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30 players took part in this competition held at Llandaff Memorial Hall, Cardiff on 25th November. This weekend is the first time we have used this venue and it proved to be extremely popular. 1st: Jose Camacho Collados 2nd: Gregorz Toczek 3rd: = Joe Fathallah, Anthony Hughes Report by Kevin Staveley
At Llandaff, Cardiff on November 25th, the Welsh Secondary Schools Championship took place. The results were as follows:
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
This can be viewed here. 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. The results were as follows: Open =1st Grzegorz Toczek and Mike P Waddington 4/5 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.
DON’T FORGET THE BLITZ ON SUNDAY, (25th NOVEMBER) AT LLANDAFF MEMORIAL HALL. Please email Kevin if you are playing. This can be viewed here. This can be viewed here. On Saturday, November 3rd a team from South Wales came second to perennial winners Sussex in the Under 16 section of the National Youth Chess Association inter county competition in Kenilworth. Our team of eight scored 18.5 points out of 24 and the bottom five players all scored 100% three out of three. The final scores were: Sussex 19, South Wales 18.5, Cheshire and North Wales 12, Richmond 9, Warwickshire 7.5, Maidenhead 6. In the Under 12 section our team scored 22 points out of 36 to come third. The final scores were: Sussex 23.5, Maidenhead 22.5, South Wales 22, Warwickshire 20.5, Cheshire and North Wales 14.5, Richmond 13, Wirral 9. Report by Ian Eustis
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