10 Jun: Gala ½-3½ NHS Borders
10 Jun 2025: NHS win at Waverley Bowling club
There was a default on board 4 by Gala, but it was still a fine performance
by the NHS team. Stasys Gimbutis and Keith Robinson recorded wins, and
a draw by Steve Litster completed the victory. This was the League's
final match of the season, and full results for the season can be found on the
Matches page...
23 May 2025: A new quickplay tournament
It's not quite official yet, but we understand that a quickplay
tournament might be held in the Borders on Aug 2nd. A date for your
diary! More details will be uploaded when we have them.
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...