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. 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 […] A recent update to Google Chrome has disabled the left-click on links in this website. Users are advised to either: right-click and view in a new tab, or use an alternative browser i.e. Edge. Welsh players acheived the following: Mens Championship Name Seeded Pts Final Position Grzegorz Toczek FM 15/37 5/9 =13th Jonathan Blackburn FM 16/37 5/9 =13th Ifan Rathbone-Jones 24/37 0.5/9 =33rd
Mens Rapidplay Championship Name Seeded Pts Final Position Grzegorz Toczek FM 9/28 4.5/7 5th Nazir Rizvi 18/28 2/7 20th
Mens Blitz Championship Name Seeded […]
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We are looking for suitable persons to become Welsh Arbiters. All applying must be WCU members. A Seminar will be held during January over two evenings (dates to be confirmed). Those seeking to become Welsh National Arbiters need to take part in such a seminar and sit and pass an examination at the end of […] |
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