Category: News

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

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 21, 2014

 

This post is just to be used as a comparison between the logo containing photo chess pieces, one with an established date and a one with just a silhouette of the figures.

May 6, 2014

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