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 twenty board simultaneous at Edinburgh Chess Club on Tuesday 30^th December. Short was undefeated, but Edinburgh Chess Club members Archie Drysdale, David Montgomery and Vipin Zamvar all made draws. Congratulations to all three of them, and thank you to Nigel Short for visiting our club.

Blitz Tournaments

Two strong Blitz tournaments were held in Scotland in December and Edinburgh Chess Club members won both of them

• Nurlykhan Kudaibergen won the Glasgow Winter Evening Blitz with 7.5/9
• Keith Ruxton won the Edinburgh Chess Club Christmas Blitz with 12.5/15.

Freestyle Chess

Congratulations to Ross Blackford who was winner of the first ever Chess Scotland rated chess 960 tournament – the Hamilton Chess 960 Allegro with a perfect score of 5/5. I Presume he is now Scotland’s number 1 player in this form of the game.

Rilton Cup

Freddie Gordon is playing in the Rilton Cup, a strong open tournament in Stockholm. At the time of writing he is on 3.5/5, including a draw with Polish GM Bartlomiej Heberla. His progress can be followed here https://s1.chess-results.com/tnr1301931.aspx?lan=1&art=9&fedb=SCO&fed=SCO&turdet=YES&snr=39&SNode=S0

Top Scot Edinburgh

Congratulations to Dheeraj Kosuru who finished 1st= in the Top Scot Edinburgh Under 800 tournament with 5.5/6.

Edinburgh Allegro League

Games 5 and 6 of the Edinburgh allegro league took place on Thursday 11th December. Edinburgh 1 drew 2-2 against Civil Service 2, and defeated Edinburgh 2 3-1, while Edinburgh 2 lost their other game to Costorphine 1.5 -2.5.

The current league standings are:

• 1.       Musselburgh: 19.5 pts
• 2.       Civil Service 1: 16.5 pts
• 3.       Edinburgh West 1: 16 pts
• 4.       Edinburgh 1: 14 pts
• 5.       Edinburgh 2: 14 pts

Edinburgh League

The club is seeking more players of all strengths for the Edinburgh league teams. If you are a new player and would like to play for a team please contact Craig Thomson at president@edinburghchessclub.co.uk – beginners especially are welcome.

The following league results are reported from December.

• Edinburgh 1 (Premier Division)
  • Away vs Edinburgh West 1: Draw 3 – 3
• Edinburgh 2 (Premier Division)
  • Away vs Edinburgh West 1: Lost 2.5 – 3.5
  • Home vs Wandering Dragons 1: Lost 0 – 6
• Edinburgh 4 (Division 2)
  • Home vs Bank of Scotland 2: Lost 2.5 – 3.5
• Edinburgh 5 (Division 2)
  • Away vs Bank of Scotland 2: Result not available yet
• Edinburgh 6 (Division 3)
  • Away vs Badgers Brook 3: Won 5 – 1
• Edinburgh 7 (Division 3)
  • Away vs Edinburgh West Juniors: Lost 0 – 6 (by default).
• Tiger Cubs (Division 3)
  • Home vs Civil Service 2: Lost 2.5 – 3.5

The current league standings are:

Premier Division

1. Edinburgh 1: 11 pts
2. Wandering Dragons 1: 6 pts
3. Edinburgh West 1: 6 pts
4. Civil Service 1: 5 pts
5. Badgers Brook 1: 2 pts
6. Edinburgh 2: 2 pts

Division 1

1. Bank of Scotland 1: 8 pts
2. Wandering Dragons 2: 6 pts
3. Pentland Hills 1: 4 pts
4. Costorphine 1: 4 pts
5. Edinburgh West 2: 3 pts
6. Edinburgh 3: 1 pts

Division 2

1. Musselburgh 1: 8 pts
2. Edinburgh 5: 6 pts
3. University of Edinburgh 1: 6 pts
4. Badgers Brook 2: 6 pts
5. Sandy Bells 1: 3 pts
6. Wandering Dragons 3: 3 pts
7. Bank of Scotland 2: 3 pts
8. Gorgie Dalry: 3 pts
9. Costorphine 2: 3 pts
10. Edinburgh 4: 2 pts
11. Pentland Hills 2: 1 pt

 Division 3

1. Civil Service 2 – 8 pts
2. Musselburgh 2 – 7 pts
3. Bank of Scotland 3 – 4 pts
4. Edinburgh 6 – 4 pts
5. Sandy Bells 2 – 4 pts
6. Edinburgh West Juniors – 3 pts
7. Costorphine 3 – 3 pts
8. Badgers Brook 3 – 3 pts
9. Tiger Cubs – 2 pts
10. University of Edinburgh 2 – 2 pts
11. Edinburgh 7 – 0 pts

Christmas Quiz

Edinburgh Chess Club Christmas was held on Tuesday December 23^rd, and a good time was had by all. Thanks to Bob Kane and Alastair White for organising and running the quiz, and to NewInChess for the book prizes.

