4th ICCF Webchess Open Tournament Announcement

(The following was posted at the ICCF server on 22 May. For CCCA members wishing to enter via the CCCA the entrance fee per section is $17. Please send your entry and fee to: c/o CCCA, Ralph Marconi, 540 Ste-Thérèse, Joliette, Québec, J6E 4A8.)

Saturday, May 22, 2010: ICCF is delighted to announce the start of the 4th WebChess Open tournament on the server. This announcement will be posted at the ICCF website and distributed to all national federations. The following Frequently Asked Questions setup clarifies all information applicable for this edition.

1. What is the Webchess Open Tournament?
It is a tournament open to all correspondence chess players around the World, with or without any previous ICCF experience.

2. Who is in charge?
Frank Geider (FRA), World Tournament Director (WTD) has appointed Valer-Eugen Demian (CAN), ICCF Non-Title Tournaments Commissioner (NTTC) as the responsible ICCF Officer for this tournament. Please direct all general inquiries to him at: vdemian@shaw.ca
Guido Bresadola (ITA) has been appointed Central Tournament Leader (CTL). He is in charge of registration, pairings and other tournament related issues. His email address is: guido.bresadola@tiscali.it

3. How and when to enter?
Multiple entries are allowed. Go to the ICCF Webserver main page www.iccf-webchess.com click on “New Events”, find the tournament in the main list and click “Enter”. It allows you to register with a click of a button using one of the three methods available:
a) Contact your national federation (NF). Provide your ICCF-ID (if you have one) and a valid email address you will use for this tournament. Your national federation will forward your entry to CTL Guido Bresadola (ITA).
b) Qualified players may use Direct Entry (DE).
Third method available for new players to ICCF:
c) New players to ICCF are allowed to enter 1 section for free. They should send their contact information: name, email address and country to Valer Eugen Demian NTTC. If they wish to enter more than one section, all extra entries should be paid for as described above.

4. When does the registration close?
Registration is open immediately (as soon as DE is setup) and it closes on June 30th, 2010.

5. How much does it cost?
The payment is linked to the method of registration used:
a) Registering via your NF. Receiving payment of the event fee and confirmation of your registration are handled by your NF.
b) Registering via Direct Entry. All information is provided through the DE registration process. Simply click the enter button and follow the prompts.
c) New players to ICCF play 1 section for free.

6. Who is considered a new player to ICCF?
a) Players without ICCF ID or,
b) Players with ICCF ID but who never played a rated game in the past.

7. What is the time frame?
The tournament will be played in three stages: preliminaries, semifinal and final. Preliminaries will start in mid July 2010 , with an approximate end date in July 2012 . The other 2 stages will be scheduled accordingly at a later date. ICCF reserves the right to stop all games affecting qualification after 2 years of play and adjudicate them.
Reference information:
1st WebChess Open tournament - preliminaries started Feb 1st, 2005, all groups finished; semifinals started Nov 15th, 2006, all groups finished; final started May 5th, 2009.
2nd WebChess Open tournament - preliminaries started June 15th, 2006, all groups finished; semifinals started Jul 25th, 2008, one on-going group; final pending.
3rd WebChess Open tournament - preliminaries started May 20th, 2008, six on-going groups; semifinal pending.

8. How will I play?
Preliminaries will consist of groups of 7 (seven) players each. All games will be rated. The latest ICCF Playing Rules Webserver will apply for all stages as applicable. You can read them online at
www.iccf-webchess.com
by clicking on “Online Help” ? “Server rules”.

9. How do I qualify from preliminaries?
Only the section winners will qualify for the semifinal stage. Ties will be broken according to the ICCF Tournament Rules, Article 5.

10. What are the prizes available?
The ICCF Executive will decide on the prizes available for the final stage at a later date.

11. The list of valid entries has been posted here:
http://www.asigc.it/temp/4th%20wot.htm

We welcome with open arms regular ICCF players as well as new ones, eager to test their skills with us. It is our hope you will enjoy the experience on our server and will use this opportunity to make new friends around the World.

Play Webserver chess with ICCF! Join your National CC Federation and the ICCF community!

AMICI SUMUS!

Frank Geider
World Tournament Director (WTD)

Valer-Eugen Demian
Non-Title Tournaments Commissioner (NTTC)

Guido Bresadola
Central Tournament Leader (CTL)

The following are ICCF events that CCCA members have recently started:
WS/M/265 (Paul Morley)
WS/M/270 (Paul Morley)
Argentina Bicentennial "B" (IM Mario Adriano and IM-elect Richard Labonté)

Updated NATT 6 Team Tournament cross-table New results in red.

