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CLUB NIGHT REPORT: (Thurs 22nd Aug 19) Another belter of a chess night at Castlehill Chess Club! Over 34 players down, including juniors. It was the last night of the Summer, the 2nd part of the[...]

CLUB NIGHT REPORT: Thurs 15th Aug 19) Its chess night and that can mean only one thing…Castlehill Chess Club Dundee is open as usual! 26 players made it down and what a night of chess we[...]

CLUB NIGHT REPORT (Thurs 8th Aug 19) By our standards a less busy night, but oh what a night indeed! We had 8 juniors down and Tom (J) kept them entertained all night with his mad[...]

CLUB NIGHT REPORT (Thurs 1st Aug 19) Another busy Summer night at Castlehill CC Dundee! Summer Rd 3 Result Keith Rose (1529) ½, (1383) Alan Woodcock ½ Great fighting result for Alan against an opponent graded higher then him! 4th Quick-Play[...]

CLUB NIGHT REPORT (Thurs 25th July 19) Another busy night at Castlehill with the 3rd round of the Bob Dunn Summer on. BOB DUNN SUMMER Not all matches were played tonight, but some top players got a scare,[...]

126th Scottish Chess Championships 2019: Sat 6th – 14th July 2019 Church Building Stewart’s Melville College Edinburgh. Castlehill Chess Club Dundee had three players in this years Scottish Championships. Declan Shafi (2146); Alastair Dawson & Ben Volland (1846)[...]

The Glorney Gilbert International 2019 Carrickdale Hotel and Spa, Co Louth, Ireland – 21st – 24th July 19   The event will comprise four separate tournaments, each a five-round all-play-all.   The Glorney Cup – 5 player U18 Open (ie[...]

2019 UK Chess Challenge Northern Gigafinal Under 7 Boys   Congratulation to Rishi Vijayakumar who finished runner-up in a field of 30 entries in the UK Chess Challenge Northern Gigafinal under 7 boys 2019 with a score[...]

CLUB NIGHT REPORT (Thurs 18th July 19) Another night at Castlehill with the place full of juniors and some adults! Not much on with only a Random Knockout tie-break match and then a semi-final match. RANDOM KNOCKOUT Results Q/F Ed[...]

 CLUB NIGHT REPORT (Thurs 11th July 19) About 16 players down tonight, 5 of them juniors! The ladder was on tonight and we also had two new players down for a game of chess, one of them[...]

LADDER FINAL It may be Summer and many chess clubs close their doors, but Castlehill is struggling to fit in all their internal competition matches! With this in mind, the Ladder final will be on our[...]

CLUB NIGHT REPORT (Thurs 4th July 19) It was Quick-Play night with the 3rd Grand Prix event out of 5 on tonight. It was our biggest turnout so far with 18 players taking part, 7 of[...]

CLUB NIGHT REPORT (Thurs 27th June 19) 33 players down, 9 of them juniors! Tonight was the Bob Dunn Summer Championship, round 2 night. Also the penultimate Junior Club Championship qualifying section was well and truly[...]

CLUB NIGHT REPORT (Thurs 20th June 19) 18 players down, 7 of them juniors! Tonight saw two Random Knockout matches, one between the two Ray`s of the chess club! But it did not go well for[...]

CLUB NIGHT REPORT (Thurs 13th June 19) It`s the middle of June and we still had twenty players down at the chess club! With a few juniors missing it was easier on the ears tonight, but[...]

CLUB NIGHT REPORT + QUICK-PLAY GP (Thurs 6th June 19) We had 24 players down for a game of chess or some coaching! Tonight saw the 2nd Quick-Play Grand Prix with 9 players entered. Alastair Dawson[...]

The BOB DUNN SUMMER TOURNAMENT The draw for round 2 is now up on our website. The first round matches sure produced some cracking results! The "Subhayu" master class! Ray`s famous "get out of jail" card! A war[...]

CLUB NIGHT REPORT: Thurs 30th May 19 Another night to remember with over 30+ down for a game of chess! Not only that we had a visit from a blast from the past, Dave Kleppang! Most[...]

CLUB NIGHT REPORT: Thurs 23rd May 19 It was Club Championship round 5, part two on and boy did we have some great matches on! As usual the juniors filled the room while the rest went[...]

TAFCA AGM/TROPHY PRESENTATIONS 2018-19 Tues 21st May 2019 - 7:30pm - Dundee Chess Club Well as AGM`s go it was not to bad! Started about 7:45pm, finished by 9pm! No need to bore you with the reports[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

CLUB NIGHT REPORT: Thurs 11th April 19 It was Club Championship Night round 4, part 2 tonight! Plus junior stuff as normal.   CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP Results round 4 Declan Shafi (2114) 1, Dariusz Kosznik (1749) 0 The defending champion moves closer[...]

