Edinburgh Chess Club

Match played 17th April at Alva Street:

Edinburgh 3            ½  -  5½     Dragons 2

Raj Bhopal               ½  -  ½      Alan Tate

Lindsay McGregor     0  -  1      Tony  Dempsey

Graham Dempsey      0  -  1      Richard Kynoch

Chris McIntee            0  -  1       Eoin Campbell

Colin Hutchison         0  -  1      Ewan Taylor

Motiejus Gudenas     0  -  1      Donald Heron

Matches played 12th April at Roslin:

Round 12

Edinburgh A  1½  -  2½    Pentland Hills

Edinburgh B   3½  -  ½     Sandy Bells

Edinburgh B finish 4th with 27 points, ½ a point ahead of Edinburgh A in 5th.

Match played 29th March at Alva Street:

Tiger Cubs           1 – 5     Pentland Hills 2

Fergus Skillen         0 – 1     Roy Ramsey

Captiva Mills            0 – 1     Lindsay Ridland

Dennis Anderson   1 – 0      Dick Heathwood

Michael Welch        0 – 1      Jim Kilgour

Robert Pirrie            0 – 1     Terry Purkins

Terence Douet        0 – 1      Andrew Clark

In the second division, Edinburgh 1 beat CS Bos 5-O. Edinburgh 1 are runners-up in division 2 and are promoted to division 1 for next season.
In the third division, Edinburgh 2 beat Dundee City B 3.5 – 1.5. Edinburgh 2 finish as runners-up in division 3 (behind Dundee City B) and are promoted to division 2.

In division 2, Edinburgh 1 – 3.5, Kilmarnock 1.5, and Kingdom Knights 2.5, Edinburgh 1 2,5. These results leave the first team in the second promotion place needing a draw or better against CS Bos 1 in the last game to secure promotion.
In division 3, Edinburgh 2 – 3.5, Oban 1.5, and Lanark 3, Edinburgh 2 – 2. The second team is also in second place in its division and will be promoted with a draw against Dundee 2 in the final round, or even a marginal defeat. Full results and individual scores can be found on the Chess Scotland website

Match played 23rd February at Alva Street:

Edinburgh West 2     3 – 3     Tiger Cubs

Jim Mowat                    1 – 0      Fergus Skillen

Willie Deas                    1 – 0      Captiva Mills

Ron Whalen                  1 – 0      Corbin Beaumont

Robin Johnson              0 – 1     Michael Welch

Default                          0 – 1     Dennis Anderson

Default                           0 - 1      Benjamin Ridge

Junior Coaching Newsletter:

ECC – Juniors, Newsletter 1 – February 2012

Match played at Alva Street, 15th February:

Tiger Cubs          2  -  4    Gorgie Dalry

Bill Platts               0 – 1     William Hynd
Fergus Skillen      1  - 0     Stewart Good
Captiva Mills        ½ – ½     Stuart McKinney
Leora Wadler       0 – 1      Gordon MacDonald
Adam Wadler      ½ – ½     Chris Tait
Euan Hamilton    0 – 1       Philip Tait