• The modern Welsh Chess Championship was inaugurated in 1955. The champion earned a place in the British Championship. The Henry Golding Individual Trophy...
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  • Chess, a strategy board game, is played all over the world. The international governing body of chess is FIDE, established in 1924. Most national chess...
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  • it was originally a part of the British Chess Federation (BCF). The Union established the Welsh Championship in 1955. On 15 November 1969 it withdrew...
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  • is a Welsh chess player, three-times Welsh Chess Championship winner (1973, 1979, 2006). John Trevelyan has won three times in the Welsh Chess Championships:...
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  • David John Sully (category Welsh chess players)
    a Welsh chess player, two-times Welsh Chess Championship winner (1966, 1979). David John Sully has won two times in the Welsh Chess Championships: 1966...
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  • Arthur Howard Williams (category Welsh chess players)
    11 July 1950) is a Welsh chess FIDE Master (FM), British Chess Championship medalist (1974), eighteen-times Welsh Chess Championship winner (1968, 1971...
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  • Leighton Williams (category Welsh chess players)
    February 1977), is a Welsh chess International Master (IM) (2002), three-times Welsh Chess Championship winner (2000, 2005, 2008), Chess Olympiad individual...
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  • Stuart James Hutchings (category Welsh chess players)
    a Welsh chess FIDE Master (FM) and two-time Welsh Chess Championship winner (1973, 1990). Stuart James Hutchings twice jointly won the Welsh Chess Championship...
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  • Paul Lamford (category Welsh chess players)
    editor of Chess magazine and Bridge magazine. He appeared several times on Radio 4's Puzzle Panel. Lamford shared the Welsh Chess Championship in 1983 and...
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  • Colin Gilbert may also refer to: Colin Gilbert (chess player), winner of Welsh Chess Championship Colin Gilbert (swimmer) who represented Canada at...
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  • 2015) was a Welsh chess player, Welsh Women's Chess Championship winner (1974). In the 1970s Mary Elizabeth Davies was one of the best chess female player...
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    is a Welsh chess Grandmaster, chess coach and writer. Davies won the British (Under-21) Boys Championship in 1979 and the British Rapidplay Chess Championship...
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  • John Grantley Cooper (category Welsh chess players)
    Grantley Cooper (born 14 May 1954) is a Welsh chess International Master (IM) (1984), ten-times Welsh Chess Championship winner (1976, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1985...
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    The knight (♘, ♞) is a piece in the game of chess, represented by a horse's head and neck. It moves two squares vertically and one square horizontally...
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  • Deborah Evans-Quek (category Welsh chess players)
    born 21 July 1961) is a Welsh chess player, five-times Welsh Women's Chess Championship winner (1977, 1979, 1991, 2000, 2003), Chess Olympiad individual silver...
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  • Emmanuel Rayner (category British chess players)
    (Manny) Rayner (born 11 June 1958) is a British chess player and FIDE Master. He won the Welsh Chess Championship in 1976. Dr Rayner studied mathematics at...
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  • Beryl Hughes (category Welsh chess players)
    Jarman, 1931 – 13 November 2017) was a Welsh chess player and writer, two-times Welsh Women's Chess Championship winner (1975, 1999). Beryl Hughes was...
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  • Norwegian Chess Federation Polish Chess Federation Portuguese Chess Federation Chess Scotland Turkish Chess Federation Welsh Chess Union British Chess Problem...
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  • Jane Richmond (category Welsh chess players)
    1961) is a Welsh chess Woman FIDE Master (WFM), British Women's Chess Championship winner (1982), twelve-times Welsh Women's Chess Championship winner (1976...
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  • Hazel Brunker (category Welsh chess players)
    Hazel Brunker (born 16 October 1932) is a Welsh chess player, eight-times Welsh Women's Chess Championship winner (1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1982, 1985,...
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  • George Botterill (category Welsh chess players)
    Botterill (born 8 January 1949) is a Welsh chess player, writer and philosopher. Botterill was born in Bradford and learned chess at the age of seven. From 1969...
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    Swedish Chess Federation Switzerland – Swiss Chess Federation Turkey – Turkish Chess Federation Ukraine – Ukrainian Chess Federation Wales – Welsh Chess Union...
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    A chess piece, or chessman, is a game piece that is placed on a chessboard to play the game of chess. It can be either white or black, and it can be one...
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    The queen (♕, ♛) is the most powerful piece in the game of chess. It can move any number of squares vertically, horizontally or diagonally, combining...
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    The pawn (♙, ♟) is the most numerous and weakest piece in the game of chess. It may move one square directly forward, it may move two squares directly...
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    Circular chess is a chess variant played using the standard set of pieces on a circular board consisting of four rings, each of sixteen squares. This is...
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    The bishop (♗, ♝) is a piece in the game of chess. It moves and captures along diagonals without jumping over interfering pieces. Each player begins the...
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    sequel championship, Tournament Arc 2, Colquhoun finished in fourth place overall. On 11 December 2022, Colquhoun participated in a surprise chess-slap...
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  • wrestling body, now known as WWE Chess World Cup, a number of different chess tournaments All pages with titles containing Chess World Cup Cricket World Cup...
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  • Grand Slam (video game), for the Nintendo NES Grand Slam Chess Association, a series of annual chess tournaments Grand Slam Tennis, a 2009 game for the Nintendo...
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