Welsh Correspondence Chess Federation

Austin Lockwood  Friday, June 2, 2017

You can follow the games here:

Championship Section

Qualification Section

Russell Sherwood  Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Good luck to David Guy in the forthcoming 1st European Deaf Individual Chess Championship and 23rd European Deaf Club Team Chess Championship in Lund, Sweden.

http://chessdeaf.org/iccd-1st-european-deaf-individual-chess-championship-and-23rd-european-deaf-club-team-chess-championship-in-lund-sweden/

Austin Lockwood  Monday, May 8, 2017

The Welsh Correspondence Chess Championship will be restarted in 2017 after a break of eighteen years.

Entry to the 2017 Championship is open to all Welsh chess players; there will be no entry fee for this season only.

The tournament will be played online using the ICCF webserver https://www.iccf.com

All players must be registered under the Welsh flag.  Player who are not yet registered with ICCF may do so by following the “New Player” link under the sign in box.

There will be a championship section of between seven and eleven players and one or more qualification section.  The winner of the championship section will receive the title of “2017 Welsh Correspondence Chess Champion” and an engraved trophy; the following cash prizes will also be available:

• Winner: £30
• Runner up: £15
• Third place: £5

The WCCC is a qualifying event for the British Correspondence Chess Championship.

The time control will be ten moves in 40 days, with duplication after 20 days and 45 days leave.

All applicable ICCF rules will apply, for the full rules, please see

• https://www.iccf.com/message?message=447 (Playing Rules, Server)
• http://welshccf.org.uk/content/86

The tournament director will be Marc Wakeham.

For a list of previous winners, please see http://welshccf.org.uk/content/87

To enter the Welsh Correspondence Chess Championship, please contact the WCCF secretary, Austin Lockwood by email: [email protected]

The closing date for entries is 1st June 2017, the tournament will start shortly after this date.

Entries to date

Please download the flier below and distribute widely!

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Updated Tuesday, May 30, 2017 by Austin Lockwood

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Russell Sherwood  Monday, May 29, 2017

An interesting new report on player development for Welsh eyes only under

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Russell Sherwood  Sunday, May 28, 2017

Gary Kasparov attended the Hay on Way Festival today, promoting his new book related to his match with Deep Blue and Machine Intelligence in general.

For a limited period, this is available to watch, free of charge, on the BBC website at https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/enwmzc/acts/aqhb3d 

(At the time of writing the video was waiting to be uploaded, this typically happens within 24 hours!)

Russell Sherwood  Sunday, May 28, 2017

Another Norm for John Claridge. This time for the CCM Title in https://www.iccf.com/event?id=58360

Great Stuff!

Russell Sherwood  Monday, May 22, 2017

CC First Aid for the Under 2100’s

Russell Sherwood  Saturday, May 20, 2017

New Article

http://www.welshccf.org.uk/article/226

Russell Sherwood  Friday, May 19, 2017

Well Done to Phillip Dean in picking up his first CCE Norm and helping maintain Wales strong placing in this event!

https://www.iccf.com/event?id=58363

Russell Sherwood  Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Congratulations to John Claridge in picking up a CCE Norm and cementing the Welsh Team's great peformance in this event!

https://www.iccf.com/game?id=854613