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Raj Bhopal and Alastair White represent Scotland in the over 65’s World Senior Team Championships 2024
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Raj Bhopal and Alastair White from the Edinburgh Chess Club represent Scotland in the over 65’s World Senior Team Championships in Kraków, Poland in June/July 2024 The over 65 team was ranked 22 of 33 teams and finished 24. A report about the team’s performance has been prepared by Rob McAndrew, captain, and will…
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Club Blitz 2024
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Club Blitz 2024 ChampionshipThe end of season blitz tournament was again ably run by Andre on Tuesday 18th June over 10 rounds. The competition was contested by 19 players with the trophy (to be formally presented at the AGM in September) finally being won by recently returned club member (and Club Medallist in past…
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Edinburgh League Results 2023-24
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The Edinburgh and Lothians leagues have recently been completed for the season, and our teams’ results were as follows. Premier Our 1st team relinquished their oft-held title to Edinburgh West 1, and finished 2nd, just a point behind. Division 1 This year we had three of the six teams in this division and they finished in…
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She Plays To Win Edinburgh Invitational 2024
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As part of its drive to support the take up of chess by women and girls, the club was pleased to host another She Plays To Win (SPTW) event in conjunction with International Master Lorin D’Costa during the February half-term. The event was made up of two 5 round Swiss-paired tournaments: one for FIDE rated players…
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Johnny Marr – an appreciation
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I realised the other night that we hadn’t yet added Johnny Marr to the Biographies section of the site, so I’ve rectified that glaring omission. If anyone has any other photos of Johnny, any stories you’d like to share, or any games of his that might be of interest then please get in touch.
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Edinburgh Chess Club – Summer Activity – Presidents Message
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Dear Club Member First of all, another success to report. Last weekend the club defeated Edinburgh West 6-2 in the final of the Richardson Cup, Scotland’s premier team competition. Activity over the next few months: Best wishes, Neil, President
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WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL NORM TOURNAMENT
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Wednesday 15th To Sunday 19th February 2023 As part of its bicentenary celebrations Edinburgh Chess Club is hosting the “She Plays To Win” (SPTW) chess tournament, being organised by International Master Lorin D’Costa, promoting the attainment of Woman International Master (WIM) norms. This is an invitational 10 player WIM all-play-all (double rounds at 10am and 3pm…
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European Seniors – Dresden 2022 – Final Results
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Following up on the previous post here are the final placings and a short summary by Alan Scrimgour. Scotland finished in 23rd position out of 42 teams, winning 4 matches and losing 5.The players’ score were: Peter Jamieson 4½/7 Alastair White 2/6 Alan Scrimgour 2½/7 David Levy 3½/7 Raj Bhopal 6½/8 It was good…
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BICENTENIAL INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY TOWN MATCH!
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As part of its bicentenary celebrations Edinburgh Chess Club hosted a Schaakstad Apeldoorn team from the Netherlands over the weekend of July 15 to 17th, 2022. The visitors had a very strong 10-man team, led by Team Captain IM Merijn van Delft, which included 2x IMs and 2x FMs! We held a Blitz tournament on the…
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Bicentenary Celebrations: Edinburgh vs London Correspondence Chess Match
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Replay of the original Edinburgh vs London correspondence chess match started last month (June 2022) over 42 boards inspired by the famous Edinburgh – London correspondence match from 1824. Things are being done a little differently this time! Moves are being made online, and we are playing individually against a London side using the ICCF…