 | Correspondence Chess Events in memory of Witold BieleckiKorespondencyjne turnieje szachowe ku pamięci Witolda Bieleckiego |
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Webpage dedicated to World Cup 18 was slightly rearranged. At the main page news and reports (actually links to posts) on World Cup 18 are to be placed. New subpages has been created:
Witold Bielecki Memorial (Team Tournament) for teams (4 players each) with average rating not higher than 2000 (at the 2011/4 ICCF Rating List) organized by ICCF-Europa was initiated on 08.01.2012. However, official start is 25.01.2012. Tornament attracted 22 European national teams. They were distributed to 3 sections (Preliminary 1, Preliminary 2, Preliminary 3). The first three teams from each section will play in the final. Newly elected ICCF-Europa (Zone 1) Director, Marco Caressa (ITA), made his first decision and appointed me to TD for this event. News and reports will be published at special webpage MT-Bielecki Team. I wish all of participants many fascinating games in the spirit of Amici Sumus! Mariusz Wojnar The Polish Chess Federation, with support of ICCF, is the organizer of the friendly match Witold’s Friends – Rest of the World. This match is organized in a standard format with one opponent for each player and two games to play (one game with white and one game with black) and will be played on the ICCF webserver with a rate of play of 10 moves in 50 days or by post with a rate of play of 10 moves in 30 days. The event will be rated. Match will start on 01.03.2012 with no end date. Registration will close on 01.02.2012 to allow for pairings. All players are invited to apply. Players may enter in the usual way through their National Federations (NF) or, where eligible, directly to the match organizer. Entry is free of charge. After creating possibility to register through ICCF webserver (see New Events) number of entries increased significantly. That’s great! Several players entered few months ago and it is important for match organizer to be sure that their entries are still valid. National delegates (or responsible national representatives) and/or entrants are asked to verify list presented below and report immediately any inconsistency to match organizer. === Status of the entries as of (Stan zgłoszeń na dzień) 18.01.2012
Those countries with 10 or more entries are:
In gratitude for Witold’s effort let us participate in this friendly match!
Amici sumus === PS. See report at ICCF webserver as well. StatisticsTwo months and a half after official start of the World Cup 18 we have 21% completed games. See below more statistics. ==
== ProblemsExcept of few cases games run smoothly. For several players time management is very strange part of a chess game and they are experiencing time-troubles, forfeited games on time have happened. Silent withdrawal:
Non-accepted withdrawal:
Ingo Lindam (GER) from sections 38 and 63 forfeited on time few games and doesn’t answer emails since few weeks. This is potential silent withdrawal. He will be probably defaulted soon. Nicholas Wolff (USA) from section 35 forfeited on time few games, because of personal problems. He is very sorry for so late notification. He will be probably defaulted soon.
RemindersHelp Sometimes is good to read “Online help” or “Tutorial“, accessible in the main window of ICCF webserwer after clicking “Online help” (ICCF Webchess Help). Tutorial with a number of screen shots illustrates how to use the server. There are additional tutorials in other languages (Dutch, Czech, Spanish, German, French). They are out of date a bit, but still you can find useful reference there. Games to be completed The system allows many different ways for games to be completed. Players are encouraged to be familiar with these methods, as it may be their responsibility to take action. If in doubt, please communicate with the TD, or TC for team events, in good time. The system can automatically detect certain conditions, including checkmate and stalemate. However, some situations require from a player to claim a result via the TD, for example:
The system automatically stops a game if a player exceeds the reflection time, but will not enter a result. The game needs to be claimed by the opponent, before the TD can manually enter the result. The system will not automatically stop a game if a player takes more than 40 days to respond, players need to be alert of this infraction and claim the game to the TD. Time-troubles Each player has 30 day leave per calendar year.
