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Dundee
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The Dundee Chess Congress 2025 was held the weekend of 10th – 12th October 2025 over 5 rounds again at the University of Dundee’s Chaplaincy Centre. Several club members had an enjoyable weekend playing with some notable results. Ross Blackford (2027) made a creditable score of 3/6 in the Premier, which included a draw along…
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ACO 2025 – Crete
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A couple of club members recently played in the 2025 Amateur Chess Organisation (ACO) World Senior (50+) Chess Championship on Crete. Bob Kane was first equal in Group D (1751 – 1900) scoring 6.5/9 but losing out in the tie break to Joachim Kellenberger from Switzerland. 126 players from 20 nations took part. Mike…
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Edinburgh Chess Club Newsletter – October 2025
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I have been asked to produce a newsletter each month so that you know what has been going on at the club, and what is coming up. This is my first attempt so I may well tweak the format for subsequent months until I find one I like. The chess season really starts getting…
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Two in a row for Adam
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Hard on the heels of his first tournament win, 8 year-old Adam Ling has triumphed a second time, at the Albyn Intermediate Shield event in Aberdeen. We’re clearly going to have to watch this young lad carefully. Congratulations Adam!
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Final of the Summer Plate
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After a couple of convincing wins in the quarter and semi-final of the Summer Plate, Edinburgh 1 came up against a very youthful and talented Edinburgh West team in the final. Matthew Willder produced a quick win for us on board 3 but all the other games were tight. Raj was fought to a…
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Freddie gives a simul for the juniors
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As part of the Wednesday night Tiger Cubs training class the juniors got a taste of top class play when Freddie Waldhausen Gordon came along to give a simultaneous display on the 27th Nov. He even generously allowed multiple games to those who were defeated early, but still finished with a score of around…
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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…