CHESS: 7 pm Monday evenings at Panthers Newcastle with Weekend Tournamennts at the Gallipoli Legion Club, Hamilton. 

       

IM Gary Lane will be competing in the 2012 Newcastle Open: WIM Heather Richards at Nobbys: Michael Morris - 2011 Kings Gambit Tournament winner: Hweimeen Chai and Alana Chibnall between rounds at the 2011 Newcastle Open: Kevin Black and Katrin Aladjova when she visited Newcastle in 1990: Doug Carey, part of the 1961 winning Newcastle team that secured the NSW Country Teams Championship Trophy: Toby Coates, shaking hands with Grand Master Zong Yuan Zhao at a Gold Coast simul in December 2010: The great Richard Teichmann in 1915.

  

1. Venue is Gallipoli Legion Club, Hamilton, ideally suited for rail travellers being only 100 metres from Hamilton Railway Station.
2. This will be a 6 Round rated Swiss event with a Time Control of 1 Hour + 10 secs per move. Default time after clocks have been started is 30 minutes.
3. Prize money will be dependent on number of entries. Best Sacrifice Competition and Lucky Player Prize are business as usual at the Newcastle Open!
4. Entry Fee is $55 for rank and file players with a $45 entry fee for Juniors, University & TAFE Students as well as Pensioner Concession Card holders. We can only accept free entry for Grand Masters (GM's), International Masters (IM's), Womens Grand Masters (WGM's) and Womens International Masters (WIM's) as well as Inviational Players if the titled player concerned notifies us prior to Wednesday 1 February, else full entry fee will be charged.
5. All players competing must be members of the NSW Chess Association or FIDE Affiliated organisations such as the NSW Junior Chess League, Queensland Chess Association etc. If NOT, you can be signed up prior to the start of play. This is an extra charge on top of your entry fee quoted above. Prices for NSWCA Memberships are as follows: Sydney Metropolitan Member $30, Sydney Concession Member $20 and Country Memberships are $10.
6. Preregistation: Players are encouraged to pre-register if they are competing. You don't have to send any money ...... just pay your entry fee on the day when you arrive. Your pre-registration lets us know that you are coming and helps us to place you in the draw in advance. This saves a vast amount of time on tournament day which the organisers appreciate. If you can't make the tournament then just call me and we can remove your name from the draw.
7. Players can have access to The Club from 9.30 am onwards so as to register and allow for the draw to be conducted and finalised, with any last minute changes deemed necessary.
8. Timetable & Social Evening: 10.15 to 10.30: Opening address by Tournament Organiser Greg Wilson, with rules and guidlines of the tournament by Arbiter Michael Della-Ca. Round One: 10.30 to 12.45. Lunch: 12.45 to 1.30. Round Two: 1.30 to 3.45. Round Three: 4 to 6.15. Sunday time schedule will be similar to Saturday. The Saturday evening has been purposly left free for a Chess Dinner & Social Evening, to be held at the Oriental Kitchen Restaurant in Hamilton, so that players can get together, talk about old times, their brilliancies or disasters at the board, as well as have a couple of quiet "post game sports drinks" ...... basically have a couple of beers, share a bottle of wine (or whatever your poison) and have a relaxing dinner with friends after a hard day at the board!

9. Basic Accommodation Guide:

   Hamilton: Tudor Inn Motel (02) 4969 2533

   Newcastle Waterfront: Crown Plaza (02) 4907 5000

   The Junction: Bimet Lodge (02) 4920 5400

   Merewether: Aloha Motor Inn (02) 4963 1283

   Mayfield West: Mayfield Motel (02) 4968 2661

   Mayfield West: Citigate Motel (02) 4967 1977

   Mayfield West: Travellers Motor Village (02) 4968 1394

   Mayfield West: Sovereign Inn: (02) 4968 4405

10. For those players driving from out of town and not familiar with the venue, The Gallipoli Legion Club is in Beaumont Street, and lies midway between Hamilton Railway Station and the intersection of the Beaumont and Donald Street traffic lights, marked by a Star on the map below. The Club's front entrance (marked as Hamilton Club on the map below) is accessed from Beaumont Street, and the Club's car park is accessed via Eva Street. Out of town players driving along Maitland Road (coming from Hexham / Mayfield West / Mayfield and Tighes Hill) will turn right into Beaumont Street at Islington, proceed through the Hamilton Station railway gates, and the Gallipoli Legion Club is immediately on your left hand side. Players from out of town and driving along Donald Street (coming from Wallsend / Jesmond and Lambton), should go through the Donald and Beaumont Street traffic lights and turn immediately left in Eva Street and enter the carpark.
    
    
11. Please direct all enqiries to Greg Wilson as per the top of this page by clicking on the link or telephoning.

1. WIM Nancy Lane
2. IM Gary Lane
3. IM George Xie
4. IM Vladimir Smirnov
5. FM Max Illingworth
6. Tom Accola
7. Gary Losh
8. Ron Groenhout
9. Alex Mehan
10. Shaun Booth
11. Graeme Deacon
12. Doug Wright
13. Alex Momot
14. Steve Garz
15. Ian Bull
16. Norm Greenwood
17. Ben Martin
18. Mike Weltner
19. Terry Meng
20. Toby Coates
21. David Absalom
22. Mary Wilkie
23. Helen Aylwin
24. Colin Bemrose
25. Anton Smirnov
26. Matt Koutnik
27. Bernie O'Riordan
28. Fritz van der Wal
29. Brent Rodgers
30. Tyler Rodgers
31. "Boyega"
32. Joe Stallard
33. Mike Canfell
34. Keith Farrell
35. Neil Clark
36. Trent Parker

The 2011 NSW Country Teams Championship was held on Saturady 10 & Sunday 11 December at the Gallipoli Legion Club, Hamilton, Newcastle. Fourteen teams competed in this years event, with 9 teams representing Newcastle, 3 teams representing Gosford & Central Coast, with Blue Mountains and NSW Country Teams regulars, Dubbo, fielding single teams respectively. Newcastle University 1 Team (WIM Heather Richards, Bernie O'Riordan and Toby Coates), successfully defended the NSW Country Teams Trophy that they won in 2009 at Gosford, and also defended last year at Newcastle. The result was not clear cut until the last round scores were finalised, with Newcastle Uni 1 narrowly scraping in with 14 points, just ahead of the very strong Gosford 1 Team (FM John Curtis, George Winter and Shane Dibley) on 13.5 points.

The Reserves Shield was won by Hamilton Oasis (Dave Campkin, Shaun Booth and Steve Garz) with 10.5 points.

Best Individual Board prizes were as follows: Board 1 by FM John Curtis (Gosford 1), Board 2 by Bernie O'Riordan (Newcastle Uni 1) and Board 3 was shared by Toby Coates (Newcastle Uni 1) and Neil Clark (Gosford 2).

Peter Cassettari was the Arbiter and no disputes were raised during the event.

Newcastle will again host the event next year on the first weekend, Saturday 1 & Sunday 2 December, 2012.

Team placings are as follows:

1. Newcastle University 1 (14 points)
2. Gosford 1 (13.5 points)
3. Gosford 2 (10.5 points)
4. Newcastle (Tans) Tigers (10.5 points)
5. Hamilton Oasis (10.5 points)
6. Blue Mountains (10.5 points)
7. Dubbo (10 points)
8. Newcastle Police Boys (9.5 points)
9. Newcastle University 2 (9.5 points)
10. Gallipoli Legion Club Cavaliers (8 points)
11. Gosford 3 (6 points)
12. Newcastle 1 (5 points)
13. Newcastle 2 (5 points)
14. Newcastle University 3 (3.5 points)

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    Kevin Black wins October Lightning Tournament

    Congratulations to Kevin Black on winning the recent Lightning Tournament held at Panthers Newcastle on Monday 24 October.

