News Blog
Here you will find the latest news from our club
and the North East chess scene
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Contact Details
Tim Wall
email: timpeterwall@gmail.com
text/WhatsApp: 0750 372 2366
Where to find us
Club nights – Thursday evenings at: Newcastle Labour Club (opposite Haymarket Metro), Northumberland Street, Newcastle NE1 7PF
Juniors – Sundays 14:30-16:30, Jesmond Library, St George’s Terrace, Jesmond NE2 DL
Chess at the Library – Saturdays 11:00-13:00, Newcastle City Library, 33 New Bridge Street, Newcastle NE1 8AX (either on Level 6 or
on Level 2)
B Team goes top of the league
/in Club news, Newcastle JestersNewcastle 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
/in Club newsFrom 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
/in Club newsYou 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!
/in Club newsThe 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!
/in NewsIf 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
/in NewsNothing 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
/in NewsImagine 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.
We are the champions (of little kids and golden oldies)
/in NewsIf you walk into most North East chess clubs, the chances are you’ll be surrounded by pre-teens and gentlemen of a certain age (either pensioners or not far off pension age).
It’s often said that chess is a game you can master, no matter how young or how old you are. This has now been proven by England winning world titles in the Girls Under 8 and Over 50 and Over 65 age groups.
Leam Lane take league lead south of the Tyne
/in NewsJust like local football rivalries, the competition between teams from north and south of the Tyne is an intense one. In recent years, Newcastle and North Tyneside teams have dominated, but this week Leam Lane Aces took the lead south of the Tyne in Division 1 for the first time in a few seasons.
Joined-up thinking needed for English chess revival
/in NewsNewcastle United fans will remember the folly of neglecting the club’s reserve and youth teams in the 1990s, and how this affected North East football for a generation. In a similar way, other sports that rely on big-money signings from overseas often neglect grassroots development.