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ICCF President's report

Monday, February 2, 2015: January 2015

International Correspondence Chess Federation

 

President’s Report to Executive Board

National Federation Delegates

ICCF Officials

January 2015

 

 

 

 

  1. Direct Entry. Another record year!

 

 

The year 2014 has concluded with a total of 2275 entries, an average of more than six entries per day, which is the highest total in the history of the Direct Entry programme.

 

This year’s total of entries is 25% higher than in 2013, the previous record!

 

The Direct Entry Programme has now accepted a total of 10,769 entries since the Programme started in April 2006.

 

 

Many thanks to Ian M. Pheby (ENG) for managing such a successful program.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Webserver. A major upgrade

 

In December, another major upgrade of the server has been implemented.

  1. The most significant part of the update for players will be the automation features introduced by Congress in Australia earlier this year.

  2. For ICCF tournaments starting in 2015, claims will no longer be necessary for ETL or 3b infractions, the server will set these results automatically. Additionally games which have ended by ETL will be marked on crosstables with a superscript "E". Automatic flags will be mandatory for ICCF events, however federations are not obliged to use these features for national games.

  3. The implementation of the Server Playing Rule 3b has been clarified; once the allowed 40 days have passed, no move will be possible until a claim has been received and accepted or rejected, or the game has been ended by the automatic flag. This will eliminate any confusion caused by retrospective claims.

  4. It should no longer be necessary for tournament directors to set results, most results should now be completely handled by the claim system. The set result screen is still available and can be used in extraordinary circumstances, however results which are not legal according to the Laws of Chess are not selectable.

  5. PGN exported by the Games Archivist should now include the "Termination" flag, which is supported by Aquarium and will be supported by ChessBase in a future update.

  6. It should be possible for Tournament Organisers to set viewing rules in postal events so that completed games are visible.

  7. Various updates have been applied to assist the work of ICCF Officials, including the Qualifications Commissioner and ACO Chair.

Many thanks to Austin Lockwood (WLS) and all the members of the Services Committee for implementing and these changes before the end of the year


 

  1. National Federation Statement of Accounts


 

The statements of accounts of 2014 have been distributed to all National Federations and a prompt payment is now expected.

Many thanks to the ICCF Finance Director, George Pyrich (SCO) for his dedicated work.


 


 


 

  1. Player Photo


 

It is now possible to have your picture on your ICCF Profile page. This can be sent to your National delegate for upload

I would warmly encourage players to do this to personalise their page and compete for the 50 Euros prize! There will be 3 prizes of this amount and draws will take pace on 1st February, 1st April and 1st June 2015.

The winner of 1st February New In Chess 50 euro prize draw is SIM Piotr Walczak (POL)  https://www.iccf.com/player?id=429028

In the near future, players will be able to upload their own photo.


 

  1. ICCF Congress 2015

 

The invitation letters for the ICCF Congress, Cardiff 2015 have been distributed to all ICCF Officials and Delegates.

I invite you to visit the Congress website https://congress2015.welshccf.org.uk/ and register as soon as possible and not later than 19/07/2015.

A specific page has been set up to collect all proposals that will be discussed during the Congress. You can review the proposals and analyze the comments made by the ICCF Officials. https://congress2015.welshccf.org.uk/iccf/proposals.aspx A dedicated template has to be used to submit the proposals and can be found on the same page.


 

  1. Tournaments

 

    1. Champions, Challenger and Promotion Leagues

 

The announcement for the next season of the Champions, Challenger and Promotional leagues have been published on iccf.com and distributed.

The deadline for the entries is 15/03/2015 https://www.iccf.com/message?message=757

I kindly ask all Officials and Delegates to widely distribute this information and used the entry form to send their teams https://www.iccf.com/message?message=769

 

 

 

 

 

    1. 4th Chess960 World Cup

 

The announcement for the 4th Chess960 World Cup has been published.

https://www.iccf.com/message?message=743

This world cup offers a 500 Euros prize and qualification to the Correspondence Chess World Championship Candidates.

The start date of this tournament will be 15th March and the entries will be accepted till 28th February. Tournament Organizer: Leonardo Madonia (ITA)

 

    1. Zone 1 EU – Candidates 2015

 

The Zone 1 Candidates tournament 2015 will start on 15/03/2015.

The eligible players can enter this tournament by the Direct Entry system or through their National Delegate and their entry shall reach the Zone 1 Director, Marco Caressa (ITA) not later than 20/02/2015.


 

  1. Nomination


 

Rubens Battistini (ITA) has been appointed as Deputy of the Gian Maria Tani (ITA), Title Tournament Commissioner.


 

Eric RUCH

ICCF President
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