The 17th edition of the South Wales International Chess Tournament took place from 7-12 July in Bridgend. The event was played in 9 rounds, Swiss system, with participation of 49 players.
GM Peter Wells convincingly won the event scoring 8/9 points, thus pocketing a Winner-prize of 800£. Wells was a full point ahead of the runner-up GM Keith Arkell who claimed silver with 7/9 points. As many as five players tied for the third place scoring 6 points, each, with tiebreak criteria favoring IM Jose Camacho Collados. (scroll down for final rankings)

Final rankings – 17th South Wales International Chess Tournament 2022:
Rk.
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
TB1
TB2
TB3
1
GM
Wells Peter K
ENG
2379
8
0
7
47
2
GM
Arkell Keith C
ENG
2400
7
0
5
52
3
IM
Camacho Collados Jose
WLS
2410
6
0
5
53
4
FM
Richardson John R
ENG
2289
6
0
5
51
5
IM
Rudd Jack
ENG
2331
6
0
5
50
6
Murphy Hugh W
ENG
2125
6
0
5
44
7
GM
Maksimenko Andrei
UKR
2434
6
0
4
50
8
CM
Bullen Alex
WLS
2106
5.5
0
5
43
9
WFM
Smith Olivia
WLS
2038
5.5
0
4
50
10
Hill Alistair
ENG
2190
5.5
0
4
48
11
FM
Nilsson Joakim
SWE
2213
5.5
0
4
46
12
Menadue Jeremy F S
ENG
1989
5.5
0
4
46
13
Rathbone-Jones Ifan
WLS
1936
5.5
0
4
44
14
FM
Waddington Mike P
ENG
2071
5.5
0
4
40
15
Brown Thomas
WLS
2194
5
0
4
47
16
Ralphs Nigel
WLS
1964
5
0
4
43
17
AGM
Skettos Nicolas
CYP
1972
5
0
4
36
18
Fowler Hugo
WLS
1873
5
0
3
46
19
Turner Joseph David
WLS
1869
5
0
3
40
20
Jukes Sam
WLS
1906
4.5
0
4
42
21
AGM
Van Kemenade Rudy
WLS
1921
4.5
0
4
39
22
Thomas Roy
WLS
1673
4.5
0
4
32
23
FM
Blackburn Jonathan L B
WLS
2176
4.5
0
3
49
24
Spanton Tim R
ENG
1889
4.5
0
3
43
25
Gibbs Dominic V
ENG
1873
4.5
0
3
41
26
Robinson David
WLS
1857
4.5
0
3
38
27
De Coverly Roger D
ENG
1914
4.5
0
2
40
28
Fathallah Joe
WLS
1912
4.5
0
2
39
29
ACM
Mckenna Joshua
WLS
1658
4
0
4
36
30
Fowler Caspian
WLS
1483
4
0
4
32
31
FM
Derakhshani Borna
ENG
2387
4
0
3
51
32
CM
Hughes Anthony
WLS
1865
4
0
3
40
33
Gawne Martin
ENG
1724
4
0
3
39
34
Davies Callum
WLS
0
4
0
3
37
35
Khan Mohammed
ENG
1778
4
0
3
28
36
Probert Malcolm
WLS
1572
4
0
2
35
37
Hurn Robert Aj
WLS
1605
3.5
0
2
42
38
Williams Ron
WLS
1589
3.5
0
2
30
39
Dixon Chris
WLS
1696
3.5
0
1
33
40
Jones Jeremy
WLS
1574
3.5
0
1
32
41
Sainbayar Anuurai
ENG
1512
3
0
3
40
42
Farley Harry
ENG
0
3
0
1
34
43
Bridges Paul
WLS
1754
2.5
0
2
38
44
Westcott Dale
WLS
1250
2.5
0
0
37
45
Jones Luke
ENG
0
2.5
0
0
33
46
Harding Gareth
WLS
1808
2
0
1
40
47
Di-Vetta Andrew
WLS
1754
1
0
1
32
48
Emblem Mark
WLS
1437
1
0
0
34
49
FM
Kozusek Daniel
WLS
2328
0
0
0
27
FM
Liu Yi
AUS
2297
0
0
0
27
Volovich Julia
ENG
1783
0
0
0
27
Allen Edwin
ENG
1442
0
0
0
27
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