Coming up in January

Lothians Allegro

The Lothians Allegro (Organised by Chess Edinburgh) is being played at Bainfield Bowling Club on Sunday 18th January 2026. There are four sections: Open, Under 1900, Under 1600 and Under 1300, with the top two sections being FIDE rated. This is a good tournament for new players because it is local, has a short time control and it only takes one day – you can enter at https://congress.org.uk/congress/651/home.

League Matches

The following Edinburgh league fixtures are played in January and early February.

• Edinburgh 1
  • Thursday 15^th January 19:30 – home vs Edinburgh 2
  • Monday 2^nd February – away vs Civil Service 1
• Edinburgh 2
  • Thursday 15^th January 19:30 – away vs Edinburgh 1
  • Monday 26^th January 19:30 – home vs Badgers Brook 1
• Edinburgh 3
  • Monday 5^th January 19:30 – home vs Wandering Dragons 2
  • Wednesday 21^st January 19:30 – away vs Edinburgh West 2
• Edinburgh 4
  • Tuesday 13^th January 19:30 – away vs Wandering Dragons 3
  • Thursday 29^th January 19:30 – home vs Gorgie Dalry
• Edinburgh 5
  • Monday 12^th January – away vs University of Edinburgh 2
  • Thursday 15^th January 19:30 – home vs Bank of Scotland 2
  • Thursday 29^th January 19:30 – home vs Sandy Bells 1
• Edinburgh 6
  • Wednesday 4^th February 19:30 – home vs Bank of Scotland
• Edinburgh 7
  • Tuesday 20^th January – away vs Sandy Bells 2
• Tiger Cubs
  • Wednesday 14th January 19:00 – away vs Edinburgh West 2
  • Wednesday 4^th February 19:00 – home vs Sandy Bells 2

Allegro League

Games 7 and 8 of the Edinburgh allegro league will be played on Thursday 8th January 2026. Edinburgh 1 are paired against Badgers Brook and Sandy Bells, while Edinburgh 2 face Wandering Dragons and Bank of Scotland.

Adult Beginner Training Sessions

Vipin Zamvar will be running training sessions for beginners on Tuesday 20th January and Tuesday 3rd February for an hour starting at 18:30.

Talk by Grandmaster Daniel King

Grandmaster Daniel King is giving a talk on Friday 6th February. The title is “The Greek Gift Sacrifice”. Tickets are £29 for club members – register at https://edinburghchessclub.wildapricot.org/event-6470549  

Future Events

Talk by Chess Historian Douglas Griffin

Noted chess historian Douglas Griffin will be giving a talk on Thursday 12^th March. The subject will be the 1969 World Championship match between Boris Spassky and Tigran Petrosian. Douglas has translated books for Quality Chess, and has published his own translations of many interesting annotations by players from the Soviet Union on his website https://dgriffinchess.wordpress.com/

Other Information

Merchandise

Edinburgh Chess Club has launched a merchandise store – https://edinburgh-chess-club.teemill.com. Thanks to Jenny Wilson for organising this.

Edinburgh Chess Club Links and Social Media

Edinburgh Chess Club has:

• A website – https://www.edinburghchessclub.co.uk/
• A membership site – https://edinburghchessclub.wildapricot.org/
• A facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/edinburghchessclub
• A facebook group – https://www.facebook.com/groups/284858918909145
• An account on X (AKA Twitter) – https://x.com/EdinburghChess

Information about non-club chess events

I was asked a question about finding tournaments to play in outside of the club. I recommend the following:

• Chess Scotland Calendar – https://www.chessscotland.com/calendar– The best place to find events in Scotland.
• ECF Calendar – https://www.englishchess.org.uk/events/ – for events in England and Wales. Occasionally includes events outside the UK.
• FIDE Calendar – https://calendar.fide.com/calendar.php – a well designed calendar, but events seem to appear in it late.
• https://chess-calendar.eu/ – this is comprehensive, but is difficult to search and suffers from having almost every over the board chess event worldwide.
• https://www.echecs.asso.fr/Calendrier.aspx – for events in France – there is also a list of open tournaments https://www.echecs.asso.fr/Default.aspx?Cat=21. It helps if you can read French.

