Start of Season Rapidplay results

The annual Jim Hanson 'Start of Season Rapidplay' spectacular was held on the evening of Wednesday 31st August 2011.

Congratulations go to the winner Quentin Dodd,who scored a maximum 5/5 !

The final standings were :-

1st Q.Dodd 5
2nd G.Sommerville 3.5
3rd= P.Wimbush,A.Barber 3
5th= S.Hough,G.R.Williams,F.Salt 2.5
8th R.Owens 2
9th J.Waite 1
10th M.Waite 0

A big thank you to Jim Hanson for organising this excellent yearly event!

New Club Night Alert !!

Buckley/Mold's Club nights,will now be on a Thursday night,instead of a Wednesday,due to the Club now closing on Wednesdays.

All Juniors are now welcome to come along from this Thursday(September 8th)onwards,at the usual time of 6:30pm(Adult members at the usual time of 7:30pm).

All of our Home matches will now be moved forward to a convenient Thursday evening.

British Chess Championship 2011

Mickey Adams has won the British Championship sponsored by Darwin Strategic Limited after a dramatic tie-break playoff with Nigel Short. The 89th Championships took place at Ponds Forge, International Sports Centre in Sheffield.

Both Adams and Short finished the 11-round event with 8½/11 which then required a 2-game play-off to decide the title.

After a draw in the first rapid game, Adams won the second to successfully defend his title and claim the championship.

Jovanka Houska also defended her women's title after finishing the best placed woman on 7/11, making it her fourth British title.

Bobby Fischer comes to Mold !

The new film "Bobby Fischer against the World" has been released,and is being shown at limited cinemas at limited times around the country.
Our nearest showing is our very own Theatre Clwyd on October 6th.

Chester & District League Team Fixtures

Buckley/Mold1 Fixtures (Division 1):
September2011
Tu6 Rhyl/Prestatyn1 A
Tu20 Chester2 A
October
W5 Wrexham1 H
Tu18 Colwyn Bay1 A
November
W2 Colwyn Bay2 H
W16 Pen-y-ffordd1 H
December
Tu6 Chester1 A
January 2012
W11 Rhyl/Prestatyn1 H
February
W8 Chester2 H
Tu21 Wrexham1 A
March
W7 Colwyn Bay1 H
Tu13 Colwyn Bay2 A
April
W4 Pen-y-ffordd1 A
W18 Chester1 H

Buckley/Mold2 Fixtures (Division 2):
September 2011
M12 Frodsham A
October
W12 Chester3 H
November
Tu8 Rhyl/Prestatyn2 A
W23 Chester4 H
December
W7 Chester5 H
M12 Holywell A
January 2012
W18 Frodsham H
February
M27 Chester3 A
March
W21 Rhyl/Prestatyn2 H
April
M9 Chester4 A
Tu17 Chester5 A
W25 Holywell H

Buckley/Mold3 Fixtures (Division 3):
September 2011
W7 Wrexham2 H
M19 Chester6 A
October
W5 Corwen/Ruthin H
M17 Chester7 A
November
W2 Pen-y-ffordd2 H
Tu15 Rhyl/Prestatyn3 A
December
No Fixtures
January 2012
Tu10 Wrexham2 A
February
W8 Chester6 H
W22 Corwen/Ruthin A
March
W7 Chester7 H
W21 Pen-y-ffordd2 A
April
W4 Rhyl/Prestatyn3 H

Candidates Matches, Semi-Finals, Tie-beaks

Nat.

Rtg

G1

G2

G3

G4

R1

R2

R3

R4

Blitz

Tot.

Perf

Vladimir Kramnik

RUS

2785

½

½

½

½

½

½

½

½

0.5

4.5

Alexander Grischuk

RUS

2747

½

½

½

½

½

½

½

½

1.5

5.5

Nat.

Rtg

G1

G2

G3

G4

R1

R2

R3

R4

Blitz

Tot.

Perf

Boris Gelfand

ISR

2733

½

½

½

½

½

½

0

1

2.0

6.0

Gata Kamsky

USA

2732

½

½

½

½

½

½

1

0

0.0

4.0

So the two Gs make it through. Gelfand vs Grishuk begins on Thursday, a 6 game match to decide the next opponent for Anand. After the way these matches have gone, I don't think Anand will be quaking in his boots. What do people think about the format for these candidates matches?

Candidates Matches, Semi-Finals, Game 4

Nat.

Rtg

G1

G2

G3

G4

R1

R2

R3

R4

Tot.

Perf

Vladimir Kramnik

RUS

2785

½

½

½

½

2.0

Alexander Grischuk

RUS

2747

½

½

½

½

2.0

Nat.

Rtg

G1

G2

G3

G4

R1

R2

R3

R4

Tot.

Perf

Boris Gelfand

ISR

2733

½

½

½

½

2.0

Gata Kamsky

USA

2732

½

½

½

½

2.0

Tie breaks are tomorrow!