League update

"Chess club update. The A team - Division 1 - are having a very goood season. We are currently 4th, one place behind Newcastle Dragons the current division 1 champions with a game in hand. If we win…

Club Championship

"Round 2 Results John Clarke v Paul Dargan 0.5-0.5 Tom Penna v Gary Cornwall 0.5-0.5 Paul Edwards v Ron Plater 1-0 Martin Brookes v Keith Marshall 0-1 Steve Burnell v Richard Oxnard 0.5-0.5 Joe Murray…

Excellent win by Tynemouth D!

Tynemouth D put in a superb performance against Leam Lane Comets to win 3 and a 1/2 to a half. We had wins by Chris Smith, Joel Tofield-Brown and Andrew Perella. Kazam Khosravi-Nik achieved a credible…

Lovely attacking game from Antonio!

Excellent game from Antonio Moneva-Jordan played in the final round of the Major in the Durham Congress! Notes are by Antonio himself. Antonio says "I love the final position. In Spain we call it 'el…

Match Report Tynemouth C 10/10/23 by David Henderson

On Tuesday our C team consisting of Dave Hair, Dennis white, Phil Jackson and Ray Garside opened the league season with a home match against Forest Hall Squirrels. Dave Hair quickly went a couple of…

Join our friendly chess club! All abilities catered for

Welcome to Tynemouth Chess Club's website The website is run by Andrew Perella and Gary Cornwall. Do you love chess? Then why not join our friendly chess club? Players of all standards welcome, from…

Northumberland Chess Congress by David Henderson

The Northumberland Chess Congress was held over the weekend of the 29/09 to 01/10 at the Parks Sports Centre North Shields. A number of members from Tynemouth took part in the different sections. Open…

Tynemouth gallant effort in Plate Cup

Tynemouth succumbed to a very strong Gosforth team played on 29th August. We lost 4-0 but were heavily outgraded so well done everyone!

History of Tynemouth Chess Club

Tynemouth Chess Club History 1 Early origins Chess Clubs come and go. Not surprising really since chess has been played for hundreds of years. The earliest reference I have found, to a Tynemouth Club…

Puzzle of the day

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Online Club

We have set up a club/team on lichess at https://lichess.org/team/tynemouth Please create an account on lichess and then request membership at the above link.

League Champions 2019-2020

TYNEMOUTH LEAGUE CHAMPIONS Incredibly, against all the odds, Tynemouth A team have won Division 1 of the Northumberland Chess League and are League Champions for 2019/20. Congratulations, also, to…

Links

External Links Northumberland Chess Website Northumberland League ECF Website ECF Grading

Great Game : Kasparov - Topalov

e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. f3 b5 Nge2 Nbd7 8. Bh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Bb7 10. a3 e5 11. O-O-O Qe7 Kb1 a6 13. Nc1 O-O-O 14. Nb3 exd4 15. Rxd4 c5 16. Rd1 Nb6 g3 Kb8 18. Na5 Ba8 19. Bh3 d…

Great Game : Capablanca - Tartakower

d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Qe8 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qxe7 12. a4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nc6 14. Rfb1 Rae8 15. Qh3 Rf6 16. f4 Na5 17. Qf3 d6 18. Re…

Great Game : Spassky - Fischer

d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 Nd2 Nbd7 8. e4 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Qc2 Nh5 Bxh5 gxh5 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Ne3 Qh4 15. Bd2 Ng4 16. Nxg4 hxg4 17. Bf4 Qf6 18. g3 Bd7 19. a…