Welsh Correspondence Chess Federation

British Ladies Correspondence Chess Championship

Russell Sherwood Thursday, August 29, 2019

Following changes to ICCF regulations at the recent Congress in Vilnius, Lithuania, the reently completed 2018-2019 edition of this event will be the last.

BLCCC

Alex Sherwood Receives the CCM Award

Austin Lockwood Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Pictured is CCM Alex Sherwood, receiving his certificate and medal from ICCF President Eric Ruch. Eric mentioned during the presentation that Alex was probably the youngest ever recipient of an ICCF Award!

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Welsh Awards

Austin Lockwood Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Pictured is Welsh national delegate, Russell Sherwood, receiving the International Master and Senior International Master medals and certificates on behalf of Gareth Yeo from the ICCF President, Eric Ruch, at the recent ICCF Congress in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Other medals awarded to Welsh players in Vilnius were:

International Master: Austin Lockwood
Correspondence Chess Master: Alex Sherwood
International Arbiter: Austin Lockwood
BvM Silver: Austin Lockwood

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ICCF Congress Voting

Austin Lockwood Thursday, August 15, 2019

Russell Sherwood (Welsh National Delegate and ICCF Marketing Director) and Austin Lockwood (WCCF Secretary and ICCF Services Director) will both be attending the ICCF Congress in Vilnius, Lithuania from 18 to 22 August 2019.

The Congress proposals are listed on the ICCF website, here.

We will update the table below as each proposal is voted on by ICCF national delegates.

	Proposal	For	Against	Result
2019-001	Approve 2018 Congress Minutes	45	2	Passed
2019-002	Approve Financial Reports and 5-year Financial Plan.	42	0	Passed
2019-003	Approve Services Committee Budget for 2020	41	0	Passed
2019-004	Defining When to Apply the at Least 50% ETL Rule	41	4	Passed
2019-005	ICCF Medal and Certificate Awards	45	1	Passed
2019-006	Additional Analysis Submission for the 3-person Panel Review	42	2	Passed
2019-007	Defining "Repeated Misbehaviour"	41	2	Passed
2019-008A	Clarifying ICCF Rules by Eliminating the Word "Should" - A	42	1	Passed
2019-008B	Clarifying ICCF Rules by Eliminating the Word "Should" - B	42	1	Passed
2019-009	ICCF Retention Policy for Sensitive Personal Information	44	1	Passed
2019-010	[CONFLICT] Eliminate Age and Gender Specific Events	9	35	Defeated
2019-011	ICCF Congress in 2020	47	0	Passed
2019-012	Rules for Multiple Member Federation Participation Events	38	5	Passed
2019-013	ICCF Disciplinary Review Process	41	2	Passed
2019-014	Provisional Rating Procedure	46	0	Passed
2019-015	Clarifying the "Regulations" of the ICCF Appeal Committee	44	0	Passed
2019-016A	Limiting When Recorded Game Results can be Overturned - A	39	3	Passed
2019-016b	Limiting When Recorded Game Results Can Be Overturned - B	21	20	End of Investigation
2019-017	Applying Appeal Committee Regulations to the Arbitration Committee	44	0	Passed
2019-018	Recommendation to Congress - Hong Kong to be Dismissed from ICCF	45	0	Passed
2019-019	[CONFLICT] Allowing Claims Based on the 7-Piece Endgame Tablebase	43	3	Passed
2019-020	No Charge for National Postal Games	30	15	Passed
2019-021	Clarification of Request for Accepted Withdrawal	19	23	Defeated
2019-022	[CONFLICT] Eliminate Gender Specific Events	28	18	Passed
2019-023	[CONFLICT] Change the 50 Moves Rule to 100 moves and Accept Claims up to 100 Moves	10	34	Defeated
2019-024	Clarifying a Requirement for an Adjudicated Win	36	7	Passed
2019-025	Promotion of School Events	39	5	Passed
2019-026	Precedence of Conflicting Proposals	26	17	Passed
2019-027	Consultation in Team Play	29	14	Passed
2019-028	[CONFLICT] Eliminate the ICCF Ladies Olympiad and Ladies World Championship	18	25	Superceded by 022
2019-029	Congress Expenses for Officials	42	2	Passed
2019-030	Clarifying the Difference Between Invitational and Open Events	42	2	Passed
2019-031	Improve ICCF Congress Minutes	27	13	Passed
2019-032	Reserve Players in WCCC Stages	38	4	Passed
2019-033	2019 Tournament Fee Structure	41	3	Passed
2019-034	Calculation for Fixed Ratings	26	15	Passed
2019-035	Direct Norms for the GM - Title	21	23	Defeated
2019-036	Implement the Silli system in Large ICCF Tournaments	28	8	Passed
2019-037	Merger of Zone 4 into World Zone	19	23	Defeated
2019-038	Adjustment of GM Norm Requirements	19	23	Defeated
2019-039	Add Two Weeks of Discussion Time on Last Minute Proposals	40	4	Passed
2019-040	Eliminate the ICCF Zonal System	14	27	Defeated
2019-041	Players Should be Free to Decide if They Want to Use Linear Conditional Moves	29	15	Passed
2019-042	2/3 Majority Required for Changes to Voting Regulations	37	5	Passed

ICCF Congress

Updated Tuesday, August 20, 2019 by Austin Lockwood

ICCF Executive Board and Auditor Election Results

Austin Lockwood Monday, August 19, 2019

The following votes were cast in the EB and Auditor election today at Congress.

President: Eric Ruch 40 votes (elected)
General Secretary: Michael Millstone 40 votes (elected)
Finance Director: Jan Vosselman 43 votes (elected)
Marketing Director: Russell Sherwood 40 votes (elected)
Services Director: Austin Lockwood 44 votes (elected)

World Tournament Director

Jason Bokar: 22 votes
Frank Geider: 23 votes
Everdinand Knol: 1 vote (withdrawn)
Olli Ylönen: 1 vote

No candidate attracted more than 50% of the votes cast, therefore a second round of voting will be conducted according to the voting regulations. Everdinand Knol has withdrawn from the election.

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