Tans v Forest Hall D

Match Played at Corbridge Thu 14 Mar 2019
Tans		Forest Hall D
Derek Harris	0-1	Ian Rook
David Wrigley	1-0	Mehdi Mazarei
Steve Larkin	0-1	Alex Brodie
Dave Humphries	0-1	Jamie McIntosh
David Foster	0-1	Ryan Duff
	1-4

S Shields B v Tans

Match Played in South Shields Thu 28 Feb 2019
South Shields B		Tans
Brian Towers	1-0	Derek Harris
Kevin Rowden	½-½	Tim Wrigley
Dave Patterson	0-1	James Ross
Konstantinos Decidimonous	1-0	Ian Mackay
Eddie Czestochowski	0-1	Peter Crichton
	2½-2½

Tans v Tynemouth C

Match Played at Corbridge Thu 14 Feb 2019
Tans		Tynemouth C
Derek Harris	0-1	Antonio Moneva-Jordan
Tim Wrigley	0-1	Gary Cornwall
Peter Crichton	½-½	Christian Smith
Steve Larkin	0-1	Alex McFarlane
Dave Humphreys	1-0	Joe Murray
	1½-3½

Gosforth Salters v Tans

The Tans had to field a weakened team, but called in David Wrigley to help.
The match went right down to the wire. Playing without increments and needing to win, David Wrigley’s game went to a tense endgame scramble, his speciality.
Elsewhere Tim & Peter had tame draws. Dave Foster Jnr was heavily outgraded on Board 5, played well, but two pawns lost in a sharp exchange proved fatal.
Dave Humphreys had the better of an awkward Q, R & pawn endings, but was caught by a perpetual check, a fine draw that could so easily have been a win.
Although Gosforth Salters are bottom of the league they are a strong team, and this is a point won, rather than one lost. Well played all, especially David Wrigley and Dave Humphreys.

Match Played at Gosforth Mon 28 Jan 2019
Gosforth Dalters		Tans
Ray Devenney	½-½	Tim Wrigley
Dave Baynes	0-1	David Wrigley
Paul Sumner	½-½	Peter Crichton
Martin Beardsley	½-½	Dave Humphreys
Alistair Ridley	1-0	Dave Foster Jnr
	2½-2½

Tans v Forest Hall C

The NCA Second division is a competitive league, both teams put out strong teams, and this was a hard fought match.
Briefly, Derek lost a rook, a mistake with little time left on the clock, defending against a marching passed pawn.
My (Tim’s) opponent resigned in a position with chances for both sides. It seemed premature, but he was about to lose the exchange, and I think he just didn’t know what to do. He could have tried to exploit an open file and an exposed king, and then play for either a win or a perpetual check.
James won, his pawn ending technique proving better than his young opponent.
Ian surprised me a little, he accepted a draw, and from 4 boards away I thought he had chances in a Bishop(same colour)& Pawns ending.
Peter also surprised me, I thought he was losing, but suddenly appeared with a win. Not sure what happened.
So a good win, 3½-1½, and some rather odd games.

Match Played at Corbridge Thu 17 Jan 2019
Tans		Forest Hall C
Drek Harris	0-1	Stuart Skelsey
Tim Wrigley	1-0	John Wall Jnr
James Ross	1-0	Ciaran Mcdonald
Ian Mackay	½-½	Paul Charlton
Peter Crichton	1-0	John Wall Snr
	3½-1½

 

Gosforth Ivy v Tans

Another hard match, but this time lady luck was smiling on us. Tim was completely outplayed by John Wheeler, but John made one mistake, and lost a bishop and the game. Elsewhere James was short of time, and accepted a draw when offered by Dave Stebbings. Ian was lucky to escape with a draw after misplaying a 2R v R&B ending. So, lucky point for the Tans.

Match Played at Gosforth Mon 3 Dec 2018
Gosforth Ivy		Tans
John Wheeler	0-1	Tim Wrigley
Dave Stebbings	½-½	James Ross
Paul Costello	½-½	Ian Mackay
Bob Heyman	½-½	Peter Crichton
Ted Jarah	1-0	Dave Humphreys
	2½-2½

Tans v Tynemouth B

 

Match Played at Corbridge Tues 22 Nov 2018
Tans		Tynemouth B
Tim Wrigley	1-0	Keith Rockett
Peter Crichton	0-1	Paul Edwards
Steve Larkin	0-1	Steve Burnell
Bruce Reed	0-1	Dave Hair
Dave Humphreys	1-0	Ray Garside
	2-3

Tans v Jesmond Knights

The last match of the season and another fine performance from the Tans, but once again no match points. Outgraded by an average of 39 points, the Tans lost 1½-3½, but it was very even, and although the match score was probably fair, it could easily have been better for the Tans . All fought well and hard, but particular congratulations to David, who was disappointed to only draw with Merim Bilalic, a fide master graded 2267 (about ECF 210).

Thanks also, to Bruce (outgraded 157-111)  for a for a fine fighting display against John Turnock, very even right to the end, when John forced a rook’s pawn through. Finally many thanks to all who have turned out for the Tans this year.

Tans v Jesmond Knights
Played at Corbridge Thu 12 Apr 2018
David Wrigley	½½	Merim Bilalic
Tim Wrigley	½½	Chris Izod
Peter Crichton	0-1	Ed Dodds
Ian Mackay	½½	Andy Trevelyan
Bruce Reed	0-1	John Turnock
	1½-3½

 

Gosforth Empire v Tans

Heavily outgraded, the Tans went down to a 4-1 defeat. All our opponent were graded above 170, with the top three boards over 200. But all games were well contested, no-one was embarrassed, and Peter & Gary picked up excellent draws.

Gosforth Empire v Tans
Played at Gosforth Empire Club  Mon 19 Feb 2018
Joe Dalton	½-½	Gary Murphy
Andy Lawson	1-0	David Wrigley
James Moreby	1-0	Tim Wrigley
Mick Riding	½-½	Peter Crichton
Michael McBeth	1-0	Ian Mackay
	4-1

 

Gosforth Salters v Tans

An entertaining match, once again the Tans were outgraded. With the score 1-1, from draws for Gary and Ian, Tim produced a swindle that almost won his game, and  the match score looks promising (1½-1½). But then David lost from a good position, and it was left to Derek to rescue  a draw.  On paper this looks a good result, but it could easily have been worse (or better). Best results of the night Derek and Gary.

Gosforth Salters v Tans
Played at Gosforth Empire Club Mon 18 Dec 2017
Taka Chipanga	½-½	Gary Murphy
Mike McBeth	1-0	David Wrigley
Stefan Hartmann	½-½	Tim Wrigley
Paul Sumner	0-1	Derek Harris
Geoff Harrison	½-½	Ian Mackay
	2½-2½