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Would all members please note that the office of WCU Finance Director will become vacant on 31st August 2018. Therefore, would all zones please seek a volunteer for this role as a matter of urgency and certainly during the zonal AGM’s. It is with great sadness that the WCU has learned that GM Evgeni Andreyevitch Vasiukov died on 10th May. As a chessplayer he was among the strongest players at his peak having won the Moscow Championships six times. He regularly competed for Russia in the World and European Seniors Team Championships until last year. The WCU would like to offer our sincere condolences to his family at this difficult time. If you have ever thought of giving Correspondence Chess a try, Wales are about to start a friendly match against Italy,. This represents a great oppurtunity to get involved! More information can be found here. It is not every day that a team representing Wales wins any tournament but the Welsh Correspondence Chess team have acheived just that! Congratulations to all the team members involved! The Final Table can be found below. On Saturday 30 June there will be afternoon of fast-paced, light-hearted chess for secondary school players all standards. This will be held at Whitchurch Rugby club, the home of North Cardiff chess club, from 1-4 p.m. (the full address is Whitchurch Rugby Sports & Social Club, Samuels Crescent, Velindre Road, Cardiff, CF14 2TH). Continue reading Saturday 30 June: Chess event for Secondary School players A good number of welsh juniors (many from Monmouth) competed in the The Mercia Megafinals held at Hereford on 29th April 2018. Continue reading Results are in from the Mercia Megafinals, Hereford 29th April 2018 There was a three-way tie for 1st place in the 2018 Welsh Rapidplay Championship between Ian Jones, Tom Brown and Jonathan Gilbert with 5/6. Fourth with 4/6 were Tim Kett, Matthew Staniforth and Rudy van Kemenade. Congratulations! The Minor was won by Alun Smith with an impressive 5.5/6.
Second was Wu Yuxuan (4.5/6) and third was Joel and Daniel Chung (4/6). In the 2018 Welsh Blitz Championship, 1st was Grzegorz Toczek with an impressive 9/11.
The writer sneaked in second with 8 points just ahead by half point of Alex Bullen and Rudy van Kemenade. Thank you to Kevin Staveley for organising as ever! Report by Paul Hatchett
The WCPL Round 4 games can now be downloaded from the Games page. The very first edition of First Rank (which is the result of coorporation between ECU Education and Chessplus.com) can be viewed here.
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