Coronavirus update: Club nights suspended

We have decided to suspend Thursday club nights until further notice.

We play online at chess.com and lichess.org, but mostly lichess.org

Our lichess club is https://lichess.org/team/tynedale-chess-club

For reference our chess.com club is http://www.chess.com/club/tynedale-chess-club-1 , but as I say not used much

There has been some confusion about the chess.com club name, though hopefully that has now been sorted.

Within chess.com the club is called “tynedale-chess-club”

This corresponds directly to the link above.

Welcome to Tynedale Chess Club website

Welcome to Tynedale Chess Club’s website!

The website is run by Tim and David Wrigley. Members of the club are encouraged to contribute, please contact Tim or David for help and assistance.

Please note that the views expressed on this website are those of individuals rather than Tynedale Chess Club. It is not our intention to cause offence and any inappropriate or unsuitable material will be removed. Please let the website adminstrators know if you unhappy with any of the contents.
To help avoid any problems we have included some guidelines above for contributors.

Club championship 2021-22 round 1 results

John Morgan 0-1 Christine Moorcroft

Andy Gessey 0-1 Jonny Kearney

Derek Harris 1-0 Dave Scott

Steve Larkin bye

Club championship 2021-22: rules

This will be a 7-round, all-play-all event, default timing 75 mins + 10 secs. Games can be played on chess.com, lichess or OTB by mutual consent. Pairings will be determined by the Crenshaw-Berger tables and will be announced at the start of each round, together with a date for completion of that round, which will be not more than three weeks ahead. White should contact his opponent, offering a couple of dates, and is responsible for issuing the challenge when the game takes place. After 6 rounds, the player with the highest score will be the new club champion. If two players are tied on the top score, there will be a play-off with colours reversed and using the same timescale as in the rounds. If 3 players are tied, the organiser will hope to invent a solution!

Jeremy Handley Memorial match v Morpeth 14/10/21

This annual fixture was once again held online, over 8 boards, with the following results:

1. Derek Harris 0-1 Richard Symonds
2. Tim Wrigley 0-1 James Turner
3. David Wrigley 0-1 Phil Eastlake
4. Steve Larkin 0-1 Geoff Loxham
5. Jonny Kearney 1-0 Alan Welsh
6. Bruce Reed 0-1 John Horton
7. John Morgan 1-0 Stephen Farrelly
8. Andy Gessey 0-1 David Simm

So a clearcut win for Morpeth.

NEOL Update

Tynedale are doing well in Season 2 of the NE Online Chess League under Dave Humphrey’s guidance.

I have copied the results to a TCC page (TCC NEOL Page) on the left hand side of the screen, though they are currently also available on the NEOL Website

The last match of the season is next Tuesday, 9 March against Darlington.

Club Championship Update

Club Championship draws & results have been moved to a separate page on the LHS menu.

A direct link is Club Champs 2020-21

All previous posts about the Club Championship have been removed

NEOL (Tynedale v Bishop Auckland B)

Tynedale’s third match in the The NCA Online League (NEOL) took place on Tues 10th Nov against Bishop Auckland B.
Tynedale won 3-1
Full details are available on the
NEOL Website – (Bishop Auckland A v Tynedale)

NEOL (Bishop Auckland A v Tynedale)

Tynedale’s second match in the The NCA Online League (NEOL) took place on Tues 27th Oct against Bishop Auckland A.
Tynedale won 2½-1½
Full details are available on the
NEOL Website – (Bishop Auckland A v Tynedale)

NEOL (Billingham v Tynedale)

The NCA Online League (NEOL) started this Tuesday with a match against Billingham Synthonia
Tynedale won 3-1, full details are available on the NEOL Website – (Billingham Synthonia v Tynedale)

Jeremy Handley Memorial

Steve’s email reporting the JH Memorial Match :

Dear members,
Just to let you know that Morpeth won the match 4-2. Both Tim and James Turner had to withdraw from the match, so Derek moved up to board 1 and board 3 was cancelled.

Dave’s result against a much stronger opponent was the standout performance for us, not least because he was supposed to have white and ended up playing black!
Thanks to all who took part or who would have taken part had there been an opponent for them.
Steve

Jeremy Handley Memorial Event – played online Sep 24 2020
Roger Coathup	1-0	Derek Harris
David Wrigley	½-½	Richard Symonds
Bd 3 Cancelled
Steve Larkin	0-1	Phil Eastlake
Alan Walsh	1-0	Bruce Reed
Dave Humphreys	1-0	John Horton
David Crawford	½-½	Jonny Kearney

North v South

An historic match between North and South was organised on chess.com by the ECF on September 5th 2020. It was the first time such a match had been played since 1893 and 1894, with the South winning on both occasions.

This time it was a 106 board affair, and Tynedale had 4 players taking part. Gary Murphy, on board 15, drew. Steve Larkin, on board 71, won. Jonny Kearney, on board 98, lost. And John Morgan, on board 101, won by default. Overall, the North emerged the winners by 61 to 45.

A great experience. Let’s hope it becomes an annual fixture.

(Thanks Steve – A Full Report is available on the ECF Website at North v South – Tim W)