Durham Congress – 7th to 9th December
September 15, 2018
This will be held at Houghton Miners Welfare Hall, Brinkburn Crescent, Houghton-le-Spring. There are four tournaments, a FIDE rated open, and 3 ECF graded restricted tournaments. The Major is U165,...
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54th Northumberland Chess Congress – 28th to 30th September
September 14, 2018
At the Parks Leisure Centre in North Shields. There are four tournaments, a FIDE rated open, and 3 ECF graded restricted tournaments. The Major is U166, the Minor U136 and...
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South Shields 2018 AGM
September 13, 2018
To be held at the New Ship tonight 13/09/2018 Starts at 730 pm . if members cannot attend please send apologies by email . then we know that this message...
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Themed Blitz Tournaments resume after AGM
September 8, 2018
Thursday 20th September - London System The theme is the London System. Play starts after the moves 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 with black to move. As usual a link...
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UK Open Blitz Championship – Newcastle Heat
September 8, 2018
Qualifying tournaments were held around the country today for the UK Open Blitz Championships with one of the qualifying heats held at RGS in Newcastle. Time control was game in...
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Late Summer Themed Blitz Tournaments
August 10, 2018
As we have been getting quite a few club members (and visitors!) turning up on club nights the last few weeks I've started running themed blitz tournaments. We aim to...
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New Grades are Out!
July 26, 2018
Get them here. Congratulations to Asanga (up from 113 to 120) and Gary (up from 112 to 118)....
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Customs House Blitz – Results
July 10, 2018
This was an exciting, closely fought competition with lots of upsets. Eventually Tomas Eggleston and Daniel Abrahams came out on top, sharing first prize with 7.5 from 9. Third was...
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FIDE Rated Blitz at the Customs House – 8th July 2018
May 22, 2018
We are running a 9 round FIDE rated blitz on Sunday 8th July at the Customs House starting 12:30pm Time control: All moves in 5 minutes plus 2 second increment....
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Player Statistics for 2017 – 2018
May 20, 2018
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Club Success in the Forest Hall Congress – Paul Bielby wins the Open!
May 1, 2018
The low turnout at the Forest Hall congress last weekend resulted in the Open and Major being combined in one tournament with separate prizes and the Intermediate and Foundation also...
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End of Season Round Up
April 20, 2018
South Shields B team played their final game of the season last night and ended with a 4-1 win and a mid table position . It was touch and go...
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