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Recent News, Updates & Announcements
3 October 2008
Updated 9th Pan/Am Team Tournament Canada-1 cross table New results in red
15 September 2008
The Final game of the 10th NAICCC has finally ended. You can download all 78 games in PGN and CBV format here. Completed cross-table
Click on ICCF Webserver Statistics to view some interesting information regarding the ICCF Server
The following are ICCF events that CCCA members have recently completed:
WS/M/118 * (Paul Morley) (completed play with 7-3; 2nd place)
WS/M/127 * (Paul Morley) (completed play with 5½-4½)
WS/M/139 * (Paul Morley) (completed play with 6-4)
WS/O/184 * (Stephen Brault) (completed play with 0-6; 7th place)
1st ICCF Veterans World Cup (prelims) (WS):
section 11 * (Michel Giroux) (completed play with 0-13, 14th place)
ICCF WS Thematics:
WSTT/5/07/2 - Nimzoindian, E20-59 * (Gary Ruben) (completed play with 5½-2½)
31 August 2008
Updated 9th Pan/Am Team Tournament Canada-1 cross table New results in red
30 August 2008
ICCF rating list for the first half of 2008 has been posted at the ICCF webserver To view the new ICCF Ratings for CCCA members click here
25 August 2008
CCCA Rating list updated
The following cross-tables have been updated:
K-63 ; KE-63 ; KE-64 ; L-2 ; OE-08 ; P-0706 ; A-0601 ; AE-721 ; E-081A ; O-06 ; O-08 ; W-08 ; R-0601 ; R-0701 ; A-0721 ; A-0521
The following Team Friendly cross-tables updated:
Canada vs. Germany (BDF)
Canada vs. Finland
Canada vs. Spain
Canada vs. Czech Republic
Updated 9th Pan/Am Team Tournament Canada-1 cross table New results in red
Updated 9th Pan/Am Team Tournament Canada-2 cross-table New results in red
15 August 2008
Updated 9th Pan/Am Team Tournament Canada-1 cross table New results in red
30 July 2008
Updated 9th Pan/Am Team Tournament Canada-1 cross table New results in red
24 July 2008
Stephen Boyd earns ICCF IM title!
Stephen has earned the ICCF IM title for his performances in the Coppa Latina Europa/America - bd2 (1986-91) and the PATT V/bd1 (2006-). He will be awarded his title at this year's ICCF Congress in Pleven, Bulgaria. Congratulations Stephen!
CCCA Rating list updated
The following cross-tables have been updated:
K-63 ; KE-63 ; KE-64 ; W-07 ; L-2 ; OE-08 ; E-081A ; P-0702 ; P-0704 ; P-0706 ;
R-0701 ; S-0701C ; A-0601 ; AE-801 ; AE-721 ; E-081A ; O-05 ; O-06 ; O-08 ; ME-06 ;
W-06 ; W-07 ; W-08
The following Team Friendly cross-tables updated:
Canada vs Romania
Canada vs. Finland
Canada vs. Spain
Canada vs. Czech Republic
Updated:Team Friendlies Index Page ; CCCA Titles Page ; CCCA Archive Page ;
CCCA Games Download Page
Updated 9th Pan/Am Team Tournament Canada-1 cross table New results in red
Updated 9th Pan/Am Team Tournament Canada-2 cross-table New results in red
15 July 2008
Updated 9th Pan/Am Team Tournament Canada-1 cross table New results in red
7 July 2008
Canada Clinches PATT V!
Canada has won back to back PATT (Pacific/Area Team Tournament)! championships! The PATT is the NAPZ's official team championship. Last Tuesady (1 July), our board one player, Stephen Boyd posted a win against Hong Kong's Henry Leung in his final game, pushing us over the top with 42 points with 2 games remaining in play. No team can surpass on now. The current 2nd place team, AUS/NZ, can only score 41 points, but they must win their remaining two games to do so. Our team will be awarded their gold medals at this year's Congress in Pleven, Bulgaria.
Stephen also scored a SIM norm, finishing with 6.5/10 and in 3rd place. You can view the current standings by clicking on: PATT V Team Standings 4 games remain in progress.
26 June 2008
1st ICCF Junior World Cup Starts (official start date 1 July 2008). 33 players, distributed in 3, 11-player groups were formed: pre01 pre02 pre03 The top 3 players in each group will qualify to the final. Joshua Egan (age 11), the son of our Games Editor, Michael Egan is representing Canada in prel group 3, along with Adrian Mihai
Rotaru, the son of our member, Dan Rotaru playing in prelim group 2, and Joanne Foote in prelim. group 1. Here is some additional interesting information about Joanne Foote. She's 10 years old and lives with her family in Richmond, BC. She takes private lessons from ICCF IM, Eugen Demian, and according to Eugen is a promising chess player.
