The ICCF President, Eric Ruch, has issued a message relating to the Ukraine crisis. He comments on correspondence chess aiming to “reinforce the links between and the friendship between all players worldwide, regardless of their origin, the colour of skin, religion …”.
The full message can be read here: ICCF Message: Ukraine.
The entries for the annual BCCA Medal Tournaments have been announced split into Gold, Silver and Bronze.
The start date will be 14th March but details of the players can be found here:
We have now created a new page – AGM Documents – in order to extend the information available to members about the operation of the BCCA.
Initially, this contains the minutes of the October 2020 meeting. Further information, including details of future meetings, will be added in due course.
A correspondence chess club was established on Chess.com on 15th February purporting to represent the EFCC. The EFCC issued a statement this morning – see: EFCC/Chess.com – showing that this is not a club initiated or supported by the EFCC.
The Executive Committee play a key role in running the BCCA.
To find out more, including a list of members, please click here: The Executive Committee.
Congratulations are in order for Arthur Reed who won the Capablanca IM Open International Tournament Group 8 with the impressive score of 6.5, securing a CCM Norm. See here: Capablanca Open Gp 8 for the full results.
We have already announced the introduction of BCCA ratings – see: BCCA Ratings – and we can now confirm that the intention is to publish the first BCCA rating list in early May.
We are also reviewing the ICCF rules with a view to allowing our main tournaments to be both ICCF and BCCA rated. Further details on this will be announced shortly.
The BCCA teams organised by Stan Grayland in the British Correspondence Chess League achieved remarkable levels of success and should be congratulated.
Championship
Pride of place rests with the BCCA Lions team, captained by Philip Tolhurst, who won the Championship with 9.5/16, beating CS Administrators into second place by a mere half point.
The team performed consistently well and recognition should be given to all the players:
Division 1
While the Lions were overall champions, the BCCA Giants, captained by Neil Jefferson, took Division 1 by storm winning the division with 14 points, all of 4.5 points ahead of their nearest rivals, CS Bureaucrats who finished on 9.5.
There was a string of impressive results from the following team members:
More Details
The cross table for the Championship can be found here: BCCL Championship with the Division 1 results here: Division 1