TAFCA ONLINE LEAGUE 2020 (New) Well here we go with a new chapter in TAFCA history as they start holding chess competitions “ONLINE”! Castlehill as an affiliated TAFCA Club, will be supporting this new venture and hopefully we will get enough players interested in playing and putting a good few teams in! (Contact Keith Rose…
CASTLEHILL ONLINE THURS NIGHT TOURNAMENT Thurs 21st May 2020 – lichess.org Another great nights chess with Castlehill on-line. This week we played Rapid (5 minutes+3 seconds increments), Arena format, with the tournament lasting 1 hour and 30 minutes. A fantastic 19 players took part and we had some cracking matches with some very good finishes…
CASTLEHILL ONLINE THURS NIGHT TOURNAMENT Thurs 14th May 2020 For the first time on “lichess.org” we had a 15 minute, 4 round Swiss event (New to lichess and still in Beta mode!). Nine players took part which meant one player each round had to take a bye and wait for the next round. But then…
CASTLEHILL ON-LINE – Thurs 30th Apr 20 You are all invited to join Castlehill on-Line for the weekly quick-play tournament! It is an arena event with a time-control of 5 minutes+ 3 second increments. The tournament takes place on the website, lichess.org. You need to be a member of lichess.org and join Castlehill Chess…
CLUB UPDATE – Sun 26th Apr 20 I hope you are all keeping well physically and mentally during these unusual times? We might not be able to play club OTB games on club nights at the moment, but that does not mean we are closed entirely now! Due to the sterling efforts of Master Declan…
CLUB UPDATE – 18/04/20 (8pm) Hi Everyone Hope you are all keeping well and following all the advice out there? It has to be the longest I have not been in touch with everyone over a set period! Mind you I have enjoyed the rest! But forward we must go and start making plans for…
TAFCA NEWS (Including who`s won what in all 3 division, plus update on Knockout!) RESULT Played Thurs 12th March 20 Div 1 – St.Andrews Uni A 3, Castlehill A 1 Report on match by Andy Rowe Michael Dugdale (1536)e v Christopher Tranier (UG) on board 3 was the first to finish My view as I…
CLUB NIGHT REPORT: Thurs 12th March 2020 Busy night but nothing new there! We had two TAFCA matches at home and one away to St.Andrews Uni! There was also a Random Knockout 1st round match and a lot of skittle games and junior shenanigans! TAFCA Div 1: Castlehill B v Kirkacldy B Kirkcaldy B are…
TAFCA POSSIBLE SCENARIO`s The TAFCA league division one just got more interesting after Newport Knights A beat Kirkcaldy A last night (Wed 11th Mar)! This was not the result Castlehill C wanted, but to be honest, it changes nothing. Well it does for Newport Knights A as they are now safe from relegation (well done…
CLUB NIGHT REPORT: Thurs 5th March 2020 We had one TAFCA div 2 match on, plus 3 Random Knockout matches and of course the Ladder and Junior Club Championship matches! I guess another busy night at Castlehill Chess Club Dundee! TAFCA Div 2: Castlehill E 1, Castlehill D 3 Now the official TAFCA website has…