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2011/12 Endgame Tournament Winners

Posted on May 6, 2012 by admin

Tourney A has been won by Frank McMahon and Tourney B by Allan Gardner, congratulations to both players. For full details click here

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2012 Bronze Medal Winner – Webserver

Posted on May 6, 2012 by admin

Congratulations to Kevin Eansworth on winning the tournament with an excellent score of 8/10. Kevin receives an engraved Bronze Medal and seven BCCA Candidate Master Points. For the full cross table please cllick here

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Email Tournament Update

Posted on April 27, 2012 by admin

Ron Cooper has provided an up date of the position in the following Email Tournament Sections:- A77 – 82 A83 – 88 Click on the appropriate link.

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Gambit Tournament – Update

Posted on April 27, 2012 by admin

Fred Clough has published the lastest results in this popular tournament – see the results page

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BCCA 2011 Web-Server Medal Tournaments

Posted on June 7, 2011 by admin

The BCCA Medal Tournaments consist of Gold, Silver & Bronze sections played by web-server or post. The web-server tournaments are available to view online at the ICCF website. Other participants can see the games live after 1 game is finished … Continue reading →

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Championship Results & Update

Posted on May 29, 2011 by admin

Tournament Controllers Dave Grobler & Nigel Aitken provide the latest results in the BCCA William Mason Championship, webserver sections finished on the 31st July, postal sections are still in progress. K W Mclauglin and Leslie Eastoe are joint leaders in the 2010/11 … Continue reading →

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Email Tournament A81

Posted on May 17, 2011 by admin

Ron Cooper reports the start of a new email tournament with the following players, D.G. Gallimore, J. Etherington, A. Tolliday and J. Everson. Email tournaments may be entered at any time of the season, please contact Ron for further information.

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Correspondence Chess in Britain and Ireland 1824 – 1987

Posted on March 29, 2011 by admin

Correspondence Chess in Britain and Ireland 1824 – 1987 By Tim Harding McFarland, 433 pages, Softcover £43.95 BOOK REVIEW By Neil Limbert I have been looking forward to the publication of this book for what seems like quite a long time! … Continue reading →

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Handicap Tournament Results

Posted on February 6, 2011 by admin

The Handicap Tournament is one of the main tournaments for BCCA and attracts a large number of players each season, this keenly fought tournament utilises an attractive scoring system to give players of all standard an opportunity to compete against … Continue reading →

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23rd World Champion

Posted on February 1, 2011 by admin

The 23rd World Correspondence Chess Championship has been won by GM Ulrich Stephan from Germany, congratulations to Ulrich on this outstanding achievement. GM Stephan scored 11.5pts from 16 games after winning 7 games and drawing 9.  The tournament table may … Continue reading →

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