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    2011 Newcastle District Championship Report

    Congratulations to Bernie O'Riordan on winning this years Newcastle District Championship with 7 from 7. A fine effort indeed. Congratulations also to Ian Bull on winning the Reserves Division. A brief summary is given below.

    The Newcastle District Championship commenced on Monday 8 August at Panthers Newcastle at 7pm with a respecable field of twelve players, one less than last year's tournament of thirteen players. Time Control was 2 hours guillotine finsh (4 hour game). The long time control is because this tournament has traditionally been Newcastle's toughest tournament. Bernie O'Riordan was the top seed going into the tournament with 1931 rating points. The other players ratings (in order) are as follows: Michael McGuirk (1837), Alex Mehan (1703), Doug Carey (1623), Jay Mamidenna (1346), Shaun Booth (1210), Trevor McIlveen (100), followed by a series of Unrated Players placed in alphabetical order by surname, Ian Bull (Unrated), Rob Foran (Unrated), Steve Garz (Unrated), Nathan Masterson (Unrated) and Hermann Scherrer (Unrated).

    Games from the various Rounds will be published as they become available.

    Round 1

    Ian Bull created an upset in Round 1 by defeating Michael McGuirk. This game was submitted for publication in the Weekend Herald Chess Column.

    (1) Trevor McIlveen (100) - Bernie O'Riordan (1931) [A00]

    2011 District Championship (1), The Oasis, 14.08.2011

    Deferred game played at The Oasis on Sunday 14 August 2011 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.Nf3 e4 4.Nfd2 Nc6 5.Nb3 a5 6.a4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 0–0 8.g3 d5 9.e3 Bg4 10.Qc2 Bf3 11.Rg1 Re8 12.Bg2 Bxd2+ 13.Qxd2 dxc4 14.Nc5 b6 15.Nb7 Qc8 16.Nd6 cxd6 17.Nc3 Bxg2 18.Rxg2 Qh3 19.Rg1 Nb4 20.Qc1 Nd3+ 21.Kd2 Nxc1 22.Raxc1 Qxh2 23.Nb5 Qxf2+ 24.Kc3 Qxe3+ 0–1

    (2) Michael McGuirk (1837) - Ian Bull (Unrated) [B06]

    2011 Distict Championship (1), Panthers Newcastle, 08.08.2011

    1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Bc4 d6 4.Ne2 c5 5.dxc5 Qa5+ 6.c3 Qxc5 7.Qb3 e6 8.Be3 Qc7 9.Na3 a6 10.Bb6 Qe7 11.Rd1 Nc6 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.cxd4 Nf6 14.e5 Nd7 15.Bc7 dxe5 16.d5 Nc5 17.Qb6 exd5 18.Rxd5 Nd7 19.Qa5 0–0 20.Bd6 Qg5 21.0–0 b6 22.Qa4 Nc5 23.Bxc5 bxc5 24.Rxc5 Bh3 25.Bd5 Rad8 26.f4 Qe7 27.Qa5 exf4 28.Rc7 Qe3+ 29.Kh1 Be6 30.Bc4 Rd2 31.Qxa6 Bh3 32.Qc6 Bxg2+ 33.Qxg2 Rxg2 34.Kxg2 Qe4+ 35.Rf3 Bd4 36.Bd3 Qe5 37.Rc4 Qg5+ 38.Rg3 fxg3 39.Rxd4 Qd2+ 0–1

    (3) Steve Garz - Alex Mehan (1703) [B50]

    2011 District Championship (1), Panthers Newcastle, 08.08.2011

    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 Nc6 4.a3 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.h3 Bg7 7.Be2 0–0 8.d3 a6 9.Be3 Rb8 10.Qd2 b5 11.Rb1 bxc4 12.Bh6 cxd3 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Bxd3 Nd7 15.0–0 Nde5 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.Be2 Bb7 18.f4 Nc6 19.f5 Nd4 20.Bd1 Bc6 21.Qg5 Nb5 22.Qg3 Qa5 23.Bh5 Nxc3 24.bxc3 Rxb1 25.Rxb1 Bxe4 26.Rb7 Bxb7 27.fxg6 hxg6 28.Be2 Qxa3 29.h4 e5 30.h5 Qc1+ 31.Kf2 Qf4+ 32.Qxf4 exf4 33.hxg6 fxg6 34.Bg4 a5 35.Bd7 Kf6 36.Ba4 Ke5 37.Bc2 Rh8 38.g3 Rh2+ 0–1

    (4) Doug Carey (1623) - Nathan Masterson (Unrated) [E91]

    2011 Distict Championship (1), Panthers Newcastle, 08.08.2011

    1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.d4 d6 5.Be2 0–0 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be3 Nbd7 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 c5 10.Qd2 b6 11.0–0 cxd4 12.Bxd4 Rc8 13.b3 e5 14.Be3 Nc5 15.Rad1 Nb7 16.Rfe1 a6 17.Bg5 Qd7 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Bg4 Qc7 20.Bxc8 Rxc8 21.Nd5 Qd8 22.Nxf6+ Qxf6 23.Qe3 Nc5 24.Rd5 Rd8 25.Red1 b5 26.cxb5 axb5 27.f3 h5 28.Qe2 1–0

    (5) Hermann Scherrer (Unrated) - Jay Mamidenna [A00]

    2011 District Championship (1), 08.08.2011

    1.e4 and the game could not be reconstructed after this move. Black won in 27 moves. 0–1

    (6) Shaun Booth (1210) - Rob Foran (Unrated) [C66]

    2011 District Championship (1), Panthers Newcastle, 08.08.2011

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0–0 d6 5.Re1 Bg4 6.d4 a6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Qxd8+ Rxd8 10.Nxe5 Be6 11.Nxc6 g6 12.Bg5 Rd6 13.Bxf6 Rg8 14.Nb4 c5 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5+ Kd7 17.Be5 Re6 18.dxe6+ fxe6 19.Nc3 a5 20.Rad1+ Ke7 21.Ne4 g5 22.Bf6+ Kf7 23.Rd7+ Kg6 24.Bxg5 c4 25.h4 h6 26.Bd8 h5 27.Ng5 Bh6 28.Rxe6+ 1–0

    Round 2

    Masterson v McIlveen was submitted for publication in the Weekend Herald Chess Column.

    (7) Bernie O'Riordan (1931) - Jay Mamidenna (1346) [A00]

    2011 District Championship (2), Panthers Newcastle, 15.08.2011

    1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Bc4 e6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nge7 6.d5 Na5 7.Be2 0–0 8.Qd3 b6 9.Bf4 Nb7 10.0–0–0 Nc5 11.Qc4 exd5 12.exd5 d6 13.Bg5 Bf5 14.Qh4 Re8 15.Nd4 Qd7 16.Bb5 Qd8 17.Bxe8 Bxd4 18.Rxd4 Qxe8 19.Bxe7 Nd7 20.g4 1–0

    (8) Alex Mehan (1703) - Shaun Booth (1210) [A00]

    2011 District Championship (2), Panthers Newcastle, 15.08.2011

    1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0–0 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nd7 10.Nd2 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.c5 Nf6 14.Rc1 Ng6 15.Nc4 Rf7 16.cxd6 cxd6 17.Nb5 Bf8 18.Bxa7 Ne8 19.a4 h5 20.a5 g4 21.Nb6 gxf3 22.Bxf3 Qh4+ 23.Kd2 Rxa7 24.Rxc8 Ra6 25.Rxe8 Rxb6 26.axb6 Qf2+ 27.Qe2 Qxb6 28.Rc1 h4 29.Kc3 Kh7 30.Bh5 Bh6 31.Bxg6+ Kxg6 32.Qg4+ Bg5 33.Re6+ Rf6 34.Rxf6+ Kxf6 35.Qf5+ Ke7 36.Qxg5+ Ke8 37.Qg6+ Ke7 38.Qe6+ 1–0

    (9) Ian Bull (Unrated) - Doug Carey (1623) [A00]

    2011 District Championship (2), Panthers Newcastle, 15.08.2011

    No score sheets were submitted 0–1

    (10) Steve Garz (Unrated) - Michael McGuirk (1837) [A00]

    2011 District Championship (2), Panthers Newcastle, 15.08.2011

    1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nd2 Bf5 4.f3 e6 5.a3 c5 6.Ne2 Nc6 7.Nb3 b6 8.Ng3 Bg6 9.Bb5 Qc7 10.Qe2 Bd6 11.Qf2 0–0 12.Bd2 Bxc2 13.Nc1 a6 14.Bd3 Bxd3 15.Nxd3 cxd4 16.e4 dxe4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.fxe4 Bxh2 19.Bf4 Bxf4 20.Nxf4 Qe5 21.Nd3 Qxe4+ 22.Kd2 Qe3+ 23.Qxe3 dxe3+ 24.Kxe3 Rac8 25.Rac1 Rfd8 26.Nb4 Nxb4 27.Rxc8 Nd5+ 28.Kd4 Rxc8 29.b4 h6 30.Rb1 Rc3 31.b5 Rxa3 32.bxa6 Rxa6 33.Kc4 Ra4+ 34.Kb5 Nc3+ 0–1

    (11) Nathan Masterson (Unrated) - Trevor McIlveen (100) [A00]

    2011 District Championship (2), Panthers Newcastle, 15.08.2011

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bc4 Ne7 5.d4 d6 6.Ng5 h6 7.Nh3 0–0 8.dxe5 Bxe5 9.Bxh6 Re8 10.Ng5 Nbc6 11.Qf3 Rf8 12.Bxf7+ Kh8 13.g4 Bd7 14.Qh3 Qc8 15.Bxf8# 1–0

    (12) Rob Foran (Unrated) - Hermann Scherrer (Unrated) [A00]

    2011 District Championship (2), 15.08.2011

    1.Nf3 No score sheets were submitted 0–1

    Round 3

    Scherrer v Garz was submitted for publication in the Weekend Herald Chess Column.

    (17) Trevor McIlveen (100) - Rob Foran (Unrated) [A00]

    2011 District Championship (3), Panthers Newcastle, 22.08.2011

    1.d4 d5 2.f4 Nc6 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 f5 5.a3 Nf6 6.h3 Ne4 7.Nbd2 a6 8.b3 g6 9.Bb2 b5 10.Qe2 Ng3 11.Qf2 Nxh1 12.Qg1 Ng3 13.Qh2 Ne4 14.0–0–0 b4 15.a4 a5 16.Bb5 Rb8 17.Bxc6+ Bd7 18.Ne5 Rb6 19.g4 Bxc6 20.gxf5 exf5 21.c4 dxc4 22.Ndxc4 Ra6 23.d5 Bxd5 24.Rd4 c6 25.Rd1 h5 26.Qc2 Rg8 27.Qd3 c5 28.Rg1 g5 29.fxg5 Nxg5 30.Qxf5 Nxh3 31.Rxg8 Bxg8 32.Qg6+ Bf7 33.Nxf7 1–0

    (18) Hermann Scherrer (Unrated) - Steve Garz (Unrated) [A00]

    2011 District Championship (3), Panthers Newcastle, 22.08.2011

    1.e4 c5 2.b3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 Nf6 6.0–0 a6 7.Bd3 Nd4 8.Nh4 d6 9.a4 Qd7 10.h3 Ne6 11.Re1 Nf4 12.Bc4 Nxh3+ 13.gxh3 Qxh3 14.Re3 Qxh4 15.Rg3 Ng4 16.Kf1 Bxc3 17.dxc3 Nh2+ 18.Kg2 Ng4 19.Bg5 Qh2+ 20.Kf1 Qxf2# 0–1

    Round 4

    O'Riordan v Mehan was submitted for publication in the Weekend Herald Chess Column.

    (19) Bernie O'Riordan (1931) - Alex Mehan (1703) [A00]

    2011 District Championship (4), Panthers Newcastle, 29.08.2011

    1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.Be2 0–0 9.0–0 b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.Bd3 Nbd7 12.b4 Rc8 13.Kh1 Qb6 14.Be3 Ng4 15.Nf5 Qd8 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Bg5 f6 18.Bf4 Nge5 19.Be2 Rfd8 20.a4 bxa4 21.Nxa4 Bxe4 22.Nc3 Bb7 23.Bxa6 Bxa6 24.Rxa6 Nc4 25.Qe2 Nce5 26.Rfa1 d5 27.Rb1 Ra8 28.Rxa8 Rxa8 29.Bxe5 Nxe5 30.f4 Nc4 31.Nxd5 Qd6 32.Nxf6+ gxf6 33.Qxc4 Rd8 34.h3 Qb6 35.f5 Rd6 36.fxe6 1–0

    (20) Michael McGuirk (1837) - Doug Carey (1623) [A00]

    2011 District Championship (4), Panthers Newcastle, 29.08.2011

    1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nf3 cxd4 6.cxd4 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.0–0 Qa5 10.Ne4 Qd8 11.Be3 Nge7 12.h3 Bf5 13.Ng3 Bg6 14.Nh4 Nd5 15.Nxg6 hxg6 16.Bc4 0–0 17.Ne2 Nxe3 18.fxe3 Qg5 19.Rf3 Rac8 20.Bb3 Na5 21.a3 Bd6 22.Nc3 Bb8 23.e4 Nc4 24.Bxc4 Rxc4 25.Qd3 Rfc8 26.d5 exd5 27.exd5 Be5 28.Rd1 Rd4 29.Qe2 Rxd1+ 30.Qxd1 Qe7 31.Rd3 a6 32.Qg4 Qc5+ 33.Kf1 Rd8 34.b4 Qc7 35.Ne2 Rd6 36.Rd2 Rf6+ 37.Ke1 Bc3 38.Nxc3 Qxc3 39.Qd4 Qxd4 40.Rxd4 Rd6 41.Kd2 Kf8 42.Kc3 b5 43.Kb3 Ke7 44.a4 Rf6 45.axb5 axb5 46.Rd2 Kd6 47.Rc2 Kxd5 48.Rc5+ Kd4 49.Rxb5 Rf2 50.Rg5 and Black lost on time 1–0

    (21) Ian Bull (Unrated) - Shaun Booth (1210) [A00]

    2011 District Championship (4), Panthers Newcastle, 29.08.2011

    1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 0–0 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 Nbd7 8.Bc2 a6 9.a4 Ne5 10.b3 Kh8 11.Rb1 Bd7 12.h3 Be8 13.f4 Ned7 14.Bb2 Qb8 15.0–0 e5 16.f5 Rg8 17.Ng3 Nf8 18.fxg6 fxg6 19.Bc1 b5 20.Bg5 Qd8 21.Qf3 N8d7 22.axb5 h6 23.Bd2 axb5 24.Nxb5 Nb6 25.Nc3 Rf8 26.Qd1 Bd7 27.Ra1 Qc8 28.Rxa8 Nxa8 29.Kh2 Rf7 30.Qa1 Qf8 31.Bd3 Kh7 32.Qa5 Qb8 33.Ra1 Nc7 34.Rb1 Nce8 35.b4 Bc8 36.bxc5 Qa7 37.Qxa7 Rxa7 38.cxd6 Nxd6 39.c5 Nb7 40.Nb5 Ra2 41.Bb4 Ne8 42.c6 Nd8 43.Nc3 Ra7 44.Bc5 Rc7 45.Bb6 1–0

    (22) Jay Mamidenna (1346) - Trevor McIlveen (100) [A00]

    2011 District Championship (4), Panthers Newcastle, 29.08.2011

    White won by forfeiture 1–0

    (23) Nathan Masterson (Unrated) - Hermann Scherrer (Unrated) [A00]

    2011 District Championship (4), Panthers Newcastle, 29.08.2011

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 3.Nxe5 fxe5 4.Qh5+ g6 5.Qxe5+ Qe7 6.Qxh8 Nf6 7.d4 Qxe4+ 8.Be2 Qxg2 9.Rf1 Kf7 10.Bf4 Na6 11.Be5 Bg7 12.Qd8 Qg5 13.Nd2 d6 14.Bxd6 cxd6 15.Qxd6 Be6 16.0–0–0 Qf5 17.Nc4 Kg8 18.Bd3 Bh6+ 19.Ne3 Qa5 20.Qxe6+ Kg7 21.Qe7+ Kg8 22.Bc4+ Nd5 23.Bxd5+ Kh8 24.Kb1 Nb4 25.Be6 Rf8 26.Ng4 Nc6 27.Qxb7 Nd8 28.Qe7 Bg7 29.Rde1 h5 30.Re5 Qa6 31.c4 hxg4 32.Qh4+ Bh6 33.Qxh6# 1–0

    (24) Rob Foran - Steve Garz [A00]

    2011 District Championship (4), Panthers Newcastle, 29.08.2011

    1.Nf3 d6 2.c3 e5 3.d3 Be7 4.c4 Nf6 5.b3 0–0 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.cxd5 Nb4 9.e4 f5 10.exf5 Nxd5 11.Be2 Bxf5 12.0–0 Rf6 13.d4 Rg6 14.dxe5 Nc3 15.Qc2 Bxc2 16.exd6 Nxe2+ 17.Kh1 Qxd6 18.Be3 Be4 19.Rad1 Qf6 20.g3 Qxf3# 0–1

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    2011 Newcastle District Lightning Results

    The Newcastle District Lightning Championship was held on Monday 1 August at Panthers Newcastle and saw a Round Robin Competition with 9 players competing. Time control was 5 minute guillotine. The tournament was won by Bernie O'Riordan on 9 points from 9, as every player received 1 point for a bye. Bernie is in excellent form after his recent wins in the City of Newcastle Championship, as well as the City of Newcastle Lightning Tournament. Second was Kevin Black on 7.5 points, followed by Shaun Booth 6.5, Phil Tan 6, Ian Bull 5, Bela Nemeth 4, Jay Mamidenna and Steve Garz on 3 points each, with Nathan Masterton on 1 point.

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    2011 City of Newcastle Championship

    The City of Newcastle Championship got under way on Monday 23 May at Panthers Newcastle at 7pm with a small field of only eight players. Time control was 1.5 hours + 10 secs Fischer. Bernie O'Riordan was the top seed going into the tournament with 1931 rating points. The other players ratings (in order) are as follows: Michael McGuirk (1837), Doug Carey (1623), Ian Dickson (1619), Shaun Booth (1210), Andrew Robinson (1183), Trevor McIlveen (100) and Hermann Scherrer (Unrated). The small field of eight was a marked improvement on last year's field of only five players.

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    Congratulations to Bernie O'Riordan who was undefeated on winning the 2011 City of Newcastle Championship. Bernie's win over Michael McGuirk in Round 6 effectively sealed Michael's fate to second place, although Michael still has a deferred game in hand against Shaun Booth. Even if Michael were to beat Shaun, he can still only achieve second place. Congratulations to Shaun Booth in winning the Reserves Division of the tournament. If Shaun loses against Michael in their deferred game then he still wins The Reserves. The final scores at this stage with a deferred game are as follows: Bernie O'Riordan 6.5 points, followed by Michael McGuirk and Doug Carey on 5 points each, with Michael having a deferred game, Ian Dickson & Shaun Booth with Shaun having a deferred game on 3 points each, Andrew Robinson 2.5, Hermann Scherrer 2, and Trevor McIlveen 0.

    Round 1

    Round 1 saw no surprises or upsets with the games being won by the players with the highest rating points. McGuirk v Robinson was published in the Newcastle Herald's Saturday Chess Column on 4 June 2011.

    (1) Michael McGuirk (1837) - Andrew Robinson (1183)

    City of Newcastle Championship, Panthers Newcastle, 23.05.2011

    1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Nf6 6.Nxf5 Qa5+ 7.c3 Qxf5 8.Bd3 Qd5 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.0-0 h6 11.Bf4 g5 12.Bc7 g4 13.c4 Qh5 14.Ne5 c5 15.Be2 Rc8 16.Nxd7 Rxc7 17.Nxf6+ exf6 18.Bxg4 Qh4 19.g3 Qg5 20.f4 Qg7 21.Re1+ Be7 22.Qa4+ Kf8 23.Bf5 cxd4 24.Rad1 Rc5 25.Rxd4 Rc6 26.Qxa7 Kg8 27.Rxe7 Qf8 28.Qxb7 Rc8 29.Bxc8 and Black has had enough! 1-0

    (2) Ian Dickson (1619) - Hermann Scherrer (Unrated) [B00]

    City of Newcastle Championship, Panthers Newcastle, 23.05.2011

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bc4 d6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Ng5 b5 6.Bxf7+ Kd7 7.0-0 g6 8.d4 Qe7 9.dxe5 Nh5 10.exd6 cxd6 11.Nd5 Kc6 12.Nxe7+ Bxe7 13.Qd5+ Kd7 14.Qxa8 Nc6 15.Bd5 Ne5 16.Qa7+ Kd8 17.f4 Ng4 18.Nf7+ Ke8 19.Qc7 Kf8 20.Qxc8+ Kg7 21.Qxh8# 1-0

    (3) Trevor McIlveen (100) - Doug Carey (1623) [D80]

    City of Newcastle Championship, Panthers Newcastle, 23.05.2011

    1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.b3 Bg7 5.e3 0-0 6.g3 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.Bd2 Qxc5 9.Bg2 dxc4 10.Rb1 Nc6 11.Nge2 e5 12.0-0 Be6 13.Qc2 b5 14.Ra1 Rac8 15.a4 cxb3 16.Qb2 b4 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Qb6 19.Bd3 Na5 20.Rab1 e4 21.Bc3 bxc3 22.Nxc3 exd3 23.Qd2 Rxc3 24.Rfc1 Nc4 25.Qe1 d2 26.Qe2 dxc1Q+ 27.Kg2 Bd5+ 28.f3 Nxe3+ 29.Kf2 Ng4+ 30.Kg2 Qbg1+ 31.Kh3 Nf2+ 32.Kh4 Qh6# 0-1

    (4) Shaun Booth (1210) - Bernie O'Riordan (1931) [C01]

    City of Newcastle Championship, Panthers Newcastle, 23.05.2011

    1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ c6 6.Ba4 Qa5 7.Bb3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Qxc3+ 9.Bd2 Qxd4 10.Ne2 Qh4 11.0-0 Nf6 12.Re1 0-0 13.f3 Nh5 14.Be3 Re8 15.Bf2 Qg5 16.Qd4 Be6 17.Bh4 Qh6 18.c4 dxc4 19.Bxc4 Bxc4 20.Qxc4 Nd7 21.Rab1 Nb6 22.Qg4 Qg6 23.Qb4 c5 24.Qb5 Qc2 and the game could not be reconstructed after this move. Black eventually won on or about move 36. 0-1

    Round 2

    Round 2 saw a good tussle between Doug Carey and Michael McGuirk, whilst Shaun Booth picked up an easy point after Andrew Robinson failed to make the time control for move one (1 hour time default).

