Club news
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 you there!
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 Club
Acc# 62085786
SC: 55-50-34
and add your name in as a reference.
or pay Mark on any Monday night.
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): Mick Riding
Another close one with Ethan Ross and David Pritchard matching Mick on 5 points. Again, the tiebreak calculation decides it.
Challengers (U1500): Ethan Ross
5 points. An excellent result with some wins against much higher rated opponents. Ethan put in a tremendous run of 15 consecutive wins through the second half of the season which included his 5 wins in the championship.
Juniors: Ethan Ross
Winning the Juniors title in addition to winning the Challengers trophy. A mention here for Gautham Sathishkumar and Joey Pramana who both finished a point behind Ethan on 4 points and were the closest to him for both the Challengers and Juniors trophies.
19 March 2025
On Monday Our Siths team saw off South Shields 3-1 to remain top of D6.
During the week we also received notice from Arnold Clark that we were being awarded £400 for their support of local activities. The money will help pay for foldable tables, chairs and maybe a display item for our outdoor events.
As ever PPt attached and hope to see you soon – Mick
Why not come along to our Christms Party. Full details to be confirmed over the next few months.
Hope to see you all there!!!
Overall, 77 different competitors came to the events with a high of 49 people and an average attendance of 38, it has been amazing.
So big Congratulations to the following people:
Joint 1st FM Charlie Storey and Gustavo Leon Cazares (74 points) £28.50 each
Gustavo also wins the Gosforth Rapid play trophy for the highest placed Gosforth player.
Special mention to Charlie, he is off to pastures new in Dubai and has donated his winnings to our junior club…. Thank you 🙂
1st Alan Welsh (56.5 points) £33
2nd Alex Blake (54.5 points) £22
1st Reece Wright (50.5 points) £33
2nd Gianluca Pirozzi (44 points) £22
(Only one prize per person, top junior goes to next person after Gianluca)
1st Kai Harkensee (24.5 points) £13
Gustavo Leon Cazares
Gustavo finished on 6 points, a point clear of a group of players on 5. Well done! Champion for the second year running.
Mark McKay
A solid performance with 5 points, only dropping points in games against significantly higher rated players.
Alan Green
4.5 points. An excellent set of results for somebody who was a newcomer to competitive OTB chess this year. Was also second to Mark in the Plate.
Lev Drobiazko
2.5 points. Won on tiebreak ahead of Aaron Cheung who also finished with 2.5. An excellent result for Lev having been drawn against some strong opponents.
These were all fantastic days and thank you for everyone who attended these events.
It was fantastic to see so many new faces, several of these people have attended local chess clubs after these events.
Gustavo Leon Cazares
Gustavo’s first year with the club has been a very successful one. As well as supporting our Empire team cement their place in Division 1, he managed an impressive 5 wins and 1 draw for a total of 5.5 out of 6 to be crowned the 2023 Club Champion!
Ray Devenney
After a hard fought playoff this year Ray managed to defeat Paul 1.5 v 0.5 to secure the Major title!
Paul Costello
A great result for one of our senior members, even had a hard fought playoff to try and win the Major!
Congratulations to Gustavo Leon Cazares who, as already announced, is our Club Champion for this year.
Congratulations to Emma Salazar who is our Junior Champion.
Ray Devenney and Paul Costello played a two round play-off to decide who would be Major winner. Ray won.
Despite losing the Major play-off, Paul is the Minor winner , so congratulations to him as well.
There are a couple of contenders for most improved player in the Club Championship based on October 2022 ratings. I am awarding this prize to David Pritchard who was rated 1450 in October 2022 and got a creditable 3 points, so congratulations to him as well.
Prizes will be presented at our AGM in October.
Thanks to everyone who participated in the Club Championship. We ended up with 23 players. Three others dropped out, all for reasons unconnected with chess. All but one game were completed, nearly all on time despite the busy chess schedule we now have.
I will appreciate any suggestions as to how the Club Championship might be improved next year. We can start earlier in the year which will allow a bit more time between rounds.
| Name | Competition | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| Leon Cazares Gustavo | Open | 5½ |
| Hartman Stefan | Open | 5 |
| Armbruster David | Open | 4½ |
| Ross James W | Open | 4 |
| Casos Huerta Marcos | Open | 4 |
| Pollock Murray | Open | 4 |
| Riding Mick D | Open | 4 |
| Costello Paul T | Minor | 3½ |
| Liddle John | Open | 3½ |
| Devenney Ray | Major | 3½ |
| Pritchard David | Minor | 3 |
| Shanbhag Shruti | Major | 3 |
| Eggleston Steven | Major | 3 |
| Salazar Eyre Emma | Major/Junior | 3 |
| Chester Ian B | Major | 3 |
| Heyman Robert | Major | 2½ |
| Wilde Steven | Minor | 2½ |
| Steven Laura | Major | 2½ |
| Wu Feitong | Minor/Junior | 2½ |
| McGuinness Ken | Minor | 2 |
| Tong Daniel | Minor/Junior | 2 |
| Cheung Aaron | Minor/Junior | 2 |
| Chan Joe | Major | 1 |