Welsh Chess Union (Undeb Gwyddbwyll Cymru)

Don’t forget….

Nov
2nd	NYCA U16/12	Kenilworth High School
9th-10th	4NCL Division 3 South and 4 South Rounds 1-2	Holiday Inn Maidenhead/Windsor	Info
9th-17th	European Club Cup	Montenegro	Info
15th-17th	South Wales Autumn Congress	Rougemont School, Malpas Road Newport NP206QB	Entry Form
20th	Cardiff Schools Day	Cardiff City Stadium Cardiff	Entry Form
23rd	Welsh Secondary School Championships	The Cathedral School, Cardiff Road, Llandaff, Cardiff, CF5 2YH	Entry Form
30th	ECF U11 South West Regional Qualifier	St John's College, College Green, William Nicholls Drive, Cardiff CF35YX	Entry forms soon to be downloadable from ESPCA website

Junior Rapidplay Congress 2 Results

Premier:

1st = Sarthak Nukalapati, Alex Lawrence, Anshul Swamy (4/5) 16 players participated

Major:

1st Teddy Swartz (5/5) 2nd Evan Lewis (3.5/5) 3rd= Vedant Lutchman Singh, Lucy Taylor (3/5) 9 people played

Starters:

1st Aboudi Sattouf (4/5) 2nd Alex Coombs (3.5/5) 3rd= Anya Rathbone-Jones, Alexander Taylor (3/5) 5 played

On behalf of the Home Committee of the Welsh Chess Union I am pleased to announce the formation of an under 1850 team tournament to be run at the same dates and venues as the Welsh Chess Premier League. I have offered to run the league for the first two seasons and will look at the possibility of running an under 1500 event, if there is sufficient interest.

I am having difficulty drafting a set of rules and undoubtably there will be some mistakes in the first draft, so pending production of those rules, here is a summary of what we hope to achieve.

The league will be open to teams of four players rated 1850 or less at the start of the season.

The league will be team, rather than club based, so that teams might represent clubs, a group of clubs or just a group of friends.

All players must be members of the Welsh Chess Union.

Depending on the number of entries the dates will be

Sunday 23rd February,

Sunday 8th March and

Sunday 3rd May

at the same time and venue as the Welsh Premier League matches, Bishop Hedley High School, Penydarren, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 9AN.

Or the above dates plus

Sunday 26th January

Sunday 19th April at

Melyncrythan Community Centre, Crythan Road, Neath, SA11 1TB.

Again, depending on the number of entries it will either be an all-play-all or a swiss.

Cost £20 per team. Kevin will make arrangements for receipt of the payments on behalf of the WCU. There will be a trophy at the end of the event.

Squads will consist of up to 10 nominated players. Nobody can play for more than one team. Further nominations to bring the squad up to a maximum of 10 may be made during the course of the event.

Time limit, all moves in 90 minutes plus 30 second increments from the start.

Points will be awarded as follows

1 for each game won.

½ for each game drawn.

A bonus point for winning the match.

Half a bonus point for drawing a match.

Whichever team gets the most points during the event (game and match) wins.

If you are interested please contact me by email at maddai01@gmail.com

Entries on or before 1 January, but if you are going to enter, if possible, let me know before then so I can sort out the logistics.

I will reply to all enquiries. Do not assume I have received your email if you have not had a reply.

2019 West Wales Congress Results

West Wales Open

1st Daniel Kozusek 4.5/5

=3rd Grzegorz Toczek, Ian D Thompson 4/5

33 players competed.

West Wales Major

=1st David Pinch, Philip Pe 4/5

20 players competed.

West Wales Minor

1st Alex Lawrence 4.5/5

2nd Paul G Bevan 4/5

9 players competed.

5th Global Chess Festival

Be part of the 5^th Global Chess Festival Online 24-hour tournament on the 12^th of October. Sign up HERE

The Inspiration Cup is the first hand & brain chess tournament. Follow the exciting new form of chess event online with the entertaining commentary by Anna Rudolf and Lawrence Trent HERE on October 12^th 9.50 CEST time.

Last chance for kids to be part of the Guinness World Record Attempt organized by Judit Polgar and ChessKid.com on October 12t^h. Sign up here

The Global Ches Festival Team

Continue reading 5th Global Chess Festival

Entries are open for the On-line Championship for Welsh Secondary School players

Entries are now open for the On-line Championship for Welsh Secondary School players. To enter, simply send an e-mail to: welshsecondarychess@gmail.com The deadline for entries is Friday 18 October. Continue reading Entries are open for the On-line Championship for Welsh Secondary School players

ECU E-Magazine September 2019

This can be downloaded here.

2019 Welsh Seniors Championship Result

Held in Merthyr Tydfil the Welsh Seniors Champ resulted in a tie between Liam Penny and Rudy Van Kemenade. We congratulate both champions.

The games from the Championship can be downloaded from the Games page.

Important note on membership renewals by Paypal

We are appreciative of all membership renewals, and PayPal is a convenient method for many. However, we are finding that some (a minority of) members who have initiated a repeat payment by Paypal are omitting to amend the value of their annual subscription to £15 (instead of £12).

This was also the case last year, but we accepted the payment in good faith. However, we cannot continue to do this as it is unfair to those members who are paying the full amount. Would those persons underpaying by PayPal repeat subscription therefore please review their PayPal instruction and, where necessary, remit the additional £3 to the WCU – either by PayPal or by electronic transfer.

Many thanks

Paul Scott

Membership Secretary

2020 Olympiad: Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia: 1-15 August

The 2020 Olympiad is scheduled to take place in Khanty-Mansisyk, an oil-rich town in Western Siberia, from 1-15 August. Khanty has hosted a number of major chess events, including the 2010 Olympiad and the current World Cup. This note outlines the process for selecting both the Welsh Women’s and Open teams and draws attention to certain requirements for selection. Continue reading 2020 Olympiad: Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia: 1-15 August

NYCA Team Championship success for U-18’s and U14’s!

Every season we enter four teams from South Wales in the National Youth Chess Association competitions. In effect, these are English intercounty championships. As is to be expected, the opposition is strong and successes are few and far between, an occasional place in the top three being the best we can hope for. Continue reading NYCA Team Championship success for U-18’s and U14’s!