This can be viewed here.
 | Welsh Chess Union (Undeb Gwyddbwyll Cymru)Patron: Lord Greg Mostyn |
| Welsh Chess Union (Undeb Gwyddbwyll Cymru)Patron: Lord Greg Mostyn |
|
This can be viewed here. EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST DEADLINE: 15 JANUARY 2019 This announcement invites WCU members, registered as Welsh with FIDE, to let us know by 15 January whether they may be interested in taking part in this event (and in which section) by e-mailing Peter Bevan (internationaldirector@welshchessunion.uk) and Howard Williams (chairmanselectors@welshchessunion.uk). Players intending to form part of the team for the over-50 section which Mark Adams is organising need not respond directly to this request. Details of Event This event will take place in Rhodes from 15 April 2019 (date of arrival) to 25 April (date of departure). More detailed information is available here. Briefly, as in recent years, the WSTC will be a nine-round Swiss with standard FIDE time limits and one round a day. Teams of four play in any one round but that team may be chosen from a squad of five. Teams may represent either a national federation or ‘any regional structure of a federation’ and there is no limit to the number of teams a federation may enter. But all the players in a squad must be registered with FIDE as representing the Federation making the entry. There will be separate open events for teams of players all over 50 and all over 65 at the end of the calendar year. Details of accommodation costs and the transportation / registration charge are given in the website announcement. Welsh Participation Players responding to this note who are over 65 (or will be by 31/12/19) and who are not members of Mark’s team (see above) should say whether they would be interested in taking part as members of a second over-50 team instead of an over-65 team. As in the past the WCU wish to give as many players as reasonably feasible a chance to participate in these events. Requests to enter Welsh club or regional sides, as well as teams representing the WCU itself, are welcomed. Players in club or regional sides must be WCU members but otherwise need not meet the WCU’s own eligibility rules on international representation. Welsh participants in these events in the past have found them enjoyable with many games against players of roughly the same standard as themselves. The over-65 teams have done particularly well. The WCU is unable to contribute to players’ costs of participating in these events beyond paying one entry fee (of E100 to FIDE). European Seniors Team Championships 2019 The equivalent event (usually with the same format as the World Seniors) is due to take place from 17 to 26 September in Croatia but no further details are currently available. The European event in recent years has been eclipsed by the World event and has attracted only small entries. But, if there is sufficient demand, the WCU is prepared to enter a team or teams in this event too. A website notice, seeking expressions of interest, will be posted once more is known. Belated news from the World Cadets Tournament held in Santiago in Spain during November. Hiya Ray was the only Welsh player to take part, playing in the Girls U12 Championship. She was given financial support with a bursary from the WCU. These bursaries are to support players whose rating suggests they have a good chance of scoring 50% or more in individual World Championship events. Hiya should be congratulated on her performance in this event where she scored 6/11, her opposition including 4 WCMs and a WFM, against who she scored 2 wins. Her FIDE rating has gone up by 91 points as a result of the event. Hiya is the first Welsh junior to have been supported with such a bursary, and it is very encouraging that she achieved the target score the junior committee would have wished. The hope is that other players will reach high enough ratings to justify support in future, and by entering with such financial support, will bring Wales further success from these events. The annual quadrangular tournament was held in Liverpool on 8th-9th December. The individual Welsh scores (in board order) were as follows: The Junior Rapidplay Championships were played on Saturday 15th December at Bishop Hedley school in Merthyr. The prizewinners were:- Sad news has reached us that Bill Flew has passed away. Bill was a regular player in Upper killay and initialy a captain of the second team before becoming the first team captain.
He started playing in the league for Pennard in the 1970’s, before moving away to the Midlands.
He retured to West Wales in the 2000’s. He often reminded us about the fixture arrangements in thr Midlands at our AGM.
He was a very friendly person and liked it when his opponent played PQ4. He will be sadly missed.
The Welsh Chess Union woul like to express our condolences to Bill’s family and friends at this very sad time.
Bill Flew’s funeral is on Mon 17 Dec with a service at Saint Mary’s Church Pennard at 2.30 pm followed by 4 pm at Llanelli Crematorium and back to Pennard Golf Club at 5.30 pm.
The games from Rounds 1 and 2 are now downloadable from the Games page. This can be viewed here. This can be viewed here. 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:
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Copyright © 2025 Welsh Chess Union (Undeb Gwyddbwyll Cymru) - All Rights Reserved Powered by WordPress & Atahualpa |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
