28 Oct 2025: Kelso club is revived
Great news! Following hard work by Laura Steven of Berwick, the newly
revived Kelso club had its first meeting on Tuesday 28 Oct in the British
Legion. The evening was a great success, and the club is
obviously back with a bang. Anyone in the Kelso area who would like
to join, please contact the editor at ,
who will forward your query to Laura Steven, the Kelso organiser.
Kelso have always entered a team in the Borders League, but have not
actually met as a club there for a few years. This new venture will
bring a weekly club back to Kelso, and will help cater for the undoubted
interest in chess there is in the town and the surrounding area. Welcome
back!
Alan Armstrong was there on Tuesday, and has sent us his impressions of the evening.
See the Club News page...
30 Oct 2025: Changes to fixture list
There have been a number of changes to the original fixture list, and all
players should be aware of the rescheduled matches. The revised list
is on the
fixtures page... and a downloadable
file will also be made available soon.
League fixtures and results for 2025-26...
Results for Borders Individual Championships...
30 Oct 2025: BICC and Selkirk results
We have 6 results in from the Borders Individual and Selkirk Championship tournaments. See the
BICC page... and the
Club News page...
07 Oct 2025: Report on Borders AGM
The Borders Chess League AGM was held at 7.30pm on Tuesday 7th October in
the County Hotel, Selkirk. There was a good turnout, with around 20 players there,
and a full report is on this page...
Club news, including the Selkirk Championship...
Full schedule, League results and selected games...
Newcomers and tuition
If you're looking to join a club, this is where to start. We cover the
four main Borders clubs, with details of contacts. There is also a tuition
section, including: a refresher on the rules of chess; some hints on how to
win material; and other basic tuition articles.
Newcomers section...
General blog
What's in the blog section? Well, anything that anyone wants to write
about. This month we have a rant
measured criticism of post-mortems; an introduction to problems;
and games from prominent Borders players. Open to all, so please send in
your articles to the editor.
Blog index...
Social media
The Selkirk club has both a Facebook account and an X account. The
X account is
https://twitter.com/ClubSelkirk - and
https://www.facebook.com/selkirkchess will take you to the Facebook
account. Please give them a follow.
Archives
Looking for past records? Try our Archives section, with news,
results and grading information from previous seasons. Data covering the
past 15 years plus.
Chess Borders archives...