Welsh Chess Championship
The modern Welsh Chess Championship was inaugurated in 1955.
The champion earned a place in the British Championship.
| class="sortable wikitable"
! Year !! Men's Champion !! Women's Champion |
| 1955
| Arthur S. Griffiths | Beryl E. F. Kenyon |
| 1956
| Briant Peter Bourne | Beryl E. F. Kenyon |
| 1957
| M. E. Wise & Grahame F. Barnard | Nancy Budzinski née Scott |
| 1958
| N. Budzinski & Maria MacLean |
| 1959
| align=center | not held |
| 1960
| align=center | not held |
| 1961
|Pat J. Bennett, John Denley Mills | Maria MacLean |
| 1962
|Arthur O. Jones, W. D. Newcombe | not held |
| 1963
| Shirley Mann |
| 1964
| Zbyzska Southall |
| 1965
| Shirley Mills (née Mann) & C Beryl Williams |
| 1966
| Zbyzska Southall |
| 1967
| Colin Gilbert | Zbyzska Southall |
| 1968
| Arthur Howard Williams, Mikhail Gavrilovik | Zbyzska Southall |
| 1969
| Zbiska Southall & Hazel Brunker |
| 1970 |
| 1971
| Zbiska Southall |
| 1972 |
| 1973
| John Trevelyan, Stuart James Hutchings, |
| 1974 |
| 1975 |
| 1976 |
| 1977 |
| 1978 |
| 1979 |
| 1980 |
| 1981
| Jane Garwell, Diana James |
| 1982
| Jane Anson & Hazel Brunker |
| 1983
|Stephen Collin James, Iolo Ceredig Jones, |
| 1984
| Lynda Powell |
| 1985 |
| 1986
| Lynda Powell |
| 1987
| Arthur Howard Williams, Moss McCarthy | Diana Adams |
| 1988 |
| 1989 |
| 1990
| Charles F. Morris, P O'Neill, Stuart James Hutchings |
| 1991 |
| 1992
| Jane Richmond (née Garwell) |
| 1993
| John Grantley Cooper, Arthur Howard Williams | Jane Richmond (née Garwell) |
| 1994
| John Grantley Cooper, Arthur Howard Williams | Jane Richmond (née Garwell) |
| 1995
| Jane Richmond (née Garwell) |
| 1996
| Jane Richmond (née Garwell) |
| 1997 |
| 1998
| David H. Cummings, Andrew Dyce, | Julie Wilson |
| 1999
| James Cobb |
| 2000 |
| 2001
| James Cobb | no contest |
| 2002 |
| 2003 |
| 2004
| Jane Richmond (née Garwell) |
| 2005 |
| 2006 |
| 2007
| James Cobb |
| 2008 |
| 2009 |
| 2010 |
| 2011 |
| 2012 |
| 2013 |
| 2014
| Tim Kett |
| 2015
| Lynda Roberts (née Powell, later Smith) |
| 2016
| Tim Kett |
| 2017
| Imogen Camp, Shayanna Sivarajasingam, Venetia Sivarajasingam, |
| 2018
| Gerry Heap, David Jameson and Sven Zeidler |
| 2019
| Tim Kett |
| 2022 |
| 2023 |
| 2024 |
[http://www.welshchessunion.org.uk/national/93-extra/234-henry-golding-chessboard-trophy-welsh-championships The Henry Golding Individual Trophy for the Welsh Champion]
References
- {{citation
| last=Staveley | first=Kevin
| year=1995
| title=Welsh Chess Union Silver Jubilee Yearbook 1995
| publisher=Welsh Chess Union
| page=20}} (results through 1994)
- {{citation
| last=Whyld | first=Ken | author-link=Ken Whyld
| year=1986
| title=Chess: The Records
| publisher=Guinness Books
| isbn=0-85112-455-0
| page=121}} (results through 1986)
- {{citation
| last=Crowther | first=Mark
| date=31 March 2008
| title=THE WEEK IN CHESS 699: Welsh Championship
| url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic699.html#30
| publisher=London Chess Center
}}
- {{citation
| last=Crowther | first=Mark
| date=20 April 2009
| title=THE WEEK IN CHESS 754: Welsh Championship
| url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic754.html#19
| publisher=London Chess Center
}}
- [http://www.welshchessunion.uk/2017-welsh-championship/ Men's Welsh Champions 1955–1970]
- [http://www.welshchessunion.uk/2017-welsh-championship/welsh-champion-1971-onwards/ Men's Welsh Champions from 1971]
- [https://www.welshchessunion.uk/wemens-welsh-champions-1955-onwards/ Ladies' Welsh Champions (1955 onwards)]
External links
- [http://www.welshchessunion.uk/ Welsh Chess Union]
{{Chess national championships}}
Category:Chess national championships
Category:Women's chess national championships
Category:Awards established in 1955