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May 30, 2007
Next Champion's League Season Registration: See NTT Commissioner's letter below. ICCF-US order form has been updated.
Dear chessfriends,
Welcome to the 3rd season of ICCF-CL! We are
open for registration later than announced; please accept my apologies for this
delay. The registration closes August 1st, 2007. All games for the new season
will start officially on September 1st, 2007.
We have revised and
uploaded the FAQ valid for this season. You can read it here:
http://tables.iccf.com/email/ChLeague/2004/season3faq.htm
The
registration form is available here:
http://tables.iccf.com/email/ChLeague/2004/season3faq.htm#faq03.8
It
should provide you with all necessary details to make an educated decision
before registering.
There are 2 ways to register for this 3rd
season:
- register via your national federation
- register via Direct
Entry
as explained by our FAQ.
If at anytime during the registration
you need clarifications, we are ready to help you! Please contact the following
people:
Michael Millstone (DE Administrator) - for any DE related
question
Valer Eugen Demian - for any other question regarding ICCF-CL in
general
Their contact information is available at the ICCF main webpage under
"Main menu" > "ICCF Contacts"
Amici sumus,
Valer Eugen
Demian
NTT Commissioner |
May 28, 2007
Update on the Olympiad 15 Final. Many thanks to Raymond Boger!
Pl.
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Sist
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Nation
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% Score
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Sist
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Poeng
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+ / -
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Partier
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+
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RP
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1
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3
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Norway
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56,73
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55,88
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29,5
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+7
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52
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1
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26
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1
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1
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Russia
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56,73
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56,73
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29,5
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+7
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52
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26
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3
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2
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Netherlands
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56,38
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56,38
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26,5
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+6
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47
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31
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4
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4
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Germany
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54,81
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54,81
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28,5
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+5
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52
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26
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5
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5
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USA
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53,49
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53,49
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23,0
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+3
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43
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35
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6
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7
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Slovenia
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52,13
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52,13
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24,5
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+2
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47
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31
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7
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6
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Portugal
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51,19
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52,44
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21,5
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+1
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42
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1
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36
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8
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8
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Austria
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50,91
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50,91
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28,0
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+1
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55
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23
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9
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9
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Ireland
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49,11
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49,11
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27,5
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-1
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56
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22
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10
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10
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Estonia
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49,04
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49,04
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25,5
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-1
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52
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26
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11
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11
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Lithuania
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47,87
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47,78
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22,5
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-2
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47
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31
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12
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12
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Kazakstan
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44,44
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44,44
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24,0
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-6
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54
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24
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13
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13
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Latvia
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40,91
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40,91
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22,5
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-10
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55
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23
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14
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14
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Polen
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38,46
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38,46
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20,0
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-12
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52
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26
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April 2007
The ICCF-US top 50 players announced! |
End of the
Year 2006
Due to the webmaster's recent computer
crash, the ICCF-US site hasn't been updated for a little while
(since November). Everything is back in order now – thanks for
your patience! Please see below for some new updates at the end
of 2006!
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December
26, 2006
4th NAPZ
Championship Complete
From Franklin Campbell and
Ruth Ann:
Dear Participants in the 4th
NAPZ Championship,
Thank
you for your participation in this wonderful championship event.
Only highly qualified players were invited to play, so you are
all winners by definition. There were some great games
played in this event and the database contains a complete
collection of all 105 games. Thanks for your
cooperation.
This
event is officially completed with all 105 games finished. Thanks
to everyone who competed or participated in the organization of
this event. I am proud to announce the final
standings:
Co-champions:
Takanori Tomizawa (JPN) and Timothy Murray
(USA)
3rd place: Jason Bokar (USA)
There
are no trophies or prizes, but these three players are now
qualified to participate in the Candidates round of an upcoming
World Championship, the last stage leading to the final.
The
start list indicated that the S-B method of tie-break would be
used. The purpose of a tie-break system was to avoid excessive
qualifications to the World Championship cycle, which has been a
problem in the past. Since there were no ties requiring breaking
(all three top places qualify for the Candidates WC event
and there is no trophy for 1st place) there was fortunately no
need to apply any arbitrary tie-break system. Note: the
original start list specified two players would qualify to the
Candidates, but
in fact the top three players qualify.
Amici
sumus,
Ruth Ann
And
many thanks to Franklin Campbell for taking over the TD duties
and seeing this match to a finish!
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December
26, 2006
Interzonal
2006 Starting!
The 2006 version of the Interzonal Team
Event has started: NAPZ has entered a great team! Please see the
start information here:
http://www.iccf-webchess.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=10392
In the 2004 version of this fine event, the
NAPZ team is currently in 1st place:
http://www.iccf-webchess.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=5757 |
(November
1, 2006)
The 1st WS USCCC final is scheduled
to start 1 November 2006. Below is the list of participants.
