07 Feb 2024: An apology from the editor
So I sourced this photo of a man playing chess, had a quick look to check that the bottom right hand squares were white, and then uploaded it. What I didn't spot at the time was that (i) the board is the wrong way round, so that a8 is labelled h1, and (ii) Black's King and Queen are switched round. What the hell is wrong with photographers? Is it beyond them to check with a chess player? Even more astonishing... the photographer is Russian! Dear oh dear. Another photo to add to my collection of erroneously set-up chess boards.
07 Feb 2024: NHS v Kelso; BICC results
A result against the gradings last Wednesday, when the visiting Kelso team lost 3-1 at the BGH to NHS. A good result for NHS, who were outgraded on three of the four boards.
In the third round of the Borders Individual Minor section John Moore and Ally McGilvray drew their match, while Logan Symons defeated Kevin Poulton. The updated table is below.
10 Jan 2024: Selkirk v NHS; Kelso v Gala
Two matches were played on Tuesday 9th January: in the Town Arms the visitors were NHS, the match ending in a 3-1 victory for Selkirk. Wins were recorded by John Moore, Bill Miller and Sam Cornwell - with Dave Bogle suffering the team's only defeat (against Stasys Gimbutis).
At the Focus Centre, Kelso beat Gala by 3-1.
Meanwhile, we have two Borders Individual results: in the Minor section, Sam Cornwell and Logan Symons drew their second round match, and in the second round of the Championship, Ian Whittaker defeated Dave Bogle.
Matches page, and Gimbutis v Bogle
The Town Arms
The home of Selkirk Chess Club
Selkirk Chess Club meet every Tuesday at 7pm in the Town Arms, just off Selkirk Square. We do not meet in the bar itself but in the upstairs function room, and are there most Tuesdays unless we are playing away matches (a list of matches is on this page...).Special feature on the Town Arms, Selkirk...
The Selkirk club
The upstairs room of the Town Arms
As you can see, we occupy a fairly spacious room above the main bar of the Town Arms. It is a friendly club, and we always welcome new chessplayers.
Photo is by Kevin Poulton.
Try our games page
Selkirkchess.co.uk uses a javascript game viewer originally developed by Chesstempo, and the games should display OK on all modern browsers.
The original code has been adjusted to suit this website, so if you have any problems with using the viewer
In the meantime, here is an explanation of the symbols below the board:
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Flip the board (to toggle it from White's / Black's point of view) |
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Forward one move |
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Back one move |
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Go to start of game |
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Go to end of game |
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Start automoves: the program will play through the game automatically, at 1½ seconds per move |
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Stop automatic moves |