Tafca League

SEASON 2024-25

The TAFCA League has now been completed for season 2024-25!

Week 28: All fixtures & results updated 06/05/25! As always, please check for errors! The league season has been completed!
Congratulations to Div 1 Champions 2024-25: Dundee A (12 in a row!). Runners-up: St Andrews Uni A. (Relegated to Div 2: Kirkaldy A & Newport Knights).
Congratulations to Div 1 winners 2024-25: St Andrews Uni B. Runners-up: Kirkcaldy B.  Both teams are promoted to division one

Week 27: All fixtures & results updated 27/04/25! As always, please check for errors!

Week 26: All fixtures & results updated 18/04/25! As always, please check for errors!

Week 25: All fixtures & results updated 13/04/25! As always, please check for errors!

Week 24: All fixtures & results updated 04/04/25! As always, please check for errors!

Week 23: All fixtures & results updated 30/03/25! As always, please check for errors!

Week 22: All fixtures & results updated 23/03/25! As always, please check for errors!

Week 21: All fixtures & results updated 15/03/25! As always, please check for errors!

Week 20: All fixtures & results updated 15/03/25! As always, please check for errors

Week 19: All fixtures & results updated 28/02/25! As always, please check for errors!

Week 18: All fixtures & results updated 23/02/25! As always, please check for errors!

Week 17: All fixtures & results updated 16/02/25! As always, please check for errors!

Week 16: All fixtures & results updated 10/02/25! As always, please check for errors!

Week 15: All fixtures & results updated 01/02/25! As always, please check for errors!

Week 14: All fixtures & results updated 26/01/25! As always, please check for errors!

Week 13: All fixtures & results updated 17/01/25! As always, please check for errors!

Week 12: All fixtures & results updated 12/01/25! As always, please check for errors!

Week 10 & 11: Festive break

Week 9: All fixtures & results updated 17/12/24! As always, please check for errors!

Week 8: All fixtures & results updated 08/12/24! As always, please check for errors!

Week 7: All fixtures & results updated 30/11/24! As always, please check for errors!

Week 6: All fixtures & results updated 22/11/24! As always, please check for errors

Week 5: All fixtures & results updated 17/11/24!

Week 4: All fixtures & results updated 10/11/24!

Week 3: All fixtures & results updated 03/11/24!

We are off and running as the first weeks fixtures have been played!

Well here we go again as the new TAFCA season starts on the 14th October 24!

SEASON 2023-24

Week
All tables updated week ending 28/04/24: Division One: All leagues fixtures now completed!

Week 29
All tables updated week ending 21/04/24: Division One: Castlehill D & St Andrews Uni B are relegated!

Week 28
All tables updated week ending 14/04/24: Division One Champions: Dundee A:  Division Two Champions: Newport Knights A

Week 27
All tables updated week ending 07/04/24

Week 26
All tables updated week ending 30/03/24

Week 25
All tables updated week ending 24/03/24

Week 24
All tables updated week ending 17/03/24

Week 23
All tables updated week ending 10/03/24

Week 19
All tables updated week ending 1/02/24.

Week 18
Two matches played and tables updated!

Week 17
Four matches played and two, postponed or defaulted? See league tables for standings!

Week 16
Two matches completed, one match defaulted. All fixtures updated on website. Please check for any error and get back to me if need be!

Week 15: (Festive break weeks 12-14)
All fixtures played and info updated on website. Please check for errors and get back to me if need be!

Week 11
All fixtures played and info updated on website. Please check for errors and get back to me if need be!

Week 10
Four fixture matches played, one re-arranged fixture played, One fixture postponed. Website updated!

Week Eight
Four matches played, two postponed, and website updated!

Week Seven
Four matches played and website updated!

Week Six
No matches played.

Week Five

One match postponed due to driver illness. All results and standings updated in all tables.

Week Four

Two matches postponed due to weather, SB v CA & CJ v SC: One match played in div 2. All tables updated.

Week Three
Three matches in div 1 had to be postponed due to Storm Babet. Two matches played in div 2, but one was defaulted due to ineligible player.

Week Two
All 3 matches played, 2 in division one, 1 in division 2. Once again no shock results.

Week One
All 3 matches played in division one with no shock results!

Well here we go again as the new TAFCA season starts on the 2nd October 23!

SEASON 2022-23

Well that`s it for another league season as all matches completed for week 28 (ending 16/04/23). Both divisions went to the last game, but in the end no shock results! Congratulations to the league champions: Div 1 – Dundee A (10th in a row!) & Div 2 – Perth A (promotion to div 1!).

