Ukraine Statement

  The Welsh Chess Union (WCU) was recently asked by FIDE to give an opinion regarding our view on international chess relationships with Russia. Belarus has now been included in this discussion. On February 27, 2022, an extraordinary meeting of the FIDE Council was held regarding the current situation and what urgent measures should be […]

WCU Invitational all play all event(s)

At a recent Management Board Sub-Committee meeting which included Howard Williams, the Chairman of Selectors, it was agreed that due to the lack of OTB practice players had experienced during the pandemic, an all play all event or several should be held to assist the Selection Committee in selection for the Olympiad.

As a result, […]

2022 European Individual Championships Slovenia 26/3/22-7/4/22

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

DEADLINE 8th FEBRUARY 2022

This announcement invites all WCU members, registered as Welsh with FIDE, to let us know by 8 February whether they may be interested in taking part in this event by e-mailing Peter Bevan (internationaldirector@welshchessunion.uk).

Details of Event

This event will take place in Brezice, […]

Grzegor Toczek plays in 2021 World Rapid

Grzegor Toczek is currently competing in the 2021 FIDE World Rapid in Poland.

His games can be viewed on Chess24 here

 

 

2021 European Team Championship Update

A few days before the event, Tim Kett was forced to rule himself out due to Covid in the household as the airline would not allow him to travel.

At very short notice the Captain, Jason Garcia was able to get two other players namely Lee Davis and John Weatherlake.

Therefore the full team is […]

2021 European Team Championships, Slovenia

Wales will be competing in this event which takes place in Slovenia between November 11th-22nd.

Our players will be Grzegorz Toczek, Tim Kett, Jason Garcia and Allan Pleasants. 

The website for the event can be viewed here. 

2021 European Seniors Championship (50+)

Between September 25th and October 5th, both Mark Adams and Anthony Hughes competed in this event and finished with a score of 4/9.

Mark was seeded 20/36 and Anthony 26/36.

The event can be viewed here.

 

FIDE Rating Monthly Update

Every moth the International Rating Officer receives from FIDE a results report.

It shows every Fide-rated game played by WLS players, and is very useful  to the WCU rating officers and potentially to the selectors.   The main problem is that no-one wants to wade through it just in  case they find something.   Therefore the […]

Wales team for 2021 FIDE Online Olympiad

The Wales team is as follows:

Category ‘Main’ Players Reserves Open Boards 1. Jonathan Blackburn 3. Jason Garcia 2. Grzegorz Toczek 4. Allan Pleasants Women’s Boards 1. Olivia Smith 3. Julie Wilson 2. Kimberly Chong 4. Hiya Ray Open Under 20 1. Hugo Fowler 2. Duncan Macdonald Girl Under 20 1. Susanna Fraser 2. Hiya […]

2021 FIDE Online Olympiad Announcement

URGENT: FIDE ON-LINE CHESS OLYMPIAD: SELECTION OF WELSH TEAM AND CAPTAIN:

DEADLINE FOR RESPONSES – END SUNDAY 25 JULY

1. Introduction

The World Chess Federation (‘FIDE’) are organising a second on-line chess Olympiad at very short notice. The full details can be found at:

https://reg-olympiad.fide.com/login.phtml 

and here

https://handbook.fide.com/files/handbook/OnlineOlympiadRegulations2021.pdf

It is […]