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Edinburgh Chess Club Newsletter – November 2025
What happened in October: Tournament Results There was a notable success for Bob Kane who finished 2nd in group D (1900 – 1750) with 6.5/9 at the ACO World Senior (50+) Chess Championship. Edinburgh League The Edinburgh league kicked off in October. I don’t have all of the results to report, but I do…
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Dundee
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
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
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
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
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
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!
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
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
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…