Welsh Chess Championship
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The modern Welsh Chess Championship was inaugurated in 1955.
The champion earned a place in the British Championship
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The Henry Golding Individual Trophy for the Welsh Champion
The champion earned a place in the British Championship
British Chess Championship
The British Chess Championship is organised by the English Chess Federation. There are separate championships for men and women. Since 1923 there have been sections for juniors, and since 1982 there has been an over-sixty championship. The championship venue usually changes every year and has been...
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| Year | Men's Champion | Women's Champion |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Arthur S Griffiths | Beryl E F Kenyon |
| 1956 | Brian Peter Bourne | Beryl E F Kenyon |
| 1957 | M E Wise & Grahame F Barnard | N Budzinski |
| 1958 | Brian V Douthwaite | N Budzinski & Maria MacLean |
| 1959 | Donald A Curtis | not held |
| 1960 | Pat J Bennett | not held |
| 1961 | Pat J Bennett & John Denley Mills | Maria MacLean |
| 1962 | Arthur O Jones & W D Newcombe | not held |
| 1963 | George P Moore | E Shirley Mann |
| 1964 | Graham H Chesters | Zbyzska Southall |
| 1965 | David Ian Wishart Reynolds | E Shirley Mills (née Mann) & C Beryl Williams |
| 1966 | David John Sully | Zbyzska Southall |
| 1967 | Colin Gilbert | Zbyzska Southall |
| 1968 | Arthur Howard Williams, Mikhail Gavrilovik | Zbyzska Southall |
| 1969 | Mikhail Gavrilovik | Zbyzska Southall & Hazel Brunker |
| 1970 | Mikhail Gavrilovik, Graham H Chesters | Wasik LF |
| 1971 | Arthur Howard Williams | Hazel Brunker |
| 1972 | Arthur Howard Williams | Hazel Brunker |
| 1973 | John Trevelyan, Stuart James Hutchings, George Botterill George Botterill George Steven Botterill is a British chess player, writer and philosopher.Botterill was born in Bradford and learned chess at the age of seven.... , Moss McCarthy |
Hazel Brunker |
| 1974 | Arthur Howard Williams | Mary Elizabeth Davies |
| 1975 | Arthur Howard Williams | Beryl Briscombe |
| 1976 | John Grantley Cooper, Emmanuel M Rayner | Jane Garwell |
| 1977 | Arthur Howard Williams, John Grantley Cooper | Deborah Evans |
| 1978 | John Grantley Cooper, Arthur Howard Williams | Jane Garwell |
| 1979 | John Trevelyan, David John Sully | Deborah Evans |
| 1980 | Arthur Howard Williams | Jane Garwell |
| 1981 | Arthur Howard Williams | Jane Garwell, Gaynor Diane James |
| 1982 | Arthur Howard Williams | Jane Anson & Hazel Brunker |
| 1983 | Stephen Collin James, Iolo Ceredig Jones Iolo Ceredig Jones Iolo Ceredig Jones is a Welsh former international chess player and is notable as the co-author of the only Welsh language chess manual, A chwaraei di wyddbwyll?, which he wrote with his father, T. Llew Jones.... , Paul A Lamford, Arthur Howard Williams |
Jane Garwell |
| 1984 | John Grantley Cooper | Lynda Annette Powell |
| 1985 | John Grantley Cooper | Hazel Brunker |
| 1986 | Arthur Howard Williams | Lynda Annette Powell |
| 1987 | Arthur Howard Williams, Moss McCarthy | Diane Adams |
| 1988 | Arthur Howard Williams, Paul A Lamford | Lynda Annette Powell |
| 1989 | Paul A Lamford | Lynda Annette Powell |
| 1990 | Charles F Morris, P O'Neill, Stuart J Hutchings | Donna Furmage, AK Griffiths |
| 1991 | Arthur Howard Williams, Andrew R Jones | Deborah Cooper (née Evans), Jane Garwell |
| 1992 | John Grantley Cooper | 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 | John Grantley Cooper | Jane Richmond (née Garwell) |
| 1996 | John Grantley Cooper | |
| 1997 | David H Cummings | |
| 1998 | David H Cummings, Andrew Dyce, Sven Zeidler, Gareth Morris |
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| 1999 | James Cobb | |
| 2000 | Leighton Williams | |
| 2001 | James Cobb | |
| 2002 | Richard S Jones | |
| 2003 | Richard S Jones | |
| 2004 | Suan Evans-Quek | |
| 2005 | Leighton Williams | Olivia Smith |
| 2006 | John Trevelyan | Abigail Cast |
| 2007 | James Cobb | Abigail Cast |
| 2008 | Leighton Williams, James Cobb | Suzy Blackburn |
| 2009 | Ioan Rees, Richard S Jones | Olivia Smith, Suzy Blackburn |
| 2010 | Richard S Jones | Olivia Smith |
| 2011 | Howard Williams, Sven Zeidler | Olivia Smith |
The Henry Golding Individual Trophy for the Welsh Champion