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BCCA Championship 2009-10 | February 5, 2010
Quite a lot of new results have been received so a trip to the tournament tables is worthwhile. In the Championship Peter Mulleady remains in great form and shares first place with J.R. Etherington. Candidates 'A' is led by I.C. Gould who has established a strong lead with 4 from 5.
F. McMahon tops Candidates 'B' with a fine 2½ from 3 whilst no results in 'C' keeps us all guessing!. In Candidates 'D' we have S.J. Cramner topping the table with 2½/5 whilst our industious magazine editor Neil Limbert leads Candidates 'E' with 2½/4 following a 2-0 victory over S.A. Smythe.
The first result in Reserves 'A' gives A. Balshaw the honour of top place whilst Reserves 'B' and 'C' remain tight affairs with no results reported to date.
John Allain Memorials | January 21, 2010
| Do not miss out on the chance to win the beautiful Wolfers Medal! Entries are still being accepted until February 10 and entry is free. For full details, please see page 2 of the BCCA Yearbook or contact Neil Limbert (postal and email address can be found in Yearbook). |
BCCA Contacts | January 21, 2010
Recent changes updated on web page.
BCCA Overseas Match Captain | January 18, 2010
The new team captain for our Overseas Matches, is Barry Hampton.
BCCA Championship 2009-10 | January 10, 2010
Results are now beginning to arrive from the BCCA Championship games and interestingly the very tough Championship section has seen the greatest number of early results where Sutton and Etherington take an early lead with 2½/4. In Candidates A, Gould takes a promising lead with 3½/4 whilst in Candidates E, Dr. Hill and Neil Limbert lead on 1½ although Dr. Hill has played a game less and looks best placed to date.
BCCA Stationery Prices Updated | December 27, 2009
Introducing the new 'double starter-pack; and a few small changes.
Email Winners Tourney 09 Led by Derek Gallimore | December 6, 2009
With 39 of 40 results now completed, Derek Galimore (6/7) and Peter Mulleady (5/7) are contesting the final game that will now determine who wins Email Winners tourney 9, Steve Clark on 5/8 is 2nd on tie-break.
BCCA Championship Candidates A | November 30, 2009
Lates results from the Championship -
Canddiates A: Picken draws both games with Beckett
Candidates B: Grobler draws with McMahon
BCCA Webserver Preliminary Group 20 | November 29, 2009
Please find below the start list for the latest Webserver tournament organised by Maurizio Di Marino,
1. Crook, G.A D. (2179), 2. Dechant, Clive, 3. Richardson, David (1911), 4. Rhodes, L., 5. McMahon, Frank, 6. Moore, Dr. G.R. 7. ENG Smyth, Sandy (1838)
BCCA Magazine | November 22, 2009
Each quarter our superb magazine brings a fascinating set of articles, games and reviews. This quarter we are treated to news of Les Ellis winning Group One of the Bernard Armitage Memorial, an 'Old Indian Defence' is played in Stewart v Hurdle whilst Ian Watson sets 6 glorious puzzles in the 'Find the Continuation' series. Alongside the entertainment there is a request for a BCCA Grading Officer as Geoff Crook stands down after 10 years excellent service to BCCA. Graham Pattrick wins the Handicap 2008-9 whilst Dr. Alan Brown is declared the BCCA Champion. Further information here.
November 19, 2009 | BCCA Email Tournament Update
Maurizio Di Marino reports on recent results and asdjournments. In EM/62 Gary Boswell has 5½/6 and sits comfortably in 1st place. EM/64 sees Ron Cooper 4½/6 holding 1st place. Meanwhile new results in EM/65 show early leaders R. Cooper and J. Etherington tied 2ith 2/2 each although Etherington 2-0 Cooper gives an good advantage for the moment on SB.
New Email Tournaments
EM/66: D. Wilkinson, A. Tanner, A. Ling and P. Tibbert
EM/67: J. Etherington, J. Crump, M. Nevin and D. Gosling
November 18, 2009 | BCCA Team Matches
After suffering a couple of early blows in the British Correspondence
Chess Team Championship this year, the BCCA A team did well to finish
second with 10.5 points out of 18. The South beat the North convincingly whilst the Veterans meet the non Veterans in our latest internal match. In the Scheming Mind league the Republica Argentina team proved far to strong for us but we have made amends against Dreadnoughts! The full report may be read at this page.
