Author: Eddie

December 18, 2014

7 Health Benefits of Playing Chess

1        Increases Brain Power

2        Exercises both parts of the Brain

3        Prevents Alzheimers       

4        Helps treatment of Schizophrenia                

5         Improves Childrens thinking and problem solving skills

6         Helps with self confidence

7          Helps with rehabilitiation and therapy .

 

The full details of this article can be found on. So full credit is given to the author . The internet is full of similar stories .

http://www.thechessworld.com/learn-chess/4-healthpsycology/239-7-surprising-health-benefits-of-playing-chess

For those of you that are keen to improve your chess I recommend this website as it is full of interesting articles and lessons .

November 1, 2014

The South Shields Chess Club has seen its membership numbers increase dramatically this year . The club in recent years struggled to maintain one or two teams , but this year has entered 3 teams into the Local Chess Associations of Durham and Northumberland . Next year there is talk of a fourth and possibly 5th team .

The increase in participation is partly down to a number of things.

1. The very Basic Website , created with no budget . This is in dire need of some improved imagery and design input . Maybe some local designer might want to swap a few chess lessons and coaching for some design time .

2 . The very welcoming nature of the people involved in the club .

3.  The help of the South Shields Gazette for their agreement to start a weekly chess column that helps up to maintain the profile .

Come down and play a friendly game  .

October 2, 2014

Tyne and Wear Congress 2014 Held at the Parks Leisure Centre

Congratulations to Paul Bielby who scored 3.5/5 in the Open section and took the Seniors prize .

Also to Eddie Czestochowski who scooped £50 for second place in the under 135

Eddie had 4/4 and a dominating position in his last round game but lost on time .

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Our First Match of the Durham Season begins with a win .

Bishop Auckland 1-4 South Shields

Wins by Bielby , McGuinness , Czestochowski .

Draws from Patterson and Gunasekera .

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If you are looking for more chess why not enter the Northumberland County Championship competitions .

Feeling brave ? the Zollner , an open with a strong field .

The Sell under 170 grade

The Gilroy under 140 grade .

 

Details are available on the Northumbria Chess League website . Basically you play 7 games or so (one per month ) at a mutually convenient time and venue .

Entry is free and you have until 11 October to enter

October 2, 2014

Full League tables and results of the divisions clubs can be found on the respective Durham and Northumberland Websites.

A summary will be added on the site at the end of the season

But keep checking on our website for latest news .

 

September 22, 2014

Northumberland Chess Association Fixtures for the 2014/15 Season are as follows

SS A Team Fixtures in Division 2    Team Captain Kevin Rowden

Date                                             Score                                               Result

SSa v Gateshead                        Thursday   02/10/14                     2.5 – 2.5
Gosforth Salters v SSa               Monday    20/10/14                      2   –  3
SSa v Leam Lane Comets          Thursday  06/11/14
Gosforth Regents v SSa             Monday    17/11/14
SSa v Forest Hall b                      Thursday  11/12/14
SSa v Morpeth b                          Thursday  18/12/14
Tynemouth c v SSa                      Tuesday    13/01/15

There are three more fixtures , as yet unpublished .
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SS B  Team Fixtures  in Division 3   Team Captain  Stan Johnson

Date                                               Score                                              Result

SSb b Alnwick                               Wednesday  15/10/14                   4-1
Forest Hall Rocketts v SSb          Friday            7/11/14
SSb v Newcastle University        Thursday      4/12/14
Gosforth 4th v SSb                       Monday        5/1/15
Jesmond Wasps v SSb                 Friday            16/1/15
SSb v Tynemouth d                     Thursday       12/2/15
Forest Hall Invicta v SSb             Thursday       12/3/15
SSb Tynedale Reivers                  Thursday       2/4/15
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South Shields Team in the Durham League  Team Captain Simon McGuinness

 

DATE                                              Score                                             Result

Bishop Auckland v SS                 Monday          29/09/14                1     –   4
SS v Hartlepool                            Thursday        23/10/14                1.5  –  3.5
Darlington B v SS                         Wednesday   29/10/14                0.5  –   4.5

SS v Hetton B                                Thursday       13/11/14
Peterlee B v SS                              Tuesday         18/11/14
Durham city c v SS                        Wednesday   10/12/14
SS v Darlington B                          Thursday        19/2/15
Hetton B v SS                                 Thursday        5/3/15
SS v Peterlee b                               Thursday       19/3/15
SS v Durham c                               Thursday       26/3/15

 

 

Don’t forget to join the ECF . You must be a member of the ECF to play for the teams or in the club competitions . we would prefer you did this yourself or you can pay Stan Johnson and he will do it for you . You can follow the link to the ECF website from our links page .

