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28 May: Selkirk A ½-3½ Gala; NHS 1½-2½ Kelso
27 May 2025: Fine win for gala
Gala played an away match against Selkirk A on Tuesday night, with Gordon Christie, Rob Crosbie and Craig Rodgie all scoring wins to record a convincing victory by 3½-½. The most unusual game of the night was on board 1, where Martin Wallace was playing Dave Bogle:
Martin took a leaf out of Magnus Carlsen's book by playing the very rare opening 1. c3 (it's called the Saragossa, apparently) and following it up with 2. Qa4+ and 3. f3. All very weird. Despite this choice - eccentric yes, but psychologically powerful nonetheless - Martin achieved a very reasonable position, and after some comings and goings an endgame was reached where Dave's extra pawn would not be enough for a win, and a draw was agreed.
Full results for this match (plus the Wallace-Bogle game) and the NHS-Kelso match on the Matches page...
28 May 2025: Kelso beat NHS
The BGH saw the NHS-Kelso match on Wednesday. Kelso beat the home team by 2½-1½, a draw by Keith Aitchison and wins by Ian Whittaker and Alan Armstrong sealing the victory.
23 May 2025: A new quickplay tournament
It's not quite official yet, but we understand that a quickplay tournament might be held in the Borders on Aug 2nd. A date for your diary! More details will be uploaded when we have them.
Latest tables from the Borders Individual Championships...
