in winning positions to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory (and one draw)! But credit to Noah who never gave up and took the opportunity when it fell in his lap to secure bragging right this time! Oh you have got to love a bit of sibling rivalry unless you are on the wrong end of it!

For the full report and links to games “HERE”

 

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Round 2: Mon 4^th Jan 21: 6pm

Round 2 proved to be a more exciting night in more ways than one! Haoqi Liu and his mum both forgot he was playing tonight! Luckily for him and his opponent Noah, they did get started which is better for both players as playing is the only way to learn. You learn nothing from winning by default! The night also provided a “Genius” moment or two, something to behold indeed!

For the full report “HERE”

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ROUND 1 (2 matches)

No shock up sets as all the leading players won their matches! There were some good games and some of the newer players had chances, but in the end experience prevailed! But we have a long way to go and the top juniors will have to play each other, while the new juniors will find out who are the better players between themselves! Rishi Vijayakumar J9 is odds-on to retain the title , but you just never know.

Next round Mon 4th Jan 21 – 6pm

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JUNIOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2020-21 – ONLINE

Entries are now being taken for the Junior Club Championship 2020-21. Remember Juniors can play in the main Club Championship event as well as the junior one, but remember you will have more matches to play!

MAIN POINTS

• Matches start at 6pm
• You will play two matches, Black & white against same opponent (just like 4JNCL)
• Depending on numbers, it will be a Swiss or all play all.
• Matches will take place mostly on a Monday night, with a couple of Thursdays as well.
• Time-Control: 15 minutes + 10 seconds
• All matches go for allegro grading.
• All matches take place on Lichess.
• All match info, including draws will be on the Castlehill Website.
• Rd 1-Mon 7^th Dec; Rd 2-Mon 4th Jan 21: Rd 3-Mon 15th Feb: Rd 4-Mon 22nd Mar 21: Rd 5-Mon 19th Apr 21 (last)

 

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Apologies but due to the Global pandemic the 2019-20 Junior Club Championship has been cancelled!

Not a lot of action so far this season but it will get intense asap! No surprise that Ramit and Rishabh are leading, but maybe we have a dark horse in Prithvi Sudarshan!

Time will tell but of course Ramit is still odds on to retain his title unless…

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JUNIOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
Congratulations to Ramit Kanodia J12 (882) on winning and defending his Castlehill Junior Club Championship 2018-19! It was well deserved and once again, Ramit proves he is the strongest junior (below 14) in the club. He did not get it all his own way as Rishabh Akula J14 (683) did beat him once and Alexander Barron-Majerik J8 (216) did have the opportunity to beat Ramit in the last match of the tournament as Ramit took his eye of the game! But sometimes you need a bit of luck as well as good play to win a title! Well played young man! Rishabh Akula finished in runner-up spot and if it was not for his one slip up against Alexander he would have tied with Ramit, but it was not to be. Next year who knows!

 

A big thank you to all our juniors who took part in this year Junior Club Championship. We really are a blessed club with our juniors

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JUNIOR FINALS NIGHT
Thursday 15th August 2019

Congratulations to Ramit Kanodia (Defending Champion; Rishabh & Krish Akula and Alexander Barron-Majerik for reaching the final stages!

The final will be an all-play-all, playing each other twice (Black & White), 6 matches in all.  All matches will be 15 minutes each player. The player with the most points at the end will be th e 2018-19 Junior Club Champion!

Good luck to all! :)

Updated: 24/06/25

Standings 2024-25

 

#	PLAYERS	GRADE	Total Points	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	Dickson, Josh	1082	6.5	1	1	0.5	2	2
2	Liu, Haoqi	1084	5.5	1	1.5	2	1
3=	Smikle, Joshua	1272	4.5	0	2	1.5	1
3=	Barron-Majerik, Alexander	317	4.5	2	1	0.5	1
5	Dickson, Noah	747	4	2	0.5	1.5	0
6	Lambertino, Armando	756	1	0	0	0	1	0

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Standings 2023-24 (Finished)

 Congratulations to Matthew Hunter the new OTB Junior Champion 23-24!

#	PLAYERS	GRADE	Total Points	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7
1	Hunter, Matthew	1535	11.5	2	2	2		2	1.5	2
2	Dickson, Josh	1082	10.5	1	0	2	2	2	1.5	2
3	Liu, Haoqi		8	1	2	1	2		2	0
4=	Barron-Majerik, Alexander	245	7	1	1	1		0	2	2
4=	Dickson, Noah		7	1	2	1.5	0	0	0.5	2
6	Lambertino, Armando		6	2	1	0.5	2		0.5	0

ROUND ONE: Match Night: Thurs 19th Dec 24 – 7:30pm
Chess-Results Pairings   (only)

First match
#	White	Result	Black
1	Barron-Majerik, Alexander	W – L	Smikle, Joshua
2	Dickson, Josh	1-0	Liu, Haoqi
3	Dickson, Noah	1-0	Lambertino, Armando
	Second match
#	White	Result	Black
1	Smikle, Joshua	L – W	Barron-Majerik, Alexander
2	Liu, Haoqi	1-0	Dickson, Josh
3	Lambertino, Armando	0-1	Dickson, Noah

