 | Welsh Chess Union (Undeb Gwyddbwyll Cymru)Patron: Lord Greg Mostyn |
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The Castell Nedd Chess Club pizza party was a booming success as numerous juniors came along for gaming and snacks. Throughout the evening, kids battled against computer operated chess sets, solved puzzles on Fire Tablets, and played games against new friends and faces. Accompanied by Domino’s pizza, it was a delicious treat for all who […] Ifan Rathbone-Jones is representing Wales at this event. His progress can be followed here. Glorney Gilbert International 2023 This year the tournament was held in Scotland in a welcome return to over the board competition. As in previous years, we were restricted […] FIDE WORLD JUNIOR RAPID AND BLITZ CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS Pula Sardinia 9-16 October EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST DEADLINE: 8 September 2023 These events are being held consecutively over the second week in October and Federations are entitled to enter as many qualified players as they wish. To qualify Welsh players must be: under 20 at […] UNDER 14 1st Tabitha Ryan 2nd Timur Ramzan 3rd Csombor Hanczar UNDER 12 1st Emma Kong 2nd Govind Anandmumar 3rd Vismuth Prabhu Under 10 Champion Louise Davies UNDER 8 1st Mabon Hanczar 2nd Constantine Popov 3rd Ben El-Shahaweny 4th Willow Yeo
This year it was the turn of Wales to host the tournament. The continuing Covid pandemic prevented us from booking a venue for an over the board tournament and so we held a hybrid event, whereby each nation gathers its players together in one central venue and they then play on line, under supervision. This […] The 3rd weekend of the J4NCL took place in Mercure Hotel, Daventry from 9th of April to 10th of April. Welsh Dragons Red were represented by Yuxuan Wu, Milo Davies, Tom Davies, Joe Conway-Lees and Oliver Sapsford who played in division 1. Out of the 12 teams in the division they finished at a […] DEADLINE 25th FEBRUARY An invitation has been received by the WCU to compete in the 2022 European Schools Chess Championships in Rhodes, Greece between 20th-30th April 2022. More information can be found here. Anyone interested in competing needs to contact Ian Eustis (e-mail: ianrhos@hotmail.com) by 25th February 2022. As the restrictions in England has been lifted the over the board Junior 4NCL has commenced in England. Laetitia Davies has been looking after the Welsh Dragons teams together with some help from myself. Weekend 1: The 1st weekend took place at the Woodlland Grange, Leamington Spa from 24th to 26th of September 2021. Wales […] The website has been updated recently to include the new school year-groups. This will help organisers and selectors. Ratings on the site are currently those held when the arrival of Covid put a halt to all over the board competition in Wales. These are unlikely to accurately reflect standards when play restarts, with some players […] |
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