Scottish National Chess League

Welcome back to SNCL. Nearly three years has passed due to the pandemic and we are delighted to have you all back. Fixtures are available from the tabs at the top

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SNCL is now over for season 2016/17. At the AGM, the dates were set as 29th October, 26th November, 18th February (switching with Perth) and 25th April. Gavin Saxton is stepping down from the Arbiting team and we thank him for his years of service. Joining the team next season is Fiona Petrie. Time controls […]

Division 1 Andrew Greet Stephen Hogg Division 2 Douglas Bryson Division 3 Ian Washington Daniel Maxwell Murad Abdullag Division 4 Richard Cochrane Marco D’Allesio James Crone

SNCL Divisions 1 and 2 will be FIDE rated this season 2016-2017. Could all captains please make sure that all their players have a FIDE Identification Number before they turn up to play. FIDE IDs can be requested by contacting grading@chessscotland.com or Andy@akhowie.co.uk with the player’s name and year of birth. Please see more detailed […]

SNCL Rules 2016-2017 SNCL Entry Form 2016-2017 SNCL Introductory Letter

Dates for next season Round 1 and 2 October 30th Round 3 and 4 November 27th Round 5 and 6 February 26th, Round 7 March 26th.   New venue for SNCL, Carnegie Conference Centre, Halbeath Rd, Dunfermline KY11 8DY Website

As I promised today at SNCL, I would explain the rather torturous tie break we had in Division 2 Giffnock and Inverclyde finished on the same match points, 10. Tie Break 1 – Check board points – Both on 20.5 Tie Break 2 – Game between the two teams – Finished a draw Tie Break […]

M1-5    Bon Accord (4 match points, 7 board points) v Musselburgh (4, 8½) N1-5    Dundee City C (2, 5) v Crouching Tigers (3, 6½) O1-5    East Kilbride B (2, 5) v Lenzie (2, 6) P1-5    Wandering Dragons B (2, 5) v Hamilton B (2, 5) Q1-5    Hidden Dragons (2, 5) v CS BoS 2 (1, […]

Division 1 Round 1 Edinburgh 1 v Wandering Dragons Forth Valley A v Hamilton A East Kilbride v Edinburgh West IPCC v Dundee City A Round 2 Dundee City A v East Kilbride Edinburgh West v Edinburgh 1 Wandering Dragons v Forth Valley A Hamilton A v IPCC   NAC are trying to get a […]