Welsh Correspondence Chess Federation

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Phill Beckett - Get Well Soon!

Austin Lockwood  Friday, February 17, 2023

The Welsh Correspondence Chess Federation extends best wishes to our good friend and international member, Phill Beckett, who recently suffered a heart attack.  Phill is the ICCF National Delegate for England, member of the British Tri-Nations Committee, member of the ICCF Arbitration Committee, and a well known personality in correspondence chess.

He is currently recovering at home, and we send him our best regards and hope for a speedy recovery.  We look forward to seeing him again at the next ICCF Congress in Amsterdam.

Phill Beckett

Coming soon......

Russell Sherwood  Thursday, February 16, 2023

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Counties & Districts Correspondence Chess Championship 2023

Russell Sherwood  Sunday, January 29, 2023

The Joint British Committee is pleased to announce the 2023 Counties and Districts Correspondence Chess Championship.

As in the past the event will be made up of 3 Divisions of teams of 8 players, using the Hutton pairing system. As each player only undertakes 2 games, this is an ideal event for both new and experienced players.

The closing date for entries is the 17th of February, with an expected start date of the 1st of March, leading to an end date of 29/01/2024 with any remaining games going to Adjudication. The entry fee is £15 per team and entries should be sent to the Tournament Organiser, Russell Sherwood, who will confirm payment options.

Players in established teams should contact their team captains. New players wishing to take part should contact Phil Beckett (ENG) , Gordon Anderson (SCO) or Russell Sherwood(WLS) for encouragement and advice on possible teams. As a reminder, place of birth, education or residence are all valid qualification reasons for team membership.

The rules may be found here

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CCM Title for Tom Gunn

Russell Sherwood  Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Congratulations to Tom Gunn for finalizing the CCM title with a Norm in WCCC46PR 1

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ICCF World Championship Preliminaries

Russell Sherwood  Tuesday, December 27, 2022

The next cycle of the World championships have been published here

If any Welsh players wish to be considered for WCCF nominations, please get in touch directly 

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Suspensions

Russell Sherwood  Tuesday, December 27, 2022

As a reminder to all players, changes to ICCF rules now mean that if you ETL (Flag Fall) you will be suspended from entering new events for 30 days. If you ETL again in that period, the suspension will be extended.

This has already crept up in events, so don't get caught out!

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Welsh Champs and Qualifiers

Russell Sherwood  Tuesday, December 27, 2022

are now uploaded and ready to go!

 

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Last Chance for Welsh Champs Entries....

Russell Sherwood  Friday, December 23, 2022

Current Entries

810075Marc WakehamQualifier2381
211455Tom GunnQualifier2285
810233Paul ScottQualifier2309
212222Phil MorganQualifier2214
810074Nick BishopOpen2409
810161Russell SherwoodOpen2380
810202Helen SherwoodOpen2376
810139Mark AdamsOpen2328
810276Jon ColesOpen2314
810248Bob HurnOpen2119
810064Neil EvansOpen2095
    
810195Peter BevanOpen2051
810165Stephen BaileyOpen2005
810197Vaughan ThomasOpen1941
810102David GuyOpen1551
810176Malcom ChuggOpen1175
810322Paul BevanOpenUnrated
810324Claire GormanOpenUnrated
810323Jonathan ThomasOpenUnrated
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2022 Annual General Meeting Minutes

Austin Lockwood  Thursday, December 15, 2022

The minutes of the 2022 WCCF Annual General Meeting, which took place over Zoom on Sunday 27th November are below.

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Quote of the Day

In life, as in chess, one’s own pawns block one’s way. A man’s very wealth, ease, leisure, children, books, which should help him to win, more often checkmate him.

Charles Buxton

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