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

November Results

Chester & District Chess League

Division 2
Wrexham 2 vs Buckley Mold 1 - Lost 3-2
Buckley Mold 1 vs Chester 4 - Lost 1.5-3.5

Division 3
Chester 5 vs Buckley Mold 2 - Drew 2-2

Wirral Chess League

Division 2
Wallasey 5 vs Buckley Mold 1 - Won 2-3

Division 3
Wallasey 6 vs Buckley Mold 2 - Won 1-4

Division 4
Pensby 3 vs Buckley Mold 4 - Lost 3-1
Rhyl & Prestatyn vs Buckley Mold 3 - Lost 3..5-0.5
Buckley Mold 4 vs Malpas & Whitchurch Chess Mates - Lost 0.5-3.5

October Results

Chester & District League
Division 2
Buckley Mold 1 vs Malpas/Whitchurch - Lost 1.5-3.5

Wirral League
Division 2
Atticus vs Buckley Mold 1 - Lost 4-1
Division 3
Frodsham vs Buckley Mold 2 - Won 2-3
Division 4
Buckley Mold 4 vs Rhyl & Prestatyn - Drew 2-2

FIDE World Youth Chess Championships

Final standings for our two:

Ifan fought back from a piece down to win his last game and so finished on 4.5/11 in the U12 Open, and Robert on 2.5/11 in the U10 Open.

The following comment about Robert is on the Welsh Chess Union website after round 10: Robert Goodwin has not had the best of tournaments. A relatively new player on the scene, he has proven to be a very handy rapidplay player as evidenced by his two North Wales Championship titles. He performed very well at last year's Welsh Championships and is a regular member of our Junior 4NCL team. The jump to World Championship play has been difficult and yet he has stuck at it, worked hard with his coach and never given up. His first score today, a hard-fought three hour draw was met with as much joy from the Welsh camp as would have any Welsh World Champion. Congratulations must go to Robert for all his efforts - never was a half point more deserved or welcomed. Robert was the Welsh player of the round!

FIDE World Youth Chess Championships

Latest scores from the WYCC:

Ifan is on 2.5/7 in the Under 12s
Robert is on 1/7 in the Under 10s

Do follow our two as this is a strong competition to play in.

FIDE World Youth Chess Championships

Two of our youngsters are representing Wales in the world Youth Championships: Ifan Rathbone-Jones and Robert Goodwin.

Round by round reports can be found on the Welsh Chess Union website here, and the official website is here.

Ifan is in the Under 12 Open and has 2/4. Robert is in the Under 10 Open, and is yet to win a game.