Caergwrle is a small village in north Wales between Wrexham and Mold.
Caergwrle chess club was formed by Dave Dickson
in the mid 1990s and is now (2008) one of the biggest in north Wales.
We meet on a Wednesday night at the Derby Arms
across the road from the main car park in Caergwrle.
The 2008-2009 season starts in September,
Caergwrle will start the season as Chester league champions.
If you are interested in joining a club
click here
for our join us page.
The Caergwrle tournament has a website now
click here
for this. The 2009 tournament should be on the last weekend of June.
Also,
click here
for results;
and click here
for articles,
now on the website:- Click here for chess positions.
The European Union Championship begins Tuesday 2008.09.09 at Liverpool World Museum, click here for official website.
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.
| Monday | 2008.09.08 | Holywell | v | Wrexham |
| Tuesday | 2008.09.09 | Chester 1 | v | Chester 2 |
| Tuesday | 2008.09.09 | Colwyn Bay & Llandudno | v | Rhyl |
| Tuesday | 2008.09.23 | Rhyl | v | Holywell |
| Tuesday | 2008.09.23 | Wrexham | v | Colwyn Bay & Llandudno |
| Wednesday | 2008.09.24 | Caergwrle | v | Chester 1 |
| Tuesday | 2008.09.30 | Chester 2 | v | Caergwrle |
Liam Jefferies has produced the Chester league fixtures for the 2008-2009 season, here are the first division 1 matches. Holywell have come up from the second division and no one has been relegated, so there are now seven teams in the first division. Caergwrle start the season as league champions after winning the league in the 2007-2008 season by four clear points. The Caergwrle v Chester 1 fixture has been moved from September 10 to September 24, avoiding the clash with the European Union champioship, and also Chester had a game on September 9. The fixtures are still not as yet official.
Wirral league Edwin Livesey was top scorer in the second division of the Wirral league for the 2007-2008 season.
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.
The Rhyl tournament finished 2008.05.18, with Paul Townsend winning the open who is from York and formerly of Chester. Click here for more deatils on the tournament page.
The European individual championships took place in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, the final round was Friday, 2008.05.02. Click here for more news on tournament page.
2008.04.23 Caergwrle have won the league by four clear points, Rhyl and Chester 1 and Wrexham four points behind. Dave Bennion is division 1 top scorer as was the case last season. In the second division Caopenhurst have finished top while Buckley-Mold 2 have won the third division. Caergwrle 2 were second in division three after losing the last match to Buckley-Mold 2. Holywell have won the knockout for the second successive year, after beating Capenhurst in the final. The match was 2½ each with the last game to finish being between Mike Vidler and Jeff Smith. Mike Vidler mated Jeff Smith to give a 3½-2½ win to Holywell.
Captain's report
John Gorman has now won the league with three different clubs,
Chester, Wrexham and Caergwrle, and also the knockout with the old MANWEB team.
The league is usually won by Chester or Wrexham
and has only been won six times by other clubs since 1974,
it is the first time this century.
John Gorman and Dave Bennion were also in championship
winning sides at Wrexham.
Dave Bennion was division one top scorer
with 8½/10, conceded only one loss to Chris Doran
and one draw to Dave Jameson.
Other regulars for the championship winning side
were Bob Clark on top board, Rob Skinner and Dave Parker-Williams,
all with decent scores.
Also making appearences for the side were,
Neville Layhe, Edwin Livesey, Steve Barnett and Mike Friel.
| 2007.09.12 | Wednesday | home | Colwyn Bay & Llandudno | won | 3.0 - 2.0 |
| 2007.10.02 | Tuesday | away | Wrexham | draw | 2.5 - 2.5 |
| 2007.10.23 | Tuesday | away | Chester 1 | won | 3.0 - 2.0 |
| 2007.11.21 | Wednesday | home | Rhyl | won | 4.0 - 1.0 |
| 2007.12.04 | Tuesday | away | Chester 2 | won | 4.0 - 1.0 |
| 2008.01.08 | Tuesday | away | Colwyn Bay & Llandudno | draw | 2.5 - 2.5 |
| 2008.01.23 | Wednesday | home | Wrexham | won | 3.0 - 2.0 |
| 2008.02.20 | Wednesday | home | Chester 1 | won | 3.5 - 1.5 |
| 2008.03.04 | Tuesday | away | Rhyl | won | 3.0 - 2.0 |
| 2008.04.09 | Wednesday | home | Chester 2 | won | 4.0 - 1.0 |
There is a report on Chester winning the league on Chester's website, click here for the Chester league website then go to links and Chester chess club. Pensby were winning the league but then lost to Formby, Caergwrle and Formby had an identical record of +3=2-2 or 4/7, click here for Formby's results. Caergwrle's last three matches were wins, if you include the match Hoylake conceded. Wrexham have won the knockout, after beating Chester in the final. Chester beat Buckley-Mold in the semi-final, and Wrexham beat Caergwrle, strangely enough Caergwrle and Buckley-Mold were also the losing semi-finalists in the Chester league knockout.
