Welsh Chess Union (Undeb Gwyddbwyll Cymru)

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Jan
3rd-5th	South Wales New Year Congress	Best Western Heronston Hotel, Ewenny Rd, Bridgend CF35 5AW	Entry Form Entries @ 31/12/19
11th	Wales v West of England Junior County Match	Chepstow Leisure Centre, Welsh Street, Chepstow, NP165LR
12th	Welsh Winter Blitz	Chepstow Leisure Centre, Welsh Street, Chepstow, NP165LR	Entry Form
11th-12th	4NCL Division 2 Rounds 3-4	Mercure Daventry Court Hotel and Spa	Info
11th-12th	4NCL Division 3 South and Division 4 South Rounds 3-4	Holiday Inn Maidenhead / Windsor	Info
18th-19th	Junior 4NCL Weekend 2	Holiday Inn, Carter Lane East, South Normanton, Alfreton, DE552EH	Info
25th	Welsh Girls Championships	Ysgol Gymraeg Carfilli Pontygwindy Road Caerphilly CF833HG	Entry Form
25th	Welsh Boys Starters Tournament	Ysgol Gymraeg Carfilli Pontygwindy Road Caerphilly CF833HG	Entry Form
26th	WCPL Round 3	Melyncryddan Community Centre, Crythan Rd, Neath SA11 1TB
26th	ESPCA U11 and U9 Regional Qualifiers (Entry forms soon to be downloadable from ESPCA website)	St John's College, College Green, William Nicholls Drive, Cardiff CF35YX
Feb
1st	A O Jones Rapidplay (10.00am start)	Upper Killay Recreational Hall, Upper Killay, Swansea, 7HP	Entry Form
2nd	Cardiff & The Vale Junior Championships (Cut off Date 27th January)	Cardiff County Council Offices, County Hall, Atlantic Wharf Cardiff CF10 4UW	Entry Form

New Rating system now live!

The new rating system is now live with a dedicated webpage for all zones.

This can be found here:

First Welsh Correspondence International Open Chess Championship

Attention all WCU members!

The WCCF has now created this major event and request that any interested WCU members who wish to try correspondence chess should consider entering.

Anyone wishing to compete in this event will find information here.

Due to technical problems I have decided that we will be moving over to Matthew Lunnon’s new rating software with immediate effect. Completing this process will take just a week or two. This obviously involves a short delay in publishing the 2020 rating changes following Hastings, Bridgend and several league matches. My apologies for any inconvenience this might cause.

Can I also remind everyone that we are still looking for rating officers for the Gwent and North Wales zones. Jon Maybery has recently retired from the North Wales post after several years of diligent work on behalf of his fellow players – we badly need someone to replace him.

Finally I would like to express my sincere thanks to Robert Taylor for his sterling work in creating (and maintaining) rating software that has served us incredibly well, under his guidance, for 12 years.

Paul Orton

National Rating Officer

Geof Tyrrell Best Game Prize 2019: Approaching Deadline

The deadline for entries for the 2019 award for games played in the calendar year 2019 is 31 January 2020; so there is still time to nominate a game (which need not have been played by the person making the nomination). The detailed rules can be found here but briefly to qualify for consideration a 2019 game must be a win or a draw by a player qualified to represent Wales in a FIDE competition against a non-Welsh opponent graded over 2250 and FIDE-rated at least 150 points above the entrant at the time the game was played.

Entries should be sent to Howard Williams (howard.swnynant@btinternet.com). Continue reading Geof Tyrrell Best Game Prize 2019: Approaching Deadline

2020 New Year Congress Results (3rd-5th January)

Open

1st= Simon Gay, Daniel Kozusek, Grzgorz Toczek 4/5 Prize = £125 each

Rating Prize Venetia Sivarajasingam 3.5/5 Prize = £25

Major

1st David Teague 4.5/5 Prize = £175

2nd Gwyn Havard 4/5 Prize = £80

3rd= Andrew Borkowski, Russell Doddington, Chris Peters 3.5./5 Prize = £13,34 eah

Rating Prize Milo Davies Peize = £25

Minor

1st= Rhys Davies, Rob Tipping Prize = £50 each

The games from the Open event are now on the Games page.

Please also note the Welsh Winter Blitz takes place in Chepstow Leisure Centre, Welsh Street, Chepstow, NP165LR on Sunday 12th January

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New Rating system now live!

First Rank Edition 32

ECU E-Magazine December 2019

First Welsh Correspondence International Open Chess Championship

New Rating Software

Geof Tyrrell Best Game Prize 2019: Approaching Deadline

2020 New Year Congress Results (3rd-5th January)

2020 New Year Congress Starting Line Ups

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