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Adam does it again!
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He’s only gone and won another one! 8 year-old Adam Ling has now won a third tournament – the Edinburgh Junior Congress (Primary U900). And done it with a perfect score of 5/5. His dad will need to get a bigger trophy cabinet at this rate 😉
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Freddie finishes 3rd= in the UK Open Blitz Championship
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Our reigning club champion, Freddie Waldhausen Gordon, had a fine tournament to finish in third equal position on 10.5 points in the 15 round all-play-all event in Leamington Spa on 16th November. Freddie was in or close to the lead for much of the tournament, which was played at 3 minutes + 2 secs…
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Edinburgh junior success at Top Scot Prestonpans 2024
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The club’s junior coaching sessions on Sundays are proving to be a great success. We now have nearly 40 participants between the ages of 6 and 16 over two classes, and a number of them have already joined the club. This includes Tushit Chatterjee, who won the recent top Scot junior regional qualifier at…
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Travels in Bavaria
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There must be something in being club president that helps your play – first we had current president Raj doing well in the European Seniors and now we have his predecessor Neil Berry scoring well in the Bavarian Open in Tegernsee in Southern Bavaria, where he finished in a fine 10th place out of…
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Playing a Legend
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Our President, Raj Bhopal has been playing in the European Senior Chess Championship and was delighted to play a legend of the game – GM Nona Gaprindashvili, who was women’s world champion from 1962 to 1968, and is still a strong player in her 80s. The game finished in a draw, so Raj can…
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Adam Ling wins his first tournament at 8
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Delighted to hear that one of our youngest members, 8 year old Adam Ling, has won the intermediate section of the Bothwell Junior Chess Congress at the Bothwell Scarecrow Festival in September. Very well done Adam and good luck in the NEJCA Albyn Trophy in Aberdeen on the 29th. Enjoy the trip and enjoy…
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Torquay u1900 on the circuit
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Intrepid chess player and global traveller Bob Kane recently competed in the 2nd Torquay Riviera Tournament, U1900 section, and scored 3.5/5, finishing in a tie for second place. He sent us this report: It’s an 8-hour train journey from Edinburgh—or in my case, 5 episodes of Netflix series “the Bear” —but it was worth…
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Club members amongst Grand Prix prize winners!
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Delighted to learn that two members won prizes in the 2023/24 Scottish Grand Priz Challengers section (for players graded 1750-1999) and sponsored by Chess and Bridge, New in Chess and the Walter Munn fund: 2nd was Bob Kane (whose grading is 1812) scoring 42.0 points and winning a magazine subscription and a book/dvd. 3rd was Ross Blackford (with…
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A Pint with Kevin
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Club member Geoff, intrepid journalist and chess-patzer, never turns down the opportunity to mix a pint and chess by interviewing actor, comedian and fellow chess-patzer Kevin James Doyle for Chess Magazine when Kevin appeared in the Fringe!
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Raghuram Parasur wins the Balerno Trophy
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Many congratulations to club member Raghuram Parasur, who plays for the Tiger Cubs, on being awarded the Balerno Trophy for the highest rise in grading over a season. His grade last year was 742, but has risen an astonishing 1052 points to 1794. Of the 14 games he played in this period he won…