Monday - 17 May 2010

CCCA Rating list updated

The following cross-tables have been updated:
R-0801 ; AE-901; W-09 ; O-09 ; A-0901 ; A-0801 ; R-0901 ; L-4 ; R-0701 ;
KE-65 ; KE-66

New events: O-10 ; OE-10 ; W-10 ; WE-10

The following Team Friendly cross-tables updated:
Canada vs. Czech Republic
Canada vs. Latvia
Canada vs. Spain
Canada vs. Denmark

New Team Friendly: Canada vs. Slovakia

The following pages have been updated:
Team Friendlies Index
CCCA Tournament Index Page
Expired Tournaments Page

Friday - 30 April 2010

The following are ICCF events that CCCA members have recently started:
WS/M/263 (Paul Morley)
WS/O/365 (Herb Sooley)

*** Donations in Memory of Jim Cairns ***

Former CCCA President, J. Ken MacDonald has made a donation to the CCCA in memory of Jim Cairns. Members wishing to make a donation in memory of Jim may do so to the CFC or to the CCCA or both since Jim was a long time supporter of chess in Canada. The CCCA will inform the family of Jim that donations have been received in memory of Jim as I am sure the CFC will do as well.

*** ICCF Veteran's World Cup III ***

(The following annoucement was posted on the ICCF webserver 17 April 2010. For those of you who qualify for this event, the CCCA is charging $25 as an entry fee. Please send your entry fee to:
Ralph P. Marconi
540 Ste-Thérèse, Joliette, Québec (CANADA) J6E 4A8)

International Correspondence Chess Federation in association with the Scottish Correspondence Chess Association

The ICCF Congress in Pleven , Bulgaria in 2008 decided that following the great popularity of the tournament among older players, new Veteran's World Cups would be started every year.

The Scottish CCA offered to organise the second and subsequent tournaments on behalf of ICCF working in collaboration with the ICCF Non Title Tournament's Commissioner. Special cup trophies would be provided by the Scottish CCA to ICCF for winners of each tournament.

The Third ICCF Veteran's World Cup will be started on 1st September 2010 .

As with the 2 nd VWC, the event will be organised in three stages , which will allow several players from each group stage to advance to the Semi-finals and Final. The number of promotions will depend on the total of entries received, but groups at each stage will comprise of 13 players (12 games) played by webserver with a rate of play of 10 moves in 40 days.

ICCF Veteran's World Cups are open to all players who are 60 years old or more at the start of the tournament. Although the number of preliminary groups which each player may enter is unlimited, no player will qualify for more than two Semi-final groups or more than one place in the Final.

Players may enter in the usual way through their National Federations or, where eligible, via the ICCF Direct Entry system. The Direct Entry fee is calculated based on the method of payment and currency chosen, with the exact amount shown during the registration process.

Entries via National Federations should contain player's name, date of birth, Email address, ICCF ID and current rating and should be forwarded by Email to the Tournament Organiser Alan P. Borwell, Email:- alanborwell@iccf.com , to reach him before 17th July 2010. It would be appreciated if Federations send entries “as received” and not delay them until closing date.

Entries from players who countries participate in the ICCF Direct Entry Scheme should send their entries, using the DE system. The Closing date for Direct Entries will be 31 st July 2010 .

All veteran chess players are heartily invited to enter this tournament, both for the enjoyment of games and friendly contact/communication with senior players round the World.

Member Federations are asked to give the tournament wide publicity to veteran players .

Alan P. Borwell
ICCF Honorary President
SCCA Honorary President Commissioner Director
Tournament Organiser

Valer Eugen Demian
ICCF Non Title Commissoner

Frank Geider
World Tournament Director

Wednesday - 14 April 2010

The following are ICCF events that CCCA members have recently started:
WS/M/259 (Paul Morley)

The following are ICCF events that CCCA members have recently finished:
WS/M/195 * (Paul Morley) (completed play with 4-6, 10th place)
WS/M/231 * (Paul Morley) (completed play with 5½-4½)
WS/H/175 * (Vas Sladek) (completed play with 1½-4½, 6th place)
WS/H/177 * (Vas Sladek) (completed play with 1½-4½, 6th place)
WS/H/179 * (Vas Sladek) (completed play with 0-6, 7th place)
WS/H/183 * (Vas Sladek) (completed play with 1-5, 7th place)
WS/H/184 * (Vas Sladek) (completed play with 3-3)
WS/H/185 * (Vas Sladek) (completed play with 2½-3½, 4th place)
WS/H/189 * (Vas Sladek) (completed play with 3½-2½)
WC XVII (WS) (prelims):
section 52 * (Craig Sadler) (completed play with 3½-4½)
section 12 * (Franco Manarin) (completed play 3-5)
2nd ICCF Veterans World Cup (prelims) (WS):
Preliminary Group 11 * (Loving Akwei) (completed play with 8½-3½)

