Many players from all over Wales put in impressive performances at the northern giga-final, held in Manchester on the 15-16 July.
 | Welsh Chess Union (Undeb Gwyddbwyll Cymru)Patron: Lord Greg Mostyn |
| Welsh Chess Union (Undeb Gwyddbwyll Cymru)Patron: Lord Greg Mostyn |
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Many players from all over Wales put in impressive performances at the northern giga-final, held in Manchester on the 15-16 July. The games from the 2017 North Wales Open can be downloaded from the Games page. At the ECF Under 11 Open finals played at Uppingham school on Thursday 6 and Friday 7 July, two of the fourteen participating schools came from Wales: St John’s and The Dell. In this teams-of-six, five round competition involving 14 schools, St John’s came equal 4th with 17 out of 30, while the Dell came equal 9th with 14 out of 30. Continue reading Two Welsh schools play in ECF Under 11 Open finals Full details can be found at www.southwaleschess.co.uk. Pairings and results will be published on chess-results.com. The 2nd North Wales FIDE Open (incorporating the 4th Colwyn Bay Congress) was held at Venue Cymru in Llandudno over the weekend of 30th June – 2nd July 2017. Numbers were up by an encouraging 8% this year, with 90 entries split across the three sections. 25 of these entries were Welsh players, and we had representatives from Germany and Ukraine as well as all the home nations (England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales) this year. Notable performances from Welsh players included Richard Dineley (1st= in the Open), Petko Petkov (1st= in the Major) and Mark Bastow(3rd= in the Major). Imogen Camp scored 2.5/5 in the Open, including a draw in the last round against WFM Suzie Cooke (nee Blackburn), also from Wales. Imogen gained a very good 25 FIDE rating points from the tournament, and Petko a massive 95 potential points (although some opponents were unrated so this calculation might change). Continue reading A 3-Way Tie for the 2nd North Wales FIDE Open The June 2017 ECU Newsletter can be downloaded here. The 2017-2018 Calendar is now being displayed on the Calendar page The Fourth Merthyr Tydfil Chess Championship was held in The Dowlais Community Centre on Tuesday 27 June. Children from eight local Primary Schools from took part in the event, which was organised by The Stephens and George Centenary Charitable Trust and supported by Chess in Schools and Communities and other funding bodies. St Mary’s RC Primary School were the winning School, with Cyfarthfa netting second and Gwaunfarren Primary School third. At the 2017 Welsh Blitz Championships, held at Bishop Hedley High School, Merthyr Tydfil, on Saturday June 17, William Hewitt and AGM Rudy Van Kemenade shared first place with a score of 9/11. Continue reading William Hewitt and Rudy Van Kemenade share 2017 Welsh Blitz Championships Over the week-end 3-4 June, a Welsh under 12 team of twelve players enjoyed victories against counterparts from South East and South West England. Continue reading Wales Under 12s beat teams from South East and South West England |
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