Welsh Correspondence Chess Federation

Two's the charm!

Russell Sherwood Monday, September 24, 2018

Congratulations to Austin Lockwood on securing his IA Title and becoming Wales 2nd International Arbiter.

WCCF Hall of Fame

Russell Sherwood Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Today the WCCF Hall of Fame was created.

Here a number of firsts are documented from the soon to be released Welshbase

Paul Scott - ICCF Auditor

Russell Sherwood Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Paul Scott's appointment as ICCF Auditor was confirmed today. With this Paul takes the lead in auditing the annual accounts of ICCF. Paul joins Austin Lockwood (Services Director) and Russell Sherwood (Marketing Director) in ICCF service.

GM Nigel Davies at the ICCF Simul at Congress in LLandudno

Russell Sherwood Monday, September 17, 2018

SSKK vs Rest of The World

Russell Sherwood Monday, September 17, 2018

Dear chess friends,

the Swedish Corr Chess Federation is celebrating 80 years by organizing a big friendly match, "SSKK vs Rest of The World" on the ICCF-server, hopefully on 80 boards. Starting date: December 1

We would be very pleased and much honoured to see your country participating in this event, by having two players in the World Team:

- one player rated 2100-2600
- one player rated 1400-2099

The Swedish team will have GM:s rated 2500+ on the top 4-5 boards, and SIM/IM rated 2450+ on at least boards 6-12.
Therefore, a world team player 2500+ would be extra welcome, but equally welcome are players below 1700 since we will muster low rated players for the last boards of our team.

I would very much appreciate your kind help in forwarding this invitation. Closing date will be October 8.

Hoping for your kind assistance in the true spirit of AMICI SUMUS

Sture Olsson, SSKK team captain

Anyone wishing to be considered should contact Russell Sherwood by the 8th of October.

British Ladies Correspondence Chess Championship 2018

Russell Sherwood Saturday, September 15, 2018

The 2018 British Ladies Correspondence Chess Championship is underway with a number of interesting battles promised within. Will anyone be able to upset the pre-tournament favourites of LGM Helen Sherwood and LGM Dawn Williamson?