| Carse of Gowrie Chess Club Update |
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The Chess Club season concluded at the end of March but will resume again on Thursday 2nd September. The Club meets in excellent facilities at the Inchture Hotel and anyone is welcome. Coaching is provided for all standards of players.
The Junior Club Championship was again won by Adam Legge who scored 10.5/12 pts, closely followed by Qing Qing Zhu, Calum Pretious, Ramsay MacDonald, Thomas van Aalten and Sam Owen-Hughes, all with + scores. There were excellent performances by many of the younger members and Erasmus MacKenna won the lower rated section with Louise Carr in second place
In the second part of the season, there were two smaller junior groups which were won by Adam Legge, in the higher rated section and Brian Lim in the other group.
Alan Borwell played in the Scotland Senior Team (four players) in the European Seniors Team Championship in Dresden, during February and of the 78 teams participating, Scotland achieved a 6th= placing, the highest position achieved by any Scottish Chess team for over 30 years! The event was won by Russia with a quartet of very strong Grandmasters, with England in 30th place and Wales 42nd. The other Scotland team members came from Edinburgh, Dunbar and Glasgow.
For information about the club and its activities, please visit the Club’s website at www.carsechess.gs (changed) or contact
Alan Borwell (telephone 01828-686556)
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