Occasional blogs and general articles

Suggestions, articles, interesting games etc? Please send in your contribution to the editor at ed@chessborders.co.uk. Current and past blog entries are given on this page.  The photo shows the lounge of the Mercure Hotel, which hosted the 2026 Livingston Allegro (see Sam Cornwell's report here...)

Notable players in the borders League

A selection of games from some of the best players in the League. Please feel free to contribute your own games, annotated or not.

Latest articles

A day out at Livingston

Selkirk's Sam Cornwell took part in the Livingston Allegro on 19 April 2026, and has contributed an excellent report on the tournament, complete with all of his 5 games, which can be played through in the blog page we've created.

A fascinating insight into Sam's thoughts and his varying fortunes, round by round.

A day out at Livingston...

An end to post mortems

I suppose we've all been there. We've played a decent enough game and we're looking at sustaining an advantage; when suddenly the mistake comes, and the next thing you know we're looking to hold on for a draw...

An end to postmortems...