2024-25 Season
Updated: 18/09/24 – 13:15 hrs
Entries open on 9th March 2025!
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2023-24 Season
Congratulations to Iain Sneddon our new Castlehill Online Summer Champion 2023-24, after a very good win against Graham Mooney in the last round to finish on 10 points!
Well played Iain!
Ana Belen Otero Seijas, Graham Mooney and Stuart Duff finish on 9 points and equal runners-up.
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Well we are down to one player on the full 9 points and he already has one hand on the trophy! Graham Mooney leads the way, but can still be caught and overtaken in the last round if Iain Sneddon or Matthew Hunter have anything to do with it!
The last round deadline date is Sun 18th Aug 24!
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We have 4 players on 6 points going into round 3! The next round deadline is Sun 21st July 24.
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No major shocks in round one of the online Summer Championships, so we move on to round 2! Now things might get a little tougher!
The deadline for round two is, Sun 23rd June 24.
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The draw is now up for the first round, with the deadline Sun 26th May 24. Good luck to all!
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2022-23 Season
CASTLEHILL ONLINE SUMMER CHAMPIONSHIP 2022-23
ROUND 4 (Last)
Well given the last round pairings, it was looking odds-on for a three-way tie for the title, but which three would it be?
Congratulations to Graham Mooney (1866), Rishi Vijayakumar J11 (1826) & Ray Noble (1531) for sharing the Online Summer Championship title 2023!
Josh Dickson J12 (888) tried his best against Rishi, but it was too big a mountain to climb! Having said that, Josh finished in equal 6th place alongside Trever Harley (1444), Leyton Hackney (1617) and Stuart Duff (UG). I would consider that a great achievement by Josh!
Trevor Harley (1444) gave Graham a run for his money, and indeed had chances to win! There was a point in the game where Trever thought of resigning, but had a winning move (not an easy one to find), but missed it and it was gone! Been there and worn the t-shirt!
Stuart Duff (UG) has had the upper-hand against Ray since joining our club, and was doing well again against him. But as we know, you can never count Ray out until you have finished him off! It was close, but Ray managed one of his famous Houdini tricks and for the first time, got one over Stuart!
Special mention to Norman Waugh (1161) & Gordon Thomas (1312) for both finishing equal 4th on 7 points!
Well, that’s it for another year. Once again congratulations to Graham, Rishi & Ray! Thank you to all the players in the competition and see you all again next season!
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Apologies for late report and draw, but I am just back from holiday!
ROUND THREE
Round 3 saw a good draw by Norman Waugh (1160) against Gordon Thomas (1312)! Josh Dickson J12 (880) is improving fast as another win for him in round three against new member Chris Moore (UG)!
Graham Mooney (1866), got back to winning ways, with a win against young Noah Dickson J10 (666). Congratulations go to Trevor Harley (1333) for a great win against Ray Noble (1531). Trevor thinks this is the first time he has beaten Ray in a competitive match, so well done sir!
With the top board clash not taking place, the whole competition is wide open with the likely hood of a three-way tie for first place! Six players are on 6 points and are paired against one another in the last round!
Round four deadline is Sunday 27th August 2023
Good Luck to all players!
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ROUND TWO
Well, never be surprised at what can happen in chess! All matches went to grading except one! For the first time in a long, long, long, long time, Ray Noble (1531) managed to beat Graham Mooney (1866) in a game of chess! It was an even match, but unfortunately for Graham, he made a rare error and left his rook for the taking with no compensation, and resigned straight away once Ray took it with check! Graham is also the defending champion, so what a result by Ray!
We have a three-way tie at the top of the standings after 2 rounds, but still a long way to go!
| Rank | NAME | GRADE | Total Points | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | # |
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| 1 | Sneddon Iain 1637 | 1637 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | Champion |
| 2= | Mooney Graham 1866 | 1866 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | Joint Runner-up |
| 2= | Seijas Otero Belen Ana 1370 | 1370 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | Joint Runner-up |
| 2= | Duff Stuart 1342 | 1342 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Joint Runner-up |
| 5 | Hunter Matthew 1535 | 1535 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| 5= | Polignano Francesco 1359 | 1359 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5= | Waugh Noman 1158 | 1158 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| 8 | Hackney Leyton 1561 | 1561 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 9= | Thomas Gordon 1292 | 1292 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9= | Bogs Moritz 1120 | 1120 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 11= | Noble Ray 1432 | 1432 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 11= | Harley Trevor 1333 | 1333 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11= | Smikle, Joshua | 1238 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14= | Deshpande Anay 900 | 900 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 14= | Firth Judith 850 | 850 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SUMMER ONLINE STANDINGS 24-25 (0 rounds).
Updated: 18/09/24
ROUND ONE – Deadline Sun 25th May 25
ROUND TWO – Deadline Sun 29th June 25
ROUND THREE – Deadline Sun 27th July 25
ROUND FOUR (last) – Deadline Sun 24th Aug 25
SUMMER ONLINE RULES (DRAFT)
- All games will be played on Lichess unless agreed with Competition organiser in advance to change platform.
- TIME-CONTROL: 45 minutes + 15 second increment
- First named is white and must make the challenge.
- All matches must be Rated; Standard;
All players should check this is correct if not, refuse the challenge and then re-challenging with correct settings/time-control - Sundays are the official match date, but players can make their own arrangements if both agree
- A player can request a bye in only once in any of the first 3 rounds only. A bye is ½ point.
- All games go for Chess Scotland Allegro grading.
- Players should contact/email their opponent ASAP to find a suitable date to play the match. Any problems contact the competition organiser.