The club plays at the British Legion, Pen-y-ffordd.
Caergwrle chess club meets on a Wednesday night,
the venue is in Pen-y-ffordd near the Millstone pub.
Those wishing to join can ring club secretary
Dave Parker-Williams on 01978 761153.
The Caergwrle tournament has a website,
click here
for this. Dates for the 2010 tournament are June 26-27.
The website now has an archive
click here
for that,
Click here for chess positions.
LIVE CHESS
Click here
for the Corus international from Holland.
Click here
for coverage of Gibraltar.
WIRRAL LEAGUE,
Caergwrle 1 v Wallasey 1 on 2010.01.27,
match postponed,
click here
for results.
CHESTER LEAGUE,
Matches against Rhyl, Holywell and then Wrexham all postponed,
click here
for fixtures and results.
Caergwrle defeated King's School 10-5
in a Christmas friendly.
SOUTH WALES DRAGONS,
click here
for information.
Click here
for websites for chess clubs.
Caergwrle are through to the semi-finals of both the Wirral league knockout and the Chester league knockout. In the Wirral knockout there was a 6-1 win against Buckley-Mold in the quarter-final and the next opponents are Pensby. Rhyl conceded in their match in the Chester knockout, Caergwrle will play Corwen & Ruthin away on 2010.03.03.
Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen won the tournament after drawing with fellow grandmaster Nigel Short in the final round. The tournament finished on 2009.12.15, click here for official website.
John Gorman won the tournament run by Wrexham chess club, which was played on 2009.11.01, Dick Martin also won a prize. The two captains won the prizes, John Gorman captained Caergwrle to the Wirral league title in the 2008-2009 season, the first Welsh side to do so. Another local tournament is the Chester league individual championship which will be played 2009.11.28 and 2009.11.29 at the Town Crier opposite Chester railway station. Pat Ridley and Paul Watson are running the tournament this year. An entry form can be obtained on the Chester chess league website, click here for that.
Azerbaijan are the 2009 European chess champions finishing ahead of Russia whilst Ukraine took the bronze. Russia won the women's event, Georgia took the silver and Ukraine the bronze. Click here for official website, and click here for news on tournament page.
Caergwrle are now playing in Pen-Y-Ffordd, with effect from 2009.09.14. The new venue is the British Legion in Pen-Y-Ffordd, there is a spacious room, so we should easily have room for all our fans. There is sky sports in the bar, so if you get bored with the chess you can always have a look at the football.
Caergwrle first team play league champions Wrexham in their first game in division 1 of the Chester chess league. The first game is at home on 2009.09.09, followed by an away game against Chester on 2009.10.06, click here for fixtures. There are six teams in the first division this season, Caergwrle, Chester, Colwyn Bay, Holywell, Rhyl and Wrexham.
Grsndmaster David Howell is the 2009 British chess champion, after drawing with Gary Lane in the final round, round 11. Click here for official website, and click here for tournament news. The 2010 British chess championships will be held in Canterbury, Kent.
The Chester tournament run by Caergwrle chess club finished on 2009.06.28 at Cheshire View, Plough Lane, Christleton near Chester. The co-winners were Richard Dineley and Mike Surtees with 4/5. Richard captained Wrexham chess club to the Chester league title in the 2008-2009 season, and was playing in his first tournament for years. Click here for some news on the Rhyl tournament played in May on the Rhyl chess club website.
Grandmaster Levon Aronian won the tournament in Russia run by FIDE (International chess federation) click here for official website.
The Welsh chaqmpionship was played at Easter from 2009.04.10 to 2009.04.13 in Whitchurch, Cardiff. Ioan Rees and Richard Jones shared the title. Click here for games on Britbase on the bcmchess website. Click here to get tournament news.
The 2008 chess olympiad was played in Dresden, Germany. Armenia came first while Georgia won the women's event, click here for more details.
Vishy Anand has won his world title match against Vladimir Kramnik
in Bonn, Germany,
click here
for official website.
The eleventh game was drawn giving him
a 6½-4½ winning margin.
After 10 games
Vishy Anand is leading 6-4, Vladimir Kramnik has had his first win.
After 6 games
Vishy Anand has 3 wins, winning games 3, 5 and 6, the other 3 being draws.
Dave Dickson, founder of Caergwrle chess club
is to recieve an award from the English Chess Federation (ECF),
click here
for some news on that.
He has contributed more to north Wales chess than anybody,
and you can say that without much fear of condradiction.
He has helped with clubs in Buckley and Ruthin,
as well as other things too numerous to mention.
His latest brainchild is the summer tournament
played in Christleton near Chester,
which has raised over two thousand pounds for charity,
click here
for some information on that.
Dave has been involved in chess for over fifty years,
and we still cannot get rid of him,
and I think it is good that the ECF honour people
while they are still alive.
The first two rounds of the 4NCL or national league were played Saturday 2008.10.04 and Sunday 2008.10.05, click here for official website.
Your webmaster plays for the South Wales Dragons, organised by Charles Morris, who also plays for Wrexham. The first team plays in division 1, and has drawn its first two matches, click here for table. The second team plays in division 2 and has lost its first two matches.
The European Union Championship finished Thursday 2008.09.18 at Liverpool World Museum, grandmaster Jan Werle was the winner, click here for more information.
Grandmaster Aleksandra Kosteniuk is the women's world championship for 2008 winning in Nalchik, Russia, click here for more information.
Grandmaster Stuart Conquest is the British champion for 2008 after defeating fellow grandmaster Keith Arkell in the play-off, click here for further details.
Steve Lloyd of Chester chess club has won the u125 title played Monday to Friday in the first week of the British championships, 2008.07.28 to 2008.08.01, click here for more details.
Grandmaster Nigel Davies was the winner of the Chester chess tournament, run by Caergwrle chess club. It was played 2008.06.28 and 2008.06.29 at Christleton near Chester, click here for more details.
The Chester league annual general meeting was held 2008.06.25 at Holywell's venue. It was decided that in division three the number of boards would be reduced from five to four. Holywell have gone up to the first division and nobody has been relegated. The composition of the first division one should be, Caergwrle, Chester 1, Chester 2, Colwyn Bay & Llandudno, Holywell, Rhyl and Wrexham. Dick Martin declined to accept the award for most improved player, his team, Caergwrle 2, have gone up to division 2.
There have been resignations at the English Chess Federation(ECF). There is talk that the northern counties(NCCU) will break away, click here for some views on this.
The South Wales International begins 2008.07.05 at the university of Glamorgan in Trefforest, Pontypridd. Click here for more details.
Dick Martin is the most improved player in the Chester league for the 2007-2008 season, Dick has seen his eightyeth birthday, just think what he will be like when he gets a bit older. He was almost also division three top scorer but lost to Jim Hanson in the last game of the season. Jim was the top scorer with 10/12, I do not know how old he is but I would not bet on him being younger than Dick. Player of the season in division two was Steve Williams of Capenhurst, with a score of 9½/12 and Dave Bennion was top scorer in division one with 8½/10.
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