Welsh Correspondence Chess Federation

Russell Sherwood  Sunday, March 3, 2019

https://www.welshccf.org.uk/article/675

Russell Sherwood  Sunday, March 3, 2019

WCCF 7th Invitational

With Craig Evan's nice win we now reach a crucial point in the event. With Steven Cade (ENG) already having completed his games, with an IM Norm to boot, we find  the pleasing situation of all Welsh players being still in the hunt for IM Norms.

Russell Sherwood  Sunday, March 3, 2019

As an update consultation between teammates is now  allowed within ICCF Rules

ICCF issued a rule clarification today. In simple terms, it reaffirms that a player may not consult other players during a live game, regardless of it being an Individual or Team Event. By consult, it is meant shared analysis or assessment of the position. 

The use of typical tools such as Databases, Opening books, Engines etc is acceptable, consulting other players on a specific position in a live game is not.. It is worth noting that collaboration prior to the start of an event is acceptable.

The WCCF have never encouraged our players to use these methods and is not aware of any of our players utilising them but please be cognizant of this clarification. If you are unsure of the validity of any behaviour please get in touch with the WCCF Executive Committee

Russell Sherwood  Sunday, March 3, 2019

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Russell Sherwood  Thursday, February 28, 2019

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Russell Sherwood  Thursday, February 28, 2019

Interesting results in this friendly match - currently we trail 16.5-45.5, although with the significant rating differential (Well over 100 elo!)  we still have a reasonable chance of achieving our pre-match performance target of 31.5

Kudos to Maurice Macarthy, David Guy, Sean Denton for securing wins under challenging circumstances!

Russell Sherwood  Thursday, February 28, 2019

A quiet month with only two results but important ones for Welsh Qualification chance 11th European Team Championship - Semifinal 2

Equally as important for Welsh qualification chances are the results from 10th European Team Championship - Final  On an interesting note all the results went into Wales long term favour!

Russell Sherwood  Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Good Luck to Mark Adams in WCCC43PR 9

Russell Sherwood  Sunday, February 24, 2019

Every year ICCF rules are updated, based on the outcome of successful proposals made to Congress by member Federations and Officers. As an open, democratic National Federation the WCCF encourage our players to contribute to this process.

If you have any ideas on processes or rules that could be better get in touch with the WCCF Committee and if viable, we will look to develop these into proposals.

Austin Lockwood  Friday, February 22, 2019

This tournament has now started on the ICCF webserver.

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

Good luck to all players, and a warm welcome to Bill's sons, Nick and Paul Flew.