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21/03/24 : St Andrews Uni C (1) v (3) PERTH B

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17/03/24 :SNCL

Round 7 PERTH      (1 1/2) v  (3 1/2) Lenzie Basilisks

Round 8 Dundee City B (2 1/2) v (2 1/2) PERTH

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14/03/24 : Kircaldy A ( 1 ) v ( 3 )  PERTH A 

11/03/24 : PERTH B (4) v (0)  Dundee D 

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25/02/24 : SNCL Round 5  Corstorphine (4) v (1) Perth 

                          Round 6       Perth (1) v (4) Forth Valley B 

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08/02/24 : Castlehill B (2 1/2 ) v ( 1 1/2 ) Perth A

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29/01/24 : 3rd George Pyrich Allegro: Dundee Chess Club: 

                 Mon 29th Jan 24, 7:30pm.

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28/01/24 : SNCL Rounds 3 and 4

                 Oban ( 2 )  v ( 3 ) Perth 

                  Perth ( 2 1/2  )  v  ( 2 1/2 ) CSBOS2

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22/01/24 : Perth B ( 4 ) v ( 0 ) Dundee E 

15/01/24 : Perth A ( 4 ) v ( 0 )  St Andrews B ..DEFAULT

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23/12/23 : 

The 2nd George Pyrich OTB Allegro Championship Series took place at Perth Chess Club on Monday 18th December 23, 7:30pm.

Format: 5 round Swiss, 15 minutes each player

The entries at Perth Ches Club was a fantastic 31 players in total. That is 5 more than last year!

CLUBS
Perth (Hosts) 15
Castlehill 6
Dundee 4
St Andrews 3
Kirkcaldy 1
Newport 0

Congratulations to Ed Spencer (Dundee) on winning the Perth leg and becoming the TAFCA George Pyrich Allegro Perth Champion 23-24!  This win puts Ed Spencer 3rd in the overall table after 2 events on 6 pts. Martin Gourlay (Perth) who was leading after the Kirkcaldy leg, moves down to 2nd place on 7 points. The new leader is Vladyslav Drabych (Castlehill) on 9½ points after finishing in an excellent 2nd place for the second time!

STANDINGS (On the night)

1st : Ed Spencer (Dundee) 5pts

2nd: Vladyslav Drabych (Castlehill) 4pts

3rd =: James Anderson (Dundee); Aaron Gourlay & David Hall (Perth); Ana Belen Otero Seijas (Castlehill) & Oran Kenicer (St Andrews) 3½pts.

OVERALL STANDINGS (after 2 events)
1. Vladyslav Drabych (Castlehill) 9½
2. Martin Gourlay (Perth) 7
3. Ed Spencer (Dundee) 6

We also raised £88 in their raffle on the night, superb!

Also thank you as always to James Anderson for the computer work.

The next stage is at Dundee Chess Club on Monday 29th January 24, 7:30pm.
 

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12/12/23 : It is Allegro night next Monday (18th December) where we host players from the other clubs in the Tayside and Fife league.  Jim Anderson (Dundee) and Ray Noble (Castlehill) organise the tournament of 5 rounds at 15 mins on the clock.  It is a fun tournament and we encourage all members to come and take part.  As hosts, we supply food and drink and organise a raffle.  It ran smoothly last year and should do again this year. 

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11/12/23 : Monday 11th December

                               Dundee F (0) v (4) Perth B 

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08/12/23 : Thurs  07/12/23 ...    Castlehill D (1) v (3) Perth A

07/12/23 : A wee update on some recent activity:-

Monday 4th December:  Perth B (2.5) v (1.5) Kircaldy B

Monday 20th November : Dundee A (3) v (1) Perth A 

Friday 17th to Sunday 19th November David, James and Ronnie took the long trek to the Oban Congress. David and James Both scored 2.5 points and Ronnie got 1.5 points. 

 

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14/11/23 : Great result tonight against a strong St Andrews Uni A team defeating them 3.5 - 0.5   Well done team.

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10/11/23 : Great turnout of players from Perth at the allegro tournament in Kirkcaldy last night; Martin, David, Ian C, Ian W and Ronnie.  A well run 5 round tournament with lots of free grub and free coffee and tea at the bar although there were lots of pints displayed around the chess tables.  Martin excelled and showed why he is our best player by winning the tournament with a score of 4.5 out of 5.  Star performance.

The next round is in Perth on Monday 18th December.

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08/11/23 :

It was good to see that we had three new faces at the club, Des, Angus and Carson on Monday night. We hope they enjoyed the evening and look forward to seeing them back next week.

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1st George Pyrich Allegro takes place this

Thursday 09/11/23 at Kirkcaldy Chess Club at  7:30pm.

We hope to take 6 or 7 players through.

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Last weekend David was playing the Glasgow Congress, He drew the first 4 games then rounded the weekend off with a stunning win in game 5. Well done David.

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23/10/23

TAFCA Knockout Round 1

                      PERTH (3.5) v (4.5) St.Andrews

 

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SNCL Rounds 1 +2

 22/10/23       A healthy start to this seasons SNCL : 

Round 1.    Edinburgh 2 (2.5) v (2.5) PERTH

Round 2.            PERTH (2.5) v (2.5) East Kilbride

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17/10/23

Well the new season (2023/2024)  is up and running again.

There are 2 internal competitions on the go.

A number of games have played in the Classical cross table.

The time control for this is : all moves in 1 hour 15 minutes with a 10 second increment from move 1.

There is also an allegro cross table.

The time control for this is : all moves in 20 minutes with a 10 second increment from move 1.

These games will be submitted for grading by David at the end of the season.

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We have had a few new faces coming along to the club over the past couple of weeks. This is great to see and hopefully they will join us on a regular basis.

We take this opportunity to welcome even more friends to our club. Either just turn up on the night, or make contact via the FEEDBACK page on this site.

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Both Perth teams have been involved with TAFCA league games.

Perth A (3) v (1) Castlehill C.

Perth B (2) v (2) Newport.

Our first round of the TAFCA knockout takes place on Monday the 23rd October in Perth v St. Andrews. Ian C. is the team captain. Good luck Ian.

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The Dundee Chess Congress took place from Friday 13th to Sunday 15th October. As always, this was a well organised and and run event ( by Ray Noble, Keith Rose and Jim Anderson) with around 120 players from all over Scotland attending. David and Ronnie attended both getting 2.5 points out of 5 in their respective sections.

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Its almost SNCL time again. Rounds 1 and 2 take place on Sunday 22nd October in Dunfermline. The team is yet to be announced. James takes over as captain this year and everyone wishes him well. We would also like to thank David for his captaincy over the past number of seasons.

Although we were relegated from Division 2 last year, due to an increase in teams wishing to take part and some reorganisation by Chess Scotland, we find ourselves back in Division 2. Obviously games will be difficult as most of our opponents will be higher rated, but it will be a worthwhile venture for anyone lucky enough to get selected for the team.

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As discussed at this years AGM, we are looking to set up a Facebook group for club info, photos etc. This is still in progress as we are getting bogged down in some technicalities. I will keep you posted (but don't be holding your breath).

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