Posted by Lewis on February 9, 2018
The Northumberland Chess League is the premier local chess competition for players in Newcastle, Northumberland and Tyneside. In 2018-19 the league has 30 teams of five, representing twelve clubs, with over 150 players regularly taking part. Our season runs from October to April, but new players may join in at any point. For more information on getting involved please see our Clubs page, or email info@northumberlandchess.com.
Curious how a chess league works? You can now follow @ncaleague on Twitter.
To see your favourite team’s results, click on the filter below with the team you want to see results from. The page you’re looking at now displays the results for all teams in the order they were submitted – so the most recent result will be immediately below this notice.
Posted by Tim Wall on October 14, 2018
The ‘North East England’ team is looking for players for the 1st Division of the 4 Nations Chess League. Anyone interested should contact the team captain, Paul Dargan.
Posted by Lewis on October 14, 2018
Tim Wall 1-0 Chris Goodall
Yichen Han ½-½ Mark Younger
Max Turner 1-0 Ravi Wariyar
Zheming Zhang 1-0 Mike Smith
John Wall Jr 1-0 Mark Broughton
Friday 12th October 2018
Posted by David Walker on September 30, 2018
The draw for round 1 of the county championships is available on Chess-Results:
Posted by Lewis on September 28, 2018
The new fixtures have been inputted onto the website. You can find them listed below.
Posted by Tim Wall on September 24, 2018
A new junior chess club, the Jesmond Junior Chess Academy, is starting at the Jesmond Royal British Legion, 3 West Jesmond Avenue, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 3EX (the same venue as Jesmond Chess Club), on selected Tuesdays from 5:30pm to 7:00pm.
It will be holding its first club on Tuesday September 25. Further sessions will be on the following Tuesdays through the autumn: October 9, 16 & 30; November 6; December 4 & 18.
From January 2019 it is hoped to run the club weekly every Tuesday, from 5:30pm-7:00pm.
Children of all levels from beginner upwards are very welcome! To join/request more information, please contact Tim Wall on 0750 372 2366.
Posted by Lewis on September 21, 2018
After receiving the information about the teams entered into the 2018-19 season I have updated the website tables. All of the fixtures have been cleared and the new ones will be inputted when they have been confirmed. Good luck all teams for this year!
Posted by Lewis on September 18, 2018
The Northumberland Congress is again taking place at The Parks Leisure Centre, North Shields over the weekend of 28th – 30th September. Entries by email or post. Full details including an entry form on the website www.northumberlandchesscongress.webs.com. Entries received after 24th September subject to a late entry fee so don’t delay!
Posted by Tim Wall on August 28, 2018
The North East qualifying event for the UK Open Blitz Championships will take place on Saturday 8th September, 11am-6pm, at RGS Newcastle Junior School cafeteria, Lambton Road, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4RX.
There’s a total of £5,000 at stake, and the top 2 players qualify for the UK Open Blitz Championship in Birmingham on December 1. The top two female players not already qualified for the Open will go through to the UK Women’s Blitz Championship, also held there on the same day. For the Newcastle qualifier, there are also Under 18, Under 11 and Under 9 prizes, donated by Northumbria Junior Chess Association.
For full information and online entries, go to this page on the ECF website.
Posted by Lewis on August 20, 2018
The Northumberland Chess Association (NCA) individual championships are open to players who are registered with the NCA and are members of the English Chess Federation (ECF).
There are three sections, each consisting of a seven round tournament with successive rounds typically starting four weeks apart.
- Zollner – no grading limit.
- Sell – ECF grading under 170.
- Gilroy – ECF grading under 140.
Gradings are as in the August 2018 revision of the ECF grading list. Ungraded players who wish to enter a grading-limited section should provide evidence of playing strength when entering.
Entry is free.
To enter, email the following details to nca_championships@yahoo.com:
- Name
- Section(s) to enter (max 2)
- Email address
- Telephone
- NCA club
Entries must arrive on or before Saturday 29th September 2018.
The draw for round 1 will be published on Sunday 30th September 2018. Entrants will be sent contact details for their opponent to allow them to arrange their game on a mutually acceptable date.
Posted by Lewis on June 27, 2018
A 9 round single section FIDE blitz event is booked to be held at the Customs House, South Shields on 8th of July. The time control for the event is 5 minutes + 2 second increment. Download the event document or email blitz@southshieldschessclub.co.uk for more information.
To view the current list of entries, click here
