Welsh Correspondence Chess Federation

Russell Sherwood  Sunday, September 8, 2019

 

In celebration of its 50th anniversary, CXEB is organizing an International Open Tournament, approved by the ICCF Congress in Vilnius (LTU), called the "CXEB 50 - Years Open (BRA) Tournament".

Registration by each Entry: 10 Euros only through PayPal ([email protected])

Oficial Website: http://www.cxeb.org.br/l50cxebi.htm

ICCF Webserver 

Tournament in 3 stages: Preliminaries, Semifinals, and Finals.

Start Date: Octubre 2019

Sponsor: Clube de Xadrez Epistolar Brasileiro CXEB (BRA)

Rating List 2019-4

TO: SIM Richard Fuzishawa (BRA)

TD: Leonardo Simal (BRA)

Preliminaries: 

This stage will start on Octubre 31st, 2019. Groups will be composed by 7 players.

Registration will close on October 21, 2019 !

Registration: via the organizer via PayPal, multiple entries allowed

Top two places advance to the Semifinals.

Cost of preliminaries: 10.00€

Rate of play: Triple Block system for a 350 days event, with 75 days initial bank and 1 day increment for the first 50 moves is used.

 

Semifinals: 

Will start as soon as qualifiers are determined

Players rated 2200 or higher may register to semifinals directly and will pay 15.00€

ICCF titles and norms are possible.

Winner only advances to Final and will receive money 15.00€ 

Rate of play: Triple Block system for a 350 days event, with 75 days initial bank and 1 day increment for the first 50 moves is used.

 

Final:

Will start as soon as qualifiers from the semifinals are determined

Prizes: 300€ for first place; 200€ for second place; 100€ for third place; money to be split evenly among tied players. (No tiebreak will be used.) Monetary prizes will only be distributed through Paypal.

ICCF titles and norms are possible.

Rate of play: Triple Block system for a 500 days event, with 50 days initial bank and 3 day increment for the first 50 moves is used.

 

Amici Sumus,

Richard Mitsuo Fuzishawa

[email protected]

CXEB Tournament Organizer

Russell Sherwood  Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Early days in this events but out initial standings are positive

Esko Nuutilainen Memorial Team Tournament Final

Here we have one result to date and in fact of the 20 games finished so far, only 1 has been decisive!

George D. Pyrich Memorial Team Tournament SF1

Another cagy event, with Slovakia taking an early lead in terms of wins

Russell Sherwood  Wednesday, September 4, 2019

A friendly match Netherlands versus Rest of Europe  is being arranged

ICCF Zone 1 and De Nederlandse Bond van Correspondentieschakers are delighted to announce that a friendly match Netherlands versus Rest of Europe will be organized in November, 2019.

1. The match will be played on ICCF webserver, ICCF Playing Rules will apply. Time control is 10 moves in 50 days with duplication after 20 days.

2. Number of boards is expected 50 to 60.

3. Any Zone 1 (Europa) National Federation (except for Netherlands) may nominate up to 3 players for the Rest of Europe Team . Any Welsh player wishing to take part should contact Russell Sherwood by 22nd September

4. Each player will play two games (one with White, one with Black) against her/his

opponent on her/his board.

5. Start date is November 1, 2019.

6. Team Captains are CCE Jan Bart Daatselaar (Netherlands) and GM Artis Gaujens (Rest of Europe). Tournament Director is CCM        Razumikhin, Andrey Mikhailovich (Russia).

7. Order of boards will be set in concordance with ICCF ratings being taken from

up-to-date rating list (i.e. 2019/4).

Austin Lockwood  Thursday, August 29, 2019

The attached advice was distributed to representatives of correspondence chess clubs affiliated to WCCF; it will be of particular interest to Welsh members of Natcor or BCCA who play tournaments on the ICCF webserver.

WCCF see this as a positive move which can only benefit players, however it will require a slightly different approach by our affiliated clubs from next year.

WCCF will do whatever is required to support our affiliates and their Welsh players during this transition.

Download

Russell Sherwood  Thursday, August 29, 2019

The Ward-Higgs appears to be coming to a thrilling climax with three teams still in the running and victory expected by the thinnist of margins

https://www.iccf.com/event?id=76232

Russell Sherwood  Thursday, August 29, 2019

The engine resource folder has been updated.....you know where to look!

Russell Sherwood  Thursday, August 29, 2019

Following changes to ICCF regulations at the recent Congress in Vilnius, Lithuania, the reently completed 2018-2019 edition of this event will be the last.

Austin Lockwood  Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Pictured is CCM Alex Sherwood, receiving his certificate and medal from ICCF President Eric Ruch.  Eric mentioned during the presentation that Alex was probably the youngest ever recipient of an ICCF Award!

