Change of venue

Following discussions at the start of year meeting on Thu 7th Sept 2023, it was decided to move the Tynedale chess club venue to Ovington social club on a Monday evening at the same time of 7pm.

Our first meeting will be Monday 18th September 2023 at 7pm

Ovington Social Club NE42 6DN

New members are welcome.

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ST Jamboree 2023

South Tyne Jamboree held at Haydon Bridge 20 June 2023
Pairings
	Player	White	Res	Player	Black
RND 1
1	A1	Liam Medley	1-0	B2	Bill Burgess
2	B1	Paul Rivers	1-0	C1	Derek Harris
3	C2	Tim Wrigley	0.5-0.5	A2	George Glover
4	A3	John Lydon	0.5-0.5	B4	Oshar Nicholson
5	B3	Alan Little	0-1	C3	Colin Ripley
6	C4	Paul Smith	1-0	A4	Mike Vose

RND 2
1	C1	Derek Harris	1-0	A1	Liam Medley
2	A2	George Glover	0-1	B1	Paul Rivers
3	B2	Bill Burgess	0-1	C2	Tim Wrigley
4	C3	Colin Ripley	1-0	A3	John Lydon
5	A4	Mike Vose	1-0	B3	Alan Little
6	B4	Oshar Nicholson	0-1	C4	Paul Smith

Team Scores
	TEAM	RND 1	RND 2	TOTAL
A	Austins	2	1	3
B	Friars	1.5	1	2.5
C	Tynedale	2.5	4	6.5

Austins
	A1	Liam Medley
	A2	George Glover
	A3	John Lydon
	A4	Mike Vose

Friars
	B1	Paul Rivers
	B2	Bill Burgess
	B3	Alan Little
	B4	Oshar Nicholson

Tynedale
	C1	Derek Harris
	C2	Tim Wrigley
	C3	Peter Crichton
	C4	Paul Smith

Summer KO – Gary’s game

Earlier this month Tynedale won at Gosforth in Round 1 of the NCA 2023 Summer KO

This is Gary’s fine game against Murray Pollock, comments are Gary’s

Gary Bosworth (Tynedale) v Murray Pollock (Gosforth Centurions) 12th June 2023, Summer Cup.

e4 c5

d4 cxd4

c3 e5 (declining the Albin Counter Gambit with a standard continuation)

Nf3 Nc6

Bc4 Nf6

Ng5 d5

exd5 Na5

0-0 a6 (preventing Qa4 to recapture the Knight after Nxc4)

b3 b5 (b3 looks odd, but other defences of the bishop lose any initiative that white may have)

Re1 bxc4

Rxe5+ Be7

Ba3 Nxd5 (I overlooked this continuation,initially hoping to play d6 but after Qxd6,the rook on e5 hangs so Rxa5 seems to be the only

option, giving white a strong kingside attack.)

Qf3 Be6

Rxe6? 0-0?? (perhaps the pressure was telling? Although fxe6 followed by one of Nxe6, Nxf7 or Qxf7 look threatening, there doesn’t seem to be

enough compensation for the piece)

Bxe7! Nxe7 (occupying the kings possible escape square in 2 moves time)

Qh5 Re8 (if h6, Rxh6, gxh6, Qxh6 mates)

Rxe7 (to prevent Ng8 blocking a checkmate on h8 after Qxh7+ and ensuring the king cannot get to e7 if the rook is recaptured)

Black resigns

Although, …Qd5 offers some hope for a continuation with the threat of mate on e1. For example, after Qxh7+, Kf8, white cannot play Rxf7+

because after Qxf7, Re1++.

Christmas Rapidplay (2022)

The Christmas Rapidplay was held on Thu 15th Dec 2022. Many thanks to organiser Peter Crichton (and Terry for the mince pies). Eight players took part in an “all play all” competition. And congratulations to Derek Harris who managed to beat everyone else, ending with the fabulous score of 7 out of 7.

Full details are available from the following link : Christmas Rapidplay 2022

Club Championship 2022/23 Rd 1 & 2

This post has been removed and replaced by a page  on the Left Hand Side Menu called “Club Championship 2022-23”

Club Championship 2022-23

Tynedale v Carlisle

It was good to play a match against our old friends from Carlisle. Congratulations to Bruce for a fine win, and to Derek for a draw after a hard fought game. Sadly the rest of us lost, so the final score was 1½- 4½. Thanks to Colin and Bill for organising an entertaining evening.

