Tim Wall

Professional chess coach. ECF Director for Junior Development, Northumbria Masters director, Newcastle Chess Club secretary.

[Tim Wall @timpeterwall]

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 https://t.co/m5GaYMATUT

[Tim Wall @timpeterwall]

Stan Badacsonyi wins Jonathan Hawkins Rapidplay - my column today for the Newcastle @ChronicleLive @ecfchess

[Tim Wall @timpeterwall]

The North East League will start 31 January, bringing Saturday league chess to Northumberland & Durham. My column for the Newcastle @ChronicleLive @ecfchess

[Tim Wall @timpeterwall]

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

[Tim Wall @timpeterwall]

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: https://t.co/m5GaYMATUT @ecfchess

[Tim Wall @timpeterwall]

@tmsproducer Is @benstokes38 just conserving his energy for his next Five-fer in India’s 2nd innings? Was it ‘inspired’ by Rishabh Pant’s retired hurt? BazBall just got crafty… @bbctms

[English Chess Federation (ECF) @ecfchess]

Congratulations to Daniel Fernandez on winning the Gent Open 2025

[English Chess Federation (ECF) @ecfchess]

🎉 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

[Tim Wall @timpeterwall]

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 https://t.co/m5GaYMATUT

[Tim Wall @timpeterwall]

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

[Aarti Lohia @aartilohia23]

Thank you @TelegraphChess. Congrats to Alex and Sohum! @ecfchess @ECFJuniors2023

[Zoe Varney @Zoe_chess]

Made my second WIM norm! 🎉 @4NCL

[4NCL @4NCL]

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

[Peter Wells @GMPeteWells]

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

[Peter Wells @GMPeteWells]

... 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 😉

[Tim Wall @timpeterwall]

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 https://t.co/MupgobPrTP

[Tim Wall @timpeterwall]

@jhawksworth5 @KingstonChess Good to see you back in action, John!

[John Hawksworth @jhawksworth5]

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.

[English Chess Federation (ECF) @ecfchess]

The ECF Board is pleased to announce that Alex Holowczak has been appointed its Events Director. More information at https://t.co/tKu2r8CjDr

[Tim Wall @timpeterwall]

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 https://t.co/kY95T3swDx