2017 Games

Games played in 2017 can be found in this section.

The games from the 2017 South Wales New Year Open and Major can now be found on the Games page.

Toczek wins the 2017 South Wales New Year Congress

RESULTS

OPEN:

1st Grzegorz Toczek (5)

2nd Nigel Ralphs (4)

3rd= Tom Brown, Joe Fathallah, Juan Rodriguez, Dave Turner, Alan Young (3.5)

Grading Prizes: Dave Lewis, Hiya Ray

MAJOR:

1st Ed Donovan (4.5)

2nd Tom Cooke (4)

3rd = Mike Burrows, Dave Rovaretti […]

Geof Tyrrell Best Game Prize 2016: Approaching Deadline

The deadline for entries for the 2016 award is 31 January 2017; 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 2016 game must be a win or a […]

ECU Newsletter December 2016

The December 2016 edition of the ECU Newsletter can be downloaded here.

New Year Greetings from the International Center for Chess Amateurs (ICCA)

Dear chess friends all over the world,

We have the pleasure of sending you the first newsletter of the International Center for Chess Amateurs (ICCA).

The main aim of ICCA is to help chess amateurs (defined as players with ratings below 2300) to find their way within the huge number of tournaments, programs, books, […]

2017 Junior Rapidplay Rating List now published

The 2017 Junior Rapidplay Rating List is now available for download from the Grades page.

Helen Sherwood has acheived the WGM Correspondence Chess title!

It has recently been confirmed by the ICCF that Helen Sherwood (Wales) has acheived the ICCF WGM title.

She will be awarded a medal and certificate shortly.

Congratulations Helen!