U.S. and Canada annual memberships are $25 US with printed magazine, or $19 US if sent by email. Foreign dues are $19 US with email magazine.
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• Play against real opponents with official chess ratings in an internationally recognized organization
• Play serious chess in a friendly volunteer-oriented organization
• Play against people not chess engines

You are invited to join CCLA. Please be aware that CCLA players use their real names instead of aliases, and that CCLA has a "no computer engine usage policy" in determining moves.

SEPTEMBER 15 is the closing date for the 2008 CCLA CHAMPIONSHIP and LEADERSHIP TOURNAMENT. These are postal events (email with the agreement of both players) using a 10/30 time limit. The entry fee is $8. The Championship consists of the 11 highest-rated entrants who have completed at least ten rated CCLA games. In the Leadership sections, entrants are lined up in order of their ratings with 7-9 players in each section, and only one entry is allowed. You can sign up for the Championship plus another section in the Leadership, but if you don't make the 11-player cutoff for the Championship you will not be assigned to a second Leadership section. If you sign up for the Championship only, please indicate whether, if you don't make the 11-player cutoff, you want to be assigned to a section in the Leadership. First prize is $50 in the Championship and $15 in each Leadership section.

OCTOBER 15 is the closing date for the CCLA FALL SERVER SERIES. If you have never played using a webserver, this is an excellent place to start. This is a semi-class event where games are played on the ICCF webserver with a 10/40 time limit. Entrants are lined up according to their ratings, with 5-7 players in each section and one game with each opponent. Thus you will be able to play opponents of approximately your own strength. The entry fee is $6 per section. Please include your email address, so that you can be notified when one of your opponents has made a move. If you are mailing a check on or after October 12, please send an email to Herb Hickman (Contacts) indicating that the check is on the way.