ST JOHN COLLEGE GO THROUGH ECF U11 OPEN

Playing at home on Sat 1st of December 2018, St John emerged as the victors in this 5 round Swiss tournament.

The six teams that took part in this competition were: Dell, Rhydypennau A and B, Ysgol y Wern, St John and Broadfield primary who travelled from Swindon.

With scores tied at 8 points each St john snatched victory from Broadfield on tie break with half a game point ahead of Broadfield. Rhydypennau A took third place. It was a very tight and highly contested tournament all the way through with the final result being decided on the last match played.

The finals will take place at Uppingham on the 4th and 5th of July.

The final results were as follows:

Teams	Total Game Points	Total Match Points
St John’s	24.5	8
Brookfield	24	8
Rhydyprennau A	19	7
The Dell	10.5	5
Ysgol Y Wern	7	2
Rhydyprennau B	5	0

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2019 WCU AGM

At a recent Management Board meeting, it was decided that the 2019 WCU AGM will be held on Sunday 7th April 2019.

The venue has yet to be decided.

Cardiff City Stadium Chess Tournament 28th November Results

420 children representing 40 teams took part in this competition. The event relies on the generous time given up by volunteers, many of whom have attended each year, and all are thanked for their support of this event.

The event was organised in two sections with the prize winners as follows:

DIVISION 1 1^st: St John’s College, Cardiff

2^nd: Rhydypenau Primary School, Cardiff

3^rd: Ysgol Gymraeg Melin Gruffydd

DIVISION 2 1^st: Roath Park Primary School, Cardiff

2^nd: Cwrt Rawlin Primary School, Cardiff

3^rd: = Bryn Deri Primary School, Cardiff

Shirenewton Primary School, Chepstow

The trophies were presented by the Welsh Chess Union Patron, Lord Greg Mostyn, who spent a significant part of the day at the event watching the young people in play.

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South Wales November Blitz Results

30 players took part in this competition held at Llandaff Memorial Hall, Cardiff on 25^th November.

This weekend is the first time we have used this venue and it proved to be extremely popular.

1^st: Jose Camacho Collados

2^nd: Gregorz Toczek

3^rd: = Joe Fathallah, Anthony Hughes

Report by Kevin Staveley

Welsh Secondary Schools Championship Results

At Llandaff, Cardiff on November 25th, the Welsh Secondary Schools Championship took place.

The results were as follows:

Position	Team	Team Members
1st	Chepstow A	Madeleine Smith, David McIntosh, Rachel McIntosh, George Smith
2nd	St John’s College Cardiff	Shayanna Sivarajasingam Venetia Sivarajasingam Hiya Ray Daniel Jaberensari
3rd	Whitchurch High	Duncan MacDonald Ellison Smith Callum Smith

Junior Congress 3 Results

At Llandaff, Cardiff on 24th July, the Junior Raptdplay Congress 3 took place.

The results were as follows:

Open

1st Ethan Chung 6/6

2nd Anish Choudhury 4

3rd Bence Szakmany 2

Premier

1st Alex Lawrence 4.5/5

2nd Oliver Sapsford 4

3rd Andy Wang 3.5

Major

1st Govind Anandkumar 5/5

2nd Tabitha Ryan 4.5

3rd= Joseff Roberts, Robert Sequeira, Lucy Taylor, Evan Lewis 4

Starters

1st Deeptha Nagarajan 5/5

2nd Noah Morgan 4

3rd= Nona Roberts, Jamie Lau-Jones, Srinikha Ankireddy 3

First Rank Edition 17

This can be viewed here.

WCPL Round 1

The Welsh Chess Premier League commenced on 4th November with three very close matches all ending with the score 3.5/2.5.

Cardigan produced a very strong top board clean sweep to beat Nidum.

Cardiff beat the new team, The Full Ponty, thanks to wins for Alex Bullen and Tom Brown.

Finally, Abergavenny came away from Llanelli with a victory due to a greater strength on the lower boards.

The closeness of the results indicates that it could be a very exciting tournament this year.–

Report by Paul Hatchett

All the games are now available for download.

2018 South Wales Autumn Congress Results

The results were as follows:

Open

=1st Grzegorz Toczek and Mike P Waddington 4/5
=3rd Jason Garcia and Peter Varley 3/5

Premier

-1st Stephen A Horrell, Martin C Jones and Duncan M Macarthur 4/5

Minor

=1st Anshul Swamy, Daniel Chung and Bence Szakmany 3.5/5

Games from the Open and Premier are now available for download.

South Wales Blitz 25/11/18

DON’T FORGET THE BLITZ ON SUNDAY, (25th NOVEMBER) AT LLANDAFF MEMORIAL HALL.

Please email Kevin if you are playing.

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