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Edinburgh 3 win SNCL Division 3!
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You can’t have enough ‘3’s can you? Many congratulations to our third team who recently won the Scottish National Chess League (SNCL) third division with an outstanding 8 wins and 1 loss from 9 matches. Edinburgh Chess Club were running four teams in the SNCL this year. The rules are that teams must be…
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Edinburgh Chess Club May Allegro – Results
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As we glide serenely towards the end of the season, exciting chess events are still happening. On Saturday 2nd May we held an open allegro tournament at the club which was massively oversubscribed with a long waiting list. Get your entries in fast for the next event! The entries ranged wide and far –…
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Aberdeen Congress
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Fancy a game of curling? No, me neither – too cold. Almost as cold as a league match in a draughty church hall in the middle of January – we’ve all been there… Luckily, despite being held at Curl-Aberdeen, there were no slip-ups at the recent Aberdeen Chess Congress where Edinburgh Chess Club first…
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Freddy and ECC on the BBC
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Not content with dominating the UK chess scene, our star player Freddy Waldhausen Gordon is now a global media star! Read the article about Freddy on the BBC News website using the link below – and discover the joys of trying to balance chess mastery with school exams. A great article reflecting the positive…
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Freddy Wins British Rapidplay Championships
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Many congratulations to Edinburgh Chess Club’s star player, Freddy Waldhausen Gordon, on a spectacular victory at the 2026 British Rapid Championships played over the weekend of March 14/15 in Peterborough. This is such an outstanding achievement that it has even made it into the prestigious Financial Times newspaper. Read the article here https://www.ft.com/content/d7c34db8-e0ae-4d3c-b93a-1d8770818ea4 Freddy…
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Freddy Earns IM Title
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Congratulations to Freddy Waldhausen Gordon, who is seen here receiving an International Master (IM) norm for his brilliant 2500+ performance at the very strong Graz International Open Tournament last month. Amazingly, this is Freddy’s seventh (!) IM norm. In the old days, getting three was enough, but recent changes to the rules meant that…
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Friday Night Blitz
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The club held a very well attended blitz tournament on Friday 27th March. Congratulations to both of our winners, in joint 1st place with 8/10 Nurlykhan Kudaibergen and IM Konstantinos Megalios , and to Prateek Wadhwa for a fine 3rd place with 7/10. Many thanks to all who attended and helped organise. The three standing in the photo are our esteemed president…
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Edinburgh 1 Win the League
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Many congratulations to our Edinburgh 1 team who have won the premier division with two rounds to spare! A match win against Wandering Dragons sealed the deal. This included a great game by FM Neil Berry and a very spectacular finish by our 19 year old star Nurlykhan Kudaibergen (currently on 5/5 in his…
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Lothians Allegro Championship 2026
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Our president was lacking somewhere to keep his champagne but neatly solved this problem by winning the Smerdon trophy at the Lothians Allegro Championship held at Bainfield Bowling Club on Sunday 18th January 2026. Finishing the tournament undefeated on 4/5, club president Craig SM Thomson took home the trophy as the highest placed finisher…
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Newsletter January 2026
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Happy New Year everybody. Normally there is a slight lull in activity around Christmas, but the club seems to have had a lot of events this time, and I am looking forward to lots of interesting chess events in 2026. What Happened In December Nigel Short Simultaneous Legendary English Grandmaster Nigel Short played a…