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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…
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Advance Notice!
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We are delighted to give advance notice of some events being organised in the run up to Edinburgh Chess Club’s bicentenary in November: Schaakstad Apeldoorn Weekend 15th-17th July 2022: One of the Netherland’s top team, Schaakstad Apeldoorn (www.schaakstad-apeldoorn.nl), is visiting Edinburgh for a chess weekend. We are planning to hold a Rapid Event on the Friday evening…
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New article on Edinburgh Juniors in the 1960s and 70s
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I’ve been making some changes to the technical capabilities of the menu system of the club’s main website to allow us to include more history, biographies, and articles. The first visible change is the addition of an Articles section under the History menu which has as its first entry an article I’ve been working…
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Club President Player of the Year 2020
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We are delighted to congratulate our President, FM Neil Berry, on being awarded Chess Scotland’s joint Player of the Year 2020 (along with Andy Howie).
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West Coast Wins
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On Saturday evening the club played a return match against the Mechanics Institute of San Francisco played over 10 boards on chess.com (2 games on each board: 15 minutes for the game with 2 second move increments) . The game was broadcast (and recorded) on Twitch with commentary by a great line up made of GM Nick de Firmian,…