Tynedale v Carlisle at Haydonian Club – Haydon Bridge on 8 Nov 2022
	B/W	Tynedale	Score	Carlisle	B/W
Board 1	B	Tim Wrigley	0-1	Paul Rivers	W
Board 2	W	Derek Harris	½-½	George Glover	B
Board 3	B	Christine Moorcroft	0-1	Alan Hiatt	W
Board 4	W	Bruce Reed	1-0	Bill Burgess	B
Board 5	B	David Foster	0-1	Bill Hardwick	W
Board 6	W	Paul Smith	0-1	James McDougall	B
		Total	1½- 4½

JH Match

Jeremy Handley Memorial Match – Tynedale v Morpeth at Corbridge Parish Hall on 20 October 2022
	B/W	Tynedale	Score	Morpeth	B/W
Bd 1	B	Tim Wrigley	0-1	James Turner	W
Bd 2	W	Peter Crichton	0-1	Martin Seeber	B
Bd 3	B	Derek Harris	1-0	Alan Welsh	W
Bd 4	W	Tim Barmby	0-1	Geoff Loxham	B
Bd 5	B	Jonny Kearney	1-0	John Horton	W
Bd 6	W	Colin Ripley	1-0	Daniel Graham	B
Bd 7	B	John Morgan	0-1	David Firth	W
Bd 8	W	David Foster	0-1	Paul Smith	B
		Total	3-5

Morpeth retained the Jeremy Handley Memorial Trophy by 5-3 after a close-fought match, albeit helped by victories from two Tynedale guest players on boards 7 and 8. Morpeth dominated on the top boards, to be expected given the grading differences. A fine win by Jonny Kearney on board 6 despite a 300+ grading difference and debut victories for new members David Firth and Paul Smith.

Board 3 – Alan Welsh v Derek Harris

1 d4 c5, 2 e3 cxd4, 3 exd4 Nf6, 4 f4 (aiming to control e5 with a longer-term goal of exerting pressure on f7)

4…. d5, 5 Nf3 Nc6, 6 c3 Ne4 (with white controlling e5, black can take control of e4)

7 Bd3 f5, 8 Ne5 g6, 9 0-0 Bg7, 10 Nd2 Nxe5 11 fxe5 0-0, 12 Qb3 (increasing pressure on d5, e6 and f7)

12…. e6, 13 Nf3 Qb6 (a double-edged move, potentially accepting doubled-pawns in exchange for pressure on a2)

14 Qd1 Bd7, 15 Qe2 h6 (preparing to mobilise the kingside pawn majority)

16 Rb1 g5, 17 Kh1 Qd8 (the action changes to the kingside so time to relocate the queen)

18 Bd3 Be8, 19 Bxe4 dxe4 20 Nd2 Bg6 (further concentrating black’s forces with a hidden threat against the rook on b1)

21 Qc4 f4 (the threat of Qxe6+ can be ignored, although it might be better to defend because the kingside attack is still on track)

22 Qxe6+ Bf7, 23 Qh3 fxe3, 24 Qxe3 Bxa2 (questionable pawn grab, aiming to defend against b3 by attacking it with the queen)

25 Rxf8+ Qxf8, 26 Rf1 Qe7, 27 Qxe4, Rf8, 28 Re1 Rf4, 29 Qe3 Bf7, 30 Kg1 Bf8, 31 Ne4 (now white’s pieces are in good positions)

31…. Bg6, 32 Nd6 Bg7 (the rook needs an escape square)

33 g3 Rf8, 34 Qe2 h5 (preparing to open up the white king but the real aim is to get the rook into f3)

35 Qe3 g4, 36 Qe2 a6 (to stop Qb5)

37 Qc4+ Kf7, 38 Qd5 Bh6 (if white takes on b7, Rb8 will recover the pawn with a powerful rook on the seventh, although a retreat to b8 might be necessary)

39 Qg2 Rf3, 40 Qe2 h4, 41 Rf1 hxg3, 42 Rxf3 gxh2+, 43 Kh1 gxf3, 44 Qxf3 b5, 45 Kxh2 Qh4+, 46 Kg2 Qg5+, 47 Kh3 Bh4 (time becoming a factor but I judged that with the queens off, I could stop the white pawns)

48 Qxh5 Bxh5, 49 b3 Bf8, 50 c4 Bxd6, 51 cxd6 Be8 (forced)

52 cxb5 (a mistake, leaving white with vulnerable isolated pawns)

Tynedale Chess Club Championship 2021-22: full results

Round 1: John Morgan 0-1 Christine Moorcroft; Andy Gessey 0-1 Jonny Kearney; Derek Harris 1-0 Dave Scott; Steve Larkin bye.

Round 2: Jonny 0-1 Derek; Christine 1-0 Andy; Steve 1-0 John; Dave bye.

Round 3: Andy 0-1 Steve; Derek 1-0 Christine; Dave 0-1 Jonny;John bye.

Round 4: Christine 1-0 Dave; Steve 0-1 Derek; John 1-0 Andy; Jonny bye.

Round 5: Derek 1-0 John; Dave 0-1 Steve; Jonny 1-0 Christine; Andy bye.

Round 6: Steve 1-0 Jonny; John 0.5-0.5 Dave; Andy 0-1 Derek; Christine bye.

Round 7: Dave 1-0 Andy; Jonny 1-0 John; Christine 0-1 Steve; Derek bye.

Final scores: Derek 6/6; Steve 5/6; Jonny 4/6; Christine 3/6;John and Dave 1.5/6;Andy 0/6.

Club championship 2021-22 round 2 results

Jonny Kearney (1) 0 – 1 Derek Harris (1)

Christine Moorcroft (1) 1 – 0 Andy Gessey (0)

Steve Larkin (-) 1 – 0 John Morgan (0)

Dave Scott (0) bye

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