She's been a member of the Golden Knights chess club since 2006. The following is some of her accomplishments.
TEAM CANADA:
2007 Qualified for WYCC Turkey Girls U10 (did not participate)
NATIONAL:
2007 Canadian U10 Girls Silver Medalist (finished tied for 1st, lost the
title on tie-break fast games)
PROVINCIAL:
2008 BC U12 Girls Champion;
2007 BC U10 Girls Champion;
2006 2nd place BC Girls U10
My thanks to Eugen for providing me with this information. --- R. Marconi
25 June 2008
Updated 9th Pan/Am Team Tournament Canada-1 cross table New results in red
17 June 2008
NATT 6 Starts!
The North Atlantic Team Tournament 6 (NATT 6) officially starts on 20 June 2008, but the server cross-tables have already been posted. Go to: Teams Cross-table to view country line-ups. Teams from Norway, Iceland, Portugal, Canada, Scotland, Irland, England, France and Spain have fielded teams. Spain has two teams in the field.
Canada's Team in board seeding order is:
1. SIM Gary Ruben (2452)
2. IM Serge Maurer (2366)
3. Pino Verde (2311)
4. Richard Labonté (2399)
5. Loving Akwei (2295)
6. Dan Rotaru (2200)
7. Michael Hryniw (2230)
8. Paul Morley (2277)
Team Captain: Manny Migicovsky
Canada Team Results The link to this cross-table will be inserted into the Website Index in due course.
11th North American Invitational CC Championship (NAICCC)
The 11th NAICCC will officially start on 1 July 2008. The ICCF server cross-table has been posted. IM Eugen Valer Demian, IM Serge Maurer, Al Fichaud, Pino Verde, Richard Labonté, and Wayne Hynes will be representing Canada this time around. The winner earns a spot in the WCCC Candidates round. The Tournament Director is IA, Ralph P. Marconi.
Updated 9th Pan/Am Team Tournament Canada-1 cross table New results in red
13 June 2008
Updated 9th Pan/Am Team Tournament Canada-1 cross table New results in red
26 May 2008
Updated 9th Pan/Am Team Tournament Canada-1 cross table New results in red
14 May 2008
CCCA Rating list updated
The following cross-tables have been updated:
KE-63 ; KE-64 ; W-07 ; L-2 ; R-0601 ; OE-08 ; E-081A ; P-0703
events added: A-0801 ; AE-0801
The following Team Friendly cross-tables updated:
Canada vs Romania
Canada vs Germany (BDF)
Canada vs. Finland
Canada vs. England
Updated: CCCA Tournaments Index Page ; Team Friendlies Index Page ; Expired Tournaments Page ; CCCA Titles Page
13 May 2008
Updated 9th Pan/Am Team Tournament Canada-1 cross table New results in red
28 April 2008
ICCF Announces the 1st Junior World Cup Tournament
This is a new ICCF event approved by the ICCF Congress.
Click on tournament details for more information. The CCCA is charging $28/section as an entry fee.
CCCA Rating list updated
The following cross-tables have been updated:
KE-63 ; K-63 ; KE-64 ; W-07 ; L-2 ; A-0721 ; R-0601 ; R-0701 ; OE-08 ; S-0701C ;
X-0701 ; P-0704 ; E-081A
table: W-08
The following Team Friendly cross-tables updated:
Canada vs Romania
Canada vs. Spain
Canada vs Germany (BDF)
Canada vs. Latvia
Canada vs. Finland
Canada vs. England
match : Canada vs. Czech Republic
Updated 9th Pan/Am Team Tournament Canada-2 cross-table New results in red
Updated: CCCA Tournaments Index Page ; Team Friendlies Index Page ; CCCA Tournaments Archive Page ; CCCA Games Download Page
11 April 2008
Updated 9th Pan/Am Team Tournament Canada-1 cross table New results in red
4 April 2008
3rd ICCF WebChess Open Tournament
The ICCF has announced the start of this event. For information about this event click on Tournament details. The CCCA is charging $16/section. To enter via the CCCA send your entry check or money order to: Ralph P. Marconi, 540 St-Thérèse, Joliette, Québec. You can use the entry facility at the ICCF Webserver and click on New Events
and scan down to 3rd Webchess Open Tournament. * Note: Entries close 30 April, 2008.
17 March 2008
Tournament Added: John F. Cleeve Memorial. All 105 games from this event can be downloaded from the Game Downloads page in PGN or CBV formats.
Updated 9th Pan/Am Team Tournament Canada-1 cross table New results in red
16 March 2008
Serge Maurer earns ICCF IM title!
