Last night, the first team continued its incredible title/promotion push with a 4.5-1.5 home win over Edinburgh 5. Wins for Mike, Doug and Keith on the top three boards decided the game. Alistair – our stand-in captain got a draw on board 5. David Galbraith won on bottom board. So, with only one match to …
After last night’s match against Badgers Brook – resulting in a default win for us, the 2nd team is now up to 4th in the 3rd division table. Feb 5th, 2020
On Thursday, the first team headed off to Alva Street to play yet another one of our key rivals. This time it was Edinburgh 4. In a division where everyone seems to be able to beat anyone else, coming away with a win would have given us a nice cushion over them. Things got off …
After a slow start, the second team have started climbing the table. This week, it was a 4-2 victory over Sandy Bells. Wins for Robert, Jamie and Ahmed put us 3 up. A loss for Iain on top board was followed by a win for Jim that clinched the match. January 22, 2020
Playing against Edinburgh University is always a step into the unknown. Because they have so many foreign players, you can’t draw too many assumptions from their grades. But, given they’d won all their matches – with an average score of 4.5-1.5 – we knew they were one of the favourites to win the division. And …
After a few good results, the firsts went up to Royal Terrace to play the Bank. There was only one change from the team that drew with Corstorphine – Maurice replacing Ronnie on board 5. Ratings-wise, the two teams were fairly evenly matched. We were a bit stronger on board 1, they were stronger on …
In our 4th game of the season, the first team travelled to Corstorphine. With most of our players outrated by around 200 points, we knew it was going to be tough. And that certainly looked the case when we started with a quick loss on board 5. Dougie steadied the ship with a draw on …
While the first team was edging past Gorgie Dalry, the Musselburgh’s 2nd team went off to the Ukrainian Club to play Bank of Scotland 3. Given BoS 3 beat our first team last year, we knew it was going to be tough. The Bank players were much higher graded. So, despite a win for Iain …
Tonight the first team hosted Gorgie Dalry in what might turn out to be a relegation four-pointer. Two games were over very quickly. A win for Maurice and a draw for Ronnie. On board one, Mike’s opponent sacced an exchange to open up the h-file for a kingside attack. And, after a lot of complications, …
On Tuesday, we hosted Corstorphine 3 for a division 3 match. On paper, we were favourites – with a big rating advantage on most boards. But, the boys (and girl) from the west put up a good fight and most of the games were close. In the end, we prevailed 5-1. There were wins for …
