 | Welsh Chess Union (Undeb Gwyddbwyll Cymru)Patron: Lord Greg Mostyn |
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The 30th junior Cardiff andVale Championships were held at Cardiff County Hall on Sunday 4 February. Supporting this event were Cardiff Bay Rotary Club, and presenting the prizes was Major of Cardiff, Cllr Bob Derbyshire. […] Recently, the junior committee of the WCU has appointed Richard Stevenson as officer for Secondary School Chess. One of his first initiatives is to organise an afternoon of fast-paced, light-hearted chess for secondary players all standards. This will be held at Whitchurch Rugby club, the home of North Cardiff chess club, from 1-4 p.m. on […] Playing at home on Sunday 28 January, St John’s A-team emerged as convincing winners of the South West regional finals of the ECF Under 11 Open. Scoring 28.5 game points out of a possible 30, St John’s have booked their place in the national finals, to be played at Uppingham school in July. […] The change of venue for the Girls’ Championships from its long-time home at Inglefield House in Monmouth to my home town Caerphilly meant I could have an extra hour in bed!! Sadly we seemed to lose the Inglefield girls, but there was a good turn out with a few girls coming down from North Wales, […] At the second week-end of the junior 4NCL 2017/2018 season, held in Telford, one of the three Welsh Dragons teams won the second division. Welsh Dragons Green – Merlin Davies, Ellison Smith, Sam Goodfellow, Ben Jaberansari and Tom Davies – netted nine match points, one more than second-placed Barnet Knights 2. […] The players below can be congratulated as already qualified for the 2018 Welsh Junior championships. We hope they will play regularly in higher rated rapidplay events throughout the season to increase their standard of play in readiness for these Championships. An updated list of qualifiers should be available on the website within a week of […] At the 2018 South Wales and West-of-England jamboree, held at Chepstow School on Saturday 13 January, Glamorgan won the under 9s and under 11s sections. In the under 14s they finished third, behind Gwent and winners Somerset. […] The January 2018 Junior Rapidplay Rating List can now be downloaded from the Grades page. At the Welsh Junior rapidplay, held at At Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf on Saturday 16 December, Madeleine Smith won the Under 14s, Hiya Ray the Under 12s, Tom Davies the Under 10s, and the U8 title was shared between Isabelle Ceasar and Andy Wang. […] A team from Chepstow has won the 2017 Yes2Chess title after beating Stora Hammars Skola from Hollvoken, near Malmo, in the final held at the London Chess Classic. The Chepstow side that won the match 7.5 to 2.5 were given the opportunity to play due to the success of the players at last summer’s ECF […] |
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