November Results

Chester & District League 

Division 2
Holywell Knights vs Buckley Mold 1  -  Won 2-3
Frodsham vs Buckley Mold 1  -  Won 0.5-4.5

Division 3
Chester 5 vs Buckley Mold 2  -  Lost 2.5-1.5
Buckley Mold 2 vs Chester 6  -  Lost 1-3
Chester 7 vs Buckley Mold 2  -  Won 0-4

Wirral League 

Division 3
Buckley Mold 3 vs Chester G  -  Lost 1-4
Wallasey 7 vs Buckley Mold 2  -  Won 1-4
Buckley Mold 2 vs Frodsham  -  Lost 2-3

Division 4
Tattenhall vs Buckley Mold 6  -  Drew 2-2

October Results

Chester & District League

Division 2
Rhyl & Prestatyn 1 vs Buckley Mold 1  -  Won 2-3
Colwyn Bay 1 vs Buckley Mold 1  -  Lost 3-2
Chester 4 vs Buckley Mold 1  -  Lost 3.5-1.5

Division 3
Malpas & Oswestry 2 vs Buckley Mold 2  -  Drew 2-2
Buckley Mold 2 vs Penyffordd  -  Won 3-1

Wirral League 

Division 2
Buckley Mold 1 vs Chester E  -  Lost 0.5-4.5

Division 3
Buckley Mold 4 vs Buckley Mold 3  -  3-2
Buckley Mold 4 vs Buckley Mold 2  -  2-3

Division 4
Rhyl & Prestatyn vs Buckley Mold 6  -  Lost 4-0
Buckley Mold 5 vs Pensby 3  -  Won 2.5-1.5
Buckley Mold 5 vs Rhgl & Prestatyn  -  Lost 1.5-2.5

September Results

Sorry they are late...

Chester & District League

Division 2
Buckley Mold 1 vs Holywell Bishops  -  Lost 2-3

Division 3
Buckley Mold 2 vs Rhyl & Prestatyn 2  -  Won 2.5-1.5

Wirral League

Division 3
Buckley Mold 2 vs Buckley Mold 3  -  3-2

Division 4
Buckley Mold 6 vs Buckley Mold 5  -  2.5-1.5

Knockout
Wallasey KO 2 vs Buckley Mold KO  -  Lost 4.5-4.0
Wallasey had a 1.5 point handicap in their favour - Board count was 3-4 to Buckley Mold

Jim's Extravaganza

This year's event was won by Haydn Parry. Congratulations.
 

Mark Dvoretsky (9.12.1947 to 26.09.2016)

Sad to report, but today, the Russian Chess Federation announced that the well-known Russian chess coach and author Mark Dvoretsky had died.

More details here.

Next up...

Jim's Extravaganza

Our annual curtain raiser for the new season.

7.30 pm - Wednesday 31st August

New players welcome!

Latest ECF Grades are now available

The ECF Grades for July 2016 have been published:

Aldridge, David  136
Barber, Andrew  156
Barnes, Ben    M  59
Dodd, Quentin RH  127
Dunning, Stephen  120
Goodwin, Robert  75
Hanson, T Jim  68
Heitch, David  110
Hughes, Jonathan  103
Jeffries, Liam  144
Kemp, Jack    M  64
Lowens, Brian  114
Medagedara, Sithika  68
Owens, Richard  131
Pearcey, David  152
Rathbone-Jones, Ifan  128
Salt, Frank  134
Shaw, Brandon  8
Shorrock, Simon  78
Sommerville, Gordon  110
Thomas, Mark  161
Walker, James  41

Our three trophy winners at the Wirral league AGM.

Buckley Mold junior Jack Kemp being awarded the trophy for best junior player in the Wirral league with the fantastic score of 6.5/8. Well done!

Quentin Dodd being presented with the shield for (joint) best player in Wallasey League division 3 with a score of 5.5/6. Congratulations.

The trophy for our Second team winning the Wallasey League 3rd division being presented to Captain Richard Owens at the Wallasey League AGM.

Sithika Medagedara being presented with the John Coleby Memorial Shield by Mrs Yvonne Coleby-Davies at our recent AGM. This shield is awarded to Buckley Mold's Junior Player of the Year. Well done!

May Results

Wirral League

Division 3
Buckley Mold 2 vs  Hoylake / Great Meols 3 - Won 4-1

Division 4
Chester J vs Buckley Mold 3 - Won 0-4
Chester M vs Buckley Mold 4 - Won 1.5-2.5
Chester L vs Buckley Mold 3 - Lost 2.5-1.5

Champions

Following a home win (4-1) against Hoylake/Great Meols 3, previously unbeaten, Buckley Mold 2 are CHAMPIONS of Wirral Division 3. Played 7, won 7. Way to go!

