News

END OF SEASON - 8th June 2009

New rating list will be published on 1st July 2009.

Please get any results of internal club games or other Events played in to me ahead of that date.

EAST GLAMORGAN SUMMER LEAGUE - 8th June 2009

The first Round of the East Glamorgan Summer League has now been rated.

ALEC WOOD MEMORIAL TROPHY - 8th June 2009

Congratulations to Sam Jukes of Barry Chess Club.

RATING ADJUSTMENTS - 8th June 2009

It has become increasingly clear that some of the ratings should have been higher.

The following are backdated to Jan 1st : -
1999 - Femi Adebajo, David Jiles, Richard Hanscombe
1975 - James Thomas
1750 - Gunther Etzmuss, Rob Dineen
1700 - Adam Howell, Alex Freeland, Alex Wills
1599 - Sean Day
1550 - Simon Blackmore
1525 - Ben Thomas
1475 - Varun Varma
1200 - Joshua McKenna, Kristian Prosser
1175 - Thomas Davies
1050 - Michael John

They all still go up.

JUNIOR MATCH - WALES vs ENGLISH REGIONS - 31st May 2009

Junior Match - Wales vs English Regions.  U12 & U14.

All games rated.

EAST GLAMORGAN CHESS LEAGUE - 11th May 2009

All Games for the 2008/2009 League Season have now been rated.

WELSH CHAMPIONSHIP - 14th April 2009

Welsh Championship. Whitchurch, Cardiff. 10-14 April 2009.

Congratulations to Ioan Rees (Caerphilly) for winnig the Welsh Championship, with a score of 6/7

Also to Richard Hanscombe (Barry) who won the Major Open, also with a score of 6/7.

All games rated.

WCU U2000 ZONAL JAMBOREE - 29th March 2009

WCU U2000 Jamboree.  Morriston, Swansea.  Sunday 29th March 2009.

All games rated.

GRADING COMMITTEE STATEMENT - 27th March 2009

It has become clear that ratings near the bottom of the WCU list are too low.

The Grading Committee has unanimously agreed to implement the following measures.

1 - The rating floor is increased to 850, retrospective to Jan. 1st

2 - All ratings below 1000 will be reviewed after 8 and 16 games, and increased if necessary.  Any adjustment will be backdated to Jan. 1st.

3 - A full review will be carried out before the publication of the next list.  This may lead to increases for some players rated just above 1000.

WEB SITE CHANGES - 22nd March 2009

I have made a few changes to the Web Site.

Player Lists are now available for Live Rating Order, Rating Improvement Order, Most Active Order and Junior Players.

The Alec Wood Memorial can now be found on the Live Ratings page.

All Player Lists are now Colour-coded for Juniors and New Players.

WELSH JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - 14th & 15th March 2009

Welsh Junior Championships (U16, U13 and U11).  Monmouth.

Alex Bullen is U16 Champion.

Ben Thomas is U11 Champion.

All games rated.

DYFED CONGRESS - 27th February - 1st March 2009

Dyfed Congress.  Fishguard Bay Hotel, Goodwick, Fishguard.

All games rated.

WCU OPEN ZONAL JAMBOREE - 1st February 2009

WCU Open Jamboree.  Ebbw Vale.  Sunday 1st February 2009.

All games rated.

WCU U1700 ZONAL JAMBOREE - 25th January 2009

WCU U1700 Jamboree.  Morriston, Swansea.  Sunday 25th January 2009.

All games rated.

1ST JANUARY 2009 FIDE RATINGS - 30/01/2009

January 1st FIDE Ratings are available here

Congratulations to Ioan Rees on being awarded the FM title.

EAST GLAMORGAN CLOSED CHAMPIONSHIPS - January 9th-11th 2009

East Glamorgan Championship
1st - Richard Hanscombe (Barry) 5/5
2nd - Allan St.Clair (Barry) 4/5
U2000 Grading Prize - Paul Tew (Bridgend) 3.5/5
U1850 Grading Prize - Rafal Gozdz (Cardiff) 3/5

U1700 Championship
1st - Steve Woodrow (Aberdare) 5/5
2nd - Jeremy Jones (Nelson) & Gareth Carpenter (Bridgend) 3.5/5
U1500 Grading Prize - Simon Blackmore (North Cardiff) 3/5
U1300 Grading Prize - Nathan Trickey (Bridgend) 3/5

Congratulations to all!

All games have been rated.

SOUTH WALES WINTER CONGRESS - 06/01/2009

South Wales Winter Congress.  2-4 January, Chepstow.

All games rated.

NEW RATING LIST - 20/12/2008

New Rating List published.  Effective from 1 January 2009.  Previous data is available in the Archive

ANNOUNCEMENT - 20/12/2008

A few small changes:-

• No minimum number of games for a first rating
• Rating floor of 750
• Batch sizes of 25 games
• K-factors determined as follows: -
  Over 2000 K=16
  1600-1999 K=24
  Under 1600 K=32