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Life Vice President
BCCA, News, Tournaments

Webserver Trios – Latest Results

Class 2 Trio No.94 was won by BCM Frank McMahon with a score of 3/4 https://www.iccf.com/event?id=73245

Class 3 Trio No.54 – LIM Dawn Williamson and SIM Olli Ylonen share the honours and the BM Points with a score of 2.5/4 https://www.iccf.com/event?id=66660

Class 2 Trio No.95 – BCM Colin Beveridge claimed the win here with a perfect score of 4/4 – well played Colin and welcome back to Class 3 https://www.iccf.com/event?id=73727

Class 1 Trio No.166 –  Winner David Elwood  with a score of 3/4  and promotion to Class 2 with 2 BCM Points. https://www.iccf.com/event?id=68651

Class 1 Trio No.177 – Disrupted due to a silent withdrawal which was very unfair to the other two players. Ian McLeary has been awarded 1 BCM point. Both remaining players receive a free Trio entry. https://www.iccf.com/event?id=74460

Class 2 Trio No.93 – Lester Weiss arose victorious from the closely contested Trio with a score of 2.5/4 and 4 BCM Points. Lester now has the chance to play for a Trios Semi-Final place in Class 3  https://www.iccf.com/event?id=72923

Class 3 Trio No.63 – Joint winners are CCM Trevor Carr and SIM Olli Ylonen with a score of 3/4, both receive 1 BCCA Master point. Olli also receives a Trios Semi-Final Place by virtue of 2 joint Class 3 wins. https://www.iccf.com/event?id=71068

Class 2 Trio No.98 – Eoin Campbell claimed the honours with a score of 3/4 and returns to Class 3. https://www.iccf.com/event?id=75122

 

 

 

 

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Correspondence Chess – Summer 2018

All magazines have now been despatched, both for the UK and Overseas.

Expected delivery times 2-3 days for the UK, 3-5 Days Europe and 10-14 Days for the Rest of the World.

For the next edition, I annotated games are particularly welcome.

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Webserver Trios – Latest Results

We start with Class 3 Trio No. 56 where our General Secretary, BM Neil Limbert prevailed with a score of 2.5/4 in a very tight match with Alex Relyea and Nigel Norman. Neil is now eligible to play in the Trios Championship with a place in the next Semi-Final Round. Well played all.

Next we have Class 2 Trio No.87 won by Paul Scott with a perfect score of 4/4 against Malcolm Winter and Selina Kellett. Paul is awarded 4 BCM Points and promoted to Class 3 to start his BM and championship campaign.

Peter Tibbert prevailed in Class 1 Trio No.171 with a score of 3/4 against Ray Cox and Brian Cunningham. Peter is awarded 2 BCM points and returns to Class 2, well played all.

Finally we have Class 1 Trio No.170  where Andrew Smith took the honours with a perfect score of 4/4 against Gary Haines and Peter Dearnley. Andrew is promoted to Class 2 and awarded 2 BCM Points

 

 

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Webserver Trios Results Update

Here are the latest results.

We start with Class 2 Trio No. 85 where Xiang Jun  Tee and James Wilkinson share the honours with 3 points each. Both receive 2 BCM points leaving James just needing 1 more point for the BCM title.

Next we have Class 3 Trio No. 52 where Alexander Relyea prevailed with a score of 2.5/4 in a tough battle with CCE, BCM Alexander Sherwood. He will now play for a place in a Trios Championship Semi-final and receives 3 BM Points.

BCM Neil Jefferson is the winner of Class 3 Trio No. 58 with a score of 2.5/4 in a close match with David Grobler. Neil also goes on to play for a place in Trios Championship Semi Final and receives 3 coveted BM Points bringing his total to 7

Class 1 Trio 171 has been won by Keith Dudeney with a score of 2.5/4 against Jim Fox and Chris Kent. Keith receives 2 BCM points taking his total to 17 and is promoted to Class 2

Iris Pardoe is the winner of Class 1 Trio 173 with a perfect score of 4/4 against Martin Hardwick and Keith Dudeney, well played. Iris receives 2 more BCM Points bring her total to 8

 

 

 

BCCA, Chess, Tournaments

Webserver Trios

After careful consideration it has been decided to amend the playing rules concerning Trios where the result is a Tie. Previously Joint winners in Class 1 and 2 have been promoted. From now that practice will cease and be replaced by the following:-

 Joint Winners, if a player is joint winner in 2 Trios in the same Class he will be promoted to the Class above. This also applies to Trio semi-finals. Players start at 0 following relegation if they have one draw and then get relegated that draw is cancelled out.

 Multiple Entries are now allowed only in Class 1.

 Entry rules – All players start in Class 1 unless their ICCF Rating is > 2000 in which case they will start in Class 2 or Class 3 if rated >2200

Click HERE to see the full playing rules

 

BCCA, Tournaments

Webserver Trios – Latest Results

Since the last BCCA Webserver Trios update 4 Class Two’s and 3 Class Three Trios have been decided.

