Selkirk Chess Club

09/06/2026

Here are the three photos of the Edinburgh Congress, sent in by John Moore.

09/06/2026

Four Borders players entered the Edinburgh Congress last weekend: Kelso’s Keith Aitchison entered the Major, while three Selkirk players (John Moore, Maurice Richards and Sam Cornwell) entered the Bishops section. All four played well, with Keith in particular scoring above his grading.

The event was held in the Hibs Supporters Club, and we will also post three photos from the weekend (taken by John Moore).

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01/06/2026

It's not quite the end of the season, but nonetheless we've been looking at the live grades. If things stay the same (and it could be a big IF) this is how we'll be lining up next season. Some good performances... and some disappointments. Here goes:

28/05/2026

Three Selkirk players went to Perth last weekend, and came away with a creditable total of 12/21. Sam Cornwell has sent us a full and entertaining report. Read it in the chessborders.co.uk blog section.

The Borders Chess League covers all the towns in the Scottish Borders

28/05/2026

It was Kelso v Selkirk B on Tuesday, and the result was a 2-2 draw. Dave Bogle and Maurice Richards lost their games, but boards 3 and 4 rescued the draw through victories for Mark Gardiner and Nick Dunne. Full details on

The Borders Chess League covers all towns in the Scottish Borders

27/05/2026

21/05/2026

Two more photos from Sam Cornwell: Nick Dunne playing Alex Brown; and the Borders Championship match between Mark Gardiner and Martin Wallace. Alex won this Selkirk Championship match, and Martin defeated Mark to take the Borders title for the 13th time.

21/05/2026

A photo from the Borders Championship decider on Tuesday night. Martin Wallace (with his back to us) and Mark Gardiner.

Photo by Sam Cornwell.

21/05/2026

Kevin Poulton writes:

Firstly, last week there was two games were Nick Dunne defeated Tam Wylie and John Moore beat Steve Carter.

Last night, there was a huge result, where one of the favourites to win the Championship this year Nick Dunne was sensationally beaten by Alex Brown. An excellent result for Alex against Nick, who's record since joining the club speaks volumes of his ability.

This now gives Mark Gardiner the slight edge in retaining the title.

18/05/2026

Chess keeps you going!

Meet ‘the Doctor,’ a centenarian chess hustler who turned 103 last December. He claims to have been born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, though that may be stretching things a little, considering the monarchy disappeared in 1918 😅

For decades, he has been one of the familiar faces at the chess tables in the southwest corner of Washington Square Park. He still plays every day, from mid-morning until late in the evening. ‘I am always up for a game, but I can’t play rapid chess,’ he says with disarming humility.

The chess world is full of characters so extraordinary that, if you encountered them in fiction, you would probably think the author had gone too far.