CASTLEHILL QUICK-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP Thurs 15th July 21, 7:30pm Round 4 (penultimate)– 7 round Swiss Before this penultimate event, Andre Babin was leading by 1½ points only from Jan Barron-Majerik so all still to play for with two events left including this one! Eleven players took part and boy did we have some surprise…
CASTLEHILL WEEKLY QUICK-PLAY EVENT Thurs 8th July 21 – Arena 59 – 8:10pm to 9:40pm (It said 58, but was 59!) Oh what a night with 11 players taking part including new Castlehill Member Judith Firth! Welcome to our chess club, Judith, I hope you enjoyed the night! Congratulations to Andre Babin and…
2020 WORLD WIDE CHESS LEAGUE 2020-21 Sunday 4th July 21 – 21:00hrs (9.00pm) All matches on Chess.com Dundee City Teams are a joint venture between Castlehill Chess Club and Dundee Chess Club. FORMAT 2 games against the same opponent (black & white): Time-Control – 10 minutes+5 seconds increments Round 10 (Last): Team Chile 25½…
THE BOB DUNN SUMMER TOURNAMENT 2021 Round 2 Report Most of the results went to the form book but congratulations to Marten Kats (1203) who beat junior wonder kid, Rishi Vijayakumar J9! That was some result Marten! Trevor Harley (1333) still not fully recovered from his illness managed a fine draw against Jan Barron-Majerik…
CASTLEHILL WEEKLY QUICK-PLAY EVENT Thurs 1st July 21 – Arena 58 – 8:10pm to 9:40pm Congratulations for the second week in a row to Richard Kynoch who finished unbeaten on 21 points. He drew one match but it seems he is invincible at the moment sweeping his opponents aside like an ongoing avalanche! This…
CASTLEHILL RANDOM KNOCKOUT 2020-21 Semi-Finals – Results Miguel Alvarez (1650)est 1 – 0 Graham Mooney (1866) Andre Babin (1882) 1 – 0 Marten Kats (1203) Congratulations to Miguel and Andre in reaching this season’s Random Knockout Final! Commiserations to Graham and Marten for just falling at the last hurdle! You did yourselves proud…
2020 WORLD WIDE CHESS LEAGUE 2020-21 Sunday 27th June 21 – 17:00hrs (5.00pm) Round 10 (Last): Dundee City A (Scotland) 4, Poti Chess Club (Georgia) 4 Dundee City Teams are a joint venture between Castlehill Chess Club and Dundee Chess Club. FORMAT 2 games against the same opponent (black & white): Time-Control – 10 minutes+5…
CASTLEHILL WEEKLY QUICK-PLAY EVENT Thurs 24th June 21 – Arena 57 – 8:10pm to 9:40pm It`s the middle of Summer and yet we still get 10 players willing to battle it out online over a 2-D board! Congratulations to Richard Kynoch, a,k,a, “DoktorAvalanche” who strolled through the competition unbeaten finishing on 24 points.…
CASTLEHILL WEEKLY QUICK-PLAY EVENT Thurs 17th June 21 – Arena 55 – 8:10pm to 9:40pm Time-Control: 5 minutes + 3 seconds (Apologies for late report but had a break and was watching the football!) Congratulations to Andre Babin on getting his 10th first place podium finish on 20 points! On the night nobody could…
CASTLEHILL QUICK-PLAY GRAND PRIX Thurs 10th June 21 – Round 3 – 7 round Swiss It was a very open and tough night for all players involved including the top players! We had 15 entries in total with three players tied for first place on the night! Congratulations to Andre Babin, Jan Barron-Majerik…