Welsh Chess Union (Undeb Gwyddbwyll Cymru)

On Saturday the 29 February there will be a ‘doubles’ chess competition, open to anyone attending a Welsh secondary school. (Doubles is a hugely popular, well-known variant of chess where pieces taken on one board are passed over to another. It is described in detail here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bughouse_chess and can even be played on chess.com).

 The competition should […]

This year’s event was on 2nd February at Cardiff Council Hall. The event, as usual, attracted a large number of entrants all keen to compete in these popular Championships. We sincerely thank Cardiff City Council for once again hosting the Championships.

We also thank Cardiff Bay Rotary Club for their continued support of these Championships.

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Our congratulations to the Welsh Junior Rapidplay prize winners. They are:

Under 14:   1st  Ellison Smith    2nd  Yuxuan Wu     =3rd  Milo Davies and Alex Lawrence Under 12:   1st  Tom Davies      =2nd   Khushi Bagga and Osian Jessop Under 10:   =1st  Govind Anandkumar and Aaryan Pandit     3rd:  Hasan Amar Under 8:    […]

The third Junior Congress of the season was held at the Cathedral School, Cardiff with 70 entries.

Section prize winners were

PREMIER

1st           Oliver Sapsford

2nd                Tycho Twohig

3rd           Govind Anandkumar

MAJOR

1st           Bindu Doddi

2nd          Gruff Dafydd, Macsen Evans, Lucy Taylor, Vedant Lutchman Singh

STARTERS

1st           Harris Kumar

2nd          Luca Davies, Louise Davies, Fraser Hughes