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Herrera,
Alex (2191)
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IM Schakel,
Corky (2383)
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Ledford,
Steven O. (2226)
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Fass,
Robert N. (2311)
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Eilmes, Don
P. (2321)
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Zawadski,
Anthony J. (2233)
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Myers,
David R. (2361)
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Jones,
Kenneth E. (2262)
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Gildred, Terrence L. (2430)
Average rating: 2302
TD: Ralph P.
Marconi
Live Display of games, with a 3-move delay
Links:
Qualifying preliminary crosstables at:
http://www.iccfus.com/crosstables/usccc_prelims/ws01p.htm
Final crosstable (on ICCF server) at:
http://www.iccf-webchess.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=9859
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(October 2,
2006)
Call
for Nominations
Med Samraoui,
ICCF President, has called for nominations for the unfilled
Executive Board terms of Max Zavanelli, Deputy President,
and Michael Millstone, Financial Director. If anyone is
interested in either position, please contact Ruth Ann Fay,
zprchess. These terms expire at the end of 2007. It is hoped that
applicatants would be able to run for reelection in 2007 for a
normal 4 year term. Max Zavanelli and Ruth Ann would like to
bring USA nominations to Congress in order to maintain a US
presence on the ICCF EB.
The primary duty
of the Deputy President is "Director of Development"
or, oversight of the Marketing Director. It includes anything
else that the President assigns to him and Acting President if
anything happens to the President. Anyone with management and
marketing skills should consider this.
The Financial
Director, formerly known as Treasurer, has responsibility
for the ICCF financial planning and for the books. The
bookkeeping is currently being done by Ruth Ann Fay using Quick
Books. Anyone with financial planning skills, accrual accounting
skills, and knowlege of Quick Books or another professional
accounting program that can import the QB information is
encouraged to contact Ruth Ann.
Applicants
should be able to travel to every ICCF Congress. Note that these
positions include a small, partial reimbursment of expenses of
attending Congress as long as that person is not also the USA
delegate.
Amici sumus,
Ruth Ann
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(September
20, 2006)
US
15th Championship - Edward Duliba winner!
ICCF-US is pleased to announce that the
winner of the 15th USCCC Final is SIM Edward Duliba.
Ed had an
undefeated win in his Preliminary section of the 14th USCCC. He
was nominated by USCF to play in the 14th Final. He deferred is
14th qualification until the 15th Final. He had only 1 loss in
the 14th Final and was undefeated in the 15th Final. Not only was
he playing in two Finals at the same time, but he was in several
other strong events such as the 4th North American Pacific Zone
Championship, three World Championship Semifinal sections, and he
is now on the USA 13th Olympiad Final team. Since 1998, when he
started the 14th Preliminary section, he has completed more than
200 ICCF rated games.
The crosstable is
at:
http://www.iccfus.com/crosstables/usccc_finals/uscccf15.htm
The
prize for first place is a trophy and a USA nomination to the
ICCF World Championship semifinal. Ed qualifies for a place in a
Candidates section based on ICCF Tournament Rule 1.3.1 (g), "the
holders of Senior International Title with ratings above
2525"
We also congratulate Kenneth M. Reinhart for
finishing in Second Place and IM John Mousessian for finishing in
Third Place. We will offer the USA nomination to Ken for his
accomplishment in this tournament.
Congratulations to all
our winners!
Max Zavanelli and Ruth Ann Fay
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(September
20, 2006)
Top
50 Oct 2006
Congratulations to first-time Top
50 list players Terrence ”Nick” Gildred and Dan Perry!
Also congratulations to our players scheduled to be awarded
titles at the Dresden Congress in October; Michael Millstone
(Senior International Master) and Stephen Ham (Senior
International Master and International Master).
GM Hans Berliner has been removed from the
list as he has confirmed his status as inactive; GM John Timm
holds the number one spot for the first time.
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(September 6, 2006)
Announcement from ICCF
Direct Entry Admin - Michael Millstone:
The ICCF US Federation has changed their
Direct Entry selection to Enhanced. This will significantly
improve ICCF Tournament entries and payments. Please refer
to the ICCF web site for further information on the Direct
Entry (DE) programme.
The ICCF Direct Entry Administrator will be
on travel from 06.09.06 - 14.06.06. As such, responses to
Direct Entry applications might take slightly longer than usual.
Thank you for your understanding.
Michael
Millstone
ICCF Direct Entry Administrator
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(Semptember 5, 2006)
IM James Skeels and Julius
Simon - 2nd Email USCCC Champs!
