Due to the conflict in Ukraine, the Ukrainian delegate to the ICCF has requested that all active games involving at least one Ukrainian player should have their clocks stopped.

The ICCF has agreed to this request.

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:

Gold Medal

Silver Medal

Bronze Medal

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 BCCA is a member of the English Federation of Correspondence Chess.    The EFCC is holding its AGM and an Executive Committee meeting on 12th March in Biggleswade.

If any member has points to raise at the AGM, please contact Stephen Woodhouse.

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:

1. Gary Maguire
2. William Houpt
3. Ian Mason
4. Antony Copsey
5. Philip Tolhurst
6. Steven Lund
7. John Lockett
8. Raymond Burridge

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:

1. Mike Richardt
2. Keith Kitson
3. Anthony Roberts
4. Neil Jefferson
5. Matthew Bailey
6. David Elwood
7. Michael Farmer
8. Vincent Palmer

More Details

The cross table for the Championship can be found here: BCCL Championship with the Division 1 results here: Division 1