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Christmas Party 2025 Monday December 15th

We will holding a fun 5 round 5 minutes plus 5 second Fisher Random tournament with a Pizza Buffet for only £5 per person. You will need to be a paid up member to attend the event. Contact a member of the committee ASAP so we can confirm numbers for food. Look forward to seeing […]

Club Fees 2025-26

It’s that time again guys.Club fees are now due. No changes from last year.£25 for a full member£15 for an assosciate member Please pay by bacs to:Gosforth Chess ClubAcc# 62085786SC: 55-50-34and add your name in as a reference. or pay Mark on any Monday night.

Club Championship 2024/25

Congratulations to the winners !! Club Championship: Gustavo Leon Cazares This was a very close race this year with Gustavo and Dave Armbruster both finishing on 6.5 points having drawn with each other and beaten all other opponents.  Gustavo wins on the tiebreak calculation making that a hat-trick of victories in consecutive years. Plate (U1900): […]

GCC update 19/03/25

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2024 Christmas Party

Why not come along to our Christmas Party. Full details to be confirmed over the next few months.

2024 3rd Annual Gosforth Summer Blitz Festival

Firstly, can I say a big thank you from the Gosforth Chess Club Committee to everyone who attended these events. We have held 5 events over the summer to help keep over the board chess going and it has once again been a great success.

1st Junior Competition

On 7th July 2024 we had our first junior competition, an amazing 42 Juniors attended and the final standings are below:

Round 7 Completed… results are in!

Congratulations to the winners, who are: