The new season of the Northumberland Chess Association has started.
Here are the results of the first matches in Division 2 and Division 4.
Division 2
Forest Hall B ½ – 3½ Jesmond
| Board | Forest Hall B | Jesmond | |
| 1 | Zhang, Zheming | ½ – ½ | Izod, Chris |
| 2 | Wariyar, Ravi | 0 – 1 | Dodds, Edward P |
| 3 | Smith, Mike E | 0 – 1 | Turnock, John F |
| 4 | French, Morgan | 0 – 1 | Trevelyan, Andy J |
| Total | ½ – 3½ |
[Event “Forest Hall B v Jesmond”]
[Site “Forest Hall”]
[Date “2021.10.15”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Morgan French”]
[Black “Andy Trevelyan”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “A70i”]
[EventDate “2021.10.15”]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.a4 Re8 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.Nd2 Ne5 13.Be2 h6 14.Bh4 g5 15.Bg3 g4 16.f4 gxf3 17.Bxf3 Rb8 18.Be2 Qc7 19.Bf4 Qe7 20.Qe1 Ng6 21.Qg3 Nxf4 22.Rxf4 Rf8 23.Qh4 Qe5 24.Raf1 Qd4+ 25.Kh1 Qxd2 26.Rxf6 Bxf6 27.Rxf6 Qc1+ 28.Nd1 Kg7 29.Qg3+ Kxf6 30.Qxd6+
Kg7 ( 30…Be6 31.dxe6 Rfd8 32.e5+ Kg7 )
31.Qxb8 Qd2 32.Qg3+ Qg5 33.Qb3 Qd2 34.Qg3+ Qg5 35.Qc3+ f6 36.Qxc5 Bd7 37.Qe7+ Rf7 38.Qc5 Qd2 39.Qf2 Bxa4 40.Ne3 Qxb2 0-1
(The game continued for a few extra moves but since both players were in serious time trouble the remainder of the game was not recorded)
Division 4
Forest Hall D 2½ – 1½ Leam Lane Bullets
| Board | Forest Hall D | Leam Lane Bullets | |
| 1 | Mohindra, Raj K | 1 – 0 | Stewardson, David |
| 2 | Black, Steve | 1 – 0 | Miller, Joseph E |
| 3 | Wall, John snr | ½ – ½ | McGarty, Colin |
| 4 | Mohindra, Arun | 0 – 1 | Appleby, John R |
| Total | 2½ – ½ |
[Event “Forest Hall D v Leam Lane D”]
[Site “Forest Hall”]
[Date “2021.10.15”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Colin McGarty”]
[Black “John Wall snr”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “C02l”]
[EventDate “2021.10.15”]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 cxd4 6.cxd4 Qa5+ 7.Bd2 Bb4 8.Bxb4 Qxb4+ 9.Qd2 Nge7 10.a3 Qxd2+ 11.Nbxd2 Nf5 12.Bb5 a6 13.Bxc6+ bxc6 14.Nb3 Rb8 15.Nc5 Rxb2 16.O-O O-O 17.Rab1 Rb5 18.a4 Rxb1 19.Rxb1 Ne7 20.a5 f6 21.Rb6 Kf7 22.Nxa6 Bxa6 23.Rxa6 Rb8 24.Rb6 Ra8 25.a6 g5 26.g4 Ra7 27.h4 gxh4 28.Nxh4 fxe5 29.dxe5 c5 30.Nf3 c4 31.Nd4 1/2-1/2
Final position in the Colin McGarty v John Wall snr game where a draw was agreed.