24 Oct 2025: Selkirk championship
We have three updates to report: Steve Leckie has beaten Harry
Cornwell; Tam Wylie has beaten Steve Carter; and John Moore has beaten
Tam Wylie. We also welcome new member Nick Dunne to the championship.
Full details and the current crosstable are on the
Club News page...
21 Oct 2025: First league match of 2025-26
Waverley Bowlng Club was the venue for the first match of the season.
The result was a 2-2 draw between Gala and Selkirk B, with Martin Wallace
and Keith Robinson recording wins for Gala, and Geoff Hope and Sam Cornwell
scoring wins for Selkirk B. A good match to start the season.
The
fixtures page has the full result, plus a rollercoaster board 1 game between Martin Wallace and
Dave Bogle, and the board 3 game between Rob Crosbie and Sam Cornwell.
Also, we have the draws for the Borders Individual Championships, both the
Mlnor section and the Championship section itself.
League fixtures and results for 2025-26...
Draws for Borders Individual Championships...
21 Oct 2025: Changes to league fixture dates
Some matches have been rescheduled, affecting the Selkirk A, Selkirk B, NHS and Gala teams. Please check the updated list on the
fixtures page...
07 Oct 2025: Report on Borders AGM
The Borders Chess League AGM was held at 7.30pm on Tuesday 7th October in
the County Hotel, Selkirk. There was a good turnout, with around 20 players there,
and a full report is on this page...
Club news, including the Selkirk Championship...
Full schedule, League results and selected games...
Newcomers and tuition
If you're looking to join a club, this is where to start. We cover the
four main Borders clubs, with details of contacts. There is also a tuition
section, including: a refresher on the rules of chess; some hints on how to
win material; and other basic tuition articles.
Newcomers section...
General blog
What's in the blog section? Well, anything that anyone wants to write
about. This month we have a rant
measured criticism of post-mortems; an introduction to problems;
and games from prominent Borders players. Open to all, so please send in
your articles to the editor.
Blog index...
Social media
The Selkirk club has both a Facebook account and an X account. The
X account is
https://twitter.com/ClubSelkirk - and
https://www.facebook.com/selkirkchess will take you to the Facebook
account. Please give them a follow.
Archives
Looking for past records? Try our Archives section, with news,
results and grading information from previous seasons. Data covering the
past 15 years plus.
Chess Borders archives...