Looking to join a club?  Click here for Newcomers section...

15 Oct 2025: BICC draws and League fixtures

The fixtures for season 2025-26 are now up, with the first match being on Tuesday 21st October between Gala and Selkirk B.  This will be in the Waverley Bowling Club, Galashiels. 20 matches in total will be played this season.

Also, we have the draws for the Borders Individual Championships, both the Mlnor section and the Championship section itself.

League fixtures for 2025-26...

Draws for Borders Individual Championships...

13 Oct 2025: Changes to website

There has been some reorganisation of this website: the Matches section has been renamed "League" and now consists of:  League fixtures;  Borders Individual results;  games pages;   and general news about the League.  The games section has been taken down, with the games now being in the League section.  There are other changes too, but these are generally behind the scenes.  It is hoped that this will provide a more logical structure to the site.

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...