Austin Lockwood  Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Pictured is Welsh national delegate, Russell Sherwood, receiving the International Master and Senior International Master medals and certificates on behalf of Gareth Yeo from the ICCF President, Eric Ruch, at the recent ICCF Congress in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Other medals awarded to Welsh players in Vilnius were:

• International Master: Austin Lockwood
• Correspondence Chess Master: Alex Sherwood
• International Arbiter: Austin Lockwood
• BvM Silver: Austin Lockwood

Austin Lockwood  Thursday, August 15, 2019

Russell Sherwood (Welsh National Delegate and ICCF Marketing Director) and Austin Lockwood (WCCF Secretary and ICCF Services Director) will both be attending the ICCF Congress in Vilnius, Lithuania from 18 to 22 August 2019.

The Congress proposals are listed on the ICCF website, here.

We will update the table below as each proposal is voted on by ICCF national delegates.

	Proposal	For	Against	Result
2019-001	Approve 2018 Congress Minutes	45	2	Passed
2019-002	Approve Financial Reports and 5-year Financial Plan.	42	0	Passed
2019-003	Approve Services Committee Budget for 2020	41	0	Passed
2019-004	Defining When to Apply the at Least 50% ETL Rule	41	4	Passed
2019-005	ICCF Medal and Certificate Awards	45	1	Passed
2019-006	Additional Analysis Submission for the 3-person Panel Review	42	2	Passed
2019-007	Defining "Repeated Misbehaviour"	41	2	Passed
2019-008A	Clarifying ICCF Rules by Eliminating the Word "Should" - A	42	1	Passed
2019-008B	Clarifying ICCF Rules by Eliminating the Word "Should" - B	42	1	Passed
2019-009	ICCF Retention Policy for Sensitive Personal Information	44	1	Passed
2019-010	[CONFLICT] Eliminate Age and Gender Specific Events	9	35	Defeated
2019-011	ICCF Congress in 2020	47	0	Passed
2019-012	Rules for Multiple Member Federation Participation Events	38	5	Passed
2019-013	ICCF Disciplinary Review Process	41	2	Passed
2019-014	Provisional Rating Procedure	46	0	Passed
2019-015	Clarifying the "Regulations" of the ICCF Appeal Committee	44	0	Passed
2019-016A	Limiting When Recorded Game Results can be Overturned - A	39	3	Passed
2019-016b	Limiting When Recorded Game Results Can Be Overturned - B	21	20	End of Investigation
2019-017	Applying Appeal Committee Regulations to the Arbitration Committee	44	0	Passed
2019-018	Recommendation to Congress - Hong Kong to be Dismissed from ICCF	45	0	Passed
2019-019	[CONFLICT] Allowing Claims Based on the 7-Piece Endgame Tablebase	43	3	Passed
2019-020	No Charge for National Postal Games	30	15	Passed
2019-021	Clarification of Request for Accepted Withdrawal	19	23	Defeated
2019-022	[CONFLICT] Eliminate Gender Specific Events	28	18	Passed
2019-023	[CONFLICT] Change the 50 Moves Rule to 100 moves and Accept Claims up to 100 Moves	10	34	Defeated
2019-024	Clarifying a Requirement for an Adjudicated Win	36	7	Passed
2019-025	Promotion of School Events	39	5	Passed
2019-026	Precedence of Conflicting Proposals	26	17	Passed
2019-027	Consultation in Team Play	29	14	Passed
2019-028	[CONFLICT] Eliminate the ICCF Ladies Olympiad and Ladies World Championship	18	25	Superceded by 022
2019-029	Congress Expenses for Officials	42	2	Passed
2019-030	Clarifying the Difference Between Invitational and Open Events	42	2	Passed
2019-031	Improve ICCF Congress Minutes	27	13	Passed
2019-032	Reserve Players in WCCC Stages	38	4	Passed
2019-033	2019 Tournament Fee Structure	41	3	Passed
2019-034	Calculation for Fixed Ratings	26	15	Passed
2019-035	Direct Norms for the GM - Title	21	23	Defeated
2019-036	Implement the Silli system in Large ICCF Tournaments	28	8	Passed
2019-037	Merger of Zone 4 into World Zone	19	23	Defeated
2019-038	Adjustment of GM Norm Requirements	19	23	Defeated
2019-039	Add Two Weeks of Discussion Time on Last Minute Proposals	40	4	Passed
2019-040	Eliminate the ICCF Zonal System	14	27	Defeated
2019-041	Players Should be Free to Decide if They Want to Use Linear Conditional Moves	29	15	Passed
2019-042	2/3 Majority Required for Changes to Voting Regulations	37	5	Passed

Updated Tuesday, August 20, 2019 by Austin Lockwood