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A Pint with Kevin
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Club member Geoff, intrepid journalist and chess-patzer, never turns down the opportunity to mix a pint and chess by interviewing actor, comedian and fellow chess-patzer Kevin James Doyle for Chess Magazine when Kevin appeared in the Fringe!
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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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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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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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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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Great news for Scottish Junior chess!
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It was reported in yesterdays Times that Edinburgh Chess Academy, created by club member Andrew Green to provide a modern and exciting way of teaching chess to children, that their Scottish Junior Tournament has been endowed with £10,000 by Gareth Williams, founder of Skyscanner! As stated on the academy’s web site the tournament was started…