Edinburgh Chess Club

Matches played at Roslin, 12th January:

Round 7

Edinburgh A           2½  -  1½       Corstorphine

Edinburgh B           2½  -  1½       Bank of Scotland

Round 8

Gorgie Dalry              2  -  2           Edinburgh A

Corstorphine 2         3  -  1           Edinburgh B

Matches played at Roslin, 15th December:

Round 5

Edinburgh A             2  -  2            Balerno

Edinburgh B             1  -  3            Badgers Brook

Round 6

Bank of Scotland     2½ – 1½        Edinburgh A

Balerno                      3½  -  ½         Edinburgh B

Matches played at Roslin, 10th November:

Round 3       

Edinburgh A          3  -  1        Dragons B

Edinburgh B            bye

Round 4       

Badgers Brook    3½ – ½      Edinburgh A

Dragons B            2½ – 1½    Edinburgh B

Matches played at Roslin, 14th April:

Round 11

Edinburgh A      2 ½  – 1 ½      Lasswade

Edinburgh B        2   -    2         Gorgie Dalry

Final positions:

1. Edinburgh A            32 ½    (win on tie-break of  individual result v. Badgers Brook)

2. Badgers Brook       32 ½

3. Lasswade                29

Edinburgh B finished eighth (out of 12 teams) with 20 points.

Top Scorers

Ben He and Sam Gregory both finished with 9/11 for Edinburgh A, and Fergus Skillen 7 ½/11.

For Edinburgh B, Shivan Murdochy scored 4/5, David Archibald 4 ½/6 and Calum McGillivray 6 ½/9

Matches played 10th March at Roslin:

Round 9

Edinburgh A      2.5 – 1.5    Edinburgh B

Round 10

Gorgie Dalry      1.5 - 2.5    Edinburgh A

Edinburgh B        3   -  1      Wandering Dragons

Leading positions: 1. Edinburgh A 30,  2. Badgers Brook 29,  3. Lasswade 27.5

Edinburgh A play Lasswade in the final round, Badgers Brook play Dragons.

Matches played 10th February at Roslin:

Round 7

Corstorphine              2 - 2      Edinburgh A

Bank of Scotland   2.5 – 1.5  Edinburgh B

Round 8

Edinburgh A               4 – 0      Dragons

Edinburgh B                1 – 3       Corstorphine

Matches played at Roslin, 13th January

Round 5

Balerno                 1.5  -  2.5    Edinburgh A

Badgers Brook    2.5  – 1.5    Edinburgh B

Round 6

Edinburgh A            4 – 0        Bank of Scotland

Edinburgh B             2 – 2        Balerno

Matches played at Roslin, 11th November

Round 3

Sandy Bells     0.5 – 3.5   Edinburgh A

Pentland Hills    3 – 1        Edinburgh B

Round 4

Edinburgh A        3 – 1       Badgers Brook

Edinburgh B       3 – 1      Sandy Bells

Matches played Thursday 14th October at Roslin:

Round 1

Musselburgh   1-3   Edinburgh A

Lasswade      2.5-1.5  Edinburgh B

Round 2

Edinburgh A   3-1   Pentland Hills

Edinburgh B    2-2   Musselburgh

The Edinburgh Allegro League is played on the second Thursday of the month at the Original Hotel Roslin.  Two rounds are played each evening, the first at 7.30pm and the second at 9pm.  Time limit is 30 minutes per player.  Teams comprise four players of average grade 1450.

This season we will be fielding two teams, and the first evening is scheduled for 14th October.

If you’re interested in playing in this season’s competition and haven’t already indicated so – either via your membership form or in response to my recent e-mail to last season’s players – please let me know.

Mark Sanderson

Matches played at Roslin, 11th March 2010

Round 11

Edinburgh 1      2.5 – 1.5     Civil Service

Edinburgh 2      0.5 – 3.5    Edinburgh 3

Round 12

Gorgie Dalry      0.5 – 3.5   Edinburgh 1

Civil Service        1    -    3     Edinburgh 2

Edinburgh 3       1.5 – 2.5    Wandering Dragons

League placings, with one match to play:   Edinburgh 3   32 pts, Bank of Scotland  30, Pentland Hills 27.5, Badgers Brook 27.5 ….

Edinburgh 3 face Civil Service in the last round while Bank of Scotland meet Pentland Hills.