    (5) Bernie O'Riordan (1931) - Ian Dickson (1619) [B57]

    City of Newcastle Championship, Panthers Newcastle, 30.05.2011

    1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Nxd4 d6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bc4 g6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5 Nd7 9.exd6 Ne5 10.Bb3 exd6 11.Qe2 Qe7 12.0-0 Be6 13.Re1 0-0-0 14.Bxe6+ fxe6 15.f4 Nf7 16.Qxe6+ Qxe6 17.Rxe6 Kd7 18.Re2 Nh6 19.Be3 a6 20.Bd4 Rg8 21.Ne4 Bg7 22.Bxg7 Rxg7 23.Rd1 Nf5 24.Kf2 and Black lost on time. 1-0

    (6) Doug Carey (1623) - Michael McGuirk (1837) [A42]

    City of Newcastle 2011, Panthers Newcastle, 30.05.2011

    1.c4 c6 2.e4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.Be3 Nd7 6.Rc1 Ngf6 7.f3 0-0 8.Qd2 h5 9.Bh6 Nh7 10.Bxg7 Kxg7 11.h4 f5 12.Bd3 e5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.Nge2 Qe7 15.d5 Nc5 16.Bb1 a5 17.Rd1 Rf6 18.Ng3 Qe8 19.Kf2 Qg6 20.Nce2 Bd7 21.Qc3 Qh6 22.Rhe1 Re8 23.Qxa5 e4 24.Nf4 Kg8 25.Qc7 Qxf4 26.Nxh5 Qxh4+ 27.g3 Qxh5 28.Rh1 Qxf3+ and White has had enough! 0-1

    (7) Hermann Scherrer - Trevor McIlveen (100) [A00]

    City of Newcastle Championship, Panthers Newcastle, 30.05.2011

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 d6 4.b3 g5 5.Bc4 Bg4 6.h4 h5 7.hxg5 Qd7 8.d3 0-0-0 9.0-0 Bh3 10.Re1 Be6 11.Be3 b6 12.Ba6+ Kb8 13.a3 f6 14.Qd2 d5 15.Nc3 d4 16.Nd5 dxe3 17.fxe3 Bd6 18.c4 Qe7 19.c5 bxc5 20.d4 cxd4 21.exd4 exd4 22.Nxd4 Nxd4 and the game could not be reconstructed after this move. White eventually delivered checkmate on or about move 45 1-0

    (8) Andrew Robinson (1183) - Shaun Booth (1210) [A00]

    City of Newcastle Championship, Panthers Newcastle, 30.05.2011

    Black won by time default (1 Hour) 0-1

    Round 3

    Round 3 saw a cliffhanger between Andrew Robinson and Bernie O'Riordan, with both players in time trouble towards the end of the game. The game ended in a draw and this would be classified as an upset seeing that the difference between the two players is almost 750 points.

    (9) Andrew Robinson (1183) - Bernie O'Riordan (1931) [A00]

    City of Newcastle Championship, Panthers Newcastle, 06.06.2011

    1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 e5 3.d3 c6 4.g5 Be7 5.h4 h6 6.Nf3 Qc7 7.c4 dxc4 8.dxc4 Be6 9.Qc2 Nd7 10.Rg1 f5 11.Bh3 e4 12.Nd4 Qe5 13.Nxe6 Qxe6 14.b3 0–0–0 15.Qc3 hxg5 16.hxg5 Ne5 17.Bf4 Nd3+ 18.exd3 Rxh3 19.Qe5 Qxe5 20.Bxe5 Rhxd3 21.Nc3 g6 22.Ne2 Bb4+ 23.Kf1 Bd6 24.Bd4 Rxd4 25.Nxd4 Be5 26.Nxc6 Bxa1 27.Nxd8 Kxd8 28.Ke2 Be5 29.f3 exf3+ 30.Kxf3 Ne7 31.Re1 Nc6 32.Kg2 Kd7 33.b4 Bf4 34.b5 Ne5 35.c5 Kc7 36.a4 b6 37.c6 a5 38.Rh1 Nxc6 39.bxc6 Bxg5 40.Rh7+ Kxc6 41.Rg7 Be3 42.Rxg6+ Kc5 43.Re6 f4 44.Re5+ Kb4 45.Re4+ Kb3 46.Kf3 Bd2 47.Ke2 Bb4 48.Rxf4 Kxa4 49.Kd1 Kb3 50.Kc1 Bc3 51.Rf5 Bd4 52.Kb1 a4 53.Rf3+ Bc3 54.Rf2 b5 55.Ra2 a3 56.Rc2 b4 57.Ra2 Bb2 58.Rxb2+ axb2 Stalemate ½–½

    (10) Michael McGuirk (1837) - Hermann Scherrer [A00]

    City of Newcastle Championship, Panthers Newcastle, 06.06.2011

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 Qd7 6.0-0 Be7 7.b3 0-0 8.Bb2 a5 9.d4 b6 10.dxe5 g6 11.Nd5 Nh5 12.Nxe7+ Qxe7 13.exd6 cxd6 14.Re1 Be6 15.Nd4 Nd8 16.Nb5 Nb7 17.Qd4 Rac8 18.c4 Rc6 19.e5 d5 20.Bxd5 Rd8 21.Bxc6 Rxd4 22.Bxd4 Nd8 23.Bg2 Bd7 24.Nd6 Qe6 25.Bxb6 Nc6 26.Rad1 f5 27.f4 a4 28.Rd5 axb3 29.axb3 Nb4 30.Ra1 Bc6 31.Raa5 Bxd5 32.Rxd5 Nc6 33.Rc5 Ne7 34.Rc7 Kg7 35.Bc5 g5 36.Bd5 Qg6 37.Rxe7+ Kh8 38.Nf7+ Kg7 39.Nxg5+ Kf8 40.Nxh7+ Qxh7 41.Rxh7+ Ke8 42.Bc6+ Kd8 43.Bb6+ Kc8 44.Rh8# 1-0

    (11) Shaun Booth (1210) - Doug Carey (1623) [A00]

    City of Newcastle Championship, Panthers Newcastle, 06.06.2011

    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.f3 a6 9.Bc4 Na5 10.Be2 b5 11.b4 Nc4 12.Bxc4 bxc4 13.Rd1 Bd7 14.0-0 Qc7 15.Rfe1 0-0 16.Bh6 Rfd8 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 Kg8 20.Qc3 Re8 21.Nb3 Qb6+ 22.Nd4 a5 23.bxa5 Rxa5 24.Kh1 Rxd5 25.Qxc4 e6 26.c3 Rc8 27.Qb4 Qxb4 28.cxb4 Rc4 29.Nb3 Rxb4 30.Rxd5 exd5 31.Rd1 Ba4 32.Rxd5 Bxb3 33.axb3 Rxb3 34.Kg1 Rb6 35.Kf2 Kf8 36.Ke3 Ke7 37.Kf4 h6 38.h4 Rb4+ 39.Kg3 Ke6 40.Ra5 Rb6 41.f4 Rb3+ 42.Kg4 f5+ 43.Rxf5 gxf5+ 44.Kh5 Rg3 45.Kxh6 Kf6 46.h5 Rxg2 47.Kh7 Rf2 48.h6 Rh2 0-1

    (12) Trevor McIlveen (100) - Ian Dickson (1619) [A00]

    City of Newcastle Championship, Panthers Newcastle, 06.06.2011

    1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.e3 e5 4.d5 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Ne7 7.g3 d6 8.Bg2 0-0 9.Ne2 a5 10.0-0 Nd7 11.Nbc3 Nc5 12.Qc2 f5 13.e4 Ng6 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Qd2 Qd7 16.f4 Rae8 17.a3 Nb3 18.Qd1 Nxa1 19.Qxa1 Bd3 20.Qe1 exf4 21.gxf4 Nxf4 22.Rxf4 Rxf4 23.Qg3 Bxe2 24.Qxf4 Rf8 25.Qc1 Qg4 26.Nb5 Rf1+ 27.Qxf1 Bxf1 28.Kxf1 Qxc4+ 29.Kf2 Qxb5 30.Kf3 Qxb2 31.Kg3 Qxa3+ 32.Bf3 b5 33.Kh4 Qxf3 and White has had enough 0-1

    Round 4

    Round 4 saw a nice miniature by Bernie O'Riordan over Tevor McIlveen that was published in the Newcastle Herald's Saturday Chess Column on 2 July 2011.

    (13) Trevor McIlveen (100) - Bernie O'Riordan (1931) [A51]

    City of Newcastle Championship, Panthers Newcastle, 20.06.2011

    1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.Nf3 e4 4.Nfd2 c6 5.g3 d5 6.Nc3 a6 7.Bg2 h5 8.h3 Bd6 9.0-0 h4 10.gxh4 Rxh4 11.Nb3 dxc4 12.Nd2 Bxh3 13.Nxc4 Ng4 14.f3 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Rh2+ 16.Kg1 Rh1+ 17.Kxh1 Qh4+ 18.Kg2 Qh2# 0-1

    (14) Ian Dickson (1619) - Michael McGuirk (1837) [C44]

    City of Newcastle Championship, Panthers Newcastle, 20.06.2011

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 Qe7 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.0-0 Nd5 10.exd6 Qxd6 11.Re1+ Be7 12.Ne5 0-0-0 13.Nxf7 Qg6 14.Nxh8 Rxh8 15.Qf3 Bd6 16.Nc3 Rf8 17.Qe4 Qh5 18.Qe6+ Kb8 19.Re5 Bxe5 20.dxe5 Nxc3 21.Be3 Nd5 White resigns 0-1

    (15) Doug Carey (1623) - Andrew Robinson (1183) [A00]

    City of Newcastle Championship (4), 20.06.2011

    1.c4 g5 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d4 g4 4.Bf4 d6 5.h3 h5 6.hxg4 hxg4 7.Rxh8 Bxh8 8.e3 c5 9.Nge2 Qb6 10.Nd5 Qa5+ 11.Qd2 Qxd2+ 12.Kxd2 Na6 13.a3 e6 14.Ndc3 e5 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.Bg3 Be6 17.b3 0–0–0+ 18.Kc2 Ne7 19.Rd1 Bf5+ 20.e4 Rxd1 21.Kxd1 Bg6 22.Nd5 Nc6 23.f3 Nd4 24.Nxd4 exd4 25.Ne7+ Kd7 26.Nxg6 fxg6 27.f4 Nc7 28.Be2 b5 29.Bxg4+ Kc6 30.f5 gxf5 31.exf5 Ne8 32.Bf3+ Kb6 33.Bf4 bxc4 34.bxc4 Ka5 35.g4 Ka4 36.Bc6+ Kxa3 37.Bxe8 Kb3 38.Bb5 a5 39.Bd6 Kb4 40.g5 a4 41.Bxa4 Kxc4 42.f6 Kd5 43.f7 Bg7 44.f8Q Bxf8 45.Bxf8 c4 46.g6 Ke6 47.Be8 c3 48.Kc2 Ke5 49.Bg7+ Ke4 50.Bxd4 and Black resigns 1–0

    (16) Hermann Scherrer - Shaun Booth (1210) [A00]

    City of Newcastle Championship (4), 18.06.2011

    1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.b3 Nf6 4.Bc4 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.Bd3 Qc7 7.0–0 Bg4 8.Qe2 Nc6 9.h3 Nd4 10.Qe3 Nxf3+ 11.gxf3 Bxh3 12.Re1 e5 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Be7 15.Kh2 Bc8 16.Kg2 Qd7 17.Kf1 0–0 18.Ke2 a5 19.a4 b4 20.Rg1 Bb7 21.Qh6 g6 22.Rh1 Bh4 23.Rxh4 Rfc8 24.Qxh7+ Kf8 25.Qh6+ Ke7 26.Be4 Kd8 27.Qg5+ Kc7 28.Qg4 f5 29.Bxf5 gxf5 30.Qc4 Ba6 31.Qxa6 Rxa6 32.Rh5 f4 33.d3 Qg7 34.c4 bxc3 35.Ba3 the game could not be reconstructed after this move, but White was checkmated on move 41. 0–1

    Round 5

    (17) Shaun Booth (1210) - Ian Dickson (1619) [B77]

    City of Newcastle Championship, Panthers Newcastle, 27.06.2011

    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0-0 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Rc8 11.0-0-0 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Ng4 13.e5 Bxe5 14.Qxa7 Nxe3 15.Bxf7+ Rxf7 0-1

    (18) Michael McGuirk (1837) - Trevor McIlveen (100) [A00]

    City of Newcastle Championship, Panthers Newcastle, 27.06.2011

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 b6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.d3 Be7 6.a4 Bb7 7.0–0 0–0 8.b4 Qc8 9.h3 Nc6 10.Na2 Nd7 11.Bd2 Bf6 12.b5 Nd8 13.a5 a6 14.Nc3 Nc5 15.axb6 cxb6 16.Nd5 Nd7 17.Qb1 a5 18.Be3 Bxd5 19.Bxd5 Rb8 20.Ra4 Qc7 21.Rc4 Qa7 22.Qb2 a4 23.Qa2 Qa5 24.Rb1 h6 25.Rc7 Nc5 26.Bd2 Qxd2 27.Nxd2 Bg5 28.Nc4 Kh8 29.Nxd6 Nce6 30.Bxe6 Nxe6 31.Nxf7+ Kh7 32.Qxe6 Rbe8 33.Qf5+ Kg8 34.Qg6 and Black resigned 1–0

    (19) Andrew Robinson (1183) - Hermann Shearrer [A00]

    City of Newcastle Championship (5), 27.06.2011

    White lost by time default. 0–1

    (20) Bernie O'Riordan (1931) - Doug Carey (1623) [A00]

    City of Newcastle Championship (5), 27.06.2011

    No score sheets were submitted by the players 1–0

    Round 6

    (21) Ian Dickson (1619) - Andrew Robinson (1183) [A00]

    City of Newcastle Championship, Panthers Newcastle, 04.07.2011

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d6 4.h3 f5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Be2 and White resigned! 0-1

    (22) Bernie O'Riordan (1931) - Michael McGuirk (1837) [A00]

