Christmas party time at Newcastle clubs
Newcastle and Gosforth Chess Clubs are celebrating the holiday season in style this year, with both holding Christmas party blitz tournaments with food, drink and festivities.
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The perfect Christmas chess presents
What should I get young Beth or Uncle Harry for a Christmas present?
If you have friends and/or family who you think would enjoy playing chess, you can do a lot worse than buy them a set of pieces and board.
NCC News Update – Monday 4 December 2023: Exciting December events from Newcastle Chess Club
Lots of exciting and fun events are coming up this month!
B Team goes top of the league
Newcastle Chess Club’s B team is leading Division 6 of the Northumbria Chess League, winning all four of its matches so far!
Saturday drop-in club restarts at Newcastle City Library
From Saturday December 9, Newcastle Chess Club is joining together with Newcastle City Library to restart a weekly Saturday lunchtime drop-in club from 11am-1pm.
Newcastle Chess Club AGM: Mon 18 December
You are warmly invited to attend the inaugural Newcastle Chess Club Annual General Meeting from 6:45-7:15pm on Monday 18 December.
All Aboard for the Christmas Party Blitz!
The Newcastle Chess Club Christmas Party Blitz will be held on Monday 18 December, at the club’s regular venue: Room 1, Floor 2, Tyneside Irish Centre, 44 Gallowgate, Newcastle NE1 4SG.
Wanna be world champ? Play in Newcastle!
If you want to be world champion, you could do worse than prep for the big match by playing chess in Newcastle.
It’s a curiosity that three successive future world champions played here shortly before winning the title.
Gosforth riding high in Northumbria League
Nothing succeeds like success, they say, and Gosforth Chess Club is on the crest of a wave with its recent victories across the divisions of the Northumbria League.
After six weeks of the 2023-24 league season, Gosforth, which continues to add more and more members to its popular Monday club nights, is leading or challenging for the lead in four of the six divisions.
North East schools chess booming
Imagine the scene: a school cafeteria packed with more than 80 teenagers. But for nearly three hours, you can hear a pin drop.
This was the serious atmosphere this week at St Mary’s Catholic School, Newcastle, where a total of 14 school teams were battling it out in a struggle for chess supremacy.