This page is for archived news items from 2006

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At the recent Hull Congress, Noel Boustred (Gosforth) won the Minor with 4½/5. See the full results, (supplied by Tim Adams). (24/11/06)

At the recent Glasgow Congress, Tim Adams came equal second with 4/5 in the Major. (8/11/06) 

Have you ever wondered - who was the best chess player of all time? Well, here's an interesting but technical article for downloading, which aims to answer this question. (Sent by Tim Adams) (7/11/06)

Here are some pictures taken at Morpeth CC's 50th Anniversary social event in September. (22/10/06) 

It has now been officially confirmed  that the winner of this season's Zollner competition will be offered a place in next year's British Championships. (12/10/06)

Now that the League has started, for the convenience of some captains, there's now a document available for downloading and printing, equivalent to the results cards - click on 'League etc' in the left-hand column for more details. (3/10/06)

The results of the 2006 Northumberland Congress are now available. Pictures of the prizewinners are also now available (Revised 27/9/06)

Peter Crichton of Tynedale, has provided a photo of a simul given by GM Florin Gheorghiu in Wylam in 1972. This has been scanned and uploaded. I recognise a few old-timers, but can anyone else supply more names? (27/9/06)

Congratulations to Northumberland's correspondence team who, after being relegated last year, have won the Sinclair Trophy, the second division of the County Correspondence Championships with a score of 17/26. This is a kind of postal Jamboree, in which the players are mixed up and play people from different teams. The winners were: Jonathan King, Paul Bielby, Mike Nicholson, John Wheeler, Colin Colson, David Weldon, John Morton, Robert Forsythe, Les Palmer, David Baynes, Alan McTaggart and Sheila Drummond. (3/9/06)

The Kings Chess Club's annual Summer Grand Prix series has now concluded. John Wheeler not only organised it very successfully, but won the overall title! He has supplied this report. (1/9/06)

Several local players took part in various competitions at the recent British Championships in Swansea. Full details of most competitions may be found via the official BC website (the 'entries' links near the bottom of the page). In particular, for notable performances see:

British Championships for David Egglestone's 5½/11;
Major Open for Jonathan Hawkins's 1st place with 9/11, Thomas Eggelstone's 2nd place with 8½/11;
British U150 for Jonathan Lai's 1st place equal with 4/5. (Corrected 1/9/06)

Several other local juniors also took part in various junior events, possibly more details later. (25/8/06)

Full details of the Amsterdam match are now available. (10/7/06)

More pictures of the recent Amsterdam match have been added. (7/7/06)

At the recent South Lakes Congress, Antonio Moneva-Jordan came =3rd in the Major with 3½. (30/6/06)

News from the Hartlepool Congress (from John Turnock). Jonathan Hawkins (Leam Lane) was 2nd= in the Open on 3½/5; Paul Bielby (Jesmond) won the Major outright with 4½; Chris Wardle (Haymarket) was 2nd= in the Intermediate with 4, while young Thomas Glover (Jesmond) scored a commendable 3½. (29/5/06)

Some pictures taken at the recent AGM have now been uploaded. (21/5/06) 

Prizewinners at the Hebburn Rapidplay (U120) on Sat 20/5/06 were: 1st= Chris Wardle (Haymarket) and Derek Fowers (Kings) with 4/5, 3rd= K Lorraine (Hetton Lyons) and Stan Johnson (S Shields) with 3½/5. Chris was awarded the All Comers Shield by virtue of having a superior countback score. (21/5/06)

At the Les Boxx Memorial Rapidplay in Hartlepool (15 April), Gagic Abaryan (Gateshead Libraries) won the Major with 5½/6, while his team-mate Kyril Fomin came second with 5. In the Minor, Stan Hawes and Stan Johnson (both S Shields) came 3rd= with two others. (18/4/06).

At the Durham Congress, (7-9 April) Jonathan Hawkins (Leam Lane) continued his good form by winning the Open outright with 4½/5. Other local successes were: Major - Antonio Moneva-Jordan (Tynemouth) and Mark Taylor (Tynedale) shared 1st place on 4/5 with a few others, while Raymond Muzuwa (Kings) was first equal with 4/5 in the Minor. Your reporter left before all games were finished, so it's possible that other NCA players were also among the prizewinners. Please advise if I've missed anyone. (9/4/06)

The NCA Rapidplay Championships took place on Sun 19/3/06. Congratulations to Roger Coathup (Tynemouth) who won the Open outright with 5/5. Other winners were: Open 2nd= Charles Storey (Jesmond) and Colin Walton (Peterlee) (3½); Major 1st: Lara Barnes (Tynemouth) (4½), 2nd James Turner (Morpeth) (4), 3rd Cyril Fomin (Gateshead) (3½); Minor, 1st Raymond Muzuwa (Kings) (4½), 2nd= Gary Clarke (Consett) and Kevin Rowden (S Shields) (4).The full results are now available. (21/3/06)

Several local players attended the very popular Blackpool Chess Conference recently, but the only one to appear among the prizewinners was Ron Plater (Kings) who was 2nd= (4/5) in the Challengers section (U175). Here's a full list of prizewinners. (20/3/06)

The results of the recent Doncaster Congress are now available. Local prizewinners were: Jonathan Hawkins (Leam Lane) Open 1st= (4/5); Ron Plater (Kings) Major 1st= (4/5); Martin Seeber (Forest Hall) Major grading prize (3½/5); Akis Nezis (Tynemouth) Intermediate 1st (4½/5). (3/3/06)

The results of the recent Darlington Rapidplay tournament are now available. (21/2/06).

Here are some more local players' results from recent congresses. Apologies if I've missed anyone, please advise (updated 25/1/06):

John Turnock (Jesmond) played in two tournaments at the Hastings International New Year Congress in January. He came =1st in the Weekend Major (4/5), then was =2nd in the New Year Morning 'A' Section.

At the York Congress (early Jan). Jonathan Hawkins (Leam Lane) was =2nd in the Open with 4 points, and Antonio Moneva-Jordan (Tynemouth) won the Major with 4½. (Reported by AM-J). (24/1/06).

About 15 NCA players took part in the Cleveland Congress on 20-22 Jan at Hartlepool. In the Open, Jonathan Hawkins (Leam Lane) was first with 4½/5; Paul Bielby (Jesmond) was =3rd on 3/5; Roger Coathup  and Tim Adams (both Tynemouth), also did well with 2½. In the Minor, young Sophie Seeber did herself credit with 3 points. However the star performance was by Matthew Holborow (Kings) who won the Minor outright with an amazing 5/5. .

Nick Tavoularis (Leam Lane) played in the Masters tournament at the recent Hastings International Congress and did extremely well, ending with 5/10, in a field which included 10 GMs, 13 IMs and 4 FIDE Masters. (8/1/06).

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