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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 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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Final of the Summer Plate
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After a couple of convincing wins in the quarter and semi-final of the Summer Plate, Edinburgh 1 came up against a very youthful and talented Edinburgh West team in the final. Matthew Willder produced a quick win for us on board 3 but all the other games were tight. Raj was fought to a…
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Edinburgh League Results 2023-24
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The Edinburgh and Lothians leagues have recently been completed for the season, and our teams’ results were as follows. Premier Our 1st team relinquished their oft-held title to Edinburgh West 1, and finished 2nd, just a point behind. Division 1 This year we had three of the six teams in this division and they finished in…
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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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West Coast Wins
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On Saturday evening the club played a return match against the Mechanics Institute of San Francisco played over 10 boards on chess.com (2 games on each board: 15 minutes for the game with 2 second move increments) . The game was broadcast (and recorded) on Twitch with commentary by a great line up made of GM Nick de Firmian,…
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European Club Cup 2013
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For the second time in three years, we sent a team to play in the European Club Cup. This years’ event was held in the splendid Rodos Palace Hotel in Rhodes, from October 19-27. We qualified as Richardson winners, and were joined by runners up Edinburgh West. We had an average rating of 2136,…
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Club Successes
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Following on from John’s reporting of the SNCL triumph, Edinburgh Chess Club also won the Edinburgh Premier Division, and Scotland’s premier team competition, the Richardson Cup. This was our first victory since 1987, and 24th overall! The results from the final against Edinburgh West were as follows: Edinburgh 5.5 – 2.5 Edinburgh West Calum…