The 61st Northumberland Chess Congress will be held over the weekend Friday 26th September 2025 to Sunday 28th September 2025. The venue is The Parks Leisure Centre in North Shields. The link to the congress website is below.
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Northumbria Masters Congress
This year’s Northumbria Masters Chess Congress, again organised by Tim Wall, is being held at the Dolphin Centre, Darlington, from 20-25 August. There will be three FIDE-rated 9-round Swiss tournaments, plus a range of additional events, including a ChessFest on Sunday 24th August. Details can be found on this website:
Durham County Congress – Results
A total of 159 players took part in this year’s congress. The winners of the three sections were:
Open – Shriaansh Ganti (Ilkley) and Toby Quaite (Leeds) 4½/5.
Major – Andy Trevelyan (Jesmond) 5/5.
Minor – Gautham Sathishkumar (Gosforth) and Alan Tunnacliffe (North Yorks.) 4½/5.
The full scores are on the Chess Results website:
Durham County Congress
This year’s event will be held over the weekend of 9-11 May at the Dolphin Centre, Darlington. Click the link below for full details.
DCCA Junior Championships
The Durham County Junior Championships are to be held on Saturday 12th April at Belmont Community Centre, Durham. Full details can be found on the Durham City Club website:
http://www.durhamcitychess.co.uk/tournaments.php
Ron Evers Gallery
Bryan Bainbridge took several photos at the Ron Evers Tournament last month – apologies for the delay in posting them.
Ron Evers Tournament
The Ron Evers Team Tournament was hosted by Durham University and organised by Bryan Bainbridge on Sunday 1st December.
Nine teams of four (the same as last year) competed in a rating handicap rapidplay event and they finished in the following order:
1 Durham University A (5pts);
2 South Shields A (3.5pts);
3= South Shields B, Thornaby A (3pts);
5= Durham City A, Durham City B (2.5pts);
7= Bishop Auckland, Peterlee (2pts);
9 Thornaby B (1.5pts).
Northumberland & Durham Rapidplay Championships
Previously only open to Northumberland players, this event has now been extended to include players from Durham.
It will take place on Saturday 15th June, 11.00 am to 6.00 pm, at Forest Hall Social Club, Errington Terrace, Newcastle NE12 9DQ.
Details and entry form are on the website:
DCCA Junior Championships
A belated report on the 2024 Durham County Junior Championships, which were organised by Douglas Smith, Kevin Wilson and Ken Neat, and held at Belmont Community Centre on 27th April. The prize-winners were:
- Secondary Tournament: Fedir Dyshliuk
- U-18: Marcell Perger (Champion); Sam Brain (Silver)
- U-15: Harry Grieveson (Champion)
- U-13: Fedir Dyshliuk (Champion); Daniel McConway (Silver)
- U-11: Daniel Sewart (Champion); John Smith & Yannick Haniffa (Silver); Marco Balocco, James Eltringham, Jamie Harrison & Matthew Oulton (Bronze)
- U-9: Tim Li (Champion); Ethan Lim* (Silver); Lochlan Dack, Alex Henson, Luke McDonald, Aidan O’Brien (Bronze)
- Girls: Jessica Sewart
The full results can be found on this website:
http://www.durhamcitychess.co.uk/tournaments.php
Durham County Congress
The 2024 Durham County Congress, organised by Mick Riding, was held at The Dolphin Centre, Darlington, over the weekend of 10-12 May. The winners of the three sections were:
Open –Maksym Larchikov
Major – John Cawston and Nicholas Webb
Minor – James Flint, James Barwise and Neil Druggan
A total of 166 players took part, and the complete scores can be found on the Chess Results website: