Newcastle Chess Club Internal events

The club holds three regular internal competitions, results for which can be found further down the page:
An attempt has been made to get a KO time handicap competition off the ground, but this foundered after two rounds. Several club members have also supported the Newcastle mini congress which has now ben held three times. Finally there is a club minor trophy awarded to one of the clubs lower graded players who in the opinion of the officers has had a particularly good season. The original trophy, a clock, no longer works, and has been replaced by a shield (again donated by Michael). This trophy is not always awarded.
Other competitions are held on a one-off basis. These have included a rapidplay handicap competition and crazy chess competitions near Xmas.

Recent winners
 End of seasonJune ½-hrAGM rapidMinor player
2008Alex Richardson
Petru Floresc
John Blackburn
Alex Richardson  
2007Alex RichardsonAlan PalingAlex RichardsonGeoff Lee
2006Ralph HaywardMartyn HarrisRalph HaywardPaul Clapham
2005Daniel SullivanChon LeeChris HankeyJames Rothwell
2004 Martyn Harris
Steve Bruce
Alan Paling
Ralph Hayward
Chris Hankey
Martyn Harris
 

Summer ½-hour 2008

                       1    2    3    4    5    6    total pos
 1 Alex Richardson     4+   5+   6+   8+   7+   b+    6     1       
 2 Petru Floresc       5+   3+   b=   b=              3     4=
 3 Martyn Harris       b+   2-   7+   6+   b=   4-    3.5   3     
 4 Pete Shaw           1-   b+   8-   7+  11+   3+    4     2    
 5 William Keay        2-   1-   b=   b=   9-  11-    1    10=        
 6 Paul Clapham        b=   b=   1-   3-  10+   9+    3     4=        
 7 Steve Cooper        b=   b=   3-   4-   1-  10-    1    10=        
 8 Richard Mansell     b=   b=   2+   1-              2     6=
 9 Derrick Jones                 b=   b=   5+   6-    2     6=
10 John Blackburn                b=   b=   6-   7+    2     6=
11 Sandra Blackburn              b=   b=   4-   5+    2     6=

End of season quickplay

5 Rounds, 15 min each per game, played 7th May 2008.
                       1    2    3    4    5   total pos
 1 Alex Richardson     8+   5+   7+   3-   2+   4     1= 
 2 Malcolm Armstrong   9+   6+   3-  10+   1-   3     5=
 3 Petru Floresc      10+   4+   2+   1+   7-   4     1=
 4 Martyn Harris       b+   3-   8+   7-   5+   3     5=
 5 Tim Stevens        11+   1-   6=  12+   4-   2.5   7=
 6 Andy Stott         12+   2-   5=   8+  10+   3.5   4
 7 John Blackburn     13+  11+   1-   4+   3+   4     1=
 8 Pete Shaw           1-   b+   4-   6-   9-   1    12
 9 Geoff Lee           2-  12=  10-  11+   8+   2.5   7=  
10 Sandra Blackburn    3-  13+   9+   2-   6-   2     9=
11 Mick Andrews        5-   7-   b+   9-  12+   2     9= 
12 Paul Clapham        6-   9=  13+   5-  11-   1.5  11
13 William             7-  10-  12-


AGM Shield 2007

5 round 10 min swiss played immediately following AGM, 5th Sept 05.
                       1     2     3     4     5    tot      pos
 1 Alex Richardson     8+    5+    4+    2=    3+   4.5       1
 2 Ralph Hayward       3+   10=    6=    1=    5-   2.5       5= 
 3 Alan Paling         2-    8+    7+    6=    1-   2.5       5= 
 4 Michael Roberts    11+    7+    1-   10=    6-   2.5       5= 
 5 Martyn Harris       b+    1-   10=    8+    2+   3.5       2
 6 Tim Stevens         7-    b+    2=    3=    4+   3         3= 
 7 Francis Westfield   6+    4-    3-   11+   10+   3         3= 
 8 Watson Fuller       1-    3-    9=    b+   11+   2.5       5= 
 9 Nic Wright         10-   11+    8=    5-    b+   2.5       5= 
10 Pete Shaw           9+    2=    5=    4=    7-   2.5       5= 
11 Paul Clapham        4-    9-    b+    7-    8-   1        11
 

June ½-hour 2007

                      1    2    3    4    5    6   total pos
 1 Alex Richardson    5+   3+   b=   b=   2-   9+   4     2     
 2 Alan Paling        6+   4=   8+  10+   1+   3=   5     1     
 3 Martyn Harris      b+   1-   9=   8=   4+   2=   3.5   3=    
 4 Tim Stevens        7+   2=   5+   9=   3-   8-   3     5=    
 5 Pete Shaw          1-   6+   4-   b+   8-   7+   3     5=    
 6 Paul Clapham       2-   5-   b=   b=             1
 7 Derrick Jones      4-   b+   b=   b=   9-   5-   2     8     
 8 John Blackburn     b=   b=   2-   3=   5+   4+   3.5   3=    
 9 Sandra Blackburn   b=   b=   3=   4=   7+   1-   3     5=    
10 Joe Morris         b=   b=   b+   2-             2


End of season quickplay

5 Rounds, 15 min each per game, played 16th May 2007.
                     1    2    3    4    5   total pos
1 Alex Richardson    5+   4+   3+   2+   8+    5    1
2 Martyn Harris      6+   3-   4+   1-   b+    3    3=
3 Tim Stevens        7+   2+   1-   5+   4+    4    2
4 Andy Stott         8+   1-   9+   6+   3-    3    3=
5 John Blackburn     1-   9+   8+   3-   6+    3    3=
6 Pete Shaw          2-   7-   b+   4-   5-    1    8=
7 Sandra Blackburn   3-   6+   2-   b+   9+    3    3=
8 Rob Sewell         4-   b+   5-   9+   1-    2    7
9 Paul Massey        b+   5-   4-   8-   7-    1    8=


AGM Shield 2006

                        1     2     3     4     5    total   pos
 1 Ralph Hayward        6+    4+    3+    2+    5+     5      1
 2 Alan Paling         10+   11+    6+    1-    4+     4      2
 3 Martyn Harris        b+    5+    1-    4-    7+     3      3=
 4 Tim Stevens          8+    1-    9+    3+    2-     3      3=
 5 Francis Westfield    7+    3-   11=   10+    1-     2.5    6=
 6 Watson Fuller        1-    9+    2-    8+   10+     3      3=
 7 Pete Shaw            5-    8+   10-   11+    3-     2      8= 
 8 Paul Clapham         4-    7-    b+    6-    9+     2      8=
 9 Derrick Jones       11-    6-    4-    b+    8-     1     11
10 David Banks          2-    b+    7+    5-    6-     2      8=
11 Geoff Lee            9+    2-    5=    7-    b+     2.5    6=


June ½-hour 2006

                    1    2    3    4    5    6   total pos
 1 Alan Paling      5+   4-   2-   b+   7+   9+    4    2=
 2 Martyn Harris    6+   3+   1+   7+   4+   5-    5    1
 3 Tim Stevens      7+   2-   5+   9+   b=   b=    4    2=
 4 Andy Stott       8+   1+   b=   b=   2-   7+    4    2=
 5 Pete Shaw        1-   8+   3-   6+   9+   2+    4    2=
 6 Paul Clapham     2-   7+   9+   5-   b=   b=    3    6
 7 Mike Gawley      3-   6-   b+   2-   1-   4-    1    7=
 8 Derrick Jones    4-   5-   b=   b=              1    7=
 9 David Banks      b=   b=   6-   3-   5-   1-    1    7=   

End of season quickplay

5 Rounds, 15 min each per game, played 3rd May 2006.
                  Rounds    1    2    3    4    5    total  pos
     01 Ralph Hayward      12+   5+   3+   4+   2=    4.5    1
     02 Martyn Harris      11+   7=  13+   9+   1=    4      2
     03 Chris Hankey        6+   4=   1-  10+   9+    3.5    3=
     04 Tim Stevens         9+   3=   7+   1-   6+    3.5    3=
     05 Alan Paling        10+   1-   6-  12+   8+    3      5=
     06 Michael Roberts     3-  14+   5+   7+   4-    3      5=
     07 John Day            8+   2=   4-   6-  11+    2.5    7
     08 Pete Shaw           7-   9-  14+  11+   5-    2      8=
     09 Geoff Lee           4-   8+  10+   2-   3-    2      8=
     10 Mike Gawley         5-  11+   9-   3-  12+    2      8=
     11 Derrick Jones       2-  10-  12+   8-   7-    1     11
     12 Paul Clapham        1-  13-  11-   5-  10-    0     12
     13 David Perry         b=  12+   2-   x    x
     14 Thomas Perry        b=   6-   8-   x    x

Time handicap KO

All of the coming seasons anticipated membership have been included in first round draw; those not wishing to play can simply concede.

First round draw

WhitetimeResultBlacktime
Barry Jones (151)29 + 7d - 1Michael Roberts (110)70 + 15
John Day (118)70 + 151 - dFrancis Westfield (135)53 + 12
Chris Hankey (142)20 + 5d - 1Paul Clapham (90)70 + 15
Diarmid Gibson (134)66 + 151 - 0Tim Stevens (130)70 + 15
Nic Wright (100)70 + 151 - 0Allan Drost (147)23 + 6
Martyn Harris (145)23 + 61 - 0Pete Shaw (98)70 + 15
Alan Paling (164)20 + 51 - 0Derrick Jones (45)70 + 15
Stephen Cooper (75)70 + 15d - dWatson Fuller (106)39 + 9
James Rothwell (91)35 + 81 - dMike Gawley (56)70 + 15
Brian Swinnerton (41)70 + 150 - 1Ralph Hayward (165)20 + 5

Round 1a

A single match to reduce the field to 8 players
WhitetimeResultBlacktime
Diarmid Gibson (134)70 + 151 - 0Martyn Harris (145)59 + 13

Round 2

WhitetimeResultBlacktime
Diarmid Gibson (134)54 + 12½ - ½John Day (118)70 + 15
Ralph Hayward (165)20 + 51 - 0Paul Clapham (90)70 + 15
Michael Roberts (110)60 + 131 - 0Nic Wright (100)70 + 15
James Rothwell (91)70 + 150 - 1Alan Paling (164)20 + 5

Semi-finals

WhitetimeResultBlacktime
Ralph Hayward (165)69 + 15vAlan Paling (164)70 + 15
Michael Roberts (110)70 + 15vDiarmid Gibson (134)
or John Day (118)
46 + 11
62 + 14
Stephen's and Michael's grades are my estimates for use in this competition only.

AGM Shield

4 round 10 min swiss played immediately following AGM, 7th Sept 05.
                  Rounds    1    2    3    4    total  pos
     01 Chris Hankey       11+   4+   3+   2+    4      1
     02 Martyn Harris       9+   5+   8+   1-    3      2=
     03 Tim Stevens        10+   7+   1-   6+    3      2=
     04 Ralph Hayward       6+   1-   9+   8+    3      2=
     05 Alan Paling         8=   2-  11+  10+    2.5    5 
     06 James Rothwell      4-  11+   7+   3-    2      6=
     07 Mike Gawley         b+   3-   6-   9+    2      6=
     08 Allan Drost         5=  10+   2-   4-    1.5    8
     09 Pete Shaw           2-   b+   4-   7-    1      9=
     10 Nic Wright          3-   8-   b+   5-    1      9=
     11 Francis Westfield   1-   6-   5-   b+    1      9=

End of season 10 min Swiss

6 Rounds, played 27th April 05.
Daniel was just too good for the rest of us on the night.
                                                      
                  Rounds    1    2    3    4    5    6   total  pos
     01 Daniel Sullivan    13+  10+   2+   4+   3+   5+    6     1
     02 Chris Hankey        7+   3+   1-   9+   4+   8+    5     2
     03 Chon Lee            b+   2-   8+   6+   1-   9+    4     3=
     04 Tim Stevens         5+   6+   7+   1-   2-  11+    4     3=
     05 Martyn Harris       4-   8+  10=  12+   6+   1-    3.5   5
     06 John Amison        11+   4-  13+   3-   5-  12+    3     6=
     07 Steve Bruce         2-   b+   4-  10+   8-  13+    3     6=
     08 Michael Roberts     9+   5-   3-  11+   7+   2-    3     6=
     09 Pete Shaw           8-  11+  12+   2-  10+   3-    3     6=
     10 James Rothwell     12+   1-   5=   7-   9-   b+    2.5  10
     11 Paul Clapham        6-   9-   b+   8-  13+   4-    2    11=
     12 Mike Gawley        10-  13+   9-   5-   b+   6-    2    11=
     13 Brian Swinnerton    1-  12-   6-   b+  11-   7-    1    13
 

June ½-hour 2005

Final scores
              1    2    3    4    5    6   total
 1 Chon       9+   3+   b=   b=   4+   2+    5     1         
 2 Alan       6=   7=  13+  12+   5+   1-    4     2=         
 3 Daniel     5+   1-   b=   b=            
 4 Martyn     7+   8+  12+   5-   1-   6-    3     5=         
 5 Tim        3-   6+   8+   4+   3-  13+    4     2=         
 6 Andy       2=   5-   7=   8+  13+   4+    4     2= 
 7 Pete       4-   2=   6=  13-  12+   b1    3     5=         
 8 Mick       b+   4-   5-   6-   b=   b=    2     7=         
 9 Paul       1-  11-   b=   b=   b-  12=    1.5   9=         
10 Brian     11+   b=   b=               
11 Alastair  10-   9+   b=   b=            
12 Derrick    b=   b=   4-   2-   7-   9=    1.5   9=         
13 Mike       b=   b=   2-   7+   6-   5-    2     7=         
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