David Godoy Memorial (IM) (Chile) * Wayne Hynes (completed play with 8½-3½)
BdF-Bronze 2008 (Germany) * Wayne Hynes (completed play with 4-10, 15th place)

USA vs. ROW Under 2100 Match (54 boards):
Bd 2 * (Ralph P. Marconi, ROW Team Captain) (completed play with ½-1½|)
Bd 22 * (Craig Sadler) (completed play with 1-1)

Updated ICCF Ratings of CCCA Members' list

Friday - 26 March 2010

Dr. James P. Cairns (1923-2010)

From CCCA President, Manny Migicovsky:

"James Parsons Cairns left us on March 2nd at the age of 87 after post operative complications at the Kingston General Hospital . He was a noted Canadian economist and a distinguished teacher at the Royal Military College for 30 years and retired as a professor emeritus.

To me and all of us in the CCCA he was simply, Jim. Aside from all his other interests he was an avid chess player both over the board and correspondence. Jim joined the CCCA Executive in the early 1990's and served as our Time Complaints Secretary for many years. Administering our rules and dispensing justice accordingly is a thankless task.

Dealing with agitated members fairly and promptly was easy for Jim. He was always a gentleman and explained his decisions to the players involved very eloquently. I never had a complaint against Jim in all the years I have served CCCA in various positions.

For many years Jim and his wife, Pat, offered us their home for CCCA meetings and treated us like family. I will never forget those meetings. Homemade cookies flowed throughout the day as well as wonderful little sandwiches.

Pat was married to Jim for 57 years and I am sure she will sorely miss his company. Our sincere condolences to her, his daughter Rosemary and the other members of the Cairns family.

Jim lived a full and happy life and was loved and respected by all who knew him. I will always remember Jim as will we all. Rest in peace Jim, it was an honour and a privilege to have known you for so many years."

From the Editor and Vice – President, Ralph P. Marconi:

"I had the honour and privilege of meeting Jim and his gracious wife Pat for the first time in 1995 and in his home while attending my first CCCA Executive meeting. Since then I've met him again a few more times. Over the years we corresponded often. He was a true gentleman in every sense of the word; a kind intelligent man, willing to listen and teach. I will miss him."

Fellow member Andrew Pressburger writes of Jim: "Though he [Jim] and I never met in person, I had the privilege of knowing him almost as well as though we had. Over the years, in the course of countless games, we exchanged views - at times serious, most of the time facetious - on sundry subjects. He was a self-appointed guardian of correct English spelling, grammar and punctuation as numerous letters to editors of various newspapers and periodicals can attest whom he relentlessly bombarded with his observations and corrections.

He was an inveterate writer who was always ready to express impeccably reasoned views on history, literature, politics, and economics, all of them based on a copious, tireless, wide-ranging regimen of reading.

A respected professor ( professor emeritus of Public Policy and Economics at the Royal Military College , ed .) he did not consider it beneath his dignity to help out with the organization and maintenance of scholastic tournaments of fourth- and fifth-graders at various elementary schools in Kingston . In an article in En Passant , the president of the Kingston Chess Club referred to him as the Grand Old Man of chess in the city.

“His play was just as canny as his general acumen, and you had better watch out if you wanted to avoid falling victim to his patented, well thought-out strategic maneuvers.

Jim lived life to the fullest and we, who knew him, are all the better for it.

Fellow member Peter Sibbald writes of Jim: "The chess world has lost a gem. Long time Kingston Chess player Jim Cairns has died at the age of 87. As recently as three weeks ago he was still playing OTB at the Kingston Chess Club ( Ontario , Canada ). After surgery he picked up an infection from which never recovered. He has played postal chess against most players in Canada and against many internationally. His sense of humour, willingness to share the joy of the game with younger players and love of the game will be missed."

Fellow member Asbjorn Woldmo writes: It was really sad to learn about the passing of Dr. James Cairns. Jim was such a caring person, a dedicated chess player who really put the "correspondence" back in "correspondence chess".