Edinburgh Chess Club held a one day open chess event at their premises in the city on Saturday 6th December 2025.

The event drew players from across Scotland including a number who are originally from Europe.

The format was a 15 round blitz event (i.e. games that usually last around 10 mins), with a format set to ensure that the eventual top players have all played each other.

The early leader was Scottish Champion Andrew Greet (Bellshill), who had a perfect record over the first 6 rounds.  However, consecutive losses to Keith Ruxton (Edinburgh) and Ian McDonald (Bon Accord), brought those two into contention, along with Yevgeni Sprenger de la Iglesias (Phones, Glasgow).

Several players were seen with head in hands, or staring blankly at the ceiling as the short time control caused mistakes, blunders amidst some excellent play.

Yong prospects Devesh Sharma and Haruo Uegaki (both Edinburgh West), and Jainill Vadalia (Phones & Glasgow Polytechnic) fared well with some notable victories, while at the other end of the spectrum, Scottish Seniors International Alastair White (Edinburgh), showed he is still a force to be reckoned with.

Ian McDonald had a fantastic run against the top ranked players, but with a possible win in sight, slipped up against Edinburgh club president Craig Thomson.

All of the top players swapped the lead in the later rounds under the pressure of having to win every game to retain the lead, but it was eventually Edinburgh club champion Keith Ruxton, who emerged victorious by half a point.

Final result as follows:

1. Keith Ruxton    12.5 / 15
2. Ian McDonald   12 / 15
3. =Yevgeni Sprenger de la Iglesias & Andrew Greet    11.5 / 15

Thanks to Iain Cowe for writing this report

Christmas Quiz Night  23rd December 19:00

Join us for a fun, festive Chess Quiz Evening – suitable for all ages and abilities!

Hosted by: Alastair White & Robert Kane
Entry: FREE

Prizes

Lots of chess book prizes, generously donated by:

• New In Chess (NIC)
• Quality Chess

Quiz Sections

• Junior Section
  ➡️ Short section at the very beginning of the quiz
• Chess History
• ️ Picture Questions
• ♞ Puzzles to Solve
• Chess in Movies
• Very Hard Section
• ❓ Mystery Section

Whether you’re a club regular, a junior player, or just love chess, come along and enjoy a relaxed and entertaining evening.

Everyone welcome – bring your chess knowledge and your Christmas spirit! ♟️

Festive Extras

“Mince pies guaranteed!”
Yes – there will be mince pies and refreshments available!

Register at https://edinburghchessclub.wildapricot.org/event-6476391

What happened in November

Notable Tournament Results

There were several notable results for Edinburgh Chess Club players.

• Kathleen Rutherford came equal 1st in the Scottish Women’s Championship, winning the title of Scottish Women’s Champion with an unbeaten 4/5 and a rating performance of 2031.
• Nurlykhan Kudaibergen came equal 1st at the Oban Open with 4/5, including a draw against the current Scottish Champion: International Master Andrew Greet.
• Also at Oban, David Montgomery finished 1^st equal in the Major with 4/5 (3 wins and 2 draws).
• Simon Gibson won the Wolf of Badenoch tournament with a perfect score of 5/5. He was outrated by his opponents by an average of 159 points!
• Freddy Gordon finished 4th at the British Blitz Championship in Leamington Spar with a score of 10.5/15, missing out on 3^rd place on tiebreak. During the tournament he defeated Grandmasters Eldar Gasanov and Peter Wells.

Edinburgh Allegro League

In games 3 and 4 of the Edinburgh league Edinburgh 1 defeated Costorphine 3 -1, and lost to Musselburgh 3.5 – 0.5, while Edinburgh 2 beat Badgers Brook 3 – 1 and Sandy Bells 2.5 – 1.5. After four games of the Allegro league, Edinburgh 2 have 7/8 and are one point behind the league leaders Musselburgh, while Edinburgh 1 are a point further back.

Edinburgh League

The club is seeking more players of all strengths for the Edinburgh league teams. If you are a new player and would like to play for a team please contact Craig Thomson at president@edinburghchessclub.co.uk – beginners especially are welcome.

The following league results are reported from November.

