International Matters |
The 2020 ICCF Congress will be hosted by the Scottish Correspondence Chess Association (Scottish CCA) at the Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel in Clydebank, Glasgow from 23rd to 27th August 2020. Congress participants may now register for Congress and accommodations at the Congress hotel (Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel) or at a nearby alternative (West Park Hotel). On behalf of the Scottish Correspondence Chess Federation (Scottish CCA) and Eric Ruch, our ICCF President, it is announced that the website for Congress is now open:
https://congress.scottishcca.co.uk
The timeline for the Congress is given below as per the website:
Deadlines to Congress
Tasks | Deadline | Description |
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Congress Documents | 1 Mar 2020 | Congress invitations and programme are distributed |
Proposal Submission Window Opens | 1 Mar 2020 | Congress proposal submissions (by ICCF Officials and Delegates) opens |
Proposal Submission Window Closes | 23 Jun 2020 | All proposals to be considered for the 2020 Congress voting must be submitted to the General Secretary (via the online system) by either a National Delegate or ICCF Official |
Medals | 1 Jul 2020 | Deadline for (a) Medal eligibility for the 2020 Congress and (b) officials responsible for collecting medals/certificates of players/teams will be identified |
Delegate and delegate designee selections due | 1 Jul 2020 | All Delegates, Honorary Presidents, and Honorary Members must register as Congress voting members with the ICCF General Secretary. No voting member will be accepted after this deadline |
Congress registration closes | 1 Jul 2020 | Places will be locked in and no further seats in the Congress hall will be allocated after this date. If not registered by this date, attendees will be required to (a) arrange their own accommodations (b) pay separately for attendance at the welcome party, excursion, and closing banquet |
Online voting for proposals begins | 6 Jul 2020 | Delegates may now submit online votes for approved proposals |
Voting Member Distribution | 20 Jul 2020 | The ICCF General Secretary will distribute to the Member Federation delegates the list of voting members attending Congress |
Online voting for Proposals end | 28 Jul 2020 |
Note, according to ICCF Statutes, Article 16, Each member has the duty to appoint an Official Delegate and to inform the General Secretary of this, for all ICCF business and especially for representation at the Congress. As such, the General Secretary requires notification of participation in Congress. Participation in the Congress includes the following:
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Officials Reports Due | 4 Aug 2020 | All EB/MC Reports due to the General Secretary for distribution |
Proxy Nominations Due | 9 Aug 2020 | Member Federations wishing to assign a Congress proxy must send their written declaration to the ICCF General Secretary. No new proxy nominations or change in proxy nominations will be accepted after this deadline. |
Voting Member and Proxy Distributions | 17 Aug 2020 | The list of Congress voting members and proxies will be distributed by the ICCF General Secretary |
EB/MC Meetings | 23 Aug 2020 | EB/MC Meeting starts the day before Congress |
Congress Starts | 24 Aug 2020 | Full Congress starts on August 24, 2020 |
Congress Ends | 27 Aug 2020 | Congress Ends |
Programme of Congress
The programme of the Congress is not yet finalized but it will be on similar lines as that of earlier Congresses. The Congress excursion on 27 August will consist of a series of visits to famous Glasgow Museums. The visit includes Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, which opened in 1901 as part of the Glasgow International Exhibition. Discover everything from art to animals, Ancient Egypt to Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The collections are extensive and internationally significant, with famous paintings by Renoir, Rembrandt, Salvador Dali and, of course, 'the Glasgow Boys'. The Riverside Museum, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, is Glasgow's multi-award winning transport museum located on the banks of the River Clyde, with over 3,000 objects on display from collections of historic vehicles to skateboards. One can walk through the reconstructed old Glasgow streets and visit the shops, bars and 'Subway'. Climb aboard, a train, tram or bus, help put out a fire with the interactive fire engine or discover Glasgow's rich shipbuilding history.
As an alternative to the visit to the Riverside Museum, a tour and whisky tasting, lasting approximately 1 hour has been arranged at the adjoining Clydeside Distillery, which is housed in the Pumphouse building. It should be noted that numbers are limited for this tour. It will be a case of "first come first served" and Delegates and Officials who wish to participate must book as soon as possible and pay for their visit by 8th May 2020. Cost per person is £15.
Blitz Tournament
An important aspect of the Annual Congress is the traditional Blitz tournament which is open to Congress participants and players from the local chess community. The 2020 edition will take place in the Arcoona Suite on Tuesday, 25th August, commencing at 20.00.
Chess Match
It is a tradition of the Annual Congress that a match takes place between ICCF and the local chess community. In 2020 the chess match will be held in the Arcoona Suite on Monday, 24th August commencing at 20.00. It is anticipated that there will be between 12 and 15 boards. Attendees who wish to participate should advise the Congress organisers, preferably by 1st July 2020.
