Congratulations to Peter Tibbert on winning the tournament with a score of 3.5 and 3 wins. Well played Peter and thank you to all the players that took part. The crosstable is available via this Link

Alex Relyea – Tournament Director

Paul Terry is the latest BCCA member to be awarded the BCCA Candidate Master Title after accumulating the necessary 20 Candidate Master points – well played Paul!

Paul accumulated his points entirely through postal tournaments (Handicap & Medal tournaments).

The full list of BCCA Title holders can be found here

The full list of Title points awarded for players who have not yet earned the Title can be found here

The first three places in the 2018-19 BCCA Handicap tournament are as follows:-

1st: Peter Phillips       (awarded 6 BCCA Candidate Master points)

2nd: Sylvie Roynet    (awarded 4 BCCA Candidate Master points)

3rd: Paul Terry    (awarded 2 BCCA Candidate Master points)

A big thank you to Phill Beckett for taking over control of this tournament halfway through the season.

For the 2nd season in succession, Praveen Rallabandi is the BCCA Champion! He won a very close fought BCCA Championship Final – for the crosstable & games see here

The prizes & awards are as follows:
£200 & 12 BCCA Master points – Praveen Rallabandi (he has now passed the 20 point barrier & is awarded the BCCA Master Title)
£100 to Ian Pheby (already a BCCA Master)
£50 & 4 BCCA Master points to Angus James

The prize-winners for the Candidates & Reserves are as follows:-

If you haven’t already entered, please consider entering for next season. This is our premier tournament & excellent prizes are available!

Les Ellis has won the 2018-9 BCCA Postal Championship with a score of 7.5/10. Congratulations to Les! The margin over 2nd-placed player ( Keith McLaughlin) was very narrow – Keith scored the same points but was beaten on S-B tie-break. The crosstable & games can be seen here

Entries are still being taken for the 2019-20 Championship, if you wish to enter.

We are assembling BCCA teams to enter the next season of the ICCF Champions League. So, if you are rated around 2250 or over, you can be considered for one of the teams.

BCCA will pay all entry fees so this is an excellent way to get value for your membership.

The ICCF announcement is here: https://www.iccf.com/message?message=1256  so you can probably expect to play 12 games.

Champions League play is usually quite tough. Players will be organised into teams of 4 players and most players will play in Level C. Last time around, the strength of play in Level C ranged from Category 3 on top board to Minor Categories on lower boards.

So, if you fit the rating criteria, do you wish to be considered to play? Because teams consist of 4 players, I cannot guarantee anyone a place at this time. If I get an odd number of players then some people may miss out. But most will get to play. BCCA entered 6 teams (24 players) last season.

Obviously, all players must maintain their BCCA membership for the duration of the tournament.

If you wish to play, please let me know within the next 10 days. Thank you.

Regards,
Neil Limbert
BCCA

The latest issue of the BCCA magazine (CC203) has now been posted out to all members. You should receive your copy through the post in the next few days.

As well as including your Membership Renewal form, it contains annotated games from BCCA members and two grandmasters!