November 17, 2009 | 2009-10 CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
The first results are already in and feature four games from the Championship section. The early leader is J.R. Etherington on 2½/5
November 16, 2009 | NEW BCCA GRADING LIST
The 2009-10 grading list is now available at http://www.bcca.info/grading/current.php
Players rated over 200 are -
| Name | Old | New |
| McLaughlin K W | E221 |
217 |
| Ellis L T | 208 |
217 |
| Foulds E V | E200 |
215 |
| Eastoe L K G | E204 |
209 |
| Crook G A D | E217 |
207 |
| Conterno D | 195 |
206 |
| Phillips G H | E208 |
205 |
| Mulleady P | E201 |
204 |
| Pattrick G | 194 |
202 |
November 15, 2009 | 3rd BCCA Webserver Final
Dominique Conterno has won the 3rd BCCA Webserver Final. The 30 games may be downloaded in PGN format from here.
November 9, 2009 | ICCF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
The BCCA will contribute 50% of the entry fee to any team entering the ICCF Champions League under the BCCA banner and comprising entirely of BCCA members.(AGM decision 6 November) PLease contact Neil LImbert for further details.
November 9, 2009 | PLAYER NEEDED FOR ICCF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE (PLACE NOW TAKEN)
Les Ellis, Ted Geiner and Dave Grobler are seeking a fourth to complete a BCCA team to compete in the ICCF Champion's League. The Champion's League is a team event played on the ICCF webserver, so internet access is essential . Each of us will be playing 8-10 games against good opposition (ICCF grade 2000+). If you are interested in joining us, please contact Dave Grobler or Click here for Further Champions League Information
ROYAL MAIL INDUSTRIAL ACTION
Due to the possibiltiy of industrial action affecting postal services, the BCCA Executive Committee have temporarily relaxed the Playing Rules with regard to timekeeping. Further information is available here.
3rd BCCA WEBSERVER FINAL - TOURNAMENT UPDATE
BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP NEWS
Unfortunately we have amended Reserves 'B' as Terry Taylor has been withdrawn due to an error on our part in not recognising that Terry should have been allocated a higher section. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
In the 'William Mason' Championship we have added L. Eastoe and now have an 11-player tournament. Good luck to everyone.
In Candidates 'E' of the 2008-9 tournament we have late results of McEwan 1-0 Lovell and Lovell 0-1 McEwan. In the 2009-10 Candidates 'B' tournament we add R.D. Hirsch whilst in Reserves 'A' we correct the name of G. Moore.
BCCA MAGAZINES ON OFFER
The collection of BCCA magazines from the 1970's has now been claimed and is no longer available.
BCCA ENDGAME TOURNAMENT 2008-9
The section winners of the Endgame tournament, were
- Section 1:
J. Corfield 6½/8
- Section 2: W. Glassmire 5/8
- Section 3: B. Thompson 7/8
BCCA WILLIAM MASON CHAMPIONSHIP 2009-10
The 2009-10 William Mason Championship begins on October 1st and adjourns for adjudication on the 31st July 2010. The BCCA Playing Rules 2006 apply to all games. The full tournament tables may be found here - Championship 2009-10
William Mason Championship |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nr | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | S-B | |
| 1 | Coleman,G |
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0.0 / 0 | 0.00 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Clough,F |
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0.0 / 0 | 0.00 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Etherington,J.R |
|
0.0 / 0 | 0.00 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Crook,G.A.D |
|
0.0 / 0 | 0.00 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Sutton,A |
|
0.0 / 0 | 0.00 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Mulleady,P |
|
0.0 / 0 | 0.00 | ||||||||||
| 7 | McLaughlin,K.W |
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0.0 / 0 | 0.00 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Ellis,L.T |
|
0.0 / 0 | 0.00 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Ling,A.J |
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0.0 / 0 | 0.00 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Coyne,D |
|
0.0 / 0 | 0.00 | ||||||||||
BCCA WILLIAM MASON CHAMPIONSHIP 2008/9 FINAL TABLE
William Mason Championship |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nr | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pts | S-B | |
| 1 | Brown,Dr. A.C |
|
½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6.0 / 8 | 20.50 | |
| 2 | Eastoe,L.K.G | ½ |
|
½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 / 8 | 19.25 | |
| 3 | Ellis,L.T | ½ | ½ |
|
½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 / 8 | ||
| 4 | Crook,G.A.D | ½ | ½ | ½ |
|
1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 5.0 / 8 | 19.25 | |
| 5 | McLaughlin,K.W | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 |
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 / 8 | 14.25 | |
| 6 | Coleman,G | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 |
|
½ | ½ | ½ | 2.5 / 8 | 8.25 | |
| 7 | Finnie,D.J | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ |
|
½ | 1 | 2.5 / 8 | 6.75 | |
| 8 | Rashleigh,J | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ |
|
½ | 2.0 / 8 | ||
| 9 | Marshall,I | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ |
|
1.5 / 8 | ||
EMAIL TOURNAMENTS
Maurizio has started a new section, et A65 contested by Ron Cooper, Anthony Tolliday, Frank Morgan and Gregory Hughes.
