Russell Sherwood Friday, January 8, 2021
WCCF are proud to commence the 3rd States and Regions Correspondence Team Chess Championship. In what is now the premier cc team event hosted in the UK, involving players from 33 Counties (MEX, CZE, USA, POL, PER, ESP, WLS, RUS, ENG, SUI, GER, ITA, AUT, BRA, DEN, PAN, CUB, BUL, LAT, CAN, SWE, SCO, PHI, FRA, UKR, GUM, TUN, NED, FED, FIN, BEL, SLO and AUS).
Taking part are: 1 GM, 10 SIM, 21 IM, 67 CCM/LGM and 40 CCE.
We are happy that half of the boards have achieved Norm Category 1 or higher, allowing the pursuit of IM, SIM and GM Norms. Overall 77% of players are able to pursue meaningful norm opportunities. The excellent response has forced the creation of four divisions. This excellent response has also required the activation of the Board ordering rule in a few cases to avoid players being disadvantaged.
Beyond the teams already qualified into the 1st Division the margin between the average team ratings is very tight, averaging typically 100 elo.
Norm Categories
| | Div | | | |
| Board | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | L |
| 3 | 3 | L | I | F |
| 4 | I | C | Rated | Rated |
States and Regions CCC 2021 Division One
An interesting field with defending champions Tirol being only the 6th strongest team (on paper). Strength in depth is seen with Board 4 achieving an average rating of 2323/Category 3
States and Regions CCC 2021 Division Two
The overall strength of the event is evident with Boards 1 and 2 achieving Category 5 and 4. Top seeds Western Ukraine and Mantanzas All stars must be favourite here, both being unlucky to just miss out on Division 1.
States and Regions CCC 2021 Division Three
An interesting mix of established and rookie players should lead to fireworks in this division.
States and Regions CCC 2021 Division Four
This Division includes a wide mix of players and teams. Many emerging talents are here – is this their chance to shine?
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