Win, draw or lose, it matters none when playing someone like Jim. All the games would be close in any case, like the friendship.

Jim also cared about the future, with his dedication of time and effort for children, young chess players by the hundreds who had the opportunity to see him and receive his guidelines. Best of all, Jim was thrilled doing it, sharing with me some of the questions asked during games, which again confirmed his patience with inexperienced people.

I shall miss Jim very much like all of us, a Gentleman, and a Great Ambassador for CCCA and for Chess. As Bob Hope used to say: Memories are Forever! We remember Jim Cairns."

Fellow member Phil Kelly writes of Jim: " I too can attest to his wonderful and generous correspondence while we played our games. Economics and history were subjects which we both cared passionately about and which inspired some of my more prolix efforts in reply to him (he had the gift of being concise-I'm still working on it). Like many, I wish I had had the opportunity when visiting Kingston to have met him in person; like all of us, we do believe that his public work in economic policy in the 50's and 60's and his private demeanour, personality and life in general have made the world a better place."

Monday - 2 March 2010

Updated ICCF Ratings of CCCA Members' list

Saturday - 27 February 2010

Updated NATT 6 Team Tournament cross-table New results in red.

The following are ICCF events that CCCA members have recently started:
WS/M/255 (Paul Morley)

34th WCCC Prelims

We have 5 players representing Canada in this event: IM Eugen Demian, IM Mario Adriano, IM Serge Dubuc, Al Fichaud and loving Akwei. Play officially starts 10 March 2010. We wish them great success. The following are the respective sections they will be playing in:

WCCC34PR02(WS) (Al Fichaud)
WCCC34PR04(WS) (IM Mario Adriano)
WCCC34PR06(WS) (IM Valer-Eugen Demian)
WCCC34PR09(WS) (Loving Akwei)
WCCC34PR10(WS) (IM Serge Dubuc)

Thursday - 18 February 2010

Jim Cairns Seriously Ill

Long time member and former CCCA Time Complaints Secretary and CCCA Executive member, Jim Cairns of Kingston, Ontario is seriously ill. Those wishing to send him get well cards please send to the following address:

69 Mackenzie Crescent
Kingston, Ontario
K7M 2S2

I'm sure he would greatly appreciate the gesture. --- Ralph P. Marconi, on behalf of the entire CCCA Executive.

William R. B. Thornhill
(1953-2010)

We recently received the sad news from Bill's life partner Debbie, that he passed away after a long battle with cancer. Debbie wrote: “Bill passed away January 12, 2010 at the LeGrow Hospital in Port-aux-Basques, NL, after a 3 year battle with melanoma. Bill was passionate about chess and playing correspondence chess enabled him to pursue his love for the game. Throughout his battle with cancer he always looked forward to receiving and sending his moves. He kept meticulous records of all his games and spent hours pondering each move. Thank you for sharing Bill's passion”. Debbie also sent us the following obituary notice, which we are publishing in full.

“Bill was born at Banting Memorial Hospital on the old Gander town site, the first born of Lloyd and Patricia Thornhill. Bill was four when the family moved to the new town site and lived his school years on what subsequently became Memorial Drive with two brothers and three sisters. “At the age of 9, Bill had open-heart surgery at Toronto Western Hospital , to repair a hole in his heart, a congenital condition. The bravery and courage that Bill displayed in recent months possibly had its genesis during that time.

“Bill graduated from Gander Collegiate in 1970. He graduated from Memorial Univeristy in 1985 with his B.A. and B.Ed. After substitute teaching for a couple of years, Bill accepted a teaching position with the College of the North Atlantic in Baie Verte and then transferred to Port aux Basques campus in 1989.

“Once established in Port aux Basques he became a member of the TBA players and wowed audiences with his natural acting ability. Bill was always a lover of music and on numerous occasions played in Wesley United Church in Port aux Basque and St. Ann 's in Upper Ferry. He also periodically sang with the choir.

“While there, he reconnected with Debbie, his life partner, and they continued their life journey together from their beautiful property in Searston.

“It was here that Bill was truly happy, whether working in his vegetable garden, sawing wood with his bucksaw, playing Srabble around the kitchen table, or studiously pondering his next chess move.

“His love of language and literature was unsurpassed. This can be evidenced by a walk through his house where shelf upon shelf of volumes of all descriptions adorns his walls.

“Along with chess and Scrabble, Bill was a devoted bridge player and regularly engaged in contests with fellow players from as far away as Australia via the world wide web.