2007.10.31 Wednesday home Formby draw 2.5 - 2.5
2007 Monday away Wallasey 1 draw 2.5 - 2.5
2007 Tuesday away Chester 1 lost 1.5 - 3.5
2008.01.15 Tuesday away Chester 2 lost 2.0 - 3.0
2008.02.27 Wednesday home Pensby won 3.5 - 1.5
2008.03.26 Wednesday home Hoylake won 5.0 - 0.0 conceded
2008.04.16 Wednesday home Wallasey 2 won 3.5 - 1.5
2008.04.16
Caergwrle finished the season with a 3½-1½ win against Wallasey 2,
there were wins for Bob Clark, Dave Bennion and Rob Skinner.
2008.02.27
Caergwrle 1 had their first win of the season
after defeating Pensby 3½-1½.
There were wins for Dave Bennion and Bob Clark
and Rob Skinner won by default after his opponent
did not turn up.
There is a report of Chester 1 v Caergwrle,
if you
click here
for the Chester league website
and then go to links, Chester chess club,
previous editions and then it is the sixth edition.
Chester 1 had four straight wins at Christmas.
2008.01.09 Caergwrle 2 defeated Capenhurst 3½-1½
in the second division
of the Wirral league.
Edwin Livesey bounced back to win on top board
after his defeat the previous night against Colwyn Bay.
2007.10.17
Caergwrle defeated Capenhurst
6-1 or 6-3½ with the handicap,
in the first round of the knockout.
There were wins for Graham Williams,
Haydn Parry, Rob Skinner, John Gorman, and Bob Clark,
I will not say who the only one who lost was for
fear of embarrasment.
Ray Williams was the lone Capenhurst winner
as was the case the last time Capenhurst and Caergwrle
played in a knockout match. Caergwrle are now through to the semi-final
and play Wrexham, Chester are also through
after defeating Wallasey.
2007.10.10
Caergwrle second team defeated Buckley-Mold
3-2 in the Wirral second division.
Dave Bennion's round 5 game against Carl Davies in the Welsh championship appeared in the Daily Telegraph. Click here for that, ironically it was the only win, the score being +1=2-4 or 2/7.
Chester League
Division 1
Final Table
Caergwrle 10 9.0
Rhyl 10 5.0
Chester 1 10 5.0
Wrexham 10 5.0
Colwyn Bay & Llan 10 4.5
Chester 2 10 1.5
2008.04.09 Caergwrle won 4-1 against Chester 2 in the last match of the season to complete a clean sweep of the Chester league division 1 home games, there were wins for Dave Bennion, John Gorman and Steve Barnett. The fixtures have been completed and Caergwrle have gone the whole season unbeaten.
2008.04.09
Caergwrle v Chester 2
Robert Clark 1/2 Paul Watson
David Bennion 1-0 Joe Nemcek
John Gorman 1-0 Steven Lloyd
Neville Layhe 1/2 John Sutcliffe
Steve Barnett 1-0 Harrold Bullard
4.0 - 1.0
The Welsh championship was played at Easter, 2008.03.21 to 2008.03.24 in Cardiff. Leighton Williams and James Cobb shared the title with 6/7. Suzy Blackburn won the women's title and also the under 21 with 3½. For Caergwrle Dave Jameson scored 4/7 and was sixth, Dave Bennion scored 2/7. Click here for report on the bcmchess site.
Caergwrle lost 4-3 to Wrexham in the semi-final of the Wirral handicap knockout on 2008.03.18 after Dave Jameson failed to win the last game. Wrexham had three Welsh internationals on the top three boards, Richard Dineley, Charles Morris and David James. For Caergwrle's part there were three internationally rated playing, David Jameson on board two and David Bennion on board three, and John Gorman on board four. Brian Davies and David James won for Wrexham while John Gorman won for Caergwrle. The rest of the games were draws with the last to finish being Dave Jameson against Charles Morris. Dave for Caergwrle was a pawn up in a queen ending but was unable to find a win and with the position being repeated the game was agreed a draw, Wrexham go through to the final.
