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Jose Camacho-Collados is Welsh Chess Champion 2025

24 Apr, 2025by gprevenasΣκακιστικά νέα

Jose Camacho-Collados won the 2025 edition of the Welsh Chess Championship. He won the title achieving an impressive 6.5/7 score at the Welsh Chess Union (WCU) Championships. The silver medal is for Iwan Cave (who also became Welsh U21 champion) with 6,0/7, while the bronze is for FM Grzegorz Toczek with 5,0/7. The Welsh Ladies champion is Emma Zihan Kong, who finished with 3,5/7.

Jose Camacho-Collados, a Professor in the Cardiff University, is an International Master. He recently played on board 1 for Wales at the Chess Olympiad 2024. This is a second national title for Jose Camacho-Collados after the victory in the 2022 Welsh Chess Championship. Scroll down for the full list of Welsh Chess Champions.


Final ranking of the Welsh Chess Championship 2025


1 IM Camacho Collados, Jose WLS 2316 6.5
2 Cave, Iwan WLS 2056 6
3 FM Toczek, Grzegorz WLS 2233 5
4 FM Blackburn, Jonathan L B WLS 2205 4.5
5 CM Bullen, Alex WLS 2160 4.5
6 FM Kett, Tim WLS 2089 4
7 Freeland, Alex WLS 2018 4
8 Fathallah, Joe WLS 1979 4
9 Szakmany, Bence WLS 2017 4
10 Jukes, Sam WLS 1951 4
11 FM Harakis, Alexis M WLS 2224 3.5
12 Korovski, Georgi WLS 1697 3.5
13 Spice, Alan WLS 1999 3.5
14 CM Davis, Lee WLS 1905 3.5
15 Young, Alan WLS 1991 3.5
16 Binks, Michael WLS 1937 3.5
17 Pleasants, Allan J WLS 1985 3.5
18 Kong, Emma Zihan WLS 1818 3.5
19 AGM Van Kemenade, Rudy WLS 1945 3
20 AFM Mckenna, Joshua WLS 1705 3
21 Mcgregor, John WLS 1868 3
22 Musson, Adam J WLS 2012 2.5
23 Beeston, Darson WLS 1692 2.5
24 Turner, Joseph David WLS 1819 2.5
25 Tuson, Jon WLS 1806 2
26 Shevchenko, Danylo WLS 1757 2
27 Thomas, Roy WLS 1855 2

The modern Welsh Chess Championship was inaugurated in 1955. Here is a list of all the champions so far.


Year Men’s Champion
1955 Arthur S. Griffiths
1956 Briant Peter Bourne
1957 M. E. Wise & Grahame F. Barnard
1958 Brian V. Douthwaite
1959 Donald A. Curtis
1960 Pat J. Bennett
1961 Pat J. Bennett, John Denley Mills
1962 Arthur O. Jones, W. D. Newcombe
1963 George P. Moore
1964 Graham H. Chesters
1965 David Ian Wishart Reynolds
1966 David John Sully
1967 Colin Gilbert
1968 Arthur Howard Williams, Mikhail Gavrilovik
1969 Mikhail Gavrilovik
1970 Mikhail Gavrilovik, Graham H Chesters
1971 Arthur Howard Williams
1972 Arthur Howard Williams
1973 John Trevelyan, Stuart James Hutchings,
1974 George Botterill, Moss McCarthy
1975 Arthur Howard Williams
1976 John Grantley Cooper, Emmanuel M. Rayner
1977 Arthur Howard Williams, John Grantley Cooper
1978 John Grantley Cooper, Arthur Howard Williams
1979 John Trevelyan, David John Sully
1980 Arthur Howard Williams
1981 Arthur Howard Williams
1982 Arthur Howard Williams
1983 Stephen Collin James, Iolo Ceredig Jones, Paul A. Lamford, Arthur Howard Williams
1984 John Grantley Cooper
1985 John Grantley Cooper
1986 Arthur Howard Williams
1987 Arthur Howard Williams, Moss McCarthy
1988 Arthur Howard Williams, Paul A. Lamford
1989 Paul A. Lamford
1990 Charles F. Morris, P O’Neill, Stuart James Hutchings
1991 Arthur Howard Williams, Andrew R. Jones
1992 John Grantley Cooper
1993 John Grantley Cooper, Arthur Howard Williams
1994 John Grantley Cooper, Arthur Howard Williams
1995 John Grantley Cooper
1996 John Grantley Cooper
1997 David H. Cummings
1998 David H. Cummings, Andrew Dyce, Sven Zeidler, Gareth Morris
1999 James Cobb
2000 Leighton Williams
2001 James Cobb
2002 Richard S. Jones
2003 Richard S. Jones
2004 Suan Evans-Quek
2005 Leighton Williams
2006 John Trevelyan
2007 James Cobb
2008 Leighton Williams, James Cobb
2009 Ioan Rees, Richard S. Jones
2010 Richard S. Jones
2011 Arthur Howard Williams, Sven Zeidler
2012 Tim Kett, Richard S. Jones
2013 Richard S. Jones
2014 Tim Kett
2015 James Cobb
2016 Tim Kett
2017 Allan J. Pleasants
2018 Gerry Heap, David Jameson and Sven Zeidler
2019 Tim Kett
2022 Jose Camacho Collados
2023 Daniel Kozusek
2024 Daniel Kozusek