 

ROUND TWO: Match Night: Thurs 16th Jan 25 – 7:30pm

Chess-Results Pairings  (Only)

#	WHITE	Result	BLACK
	FIRST MATCH
1	Joshua Smikle	1 – 0	Armando Lambertino
2	Haoqi Liu	½ – ½	Noah Dickson
3	Alexander Barron-Majerik	0 – 1	Josh Dickson
	SECOND MATCH
1	Armando Lambertino	0 – 1	Joshua Smikle
2	Noah Dickson	0 – 1	Haoqi Liu
3	Josh Dickson	0 – 1	Alexander Barron-Majerik

 

ROUND THREE: Match Night: Thurs 20th Feb 25

Chess-Results Pairings (only)

 

#	WHITE	Result	BLACK
	FIRST MATCH
1	Josh Dickson	½ – ½	Joshua Smikle
2	Noah Dickson	1 – 0	Aleaxander Barron-Majerik
3	Armando Lambertino	0 – 1	Haoqi Liu
	SECOND MATCH
1	Joshua Smikle	1 – 0	Josh Dickson
2	Aleaxander Barron-Majerik	½ – ½	Noah Dickson
3	Haoqi Liu	1 – 0	Armando Lambertino

ROUND FOUR: Match Night: Thurs 10th Apr 25

Chess-Results Pairings  (Pairings only)

#	WHITE	Result	USERNAME
	FIRST MATCH
1	Joshua Smikle	1 – 0	Haoqi Liu
2	Aleaxander Barron-Majerik	1 – 0	Armando Lambertino
3	Josh Dickson	1 – 0	Noah Dickson
	SECOND MATCH
1	Haoqi Liu	1 – 0	Joshua Smikle
2	Armando Lambertino	1 – 0	Aleaxander Barron-Majerik
3	Noah Dickson	0 – 1	Josh Dickson

 

OTB JUNIOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RULES – Revised & updated – AGM – 7th Sept 23

GENERAL

1. Participation in this event therefore means acceptance of the Club Constitution, General rules (see relevant documents) and competition rules herein.
2. FIDE rules of chess apply except were amended herein by Castlehill Chess Club.
3. All matches will be played on a “CLUB NIGHT” on club premises, unless permission is granted by the competition organiser to play another night and place.

ELIGIBILITY

4. All players must be paid up members of the club. The committee and competition organiser can grant an exception to this rule under certain circumstances (Example: new member joining late in the season?).
5. All players must be juniors as defined by our “Junior Membership Fee”.

GRADING

6. Each player shall have a grading, using the following order below:
7. a) Chess Scotland published standard grading; b) Chess Scotland live grading; c) Chess Scotland published allegro grading; d) Chess Scotland live allegro grading; e) Another national association or FIDE grading, accordingly converted; f) Estimated grading given by the Internal competition organiser
8. All games results played will be sent for grading to Chess Scotland.

FORMAT

8. The closing date for entries will be set by the competition organiser and these will be displayed on our website.
9. Players can still enter during the competition at any time.
10. The OTB Junior Championship will either be an All-Play-All or Swiss event depending on entries.
11. Players will play two matches on the same night against the same opponent (black & white).
12. The draw will be made by the competition organiser and emailed to all players; published on our website and on the club notice board (if one has one!). In all rounds the first player named has white.
13. All matches in each round should be played either before or on the deadline date.
14. Any matches not played by the deadline will be defaulted by the offending player or players, unless an extension is granted by the competition organiser. If a player defaults for a second time they shall be withdrawn from competition and a report will be sent to the committee for possible further action if required.
15. When the draw is published, “BOTH PLAYERS” must make a serious attempt to contact their opponent or risk defaulting the match. In the event of any problems, players must contact the competition organiser.

MATCH POINTS SYSTEM

16. The scoring shall be: Win = 1 point; Draw = ½ point; Loss = Zero points.

BYES

17. In a Swiss, any player may request a ½ point bye except the last round.

TIME-CONTROL

18. Time-Control used is 15 minutes, plus 10 seconds increments from move one, each player.
19. Matches should start at 7:30pm, unless both players have agreed a different time (venue time limits permitting). In the event of an opponent not being present, clocks “MUST” be started 15 minutes after 7:30pm or the agree start time.
20. If a player is still not present after their clock has flagged, they are defaulted unless their opponent is happy to reschedule and time permits.

PLACINGS

21. Players will be placed in highest point’s order, with the player(s) with the most points after all matches have been played (Swiss or all-play-all) becoming champion(s).

TIE-BREAKS

22. No tie-breaks in club championship (see trophies).

TROPHIES

23. Junior Club Champion, Runner-up.
24. Players can only win one trophy, and will be awarded the most prestigious title.

CONTROL

25. The competition organiser and/or committee may make amendments deemed appropriate to ensure the smooth running of the tournament.