ICCF-US is pleased to announce that the
winners of the 2nd Email USCCC Final have been determined. Our
hearty congratulations go to IM James B. Skeels and Julius Simon
on their equal scores of 6-2 in the 2nd USCCC Email Championship
(played on the server) to finish in first place. They have
spend three and a half years working on this great achievement.
They will each receive a nomination to the ICCF World
Championship Cycle and a trophy.
Only one game is
remaining which could allow IM Robert Rizzo to take 3rd place
with a draw or win. The crosstable is
here:
http://www.iccfus.com/crosstables/usccc_finals/uscccf-em02.htm
Congratulations!
Max
Zavanelli and Ruth Ann Fay
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(August 26, 2006)
Announcement from Ruth Ann
Fay!
Search for new ICCF-US
Secretary and NAPZ-ICCF Director
Max Zavanelli has been ICCF-US Secretary
since 1987, and I have been helping him for the last 9 of those
19 years. Due to business and personal reasons, we are now ready
to retire from these duties. Our hope would be that we could
provide a seamless transfer of duties to the next ICCF-US
Secretary. Any player interested in this position should
send their questions to Ruth Ann Fay and their resume to their
domestic chess club with a copy to Ruth Ann Fay at
zprchess@aol.com. Read more
here!
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(June
7, 2006)
ICCF World Cup(s)
Announcement!
ICCF is pleased to announce the World
Cup XV - preliminaries to be played exclusively by e-mail
and/or webserver.
-and-
World
Cup XVI - preliminaries to be played exclusively by post.
Please see the ICCF
Homepage for more details (or click the links above!)
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(April
30, 2006)
2nd WebChess Open
Tournament!
ICCF has announced the 2nd WebChess Open
Tournament. Note that it is a 3 round tournament with prizes for
the 3rd round winners. The fee for USA players is $12. Note that
you must enter through ICCF-US unless you are new to ICCF play.
New players may play 1 free section. New players may enter 2
other sections on an introductory trial basis; and they may use
"Direct Entry" only for those 2 sections.
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(April
30, 2006)
Path to the World
Championship has been updated!
The path
to the World Championship has been updated as of March 2006.
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(April
30, 2006)
Help Needed!
Title Tournaments Director, Daniel
Finkelstein, is looking for volunteers to help update the
Qualifications list for the Preliminary, Semifinal, Candidates,
and Finals of the World Championship cycle. Interested volunteers
should contact Ruth Ann Fay.
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(April
30, 2006)
US Top 50 List
ICCF-US is pleased to release the Top 50
list as of March 31, 2006. We are happy to welcome Mihai Harabor
to the list for the first time, and equally so that IM Michael
Millstone, who will receive his SIM this year at the Dresden
Congress is back on the list. Stephen Ham will receive both his
IM and SIM at Congress. Please take a look at the "Player
Ranks" or click here.
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(March
2, 2006)
US 15th Olympiad Team!
ICCF-US is pleased to announce the USA team
for the ICCF Olympiad XV Final. The USA qualified for this event
because our team in the XIV Final placed 3rd, which also earned
the team bronze medals. We will be facing teams from Germany,
Lithuania, Netherlands, Ireland, Norway, Slovenia, Poland,
Russia, Latvia, Austria, Kazakhstan, Portugal, and Estonia. Play
will start on March 30, 2006.
The team will be lead by
SIM Daniel Fleetwood on Board 1, which will be a Category XV
event. We will have SIM Jason Bokar on Board 2, which will
be Category XIII. SIM Timothy Murray will be on Board 3, which
will be Category XII. GM Joseph DeMauro will be on Board 4; SIM
Gary Kubach will be on Board 5, and SIM Stephen Jones is on Board
6. Our Team Captain is Tom Dougherty. Kenneth Reinhart will
be our reserve player.
Please join us in wishing our team
good luck and good chess!
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(February 21,
2006)
FOLGAR Vetrans Tournament!
In
memory of an excellent man, Mr. Stanislav Foglar, the Czech CCA
organizes the invitational event “FOGLAR
veterans” dedicated to all
the players at the age of 50 or more years and rated 2300 at
least. The tournament has been approved by ICCF and will be
played according to ICCF rules of play for email
tournaments.
Federation in
charge: Czech CCA
TD in
charge: Jaromir Canibal, IA; Zdenek Nyvlt, IA
Number of
stages: one, started every year on Foglar´s
birthday, in the years 2005, 2006 and 2007
Number of
players: 4 sections with 15 players each
Restrictions: age
50+, ELO 2300+, max. 2 sections per player
Starting dates:
11.4.2005, 11.4.2006, 11.4.2007
Entry fee: 15
euro per tournament and player
If you are interested, please
contact ICCF-US and please take a look at the full
announcement!
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