    City of Newcastle Championship, Panthers Newcastle, 04.07.2011

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.0–0 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Qf6 8.Qb3 b6 9.d3 Bc5 10.Nc3 Ne7 11.Na4 Bd6 12.Be3 0–0 13.Nc3 Ng6 14.Qc4 Nf4 15.Bxf4 exf4 16.d4 f3 17.e5 Qg6 18.g3 Be7 19.Qd3 Qxd3 20.cxd3 Rad8 21.Rfe1 Rxd4 22.Re3 Rfd8 23.Rd1 c5 24.b3 b5 25.Rxf3 c4 26.bxc4 bxc4 27.Ne2 Rxd3 28.Rfxd3 cxd3 29.Nf4 d2 30.Kf1 Bb4 31.Ke2 Ba5 32.Nd3 f6 33.f4 fxe5 34.Nxe5 c5 35.Nc4 Re8+ 36.Kd3 Re1 37.Kc2 Bc3 38.Nxd2 Rxd1 39.Kxd1 Kf7 40.Ne4 Bd4 41.Ke2 h6 42.Kd3 Ke6 43.Kc4 Kf5 44.Kd5 g6 45.a4 a5 46.Nd6+ Kf6 47.Nc4 Bf2 48.g4 Bg3 49.Nxa5 Bxf4 50.Kxc5 Be5 51.Kd5 h5 52.gxh5 gxh5 53.Nc6 Bc7 54.Nd4 Ba5 55.h4 Be1 56.Nf3 Bf2 57.a5 Ke7 58.Kc6 Ke6 59.a6 Ba7 60.Kb7 Bc5 61.Nd2 Kd5 62.Nb3 Be3 63.Na5 Bf2 64.Nc6 Kd6 65.Nb4 Bg1 66.Nd3 Ke7 67.Nf4 Kf6 68.Nd5+ Kf5 69.a7 Kg4 70.a8Q Kxh4 71.Qd8+ Kg3 72.Qg8+ and Black resigned on or about move 77 1–0

    (23) Hermann Scherrer - Doug Carey (1623) [A00]

    City of Newcastle Championship (6), 04.07.2011

    1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 d6 4.f4 g6 5.b3 Bg7 6.d3 Bxc3+ 7.Bd2 Bxa1 8.Qxa1 e5 9.Qd1 Be6 10.c4 Qd7 11.Nf3 Nf6 12.Bg2 Bh3 13.0–0 Nd4 14.Ng5 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Nh5 16.fxe5 0–0 17.Nh3 dxe5 18.Bh6 Ng7 19.Qc1 f5 20.Re1 f4 21.Ng5 Qg4 22.Rf1 fxg3 23.hxg3 Ne2 24.Qe3 Rxf1 25.Kxf1 Nc3 26.Ke1 Qd1+ 27.Kf2 Rf8+ 28.Kg2 Qf1+ 29.Kh2 Rf2+ 30.Qxf2 Qxf2+ 31.Kh3 Ne2 32.Bxg7 Qxg3# 0–1

    (24) Trevor McIlveen (100) - Shaun Booth (1210) [A00]

    City of Newcastle Championship (6), 10.07.2011

    1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e3 d6 5.g3 0–0 6.Bg2 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Nge2 c6 10.0–0 Bf5 11.a4 Na6 12.Bd2 Rxd2 13.Nb1 Rxe2 14.Nc3 Rxb2 15.e4 Be6 16.Rfd1 Bxc4 17.Rab1 Rxb1 18.Rxb1 Nc5 19.h3 b5 20.a5 Bd3 21.Rc1 Ncxe4 22.Nxe4 Nxe4 23.Rd1 Be2 24.Re1 Nc3 25.Kh2 Rc8 26.g4 a6 27.f3 b4 28.h4 b3 29.Rc1 e4 30.fxe4 b2 31.Rxc3 Bxc3 32.Kh3 b1Q 33.h5 Qd1 34.Kh4 Bf6+ 35.g5 Qe1+ 36.Kh3 Bxg5 and White resigns 0–1

    Round 7

    (25) Hermann Scherrer - Bernie O'Riordan (1931) [A00]

    City of Newcastle Championship, Panthers Newcastle, 11.07.2011

    No score sheets were submitted by the players 0–1

    (26) Doug Carey (1623) - Ian Dickson (1619) [A00]

    City of Newcastle Championship, Panthers Newcastle, 11.07.2011

    1.c4 and Black lost on time. No score sheet was submitted 1–0

    (27) Andrew Robinson (1183) - Trevor McIlveen (100) [A00]

    City of Newcastle Championship, Panthers Newcastle, 11.07.2011

    1.h4 d5 2.g4 c5 3.Bg2 e6 4.g5 g6 5.c4 dxc4 6.Qa4+ Bd7 7.Qxc4 b6 8.Bxa8 Bg7 9.Nc3 Ne7 10.Ne4 0–0 11.Nf6+ Bxf6 12.gxf6 Nf5 13.e4 Nd6 14.Qe2 Qxf6 15.e5 Qe7 16.exd6 Qxd6 17.h5 g5 18.h6 Ba4 19.Be4 Qd4 20.d3 Nd7 21.Nf3 Qb4+ 22.Kf1 c4 23.Bxh7+ Kxh7 24.Nxg5+ Kg8 25.h7+ Kh8 26.Qh5 Nf6 27.Nxf7+ Rxf7 28.Qxf7 1–0

    (28) Shaun Booth (1210) - Michael McGuirk (1837) [A00]

    City of Newcastle Championship (7), 11.07.2011

    Game deferred. Result not known at this stage.

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    2011 City of Newcastle Lightning Results

    The City of Newcastle Lightning Championship was held on Monday 16 May at Panthers Newcastle and saw a Double Round Robin Competition with only 6 players competing. The tournament was won by Bernie O'Riordan on 8.5 from a possible 10 points. Second was Kevin Black on 8 points, followed by Michael McGuirk 7.5, Shaun Booth 3.5, Doug Carey 2.5 and Trevor McIlveen 0.

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    Fide Master Max Illingworth Wins 2011 Newcastle Open

    FM Max Illingworth blazed away through the 50 player field, was undefeated and won the 2011 Newcastle Open in fine style. However, I think it would be fair to say that Max was pressed by James Watson in the last round. Max ventured into Round 6 on 4.5 points, fate in his own destiny. A draw was no good to him ...... it was an all or nothing game if he was to secure tournament victory. James enterd the last round a half point ahead of Max on 5 points. A draw would have secured James as the winner, but that was not to be on the day. After a "Whacko Jacko" bishop and knight endgame, with an odd pawn or two strewn about the battlefield, Max emerged triumphant. This left James still on 5 points at the end of Round 6, who was immediately joined by Blair Mandla and Ben Harris, both players securing wins in the last round. James, Blair & Ben all deserved to be towards the top of the field after strong performances.

    Main Prize Winners are as follows:

    Outright Winner: FM Max Illingworth (5.5 points)

    Equal Second: Blair Mandla, James Watson & Ben Harris (5 points)

    Under 1600 Equal First: Clive Ng, Ron Groenhout & Gary Losh (4 points)

    Under 1300 Equal First: Neil Clark, Keith Farrell & Kevin O'Rourke (3 points)

    Unrated Division Outright First: Terry Meng (3.5 points)

    Unrated Division Equal Second: David Absalom & Michael Pearson (3 points)

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    2011 Newcastle Open Best Sacrifice Competition

    This years Best Sacrifice Competition for the 2011 Newcastle Open had a strange twist, with WIM Heather Richards being unable to split two of the games that had been entered. As a result, we have joint winners. The Prize Money will be shared between Kevin O'Rourke and Kevin Tan. Both players will receive $25 each. Thanks to all who entered the competition. The games entered in the competition are given below. Please scroll down.

