William Hewitt and Rudy Van Kemenade share 2017 Welsh Blitz Championships

At the 2017 Welsh Blitz Championships, held at Bishop Hedley High School, Merthyr Tydfil, on Saturday June 17, William Hewitt and AGM Rudy Van Kemenade shared first place with a score of 9/11.

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WSTC 2017 Roundup

Both Welsh teams lost their opening round games.

All games are available for download on a daily basis during the Championship on the Games page.

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ECU Press Release 24/4/17

The latest ECU Press Release can be downloaded here.

2017 World Seniors Team Championships Heraklion, Crete 23rd April – 3rd May Live games

Wales will be represented by two teams in this event, Wales Deheubarth in the Over 65’s and Wales Silures in the Over 50’s events.

Tournament results for Wales Deheubarth can be found here.

Tournament results for Wales Silures can be found here.

Live games can be found here.

Report to follow.

Carl Strugnell achieves third IM norm at the 2017 Tralee Classic!

Carl Strugnell his third and final IM norm at the 2017 Tralee Classic Section A in Ireland last week with a score of 4.5/9!

The final crosstable is here.

A video and games are available here.

Carl Strugnell wins Geof Tyrrell Best Game Prize 2016

In this the seventh year of the competition in memory of Geof, the judges, Stuart Hutchings, Dave James and Howard Williams, looked at 42 games which met our basic criteria. In short, these are wins or draws by Welsh players against foreign opposition rated both 2250 or over and 150 points or more above the […]

2017 World Seniors Team Championships, Crete, April 23rd – 3rd May

Two squads have now been selected to represent Wales in the World Seniors Team Championship in Crete.

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Geof Tyrrell Best Game Prize 2016: Approaching Deadline

The deadline for entries for the 2016 award is 31 January 2017; so there is still time to nominate a game (which need not have been played by the person making the nomination). The detailed rules can be found here but briefly to qualify for consideration a 2016 game must be a win or a […]

New Year Greetings from the International Center for Chess Amateurs (ICCA)

Dear chess friends all over the world,

We have the pleasure of sending you the first newsletter of the International Center for Chess Amateurs (ICCA).

The main aim of ICCA is to help chess amateurs (defined as players with ratings below 2300) to find their way within the huge number of tournaments, programs, books, […]

World & European Seniors Team Championships 2017

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST DEADLINE: 31 DECEMBER 2016

This announcement invites WCU members, registered as Welsh with FIDE, to let us know by 31 December whether they may be interested in taking part in one or other of these events (and in which sections) by e-mailing Peter Bevan (internationaldirector@welshchessunion.uk) and Howard Williams (chairmanofselectors@welshchessunion.uk).

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