 | Welsh Chess Union (Undeb Gwyddbwyll Cymru)Patron: Lord Greg Mostyn |
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Open Gerry Heap won the West Wales Open with 4.5/5. Adam Musson was 2nd with 4/5. John Underwood, Sven Zeidler and Joe Fatallah tied for 3rd with 3.5/5. Major Kimberley Chong won the West Wales Major with 4.5/5. Tomasz Miga and Andrew Thomas tied for 2nd with 4/5. Minor Eleanor Collins won the West Wales Minor with 4.5/5. Joy Fursman and Joel Chung tied for 2nd with 3.5/5. The September 2018 ECU Newsletter can be viewed here. White Knights will be competing in the 2018 European Club Cup in Chalkidiki, Greece 11th – 19th October. The team will consist of Allan Pleasants, Bill Hewitt, Pete Heaven, Jason Garcia, Adam May, Peter Bevan and David Buttell. We wish them good luck! The event can be followed here. The games can be viewed here. Continue reading European Club Cup 2018 The games from the 2018 Welsh Seniors Championships are now available on the Games page. The ‘missing’ games are from byes. At the FIDE General Assembly held in Batumi, Georgia, Arkady Dvorkovitch was elected as the new FIDE President. His team will be: Bachar Kouatly – Deputy President
The 2018 Welsh Seniors was won by Dai James. The South Wales Autumn Blitz was won by Peter Bevan. The Welsh Open and Ladies teams are currently competing in the 43rd Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia. Continue reading Wales Open and Womens 43rd Chess Olympiad Results and Pairings The 2017-2018 ECU Annual Report can be viewed here. PLEASE NOTE Members are reminded that adult subscriptions for season 2018/19 have been increased to £15, following the approved resolution at the last AGM. Junior fees remain at £7. The annual lightning tournament that traditionally marks the beginning of the new season in West Wales took place at the Morriston Rugby Club, The new home of Morriston Chess Club on Monday 3rd September. Eighteen players took part. Thirteen from the Morriston Club. Peter Bevan’s draw with Bill Hewitt in the last round was enough win the tournament out right with 4.5/5 after Bill had earlier drawn with Mike Burrows. Peter Bevan 4.5/5 W Hewitt and M McCarthy 4/5 M Burrows 3.5/5 A Smith, A Young, B Mora, S Denton and D Chung 3/5 (Daniel and Sean both share the under 1500 trophy I Jones, J Spooner, P Bevan, E Collins, J Chung and J Ward 2/5 A Goodchild and D Conway 1/5 Janet Evans 0/5 Photo by Russell Sherwood
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