Congratulations to John Horton and Robert Bruce who are joint winners of Class 1 Trio No.141 with identical scores of 3/4. John and Robert receive 1 BCCA Candidate Master point each and will both be promoted to class 2. Robert has now accumulated 14 BCCA Candidate Master Points whilst for John this is his first step towards the title (20 points needs to gain the title)
SIM Keith Kitson has won Class 3 Trio No.36 with an impressive score of 3.5/4. Keith is awarded 3 BCCA Master Points taking his total to 17 (just 3 more needed to gain the title.)
Congratulations to Mark Eldridge on winning Class 3 Trio No.40 with an excellent score of 3/4.
Mark is already holds the BCCA Master Title having gained it in 2015.
Alexander Sherwood has won the 2016 WS Silver Medal Tournament No.2 with a score of 6/8. The victory was achieved despite losing one game, which is testament to his positive play. Congratulations to Alexander! The crosstable & games can be seen here: https://www.iccf.com/event?id=57634
The 2016/17 season of the BCCL (webserver) has just got underway with three Divisions, 22 teams & 176 players! The Divisions are organised on the Hutton system so each player only plays two games. BCCA has entered five teams (40 players).
Paul Terry has won the 2016 Postal Silver Medal tournament with a perfect score of 8/8! Congratulations & well played to Paul. He wins a Silver Medal & 6 BCCA Candidate Master points.
BCCA will be entering multiple teams again so, if you wish to play, please contact Neil Limbert before December 10. All standards of player are catered for. Once again, BCCA will cover the Entry Fee so players have nothing to pay. Each team consists of four players & each player will normally play six games. You can see the Season Three Divisions below:-
Only one Trio completed this month which is Class 1 No. 144. The winner was Raymond Cox with a score of 3.5/4 – well played. Ray has been awarded 2 BCCA Candidate Master Points taking his total to 19, just one more point needed for the title. He has now been promoted to Class 2
BCCA member Fred Clough has written a very good article for the Welsh CC Federation website entitled: “‘SNAIL MAIL’ – Postal Chess Before Computers Arrived.- Some Reminiscences.” This is well worth a read with three exciting annotated games. You can read the article here: http://welshccf.org.uk/content/66
Yosua Sitorus has won the 2016 Webserver Silver Medal tournament No.1 with a superb score of 9/10! The final crosstable can be seen here: https://www.iccf.com/event?id=57633
In addition, the 10 CM (Candidate Master) points earned for finishing 1st have taken him to 20 CM points: he is therefore also awarded the BCCA Candidate Master Title!
Congratulations to Yosua! Two medals & a certificate will be winging their way to Indonesia shortly.