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:[...]

CLUB NIGHT REPORT: Thurs 4th April 19 It was Club Championship round 4, part one night (My that`s a mouthful!). Due to school holidays, the club was less busy and noisy but we still managed a[...]

COMPETITION INFO/DIARY DATES (April) We have a very busy April with loads going on. Not sure how we are going to fit it all in but here goes! Thurs 4th April: Club Championship Round 4 (part 1). Thurs[...]

CLUB NIGHT REPORT: Thurs 28th March 19 Sorry a bit late but there has been a lot of chess on with one thing or another and reports coming out of my ears! Short report, not much[...]

TAFCA ALLEGRO CHAMPIONSHIP (Kirkcaldy – part 5) Wednesday 27th March 2019. This was the last in a series of 5 events to crown the TAFCA Allegro Champion 2018-19. Also at stake was the 1st ever TAFCA[...]

SNCL (Scottish National Chess League) Round 7 (last one! 24/03/19 - Dunfermilne Well the last round certainly had some twists and turns and must have been given Alastair Dawson palpitations or ulcers! Congratulations to Dundee City A[...]

CLUB NIGHT REPORT: Thurs 21st March 19 Another busy night at Castlehill with two TAFCA matches, one Club Championship match, some Junior Club Championship matches, plus coaching and skittles games. TAFCA Result – Div 1 Castlehill B 3½, Kirkcaldy[...]

CLUB REPORT: Thurs 14th March 19 Another busy night as you would expect with 36 players down. We had two TAFCA Knockout Semi-finals on, plus Junior coaching and skittle games.   TAFCA KO Castlehill had two teams reach the[...]

TAFCA ALLEGRO CHAMPIONSHIP (part 5 - last) Kirkcaldy Chess Club Wednesday 27th March 2019   The 5th part (last) of the 5 part series, in the "TAFCA Allegro Championship" takes place on Wednesday 27th March at“KIRKCALDY CHESS CLUB”,[...]

JUNIOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2018-19 Update – 13/03/19 Games have been a bit slow in coming this year, something we will need to address. While we want the kids to have fun, they are here to learn[...]

TAFCA Div 1 – Wed 6th March 19 Kirkcaldy A 2, Castlehill C 2 Kirkcaldy Chess Club have a temporary new venue due to fire damage at the St.Clair Bowling Club.  The St.Clair Tavern got Ray Noble’s approval[...]

CHESS SCOTLAND - SPENS CUP  Saturday 9th March 2019 - Venue: Castlehill Chess Club Castlehill v Cathcart Castlehill were up against it playing a side that really should be in the Richardson Cup latter stages! Declan,Shafi; Sam Gregory;[...]

CLUB NIGHT REPORT: Thurs 7th March 19 We had 40 players down (12 juniors!) for a game of chess on what was a very busy nights chess! Two TAFCA matches plus one Castlehill Knockout prelim match. We[...]

TAFCA ALLEGRO CHAMPIONSHIP PART FOUR DUNDEE The penultimate (part 4) series of the TAFCA Allegro Championship took place at Dundee Chess Club on Tuesday 26th February 2019. It was a great night’s chess and Dundee Chess[...]

SNCL (Scottish National Chess League) - Rounds 5 & 6, Sunday 24th February 2019 Carnegie Conference Centre, Dunfermline. Dundee City Report ("A" & "B" & "C" & Juniors; A joint venture between Castlehill CC & Dundee CC) After[...]

CLUB NIGHT REPORT: Thurs 21st Feb 19 It was a special night with over 40 players down at the club tonight. Three TAFCA matches and a special guest, Scottish Champion for the past two years, Murad[...]

TAFCA ALLEGRO CHAMPIONSHIP (part 4) Dundee Chess Club Tuesday 26th February 2019   The 4th part of the 5 part series, in the "TAFCA Allegro Championship" takes place on Tuesday 26th February at“DUNDEE CHESS CLUB”, 7:30pm sign-in. Your support of this event so far has[...]

CLUB NIGHT REPORT: Thurs 14th Feb 19 A less busy night with 21 players down for a game of chess. Only two club matches on plus a few junior club championship matches, and plenty of coaching. CLUB[...]

RANDOM KNOCKOUT 2018-19 (1st round draw) There are still a couple of matches left to play from the prelim (please arrange asap!), but the draw for the 1st round is now up on our website. The deadline[...]