• Edinburgh 1 (Premier Division)
  • Away vs Wandering Dragons 1: Won 4.5 – 1.5
  • Home vs Civil Service 1: Won 5 – 1
• Edinburgh 2 (Premier Division)
  • Away vs Badgers Brook 1: Won 3.5 – 2.5
  • Home vs Civil Service 1: Lost 2.5 – 3.5
• Edinburgh 3 (Division 1)
  • Away vs Bank of Scotland 1: Lost 2 – 4
  • Home vs Pentland Hills: Lost 3.5 – 2.5
• Edinburgh 4 (Division 2)
  • Home vs Musselburgh 1: Lost 1.5 – 4.5
  • Away vs Badgers Brook 2: Lost 2.5 – 3.5
• Edinburgh 5 (Division 2)
  • Home vs Wandering Dragons 3: Won 4 – 2
• Edinburgh 6 (Division 3)
  • I haven’t been given any results on which to report.
• Edinburgh 7 (Division 3)
  • Away vs Tiger Cubs: Lost 2.5 – 3.5
• Tiger Cubs (Division 3)
  • Home vs Edinburgh 7: Won 3.5 – 2.5

Scottish National Chess League

The first two days of the Scottish National Chess League took place in November. After four rounds Edinburgh 1 are well placed in division 1 with 6 points out of a possible 8 – just 1 point behind the league leaders Edinburgh West 1.

Edinburgh 2 have 4 points in division 2. Having played two of the strongest teams (Kilmarnock and Lenzie Basilisks) in rounds 1 and 2 they still have to play most of the lower rated teams, and are likely to finish mid-table.

They could be joined in division 2 next season by Edinburgh 3, who are on 6 points, 1 point behind the co-leaders CSBOS 2 and Dundee City C and are well placed for a push for promotion.

Also in division 3 Edinburgh 4 have 3 points, and should finish around mid-table. 

Rounds 5 and 6 are played on Sunday 22^nd February 2026.

The detailed results are as follows:

Edinburgh 1 (Division 1):

• Round 1: Away vs Bon Accord:  Won 4 – 1
• Round 2: Home vs Forth Valley 1:  Won 3 – 2
• Round 3: Away vs Dundee City A: Lost 4 – 1
• Round 4: Home vs Wandering Dragons 1: Won 3.5 – 1.5

Edinburgh 2 (Division 2):

• Round 1: Home vs Kilmarnock: Lost 1.5 – 3.5
• Round 2: Away vs Lenzie Basilisks: Lost 1 – 4
• Round 3: Home vs CSBOS 1: Won 3 – 2
• Round 4: Away vs Edinburgh West 2: Won 3 – 2

Edinburgh 3 (Division 3):

• Round 1: Away vs Costorphine: Won 3 – 2
• Round 2: Home vs Troon & District:  Won 3.5 – 1.5
• Round 3: Home vs Dunfermline Rooks: Lost 3.5 – 1.5
• Round 4: Away vs Phones: Won 3 – 2

Edinburgh 4 (Division 3):

• Round 1: Home vs Dundee City D: Draw 2.5 – 2.5
• Round 2: Away vs Dundee City C: Lost 2 – 3
• Round 3: Home vs Dunfermline Bishops: Won 3.5 – 1.5
• Round 4: Away vs Queens Park: Lost 1 – 4

Coming up in December

Edinburgh Christmas Blitz

At the time of writing there are still a couple of places available at the Edinburgh Christmas Blitz to be held on Saturday 6^th December. Entry is via Wild Apricot https://edinburghchessclub.wildapricot.org/event-6409648, or by email to President@Edinburghchessclub.co.uk 

See https://www.chessscotland.com/calendar/edinburgh-christmas-blitz for details.

Christmas Quiz

A Christmas will be held on Tuesday 23^rd December starting at 19:30. Details will follow by email

Nigel Short Simultaneous

Edinburgh Chess Club is honoured to host Grandmaster Nigel Short for a simultaneous display on Tuesday 30^th December starting at 19:00. This is an opportunity to face a former World Championship Finalist, and one of Britain’s greatest ever players. See https://www.chessscotland.com/news/nigel-short-edinburgh-simul-2025 for details.

League Matches

The following Edinburgh league fixtures are played in December.

