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The second of three Welsh Junior Congresses to be held this autumn took place on Saturday 11 November at Chepstow School. Madeleine Smith won the Open section; Tcyho Twohig and Sanwi Dantu shared the Premiership; Lara Omidvar, Harri Gilbert and Ioan Phillips shared the Major; and Linton Scotthorne won the Starters. Please note that the funeral will take place on Friday 17th November 2017. A service will take place at Blaina Methodist Church, Gladstone Street, Blaina at 11.00 am followed by interment at Blaina Cemetary. Family flowers only. Donations to the British Heart Foundation. Cadiff will be celebrating Universal Children’s Day on 15th November 2017. This is supported by Chess For Peace Kirsan Foundation. The events will be held at Cardiff Bay (in various locations) and will consist of a thematic chess competiton, simultaneous display and a Peace Walk to the Welsh Assembly building where FIDE President Kirsan Illyuzhinov will take part. More details can be found here. At the Wiltshire open junior championships, held on Sunday 5 November, Daniel Jaberansari won the Under18s with 5/6, and younger brother Benjamin came second in the under 10s with 5/6. For Benjamin, his success has allowed him to qualify for the major section of the U10 London Junior chess championships, which will take place on 16 and 17 December. At the NYCA competitions held at Kennilworth on 4 November South Wales came second out of six teams in the under 16s, and fourth out of six teams in the under 12s. Meanwhile, North Wales and Cheshire came third in the under 16s and sixth in the under 12s. Continue reading South Wales come second in the NYCA Under 16s The October 2017 ECU Newsletter can be downloaded here. Very sad news has reached us that former Welsh Champion Colin Gilbert passed away on Monday October 30th 2017. He was 85. Funeral details to follow. Zane Alford has kindly provided a link to an interview here that Colin gave during the 2008 European Club Cup at Kallithe, Greece. Congratulations to the following new qualifiers for the Junior Championships after the 1st Junior Congress in Merthyr: U9 Solomon Baker
During the 88th FIDE Congress in Goynuk, Antalya, Turkey the amendments to the Laws of Chess 2017 have been approved by FIDE Executive Board (decision EB-2017/26 – to approve the proposed changes to the Laws of Chess). It means, that the same regulations regarding an illegal move for standard, rapid and blitz games are valid from 1 January 2018. George Smith, a chess player at Chepstow School, has been awarded the title Welsh Arbiter. |
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