Congratulations are in order to Tom Thorpe who was recently awarded the FIDE Arbiter title at the 88th FIDE Congress in Antalya, Turkey.
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Congratulations are in order to Tom Thorpe who was recently awarded the FIDE Arbiter title at the 88th FIDE Congress in Antalya, Turkey. (Latest updates marked with *) 2025 June 29th 2025 A O Jones Rapidplay Morriston Rugby Club, Heol Gwernen, Cwmrhydyceirw, Swansea SA66JS Entry Form July 4th – 9th South Wales International Open Heronston Hotel, Ewenny Road, Bridgend CF355AW Info ,
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This competition has not been held since that for 2019 but we are now undertaking a catch-up exercise. We propose to award four trophies for games played in 2020-21 (combining the two Covid years), 2022, 2023 and 2024. The deadline for entries is 30 June 2025 so there is still […] It is with great sadness that the WCU has learned that Steve Cunliffe has passed away. After a short illness Steve passed away suddenly at University of Wales Hospital. Steve played chess for Barry Chess Club for many years and is the current Barry Chess Club Championship winner. He was a popular member of the […] Article
I and the rest team would like to thank the Welsh Chess Union for their support in entering us as a side in the tournament. I gather they paid the entrance fees, although the players paid for all the transport and accommodation costs. We came out to Poland on the Tuesday July 11. I […] Here are some photos taken at the Ukraine Simul on 23rd April 2022 in Treorchy. [Show slideshow] 1 2 ► It can be viewed here. Wales at the European National Chess Team Championships – Catez, Slovenia November 11th 2021 – November 22nd 2021 – Jason Garcia In the current Covid-19 world holding over the board competitions, which are considered safe for chess players, is harder than it has ever been. When the European Chess Union announced this year’s National Team […] Following on from the success of the 1st online Olympiad in 2020 and with the continuing travel restrictions due to Covid 19 it was unsurprising that FIDE organised a second online Olympiad. Once again the time limit for the event was 15 mins each for all moves plus 5 second increments from move 1. This […] The 2021 Welsh Correspondence Chess Championship will commence in June 2021. Entry to the 2021 Championship is open to all Welsh flagged chess players; there will be no entry fee for this season only. The tournament will be played online using the ICCF webserver https://www.iccf.com All players must be registered […] |
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