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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…