Monarchs v Austins

Match Played at Haydon Bridge Thu 9 May 2019
Monarchs				Austins
Tim Wrigley	2	4-0	4	George Glover
David Wrigley	2	4-0	4	Bill Burgess
Dave Humphreys	6	2-2	4	John Lydon
Dave Foster	6	0-4	5	Bill Hardwick
	16	10-6	17
		26-23

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

Jamboree & Ladder Night

Two Dates for your diary.

The South Tyne Jamboree will be held in the Haydonian Club on Thu 23rd May

The South Tyne Ladder night at the Haydonian Club is Tue 19th March.

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

Tim v Gary Cornwall

Two positions from my game last night (Feb 14th) game as white against Gary Cornwall, illustrating the subtlties of pawn endings.

At this point Fritz says I am marginally ahead, though I didn’t think so at the time, and eventually lost.
Play continues – 56 Kd3 Kxg6, 57 b4 cxb4 58 axb4 Kf6 59 Kc4 g5 60 b5 gxf4 61 b6 f3

Now what ? – Answers to Tim

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

Yichen Again

This week’s Hexham Courant has a full page spread titled “Does chess deserve a Sporting Chance ?” raising the question of whether or not Chess is a sport. It also features another 4 pictures of Yichen’s simultaneous and more publicity for Tynedale Chess Club. Thanks to Joseph Tulip & the Courant.

To read the Courant article click on the following link :

Hexham Courant – Does chess deserve a sporting chance ?

This photo of Yichen is courtesy Hexham Courant – Thank You

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

 

Yichen Han Simultaneous

Many thanks to Yichen, Mike Smith, Peter Crichton, Steve Larkin, Dave Humphreys, Joseph Tulip & Andy Gessey for a fabulous morning at the Queen’s Hall. Also thanks to all who supported the event by playing Yichen

Watch this space as this post may well change as further details are added.

Yichen played 17, Won 12, Drew 3 & Lost 2.

The games he lost are now available on our GAMES page at Yichen’s games

Watch a short video of Yichen (courtesy of the Hexham Courant)

Read the Hexham Courant Full Report