Please advise your team captain of any issues with any dates

 

 

 

June 18, 2014

This was an interesting game played many many years ago, recorded in for posterity in the South Shields Gazette. In those days South and North Shields used to play on a monthly basis. In the early days the games were matched on a Random Ballot method, which often led to uneven contests. However this one seems to have been pretty evenly matched. A very aggressive Muzio Gambit was attempted.

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[Event “North Shields v South Shields 1867”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “1867.02.16”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Mr Hopkinson”]
[Black “Mr J Scott”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “C37”]
[Annotator “Shields Gazette”]
[PlyCount “53”]
[Source “Shields Gazette”]
[WhiteTeam “?”]
[BlackTeam “?”]
[TimeControl “1/604800:0”]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3
6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. d3 {A weak move P- K5 is the way to follow up the attack
Whites king pawn impedes his own forces and shelters the black King and his
suite.} Bh6 8. Bd2 {
Had the kings pawn been out of the way this move would have been effective.}
Ne7 9. Bc3 Qb6+ 10. Kh1 Rg8 11. Qh5 Qg6 12. Qf3 Qg4 {We question the policy of
this move black should now of brought the Queens pieces into action with all
possible speed.} 13. Nd2 Qxf3 14. Nxf3 d6 15. Bd2 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Nh4 e5
18. Nf3 Nbc6 19. c3 O-O-O 20. b4 Nb8 21. a4 b6 22. Be1 Ng6 23. Bf2 Nd7 24. a5
c5 25. axb6 axb6 26. bxc5 Nxc5 27. Rfb1 {At this point Mr H was compelled to
leave for the second time and the game was claimed for Black. Apart from this
there can be no doubt that whites attack has failed and he has no compensation
for his Knight.} 0-1

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June 18, 2014

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[Event “Gilroy Northumberland Champ”]
[Date “2014.04.24”]
[Round “6”]
[White “Stan Johnson”]
[Black “Dave Stebbings”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “D35”]
[Annotator “Johnson,Stan”]
[PlyCount “72”]
[TimeControl “1/604800:0”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7
6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nb6 9. Bd3 h6 10. Qc2 Nbd5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3
b6 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. e4 Rc8 15. Rac1 c5 16. Qe2 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rc7 18. Rxc7 Qxc7
19. Rc1 Qb8 20. Ne5 Rc8 21. h3 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 Qc8 23. Bb2 Qa8 24. f3 Nh5 25.
Qf2 Nf4 26. Bb1 Ba6 27. Kh1 f6 28. Ng4 h5 29. Ne3 Bd6 30. Ba2 Qc8 31. Nf5 Bf8
32. Qg3 Ne2 33. Qg6 Bc4 34. Nh6+ Kh8 35. Nf7+ Kg8 36. Nh6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

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June 11, 2014

In my endeavours to get re-educated in the game of Chess I am playing a few games on the internet. It definitely doesn’t compare with over-the-board games, where you have to pit your wits against real people and cope with time constraints and psychological battles. Online chess is much more leisurely and less pressurized, you get to play totally random people from all over the world. You get to test out openings and theories – some which might work and some which might not. Some of your opponents are chatty and some of them are quite the reverse, but every now and then you come up against really inspirational people and some great characters. At the moment I am playing against the Chairman of the Durban Chess Club in South Africa (He also runs their website). There are some excellent ideas on this site that I would like to mirror. It will take some time and effort, and I am open to anyone that can spare a little time or for any ideas or relevant content related to South Shields Chess Club.

Thanks go out to Desmond for the bit of inspiration that he has put my way simply by playing chess. As a side note I looked up their motto “who teaches learns” and it comes from the latin Qui docet discit.

May 6, 2014

This is a new website to let our friends know a little about Chess In South Tyneside.