Bangor Chess Club North Wales

Great to see chess growing in Pembrokeshire. Some great work being done there.
Gwych i weld gwyddbwyll yn tyfy yn Sir Benfor. Gwaith gwych yn cael ei wneud yna.

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Pam bod gwyddbwyll yn cael adfywiad yn Sir Benfro? Mae Sir Benfro wedi gweld cynydd o fwy na 200% yn nifer aelodau'r clybiau gwyddbwyll yn y 10 mis diwethaf.

Huge congratulations to all our players who took part in the Caernarfon Chess Congress over the weekend! Special mention to Chris who won the top group with 4.5/5 despite being the bottom seed and over 200 points below the two highest rated players.

In a tough group B, Inigo finished with a very respectable 2.5/5 which saw him take joint 3rd. In the C group Matt got 3/5 claiming joint second. Aidan got 2/5 and Sophie 1/5 which was a decent result for a first tournament, especially playing a group higher than expected. We’re very proud of you all.

Llongyfarchiadau mawr i’n holl chwaraewyr a chymerodd rhan yng Nghyngres Gwyddbwyll Caernarfon dros y penwythnos. Llongyfarchiadau yn enwedig i Chris a enillodd y grŵp cyntaf er ei fod ei gradd yn is na radd yr holl chwaraewyr arall a fwy na 200 o bwyntiau yn is na’r blaen chwaraewyr.

Yng ngrŵp B cryf, llwyddodd Inigo gael 2.5/5 a thrydydd le ar y cyd. Yng grwp C, cafodd Matt 3/5 ac ail le ar y cyd. Gorffennodd Aidan gyda 2/5 a Sophie 1/5 - canlyniad da mewn cystadleuaeth gyntaf ac yn chwarae grwp yn uchaf na ddisgwyliwyd. Rydym yn falch iawn ohonoch chi i gyd.

Good luck to all of our players who are playing in the Caernarfon Chess Congress this weekend!

Pob lwc i'n holl chwaraewyr sy'n cymerid rhan yng Nghyngres Gwyddbwyll Caernarfon dros y penwythnos!

IMPORTANT We are temporarily moving venue. From this week (Wednesday, February 25th, 2026) we will be in Hirael Community Centre (picture below). This is about a 15 minute walk from the centre of Bangor. There is parking very nearby on Beach Road.

This is a temporary move - we hope to be back in Penrhyn Hall in September.

PWYSIG Rydan ni'n newid feniw am sbel. O'r wythnos yma (Dydd Mercher, Chwefror 25, 2026) fyddyn ni yng Nghlwb Hirael (llun is law). Mae'r clwb tua chwarter awr ar droed o ganol Bangor. Mae 'na maes parcio yn agos iawn ar Beach Road.

Dim ond dros dro ydy'r symudiad - rydan ni'n gobeithio dychwelyd i Neuadd Penrhyn mis Medi.

It's a busy chess season! There's also the first Fishguard rapidplay (more details below)

Caernarfon Chess Club are running a 5 round competition on the last weekend in February. See below for more details. If interested contact [email protected].

Change of plan! Because of the snow making travel difficult and potentially dangerous, the club will NOT be meeting this week (Wednesday, January 7th). Instead, we'll restart next week on January 14th. Looking forward to seeing you then!

Newid dyddiadau! Fyddan ni DDIM yn cyfarfod wythnos yma (Ionawr 7fed) oherwydd for yr eira yn gwneud teithio'n anodd ac o bosib yn beryglus. Fydda ni'n ail-ddechrau wythnos nesaf, Ionawr 14. Edrych ymlaen at gweld chi pryd hynny!

Club will now be on a two week break.! The next meeting will be on Wednesday January 7th. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all!

Fydd na ddim clwb rwan am ddwy wythnos. Dydd Mercher, Ionawr 7fed fydd y sesiwn nesaf. Nadolig Llawen a Flwyddyn Newydd Dda i chi i gyd!

We are starting up again after the summer today. We'll be in Penrhyn Hall from 7pm. Hope to see you there!

We are now closed for our summer break so there will be no session tomorrow or for the rest of August. We will re-open in mid-September. An announcement of the date of the first meeting will be posted nearer the time. Have a wonderful summer everyone.

Rydym ni wedi cau rŵan dros yr haf. Fydd ‘na ddim sesiwn fory nag yn ystod mis Awst. Fydden ni’n ail-ddechrau ynghanol mis Medi. Wnawn ni bostio dyddiad y sesiwn cyntaf yn nes ymlaen. Mwynhewch yr haf pawb.

Match Report Bangor v Colwyn Bay

Last week we played our final League match, at home to Colwyn Bay. We started our season playing Colwyn Bay away and so this was nicely symmetrical. We entered the game knowing that we had to win if we wanted to win the League.

On top board Chris took on Richard in a long and complex game. Material was level for a long time before Chris went a pawn down in the endgame, recovered two pawns and made good use of his queen and advance passer to force the win.

On board 2 I had a very fast and fortuitous game against Barrie which was finished by a tactic that either won a piece or led to mate.

On board 3 Peter took on David’s English opening with the ‘reverse Siciliian’ e5. He got a good position and managed to win an exchange. David picked up a pawn as well but for a while it looked as though Peter’s pair of rooks would be too dominant. However David managed to pick up another pawn, giving him an outside passer and defended it well with rook and knight meaning the game was drawn.

On Board 4 Aidan took on the very experienced Richard. He played well but lost first an exchange and then a rook. He fought back well and was well up on time but Richard’s extra material eventually told as he broke through with a mating attack. Unfortunate for Aidan but it doesn’t take away from the excellent first season he’s had in competitive chess.

Bangor 2.5-1.5 Colwyn Bay

Chris 1-0 Richard D
Catriona 1-0 Barrie
Peter 0.5-0.5 David
Aidan 0-1 Richard H

A really good result against a team who outrated us on most boards and one that gave us the League title. Colwyn Bay and Bangor both had 8 points but as we’d beaten them twice that meant we were League Champions. Commiserations to Colwyn Bay who were pipped at the post, it was incredibly close.