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14 Mar 2025: Gala v NHS postponed

Match postponed

The match between Gala and the NHS has been postponed, and no date has yet been agreed on. More news will be posted here when we have it.

 Selkirk championships

With there being no Borders League or Borders Individual games this week, the only graded results come from Selkirk internal competitions:  in the Selkirk Championship John Moore (as White) won a hard-fought battle against Sam Cornwell;  and in the under-1200 tournament, Harry Cornwell (White) drew with Kevin Poulton.  Updated crosstables are on the Club News page... and the two games are available on the Matches page...

Latest tables from the Borders Individual Championships...

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...