Club Champions Simul on Tuesday - Freddy Waldhausen Gordon finished with a super impressive record of 17 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats against club members!

Club Pairs Blitz / Christmas social event this Tuesday evening - we are expecting a full house for this!

Tuesday's Pairs Blitz was our last event of 2023. The club will be open again from 8th January. Merry Christmas everyone!

A fine result for Freddy Waldhausen-Gordon (6/9) at the Caplin Hastings Masters! The event was won by our recent visitor GM Abhijeet Gupta Hastings International Chess Congress tinyurl.com/2z9r8t35

Shout out to Stuart Kenny who is starting a regular meeting at the outdoor chess boards in Saughton Park on the first Saturday of the month (probably starting in March). Group activity to be shared via the Saughton Park Monthly Chess FB group

Our odds competition takes place at the club this Tuesday evening from 7.30pm. Odds of pawn for every hundred rating points. Will be a fun event!

Our Junior Team the Tiger Cubs are playing Edinburgh West Juniors over 10/11 boards this week. Top 6 counting towards the Edinburgh League standings.

Saturday saw a Richardson-Spens Cup Quarter Final double header at the club. The Richardson Team had a 6.5-1.5 victory over Hamilton, while the Spens Team advanced on board count against Civil Service after the match was tied 2.5-2.5. Well done to both Teams!

Congratulations to Freddy Waldhausen Gordon on making his 3rd IM Norm in Lyon! chess-results.com/tnr929797.aspx…... Freddy now needs to meet the 2400 rating requirement to complete the title.

Very sad to hear of the death of former club member Graham Morrison.

We have retained the Richardson Cup, winning the final 5.5-2.5 against Dundee on Saturday. chess-results.com/tnr906183.aspx…

Really enjoyed this thread!

Congratulations to Rabindra Paul, winner of our Allegro on Saturday with 4.5/5, half point ahead of Tom Leah and William Bennett. Aadith Prabu won the grading prize.

Raj and Geoff here with Kevin James Doyle after seeing his "After Endgame" Fringe Comedy show. Tickets can be purchased at edinburgh.justthetonic.com/event/88:4230/ . We were delighted to have Kevin visit the club on Tuesday.

Congratulations to Tiger Cub Raghuram Parasur on winning the Balerno Trophy for his grading rise of 1052 points! Report here: edinburghchessclub.co.uk/blog/news/ragh…

Chess Olympiad starts tomorrow in Budapest. Good luck to the Scottish Teams, with Freddy Waldhausen Gordon playing in his second Olympiad. Results can be followed at chess-results.com/tnr967173.aspx…