Dear chess friends and colleagues,
May the gift of love, happiness, peace and warmth be yours!

With kind regards,
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Dear chess friends and colleagues, the ECU President, Board and officers are wishing you a joyous Holiday season.
May the gift of love, happiness, peace and warmth be yours!
With kind regards,
Nadezda Stojanovic
Dear friends, As the festive time of year approaches, FIDE wishes a Merry Christmas and a Happy new year to all chess lovers all around the world. Gens Una Sumus!
Fédération Internationale des Échecs Kindly also find below the message from the Secretary of Trainers’ Commission Efstratios Grivas. Dear All, I would like to wish you a Happy New Year 2017 and may all your wishes become true. Instead of the ‘usual’ postcard, I would like to send you a survey that I recently prepared. Enjoy it! All the best
The Welsh Rapidplay Championships were held at The Old Town Hall, Castle Street, Neath on 10th Dercember.
Continue reading Three-way tie at the Welsh Rapidplay Championships on 10th December The Welsh Junior Rapidplay Championships, incorporating sections for under 8s, under 10s, under 12s and under 14s, was held at Bishop Hedley High School on Saturday 17 December.
Chepstow School has qualified for the finals of ECF Team Problem Solving Championships, which will be held at Imperial College on Wednesday 29 March. Continue reading Chepstow School qualifies for Team Problem Solving Championships finals Please note that the games from the 2016 West Wales Open can now be downloded from the Games page. At the annual Quadrangular competition between juniors of Wales, Scotland, the North of England, and the Midlands, Wales came second in the under 12s, under 14s and under 16s. Continue reading Quadrangular: Runners-up in all three sections Regrettably, the Calendar is temporarily unavailble. This is being dealt with urgently. On Saturday 10th December, the 2016 Frank Hatto Rapidplay is taking place in The Old Town Hall, Castle Street, Neath (10.30 am start). The Entry Form can be downloaded here. Also, on Saturday 17th December, the 2016 Welsh Junior Rapidplay Championship will take place at Bishop Hedley High School, Gwaunfarren Road, Penydarren, Merthyr Tydfil (10.30 am start). The Entry Form can be downloaded here. Please note Under 16s and Under 18s must enter the 2016 Frank Hatto Rapidplay on 10th December. In the Junior Rapidplay on 17th December, the oldest category is Under 14s. The WCU has backed the initiative of Carl Strugnell, a member of the Olympiad squad in Baku last September and recently appointed for now as their development director. He intends creating a company to structure Welsh chess’ development by means of a professional organisation, in order to further the WCU in its mission, by contributing funds in the form of royalties and dividends. For the moment, the project is under construction: marketing, curriculum, tutor training methods, the administrative side, and much more. What is urgently needed is feedback from WCU members in the form of people offering to become tutors, for more details here are two links: Four pages on what Carl needs. (Tutors; Webmaster with appropriate background; Volunteers: committed and occasional; Contacts: press, council officials, headmasters and teachers). Continue reading Carl Strugnell is creating a new junior coaching initiative! |
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