Welsh Correspondence Chess Federation

Russell Sherwood  Tuesday, May 10, 2022

The results of the votes at the ICCF Exceptional Congress have now been posted online at ICCF Congresses

Players are invited to review the proposals and outcomes but the implications of this are:

• The Russian and Belarusian Federations are now suspended
• Russian and Belarusian players will be able to continue to play games and enter events with isolated player status.
• Any Ukrainian games not started by the designated date will go through a automated adjudication process. Whilst this approach has shortcomings, (a) the games cannot be stopped indefinitely and (b) It is a least-worst option in terms of approach.
• All the proposals will be reviewed at the Glasgow Congress.
• Games involving Russian and Belarusian players should continue as normal. If you do not wish to communicate with your opponent, please request your TD to remove this option

If any Welsh player wish to discuss or clarify anything involved in these votes, feel free to get in touch.

Russell Sherwood

WCCF National Delegate

For and on behalf of the WCCF

Russell Sherwood  Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Details of those selected for the Welsh Teams in these events have just been distributed. 

For those not selected, thank-you for your interest and better luck next time. For sure, these are some of the strongest Welsh teams fielded in this kind of event!

Russell Sherwood  Sunday, April 10, 2022

The ICCF Peace Open closing date is fast approaching....if you are interested don't miss out!

The event now allows entry via National Federation.

Russell Sherwood  Saturday, April 2, 2022

Andrew Smith is arranging a friendly match with Sweden, starting in May 2022. 

Sweden is able to field players through the rating range with 5 boards over 2400, so there is something for everyone!

Contact Andrew for more details or to sign up!

Russell Sherwood  Sunday, March 20, 2022

We are always on the lookout for new contributors to the Website. If you have something you would like to say about Correspondence Chess, get in touch. 

In addition, other opportunities for publications I am developing at the moment also exist

Assistance can be given in the development of articles and all articles receive final moderation

Russell Sherwood  Sunday, March 20, 2022

In view of the two worthy charity events being held to aid Ukraine and not wishing to split entries, we have decided to delay the 2nd Welsh Open until later in 2022.