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The following players have qualified for the 6th and last Webserver Tournament Final by winning or coming second in their respective groups:-
Terry Taylor, Ian mason, Allan Gardner, Peter Hulse, Mark Slupski, Peter Tibbert, John Dunn, Les Ellis, Eugene Raby and David Coyne.
Well played to all of them. There is one place still to be decided.
The final will be starting in September and it would be appreciated if all qualifiers would confirm their willingness to play.
Michael Thistlewood reports that Tourney A has been won by Allan Gardner and Tourney B by Petr Vachtfeidl – Congratulations to both gentlemen on their respect wins. Full Crosstables are available on the:Tournament Page
Allan Gardner & Neil Jefferson are the joint winners of the Silver Medal Webserver tournament – they could not be split on points or tie-break. Congratulations to both! The crosstable and all the games can be viewed here:- Silver Medal Results
The BFCC are launching a new British Webserver Team Championship for 4-man teams. This will effectively be a mini-version of the very successful ICCF Champions League. Each player will probably play 6 games (three white, three black) although this is flexible.
Any group of 4 friends can get together to enter a team but the BCCA will make it easy for you and we will put together as many teams as possible from people interested in playing. The normal Entry Fee is £20 per team (£5 per player) but the BCCA will cover half the
cost if the teams enter under the BCCA banner so it will only cost £2.50 per player – a bargain!
I am hoping to swamp this new competition with BCCA teams – as many as possible!
For full details see:- http://www.bfcc-online.org.uk/british-webserver-team-tournament
If you wish to play, please send a cheque for £2.50 (payable to “BCCA”) to Neil Limbert (address inside the front coverof the magazine)
or pay online directly to BCCA’s new PayPal account. Please use the button below and quote your BCCA membership number in the ‘Special Instructions’ field.
We are pleased to announce the introduction of a new format for the Webserver Tournament. The objective is to provide a more stimulating challenge for all players with progression prospects and the possibility of earning points towards a BCCA Title. It is designed to allow for continuous entry throughout the year. Continue reading Try the New Webserver Trio’s
In this starter problem for the Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship, white, playing up the board, is to play and force mate in two moves against any black defence. The entry fee is £3.00 and the competition is open to British residents only.
White to play and mate in 2 against any defence
The BCCA Medal Tournaments consist of Gold, Silver & Bronze sections played by web-server or post. The web-server tournaments are available to view online at the ICCF website. Other participants can see the games live after 1 game is finished in the event. Live transmission is delayed by 5 moves. The public can see the games live after 1 game is finished in the event. Live transmission is delayed by 5 moves. Continue reading BCCA 2011 Web-Server Medal Tournaments
The 23rd World Correspondence Chess Championship has been won by GM Ulrich Stephan from Germany, congratulations to Ulrich on this outstanding achievement. GM Stephan scored 11.5pts from 16 games after winning 7 games and drawing 9. The tournament table may be viewed by clicking here where you may also download the games in pgn format.