♟️ Calling All Future Chess Masters in Malpas! ♟️ Whether you’re 8 or 88, you can learn to play chess! We’re looking for complete beginners to join our brand-new Beginner’s Chess Course in Malpas. ✅ 100% free ✅ Taught face-to-face by expert players from Malpas Chess Club ✅ Perfect for kids, parents, and grandparents ✅ […]
Malpas chess player Ella Green (4/5 pts) achieved joint 2nd place in the Minor section of the Newport Chess Congress which was held over the weekend of the 21 to 23 August 2026. Ella drew in the last round 5, with the winner Jai Hrithvik Adithya Are (4.5/5 pts) in a fiercely competitive match to […]
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. […]
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 […]
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.
We are moving to the Malpas Unionist Club on Monday 9th September, 6.30pm. To celebrate, we cordially invite members of the Gwent League to come and join us for a 10 min Rapid play competition. The competition will start at 7.00pm at the above Venue. Clocks will have 10min each with 10 sec increments from […]
The Gwent League Fixtures (provisional) are out. I have put the games for Malpas on this website. Please, if anyone can see any errors, let me know asap. Away teams (and home team members) are kindly advised that home matches are to start promptly at 7pm. Good Luck to all Teams in the Gwent League!!
There is an event hosted by Newport Chess Club on Wednesday the 4th September 2024 at 7pm held at the Pen and Wig, Stow Hill, Newport. It is a Chess 960 event. Chess 960 is played with randomised positioning of major pieces although they are matched for both white and black. This enables players to […]
Congratulations to James Lavender, Lee Davis and Peter AC Varley for jointly winning the Gwent Closed Championships with 3.5/5 points. A hotly fought contest which allows them to jointly be names Gwent Champions. James did well to hold onto this title. Congratulations to Ron Williams who came joint first in the U1600 section with Bob […]