Professional chess coach. ECF Director for Junior Development, Northumbria Masters director, Newcastle Chess Club secretary. https://xitter.cf/t.co/DyYxr6DEMw
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Joined March 2009
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Newcastle Chess Club is moving to the Punch Bowl Inn, 125 Jesmond Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 1JY, with club nights starting on Wednesday 10 September, 2025. 7-10:30pm. All welcome! @ecfchess newcastlechessclub.com
Stan Badacsonyi wins Jonathan Hawkins Rapidplay - my column today for the Newcastle @ChronicleLive @ecfchess
The North East League will start 31 January, bringing Saturday league chess to Northumberland & Durham. My column for the Newcastle @ChronicleLive @ecfchess
Normally I write my weekly column in the @ChronicleLive to promote the local chess scene in the North East. Today it seemed important that the column was about Daniel Naroditsky and cyber-bullying in chess. @ecfchess
Newcastle Chess Club is holding monthly Open Blitz tournaments at Newcastle City Library, 11am-1:30pm on the first Saturday of each month, starting September 6, 2025. All welcome! More details at our website: newcastlechessclub.com @ecfchess
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🎉 Huge congrats to Aarti Lohia on her FIDE Certificate of Appreciation for the #YearOfSocialChess! Through the SP Lohia Foundation, she’s championed chess in education, prisons & public life — making a real impact across UK chess. ♟️👏 #FIDE #ChessForAll #SocialImpact
Today's @ChronicleLive column on Newcastle Chess Club's 'Summer Nights' events every Thursday, 7pm-10:30pm. 'El Classico' tournament, FIDE-rated Blitzes. Everyone welcome, join us at Newcastle Labour Club, 1-3 Haymarket NE1 7PF. @ecfchess newcastlechessclub.com
My column today for the Newcastle @ChronicleLive on the Northumberland Championships. Andy Burnett and I go into a 2-game playoff for the prestigious Zollner Trophy, first awarded by Danish consul Louis Zollner in 1930. @ecfchess
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Congratulations to these players who achieved norms in the 4NCL: Zoe Varney (Blackthorne) WIM 2nd norm; Richard Pert (Cheddleton Savills Catering) GM 2nd norm; Tom O'Gorman (The Sharks 1) GM 1st norm; Svyatoslav Bazakutsa (Wood Green Youth) GM (2nd norm) Game is R. Pert v S Chow
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Hugely entertaining end to the @4ncl season - even after two days from @GSharks4NCL which will become the stuff of legend (taking points from both the leaders, but more from Wood Green) had already clinched the title for Manx Liberty - many congratulations! I'm also buoyed.. 1/2
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... by 3 superb wins for my @WhiteRoseChess colleagues. Great team effort, but special mention for fast improving Thomas Carroll's 3/3, Daniel Alsina Leal who missed the same by a whisker on Board 1 and awesome power chess from @andy_rekt_chess. Almost as if I wasn't missed 😉
Congrats to Maidenhead Chess Club's Yuri Krylov on his appointment as @ecfchess Home Chess Development Director! It's exciting to see dedicated new people coming forward to boost grassroots chess englishchess.org.uk/home-dev…
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I returned to competitive chess this year with the very strong @KingstonChess team that has already won five trophies this year including the Surrey and Thames Valley league titles and now also the Alexander cup.
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The ECF Board is pleased to announce that Alex Holowczak has been appointed its Events Director. More information at englishchess.org.uk/events-d…
Research on Freestyle Chess/Chess960 shows that most players rely on ‘memory moves’ from standard chess at first, but later start thinking outside the box. @chess_freestyle @ecfchess sciencenews.org/article/ches…
Congratulations to @alexholowczak on his appointment as the @ecfchess Events Director! Alex brings a wealth of organising & arbiting experience to this role, and I’m sure he’ll do a great job!
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It's the series finale tonight of "Chess Masters: The Endgame". Tune in at 8pm to guffaw at more cheesy chess innuendos from @sueperkins, have a go at fiendish brain-teasers from @DavidHowellGM, and root for your favourite to be champion. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002bm3… @ecfchess
