05 Nov 2024: Borders Individual pairings: League starts tonight
The pairings for the Borders Individual Championships are now up, and can be seen on
the BICC page... As before, there are two sections, depending on
entrants' grades. There are six players in the Championship section
and 10 players in the Minor section.
The league fixtures for 2024-25 kick off
tonight, 5th November. The Town Arms sees Kelso in a home match against Selkirk,
while at the BGH Gala and NHS open their seasons with a home match for NHS.
Rumours are that NHS have picked up a new (and very highly graded) player this
season, so this match will have an extra point of interest. We look
forward to seeing the result!
BICC pairings... /
League fixtures...
Club news: Selkirk Championship
The Selkirk Championship is underway, with 11 entries this year. Details of the earliest results are on the
Club News page...
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...