Welsh Correspondence Chess Federation

Austin Lockwood  Monday, April 6, 2020

Following last week's announcement about the completion of the States and Regions First Division, we can now announce that the Second Division has now also completed.

https://www.iccf.com/event?id=79693

Congratulations to the Italian team Quattro Torri Lazio for finishing in first place; along with the second placed team The Cubans East Rookies they now qualify for promotion to the first division of the next championship.

Following feedback from players, the States and Regions now runs on a two year schedule, with a more generous time control.  The next season will commence in 2021. Teams looking for a new tournament to enter may consider the British Webserver Team Tournament, which is still recruiting.

Austin Lockwood  Thursday, April 2, 2020

Congratulations to Tirol, from Austria, for winning the 2019 States and Regions Correspondence Chess Championship.  This is the premier international team event organised by WCCF for states, regions, counties, districts, etc. from anywhere in the world.

In joint second place were Menorca Talaiòtics from Spain and Pawn Sacrifice Bremen from Germany.

https://www.iccf.com/event?id=79694

Division One produced four IM norms, twelve CCM norms, and five CCE norms.  Congratulations to these players for their successes.

Tirol will receive a free entry to the 2021 tournament.

Russell Sherwood  Monday, March 30, 2020

The William Davies Evans Correspondence Cup is underway  https://www.iccf.com/event?id=84815

Additional details can be found at https://www.welshccf.org.uk/article/807

Russell Sherwood  Monday, March 30, 2020

Welcome to the WDECC!

The tournament has been paired using the Silli system and pairing are totally random.

Th event will be playing “Engine Free” on a honour basis. I have had a number of questions of what is allowed and what is not. In practice we are looking to playing this in the style of a Correspondence event from the early 90’s  so:

If you are unsure, ask.

General thoughts:

• Take your time – playing moves instantly tends not to give good results in CC
• CC tends to be a game of analysis – so look at the position as per analyzing a postmortem. (You are of course free to play “Touch move”)
• Decide you will play on a physical board or “on screen”.
• Have fun!

If you have any questions get in touch.

(And for anyone reading this after the start date, No I cannot add players or change pairings

Russell Sherwood,

p.s. Should you decide this event is not for you , get in touch, do not go “silent”. This is both disrespectful to the other players and organizers.

Russell Sherwood  Saturday, March 28, 2020

Anyone wishing to enter should be in touch by 5pm Sunday 29th March - the event will be set up in the eventing

Russell Sherwood  Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Updated Sunday, March 22, 2020 by Russell Sherwood

Austin Lockwood  Saturday, March 21, 2020

The Bill Flew Memorial is now completed; congratulations to Ian Jones for winning this event with 7.5/8

https://www.iccf.com/event?id=79186

Russell Sherwood  Wednesday, March 18, 2020

The Welsh Correspondence Chess Federation and Welsh Chess Union are pleased to announce the William Davies Evans Correspondence Cup.

With the widespread disruption of Over the Board Chess events due to the Covid-19 Virus, we are partnering to organize a server-based Correspondence Chess Tournament.

The event will be held utilizing the Silli Tournament system, where each player will play 8 simultaneous games against players drawn from a pool of all competitors. 

An example of this is:

https://www.iccf.com/event?id=79186

Entry is open to members of either the WCCF or WCU, who are either resident in Wales or play under the Welsh Flag. In all cases players will be required to register on ICCF.com (which is both free and where the games will be played)

The tournament will be Engine Free (on an honour basis) and unrated and played at a rate of 3 days per move plus a 10 day buffer, otherwise played under ICCF Tournament rules.

To support this event a series on articles on how to play Engine-Free Correspondence Chess will be published on https://www.welshccf.org.uk/

Entries will be accepted until 28th March, with an expected start date of 29th March 2020.

The winner of the event will be awarded with a small trophy.

If you are interested in entering the event please contact Russell Sherwood, WCCF Treasurer at [email protected]