• Edinburgh 1
  • Wednesday 17^th December 19:30 – away vs Edinburgh West 1
• Edinburgh 2
  • Wednesday 3^rd December 19:30 – away vs Edinburgh West 1
  • Monday 8^th December 19:30 – home vs Wandering Dragons 1
• Edinburgh 3
  • No matches in December
• Edinburgh 4
  • Thursday 4^th December 19:30 – home vs Bank of Scotland 2
• Edinburgh 5
  • Tuesday 9^th December – away vs Bank of Scotland 2
• Edinburgh 6
  • Monday 8^th December 19:00 – away vs Badger’s Brook 3
• Edinburgh 7
  • Wednesday 10^th December vs Edinburgh West Juniors – I think because this is against a junior team, although it is a home game it is played at Edinburgh West – the team captain will be able to advise.
• Tiger Cubs
  • Wednesday 10th December 19:00 – home vs Civil Service 2

Allegro League

Games 5 and 6 of the Edinburgh allegro league will be played on Thursday 11th December 2025. Edinburgh 1 face Civil Service 2 in game 3, and Edinburgh 2 in game 4. In their 3^rd game Edinburgh 2 are paired against Costorphine.

Future Events

Lothians Allegro

The Lothians Allegro (Organised by Chess Edinburgh) is being played at Bainfield Bowling Club on Sunday 18th January 2026 – see https://www.chessscotland.com/calendar/lothians-allegro-2026 for details

Talk by Grandmaster Daniel King

A talk will be given by Grandmaster Daniel King on Friday 6th February. Daniel is a well-known chess author and commentator, and runs the popular Youtube Channel Powerplaychess https://www.youtube.com/@PowerPlayChess. More details will be given nearer the time.

Talk by Chess Historian Douglas Griffin

Noted chess historian Douglas Griffin will be giving a talk on Thursday 12^th March. The subject will be the 1969 World Championship match between Boris Spassky and Tigran Petrosian. Douglas has translated books for Quality Chess, and has published his own translations of many interesting annotations by players from the Soviet Union on his website https://dgriffinchess.wordpress.com/

What happened in October

Tournament Results

There was a notable success for Bob Kane who finished 2^nd in group D (1900 – 1750) with 6.5/9 at the ACO World Senior (50+) Chess Championship.

Edinburgh League

The Edinburgh league kicked off in October. I don’t have all of the results to report, but I do have the following:

Premier Division:

• Edinburgh 1: 4.5 – 1.5 Edinburgh 2.

Division 3:

• Edinburgh 5:  2.5 – 3.5 Edinburgh 4.

Allegro League

Round 1 of the Edinburgh allegro league took place on Thursday 9th October 2025. Edinburgh 1 beat Badgers Brook 1.5 – 2.5 and Costorphine 3 – 0. Edinburgh 2 drew 2 – 2 against Wandering Dragons and beat Sandy Bells 4 – 0.

Club Maintenance

A burglar alarm and monitoring system has been installed at the club premises to enhance security. All keyholders will be issued with instructions for using the alarm.

Coming up in November

Tournaments:

Two tournaments are being hosted at Edinburgh Chess Club in the near future:

Wolf of Badenoch Trophy 2025

A 5 round Swiss tournament for players graded below 1600 held on Saturday 22^nd and Sunday 23^rd November at Edinburgh Chess Club. Entries should be emailed to Calum McGillivray (calum-1989@hotmail.co.uk). Entry is limited to 28 players, so early entry is advised. See https://www.chessscotland.com/calendar/wolf-of-badenoch-trophy-2025 for more details.

Edinburgh Christmas Blitz

A 15 round 3+2 Blitz tournament held on Saturday 6th December at Edinburgh Chess Club. Entry is via Wild Apricot https://edinburghchessclub.wildapricot.org/event-6409648, or by email to President@Edinburghchessclub.co.uk. See https://www.chessscotland.com/calendar/edinburgh-christmas-blitz for details.

League Matches

The following Edinburgh league fixtures are played in November.

Edinburgh 1

• Thursday 6^th November 19:30 – home vs Civil Service 1
• Tuesday 11^th November – away vs Wandering Dragons 1
• Thursday 27^th November 19:30 – home vs Badgers Brook 1

Edinburgh 2

• Monday 3^rd November 19:00 – away vs Badgers Brook 1
• Monday 17^th November 19:30 – home vs Civil Service 1

Edinburgh 3

• Tuesday 4^th November – away vs Bank of Scotland 1
• Monday 10^th November 19:30 – home vs Pentland Hills 1

Edinburgh 4

• Thursday 6^th November 19:30 – home vs Musselburgh 1
• Tuesday 11^th November 19:00 – away vs Badgers Brook 2

Edinburgh 5

• Thursday 20^th November 19:30 – home vs Wandering Dragons 3
• Monday 24^th November – away vs Gorgie Dalry

Edinburgh 6

• Tuesday 18^th November – away vs Musselburgh 2
• Wednesday 26^th November 19:30 – home vs University of Edinburgh 2

Edinburgh 7

• Tuesday 4^th November – away vs Bank of Scotland 3
• Wednesday 12^th November 19:00 – away vs Edinburgh 7

Tiger Cubs

• Wednesday 12^th November 19:00 – home vs Edinburgh 7
• Wednesday 26^th November 19:00 – home vs Musselburgh 2

Allegro League

Games 3 and 4 of the Edinburgh allegro league will be played on Thursday 13th November 2025. Edinburgh 1 face Civil Service 2 in game 3, and Edinburgh 2 in game 4. In their 3^rd game Edinburgh 2 are paired against Costorphine.

