British Federation for Correspondence Chess

New BFCC volunteers

Friday, 27 January 2012 13:23 Duncan Chambers

A warm welcome and many thanks to Mark Eldridge (International Friendly Match Organiser) and Toni Halliwell (Information Circular Editor Designate). Thanks also to Barry Sheppard and Steve Williams for all their hard work and help and support during the handovers.

The latest Match Report from Barry Sheppard is now showing on the "International" page - see Menu on the left.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 31 January 2012 18:20 )

GRANDMASTER TITLE

Saturday, 17 December 2011 00:01 Andrew Dearnley

BFCC would like to congratulate NIGEL ROBSON who recently achieved has second GM norm in the Barrios Memorial.

See http://www.iccf-webchess.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=23067

His GM title has been confirmed and will be presented at the ICCF congress next year. Nigel is currently playing in a World Championship Candidates tournament and will represent England in the forthcoming European Team Championship

England Team for ICCF 8th European Team Championship

Wednesday, 16 November 2011 16:55 Andrew Dearnley

The England team selected for the forthcoming 8th European Team Championship is;

GM Ian Brooks

SIM Nigel Robson

GM John Brookes

SIM Nigel Burne

GM John Pugh

SIM Chris Williams

GM Tony Barnsley

IM Harvey Williamson

Team Captain Andrew Dearnley

With an average rating of 2513 this is one of the strongest English teams of recent times and BFCC wish them well in what will be a very tough competition.

BFCC job vacancy

Tuesday, 27 September 2011 16:29 Duncan Chambers

BFCC is looking for a volunteer to replace Barry Sheppard as our organiser for international friendly matches. If you are interested or would like more details, please contact the Secretary, Duncan Chambers, via duncan'dot'chambers'at'york'dot'ac'dot'uk.

Best game prize 2011

Thursday, 26 January 2012 12:52 Duncan Chambers

Entries are invited for the 2011 Best Game Prize of £25 in memory of R.J.Potter and P.C.Wason. There is no entry fee.

Any British player is entitled to submit one game played in any section or round of any of the following events: BCCC, BLCCC, BCCTC, BVCCC, any ICCF-organised competition or any event run by a BFCC member organisation. Games must have been completed during 2011.

Entries should include:

(A) a complete score of the game in algebraic notation;

(B) the tournament and section and round in which the game was played and the start date of the game;

(D) a clear indication of the colour of the pieces played by each contestant;

(E) the full postal address of the winner of the game, or of both players in the event of a draw.

Send entries to Duncan Chambers, BFCC Secretary (duncan dot chambers at york dot ac dot uk) by March 1^st. Good luck!

ICCF Junior World Cup

Sunday, 20 November 2011 16:47 Neil Limbert

The ICCF are organising a Junior World Cup for anyone born after 1 February 1992. The normal fee is 19 Euros are we are subsidising this to just £5.00! Anyone interesting should contact Andrew Dearnley (see Contacts page http://www.bfcc-online.org.uk/bfcc-home/contact-us or e-mail andrewdearnley at yahoo dot co dot uk changing the obvious) . For the full ICCF announcement see:- http://www.iccf-webchess.com/Message.aspx?message=392

You can enter online at this site - see Online Fee Payments on the left.

Last Updated ( Sunday, 20 November 2011 16:49 )

BLCCC 2011-12

Saturday, 22 October 2011 10:31 Keith Escott

The 2011-12 BLCCC has started on 15 October with Toni Halliwell of Keighley defending her title against Valerie Craven of Leeds and Stephanie Lawrence of Cheslyn Hay (2 games against each opponent). Toni Halliwell has taken an early lead by beating Valerie Craven with black and drawing with white. Toni Halliwell has beaten Stephanie Lawrence with black.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 02 February 2012 09:58 )

BCCTC Team Champions for 2010-11 - BCCA!

Sunday, 25 September 2011 10:36 Neil Limbert

BCCA have won the British Correspondence Chess Team Championship (BCCTC) for the 2nd year running with a score of 13/16. Congratulations to BCCA! The crosstable can be seen here:- http://www.bfcc-online.org.uk/british-championship/bccc-bcctc The individual board results can be seen here:- http://www.iccf-webchess.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=23542

This 8-man Team tournament is changing slightly for next season. Instead of all 8 boards being postal, 4 boards are switching to webserver although the players will still play only 2 games each.

The BCCTC Controller is Ian Pheby.

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