“The combination of his intellect and wit made time spent with Bill a truly enriching experience.”

In quietness and in solitude shall be your strength

Fellow member Victor de Breyne writes of Bill: “Bill was truly a kind, amiable person. In our correspondence we exchanged thoughts on music, literature, history, culture, and many other topics. Always he demonstrated a courteous manner, notably insofar as it greatly exceeded expectations. I shall miss Bill very much and I am honored to have played chess corresponded with him to the very end.”

CCCA Rating list updated

The following cross-tables have been updated:
KE-65 ; R-0801 ; L3 ; AE-901; W-09 ; O-08 ; O-09 ; OE-09 ; A-0901 ;
A-0801 ; R-0901 ; P-0901 ; P-0902 ;

New event: L-4 (2010 Canadian Open Ladies Championship)

The following Team Friendly cross-tables updated:
Canada vs. Czech Republic
Canada vs. India

The following pages have been updated:
Team Friendlies Index
CCCA Tournament Index Page

The following are ICCF events that CCCA members have recently started:
WS/M/251 (Paul Morley)

The following are ICCF events that CCCA members have recently finished:
WS/H/181 * (Vas Sladek) (completed play with ½-5½, 7th place)
WS/H/190 * (Vas Sladek) (completed play with 1½-4½, 6th place)
WS/H/191 * (Vas Sladek) (completed play with 2-4, 6th place)
WS/H/193 * (Vas Sladek) (completed play with 2-4)
WS/H/196 * (Vas Sladek) (completed play with 1½-4½, 5th place)
WS/H/197 * (Vas Sladek) (completes play with 1-5, 7th place)
WS/H/197 * (Roland Basque) (completed play with 1-5, 6th place)
WS/O/312 * (Herb Sooley) (completed play with 3½ - 2½, 4th place)
WC XVII (WS) (prelims):
section 14 * (Franco Manarin) (completed play with 1½-6½)
section 43 * (Paul Morley) (completed play with 4-4)
WS Master Norm:
WS/MN/038 * (Loving Akwei) (completed play with 7-5, 4th place)

Thursday - 7 January 2010

* Happy New Year 2010! *

CCCA Rating list updated

The following cross-tables have been updated:
KE-65 ; R-0801 ; K63 ; L3 ; AE-901; W-09 ; O-08 ; O-09 ;
S-0901B ; OE-09 ; AE-09 ; A-0901

New Events: KE-66 (2010 Canadian CC Championship (Sever) ; R-0901

The following Team Friendly cross-tables updated:
Canada vs. Denmark
Canada vs. Czech Republic
Canada vs. Latvia
Canada vs. Germany (BDF)
Canada vs. Finland

The following pages have been updated:
Team Friendlies Index
Expired Tournaments Page
CCCA Tournament Index Page
CCCA Tournament Archive Page
CCCA Titles & Candidate Master Points Page

The following are ICCF events that CCCA members have recently started:
M/1084 (Joseph Deidun, Sr.)
WS/M/248 (Paul Morley)
WS/H/218 (Craig Sadler)
WS/O/338 (Edward Thompson)

The following are ICCF events that CCCA members have recently finished:

WS/M/187 * (Roger Patterson) (completed play with 7-3)
WS/M/188 * (Paul Morley) (completed play with 6-4)
WS/M/197 * (Paul Morley) (completed play with 6½-3½)
WS/M/204 * (Paul Morley) (completed play with 4½-5½)
WS/M/217 * (Paul Morley) (completed play with 5½-4½)
WS/H/166 * (Vas Sladek) (completed play with ½-5½, 7th place)
WS/H/167 * (Vas Sladek) (completed play with 1½-4½, 7th place)
WS/H/173 * (Vas Sladek) (completed play with 2-4, 6th place)
WS/O/255 * (Edward Thompson) (completed play with 4½-1½, 2nd place)
WC XVII (WS) (prelims):
section 18 * (Franco Manarin) (completed play with 2½-5½)
2nd ICCF Veterans World Cup (prelims) (WS):
Preliminary Group 10 - (Greg Crnilovic) (completed play with 0-12, 13th)

Luciano Cámara memorial "B" (Argentina) * (Stephen J. Boyd) (completed play with 5½-6½)
Slovenia's 15 Years Mem. of ICCF - Gr. 37 (Vas Sladek) (completed play with 3-3, 6th place)
Slovenia's 15 Years Mem. of ICCF - Gr. 39 (Vas Sladek) (completed play with 2-4, 6th place)

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