Calling all Welsh chess players at secondary schools

Recently, the junior committee of the WCU has appointed Richard Stevenson as officer for Secondary School Chess.

One of his first initiatives is to organise an afternoon of fast-paced, light-hearted chess for secondary players all standards. This will be held at Whitchurch Rugby club, the home of North Cardiff chess club, from 1-4 p.m. on […]

St John’s cruise into the finals of the ECF Under 11 Open

Playing at home on Sunday 28 January, St John’s A-team emerged as convincing winners of the South West regional finals of the ECF Under 11 Open. Scoring 28.5 game points out of a possible 30, St John’s have booked their place in the national finals, to be played at Uppingham school in July.

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Welsh Girls’ Championships 2018

The change of venue for the Girls’ Championships from its long-time home at Inglefield House in Monmouth to my home town Caerphilly meant I could have an extra hour in bed!! Sadly we seemed to lose the Inglefield girls, but there was a good turn out with a few girls coming down from North Wales, […]

Garry Kasparov on Desert Island Discs

On Sunday January 28th 2018, Garry Kasparov will be on Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4.

WCPL Round 3

The games from Round 3 of the WCPL can now be downloaded from the Games page.

Could you be the next Publicity Director?

The current Publicity Director, Richard Stevenson, will be standing down from this role at the AGM of the WCU, to be held at Pencoed on 4 March. Would you consider standing for this position?

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Dragons triumph in Telford

At the second week-end of the junior 4NCL 2017/2018 season, held in Telford, one of the three Welsh Dragons teams won the second division. Welsh Dragons Green – Merlin Davies, Ellison Smith, Sam Goodfellow, Ben Jaberansari and Tom Davies – netted nine match points, one more than second-placed Barnet Knights 2.

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Announcement of date change for 2018 North Wales Congress (Venue Cymru, Llandudno)

The date of the 2018 congress has been brought forward a week and will now take place Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th June. The change is necessary because Llandudno will be hosting Armed Forces Day 2018 on the weekend we had originally booked. This major national event is expected to attract around 200,000 visitors, which […]

Juniors who have qualified for the 2018 Welsh Junior Championships (Final Table)

The players below can be congratulated as already qualified for the 2018 Welsh Junior championships. We hope they will play regularly in higher rated rapidplay events throughout the season to increase their standard of play in readiness for these Championships.

An updated list of qualifiers should be available on the website within a week of […]

Glamorgan Under 9s and Under 11s win the Wales and West-of-England jamboree

At the 2018 South Wales and West-of-England jamboree, held at Chepstow School on Saturday 13 January, Glamorgan won the under 9s and under 11s sections. In the under 14s they finished third, behind Gwent and winners Somerset.

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