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| June | | | |
| 16th | South Wales Blitz
| Pencoed Miners Welfare Hall,
Heol-y-Groes,
Pencoed,
Bridgend,
CF355PE | Entry Form |
| 21st-23rd | 4th North Wales Congress
(incorporating 6th
Colwyn Bay Congress) | Venue Cymru,
Promenade,
Llandudno,
LL30 1BB | Entry Form
Entries @ 14 June |
| July | | | |
| 6th | Chess event for Secondary School players | Whitchurch Rugby Club,
Samuels Crescent,
Cardiff CF14 2TH | For more info contact: welshsecondarychess@gmail.com
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| 7th-12th | South Wales International | Best Western Heronston Hotel,
Ewenny Road,
Bridgend, CF355AW | Entry Form |
Sad news has reached us that Tony Gutteridge passed away on 9th June,
Tony was a member of North Cardiff Chess Club for a few years but before that he was a longstanding member of Penarth Chess Club. Furthermore, Tony was WCU Year Book Editor and printer for a number of years.
The advice comes from Radyr Methodist Church where Tony had been a lay preacher at one time and until fairly recently a regular churchgoer.
He leaves a widow but no children.
The Management Board wish to extend their sincere condolences to Tony’s family and friends at this very sad time.
Funeral arrangements will follow shortly.
On Saturday 6 July there will be afternoon of fast-paced, light-hearted chess for secondary school players all standards. This will be held at Whitchurch Rugby club, the home of North Cardiff chess club, from 1-4 p.m. (the full address is Whitchurch Rugby Sports & Social Club, Samuels Crescent, Velindre Road, Cardiff, CF14 2TH).
Attendance is free. Players will be divided into teams at random, giving everyone a chance of success while having the opportunity to get to know new players. They play a mix of Blitz, “doubles chess”, and possible some other chess variants. (If you don’t know what “doubles” is, it is detailed here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bughouse_chess. As far as possible, players will be paired against those of similar standard.
Those that wish to attend should send an e-mail to Richard Stevenson, who can be contacted at: welshsecondarychess@gmail.com
The 2019 Megafinal, part of the UK Chess Challenge, took place on Saturday, 18th May at St Teilo’s School, Cardiff. Over 220 students took part.
We sincerely thank all those who helped in so many ways to make this a success:
Continue reading 2019 South Wales Megafinal
The tournament went well, with 7 rounds played on the day. There was lunch provided in the hour break.
At the end of it all, Ian Jones defended his title. Having won the tournament last year. He was tied in first place with Friedemann Brock. They played two play off games, only to win one each. At which point they agreed to split the prize, with Ian taking the trophy as well. All in all, there were 20 participants. The grading ranged from 2240 to 1200.
Winners
=1st Ian Jones & Friedemann Brock
=3rd Thomas Van Veelen & Francisco Javier Marin Marin
Junior Prize
Oliver Sapsford
Alex Lawrence came a close second, only 1 point behind. Continue reading Swansea University Rapidplay Results
The Welsh Chess Union are very pleased to announce that Cardiff-based multi-national IQE ( https://iqep.com/) will be sponsoring the inaugeral 2019/2020 Welsh Secondary Schools Chess Championships.
This has been a priority for the Welsh Chess Union for some time as chess in Welsh Primary Schools has been well established for many years but has been largely lacking in Welsh Secondary Schools.
The individual competition will take the form of an online Rapidplay Championship and is open to all players at Secondary Schools within Wales.
EUROPEAN SENIORS TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019
MALI LOSINJ, CROATIA 17-27 SEPTEMBER
EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
DEADLINE FOR RESPONSES: 31 MAY 2019
This announcement invites WCU members, registered as Welsh with FIDE, to contact Peter Bevan (internationaldirector@welshchessunion.uk) by 31 May if they are interested in taking part in one or other section of this event.
As usual the ESTC will be a nine-round Swiss with standard FIDE time limits and one round a day. Teams of four play in any one round but that team may be chosen from a squad of five. Teams may represent either a national federation or ‘any regional structure of a federation’ and there is no limit to the number of teams a federation may enter. But all the players in a squad must be registered with FIDE as representing the Federation making the entry. As usual there will be separate open events for teams of players all over 50 and all over 65 at the end of the
calendar year. The organisers neither meet accommodation nor transport costs.
More details of these costs, the location and its hotels and also the playing rules and timetable are to be found below.
Invitation
Registration
About Losinj
Hotel Vespera
Welsh Participation in 2019
Players responding to this note should state for which event they would like to be considered and, if they are over 65 (or will be by 31/12/19), in which section they would prefer to play. As in the past the WCU wish to give as many players as reasonably feasible a chance to participate in these events. Requests to enter Welsh club or regional sides, as well as teams representing the WCU itself, are welcomed. Players in club or regional sides must be WCU
members (as well as being registered with FIDE as Welsh)
This can be downloaded here.
Anyone interested in competing in this event should refere to the rules and regulations here.
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