Our Achievements

In addition to winning many Lothian Junior Chess and Scottish Junior Chess tournaments, below you can read about some of our achievements on an individual level. These accolades are just a few of what some of our pupils have achieved and many of our students have gone on to play for Scotland.

Murad Abdulla

Scotland’s youngest ever Fide Master
2014: U14 Commonwealth Boys Champion
2017: Second youngest Scottish Champion ever (16 years old)
2018: Youngest ever double Scottish Chess Champion (17 years old)
Regularly represented Scotland at World and European Youth Events

Kai Pannwitz

2010: Scottish Individual Primary Champion
2014: European Union U14 Boys Champion
2014: UK Chess Challenge ‘Supremo’
Represented Scotland at three World Championships and five European Championships

Frederick Waldhausen-Gordon

2018: ECA Club Champion
2019: UK Chess Challenge East Megafinal U9 Winner
2019: UK Chess Challenge Northern Gigafinal Winner
2019: Represented Scotland in the European U/10 Youth Championships
2020: Scottish Primary Champion
2020: Represent Scotland in the European U/12 Youth Championships
2020: British U/10 Champion
One of Scotland’s Top Graded Juniors of All Time

Chelsea Liang

2017: European Women’s U14 Rapid & Blitz Champion
2018: Scottish Girls Primary Champion

Declan Shafi

2007: Scottish Junior Chess Under 7 Champion
2008: Scottish Junior Chess Under 8 Champion
2013: Scottish Primary Champion
2016: Represented Scotland in the World Youth U/16 Championship
2017: Represented Scotland in the European Youth U/16 Championships
2019: Dundee Club Champion
One of Scotland’s Top Graded Juniors of All Time
Two time Megafinal Winner
Castlehill Club Champion four times
Represented Scotland in the Glorney Cup seven times
Represented Scotland in the Quadrangular five times
Represented Scotland in the World U/16 Olympiad twice

Louis Cheng

2023: World U8 Blitz Champion - Gold
2023: World U8 Rapid Championship - Silver