Nigel Granville RIP

Sadly, news has reached the WCU that Nigel Granville who was a member of Newport Chess Club for over thity years passed away on Friday December 11th aged 56. He had suffered a stroke and been in hospital for several years.

Nigel was a very popular member of Neweport Chess Club and his many friends […]

Report on Welsh juniors in FIDE Rapid championships

Six intrepid players: Khushi Bagga (U12 Girls), Tom Davies (U12 Open), Hiya Ray (U14 Girls), Ethan Chung (U14 Open), Ifan Rathbone Jones (U16 Open) and Hugo Fowler (U18 Open) represented Wales in this online event held over December 7,8,9.

DAY 1 

In at the deep end! 

Wow, our players faced some eye-wateringly high rated players […]

1st WCU Online League winners anounced

The 1st WCU Online League concluded on Tuesday with the overall winners being Newport and Friends.

North Cardiff Panthers won the U1800 League.

Congratulaions to both teams!

British Online Championship Finals selections made

Both Grzegorz Toczek and Olivia Smith have accepted an invitation from the Selection Committee to represent the WCU in the finals of the British Online Chess Championships (18/12/20-3/1/21,

We wish them well.

Entries are still being accepted for the qualifiers and anyone wishing to enter can find further details here.

ECU E-Magazine November 2020

This can be viewed here.

News (Up to 31/8/24)

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