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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 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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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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Two in a row for Adam
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Hard on the heels of his first tournament win, 8 year-old Adam Ling has triumphed a second time, at the Albyn Intermediate Shield event in Aberdeen. We’re clearly going to have to watch this young lad carefully. Congratulations Adam!
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Adam does it again!
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He’s only gone and won another one! 8 year-old Adam Ling has now won a third tournament – the Edinburgh Junior Congress (Primary U900). And done it with a perfect score of 5/5. His dad will need to get a bigger trophy cabinet at this rate 😉
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Freddie finishes 3rd= in the UK Open Blitz Championship
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Our reigning club champion, Freddie Waldhausen Gordon, had a fine tournament to finish in third equal position on 10.5 points in the 15 round all-play-all event in Leamington Spa on 16th November. Freddie was in or close to the lead for much of the tournament, which was played at 3 minutes + 2 secs…
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Edinburgh junior success at Top Scot Prestonpans 2024
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The club’s junior coaching sessions on Sundays are proving to be a great success. We now have nearly 40 participants between the ages of 6 and 16 over two classes, and a number of them have already joined the club. This includes Tushit Chatterjee, who won the recent top Scot junior regional qualifier at…
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Travels in Bavaria
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There must be something in being club president that helps your play – first we had current president Raj doing well in the European Seniors and now we have his predecessor Neil Berry scoring well in the Bavarian Open in Tegernsee in Southern Bavaria, where he finished in a fine 10th place out of…
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Playing a Legend
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Our President, Raj Bhopal has been playing in the European Senior Chess Championship and was delighted to play a legend of the game – GM Nona Gaprindashvili, who was women’s world champion from 1962 to 1968, and is still a strong player in her 80s. The game finished in a draw, so Raj can…
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Adam Ling wins his first tournament at 8
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Delighted to hear that one of our youngest members, 8 year old Adam Ling, has won the intermediate section of the Bothwell Junior Chess Congress at the Bothwell Scarecrow Festival in September. Very well done Adam and good luck in the NEJCA Albyn Trophy in Aberdeen on the 29th. Enjoy the trip and enjoy…