Serge recently completed his play in the Cecil Purdy Jubilee-C with an undefeated score of 9.5/13, thus earning his second IM norm, and a share of 2nd place. Together with his IM norm performance in the 8th Pan/Am TT, Bd 2 - 10/14, Serge has earned the ICCF IM title. He will officially be awarded his IM title at this year's ICCF Congress in the Fall. Congratulations! To view the completed cross-tables for these events click on the following links:
Cecil Purdy Jubilee-C cross-table
8th Pan/Am TT - Bd2 cross-table
All 91 games played from the Cecil Purdy Jubilee-C are available for downloading from the Games Download page.
* Note: IM Serge Dubuc won the Cecil Purdy Jubilee-C, also with an undefeated score!
12 March 2008
CCCA Rating list updated
The following cross-tables have been updated:
KE-63 ; K-63 ; KE-64 ; OE-05 ; W-07 ; L-2 ; A-0721 ; A-0521 ; E-061B ; R-0501 ;
R-0601 ; S-0402A
The following Team Friendly cross-tables updated:
Canada vs Romania
Canada vs. Spain
Canada vs Germany (BDF)
Canada vs. Latvia
Canada vs. Finland
Canada vs Malta (Match completed: 6-5)
Updated 9th Pan/Am Team Tournament Canada-1 cross table New results in red Updated 9th Pan/Am Team Tournament Canada-2 cross-table New results in red
Updated: CCCA Tournaments Index Page ; Team Friendlies Index Page ; Expired Tournaments Page
8 March 2008
Tournament added: Fedor Bohatirchuk Memorial All 105 games from this event can be downloaded from the Game Downloads page in PGN or CBV formats.
Maurizio Sampieri has updated his ICCF Congress Website dedicated to all the ICCF Congresses since 1951. He has just added the 2007 ICCF Congress, Benalmadena - Spain You can find a lot of interesting and informative information at this site including photographs from the more recent Congresses.
The 1st Webserver USCCC Championship Final has been completed. Click on:
cross-table to view the final standings. TD: IA, Ralph P. Marconi
Joseph Deidun, Sr. has won the 2005 (W-05) Senior Open Championship. Click on:
cross-table to view the final standings. Congratulations, Joe!
2 March 2008
Vanessa Glover wins L1 play-off match against Madge Smith 4-0, to become 2007 Canadian Women CC Champion, and the first woman Canadian CC Champion in Canadian cc history! Congratulations, Vanessa!
New cross-tables added: L2 ; O-08 ; OE-08
29 February 2008
* 2008 Canadian East vs. West Provincial
Team Championship! *
The CCCA has decided to resurrect this event which was part of the CCCA's tournament schedule many years ago. A team from the eastern provinces:
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, PEI, New foundland plus Québec will play against a team from the western provinces: British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, plus Ontario.
Participation on the two teams is open to all, with seeding order according to rating. Each board will play two games. There is no entry fee. This will be an ICCF server hosted event, but we will try to accommodate those who wish to play by post or email too, if possible. Foreign players are welcome to join as well. Foreign entries will be split amongst the teams to be as competitive as possible. The deadline for entries is May 15, with a start date June 1 or thereabouts. Joe Deidun, Jr. will act as team captain for the West team, while Ralph P. Marconi will act as team captain for the East team. If you are interested in playing in this event then send your entries to either Joe or Ralph.
24 February 2008
Updated 9th Pan/Am Team Tournament Canada-1 cross table New results in red
20 February 2008
Updated 9th Pan/Am Team Tournament Canada-1 cross table New results in red
16 February 2008
*** CANADA LEADS PATT V! ***
The PATT (Pacific/Area Team Tournament) is the official team event in the NAPZ.
PATT V started on 15 September 2006 and is nearing completion. The defending Champion, Canada, has recently taken over the lead with 38 points with 6 games remaining. The combined team of Australia/New Zealand has fallen back to second place with 37 points with 4 games remaining, after having lead most of the way. And the USA is in 3rd place with 35.5 points with 4 games remaining. Canada needs only 3.5 points out of 6 to clinch first place and we are in a very good position to do so!
--- Ralph P. Marconi, Canada Team Captain
12 February 2008
Tournament added: CCCA-60
91 games from the Bernard Freedman Memorial and all 105 games from the CCCA-60 event can now be downloaded from the Game Downloads page in PGN or CBV formats.
10 February 2008
Team Friendly Match: Joe Deidun, Jr. is organizing a match against the
Czech Republic. The start date will be 1 April. The match will mainly be played on the ICCF server, but there will be some postal boards. Anyone not on the permanent list should send Joe a note if they wish to participate in this match.
