Author: Ken

From Tim Wall:

Forest Hall Chess Club is happy to announce its first major over-the-board event this summer: the Forest Hall Summer Rapidplay, on Saturday 31 July at Forest Hall Social Club, Great Lime Road, Palmersville NE12 9DQ. Start: 11:00am, Finish: 6pm.

Entry forms are available via the club website:

https://foresthallchess.org.uk

Very sad news – I’ve been informed that Fred Stobbart passed away on 14th June, after a short cancer-related illness.

For a long time Fred was the backbone of the Hetton Lyons Chess Club, and for many years he organised the annual Durham County Congress, as well as numerous smaller events.

If anyone would like to send their condolences to the Stobbart family, this is the address:

4 Woodlea Close, Hetton-le-Hole, Houghton-le-Spring, Co. Durham. DH5 9NT.

The final round of matches in the third season produced the following results:

Division 1. Forest Hall A 2 Durham City A 2; South Shields 2½ Jesmond 1½; Gosforth Empire 2½ Leeds 1½.

Division 2. Thornaby 1½ Durham City B 2½; Forest Hall B 3 Darlington 1; Tynemouth & Morpeth Boatmen ½ Gosforth Nomads 3½.

Division 3. Tynedale 1½ Gosforth Ivy 2½; Durham City C 2½ Forest Hall C 1½; Forest Hall D 2 Billingham Synthonia 2.

Division 4. Tynemouth & Morpeth Colliers 1 Forest Hall E 3; Durham City D 4 Bishop Auckland B 0; Bishop Auckland A 2 Forest Hall F 2.

Here are the results of the fourth round of matches:

Division 1. Durham City A 1 Gosforth Empire 3; Leeds 2 South Shields 2; Jesmond 1 Forest Hall A 3.

Division 2. Durham City B 1½ Tynemouth & Morpeth Boatmen 2½; Gosforth Nomads 1 Forest Hall B 3; Darlington 3½ Thornaby ½.

Division 3. Gosforth Ivy 2 Forest Hall D 2; Billingham Synthonia 3 Durham City C 1; Forest Hall C 1 Tynedale 3.

Division 4. Forest Hall E 2 Bishop Auckland A 2; Forest Hall F 1 Durham City D 3; Bishop Auckland B 1 Tynemouth & Morpeth Colliers 3.

An announcement by Tim Wall:

Entry forms are now published for the 2021 Northumbria Masters (August 26-30), which is going ahead over-the-board at a brand new Covid-secure venue, Marriott MetroCentre in Gateshead. The congress, generously supported by Chess in Schools and Communities, includes a GM norm all-play-all and an IM norm all-play-all, as well as the Northumbria Masters (Open to all); Challengers (Under 2000); Major (Under 1750); and Minor (Under 1500).

Further details are available here:

Here are the results of the third round of matches:

Division 1. Jesmond 1 Durham City A 3; Forest Hall A 2½ Leeds 1½; South Shields 2 Gosforth Empire 2.

Division 2. Darlington ½ Durham City B 3½; Thornaby 0 Gosforth Nomads 4; Forest Hall B 1 Tynemouth & Morpeth Boatmen 3.

Division 3. Forest Hall C 2 Gosforth Ivy 2; Tynedale 3½ Billingham Synthonia ½; Durham City C 2½ Forest Hall D 1½.

Division 4. Bishop Auckland B 2½ Forest Hall E 1½; Tynemouth & Morpeth Colliers 4 Forest Hall F 0; Durham City D 2½ Bishop Auckland A 1½.

Durham University have dropped out of Division 1 (apparently they didn’t realise they would have exams in May!), and have been replaced by a team from Leeds. Here are the results of the second round of matches:

Division 1. Durham City A 2½ South Shields 1½; Gosforth Empire 3½ Forest Hall A ½; Leeds 1 Jesmond 3.

Division 2. Durham City B 2½ Forest Hall B 1½; Tynemouth & Morpeth Boatmen 4 Thornaby 0; Gosforth Nomads 4 Darlington 0.

Division 3. Gosforth Ivy 2 Durham City C 2; Forest Hall D 2½ Tynedale 1½; Billingham Synthonia 2 Forest Hall C 2.

Division 4. Forest Hall E 3 Durham City D 1; Bishop Auckland A 1 Tynemouth & Morpeth Colliers 3; Forest Hall F 2 Bishop Auckland D 2.

24 teams are again competing in four leagues of 6. Here are the results of the first round:

Division 1 Durham University 1 Durham City A 3; Jesmond 1½ Gosforth Empire 2½; Forest Hall A 2 South Shields 2.

Division 2 Gosforth Nomads 2 Durham City B 2; Darlington 2½ Tynemouth & Morpeth Boatmen 1½; Thornaby ½ Forest Hall B 3½.

Division 3 Billingham Synthonia 2 Gosforth Ivy 2; Forest Hall C 2 Forest Hall D 2; Tynedale 1½ Durham City C 2½.

Division 4 Forest Hall F 2½ Forest Hall E 1½; Bishop Auckland B 2 Bishop Auckland A 2; Tynemouth & Morpeth Colliers 4 Durham City D 0.

The fifth and final round of the second season of the North East Online League produced the following results:

Division 1. Durham City A 3½ Jesmond ½; Tynemouth & Morpeth A 2½ Forest Hall A 1½; Gosforth Empire ½ South Shields 3½.

Division 2. Newcastle University 3 Thornaby 1; Durham City B 2½ Forest Hall B 1½; Tynemouth & Morpeth B 1½ Durham University 2½.

Division 3. Bishop Auckland A 1 Forest Hall C 3; Darlington 2½ Tynedale 1½; Gosforth Ivy 3½ Durham City C ½.

Division 4. Durham City D ½ Tynemouth & Morpeth C 3½; Billingham Synthonia ½ Forest Hall E 3½; Forest Hall D ½ Bishop Auckland B 3½.

Anyone interested in becoming an ECF registered coach is invited to apply here:

https://www.englishchess.org.uk/new-ecf-registered-coaches-scheme/