The BCCA has issued a statement today in relation to its support for the Ukrainian people – see: Ukraine Statement

The ICCF Executive Board and Management Committee met to discuss the ICCF response to the Ukrainian conflict.

They have decided to call an extraordinary meeting of Congress and to:

1. Donate 2000 Euros to support relief and support to Ukrainian citizens.
2. Approve a “Peace Tournament” with entry fees applied to provide further support.

Further details of the steps being taken can be found here: ICCF Announcement

Chess players want to read about chess and correspondence players want to read about correspondence play.   The literature focused on CC is relatively limited, however, and not always as easily accessible as other works.

With this in mind, we have created a new page on this website referencing works in our area: CC Literature .

We would be happy to add further items if as we discover them.

Although not a BCCA event, many of our members play in the British Championships.

As such, the results in the British Reserves B section which finished this week will be of interest – see: British Reserves B.

The BCCA offers everyone a Daily Chess Puzzle – actually, three puzzles – courtesy of Chess Shredder.    There are available through the following page under “BCCA Members) and are updated each day:

Daily Chess Puzzle

The ECF has added its weight to the statement from Fide referred to in our last post.

The following statement was issued by Mike Truran (ECF Chief Executive) and Malcolm Pein (FIDE Delegate and International Director) supporting FIDE’s decision that the 44th Chess Olympiad and the FIDE Congress will not take place in Russia.

The ECF has gone further, adding that:

1. In its view, FIDE should hold no further events in Russia until Russia has fully withdrawn from Ukrainian sovereign territory.
2. It will not send teams, players or officials to any chess events held in Russia until Russia has fully withdrawn from Ukrainian sovereign territory and ends hostilities against the Ukrainian people.
3. In its view, FIDE should terminate all agreements with Russian sponsors with immediate effect.

The full statement can be read here:  ECF Ukraine Statement.

In addition to the statement of the ICCF, FIDE issued its own statement last week in relation the impact of the war in Ukraine.   Further details can be read here: FIDE Ukraine Statement.

It is important that we recognise success.    With that in mind, we are publishing all winners of the William Mason Championship since 2010/11 see: William Mason Roll of Honour .

Following on from our previous update on the Medal tournaments see: The Medals , we thought that players and other members would find it helpful to have a list of all participants.   This is set out in the list below.

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.