The first division match Caergwrle v Hoylake due to be played 2008.03.26 was conceded by Hoylake. This meens that Caergwrle have won two, drawn two, and lost two for the season.
The Chester league handicap knockout semi-final, Holywell v Caergwrle was played Monday 2008.03.10. Holywell had 2½ start being the handicap a second division side gets from a first division side, the Knockout is played over six boards. Edwin Livesey won quickly and David Parker-Williams lost, the top three boards, Bob Clark, Dave Bennion and John Gorman all won. The score was now 4-3½ to Caergwrle so just a draw was needed from the remaining game to win the match. Rob Skinner was playing Max Coventry, they went into the allegro finish and Rob won a piece, and was also well ahead on time. Max Coventry then got a pawn to the seventh rank and Rob was forced to sacrifice his rook for the pawn. This left Rob the exchange down, and he was taking up a lot of time, and the position was drawn when Rob exceeded the time limit. The matter was referred to league president John Simmons and it was decided that as Holywell had mating material the game was a win for Holywell. The match was thus a 4½-4 win for Holywell, and they go through to the final.
2008.03.10
Holywell v Caergwrle
Michael Vidler 0-1 Robert Clark
Haydn Parry 0-1 David Bennion
Liam Jefferies 0-1 John Gorman
Max Coventry 1-0 Robert Skinner
Steve Williams 0-1 Edwin Livesey
Howard Roberts 1-0 Dave Parker-Williams
2.0 - 4.0
+2.5
4.5 - 4.0
Caergwrle are the new Chester league champions for the 2007-2008 season, after defeating Rhyl 3-2.
Chester League
Division 1
Caergwrle 9 8.0
Chester 1 8 4.0
Rhyl 8 4.0
Wrexham 8 3.5
Colwyn Bay & Llan 7 3.0
Chester 2 8 1.5
Not included Colwyn Bay v Wrexham and Chester 1 v Rhyl scheduled for 2007.12.04 but postponed
Also not included Chester 2 v Colwyn Bay scheduled for 2008.03.04 but postponed
table otherwise correct at 2008.03.19
REMAINING FIXTURES
2008.04.08 Wrexham v Colwyn Bay, Rhyl v Chester 1
2008.04.09 Caergwrle v Chester 2
2008.03.04
Rhyl v Caergwrle
Les Simcock 1/2 Robert Clark
Michael Williams 0-1 David Bennion
Chris Grier 1/2 Robert Skinner
Huw Jones 0-1 John Gorman
Andrew Nicol 1-0 Dave Parker-Williams
2.0 - 3.0
Dave Parker-Williams lost his game, but after Dave Bennion won and Rob Skinner drew the match was a 1½-1½ draw. Caergwrle only needed to draw this match to win the league, John Gorman offered his opponent a rook and then mated him. The match was then at least a draw and after Bob Clark agreed a draw in his game the match resulted in a 3-2 win for Caergwrle.
Chester League
Division 1
Caergwrle 8 7.0
Chester 1 7 4.0
Rhyl 7 4.0
Colwyn Bay & Llan 7 3.0
Wrexham 7 2.5
Chester 2 8 1.5
Not included Colwyn Bay v Wrexham and Chester 1 v Rhyl scheduled for 2007.12.04 but postponed
table otherwise correct at 2008.03.02
Caergwrle defeated Chester first team 3½-1½ to move three points clear at the top of the Chester first division. It is now mathematically impossible for anyone to score more points, so half a point is now needed from the last two matches to be certain of winning the league.
2008.02.20
Caergwrle v Chester 1
David Bennion 0-1 Chris Doran
Robert Clark 1/2 M Demmon
Robert Skinner 1-0 David Bryan
John Gorman 1-0 Tim Everrett
David Parker-Williams 1-0 Geoff Townsend
3.5 - 1.5
David Parker-Williams won his opponent's queen early in the game. Dave Bennion lost but after Rob Skinner, John Gorman and David Parker-Williams won the match was won for Caergwrle. The last game involving Bob Clark was drawn, Caergwrle have now won all of the home matches. Your webmaster Dave Bennion's unbeaten run ended in this match and it was also the first time Caergwrle had failed to win on board two.
