List of Welsh chess players
In addition to the historical masters, the list includes master players who are or were eligible to play for the Welsh Chess Federation (which is an independent member of FIDE ) and who have won the Welsh Individual Championship or who have an IM or GM title (of both sexes) or an Elo above 2400 have achieved (or a historical Elo rating of over 2500 before 1970 ) or are outstanding correspondence chess players .
A.
- Diana Adams , Welsh Champion of Women
- Jane Anson (born 1959), Welsh Champion of Women
B.
- Anthony Balshaw , International Correspondence Chess Master
- Graham Peter Barnard (1923-2014), Welsh Master
- Patrick Bennett (* 1942), Welsh champion
- Suzy Blackburn (* 1987), Welsh Champion of Women
- George Botterill (* 1949), International Master, Welsh Master
- Briant Peter Bourne (1927-2015), Welsh Master
- Hazel Brunker (* 1932), Welsh Champion of Women
- Nancy Budzinski , Welsh Champion of Women
C.
- Imogen Camp (* 2001), Welsh Champion Women
- Syringa Lyn Camp (born 1965), Welsh Champion of Women
- Abigail Cast (* 1978), Welsh Champion of Women
- Graham Chesters (* 1944), Welsh champion
- John Claridge , Honored International Correspondence Chess Master
- James Cobb (* 1977), International Master, Welsh Master
- John Cooper (* 1954), International Master, Welsh Master
- David Cummings (* 1961), International Master, Welsh Master
- Donald Curtis (* 1935), Welsh champion
D.
- Mary Davies , Welsh Champion of Women
- Nigel Davies (* 1960), grand master
- Brian Douthwaite (1931-2006), Welsh champion
- Andrew Dyce (* 1980), Welsh champion
E.
- Debbie Evans (born 1961), Welsh Champion of Women
- William Davies Evans (1790–1872), historical master
- Suan-Shiau Evans-Quek (* 1961), Welsh champion
G
- Mikhail Gavrilovik (* 1941), Welsh champion
- Colin Gilbert (* 1932), Welsh master
- Arthur Griffiths (1915–1996), Welsh Master
H
- Beryl Hughes (born 1931), Welsh champion of women
- Stuart James Hutchings (* 1951), Welsh champion
J
- Gaynor James (* 1964), Welsh Champion of Women
- Stephen Collin James , Welsh Master
- David Jameson (* 1978), Welsh champion
- Thomas Johansson (* 1970), international correspondence chess master
- Amanda John , Welsh Champion Women
- Andrew Jones (* 1974), Welsh champion
- Arthur Jones (1913–1971), Welsh Master
- Iolo Ceredig Jones (* 1947), Welsh champion
- Richard Jones (* 1983), International Master, Welsh Master
K
- Julie van Kemenade (* 1959), Welsh champion of women
- Beryl Kenyon , Welsh Champion of Women
- Tim Kett (* 1962), Welsh champion
L.
- Paul Lamford (* 1953), Welsh Master, International Correspondence Chess Master
M.
- Maria Maclean , Welsh Champion of Women
- Moss McCarthy , Welsh champion
- John Denley Mills (* 1945), Welsh master
- Shirley Mills , Welsh Champion of Women
- George Moore (1903–1973), Welsh Master
- Charles Morris (* 1958), Welsh champion
- Garreth Morris (* 1965), Welsh champion
N
- Wesley D. Newcombe (born 1935), Welsh champion
O
- Paul O'Neill (* 1965), Welsh champion
P
- Allan Pleasants (* 1960), Welsh champion
R.
- Emmanuel Rayner (* 1958), Welsh master
- Ioan Rees (* 1988), Welsh champion
- David Ian Reynolds (born 1943), Welsh champion
- Jane Richmond (born 1961), Welsh Champion of Women
S.
- Helen Sherwood , Women's Correspondence Chess Grandmaster, Welsh Women's Champion
- Shayanna Sivarajasingam (* 2002), Welsh Champion of Women
- Venetia Sivarajasingam (* 2005), Welsh Champion of Women
- Lynda Smith (born 1968), Welsh Champion of Women
- Olivia Smith (born 1987), Welsh Champion of Women
- Zbiska Southall , Welsh Champion of Women
- David Sully (* 1947), Welsh champion
T
- Stephanie du Toit (* 2002), Welsh Champion of Women
- John Trevelyan (* 1948), Welsh master
W.
- Arthur Howard Williams (born 1950), Welsh champion
- Beryl Williams , Welsh Champion of Women
- Leighton Williams (* 1977), International Master, Welsh Master
- Julie Wilson (born 1956), Welsh Champion of Women
- ME Wise , Welsh Master
Z
- Sven Zeidler (* 1965), Welsh master
Web links
Commons : Welsh Chess Players - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Welsh top 100 men and women (Elo list, active and inactive, English)
- Welsh top 100 women (Elo list, active and inactive, English)
- Title holder in correspondence chess (English)
- Overview of Welsh individual champions at the Welsh Chess Union (English)
- Overview of Welsh Women's Individual Champions at the Welsh Chess Union
Individual evidence
- ↑ Welsh Chess Federation at FIDE (English)
- ↑ George Botterill played for the English Chess Federation until 1974.
- ↑ Graham Chesters plays for the English Chess Federation.
- ↑ James Cobb played for the English Chess Federation until 1997.
- ↑ David Cummings played for the English Chess Federation until 1996 and has played for the Canadian Chess Federation since 2000.
- ↑ Nigel Davies played for the Israeli Chess Federation from 1991 to 1993 and for the English Chess Federation from 1993 to 2015.
- ↑ Brian Douthwaite played for the Canadian Chess Federation.
- ↑ Suan-Shiau Evans-Quek played for the Singapore Chess Federation until 2001
- ↑ Thomas Johansson plays close-up chess for the Swedish Chess Federation.
- ↑ David Ian Reynolds plays for the English Chess Federation.