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The first of three Welsh Junior Congresses to be held this autumn took place on Saturday 21 October at Bishop Hedley High School in Merthyr. Daniel Shek won the Open section, Yuxuan Wu the Premiership, Rishi Paul the Major and Sarthak Nukalapati the Starters. At the 2017 Welsh Secondary School Championships, hosted at Bishop Hedley High School in Merthyr on Saturday 21 October, the joint winners were two schools from Cardiff: St John’s, and the previous holders, Howell’s. Third were Chepstow School. Continue reading St John’s and Howell’s share 2017 Welsh Secondary School Championships Congratulations are in order to Tom Thorpe who was recently awarded the FIDE Arbiter title at the 88th FIDE Congress in Antalya, Turkey. Chess Training Days during Half-Term on Monday and Tuesday 30 and 31 October 2017
The Open, Premier and Minor games are now available for download from the Games page. The FIDE Executive Board 2017 decisions can be viewed here. The 2017 Global Chess Festival took place in Budapest from 14th October. A report can be downloaded here. Kevin Staveley has recently noticed that the number of players playing in weekend congresses has fallen. To better understand the reasons for this fall, would members please complete the questionnaire below and return it to Kevin Staveley (kevin.staveley@btinternet.com). Thank you In the South Wales Autumn Congress, held in Pencoed on October 13-15, Tim Kett and Grzegorz Toczek came, joint first in the Open section with 4/5. Sharing third were Jason Garcia and Joe Fathallah, both scoring 3½/5. Continue reading Tim Kett and Grezgorz Toczek come joint first in the South Wales Autumn Congress I’m writing to ask if you could let leading Welsh players know about the forthcoming Northumbria Chess Masters, at The Chillingham in Newcastle upon Tyne, from 14-18 February, 2018. It would be very much appreciated! Continue reading Invitation to Northumbria Chess Masters 14/2/18-18/2/18 |
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