Start Date: 10 July 1998
Closeout Date: 12 January 2001 (extended) ... Tournament closed out on 14 June 2004 with most remaining games declared double forfeits (0-0).
Replacement Tournament Director (Nov 2002): J. Franklin Campbell, contact by clicking Contact Webmaster
Original Tournament Director: Maurice Carter, International Arbiter
(Note: TD for section 1 only is Allen F. Wright.)
Tournament sanctioned by: ICCF-U.S., Email: zprchess@aol.com

Use the Crosstable Menu above to check the crosstable and game reports for a specific section. There is also a link to Tim Harding's Chess Mail site containing links to other USCCC crosstables for other USA Championship events. This current page will contain information of general interest to all participants in the 14th USCCC.

6/14/2004: Comments from TD Franklin Campbell:

I made a good effort to reach the players in games without results and have settled all the games I could. Therefore, am I closing out this tournament. In the final unsettled 19 games I have declared 16 double forfeits and will determine the other three results shortly (or declare them 0-0, also). This tournament is now closed. The double forfeits are marked in red.

11/09/02: Comments from new TD Franklin Campbell:

Former TD Maurice Carter is unable to continue as tournament director. Therefore, I have been assigned as the replacement TD to bring this tournament to an orderly completion. If you have completed games that are not recorded in the crosstables, please send me a report and the game score (I cannot accept a report without a game score). If you have games still going, then please send me a report indicating the status. I may call in open games soon to close out this event.

1/10/01: Comments from TD Maurice Carter:

Preliminary sections are extended. We still have alot of games open.

11/13/98: Comments from TD Maurice Carter:

I only report the results to ICCF at the end of the year for rating.

If you want USCF and/or CCLA to rate the game. Both players must be members of the organization and one of the players must report the result to them.

10/21/98: Comments from TD Maurice Carter:

Both players are required to send in a score sheet. Win lost or draw! A few results the loser only sent in a score sheet, the winner failed to report the result. While the rule states that at least one player must submit a score sheet, if no score sheet is sent by either players, a double forfeit can result. Please protect your interest and send in the score sheet.

9/16/98: Comments from TD Maurice Carter:

1. Players are required to report address changes to the TD.
2. After a game is completed, the game must be reported with a copy of the moves to the TD, win, loss or draw. No game is official until this is complied with. Both players are required to do this!
3. Time out requests, vacations, etc. should be reported to the TD and all opponents must be informed. This must be done before the time period starts.
4. Players are required to note on their cards: both date received and sent, postmark, and both their and the opponent's time taken and time total.

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7/01/98:

All participants have their assignments by now. Time of reflection is only counted from the official starting date July 10, 1998. All days count (Sundays, holidays, etc. are counted). Date of postmark is considered the official date sent.

In addition to the clarifications provided with the assignment sheets I asked for a coupleadditional clarifications. I received the following from TD Maurice Carter:

1. All games are rated by ICCF. At end of each year I have to report the finished games as of 31 December to ICCF for rating.

2. My position in regards to e-mail use is as follows. This is a normal ICCF event. Use of postcards are the normal mode. This is not an e-mail event. The time limit no matter what mode of sending moves is 10 moves in 30 days. If players wish to use e-mail that is up to them, but the time limit is still 10 moves in 30 days. If problems in regards to time claims etc come up, all rulings will be based upon the data provided and the time limit of 10 moves in 30 days.

From time to time I expect additional announcements or clarifications from the Tournament Director.

Note that this web site serves only to report results received by the tournament director. The webmaster of this site is not an ICCF official. Your game reports and score sheets must go directly to the Tournament Director. This web site will reflect the information received by the Tournament Director and forwarded to the web site. If you see an error in the information reported here, please report it directly to Contact Webmaster, the webmaster of this site. If the error is mine I will correct it. If the "correction" does not agree with the data provided by the Tournament Director I will notify you so that you can send an official correction to the Tournament Director.

If you have comments and/or suggestions for improving this site, including clarifications you'd like to receive from the Tournament Director, please notify me at the above e-mail address.