Tim Harding is the new leader in the clubhouse having finished his games with an excellent score of 6 out of 8.  Tim will now to have to wait to find out whether anyone else can match his score, or indeed overtake him.  105 games in the tournament have now finished with 31 games ongoing.  The tournament table can be seen here: http://www.bccachess.org/chesstournaments/paterson-rodford-memorials-start-dec-2014/ (Change the “Show … entries” number to “50” to see the full list of players) and all the games can be seen here: https://www.iccf.com/event?id=49085

Congratulations to Jim Fox who wins the Class 1 Trio No. 104 by SB Score from David Woodruff. Jim has been awarded 2 BCCA Candidate Master Points and promoted to Class 2.

Congratulations to Gary Maguire who notches up his 3rd Class 2 Tournament win with a score of 3.5/4 in BCCA/C2/Tr43 against Allan Gardner and Steven Woodhouse – Gary is awarded a further 4 BCCA Candidate Master Points which brings his total to 14.

Class 1 Trio No.100 – Congratulations to Paul Clarke on his first Class 1 win with a perfect score of 4/4 – very well played. Paul is now promoted to Class 2 and has been awarded 2 BCCA Candidate Master Points.

Mike Richardt has won Class 2 Trio No. 41 with a perfect score of 4/4 – well played, Mike has been awarded another 4 BCCA Candidate Master Points in his title quest.

Congratulations to Trevor Carr who has won Class 3 Trio No.15 with a clean sweep of 4/4 against Dawn Williamson and Ben Wood. Trevor has been awarded 3 sought after BCCA Master Points – well played.

Congratulations to Dennis Broadway on his first Class 3 Trio win with a score 3/4 in BCCA/C3/Tr22  against Raymond Burridge and Neil Jefferson. Dennis is awarded 3 BCCA Master Points to start his campaign for the title. Dennis already holds the BCCA Candidate Master Title.

BCCA President Stan Grayland has won the 2014/5 BCCA William Mason Championship Final. The crosstable can be seen here: https://www.iccf.com/event?id=45557 Although there are still four games ongoing, Stan cannot be caught. Well played Stan!

The Points Awarded Lists have now been updated for the BCCA Master (BM) & BCCA Candidate Master (CM). Check out this link: http://www.bccachess.org/members/bcca-titles-within-reach-of-every-player/title-points-awarded/ to see where you are in the list & how many points you need for one of the Titles. (Remember to change the “Show … Entries” to 100 to see the full lists)

The BCCA entered 6 teams in the 2014/15 BCCL (British Correspondence Chess League). 5 teams are in the Webserver League & one team is in the Postal league. Play started in December 2014 & ends September 2015.

Webserver BCCL

Championship: BCCA Giants currently in 3rd place (out of 9 teams) on 8.5/14 with two games left. Likely to just miss out on the Title but a very well played season. The tournament crosstable & all the games can be seen here: https://www.iccf.com/event?id=49415

Division One: Our three teams in this division currently occupy 1st, 2nd & 3rd places! Out of 9 teams in the division so excellent play from our players. BCCA Lions are on 10/13 (3 games left); BCCA Dragons are on 8/10 (6 games left); BCCA Centaurs are on 7.5/13 (3 games left). I am hopeful that two of those teams will finish 1st & 2nd & therefore obtain promotion to the Championship.  The tournament crosstable & all the games can be seen here: https://www.iccf.com/event?id=49483

Division Two: BCCA Eagles are in 5th place on 7.5/13 (1 game left) so mid-table security ensured. The tournament crosstable & all the games can be seen here: https://www.iccf.com/event?id=49598

Postal BCCL

Our one Postal team – BCCA Postalites – currently stand on 6.5/9 with 3 games remaining. Already a good score so the team have done well. The tournament crosstable is not yet available as many teams don’t send in their results until the end of the season.

NEXT SEASON

I hope that all the players involved in all the teams will play again next season, but there are always a few who cannot. If you are renewing your BCCA membership & don’t mind an extra two games, please remember to tick the BCCL option. It’s free!

Congratulations to Raymond Burridge on winning Class 3 Trio  No.19 with a score of 3/4, Raymond is awarded 3 BCCA Master Points to start his campaign for the coveted Master Title.

Congratulations to Gary Maguire on his first Class 3 Trio win with a near perfect score of 3.5/4 in BCCA/C3/Tr16. Gary has been awarded 3 BCCA Master Points which kicks off his campaign for the BCCA Master Title.

Eoin Campbell has won Class 2 Trio No.49 with a score of 3.5/4 against Robert Bruce and David Woodruff. Eoin has been awarded 4 valuable BCCA Candidate Master Points and has been promoted to Class 3 – very well played.

Congratulations to Dennis Broadway on achieving the necessary 20 CM points to be awarded the Candidate Master Title. To reach 20 points, Dennis won one Class 1 Trio, three Class 2 Trio’s, a BCCA Reserves section and a British Veteran’s Candidates Section. Dennis is the 3rd player to be awarded the Title in 2015. A full list of Title holders can be seen here: http://www.bccachess.org/members/bcca-titles-within-reach-of-every-player/current-title-holders-and-year-awarded/

Fred Clough has announced results to May 5th which have been updated on the Tournament Results page.

Post/e.mail – Winner: C.D. Gallimore, Runner up: D. Richardson

e.mail only – Results to 5th May – P.Douglass  6:   B.Thompson  4.5;    C.D.Gallimore  3.5(4);    B.Robinson  0 (4);    S.Olsen

Michael Thistlewood has reported the final results which have been updated on the Tournament Results page.

The winner of Tourney A is Paul Douglass and Tourney B has been won by C. Bennett – well played.

Congratulations to new member William Lindberg on winning two Class 1 Trio No.103 & 105 with a scores of 3/4 & 4/4 – William is now playing in Class 2 and has been awarded 4 BCCA Candidate Master Points.

Class 3 Trio No.21 resulted in a 3 way draw. Andrew Dearnley, Mark Eldridge & John Brasier have joined a select group as this is only the 3^rd time this has happened out of 180 Trio’s. All three players have received 1 BCCA Master Point.

Dr Mark Wilson has won Class 3 Trio No.11 with a score of 3/4 and is awarded 3 sort after BCCA Master Points to start his campaign to achieve the coveted title.

Congratulations to new member Richard Akrill on winning Class 1 Trio No.101 with a score of 3/4 – Richard is promoted to Class 2 and awarded 2 BCCA Candidate Master Points to start his campaign – well played.