Congratulations are in order to Tom Thorpe who was recently awarded the FIDE Arbiter title at the 88th FIDE Congress in Antalya, Turkey.
 | Welsh Chess Union (Undeb Gwyddbwyll Cymru)Patron: Lord Greg Mostyn |
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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 Aug 15th – 17th 2025 Newport Chess Congress Rougemont School Auditorium, Malpas Road, Newport NP206QB Info ,
[…] Sadly, the WCU has recently been made aware of the death of David Andrew Bennion. The Management Board wish to send David’s relatives and friends our deepest condolences on their sad loss. Below is a biography by his friend Charles Higgie. Sadly I had to say bye bye to a chess playing friend on Wednesday […]
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 […] |
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