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20 Jan 2026: Five championship results; Ian Whittaker withdraws
We have the results of 5 graded games last night 20th Jan:- In the BICC championship section Martin Wallace beat Dave Bogle, and now goes top of the table.
- In the Minor section we have 3 results:
- Alistair Gray 1-0 Ian Thompson
- Nick Dunne ½-½ Sam Cornwell
- John Moore 1-0 Steve Carter
- Finally, in the Selkirk Championship, Kevin Poulton has beaten Steve Leckie in a game of swashbuckling aggression and desperate defence. Quite some game.
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League schedule and tables, plus the Leckie-Poulton and Wallace-Bogle games...
Ian Whittaker withdraws
Ian Whittaker has withdrawn from the Borders Individal Championship for family reasons. Accordingly, there will be some adjustment to BICC schedules.13 Jan 2026: Selkirk B v NHS; Kelso v Gala postponed; BICC result
NHS travelled on Tuesday to the County Hotel to take on Selkirk B, and came away winners by 3-1. On board 1, a pawn sacrifice by Dave Bogle did not bring about the superior position that Dave had hoped for, and Stasys kept that pawn advantage right through to the accurate conversion of a winning minor piece ending.Board 2 saw Selkirk's Geoff Hope spot a tactical thrust against Steve Litster's King, netting Geoff a free Rook. When a similar motif presented itself a couple of moves later, Geoff again took advantage and forced Steve's resignation.
Max Scott won the point for NHS on Board 3, by playing a constricting positional game against Sam Cornwell. Max won a pawn, and was eventually about to win another when Sam resigned. Max is still a junior (unrated in Scotland) but is quite experienced and will be a great addition to the NHS team.
On board 4, Tam Wylie and Logan Symons played a rollercoaster of a game, with Logan winning a Rook on move 32 and then losing a Rook of his own only 4 moves later. There were other twists and turns to come, but when the smoke had cleared Logan was left the exchange up (and then a Rook up) and a completely winning position.
All in all, a good match with four very interesting games. We have all four of them on the League Fixtures page...
The other fixture scheduled for the 13th (Kelso v Gala) has been postponed - which allowed Gala players Gordon Christie and Gerry Johnstone to play their BICC match. Gordon won that one and we will have more on that game shortly.
League schedule and tables, plus all games from Selkirk B v NHS...
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Latest tables from the Borders Individual Championships...
