Jim's Extravaganza

Buckley Mold Chess Club's annual curtain raiser, the ever popular Extravaganza run by our very own Jim Hanson is on Wednesday 2nd September at 7.30 pm.

This is a 5 round competition with each player having 15 minutes on the clock.

Everybody welcome. Prizes for all.

All club grades

Aldridge, David	143
Allix, Lorna	105
Barber, Andrew M	161
Barnes, Ben	54
Dodd, Quentin RH	128
Dunning, Stephen	134
Evans, Elaine	22
Goodwin, Nathan	59
Goodwin, Robert	82
Hanson, T Jim	84
Heitch, David	114
Hughes, Jonathan	80
Jefferies, Liam	145
Kemp, Jack	55
Lowens, Brian	120
Morgan, Rory	86
Owens, Richard	127
Pearcey, David F	159
Rathbone-Jones, Ifan	106
Salt, Frank	145
Shorrock, Simon A	72
Simmons, John A	114
Sommerville, Gordon BR	122
Thomas, Mark Walker, James	163 33

Junior Chess

We are looking to run two teams for Juniors in the Wirral Chess League, so any juniors who are interested in playing and improving their chess, please get in touch.

Congratulations to Ifan Rathbone-Jones who represented Wales in the Bernadette Stokes Cup (part of the Glorney Gilbert International held in Ireland), an international team competition for under 12s. England won with 21/36 with Wales just half a point behind. Ifan scored an impressive 5.5/6! More details here.

Latest Grades

The latest grades have been published by the ECF. Our Top Ten (make that eleven...) are:

Thomas, Mark           163
Barber, Andrew        161

Pearcey, David         159

Jefferies, Liam           145

Salt, Frank                 145

Aldridge, David          143

Dunning, Stephen      134

Dodd, Quentin          128

Owens, Richard         127

Sommerville, Gordon 122

Lowens, Brian            120

The full list can be found here.

How many games of chess are there?

John Coleby Shield

Congratulations to Robert Goodwin. He was presented with the John Coleby Shield by Yvonne Coleby-Davies for being the best junior in the club during this past season.

Chess Club AGM

The AGM is on Wednesday 17th June, 7.30 pm, at the Drovers Arms.