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BCCA Team Champions again!

We are pleased to announce that the BCCA Team has triumphed for the second year running in the ‘British Correspondence Chess Team Championship.’

Congratulations to:- John Rhodes, Colin Peckham, Ken Bowyer, Stan Grayland, Keith McLaughlin, Les Ellis, Alan Sutton, Edmund Foulds and our Match Captain ‘Barry Hampton.’

The BCCA Team scored 13 points out of a possible 16 to win by 1.5 over ‘White Rose.’ For full details of the match please use this link

BCCA Championship, Candidates & Reserves

The 2011/12 season is now underway. Dave Grobler reports a big increase in entries this year and we have a new TD for the Candidates and Reserves sections – Toni Halliwell who is the reigning Ladies CC Champion. Toni will be working with Dave to maintain the smooth running of the tournament. All sections are now loaded on the ICCF webserver including ‘Postal.’ You can monitor progress here:-

William Mason Championship Final: Table

Candidates A; (Postal) : Table
Candidates B (Webserver): Table
Candidates C (Webserver): Table
Candidates D (Webserver): Table
Candidates E (Webserver): Table
Candidates F (Webserver): Table

Reserves A (Postal): Table
Reserves B (Postal): Table
Reserves C (Postal): Table
Reserves D (Webserver): Table
Reserves E (Webserver): Table

Thematic Tournaments 2010/11

Dave Grobler reports the following results:-

The Main Theme “Queens Indian – Modern Line

I.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. B3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 c5

Winner C D Gallimore

In the Gambits Tournament:-

Gambit A – Winner E E Wright

Gambit B – Winner C D Gallimore

Counter Gambits Tournament

Winner C D Gallimore

ICCF Webserver Login

You can now login in to the ICCF Webserver from the BCCA Website making it easier for you to go direct to your Webserver Games. Make BCCA your home page and keep up to date with the latest news!