29/03/2025

LEAGUE UPDATE

In Division 1 the A team are currently in a respectable mid table position with 9 points out of 10 games. 

In Division 2 the B team are in an excellent 3rd position after 11 games.

In Division 4 the C team have played 10 games and have 7 points.

In Division 5 the D team are in an excellent 3rd position.

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 

TYNEMOUTH CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2024/25 – ROUND 3 RESULTS

WHITE BLACK RESULT
Gary Cornwall v Paul Edwards ½-½
Dave Hair v Paul Dargan ½-½
Ron Plater v Joe Murray 1-0
Richard Oxnard v Steve Burnell 1-0
John Clarke v Patrick Gorman 1-0
Ray Garside v Phil Jackson 0-1
Dennis White v Martin Brookes 1-0
Bill Bolton v Dave Jarema 0-1

20/01/2025

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 

The Round 2 results are as follows:

Paul Dargan (W) v Ron Plater (B) 0.5-0.5

Dave Jarema (W) v Gary Cornwall (B) 0-1

Paul Edwards (W) v John Clarke (B) 1-0

Steve Burnell (W) v Dave Hair (B) 0.5-0.5

Phil Jackson (W) v Joe Murray (B) 0-1

Martin Brookes (W) v Richard Oxnard (B) 0-1

Bill Bolton (W) v Dennis White (B) 1-0

Ray Garside (W) v Patrick Gorman (B) -/+

Here is the draw for Round 3:

Gary Cornwall (W) v Paul Edwards (B)
Dave Hair (W) v Paul Dargan (B)
Ron Plater (W) v Joe Murray (B)
Richard Oxnard (W) v Steve Burnell (B)
John Clarke (W) v Patrick Gorman (B)
Bill Bolton (W) v Dave Jarema (B)
Ray Garside (W) v Phil Jackson (B)
Dennis White (W) v Martin Brookes (B)

Taking into account the Christmas/New Year break and chess league/county championship commitments in January/February, all the matches don't need to be played until the end of Tuesday, 25th February 2025. That should give everyone ample time to arrange a mutually convenient date to play.

 

For further details about the Club Championship, please go to: https://chess-results.com/tnr1037538.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=3

Here are the current standings in the Club Championship.

1 Gary Cornwall 2 

2 Paul Edwards 2 

3 Paul Dargan 1½ 

4 Ron Plater 1½ 

5 Joe Murray 1½ 

6 Dave Hair 1½ 

7 Richard Oxnard 1 

8 Steve Burnell 1 

9 John Clarke 1 

10 Patrick Gorman 1 

11 Dave Jarema 1 

12 William Bolton 1 

13 Phil Jackson 0 

14 Dennis White 0 

15 Ray Garside 0 

16 Martin Brookes 0

20/01/2025

Latest League update

In Division 1 the A Team are currently 5th after playing 6 games with 3 wins and 3 draws.

In Division 2 the B Team are 4th after playing 5 games with 3 wins and 2

In Division 4 the C team are 6th after 5 games. And finally the D team in Division 5 are a credible 3rd with 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 loses! 

11/11/2024

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

Round 1 results

Richard Oxnard v Paul Dargan 0-1
Gary Cornwall v Phil Jackson 1-0

Dennis White v Paul Edwards 0-1

Ron Plater v Ray Garside 1-0

Joe Murray v Steve Burnell 0.5-0.5

John Clarke v Martin Brookes 1-0

Patrick Gorman v Dave Jarema 0-1

Dave Hair v Bill Bolton 1-0

The draw for Round Two has been made (see below). All matches are to be completed by Tuesday, 17th December.

Paul Dargan (W) v Ron Plater (B)

Dave Jarema (W) v Gary Cornwall (B)

Paul Edwards (W) v John Clarke (B)

Steve Burnell (W) v Dave Hair (B)

Phil Jackson (W) v Joe Murray (B)

Martin Brookes (W) v Richard Oxnard (B)

Bill Bolton (W) v Dennis White (B)

Ray Garside (W) v Patrick Gorman (B)

In the first instance, the player playing as White in any match should contact their opponent as soon as possible to make arrangements.
 

28/10/2024

Joel's games from the Northumberland Chess Congress

Round 1: John Clarke Versus Joel Tofield Brown 

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d3 Bc5  7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. e3 Bg4 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Bd2 Rfe8 12. Rfc1 Bf8 13. a3 e4 14. Ne1 Ne5 15. Nb5 Bd6 16. Nd4 a5 17. Qb5 Qe7 18. dxe4 dxe4 19. h3 Bd7 20. Qe2 h5 21. h4 Neg4  22. Nec2 Rec8 23. Nb5 Bxb5 24. Qxb5 Rc5 25. Qe2 Rf5 26 Be1 Be5 27 Nd4 Bxd4 28 exd4 e3 29 f3 Nh6 30 Rc3 Nd5 31 Rc5 Nf4 32 gxf4 Rxc5 33 dxe5 Qxe5 34 Rd1 Nf5 35 Bh3 Ra6 36 Bxf5 Qxf5 37 Bg3 Rg6 38 Kh2 Re6 39 Rd8 ch Kh7 40 Qd3 1-0

