THURS NIGHT WEEKLY QUICK-PLAY EVENT Thurs 8th April 21 – 8:10pm to 9:40pm Arena 50 – Bullet – 2 minutes each player As queen sang; “Thunder and lighting very, very frightening!”, What a night of chess as we held only the 2nd bullet 2 minute event with this one being planned (the other was by…
TAFCA WINTER LEAGUE ONLINE 2020-21 Match reports – Division Two – Three matches Wed 7th April 21 Kirkcaldy B 2, Castlehill E 2 Congratulations to Castlehill E who finish the season unbeaten but lost their 100% record manly due to an unfortunate default on board 3. Still you can’t complain too much and what a…
4NCL (Nations Chess League) Dundee City teams are a joint venture between Castlehill Chess Club and Dundee Chess Club. Tuesday 6th April 21 – 7:30pm Division One – Group D Dundee City A 1½, St.Benildus A 2½ This was a very tight game which any three results (win; draw or loss) were possible for…
THURS NIGHT WEEKLY COMP APRIL 21 – SCHEDULE –SOMETHING NEW! Just to let you all know we will be having a few different formats for the Thurs weekly comp in April just to take you out of your comfort zone! While all Thurs night competitions are fun we have a Roll of Honour for…
BOB DUNN SUMMER ONLINE TOURNAMENT 2021 Entries are now being taken for the Bob Dunn Summer tournament 2021. Closing date for entries is Monday 19th April 21. Format 4 Round Swiss Time-control: 60 minutes + 30 seconds increments. Score system: Win=3 points; Draw=1 point; Loss=zero points: All online matches go for allegro grading. All games…
TAFCA WINTER LEAGUE ONLINE 2020-21 Results Division One Thurs 1st April 21 Castlehill B 3, Castlehill D 1 Castlehill B had trouble fielding a full strength team and for the second match in a row had to pull two players in from lower sides. For a while this match could have gone either way, but…
THURS NIGHT WEEKLY QUICK-PLAY Thurs 1st April 21 – 8:10pm to 9:40pm Arena 49 – 5 minutes + 3 seconds increment Congratulations to Andre Babin finishing in first place on 22 points. This is André’s 8th quick-play win making him the 2nd most successful player in this tournament behind Declan Shafi, Surprisingly this was his…
JUNIOR 4 NCL (This is a joint venture between Castlehill CC and Dundee CC) Thurs 1st April 21 Division Three – Group B – 6pm Result JHJ Shark Tank 2 (4 – 4) Dundee City Juniors (Dundee City Juniors win 4 – 3 see report below) Dundee City Juniors where massively out graded and…
WHATS ON IN APRIL 21 TAFCA League (check TAFCA calendar for matches and dates) We have two weeks left of the TAFCA League which finishes on Thursday 15th April 21. Both division champions have been decided. But there are still promotion and relegation places to be resolved! TAFCA Allegro Championship 21 The 6th and last…
TAFCA WINTER LEAGUE ONLINE 2020-21 Results (Two Matches) Division One Tuesday 30th March 21 Dundee A 2½, Castlehill A 1½ Congratulations to Dundee A for becoming TAFCA Winter League division one champions 2020-21 with a game to spare after beating Castlehill A last night! It was some match with board one being the…