Chepstow Comprehensive just misses out on ECF Team Challenge finals

At the West Region regional finals of the ECF Team Challenge, held at Bristol Grammar on Monday 6 February, Chepstow School came within half a point of qualifying for the finals.

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Welsh Junior Championships 2017: Under 14s, 12s 10s and 8s

The 2017 Welsh Junior Championships were held at The Grange, Monmouth, on 4-5 February, 2017.

Anlan Qui won the under 14s, Hiya Ray the under 12s, Daniel Chung the under 10s, and Tom Davies the under 8s.

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Queen of Katwe being screened in Cardiff later this month

The Chapter, Market Road, Canton, Cardiff, CF51QE, have agreed to show “The Queen of Katwe” over Half-Term. This is a lovely film about a 10 year old girl in rural Uganda who is introduced to chess and finds her life is changed forever. It is an incredibly moving and inspirational true story.

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Girls’ Championships 29th January 2017 – Inglefield House, Monmouth

The Girls’ Championships were held at their usual venue of Inglefield House, prep school for Monmouth Girls’ School. Every year, the facilities there seem to be bigger and better, and we are grateful to the headmistress for letting us use the hall and numerous classrooms to accommodate the players and provide space for the parents […]

Junior 4NCL: Welsh Dragons snatch second

At the second week-end of the junior 4NCL 206/2017, Welsh Dragons Yellow came second in the second division.

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Welsh Junior Championships 2017 Qualifiers

The following have qualified for the U9, 10 and 11 Championships from the qualifiers held in the Autumn. […]

Howell’s wins ECF Girls’ Under 19 semi-final

Well done to the three Howell’s School teams who competed in the ECF National Girls’ Schools Southern Semi-Final at St Catherine’s School, Bramley on 15th January. The competition, now in its 5th year, attracted the largest ever entry for a girls UK chess competition, with over 200 girls battling it out for the chance to […]

South Wales and West of England Jamboree

The South Wales and West of England Jamboree took place at Chepstow School on Saturday 14 January. Somerset won the under 14s, Glamorgan won the under 11s, and Somerset won the under 9s.

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Welsh Junior Rapidplay 2016

The Welsh Junior Rapidplay Championships, incorporating sections for under 8s, under 10s, under 12s and under 14s, was held at Bishop Hedley High School on Saturday 17 December.

In the under 8s, Benjamin Jaberansari came first with 5/5, Frederick Dale-Hickey second with 4/5 and Govind Anandkumar third with 2.5/5 In the under 10s, Hiya Ray […]

Chepstow School qualifies for Team Problem Solving Championships finals

Chepstow School has qualified for the finals of ECF Team Problem Solving Championships, which will be held at Imperial College on Wednesday 29 March.

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