PENTLAND HILLS CHESS CLUB

Welcome

The Pentland Hills Chess Club meets at 7:30 p.m. every Tuesday from the beginning of September to the end of June each year, and caters for players of all standards from beginner to strong club players.  The club’s premises are at the Roslin Glen Hotel, in the centre of the village of Roslin, 2 miles south of the edge of Edinburgh. New players, whether beginners or experts, are always welcome.

The Club has around 23 members, runs two club competitions, has teams in Divisions 1, 2 & 3 of the the Edinburgh Chess League, one team competing in the Edinburgh Allegro Chess League and one team competing in the Scottish National Chess League. The Club was founded in 1985 and is affiliated to Chess Scotland.

Club membership fees are £30 per year (£15 concessions), with new members enjoying a 50% reduction for the first year.

Please contact the Secretary on 0131 440 1618 for more information.

 

 LATEST NEWS:

1 July 2008

Fun night, with prizes, and our last meeting of the current season.  We will resume activities on Tuesday 2 September 2008.

3 June 2008

Pentland Hills lost to Livingston in Round 1 of the Summer Plate. PH received ½ point handicap on board 1 but had to concede 3 handicap points on the remaining boards, a deficit of 2½ points.  So PH had to win otb by 4½ - 1½ to win the match. But we lost otb by 2½ - 3½; 3 - 6½ on handicap - not a good result.  Roy drew on board 4, Berian and Jim Wallace won on boards 5 and 6, whilst Ian, Mike and Walter lost on boards 1, 2 and 4.  Roll on next year!

3 June 2008

Pentland Hills are Home to Livingston in the first round of the Summer Plate.  Match starts at 19.30.

29 April 2008

Away to Balerno we won over the board by 2½ - 3½ but because of handicap we had to win by 1½ - 4½ to win the match. So we are out of the Summer Cup by 4½ - 3½ on handicap but are in Round 1 of the Summer Plate. Ian drew on Board 1, Mike won on Board 2, Walter won on Board 3, Terry won on Board 4, Lindsay lost on Board 5 and Jim Wallace lost on Board 6.

29 April 2008

Pentland Hills are Away to Balerno in the first round of the Summer Cup.  Match starts at 19.30.

April 2008

Edinburgh Summer Cup/Plate starts - let Secretary (Terry)  know as soon as possible if you want to play.

28 - 30 March 2008

Edinburgh Chess Congress - directed by our own Jim Wallace!

25 December 2007 and1 January 2008

Club closed for festive season.  Meetings resume on 8 January 2008.

15 October 2007

Edinburgh Chess League starts.

14 October 2007

Scottish National Chess League starts.

11 October 2007

Edinburgh Allegro Chess League starts.

25 September 2007

Teams entered in Divisions 1, 2 & 3 of the Edinburgh Chess League; the Edinburgh Allegro Chess League; and the Scottish National Chess League.

11 September 2007

Club Champion Philip Best won his simul by a score of 8 - 5. Wins were recorded by Billy Samuel, Dean Whittaker, Ian Morrison, and Gordon Davies.   Draws were recorded by Ray Fenoulhet and Walter Pearson.

4 September 2007

The Club resumed activities after the Summer break.

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