From Wednesday 10 September, Newcastle Chess Club will begin holding regular club nights at the Punch Bowl Inn, 125 Jesmond Road, Newcastle NE2 1JY. We are sharing the venue with Jesmond Chess Club, and plan to play Newcastle matches upstairs on Wednesday evenings. Everyone is welcome to play friendly and competitive chess – just come […]
This Saturday, 6th September, 2025, Newcastle Chess Club are beginning a series of lunchtime Open Blitz tournaments at Newcastle City Library – running on the first Saturday of each month. You can see them advertised on chess-results: https://s2.chess-results.com/tnr1244472.aspx?lan=1&SNode=S0 And also on the ECF calendar: https://www.englishchess.org.uk/event/newcastle-city-library-fide-rated-blitz/ The idea behind these tournaments is to give everyone a chance to […]
Hi everyone, Here is the Newcastle Chess Club ‘Summer Nights’ schedule for Thursday evenings at Newcastle Labour Club, 1-3 Haymarket, Newcastle NE1 7PF. The club opens at 7:00pm, and matches and tournaments start at 7:15pm. (The last people generally go home around 10:30pm.) Everyone is welcome to come along and join in our ‘Summer Nights’, […]
Newcastle Chess Club has four teams playing in the 2025 Northumberland Summer Cup. You can see all the info on the ECF’s League Management System (LMS) page for Northumberland: https://lms.englishchess.org.uk/lms/organisation/394 It has two phases: Our teams are: Dragons – captain Tim Wall. Players include: Tim Wall, Nathan Ekanem, Ravi Wariyar, Jounaid El Archi Jesters – […]
The Newcastle Dragons have done it again! ECF Northumbria League (Division 1) Champions – two years running!
It’s not quite the same scale as Newcastle United’s mooted move from St. James’s Park, but Newcastle Chess Club is on the move – to a brand-new city centre location literally just a hop, skip and knight’s jump from Haymarket Metro.
From Thursday May 15, Newcastle Chess Club will move its club hub to: Newcastle Labour Club, The Hub, Haymarket, Newcastle NE1 7PF.