Chess Congress Questionnaire

Kevin Staveley has recently noticed that the number of players playing in weekend congresses has fallen.

To better understand the reasons for this fall, would members please complete the questionnaire below and return it to Kevin Staveley (kevin.staveley@btinternet.com).

Chess Congress Questionnaire

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2026 Welsh Championship Results

  2026 WELSH CHAMPIONSHIP   PRIZE WINNERS   CHAMPIONSHIP   Position Name Points Prize 1st Jose Comacho Collados 6 £300 2nd Hugo Fowler 5.5 £200 3rd = Jonathan Blackburn Sven Zeidler 5 £35 each Ladies Champion Imogen Camp 4.5 £50 U21 Champion Iwan Cave 3.5 £50 Rating Prize Imogen Camp 4.5 £50   WELSH […]

2026 WCU Spring Congress and Junior Champ Results

 

WELSH UNDER 13 CHAMPIONSHIP 1st = Archie Jones Adam Sarwar 4 pts   3rd Rohan Powell 3,5 pts     WELSH UNDER 11 CHAMPIONSHIP 1st = Cynan Jones Constantine Popov 4 pts   3rd = Clara Deng Dimitri Zografos 3,5 pts     WELSH UNDER 9 CHAMPIONSHIP 1st Daarshik Haldar     2nd Zirui […]

2026 Welsh Blitz Results 14/2/26

1st Jose Camacho Collados £120 2nd Grzegorz Toczek £80 3rd Daniel Kozusek £40

RATING PRIZES

Under 1750 Govind Anandkumar and Arush Murthy £30 each Under 1550 Andrei Zhuraviev £30

 

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2026 South Wales Winter Congress Results

SOUTH WALES WINTER CONGRESS PRIZEWINNERS

OPEN

1 James Tapp 4.5 £150 2 = Alex Bullen David McGhee Adam J Musson Alan Young 4 £37.50 each Rating Prize  1890 = 1771 Tomasz Zapboowski 3.5 £30 Under 1771 Rating Prize Wutong Chen 3 £30

MAJOR

1 Andrew R Smith 4.5 […]

WCU Rating List 2026

The rating list has now been updated with the new 2026 ratings. If you spot any anomalies with your calculation, please contact Dave Norris d.j.norris@outlook.com   Mark Adams Executive Director

2025 Bridgend Blitz 2 Results

The 2025 Bridgend Blitz 2 was held in November. The results were:

1st FM Grzegorz Toczek 8/9 2nd James Tapp 7.5/9 3rd Sam Jukes 6.5/9

Special Congratulations :

U1750 Prize winner: Jack Bull U1550 Prize winner: Jacob Limeslade

There were 28 perticipants.

Information provided by Nathan Trickey

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56th West Wales Congress Results

The 56th West Wales Congress was very well attended.

The final results were:

Open

1st Alan Young 2nd FM Tim Kett 3rd FM Sven P. Zeidler

Major

1st John Tuson 2nd Hywel Griffiths

Minor

1st Ian Hayes 2nd Gareth Harper 3rd David S. Foster

The event was controlled by Peter Purland ably assisted by Kevin […]

Dyfed Congress Results

The joint winners of the 51st Dyfed Open were Tim Kett and Ben Sadler who both ended on 4.5 / 5.

Twenty people participated in the event which was held at Aberystwyth University between 31/10/25 and 2/11/25.

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South Wales Autumn Congress Results

OPEN

 

Final position Name Points Prize 1 = Duke, Dillan Liu Yutong 4.5  £125 each 3 = Kett, Tim Turner, Joseph David 4 £25 each Under 1800 Rating Prize Smith, Andrew R Korowski, Georgi 3.5 £50 each Under 1700 Rating Prize Chen, Wutong 3.5 £100 

 

MAJOR

 

Final Position […]

2025 Newport Chess Congress Report

The Newport Chess Congress 2025 concluded on Sunday 17th Aug having achieved its best attendance so far over the 3 years it’s been running.

OPEN Section (32 players)

A fantastic result for NM Aron Saunders (3rd seed) of Bristol on 4.5/5 to win the Open competition. A win in the final round against Haroon […]