Congratulations to Les Ellis on winning this Class 2 Trio with a perfect score of 4/4. Les is now playing David Coyne and Leslie Eastoe in Class 3 which promises to be a very close fought contest between some of the Clubs strongest players. Click this link for the latest score.
The 2012 Webserver Gold Medal Tournament
The 2012 Webserver Gold Medal Tournament has now finished after some seven months of play. The finished crosstable and tournament download in pgn format is available via this link
This was one of the most closely fought tournaments I have ever seen! Only 2.5 points separated the whole field and there was a 4-way tie on 5 points at the top. Congratulations to David Coyne who is the winner on S-B Tie-break. David will received an engraved Gold Medal in due course & also collects 10 points towards the BCCA Master Title. Equal 2nd were Ian Mason & Mark Eldridge who therefore collect 2 points each. Honourable mention must be made of Toni Halliwell who, despite finishing on the same points as the winner, finished 4th on tie-break & has no prize! Sorry Toni.
I hope you all enjoyed the tournament & will consider playing again next season. A big thank you to Peter Hulse for acting as Tournament Director.
Email Tournament Update
Trio’s Update
Congratulations to Antony Copsey on winning BCCA/C1/TR24 with a score of 3.5/4. Antony has been awarded two ‘BCCA Candidate Master Points’ and has been promoted to Class 2.
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Latest Trio Result
BCCA/C1/29 has now finished with a tie for 1st place between Raymond Burridge and Sandy Smyth – well played. After drawing lots Sandy Smyth goes through to Class 2, both players share the BCCA Candidate Master Points and receive one each.
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Email Tournament Update
Ron Cooper has published the latest results for A83 – A89 – see the results page. Click here
For the 2012/13 season the tournament format will change to Trio’s as this will enable sections to start more quickly. Ron has announced the first two sections – details below:-
David Coyne wins 1st Class 3 Trio
Hearty congratulations to David Coyne on winning the 1st BCCA Class 3 Trio with a score of 3/4 – David wins 3 BCCA Master Points and now awaits new challengers. Ron Cooper & Neil Jefferson drew with 1.5 points and equal SB scores, as a result they will both stay in Class 3 and there will be no relegation. Crosstable
Selected Openings 2011/12 – Final Results
Here are the final results for the 2011/12 Season.
The Portsmouth Gambit B30 2011, Selected Openings Tournament played on the ICCF webserver was won by Andreas Kondziela with a near perfect score of 11/12, exceptional play. Fred Clough, who revived this opening, came second with 9.5/11. The full crosstable is available here
The Gambit Tournament and Counter Gambit Tournament A have been won by Derek Gallimore and the Counter Gambit Tournament B by Neil Limbert – Well Played Both! For full details see the the Tournament Results Page
Latest Trio Results
Congratulations to Leslie Eastoe on winning Class 2 Trio No. 3 with a score of 3.5/4, Leslie is promoted to Class 3 and has been awarded 5 BCCA Candidate Master Points. Crosstable
Allan Gardner has won Class 1 Trio No. 14 with a score of 3/4 and is now playing in Class 2 with Paul Batchelor and Iain Gould. Allan has also been awarded 2 BCCA Candidate Master Points. Crosstable
Anthony Balshaw clinches Webserver Tournament Hat Trick!
Anthony has achieved his goal of winning the 6th and last Webserver Tournament to complete his hat trick of consecutive wins. I am sure you will all join with us in congratulating him on this achievement. It was a tough competition and it went down to the wire with three players in contention. In the end Anthony held on to win from Terry Taylor on SB count back! It cannot get any closer. For more details please see the tournament table.
As the reigning BCCA Champion Anthony is having a tremendous year and must now have his sights set on the British Championship this year based on his current form.