Below some statistics and qualifications can be found as of 18.01.2012. === === The Polish Chess Federation, with support of ICCF, is the organizer of the friendly match Witold’s Friends – Rest of the World. This match is organized in a standard format with one opponent for each player and two games to play (one game with white and one game with black) and will be played on the ICCF webserver with a rate of play of 10 moves in 50 days or by post with a rate of play of 10 moves in 30 days. The event will be rated. Match will start on 01.03.2012 with no end date. Registration will close on 01.02.2012 to allow for pairings. All players are invited to apply. Players may enter in the usual way through their National Federations (NF) or, where eligible, directly to the match organizer. Entry is free of charge. After creating possibility to register through ICCF webserver (see New Events) we have received enormous amount of entries. That’s great! Several players entered few months ago and it is important for match organizer to be sure that their entries are still valid. National delegates (or responsible national representatives) and/or entrants are asked to verify list presented below and report immediately any inconsistency to match organizer. === Status of the entries as of (Stan zgłoszeń na dzień) 07.01.2012
Those countries with 10 or more entries are:
In gratitude for Witold’s effort let us participate in this friendly match!
Amici sumus === PS. See report at ICCF webserver as well. Polish CC Federation organized Witold Bielecki Memorial at category 16 (average rating 2639,15), where 13 top players (see below list of participants) are invited. This is server event with rate of play 10 moves in 50 days (with duplication after 20 days is used). The tournament will start on 01.03.2012 with no end date. This is the strongest tournament in the world since 2002 (ICCF 50-y Jubilee Elite Grandmasters Tournament – 50JEGMT) and the third in cc history. See Top ICCF Tournaments. International arbiter (IA) Carlos Flores Gutiérrez from Spain kindly agreed to direct this event. He performed TD duties for Hermann Heemsoth Memorial (GER), tournament only 6,33 points below current one. Short biographical notes and some statistics for MT-Bielecki participants were updated on 01.01.2012. ============= List of participants (Lista uczestników):
Average rating: 2639 => 16 cat The Polish Chess Federation, with support of ICCF, is the organizer of the friendly match Witold’s Friends – Rest of the World. This match is organized in a standard format with one opponent for each player and two games to play (one game with white and one game with black) and will be played on the ICCF webserver with a rate of play of 10 moves in 50 days or by post with a rate of play of 10 moves in 30 days. The event will be rated. Match will start on 01.03.2012 with no end date. Registration will close on 01.02.2012 to allow for pairings. All players are invited to apply. Players may enter in the usual way through their National Federations (NF) or, where eligible, directly to the match organizer. Entry is free of charge. After creating possibility to register through ICCF webserver (see New Events) we have received huge number of entries. That’s great! === Status of the entries as of (Stan zgłoszeń na dzień) 24.12.2011
Those countries with 10 or more entries are:
In gratitude for Witold’s effort let us participate in this friendly match!
Amici sumus === PS. See report at ICCF webserver as well. The Polish Chess Federation, with support of ICCF, is the organizer of the friendly match Witold’s Friends – Rest of the World. This match is organized in a standard format with one opponent for each player and two games to play (one game with white and one game with black) and will be played on the ICCF webserver with a rate of play of 10 moves in 50 days or by post with a rate of play of 10 moves in 30 days. The event will be rated. Match will start on 01.03.2012 with no end date. Registration will close on 01.02.2012 to allow for pairings. Please read the announcement carefully. Here you can find all information, including how to enter. Just to remind you in according to the announcement published at ICCF webserver on 27.07.2011: Link to this announcement was repeated again in my Report#1 published on 13.12.2011. To make entry easier I’ve just created possibility to register through ICCF webserver. See it in New Events. === Status of the entries as of (Stan zgłoszeń na dzień) 19.12.2011
Those countries with 10 or more entries are:
In gratitude for Witold’s effort let us participate in this friendly match!
Amici sumus === PS. See report at ICCF webserver as well. The Polish Chess Federation, with support of ICCF, is the organizer of the friendly match Witold’s Friends – Rest of the World. This match is organized in a standard format with one opponent for each player and two games to play (one game with white and one game with black) and will be played on the ICCF webserver with a rate of play of 10 moves in 50 days or by post with a rate of play of 10 moves in 30 days. The event will be rated. The tournament will start on 01.03.2012 with no end date. Registration will close on 01.02.2012 to allow for pairings. More in the announcement. === Status of the entries as of (Stan zgłoszeń na dzień) 13.12.2011
Those countries with 10 or more entries are:
In gratitude for Witold’s effort let us participate in this friendly match!
Amici sumus === PS. See report at ICCF webserver as well. |