ICCF Diamond Jubilee World Cup 18
in memory of Witold Bielecki

(preliminary stage)

Poland was involved as a tournament organizer in previous three World Cups (3rd, 6th and 7th) which covered 6.222 (sic!) entries. The main effort (as TO and TD) was laid down by our friend Witold Bielecki (1947-2008), who died unexpectedly in 2008. He was chairman of the Polish CC Federation and Polish delegate to ICCF, also cc player and ICCF official, IM since 1996 and IA since 1978, member and chairman of several ICCF working groups and committees/ commissions.

Announcement on the event:

• ICCF webserver
• Facebook
• Polish cc website

Status of the entries as of (Stan zgłoszeń na dzień) 15.09.2011

1. Report #12, Final summary list (Końcowa lista), 15.09.2011
2. Summary (Podsumowanie):
   • entries (zgłoszeń) = 845
     • DE = 224
   • countries (krajów) = 53
   • players (zawodników) = 685
   • titled players (utytułowanych zawodników) = 83
   • highest rating = 2565
   • averege rating of all entries (średni ranking wszystkich zgłoszeń) = 2114

Those countries with 20 or more entries  are:

• Germany 117,
• Russia 93,
• USA 58,
• Spain 54,
• Poland 52,
• Italy 52,
• England 38,
• France 26,
• Netherlands 25,
• Turkey 25,
• Czech Republic 23,
• Australia 22,
• Romania 21.

Registration is closed and all entries are verified. Final report includes players with new ratings (from rating list 2011/4). Assumed rating for a player without a published rating at the beginning of a cup preliminary round is 1800. However, FIDE rating is used for one player.

Pairings is expected to be finished at the end of September.

Start of the event on 30.10.2011. All preliminary groups will finish on 01.06.2013.

Amici sumus
Mariusz Wojnar
Central Tournament Leader