2008.03.12 Wednesday Buckley-Mold v Capenhurst
2008.03.10 Monday Holywell v Caergwrle
The winners of Buckley-Mold v Capenhurst will be at home in the final week commencing 2008.04.28
Caergwrle are away to Holywell after the 6-0 win against Corwen & Ruthin, or 6-3½ with the handicap. Holywell beat Chester in the quarter-final, there was a row between Ard Van Bergen and Mike Vidler in this match and the word is that Ard Van Bergen has now left Chester. Capenhurst have beaten Wrexham and Chester YMCA, and Buckley-Mold beat Colwyn Bay & in the quarter-final. Caergwrle are the only first division side left in the tournament.
2008.02.13
Corwen Bay & Ruth v Caergwrle
David Castledine 0-1 Robert Clark
Dafydd Evans 0-1 David Bennion
J Ventre 0-1 Robert Skinner
G Soloman 0-1 Edwin Livesey
P Davies 0-1 Dave Parker-Williams
P Hart 0-1 Dick Martin
0.0 - 6.0
+3.5
3.5 - 6.0
Corwen & Ruthin had 3½ start in this match, being the handicap when a third division side plays a first division side. Rob Skinner won quickly, followed by, Bob Clark, Edwin Livesey, Dave Bennion and Dave Parker-Williams. Dick Martin was last to finish after his opponent resigned in a pawn ending. Caergwrle are now away to Holywell in the sem-final.
Chester League
Division 1
Caergwrle 7 6.0
Chester 1 6 4.0
Colwyn Bay & Llan 6 3.0
Rhyl 6 3.0
Wrexham 6 2.0
Chester 2 7 1.0
Not included Colwyn Bay v Wrexham and Chester 1 v Rhyl scheduled for 2007.12.04 but postponed
Table otherwise correct at 2008.02.06.
After Caergwrle's 3-2 victory against Wrexham
Caergwrle are still top and Wrexham's title hopes
are virtually gone.
Next round of fixtures:-
2008.02.19 Colwyn Bay & Llandudno v Rhyl and Wrexham v Chester 2
2008.02.20 Caergwrle v Chester 1
The next match for Caergwrle
is the knockout quarter-final against Corwen & Ruthin.
The match was scheduled for 2008.02.06
but has been put back to 2008.02.13
because the venue, the Gwesty Harp Hotel
in Corwen is unavailable on the first Wednesday
in the month.
After their whitewash of Frodsham
Colwyn Bay & Llandudno will be
away to Buckley-Mold.
2008.01.23
Caergwrle v Wrexham
Robert Clark 1/2 Richard Dineley
David Bennion 1-0 John Canham
John Gorman 1/2 Ray Holland
Neville Layhe 1-0 Peter Fisher
David Parker-Williams 0-1 Brian Davies
3.0 - 2.0
2008.01.23 Neville Layhe won for Caergwrle
and Brian Davies won for Wrexham making it 1-1.
Dave Bennion then won for Caergwrle and John Gorman
quickly agreed a draw.
Bob Clark was then left in an ending he was not going to lose,
and after the game was agreed a draw the final result
was a 3-2 win for Caergwrle.Bobby Fischer has died in Iceland. He was arguably the greatest chess player of all time, winning the world title by beating Boris Spassky in 1972. He won candidates matches against Bent Larsen and Mark Taimanov 6-0, which was unheard of before or since. To see some of Bobby Fischer's games click here. Bobby Fischer grew up in New York City. click here for what the New York Times had to say.
John Gorman won in a time scramble to make the final score 2½-2½ against Colwyn Bay in Rhos-On-Sea, Bob Clark was Caergwrle's other winner. Your webmaster, Dave Bennion drew with David Jameson to end my 100% record after 5 straight wins this season. Another run was ended when Rob Skinner lost to Brendan Shields which I believe is the first game he has not won below board 3.
2008.01.08
Colwyn Bay & Llan v Caergwrle
David Jameson 1/2 David Bennion
Nick Wilson 0-1 Robert Clark
Michael Whale 0-1 John Gorman
Brendan Shields 1-0 Robert Skinner
Jack Taylor 1-0 Edwin Livesey
2.5 - 2.5
David Jameson has been playing in the European rapidplay individual championship in Warsaw, click here for official website. Dave scored 7/13 in what was a very large tournament. He will also be playing in Gibraltar beginning 2008.01.22. Dave plays for Caergwrle in the Wirral league but he will be captaining Colwyn Bay, Caergwrle's nearest rivals, when they meet on 2008.01.08. Click here for some of his games.
The Caergwrle Christmas tournament took place Wednesday 2007.12.19,
usually open to members and ex-members. The winner was Neville Layhe
who won all four games defeating Edwin Livesey in the final round.
