June 2010

From the President – Thank you Mickey

June 30, 2010
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Members will probably be unaware of the many, many hours it takes to maintain the Association’s website. I do know because I tried to do it for a while. Changing it as comprehensively as has now been done has been a major project. On the Home page Mickey Blake has identified areas where we still [...]

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Sonneborn-Berger (S-B) Tiebreak System Fair?

June 30, 2010

Is the Sonneborn-Berger (S-B) tiebreak system fair? (From Leslie Eastoe) Alack, alack, a woe is me, I’ve been undone by the cursed SB, Equal points with Dr Brown, Yet it’s he alone who wears the crown…. I have never approved of the SB tie break system, but it has never before affected me in such [...]

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C&DCCC enters 21st Century

June 29, 2010

The first division of the Counties & Districts Correspondence Chess Championship (C&DCCC) (also called the ‘Ward-Higgs’) will now be ICCF rated. This is not before time as some of the strongest CC games played in the UK annually occur in this competition. Well known OTB players and other personalities take part including, for this season, Susan [...]

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Edmund Foulds is KO Champ

June 29, 2010

Edmund Foulds has won one of the last KO tourneys under the “old system” of irregular pairings. Congratulations to Edmund for his victory, and for thrashing a certain N.Limbert in the final!

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Bernard Armitage Memorial Tournament

June 29, 2010

Knock-Out Tourney A has been won by Graham Pattrick- congratulations to Graham. In Knock-Out tourney B, the final has just begun between David Elwood and Jean-Paul de Baene.The all-play-all final is well underway and Les Ellis has taken a commanding lead on 5/6 but there are still 16 games remaining.

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John Allain Memorial Tournaments

June 29, 2010

There have been 63 entries for these tournaments with many players wanting to play in multiple tournaments. I thank everyone for their entries. Tournament A (domestic all-play-all) has 35 players divided into six groups. Tournament B is a six-player all-play-all. Tournament C has been divided into two KO tournaments of eight players in each.

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Not Quite Cutting the Mustard

June 29, 2010

Welcome to the BCCA, we are in the process of converting our website to WordPress with the aim of providing members and staff with an option to contribute directly to the website.  We apologise for any inconvenience at this time, transferring content from the html site to this has not been a trouble free process [...]

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Correspondence Chess Issue No. 178

June 20, 2010

The latest issue of the award winning BCCA magazine has now been posted to all members. Once again we are treated to excellent articles and commentary, included in this issue – News New ‘Selected Openings’ for 2010-11 Seven Deadly Sins of CC Blumenfeld Gambit games Crossword Tribute to Alan Hurdle Book Reviews British Chess Solving [...]

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BCCA Championship Tables Updated

June 20, 2010

The latest results in the Championship are, Championship: Ling 0-1 McLaughlin, Ellis 1-0 Coyne, Coleman0-1 Etherington, Crook draws with Sutton, Clough draws with Coleman, Coleman 0-1 Sutton, Ling draws with Clough Candidates A: Toye 0-1 Beckett, Gallimore 2-0 Toye, Toye draws with Dickenson, Dickenson draws with Picken, Dickenson 1-0 Toye, Beckett 1-0 Dickenson Candidates B: Goodchild 1-0 Wood, Wood 1-0 Goodchild, Candidates C: Thompson 1-0 Tibbert, Fuller 2-0 [...]

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