William Mason Championship

The BCCA ‘William Mason’ Championship for 2010-11 is our premier event and determines who will be the club champion each year. The Championship is a promotion tournaments and this season we have a Championship section, four ‘Candidates’ sections and a five ‘Reserves’ sections.

You can view the latest tables here.

The Championship itself is still wide open with just a handful of results report to date. Led by L.G. Eastoe but all players still have enough unreported results to win this one. The Candidates comprises four sections with the winner gaining the chance to compete at the highest level. Candidates A is led by Stan Grayland on a very impressive 4/4 whilst Candidates B is led by our President Jonathan Rashleigh. Candidates C & D demonstrate the difference between web-server play and normal post or email move transmission. Both of the these sections are being played on the web-server and almost all games are completed whilst the non web-server events are still wide open. Candidates C is led by Anthony Balshaw on 7.5/9 whilst Candidates D is led by David Coyne on 8.5/10 closely followed by Antony Cannon with 6.5/8.

The five Reserves sections are also split between web-server and postal play, the three postal sections are wide open although Reserves A is led by A. Copsey 5/5, Reserves B is led by P. Hulse 3/3 and Reserves C has M.E. Hardwick on 2.5/3. The web-server sections have more games completed, Reserves D is led by Dr. M.R. Wilson on 8/8 whilst Lawrence Rhodes leads Reserves E with a fantastic 10/10, very well done!

Selected Openings and Gambit Tournament Results Update

The following results have been reported in the following Selected Openings and Gambit Tournaments

SOT Main Theme
Thornton 1-0 Wood
Wood 1-0 Thornton
Grobler 1-0 Crawshaw
Crawshaw 1-0 Grobler
Crawshaw 1-0 Wood
Grobler draws with Gallimore

Gambit A
Wright 1-0 Clough
Thompson 0-1 Clough
Grobler 1-0 Brook
Clough 1-0 Brook

Gambit B
Richardson draws with Witt
Witt 0-2 Gallimore
Richardson 2-0 Thornton
Richardson 0-1 Witt
Gallimore 1-0 Richardson
Jolly 0-1 Witt

Counter Gambit
Wright draws both games v Cranmer
Cranmer 1-0 Thornton
Richardson 2-0 Thornton
Gallimore 1-0 Richardson

BCCA Championship Results Update

The following results have recenly been reported in the BCCA Championship.

Championship
Braunton 0-1 Ellis
Eastoe 1-0 Braunton
McLaughlin 1-0 Braunton
Ellis 1-0 Brotherton
Gould 0-1 McMahon

Candidates A
Cranmer draws both games v Picken
Tymms 2-0 Picken
Grayland 2-0 Cranmer

Candidates B
Harriman 1-0 Dixon
Rashleigh 1-0 Burridge
Coleman 1-0 Burridge
Burridge draws with Coleman
Finnie draws with Burridge
Rashleigh 1-0 Dixon

Reserves A
Denton 0-1 Copsey
Copsey 2-0 Toye
Copsey 1-0 Fuller
Copsey 1-0 Elwood

Reserves B
Lindop 0-1 Hulse
Hulse 2-0 Woodfuff

Webserver Tournament – April Update

Tension is building in the 5th Webserver Final; Mark Eldridge is still leading with a score of 4.5 followed by Terry Taylor in 2nd place. Antony Balshaw, the current champion, is also on the move with a win against Terry.

In the 6th Webserver Tournament there has been a rush of results with all Group winners now being decided:-

Terry Taylor has won Preliminary Group 21 with a score of 8/10 and Ian Mason has taken 2nd place scoring 6/10.

Allan Gardner is the winner in Preliminary Group 22 with a superb score of 9.5/10, Peter Hurse is in second place with a score of 8/10.

In Group 23 Mark Slupski has won with Peter Tibbert in second place.

John Dunn has won Group 24 with a score of 9.5/10; Alex Tupper and David Howell are contesting 2nd place in what is proving to be a real cliff hanger.

Les Ellis has won Group 25 with a score of 8.5/10 followed by Eugene Raby on 8/10

Congratulations to all players who have qualified for the 6th Webserver Final due to start in September and thank you to everybody else for contributing to what was a close fought and action packed competition.

For the latest results please click here http://www.iccf-webchess.com/Tables2.aspx select National Tournaments/England/BCCA Events and scroll down the list.

 

Correspondence Chess in Britain and Ireland 1824 – 1987

Correspondence Chess in Britain and Ireland 1824 – 1987
By Tim Harding
McFarland, 433 pages, Softcover £43.95

BOOK REVIEW By Neil Limbert

I have been looking forward to the publication of this book for what seems like quite a long time! Ever since I knew Tim Harding was preparing such a project I have been eagerly anticipating the result and hoped I would not disappointed. Continue reading Correspondence Chess in Britain and Ireland 1824 – 1987

BCCA Medal Tournaments Start

The start list for the 2011 BCCA Medal Tournaments have been announced. The winner of each group will receive an engraved medal of the appropriate colour with S-B tie break being used where required.

The 1st and 2nd placed players will also earn points towards the new BCCA Titles which will be formally launched in the next magazine issue. All games will be BCCA graded and players must maintain their BCCA membership throughout the tournament. Continue reading BCCA Medal Tournaments Start