Jose Camacho-Collados is Welsh Chess Champion 2025
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 |