BCCA WILLIAM MASON CHAMPIONSHIP 2008/9 RESULTS & WINNERS
Championship:
Ellis draws with Coleman,
Coleman 0-1 Brown,
Ellis draws with Brown
Coleman draws with Marshall
Candidates B:
Beckett draws both games with Harriman,
Tymms draws with Beckett
Tymms 1-0 Tolhurst,
Tolhurst draws with Tymms,
Harriman draws with Tymms,
Harriman 1-0 Tolhurst,
Tolhurst draws with Harriman
Candidates C:
Clough 1-0 Dickenson
Candidates E:
Gould 0-1 Grobler
Candidates F:
Toye draws with Braunton,
Brotherton 2-0 Toye,
Thorntondraws with Toye
Brotherton 2-0 Thornton,
Braunton draws with Brotherton, Brotherton draws with Braunton
Reserves A: Glassmire draws both with Cockerill,
Raafat 0-1 Fuller,
Fuller 2-0 Cockerill
Gosling 0-1 Fuller,
Glassmire 2-0 Fuller, Glassmire 2-0 Gosling,
Gosling 2-0 Hardwick
Gosling 2 draws v Raafat,
Gosling 1-0 Cockerill,
Cockerill 1-0 Gosling,
Glassmire 2-0 v Hardwick,
Glassmire 2-0 v Raafat,
Raafat 2-0 v Cockerill
Resrves B:
Freke draws both with Smith,
Srigley draws with Woodruff,
Woodruff 2-0 Mann,
Freke 2-0 Mann
So...
Championship winner = Brown,
2nd = Eastoe,
3rd = Ellis
Cand A
Winner = Coyne,
2nd = Tymms
Cand B
1st = Mulleady,
2nd = McMahon
Cand C
1st = Clough,
2nd = Stewart
Cand D
1st = Ling,
2nd = Thompson
Cand E 1st = Etherington,
2nd = Gould
Cand F 1st = Kinnie,
2nd = Brotherton
Reserves A 1st = Glassmere
Reserves B 1st = Cranmer
Regards
Dave Grobler
TEAM MATCHES
New matches are about to start against NatCor and against Lets Play Chess (Chessworld). I shall also kick off the Veterans v Non Veterans match once all subscription renewals have been received. Meanwhile BCCA have suffered a couple of early blows in the British Correspondence Chess Team Championship this year. The South have taken a convincing lead against the North with 12 games still to finish. The Republica Argentina match is our first in the Scheming Mind League 2009/2010 season. Full update and results here.
EMAIL TOURNAMENTS
A58: Won by Derek Gallimore 5½, (2nd) Steve Clark 2½
A60: John Etherington 5½/6, Tony Ling 2½/4
A61: Ron Cooper 4½/6, Bill Powell 3/4
A62: Gary Boswell 5½/6, Mark Smith ½/2
A63: Derek Gallimore 4½/6, Ron Cooper 4/6
A64: New Tournament with Frank Morgan, Ron Cooper,
Anthony Tolliday and Gregory Hughes
Winners Tournament 09 is being led by Steve Clark and Peter Mulleady on 3½ points apiece. Peter was the winner of Email Winners Tournament 08.
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL FORM & CC175
The latest issue of Correspondence Chess was posted out to readers and subscribers last week. Contents included articles by Jonathan Tait, Fred Clough, Peter Bennett and Tim Harding together with a Crossword from Richard Dixon. There were also the usual Find the Continuation‚ Book Reviews, BCCA News and BCCA Results.
Most importantly, members will have also received their Membership Renewal forms for next season enclosed with the magazine. These must be returned by August 31 at the latest, but our hard-working Secretary Stan Grayland would appreciate them sooner if possible!
BCCA GRADING
The latest BCCA grades are now available online. The highest graded players are K W McLaughlin E221, R Withey 216, K Kitson 212, L T Ellis 208. The largest increase in a full grade is G J Howells 114 to 133, Well Done!! The player playing the most graded games was M Hardwick with a total of 54.
EMAIL TOURNAMENTS
A59 has been won by Peter Mulleady with 5½/6, A63 has begun with Ron Cooper, David Howell, Tony Ling and Derek Gallimore. Email Winners Tourney 9 is in play with John Crump, Peter Mulleady, Steve Clark, Derek Gallimore and Gary Boswell.
BCCA Email
Tournaments
Maurizio has provided a new update to the email events, we also have a new
section with A62 being contested by Gary Boswell, Jon Jenson, Mark Smith
and Dan Howell.
† ALAN
STEWART R.I.P
We report the sad
loss of Alan. Players with outstanding games against Alan are asked to
contact their Tournament Director and avoid senidng repeat moves.
PETER MULLEADY WINS Email Winners Tournament ewt08
Peter
Mulleady is the winner of ewt08 and ends the reign of Ross
Withey who has won the most recent winners tournaments.
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