Welsh Chess Union (Undeb Gwyddbwyll Cymru)

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ECF announces British Online Chess Championships: 18th December 2020 - 3rd January 2021 There will be separate Championships for Open, Women’s, Junior, Senior and Rating Limited player categories. The format is based on one week of qualifying events, followed by a week of finals for each Championship.		For further details visit Link
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8th	WCU Online League Round 7	Entry Details, Results, Games and Final Crosstables
18th-3rd Jan	ECF announces British Online Chess Championships: 18th December 2020 - 3rd January 2021 There will be separate Championships for Open, Women’s, Junior, Senior and Rating Limited player categories. The format is based on one week of qualifying events, followed by a week of finals for each Championship.	For further details visit Link

News


ECU E-Magazine November 2020

Clubs and Covid-19: Advice – Updated 1st October 2020	WCU National Arbiters Seminar	First Rank Newsletter 42

Expressions of Interest required for vacant WCU posts

The Management Board require urgent expressions of interest from any WCU member to fulfill the following vacant posts of:

Role	Job Description
Deputy Executive Director	Link
Director Women’s Chess
Publicity Director

Anyone interested should contact the Execevutive Director Mark Adams at executivedirector@welshchessunion.uk.

Netflix series – The Queen’s Gambit – The welsh connection

There is now a very popular mini-series streaming on Netflix called ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ which I am sure our members will find very entertaining.

What is probably less well known though is that a former Wales Junior International, Paul Atkinson from Gwent, (who currently lives and plays in Berlin), worked as an on-set consultant and even gets a mention in the credits too!

The check weekly (29/10/20)

This can be viewed here.

Biographies of three Welsh chess geniuses now available

The biographies for three Welsh chess geniuses are now on the History page.

Club histories for Blaina and Neath now added

The club histories of both Blaina and Neath are now on the Club Histories page.

Kevin Staveley B.E.M.

It is with great pleasure that the WCU can announce that Kevin has been awarded the BEM in this year’s Birthday Honours list, for services to chess. I am sure you will join me in congratulating Kevin, on this well deserved award.