Maurice Carter and Carlos Almarza Mato are joint winners of BCCA/C2/Tr78  which ended as a 3 way time 2/2 but Maurice and Carlos won on the tie break with 1 win apiece, both are promoted to Class 3 and receive 2 BCM Points.

Angus James and Lester Weiss are joint  winners  of BCCA/C2/Tr72 with a score of 3/4, both are promoted to Class 3 and receive 2 BCM Points apiece.

Phillip Tolhurst is the outright winner of BCCA/C2/Tr91 with a score of 3/4, Phillip receives 4 BCM Points bringing his total to 11 and is promoted to Class 3.

BCM Gregory Hughes has won BCCA/C2/Tr83 with a perfect score of 4/4 and is now playing in a Class 3 Trios Championship Qualifier, Well played Greg.

BCCA/C3/Tr60 ended with a draw between BCM Colin Cheek and BCM Phillip Beckett with a score of 2.5/4  and are awarded 1 BM point apiece.  Both will play again in the next Class 3 Championship Qualifier as an outright win is required to go through.

SIM Keith Kitson has won BCCA/C3/Tr62 with an excellent 3.5/4. Kieth has been awarded 3 BM points which brings his total to 20 and the BCCA Master Title . Keith is now playing in a Trios Championship Semi-Final where a cash prize is guaranteed to the winner.

BM David Coyne and CCE Praveen Rallabandi share the honours in BCCA/C3/Tr59 with scores of 2.5/4. This was a tight match and both will play again in new Championship Qualifiers for that elusive Trios Championship Semi-Final place.

 

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Webserver Trios – Latest Results

Five Trios have been decided since the last update, we will start with Class 1.

Alastair Cowan who joined this year has won C1/Tr169 with an impressive score of 3.5 against Brian Cunningham and Jim Fox. Alastair has been promoted to Class 2 and receives is first 2 BCCA Candidate Master Points.

Ben Wood is the winner of C1/Tr167 with an excellent score of 3.5 against Peter Tibbert and Martin Hardwick. Ben receives 2 BCM Points bringing his total to 17 – just 3 more needed for the title. Ben returns to Class 2 where 4 BCM points are available for a win giving him the title.

Selina Kellett knocks up her second class 1 win scored in C1/Tr164 with an impressive 3.5 against Iris Pardoe and Dave Gosling. Selina is another new member this year and will be one to watch for the future. She receives 2 more BCM Points and is now playing for 4 more in Class 2

Jun Xiang Tee who joined this year claims another Class 1 win with a perfect score of 4/4 against Keith Dudeney and David Roberts in Tr168. Jun receives 2 more BCM Points bring his total to 7.  Jun is now chasing a Class 2 win.

Nigel Norman scores a perfect 4/4 in  Class 2 Trio No.82 against Malcolm Winter and Alex Tupper. Nigel moves to Class 3 where his next Trio will be a championship qualifier. This is Nigel’s second Class 2 win and he receives another 4 BCM Points bringing his total to 10.

The first ‘Trios Championship Semi Final’  BCCA/Semi/Tr1 has started involving Richard Akrill, Sitorus, Yosua and Russell Sherwood. An outright win is required to progress to a final where cash prizes are guaranteed for all players. On paper Richard is over matched but you never know.

 

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Webserver Trios – September Update

We start with Class 1 Trio No.151 which was won by Brian Robinson and Andrew Ellis jointly with 3 points apiece. The third player was Paul Theedom-Bridgeman. Brian and Andrew receive 1 BCM Point each and are promoted to Class 2

Then comes Class 1 Trio No.160 where Ju Te Xiang was the winner with an excellent score of 3.5/4 against Chris Kent and Raymond Cox. Ju receives 2 more BCM Points and has already qualified for Class 2.

Next we have Class 1 Trio No.162 which was a close fought battle between 2 new members, Lea Hudson and Peter Dearnley. Lea prevailed with an excellent score of 3.5 points, Peter finished with a very respectable 2.5 points and almost made it 3 points apiece. The third player was Alan Terry. Lea is promoted to Class 2 and receives 2 BCM Points

After that we have Class 1 Trio 159 which was a very tight contest between Iris Pardoe, Brian Cunningham and Keith Dudeney. In the end Iris prevailed with a score of 2.5 points and moves back to Class 2 with 2 BCM Points

Now we are on to Class 2 Trio No.84 where Richard Akrill won with a score of 3 points against Michael Farmer and Stephen Woodhouse. Richard receives 4 BCM points and is promoted to Class 3 and the possibility of qualifying for a Webserver Trios Championship Semi-Final.

And finally we have Class 3 Trio No.39 where Trevor Carr prevailed in a very tight match with Dr. Mark Wilson and Edmund Foulds. Trevor received 3 BM Points. Both he and Mark will be playing in Championship Qualifiers next time round. Edmund returns to Class 2 for his next Trio.