 | Welsh Chess Union (Undeb Gwyddbwyll Cymru)Patron: Lord Greg Mostyn |
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At the 39th European Club Cup held in Serbia between 19th and 27th October Jason Garcia was awarded the Fide Master title scoring 5.5/7 and Lee Davis the Candidate Master title scoring 3.5/7 by FIDE. Congratulations to them both on a terrific acheivement! Anyone interested in playing in this event in Ireland please see below. I would like to update you on the Sligo Tournament 2025 (Friday, January 31st, to Sunday, February 2nd) at the 4* Diamond Coast Hotel in Enniscrone, Ireland. (Info here) UK Travel There are flights from Birmingham, Edinburgh, Heathrow, Liverpool, Luton, Manchester, and Stansted […] EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (DEADLINE 7th September 2024) The 2024 FIDE World Senior Championships will be held at Porto Santo, Portugal between 16th – 29th November. The closing date for registration is 16th September 2024. Should anyone be interested, please inform Peter Bevan (International Director). Further information can be found here: via […] FM Alex Golding (ENG) and IM Harry Grieve (ENG) tied for first place in the 2024 South Wales International in Bridgend with 7/9. GM Jose Fernando Cuenca Jiminez (ESP), FM Aaravamudhan Balaji (ENG), IM Yichen Han (NED), GM Boris Chatalbashev (DEN) and FM Daniel Kozusek (WLS) tied for third place on 6.5/9. The full results […] Two teams are currently competing in these championships between 1st and 12th July. Wales Silures are competing in the Over 50’s championship. The players are: Sven Zeidler Lee Davis Mark Adams Anthony Hughes Gary Thomas Their results can be found here: Another Wales Silures team are competing in the Over 65’s championship. The players are: […] EXPRESSION OF INTEREST DEADLINE FOR INTEREST: 15 July 2024 The 2024 FIDE World Individual Rapid and Blitz Championships wil be held in New York during the last week in December. Anyone interested in representing the WCU in this event needs to contact the International Director, Peter Bevan (email: internationaldirector@welshchessunion.uk) by 15th […] Greg Toczek has kindly provided the video below showing Wales at the 2022 Olympiad in Chennai, India.
The Open team consists of the following: Jose Camacho Collados IM Daniel Kozusek FM Grzegorz Toczek FM Jonathan Blackburn FM Alex Bullen CM The Open Captain will be Marcos Camacho Collados IM The Women’s team consists of the following: Olivia Smith WFM Lynda Smith WCM Imogen Camp WCM Emma Kong Kimberley Chong The Women’s Captain […] The WCU Selection Committee will meet in April (a little after the Welsh Championships at Easter) to choose, for both the Open Section and Women’s Section, our team, its captain and reserves. The outcome of the meeting will be announced shortly afterwards. It is expected that this Year’s Olympiad, to be held in an accessible […] Recently the 2023 FIDE World Senior Championships took place in Terrasini, Italy between 24th October and 6th November. Wales were represented by Peter Varley in the Over 65 Open and was seeded 77/150. He finished on 6/11 and finished in 60th place. Very well played! […] |
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