New Season subscription rates

Subscription rates remain unchanged for the 2014/15 season:

Adult £25
Country members £14
Juniors who play more than 5 games £7 (to cover grading fees).

New Venue

For the new season we have a new venue for the chess club:

Drovers Arms

Denbigh Rd

Mold

CH7 1BP

New Season

The new season begins on Wednesday 3rd September with Jim's annual Extravaganza.

We start at 7.30 pm at the Drovers Arms, Denbigh Road, Mold.

Junior chess begins on Wednesday 10th September.

There is no club on Wednesday 17th September as the room is unavailable.

New grades are out!

The latest ECF grades have been published. You can find them here.

Hughes, Jonathan 83   
Hanson, T Jim 88   
Rathbone-Jones, Ifan 91           
Williams, Gerry 102       
Taylor, Macey 103
Allix, Lorna 105           
Sommerville, Gordon 115               
Hough, Steve G 118           
Wilson, Andrew 119           
Lowens, Brian 128           
Dodd, Quentin 131           
Owens, Richard 134           
Salt, Frank 140           
Aldridge, David 141       
Dunning, Stephen 142           
Jefferies, Liam 143       
Barber, Andrew 160           
Pearcey, David 161   
Thomas, Mark 167

Winners

The following winners were announced at our AGM last week:

The John Coleby shield for best young player went to Ifan Rathbone-Jones.

lndivual Club Championship was won by Gordon Sommerville.

Well done, Ifan & Gordon.

Stockfish is a clear winner

Chess engine Stockfish beat Komodo in the 6th running of the TCEC final. The score was +13 -6 =45.

The games can be found here. Komodo won the final game in a King's Gambit Accepted.

The good news is that Stockfish can be downloaded for free here. Version 5 has just been released.

Computer Chess Final underway

The 6th final of the TCEC Computer Chess competition for chess engines is underway, with Stockfish taking an early lead over Komodo.

Follow the games here.