Children & Chess

Should all children be made to play chess? An article on the BBC website here discusses the issue.

Wallasey 5 2-3 Buckley Mold 2

I delayed posting this team victory as it takes a few days to get over the fact that I turned a winning position into a dead loss in just one move, placing a rook en prise, the pawn then being able to queen, and I couldn't do anything about it. Rybka goes from +8.88 in my favour to Mate in 7 to my opponent. Aargh!

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Here are the latest results:

Division 1:
21.03.11 Wallasey 4 v Penyfforrd 1 1.0 v 4.0
22.03.11 Chester 1 v Hoylake 1 3.0 v 2.0 (rearranged from 21/12/10)
24.03.11 Wallasey 1 v Buckley Mold 1 3.5 v 1.5
31.03.11 Wallasey 2 v Penyfforrd 1 1.5 v 3.5
07.04.11 Formby v Buckley Mold 1 5.0 v 0.0 (BM defaulted)

Division 2:
09.03.11 Penyfforrd 2 v Pensby 1 2.5 v 2.5 (rearranged from 1.12.10)
15.03.11 Chester 3 v Capenhurst 3.0 v 2.0
15.03.11 Hoylake 2 v Buckley Mold 2 2.0 v 3.0
21.03.11 Capenhurst v Wallasey 5 3.0 v 2.0
22.03.11 Chester 2 v Pensby 1 3.0 v 2.0

Division 3:
15.03.11 Chester 4 v Frodsham 3.0 v 2.0
01.04.11 Pensby 2 v Wallasey 6 1.0 v 4.0
08.04.11 Pensby 2 v Frodsham 4.0 v 1.0 (rearranged from 3.12.10)

KNOCKOUT Semi final
08.03.11 Chester v Penyfforrd 3.5 v 3.5 Penyfforrd won on board count

I can confirm player of the year for division 1 as Dave Williams (Formby) and Division 3 as Ron Champion (Wallasey 6). Congratulations to both players. The Div 2 POY is in the hands of J.Hughes (BM2) [Go for it, Jonathan - SD] with one game to go, as various players trail by just half a point.

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Division 2

Division 2 remains tight with only 3 rearranged fixtures still to be played. At the top promotion chasing Frodsham suffered a setback
thanks to a late 3-2 defeat away at Chester 2, while rivals Colwyn Bay defeated Chester 3 at home to go top 2 points clear on "goal"
difference. Colwyn Bay face bottom team Buckley/Mold next, a win of 4.5 - 0.5 or better would guarantee them 1st place. Meanwhile
Frodsham must play relegation threatened Chester 3 at Chester. Anything less than a win for Colwyn Bay and Frodsham could see 3rd place
Capenhurst, who also must play Chester 3, sneak in to 1st place if they win.

At the other end Holywell, who have now played all 12 games, sit nervously on 5 points and await the fate of Chester 3 and Buckley/Mold,
who have 4.5 points each. A win for either team would guarantee safety.

Buckley Mold 2 4-1 Holywell

Buckley Mold win handsomely against Holywell in this bottom of the league clash in the Chester & District league division 2.