CCCA Rating list updated
Updated 9th Pan/Am Team Tournament Canada-2 cross-table New results in red
The following cross-tables have been updated:
KE-63 ; K-63 ; AE-721 ; KE-64 ; AE-621 ; L1-P ; OE-05 ; OE-07 ; O-03 ; O-05 ; O-06
W-06 ; W-07
The following Team Friendly cross-tables updated:
Canada vs England
Canada vs Romania
Canada vs. Spain
Canada vs Germany (BDF)
Canada vs Germany (DESC)
Canada vs. Latvia
Canada vs. Australia
Canada vs. Finland
Tournaments added:
Bernard Freedman Memorial
;
E-081A
Updated the CCCA Games Download ; Team Friendly Index ; CCCA Tournament Archive pages.
9 February 2008
Updated 9th Pan/Am Team Tournament Canada-1 cross table New results in red
28 January 2008
Updated 9th Pan/Am Team Tournament Canada-1 cross table New results in red
20 January 2008
Robert J. Fischer (1943-2008)
On Friday, 18 January, former World Chess champion Robert J. Fischer died of kidney failure in his adoptive country of Iceland. He was 64. Some have observerd the strange coincidence that a chess baord has 64 squares. He defeated GM Boris Spassky in 1972 to become the first American World Champion in more than 100 years. He remained world Champion for only 3 years, refusing to play GM Anatoly Karpov under the existing match rules. In 1992 he played a rematch with Boris Spassky
in the fomer Yugoslavia. Off the board in his later years he held some very controversial views, but he will always be remembered for his brilliant style of play and one of the greatest chess players of all time.
15 January 2008
Ivar (Ole) Dranieks Passes Away
In December (2007) I was informed that long time member, Ivar ( Ole ) Dravnieks had passed
away. Ole was a CCCA Life member and shared the 1955 Canadian
Championship ( K11 ) with A. Lidacis. Regretably I have no further
information to give you. I am sure he had many chess friends in CCCA
and he will be missed and remembered. --- Manny Migicovsky
7 January 2008
ICCF Tournament entry fees increased: The entry fees for the Master, Higher, Open class and Thematic ICCF tournaments have been increased. See ICCF/NAPZ Tournament Calendar & Fees Page for the new fees.
5 January 2008
***Chess Books for Sale***
Manny Migicovsky is selling chess books. If you are interested in purchasing some, then click on: Chess Book List for details on how to order, etc.
30 December 2007
*** 1st ICCF Veterans Cup! ***
The Czech CCA has announced that they will be organizing the 1st ICCF Veterans Cup, a new ICCF event approved by the 2007 ICCF Congress, for those players 60 and over. For details on the event and how to enter click on: Veterans World Cup 2008 PDF . Please note that entry to this event is through the National Federations. So entry fees should be sent to me. --- Ralph P. Marconi, CCCA International Events Secretary
Additional information from Manny Migicovsky below:
......Briefly the details are that you must be 60 years or over
by April 11th. It will be played on the ICCF web server and each
section will be 11-13 players. There will probably be more than one
round depending on number of entries. The playing fee is 20 Swiss
Francs but for you the price is $20.00 Canadian dollars. You must send
in your entry with payment to Ralph Marconi (check or money made out to CCCA, RPM)or to me but preferably
to Ralph unless you are combining this entry with other CCCA
business. Deadline for entry is February 28 to the TD so make sure
you send it to Ralph or me by February 14th or you may not be in time
to play. If you wish to pay via a credit card then advise me and I
will send you an invoice from PayPal. In that case the playing fee
will be $22.00 not $20.00 to cover the PayPal fees.
----, Manny Migicovsky, CCCA President
Games from the Paul Spinath Memorial available for downloading from the Games Download Page
29 December 2007
GM Alexander Ugge clinches 2nd place in 21st World CC Final and qualifies to play in another World CC Final! See cross-table for the latest results.
CCCA Rating List updated
cross-tables added: KE-64 (2008 Canadian CC Championship); Paul Spinath Memorial
The following cross-tables have been updated:
KE-63 ; K-63 ; AE-721 ; KE-62 ; W-05 ; ME-06
Updated 9th Pan/Am Team Tournament (Canada-2) Cross-table
The following Team Friendly cross-tables updated:
Canada vs England
Canada vs Romania
Canada vs. Spain
Canada vs Germany (BDF)
Canada vs Germany (DESC)
Canada vs. Latvia
Canada vs. Australia
Canada vs. Finland
23 December 2007
The CCCA Executive Wishes to extend to all members
HAPPY HOLIDAYS & and HAPPY, Healthy New Year 2008!
Updated 9th Pan/Am Team Tournament Canada-1 cross table New results in red
100s of games in pgn and cbv format for download. 
