Chess is The Word .
October 14, 2018
[caption id="attachment_1555" align="aligncenter" width="640"] The Word , National Centre for the Written Word[/caption] South Shields Chess Club, with the support of South Shields Library Services and the Charity Chess in...
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Themed Blitz Tournaments – cont.
September 27, 2018
Thursday 4th October - Modern Defence The theme is the Modern Defence. Play starts after 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 with white to move. There are many directions the...
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2018 – 2019 Chess Season
September 19, 2018
The new season is about to start , league meetings are being held this week for both the Northumberland and Durham leagues to finalise the fixture lists . South Shields...
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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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