22 Oct 2024: AGM: Five teams this year - fixture list up - quickplay planned...
A well-attended AGM was held in the Town Arms on Tuesday 22 October,
where the structure of this season's league was decided, and trophies
awarded to last season's prizewinners.
Full details on the 2024-25 daily news blog section of this site...
Fixture list up
The fixtures for 2024-25 have now been distributed to all clubs, and are also available on the matches page of this website.
Club news: Selkirk Championship
The Selkirk Championship is underway, with 11 entries this year. Details of the earliest results are on the
Club News page...
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...