Round 2: Joel Tofield Brown Versus Reg Clucas[

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. exd5 a5 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. a4 b4 18. h4 Qe8 19. h5 f6 20. hxg6 Qxg6 21. g4 Rc5 22. Rh2 Rf7 23. Rdh1 Rg7 24. c3 bxc3 25. bxc3 Qg5+ 26. Kb2 Qe5 27. Qd3 f5 28. Rh5 Rf7 29. Qd2 Qf6 30. g5 Qg7 31. f4 Qg6 32. Rh6 Qg7 33. R1h3 Qf8 34. g6 Rg7 35. Qh2 Rxg6 36. Rxg6+  1-0

Round 3: Ian Chester Versus Joel Tofield Brown

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 a6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Bh6 Bd7 13. h4 Rac8 14. h5 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qh6+ Kf7 19. Kb1 Ke8 20. Rd2 b5 21. Nde2 Be6 22. Nf4 Bg8 23. Nfd5 Rc6 24. b3 Qc5 25. Rhd1 Nd7 26. b4 Qa7 27. f4 e6 28. e5 exd5 29. Nxd5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Qc7 31. exd6 Rxd6 32. Rxd6 Rf7 33. Qh4 Re7 34. Rxa6 Re4 35. Ra8+ Nb8 36. Re1 Rxe1+ 37. Qxe1+ Kd7 38. Qe5 Qxe5 39. fxe5 Nc6 40. c3 Nxe5 41. Ra7+ Kc6 42. Rxh7 Kd5 43. Kc2 Nc4 44. Re7 g5 45. g4 Ne5 46. Rxe5+ 0-1

Round 4: Andrew Robinson Versus Joel Tofield Brown 

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nd2 e6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Bd3 Qc7 9. Ndf3 b6 10. g4 cxd4 11. exd4 Ne4 12. Bg3 Nxd4 13. cxd4  f6 14. Rc1 Qd8 15. Nc6 Qd7 16. Bxd6  Qxd6 17. Nd2  Bb7 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Rfc8 20. d5 Bxc6 21. O-O  dxc6  22. Qd2  h6 23. Rcd1 Rd8 24. Rd2 Qe5 25. Bh7+ Kf8 26. f4 Qc7 27. Rfd1 Qxf4 28. h3 Qg5 29. Qa3+ Kf7 30. Rc2 Rd7 31. Rdc1 Rad8 32. Rc7 a5 33. Rc8 Rxc8 34. Rxc8 Re7 35. Bg8+ Kg6 36. Qd3+ f5 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38. Kg1 Qe4 39. gxf5+ exf5 40. Qg3+ Kh5 41. Bh7 Qh1+ 42. Kf2 Qf1+ 0-1

Round 5: Joel Tofield Brown Versus Richard George

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. Qe2 Nd7 6. g4 Bg6 7. exd5 cxd5 8. h4 h5 9. g5 e6 10. Bg2 Bc5 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. O-O O-O 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Nf5 15. Qf2 Qb6 16. Nd1 Qc7 17. Re1 Rac8 18. Nc3  a6  19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. exd4 b5 21. a3 Qb6 22. Qe3 Rfe8 23. Re2 Qc6 24. Rd2 Nc6 25. Ne2 e5 26. Bxd5  Qxd4   27. Bxc6 Rxe2 28. Nxe2 Rxc6 29. Nd4 Rd6 30. a4 b4 31. a5 f6 32. Ra4 b3 33. Nxb3 fxg5 34. hxg5 Be8 35. Rd4 Kf7 36. Nc5 Kg6 37. c4 Rc6 38. Rxd5 Bf7 39. Re5 Rd6 40. b4 h4 41. b5 Kh5 42. b6 

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Here are some comments from Joel

Round 3 and 4 both included interesting sacrifices but which were not very sound.

In round 4 in particular I played a very dubious sacrifice (12...Nxd4), based on the idea of trapping the e5 knight after 13.cxd4 f6, where I'd planned 14.Rc1 Qd7! 15.Nc6 Bb7 trapping the knight a second time. It was only after that i realised Qd7 loses the queen!! My opponent didn't find the best way to hang onto the piece(there were many) and made a tactical mistake that let me back into the game. A few blunders from both sides and luckily i came out on top with my opponent missing a draw.

So an interesting game but maybe not the best according to the computer.

Game 2 and 5 were probably my favourite ones i played. g2 was a fairly clean win in the sicilian dragon. Game 5 I misplayed the opening, and was definitely worse, but absorbed the pressure quite nicely and a poorly timed pawn break by the opponent allowed lots of trades into a better endgame where I took control very quickly.

21/10/2024

Latest League Results

Division 1

Tynemouth A Versus Newcastle Dragons   0 - 4

A very tough start to the season for the A team.

Division 4

Tynemouth C Versus Tynedale A  4-0

An excellent start to the season by the C team!

06/10/2024

Armstrong Club Position

An interesting position submitted by John Clarke with analysis provided by John.