Top 50 Grades

Top 50 Grades Achieved By Castell Nedd Chess Club Members

No. Grade Name Year
1 2160 Christopher Walsh 1992
2 2050 Robert Saunders 1992
3 2032 Matthew Davies 2009
4 2020 Martyn Griffiths 1983
5 1980 Mark Evans 1980
6 1951 Terry Hammond 2002
7 1930 Peter George 1989
8 1922 Carl Davies 2009
9 1918 Steve Smith 2020
10 1910 Glyn Sinnett 1987
11 1888 Hywel Griffiths 2016
12 1885 Andrew Thomas 1985
13 1885 David Carpenter 2006
14 1860 Mark Saunders 1986
15 1850 Andrew Gibbons 1992
16 1845 Michael Williams 1985
17 1830 Dennis Jones 1992
18 1825 Adam Musson 1990
19 1820 Jonathan Thomas 2004
20 1795 Jonathan Musson 1992
21 1795 Bob Moore 1996
22 1785 Victor Masse 1991
23 1760 Michael Thomas 1982
24 1746 Michael Beck 2023
25 1735 Peter Jones 1986
No. Grade Name Year
26 1715 Malcolm Kingman 1989
27 1715 Alan Newport 1993
28 1705 Karl Griffiths 1990
29 1700 Gerald Jenkins 1991
30 1696 Rhiannon Hammond 2001
31 1695 Robert Baker 1982
32 1675 Siencyn Philips 1984
33 1667 Dale Westcott 2023
34 1665 David Merryweather 2001
35 1650 Richard Jenkins 1986
36 1620 Brian Tonks 2000
37 1610 Albert Easton 1992
38 1610 John Walsh 1987
39 1599 Wayne Prescott 2011
40 1595 Richard Webb 1989
41 1590 Martyn Wassall 1985
42 1581 Anthony Beck 2017
43 1540 Mark Delahunty 1980
44 1535 Yvonne Coats 1985
45 1505 Peter James 1994
46 1500 John Griffiths 1997
47 1490 Sachin Agrawal 1992
48 1485 Jeff Burrows 1982
49 1480 Tony Roberts 1982
50 1475 Nigel Smith 1987
“Tactics flow from a superior position.”

Bobby Fisher
“Even the laziest king flees wildly in the face of a double check.”
Aron Nimzowitsch
“Chess is a fairy tale of 1,001 blunders.”

Savielly Tartakower
“The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.”
Savielly Tartakower
“When you see a good move, look for a better one.”
Emanuel Lasker
“The pawns are the soul of chess.”

Francois Andre Danican Philidor
“The hardest game to win is a won game.”

Emanuel Lasker
“A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it.”

Wilhelm Steinitz

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