Scottish National Chess League

The Scottish National Chess League will be played at Dunfermline Learning Campus, Calaiswood Crescent, Dunfermline, which is a new venue for this season – see https://www.chessscotland.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2391 for details of the venue. The first four rounds are played in November: rounds 1 and 2 on Sunday 2^nd November and rounds 3 and 4 on Sunday 30^th November.  The relevant pairings for the first four rounds are

Edinburgh 1:

• Round 1: Away vs Bon Accord
• Round 2: Home vs Forth Valley 1
• Round 3: Away vs Dundee City A
• Round 4: Home vs Wandering Dragons 1

Edinburgh 2:

• Round 1: Home vs Kilmarnock
• Round 2: Away vs Lenzie Basilisks
• Round 3: Home vs CSBOS 1
• Round 4: Away vs Edinburgh West 2

Division 3 is a swiss tournament, so the Edinburgh 3 and 4 fixtures are not known in advance, but in round 1 Edinburgh 3 are away to Costorphine and Edinburgh 4 are at home to Dundee City D.

I have been asked to produce a newsletter each month so that you know what has been going on at the club, and what is coming up. This is my first attempt so I may well tweak the format for subsequent months until I find one I like. The chess season really starts getting going in October, so there are a lot things to cover.

What happened in September

Club Champion vs Club Simultaneous

The annual simultaneous match between the Edinburgh Chess Club Champion and the Club was won by 16.5 points to 3.5 by Keith Ruxton. The club champion was unbeaten, however congratulations to Simon Gibson, Findlay Haddow, Bence Mogyorodi, David Montgomery, Mike Ridge, Vandela Ruby and Vipin Zamvar who all made draws.  

Tournament Results

• Congratulations to Simon Gibson for 1^st = at the Edinburgh Park Intermediate Allegro.
• Congratulations to Keith Aitchison for 1^st at the Northumberland Major with 5/5.

Coming up in October

Club Tournaments

Adult Beginners Tournament

Edinburgh Chess Club will be holding a tournament for adult beginners on Saturday 11^th October starting at 10:00 am. The tournament will consist of three rounds, where each player will have 1 hour for the whole game. See https://edinburghchessclub.wildapricot.org/event-6376409 for details.

Club Championship and challengers

Registration for the club championship closes on Wednesday 8^th October. This will be a 7 round tournament open to all members held over the course of the season. See https://edinburghchessclub.wildapricot.org/event-6357757 for details.

Edinburgh League

The Edinburgh league starts in October, with the following fixtures in the next month or so.

Edinburgh 1

• Monday 27^th October 19:30 – away vs Edinburgh 2
• Thursday 6^th November 19:30 – home vs Civil Service 1

Edinburgh 2

• Monday 27^th October 19:30 – home vs Edinburgh 1

Edinburgh 3

• Monday 20^th October 19:30 – home vs Edinburgh West 2
• Tuesday 4^th November – away vs Bank of Scotland 1

Edinburgh 4

• Thursday 16^th October 19:30 – away vs Edinburgh 5
• Thursday 6^th November 19:30 – home vs Musselburgh 1

Edinburgh 5

• Thursday 16^th October 19:30 – home vs Edinburgh 4

Edinburgh 6

• Wednesday 15^th October 19:00 – away vs Edinburgh 7
• Wednesday 29^th October 19:00 – away vs Tiger Cubs

Edinburgh 7

• Wednesday 15^th October 19:00 – home vs Edinburgh 6

Tiger Cubs

• Wednesday 15^th October 19:00 – home vs Badgers Brook
• Wednesday 29^th October 19:00 – home vs Edinburgh 6

Scottish National Chess League

Rounds 1 and 2 of the Scottish National Chess League will be played in Dunfermline on Sunday 2^nd November. Edinburgh will be entering three teams. Please contact Calum McGillivray if you are interested in playing.