Neville has not been playing much recently due to work commitments
but it did not seem to show. The inaugural Christmas tournament
was in 2003 so here is a full list of winners.
- John Sutcliffe
- David Jameson
- David Bennion
- Julien Thursfield
- Neville Layhe
Your webmaster Dave Bennion has completed a clean sweep of the games in the Chester first division in 2007. Including 5/5 in the 2007-2008 season and the last five games from last season streching back to last Christmas.
Christmas table
Division 1
Caergwrle 5 4.5
Colwyn Bay & Llan 4 2.5
Rhyl 4 2.0
Chester 1 4 2.0
Wrexham 4 1.0
Chester 2 5 1.0
Colwyn Bay v Wrexham and Chester 1 v Rhyl scheduled for 2007.12.04 were postponed
Captain's Christmas report,
and so Caergwrle are two points clear at the top
at Christmas but things can change.
The addition of Bob Clark and the return of Edwin Livesey
have been a big boost.
If we can do as well in the second half of the season
we will win the league.
Caergwrle wins, Dave Bennion 5, David Parker-Williams 3
Bob Clark, John Gorman and Rob Skinner all 2, and Edwin Livesey 1.
Out of 25 individual games there have been only 3 draws.
2007.10.23 Caergwrle defeated Chester 2 away from home 4-1. There were wins for Dave Bennion, John Gorman, Edwin Livesey and David Parker-Williams.
2007.12.04
Chester 2 v Caergwrle
Paul Watson 1-0 Robert Clark
Shaun McConochie 0-1 David Bennion
Joe Nemcek 0-1 John Gorman
Steve Lloyd 0-1 Edwin Livesey
John Sutcliffe 0-1 David Parker-Williams
1.0 - 4.0
2007.11.21 Caergwrle maintaned their position at the top of the table with a 4-1 win at home to Rhyl, this was a record win for Caergwrle in the Chester first division. There were wins for Bob Clark and Dave Bennion, Rob Skinner and David Parker-Williams. In the previous match against Chester 1 Caergwrle won on the top two boards this time it was the top three boards.
2007.11.21
Caergwrle v Rhyl
Robert Clark 1-0 Les Simcock
David Bennion 1-0 Mike Williams
Robert Skinner 1-0 Chris Grier
Edwin Livesey 0-1 Andrew Nicol
David Parker-Williams 1-0 John Simmons
4.0 - 1.0
2007.10.23 Caergwrle defeated the league champions Chester 1 away from home 3-2. There were wins for Bob Clark and Dave Bennion.
2007.10.23
Chester 1 v Caergwrle
Ard Van Bergen 0-1 Robert Clark
Christopher Doran 0-1 David Bennion
David Bryan 1/2 Robert Skinner
Timothy Everrett 1/2 Edwin Livesey
Graham Bromley 1-0 Michael Friel
2.0 - 3.0
2007.10.17
Caergwrle 2 won 4- 1
against Chester 5 in division 3, there were wins for
Edwin Livesey, Neville Layhe, Mike Friel and Dick Martin.
2007.10.02
Wrexham v Caergwrle
Richard Dineley 1/2 Robert Clark
John Canham 0-1 David Bennion
Ray Holland 1-0 Robert Skinner
Peter Fisher 0-1 John Gorman
Brian Davies 1-0 David Parker-Williams
2.5 - 2.5
The second team was also playing
against Wrexham second team.
Caergwrle were a player short,
there were wins for Dave Dickson
and Dick Martin but the match
finished in a 3-2 loss.
Buckley-Mold have withdrawn one of their teams from division 3,
also the results are beginning to come through
on the Chester league official website, so
click here
for that.
2007.09.12
Caergwrle v Colwyn Bay & Llandudno
Robert Clark 0-1 David Jameson
David Bennion 1-0 John Blore
John Gorman 0-1 Nicholas Wilson
Robert Skinner 1-0 Michael Whale
David Parker-Williams 1-0 Glenn Chalk
3.0 - 2.0
Division 3
2007.09.26 Wednesday Home Corwen & Ruthin postponed
2007.10.02 Tuesday Away Wrexham 2 lost 2.0 - 3.0
2007.10.17 Wednesday Home Chester 5 won 4.0 - 1.0
2007.11.28 Wednesday Home Flint won 3.5 - 1.5
2007.12.05 Wednesday Home Chester Junior won 4.5 - 0.5
2007.12.12 Wednesday Away Buckley-Mold 2 won 3.5 - 1.5
2008.01.23 Wednesday Away Corwen & Ruthin draw 2.5 - 2.5
2008.01.30 Wednesday Home Wrexham 2 won 3.5 - 1.5
2008.02.26 Tuesday Away Chester 5 won 3.5 - 1.5
2008.03.26 Wednesday Away Flint lost 1.5 - 3.5
2008.04.08 Tuesday Away Chester Junior
2008.04.23 Wednesday Home Buckley-Mold 2
Dick Martin captains the second team in division 3.
