Opening Statistics from Themed Blitz
June 9, 2019
Some statistics from the themed opening blitz tournaments we've been having. Warning from a mathematician, don't take these too seriously! The sample sizes (number of games played) are small and...
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King’s Indian Attack Themed Blitz – 13th June
June 1, 2019
First, congratulations to Paul Bielby, who despite his reservations, won all his games as white to win last week's Wayward Queen themed blitz. Will he still be telling all his...
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2019 Summer Themed Blitz Returns: 30th May – The Wayward Queen
May 27, 2019
Last summer's themed blitz tournaments are starting up again. As before, no entry fee, no prizes, no grading / rating (a themed event breaks Article 2.3 of the FIDE Laws...
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Proposed new North East Individual FIDE rated Championships
May 15, 2019
Tim Wall is proposing to start a new North East of England FIDE rated individual championship. Three sections are planned, open, major (under FIDE 1975 or under ECF 170 if...
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Proposed new North East FIDE Rated League
May 15, 2019
Tim Wall is also proposing to start a new FIDE rated North East chess league. 6 teams of 5 players each would play an all-play-all league on 5 separate Sundays...
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Ron Evers 2019
April 25, 2019
South Shields 2 managed to overcome all the competition , despite their lower average grades and brought back the Ron Evers Trophy to South Shield once again . South Shields...
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Congratulations! A team finishes 2nd in NCA Division 1
April 17, 2019
A convincing finish saw the A team beat Morpeth B by 4.5 - 0.5. This leaves them in clear second position behind runaway league champions, Forest Hall A, who let...
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Congratulations! DCCA Division 1 Champions
February 15, 2019
With 8 wins from 8 matches the South Shields 'Galacticos' have sewn up division 1 with 2 matches remaining. Their nearest rivals, Durham City 'Bishops' have 4 wins and a...
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The Secrets of the Chess Club Photograph Revealed
February 5, 2019
The story so far. A few months ago, the South Shields Historical Society received a donation of documents regarding the Davidson family of South Eldon Street, mostly from WW1 onwards....
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Christmas Themed Blitz – The Black Knights’ Tango
December 12, 2018
To help fill the winterval chess gap, made worse by the cancellation of the Durham Congress, we're having a themed blitz tournament on the Thursday 20th December at the New...
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Top of the Christmas Tree
December 9, 2018
Happy Christmas Chess Friends. The Chess season has now reached the halfway point and it’s great to see our teams doing well , topping both the Northumberland and the...
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Carlsen-Caruana Redux – AlphaZero’s Take
December 1, 2018
12 games at normal time controls, 12 draws. A lot of people just looked at the result and said "Boring!". For those of us (layabouts) who actually watched the games...
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