All TAFCA League Fixtures updated for week 27 (ending 09/04/23)

All TAFCA League Fixtures updated for week 26 (ending 02/04/23)

All TAFCA League Fixtures updated for week 25 (ending 26/03/23)

All TAFCA League Fixtures updated for week 24 (ending 19/03/23)

All TAFCA League Fixtures updated for week 23 (ending 12/03/23)

All TAFCA League Fixtures updated for week 22 (ending 05/03/23)

All TAFCA League Fixtures updated for week 21 (ending 26/02/23)

All TAFCA League Fixtures updated for week 19 (ending 12/02/23)

All TAFCA League Fixtures updated for week 18 (ending 05/02/23)

All TAFCA League Fixtures updated for week 17 (ending 29/01/23)

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All TAFCA League Fixtures updated for week 16 (ending 22/01/23)

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All TAFCA League Fixtures updated for week 11 (ending 18/12/22)

Festive number one spot Div 1: Dundee A & St.Andrews A (8 points each)
Festive number one spot Div 2: St.Andrews B & Newport Knights A (6 points each)
Festive number one spot J.R.Chalmers Grand Prix: Alexandre Kings (St. Andrews A) 7 points
Festive number one spot Online TAFCA Allegro Championship Series: Ed Spencer (Dundee A) 8 points
Festive number one spot The George Pyrich Allegro Championship Series OTB: TBC

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All TAFCA League Fixtures updated for week 10 (ending 11/12/22)

All TAFCA League Fixtures updated for week 9 (ending 04/12/22)

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All TAFCA League Fixtures updated for week 8 (ending 27/11/22)

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All TAFCA League Fixtures updated for week 7 (ending 20/11/22)

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All TAFCA League Fixtures updated for week 6 (ending 13/11/22)

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All TAFCA League Fixtures updated for week 5 (ending 06/11/22)

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All TAFCA League results updated for week 4 (ending 30/10/22)!
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WEEK ONE – 16/10/22

Dundee C win the bragging rights against fellow team mates, Dundee D in a whitewash! Castlehill D & E postponed until the following Thurs 20th Oct.

For all the results and tables, checkout the tabs next to this one!

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WEEK ONE – 09/10/22
Defending champions Dundee A kicked the 2022-23 season off at home against Kirkcaldy A on Mon 3rd Oct 22. They won 2½ – 1½, but that does not tell the whole story! Kirkcaldy A turned up with two “A” team and 2 “B” team players, but all of them played like “A” team + players on the night and gave Dundee A the fright of their lives! On board one Jacques Ophoff ( 2257) won against George Herd (1598), but Ed Spencer (2127), Sir Philip Cohen (1870) & Alastair Dawson (1795) all drew their matches against John Kane (1445), Paul Anderson (1325) & Peter Selbie (1263) respectively.

I would say that was a moral victory given the grades! Talk about squeaky bum time as defending champions!

Newport Knights B faced their team mates, Newport Knights A in their opening fixture on Wed 4th Oct 22. While Newport B did not make it easy, Newport Knights A took the bragging right 3 – 1 on the night. On a personal note, it`s fantastic to have Newport Knights Chess Club back in the TAFCA League where they belong!

In the other matches this week that took place on Thurs 6th Oct 22, Castlehill A took care of business, 4 – 0 against Castlehill B and Dundee B away to Castlehill F (3 juniors) won 4 – 0.

For all the results and tables, checkout the tabs next to this one!

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The draft fixtures for league season 2022-23 are now up on our website. Captains please check for any errors or omissions and let me know ASAP. Also if certain dates are not suitable, let me know and I will try and change. You have a week to do this before they are made permanent and then to change a fixture you must contact the team captain of the team you are playing to ask for a change of fixture. Only if they agree can it be changed!

The League start date is Monday 3rd October 2022!

Please note we have a few new OTB & ONLINE individual competitions which you should let your players know about!

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TAFCA TEAM REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN
All club secretaries will be sent an Excel spreadsheet in the next couple of weeks to fill in and return to Fixture Secretary by Thursday 15th September 22, 6pm.

TAFCA Pre-Season committee meeting
Thurs 15th Sept 22, 7:45pm
Venue: Castlehill Chess Club
(League divisions make-up & Knockout draw)

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Great news as it was agreed at the last TAFCA AGM in May 22 to move back to OTB chess for the forthcoming TAFCA Winter League season 2022-23!
This will start in October 22 if we have no more pandemic problems (Fingers crossed!).