Malpas Chess Club Gwent hosted the first of two Rapid Quick Play events. The first was Monday evening 29th June and it was a great turn out. After a great tussle in the final round Malpas player Peter Kirby won as white to Yoganand of Newport both playing fine rapid chess and clinched first prize. […]
We are holding 2 Summer Rapid Chess Tournaments at Malpas Chess Club. For more details see the Link in the Main Menu for Summer Events 2026.
Well done to Ron Williams (shown) and Bob Wiltshire of Malpas Chess Club for bringing home a well deserved rating prize achieving 3/5 at the Gwent Closed Championship 2026 held in Pontypool’s Headquarters at Sebastopol Club. It was a great event with 16 or so entrants. May we at Malpas convey our congratulations to Cwmbran’s […]
HOME – Mon 8th Sept 2025 – Malpas Rooks v Abergavenny D (Capt. Dave N) AWAY – Wed 10th Sept 2025 – Newport B v Malpas Knights (Capt. Jack B) These are our first Round 1 Matches in Division 2. Good luck to all teams!
The Gwent League Fixture are provisionally done for the 2025-2026 season Malpas Fixtures are linked on the buttons below: Good luck for the new season!!
Can we congratulate Madged, a new player to the Malpas club, for achieving 4.5 out of 7 in the recent Welsh Open tournament. Well Done!
Please find details of this tournament which will be help on the 25th to 27th April on the Link below.
White to move – checkmate in two moves. Thanks to Lucas for showing some of us this puzzle last week.
The Fixtures are in for the Quick Play League: You can find the Malpas Games in the Gwent League Menu (above). The first match is on Monday – 17th March 2025 at Home against Pontypool B.
Can I say thank you to Peter S for donating a large number of Chess books to the Club. These will be added to the Library (viewed via the Library tab at the top of the menu list) and anyone can borrow these to improve their chess strategy. Please, let me know if you would […]