New Titles
Anil Anand and Gautam De have achieved Correspondence Chess Expert (CCE) titles.
AA/C16/Final, 22nd ICCF Chess Olympiad
We have entered a team to play in 22nd ICCF Chess Olympiad preliminaries with the following players:
16thAfrica Asia Zonal Championship Final
Mr Om Prakash has scored 5 out of 8 and is leading the group. One of his wins from this event is given below:
AA/C18/SF/C, 18th Africa Asia Zonal Championship S-Final C
Mr Om Prakash has scored 7.5 out of 12 and is placed 2nd in the group. One of his wins from this event is given below:
3rd IZIT Pr C, 3rd Inter-Zonal Individual Tournament Pairing C
Mr. Rakesh Kumar Chauhan has scored 4.5 out of 8 and is placed 4th . One of his games is given below:
Interzonal TT10 Board 2, 10th Inter-Zonal Team Championship Board 2
Mr Lalit Kapoor has scored 9 out of 18 and is placed second and has achieved CCE and CCM norms in this event. One of his winning games is given below:
Interzonal TT10 Board 5, 10th Inter-Zonal Team Championship Board 5
Mr. Gautam De has scored 8 out of 15 and is placed 6th and got CCE norm and title. His winning game is given below:
Interzonal TT10 Board 8, 10th Inter-Zonal Team Championship Board 8
ICCF Ratings
ICCF ID | Title | Name | Games | Rating |
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280319 | Agrawal, Rakesh | 153 | 1665 | |
280187 | CCM | Akkaraju, Sailesh Chandra | 311 | 2296 |
280172 | CCE | Anand, Anil Kumar | 240 | 2186 |
280782 | LIM | Bisht, Mamta | 96 | 2132 |
280086 | Chandran, T. | 133 | 1857 | |
280068 | Chatterjee, Ambar | 264 | 2227 | |
280087 | CCE | Chauhan, Rakesh Kumar | 363 | 2353 |
280664 | CCM | Das, Arghyadip | 78 | 2357 |
280577 | Das, Satyajit | 97 | 2271 | |
280273 | CCE | Das, Saurabh | 81 | 2150 |
280130 | CCM | Datta, Devangshu | 115 | 2336 |
280088 | CCE | De, Gautam | 219 | 2296 |
280176 | GM | Dhanish, P. B. | 144 | 2595 |
280209 | Dutt, Bulusu Someswara | 149 | 1525 | |
280465 | Dutta, Amit | 42 | 2394 | |
280089 | Ganapathi, Cdr R. | 46 | 2225 | |
280179 | Gupta, Aniruddha Dutta | 199 | 2168 | |
280276 | Gupta, Vibhor | 144 | 1794 | |
280953 | Hegde, Ganesh | 79 | 2274 | |
280895 | Hegde, Ranjeet | 50 | 2409 | |
280169 | Jayaraman, Mohan | 186 | 2308 | |
280113 | CCE | Kapoor, Lalit | 94 | 2383 |
280593 | Krishna, Pandava | 37 | 1628 | |
280138 | CCM | Kumar, Pavan Tumuluri | 229 | 2398 |
280208 | Malvankar, Vikrant | 50 | 1732 | |
280104 | CCE | Mandviwala, Pervez Godrez | 284 | 2259 |
280219 | Mohanakrishnan, B. | 160 | 2080 | |
280205 | Nagaraj, A. | 92 | 1843 | |
280171 | Nair, Umesh | 93 | 2057 | |
280197 | Naniwadekar, Mihir | 32 | 1749 | |
280243 | CCM | Prakash, Om | 300 | 2427 |
280726 | CCE | Ramesh, R. B. | 114 | 2257 |
281147 | Roy, Rabirashmi | 40 | 2020 | |
280118 | IM | Santhosh, Matthew Paul | 191 | 2269 |
280330 | SIM | Sasikiran, Krishnan | 135 | 2553 |
280168 | CCE | Saxena, Alok | 386 | 2201 |
280484 | Sethuraman, S. P. | 47 | 2304 | |
280966 | Sharma, Amit (* 1976) | 41 | 1919 | |
280225 | Somani, Shalaka | 41 | 2352 | |
280107 | Somani, Sunil K. | 196 | 2220 | |
280701 | Thakur, Ankur Singh | 89 | 2148 | |
280174 | Trivedi, Kalapi B. | 187 | 2182 | |
280224 | CCM | Turaga, Mohan | 180 | 2353 |
280095 | Valsan, K. | 90 | 2129 |