03.11.2025
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Tuesdays at 7 pm - Hunting Lodge, Whitley BayTynemouth Chess Club
18.10.2025
Outstanding performance by A Team!
"Outstanding performance by the A Team! The A team had a good start to the season with a good win against South Shields first team. Wins by Gary Cornwall and Tom Penna and draws by David Henderson and…16.10.2025
2025 Season
"The 2025 season begins tonight for the A team against South Shields. Good luck everyone!"16.10.2025
Excellent performance by B Team!
"Excellent performance by B Team! The B team drew yesterday - 15/10/2025 - against a very strong Morpeth A team. Great performances by Paul Edwards, John Clarke, Steve Burnell and Andrew Perella who…16.11.2023
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…04.11.2023
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…10.10.2023
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…07.10.2023
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…02.10.2023
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…01.09.2023
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!10.03.2023
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…08.09.2021
Puzzle of the day
Courtesy of chess.com Courtesy of lichess.org23.03.2020
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.16.03.2020
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…15.01.2020
Links
External Links Northumberland Chess Website Northumberland League ECF Website ECF Grading20.01.1999
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…16.07.1972
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…16.07.1972