Bicentenary

  • BICENTENIAL INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY TOWN MATCH!

    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…

  • Bicentenary Celebrations: Edinburgh vs London Correspondence Chess Match

    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…

  • Advance Notice!

    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…