Caergwrle 2 have lost only one game at Christmas
which was the the away game at Wrexham
when they were a player short.
For those interested in entering tournaments click here for bcmchess's tournament page.
The
Rhyl tournament
will take place
2008.05.16 to 2008.05.18 at Rhyl town hall.
The club AGM was held Wednesday 2007.08.29 at the Derby Arms, Derby Road, Caergwrle. It was decided that the membership fee would be £25.
The Chester league annual general meeting was held 2007.07.11 in Holywell. There is a new rule that books of games are not allowed in the playing area, to prevent players reffering to previous games for help. The league has brought back the old time limit of 35 moves in 75 minutes and then a 15 minute allegro finish.
Dave Jameson has won the player of the year in the Wirral league
with a score of 6/7.
Dave went through the season unbeaten
conceding draws to only Garry Dixon and Martin Lee. He also won the
Chester league individual championship in November 2006
a competition which he also organises.
Your webmaster Dave Bennion has won the player of the year
in the Chester league with 7½/10. This included five straight
wins after Christmas, there were two losses against
Richard Dineley and Ard Van Bergen, and also a draw against John Blore.
Division 1 final table:-
Chester 1 10 6.5
Chester 2 10 6.5
Colwyn Bay & Llan 10 6.0
Wrexham 10 5.0
Caergwrle 10 3.5
Rhyl 10 2.5
Chester 1 finished ahead of Chester 2 on points difference.2007.04.17 The season ended with a surprise 3-2 away win against Colwyn Bay and Llandudno. After a good win for Mike Friel against Brendan Shields, Dave Parker-Williams' opponent blundered badly and lost, and after Dave Bennion won, the match was won for Caergwrle. Rob Skinner and Dick Martin lost their games, the result put a dent in Colwyn Bay and Llandudno's chances of winning the league.
The second team were relegated from division two after losing 4-1 at home to Colwyn Bay and Llandudno second team
Click here for news on the Chester league on the official website.
Chester 1 have won the Wirral league, with Buckley-Mold 1 as runners-up. Caergwrle 1 finished third with 5/8, the last match was away to Hoylake which Hoylake conceded.
Caergwrle 1 division 1 results 2006-2007:-
Away Formby won 4.0 - 1.0
Home Buckley-Mold lost 2.0 - 3.0
Away Wallasey 2 draw 2.5 - 2.5
Home Chester draw 2.5 - 2.5
Home Wallasey 3 won 4.5 - 0.5
Away Pensby lost 2.0 - 3.0
Home Wallasey 1 won 4.0 - 1.0
Away Hoylake won 5.0 - 0.0 conceded
2007.05.02 Caergwrle defeated Wrexham 5-2
in the semi-final of the Wirral league knockout, there were wins for
Dave Jamason, John Sutcliffe, Dave Parker-Williams and as
Wrexham could not field a full team a default on bottom board.
The quarter-final win was against Buckley-Mold by 4-3.
2007.05.15Caergwrle were defeated by Chester
in the final of the Wirral knockout, and Chester thus did the double.
The actual match was a 3½-3½ draw with
John Gorman, Haydn Parry and Dave Parker-Williams winning for Caergwrle.
With the league meeting also drawn Caergwrle finished the season
unbeaten against Chester and also Wrexham.
Click here for Wirral league news on the Wallasey website.
In January, April, July and October every year FIDE (International Chess Federation) produce new grading lists. Click here for the world's top 100. Your webmaster, Dave Bennion, has advanced to 2106 from 2099, click here for personal card. Dave Jameson is also internationally rated at 1972, and I believe it has gone up after games from the Welsh Championship 2005 have been included. Dave will be playing at Gibralter 2007 at the end of January click here for official website. Also competing is ex-Caergwrle player Ian Campbell who has an international rating of 2008. John Gorman competed in the European Union Championship held in Liverpool September 2006. John scored 4½/10 and an international rating of 2012 for eight games, I believe he needs one more game for a FIDE rating.
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