April Results

Chester & District League

Division 2
Buckley Mold 1 vs Colwyn Bay 2 - Won 3-2
Rhyl & Prestatyn 1 vs Buckley Mold 1 - Lost 4-1

Division 3
Buckley Mold 2 vs Rhyl & Prestatyn 2 - Won 3-1
Malpas Chess Mates vs Buckley Mold 2 - Won 1-3

Wirral League

Division 2
Buckley Mold 1 vs Chester F - Won 3.5-1.5
Hoylake/Great Meols 2 vs Buckley/Mold 1 - Lost 4-1

Division 3
Chester G vs Buckley Mold 2 - Won 0-5

Division 4
Buckley Mold 4 vs Chester J - Won 3-1
Buckley Mold 3 vs Chester M - Won 2.5-1.5

March Results

Chester & District League

Division 2
Buckley Mold 1 vs Wrexham 2 - Lost 1.5-3.5
Chester 4 vs Buckley Mold 1 - Lost 5-0 by forfeit

Division 3
Penyffordd vs Buckley Mold 2 - Won 1.5-2.5
Buckley Mold 2 vs Chester 5 - Drew 2-2
Chester 6 vs Buckley Mold 2 - Drew 2-2

Wirral League

Division 2
Pensby 1 vs Buckley Mold 1 - Drew 2.5-2.5

Division 3
Buckley Mold 2 vs Chester H - Won 5-0

Division 4
Chester P vs Buckley Mold 4 - Won 1.5-2.5
Buckley Mold 3 vs Malpas & Whitchurch Chess Mates - Drew 2-2
Buckley Mold 3 vs Chester P - Drew 2-2 

Knock Out
Buckley Mold vs Chester 2 - Won 4-3
Buckley Mold vs Atticus - Drew 3.5-3.5 (Atticus won on board count)

February Results

Chester & District League

Division 2
Buckley Mold 1 vs Holywell - Won 3-2
Colwyn Bay 2 vs Buckley Mold 1 - Drew 2.5-2.5
Holywell vs Buckley Mold 1 - Lost 3.5-1.5
Malpas & Whitchurch vs Buckley Mold 1 - Lost 3-2

Division 3
Buckley Mold 2 vs Chester 7 - Won 2.5-1.5

Bill Davies Cup
Buckley Mold U145 vs Chester U145 - Lost 2.5-3.5

Wirral League

Division 3
Pensby 2 vs Buckley Mold 2 - Won 1.5-3.5

Division 4
Chester N vs Buckley Mold 4 - Lost 4-0
Pensby 3 vs Buckley Mold 3 - Lost 3-1
Buckley Mold 4 vs Chester L - Lost 1-3

January Results

Chester & District League

Division 2
Frodsham vs Buckley Mold 1 - Drew 2.5-2.5
Buckley Mold 1 vs Rhyl & Prestatyn 1 - Lost 1.5-3.5

Division 3
Buckley Mold 2 vs Penyffordd - Won 3-1
Holywell Knights vs Buckley Mold 2 - Drew 2-2

Wirral League

Division 2
Chester E vs Buckley Mold 1 - Won 2-3
Buckley Mold 1 vs Malaps & Whitchurch - Lost 2-3

Division 3
Buckley Mold 2 vs Wallasey 7 - Won 4.5-0.5

January Grading List is out

The January Grading list has been published. You can find it here

Barber, Andrew M	165
Pearcey, David F	158
Aldridge, David	147
Jefferies, Liam	144
Salt, Frank	140
Dodd, Quentin RH	128
Dunning, Stephen	123
Owens, Richard	121
Lowens, Brian	118
Simmons, John A	115
Rathbone-Jones, Ifan	114
Sommerville, Gordon BR	111
Heitch, David	107
Hughes, Jonathan	94
Goodwin, Robert	80
Hanson, T Jim	79
Kemp, Jack	59
Barnes, Ben	57
Medagedara, Sithika	42
Walker, James	32
Evans, Elaine	22
Rathbone-Jones, Eluned	8

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December Results

Chester & District League

Division 3

Buckley Mold 2 vs Malpas Chess Mates - Won 3.5-0.5

Rhyl & Prestatyn 2 vs Buckley Mold 2 - Won 1.5-2.5

Wirral League

Division 2

Buckley Mold 1 vs Wallasey 4 - Won 3-2

Division 4

Buckley Mold 3 vs Chester N - Won 3.5-0.5

Knock Out

Buckley Mold vs Chester - Won 4-3