Welsh Correspondence Chess Federation

Austin Lockwood  Wednesday, March 6, 2013

The second season of the British Webserver Team Tournament has recently been announced.

This is a tournament for teams of four players, which are split into seven team divisions (i.e. six games per player). You can have up to two non-British players in each team.

The full announcement is on the BFCC website, here:

http://bfcc-online.org.uk/

The rules are here:

http://bfcc-online.org.uk/british-webserver-team-tournament/british-webserver-team-tournament-rules

It would be good to enter as many Welsh teams as possible; if you have a group of four friends who would like to enter, please contact Neil Limbert directly as instructed in the announcement. If however you don't have a team, please let me know and I'll try to put some teams together to represent WCCF in this event.

The entry fee is £20 per team, or £5 per player.

All games are ICCF rated and played on the ICCF webserver.

Austin

Austin Lockwood  Monday, February 25, 2013

This international friendly match has now started! - Good luck to all players.

https://iccf.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=36206

Austin Lockwood  Thursday, February 7, 2013

The first Welsh Trio has been won by David Roberts with a 100% score - Well played David!

https://iccf.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=32302

Trios are open to any Welsh player and are free to enter.

Austin Lockwood  Tuesday, January 29, 2013

We have an international friendly match coming up, against the Netherlands.

This match is open to all Welsh players, regardless of playing strength - we will try to match everyone against an opponent of similar strength.

Boards will be two games (one white and one black) against the same player, the time control will be ten moves in fifty days. Please let me know if you want to play - the start date will be 1st March.

If you're really keen, we can put you on two boards (i.e. two opponents, four games), please let me know how many games you want to play.

[email protected]

Austin Lockwood  Friday, January 25, 2013

All Welsh players are invited to enter an open tournament organised by the Russian Correspondence Chess Association to celebrate their 20th anniversary, details are here:

https://iccf.com/Message.aspx?message=487

Entry is via WCCF and will be £10 by cheque. Please contact me for further details.

[email protected]

Austin Lockwood  Friday, January 25, 2013

Good luck to Tony Balshaw in the 7th Interzonal Team Tournament. The teams in this event are North America and Pacific (A and B), Africa and Asia (A, B and C), Latin America, and Europe (A, B, C and D). The European teams have been selected to include a player from each of the ICCF National Federations in the European Zone; Tony is representing Wales in "Europe B"

The overall crosstable is here:

https://iccf.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=33084

and Tony's board is here:

https://iccf.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=33121

Good luck Tony!

Austin Lockwood  Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Congratulations to Russell Sherwood, who has won the first completed Welsh Trio with 100%

https://www.iccf-webchess.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=32626

Well played Russell!

Please note that:

• The trios run continuously, so places are always available.
• Entry is free for two Trios per year (£5 for your third, etc.), and open to any Welsh player; no membership is required. If you don't have an ICCF ID, please get in touch with me.
• Your games are ICCF rated.
• You only play four games, so it's not as big a committment for busy players as a larger tournament.
• Play is online at iccf.com.

Overall this is a great introduction to correspondence chess, if you'd like to play, please contact me at [email protected]

Austin Lockwood  Friday, December 7, 2012

Good luck to David Roberts, Malcolm Chugg, and Marc Wakeham who will be representing Wales on the "Rest of Europe" team for a friendly match against Russia. This match will start on 15th December, and you can follow the crosstable here:

https://iccf.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=32397

Austin Lockwood  Monday, November 26, 2012

"Welsh Trios" are a new type of tournament run by the Welsh Correspondence Chess Federation.

Trios will be for three players only, with two games against each player (four games in total for each player).

These tournaments will be played online on the ICCF webserver; the standard time control of 10 moves in 35 days will be used. Games will be rated by ICCF.

Trios are open to all Welsh players (players who are currently registered as Welsh on the ICCF server, or new players who were born in, or who currently reside in, Wales), membership is not required.

Players may have two free entries to the trios each calendar year (so get your 2012 entries in now!). You may enter more than two trios per year, however there will be an entry fee of £5.00 for your third and subsequent entry in the same calendar year.

Players new to correspondence chess are very welcome to enter the trios; this is a great introduction to the game for new players because it only involves four games and is rated. Please circulate this information around your clubs and your other chess playing friends!

To enter, please contact me ([email protected]) giving details of your ICCF ID number if you have one (if you don't, I can register you - I just need your full name and email address). Entry is continuous, new sections will be started when vacant slots are filled.

Thanks! Austin Lockwood

WCCF Secretary and ICCF Delegate for Wales

Austin Lockwood  Thursday, November 22, 2012

https://www.iccf.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=32242

Good luck to all players! We have had invitations from other federations to play friendly matches but we need more players before we can start a lot more matches. These events are free to enter and open to Welsh players of any strength (we always try and match you against an opponent of similar strength).

If you'd like to play in these matches, or in any other ICCF rated event, please contact me!

[email protected]