European Club Cup 2018

White Knights will be competing in the 2018 European Club Cup in Chalkidiki, Greece 11th – 19th October.

The team will consist of Allan Pleasants, Bill Hewitt, Pete Heaven, Jason Garcia, Adam May, Peter Bevan and David Buttell.

We wish them good luck!

The event can be followed here.

The games can be viewed here.

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Arkady Dvorkovitch elected new FIDE President!

At the FIDE General Assembly held in Batumi, Georgia, Arkady Dvorkovitch was elected as the new FIDE President. 

His team will be:

Bachar Kouatly – Deputy President  Sewa Enyonam Fumey – General Secretary  Mahir Mammedov – Vice President  Julio Granda Zuniga – Vice President  Zhu Chen – Treasurer

More info

 

Wales Open and Womens 43rd Chess Olympiad Results and Pairings

The Welsh Open and Ladies teams are currently competing in the 43rd Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia.

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ECU Annual Report 2017-2018

The 2017-2018 ECU Annual Report can be viewed here.

British Blitz Qualifier 2018 Cardiff Results 8th September

The 2018 British Blitz Qualifier held at Cardiff on 8th September resulted in rwo players qualifying.

These were Marcus R Harvey and Grzegorz Toczek.

The full results can be found here

August 2018 ECU Newsletter

The latest newsletter can be viewed here.

ECU Newsletter July 2018

The July ECU Newsletter can be viewed here.

Richard Dineley awarded Candidate Master title

The Rating Officer Robert Taylor has confirmed that Richard Dineley has been awarded the Candidate Master title.

Congratulations Richard!

 

2018 Eastman Open in Gent, Belgium 14th-18th July 2018

Tim Kett finished =2nd at the recent Eastman Open in Gent, Belgium finishing on 7/9.

His report can be viewed here.

The games can be downloaded from the Ganes page.

 

World Seniors Team Championship in Dresden Results 6th – 15th July

After a thoroughly entertaining and hard fought event, both the Over 50’s and Over 65’s teams competed with varying degrees of success despite both teams experiencing difficuties with their players.

The Over 50’s team were seeded 52nd of 67 teams but failed to acheive their expectation despite valiant efforts by individuals (in particulat Jiohn Fletcher) […]