    (1) Jeff Cabilin (1763) - Mick Tracey (1347) [B23]

    Best Sacrifice Newcastle Open (3.8), 12.02.2011

    1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 e6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 a6 6.d3 Be7 7.h3 0–0 8.Be3 d6 9.0–0 Rb8 10.b3 b5 11.a4 b4 12.Nb1 a5 13.f4 Bb7 14.g4 h6 15.Ng3 g6 16.Nd2 Qc7 17.Nf3 Nd7 18.Qd2 Bf6 19.f5 g5 20.Nxg5 hxg5 21.Bxg5 Qd8 22.Bh6 Re8 23.Nh5 Bd4+ 24.Kh1 Qe7 25.f6 1–0

    (2) Alana Chibnall (1591) - Mike Weltner (1299) [C50]

    Best Sacrifice Newcastle Open (3.9), 12.02.2011

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Na5 8.Bb3 a6 9.Ne2 Nxb3 10.axb3 Bb6 11.Nc3 c6 12.h3 Be6 13.0–0 Qd7 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Kh2 Ke7 16.d4 exd4 17.Nxd4 Rhg8 18.f4 Rxg2+ 19.Kxg2 Bxh3+ 20.Kf2 Bxf1 21.Kxf1 Qh3+ 22.Ke2 Rg8 23.Nf3 Qg2+ 24.Kd3 Rg3 25.b4 Rxf3+ 26.Kc4 Be3 27.f5 Rf2 28.Qd3 Rf3 29.Qe2 Qxe2+ 30.Nxe2 Bg5 31.Ra3 Rxa3 32.bxa3 h5 33.Ng3 h4 34.Nh1 b5+ 35.Kb3 Be3 36.c4 c5 37.bxc5 dxc5 38.Kc3 Kd6 0–1

    (3) Max Illingworth (2284) - Raul Samar (2181) [A18]

    Best Scarifice Newcastle Open (4.3), 13.02.2011

    1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Nbd7 5.Nf3 c5 6.Be2 a6 7.0–0 Qc7 8.d5 e5 9.Nh4 h6 10.Be3 Qd8 11.g3 g6 12.Qd2 Nb6 13.f3 Bd7 14.Rfb1 Nc8 15.b4 b6 16.a4 Bg7 17.a5 cxb4 18.Rxb4 bxa5 19.Rb7 g5 20.Ng2 0–0 21.c5 dxc5 22.Bxc5 Re8 23.Ne3 Bf8 24.Bxf8 Kxf8 25.Nc4 a4 26.Nxa4 Bb5 27.Qb4+ Kg7 28.Nab2 Nxd5 29.exd5 Qxd5 30.Rc7 Qd4+ 31.Kf1 e4 32.Rd1 Qf6 33.Kg2 exf3+ 34.Bxf3 g4 35.Bxg4 Rb8 36.Qd2 Ne7 37.Qd4 Qxd4 38.Rxd4 Ng6 39.Bf3 Re6 40.Nd3 Rf6 41.h4 Nf8 42.Nf4 Ne6 43.Nxe6+ Rxe6 44.Nd6 Rf6 45.Nxb5 Rxb5 46.Rf4 Rb2+ 47.Kh3 Rxf4 48.gxf4 Rb6 49.Bd5 Rf6 50.Kg4 Kg6 51.f5+ Kg7 52.Kf4 Kf8 53.Ke5 Kg7 54.Ra7 h5 55.Ba2 a5 56.Rxa5 Rb6 57.Ra7 Rb4 58.Rxf7+ Kh6 59.Rf6+ Kh7 60.Rg6 Rxh4 61.Bg8+ Kh8 62.Bd5 Kh7 63.Rg1 Rh2 64.f6 Rf2 65.Be4+ Kh8 66.Rh1 Kg8 67.Bd5+ Kh7 68.f7 Re2+ 69.Kd6 Rf2 70.Ke7 Re2+ 71.Be6 1–0

    (4) Toby Coates (1554) - Alana Chibnall (1591) [A56]

    Best Sacrifice Newcastle Open (5.10), 13.02.2011

    1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Nf3 0–0 10.Nd2 Qe7 11.0–0 f5 12.e4 f4 13.Qc2 Na6 14.a3 Bd7 15.Rab1 b6 16.Qd3 Nc7 17.b4 cxb4 18.axb4 Qg5 19.c5 bxc5 20.bxc5 dxc5 21.Rb7 Qd8 22.Rfb1 Bc8 23.Rxc7 Qxc7 24.d6 Qc6 25.Qd5+ Qxd5 26.Nxd5 Ba6 27.Nc7 Bd3 28.Rc1 Rab8 29.Ne6 Rf6 30.Bh3 Bf8 31.d7 Be7 32.Nxc5 Be2 33.Ne6 Kf7 34.Rc8 Rb2 35.Rf8+ Bxf8 36.d8Q Be7 37.Qd5 Ke8 38.gxf4 exf4 39.e5 Rf7 40.Nc7+ Kf8 41.Be6 1–0

    (5) Kevin O'Rourke (1175) - Norm Greenwood (1406) [B17]

    Best Sacrifice Newcastle Open (5.15), 13.02.2011

    1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Ng3 g6 7.Bg5 Bg7 8.Qd2 0–0 9.0–0–0 a5 10.h4 h5 11.Bh6 b5 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Qg5 Nh7 14.Nxh5+ Kh8 15.Qh6 gxh5 16.Ng5 Ndf6 17.Bd3 Qd6 18.Nxh7 Ng8 19.Qxf8 Bb7 20.Qxf7 Qh6+ 21.Kb1 Rf8 22.Nxf8 1–0

    (6) Oscar Wang (1801) - Toby Coates (1554) [B00]

    Best Sacrifice Newcastle Open (6.5), 13.02.2011

    1.e4 e6 2.d4 b6 3.Bd3 Bb7 4.Nf3 h6 5.0–0 d6 6.Bf4 Qe7 7.c4 Nd7 8.Nbd2 g5 9.Be3 Bg7 10.Rc1 Ngf6 11.Ne1 c5 12.f3 d5 13.exd5 exd5 14.Nc2 0–0 15.Bf2 Nh5 16.cxd5 Bxd5 17.Ne3 Bxd4 18.Nxd5 Bxf2+ 19.Rxf2 Qe5 20.Nc4 Qd4 21.Be4 Qxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Rae8 23.Nd6 Re6 24.Bf5 Ne5 25.Bxe6 fxe6 26.Ne7+ Kg7 27.Ndc8 Kf6 28.b3 Re8 29.Rfd2 Rxe7 30.Nxe7 Kxe7 31.Re1 Nc6 32.g3 Nd4 33.Kf2 Kd6 34.b4 Kd5 35.bxc5 bxc5 36.Rd3 Nf6 37.Rc1 e5 38.Rdc3 Nd7 39.Ra3 Nc6 40.Rd1+ Ke6 41.Ke3 Nb6 42.Ke4 a5 43.Rc3 Nd7 44.Rxd7 Kxd7 45.Rxc5 Kd6 46.Rxc6+ Kxc6 47.Kxe5 Kb5 48.f4 gxf4 49.gxf4 Ka4 50.f5 Ka3 51.f6 Kxa2 52.f7 a4 53.f8Q a3 54.Qb4 h5 55.Kd4 1–0

    (7) Chris Skulte (1782) - Kevin Tan (1753) [B33]

    Best Sacrifice Newcastle Open (6.6), 13.02.2011

    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.a4 a6 8.Na3 Be6 9.Bc4 Na5 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.0–0 Be7 12.Be3 0–0 13.Kh1 d5 14.exd5 exd5 15.f4 d4 16.fxe5 dxc3 17.exf6 cxb2 18.fxe7 Qxe7 19.Qd5+ Kh8 20.Rxf8+ Rxf8 21.Re1 Qxe3 22.Qxa5 Qxa3 23.h4 Qa1 24.Qc3 Qxa4 25.h5 Qh4+ 26.Kg1 Qxh5 27.Qxb2 Qc5+ 28.Kh1 h6 29.Re5 Rf1+ 30.Kh2 Qg1+ 31.Kh3 Qf2 32.g3 Qf3 33.Re7 Rh1# 0–1

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