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This section of the forum speaks for itself. Any club announcements can be made here by the club secretary and club members. Keep informed, keep up to date.

What is Vote Chess? Vote Chess is a game played by multiple players on different sides where each player casts a vote to try and determine the final move. Then the move with the most votes is played. This can be a great training tool. It open doorways to the thinking of both stronger and "still learning" players. Use the in-game notes section to discuss plans and moves before ultimately casting your vote. Are players interested in this team style game?

Hi members, I made a post before but then reached out to our old admin to see if they are coming back and they are busy in real life. So with your support just looking to take the club onwards and being SA helps in our leagues and recruitment. Hope you support and thanks for everything your all doing.

Congratulations to Glamorgan County 2021 U1600 League Champions Glamorgan won 5 out of 7 matches to edge out 2020 winners Norfolk Knights and become the first Welsh team to win a CCC title. Suffolk and Hampshire are still fighting for 3rd place. Division 2 winners: Somerset Wyvern, ahead of London and Munster Division 3 winners: Sussex, ahead of Leicestershire & Rutland and the Channel Islands Division 4A winners: Tayside, Fife, & Stirling, ahead of Herefordshire-Worcestershire-Shropshire, with Derbyshire and Northern Knights still playing for 3rd place Division 4B winners: Bedfordshire-Northamptonshire, ahead of Buckinghamshire and Berkshire Full results here. Thanks to everyone who took part, especially @Chambro1970 for announcing the rounds and @Tricky_Dicky for all his admin efforts. Hope to see you all soon to start the 2022 edition.

We have entered an annual county chanmpionship event held by https://www.chess.com/club/county-championship-council-uk-and-ireland. The format is to be determined, but likely groups of six with the winners progressing. All players who have joined the Glamorgan County Chess Club, with an interest in playing games in this competition, please make yourself known below. Thank you.

As a chess club with a good standing in our own local community, our online precense should epitamize all that we stand for. Chess.com bans players daily for using outside assitance (i.e. Stockfish, Houdini among others) to aid their play. Some illicit the use of a phone or tablet running mobile engines such as shredder, to also help their game. There is an excellent article titled How to Cheat at Chess written by NM Sam Copeland. He details the various way people try to circumvent the rules of play and etiquette, it's almost a DIY know how guide into cheating! What it does manage to do is highlight the problem chess players have when playing not just online but in tournaments OTB. That said, it is important that we as a club maintain our integrity and play fairly. Try not to get entangled with an abusive player, and always report such instances. Ultimately, have fun and enjoy playing chess.