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| Archive of ICCF-U.S. News for 2015 | |
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| Archive of ICCF-U.S. News for 2015 | |
December 29, 2015ICCF-US Friendly Matches Newsletter - Issue 14The Friendly Post Issue 14 is now available. You can access it using the link in the lefthand column on this web page. The newsletter describes our historical performance, upcoming Friendly Matches, simple instructions about how to participate in Friendly Matches, highlighted games from Friendly Matches, and more. In this issue, you will find a list of Friendly Matches anticipated for 2016, detailed descriptions of the current status of all 17 ongoing Friendly Matches, and an annoucement of REDUCED FEES! Check it out! Dennis Doren, ICCF-US Friendly Match Organizer |
December 22, 2015Holiday Letter from Dr. Jason BokarDear Chessfriends, First, I would like to wish you all Happy Holidays and a coming Happy New Year! I wish you all success in chess and in all that you do! As you know, this year has seen some changes at ICCF-US. Corky Schakel had stepped down after the Congress in Wales, and I took over just after. The transition has been smooth as Corky is still very much involved and helping on a day to day basis! Of course, there is still a learning curve for me, and I have both Corky and Tom Biedermann to thank for their consistent help! I would also like to personally thank everyone who donates their time to make ICCF-US work well and make our hobby the enjoyable experience that it is! Special thanks to the ICCF-US board:
On a sad note, we also have to remember our dear friend Glen Shields, who served as NAPZ TO and liaison to CCLA, passed away suddenly this year. I greatly appreciate Tom Biedermann for stepping in. I very much want to thank all of you, the players who make up ICCF-US. Without you, we wouldn't exist! I am always open to anyone's suggestions or if you have interest in volunteering - please let me know! We always have room for helping hands! Once again, I wish you a wonderful holiday season and a Happy New Year! Sincerely yours, Dr. Jason Bokar, ICCF-US Director and NAPZ Director. (p.s. And a special Merry Christmas to my dearest SN, who is a light that shines bright even on the darkest nights, and who can find blue skies even if there might be clouds...!) |
December 17, 2015ICCF-US Top 50 Rating List UpdatedUsing the 2016/1 ICCF ELO (player rating) lists [effective 1 January 16], Bob Rizzo ICCF-US Titles Officer has compiled the latest ICCF-US Top 50 Rated Active Players list. The biggest gainers from the previous list are:
New to the list are:
Congratulations to all of our big gainers and congratulations with a warm welcome to George and John in this quarter's top 50! To access the list choose "PLAYER RANKS" from the upper left menu bar. |
November 11, 2015Wilbur Tseng Achieves ICCF International Master TitleOn behalf of ICCF-US, I am happy to announce that Wilbur Tseng has achieved the title of IM with 3 IM norms all accomplished in 2015! He scored the norms in the following events:
Note particularly his first place score in the Diamond Jubilee WC 18 Semifinal! Congratulations Wil and good luck on your future titles! Jason Bokar, ICCF-US Director |
November 8, 2015Direct Entry 10th Anniversary Tournament -- ICCF AnnouncementOn behalf of our ICCF Direct Entry Commissioner, Ian M. Pheby, I am pleased to distribute the attached tournament announcement for the Direct Entry 10th Anniversary tournament. DE10A Tournament Announcement . Michael Millstone, ICCF General Secretary This has historically been a great event in which to participate and has an interesting prize fund! Please take a moment to read over the tournament announcement (hyperlink above) - please sign up if you're intersted! Jason Bokar, ICCF-US Director |
October 20, 2015Belgium - USA Friendly Re-match StartedICCF-US has begun play in a 26-board Friendly Match against a team from Belgium. Our first board and second boards are being played by SIM Kenneth Holroyd and IM Wolff Morrow, both are paired against SIM Etienne Leeuwen. IM Corky Schakel is the USA Team Captain. You can find this match at the following URL: https://www.iccf.com/event?id=55948 . Dennis Doren, ICCF-US Friendly Match Organizer |
August 24, 2015 ---- Corrected September 15, 2015 (Wieland Belka added to SIM Awardees)2015 Congress HighlightsThe high point of any Congress is receiving the awards earned by our players. This year the SIM medal and certificate were presented for Ken Holroyd and Wieland Belka, and IM medals and certificates for Tony Kain and Tom Williams. Certificates and medals were presented for 12th North American Championship, first through third, for Ken Holroyd, Kristo Miettinen, and Tom Biedermann. The silver Bertl von Massow award for ten years of service to ICCF was presented to Michael Millstone and Corky Schakel. A first place team certificate was presented for Wolff Morrow and Wieland Belka for the 7th Interzonal Team Tournament. The German federation presented a certificate to Dan Fleetwood for 1st place 10 Jahre Schachschule Pirs in Deutschland Gruppe A. Congratulations to all! Minutes with all votes on proposals will be posted on https://iccf.com ; a few notes follow.
The personal highlight for me was good wishes exchanged with so many long term friends, and turning the ICCF-US Director job over to Jason Bokar. My thanks go to all the ICCF-US volunteers who have helped so much over the last eight years. Corky Schakel, ICCF-US Director (outgoing) |
September 8, 2015ICCF-US Top 50 Rating List UpdatedUsing the 2015/4 ICCF ELO (player rating) lists [effective 1 October 15], Bob Rizzo ICCF-US Titles Officer has compiled the latest ICCF-US Top 50 Rated Active Players list. The biggest gainers from the previous list are:
New to the list are:
Congratulations to all of our big gainers (with a special nod to Wolff for 23 points at the nearly 2500 level!) and congratulations with a warm welcome to Michael and Humberto in this quarter's top 50! To access the list choose "PLAYER RANKS" from the upper left menu bar. |
August 19, 2015Cuba - USA Friendly Re-match StartedICCF-US has begun play in a 26-board Friendly Match against a team from Cuba after being challenged to a rematch by them. (We lost a match against Cuba recently 47.5 - 36.5, so their challenge must represent that we are an enjoyable team to play against.) Our first board is being played by SIM Ciaran O'Hare. He is paired against Nelson González Rabago. SIM Thomas Biedermann is the USA Team Captain. You can find this match at the following URL: https://www.iccf.com/event?id=40968 . Dennis Doren, ICCF-US Friendly Match Organizer |
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June 15, 2015ICCF-US Top 50 Rating List UpdatedUsing the 2015/3 ICCF ELO (player rating) lists [effective 1 July 15], Bob Rizzo ICCF-US Titles Officer has compiled the latest ICCF-US Top 50 Rated Active Players list. The biggest gainers from the previous list are:
New to the list are:
Congratulations to all of our big gainers and congratulations with a warm welcome to Chris and Edwin in this quarter's top 50! To access the list choose "PLAYER RANKS" from the upper left menu bar. |
June 12, 2015ICCF-US Friendly Matches Newsletter - Issue 12The Friendly Post Issue 12 is now available. You can access it using the link in the lefthand column on this web page. The newsletter describes our historical performance, upcoming Friendly Matches, simple instructions about how to participate in Friendly Matches, highlighted games from Friendly Matches, and more. Check it out! Dennis Doren, ICCF-US Friendly Match Organizer |
June 10, 2015Croatia - USA Friendly Match StartedICCF-US has begun play in a 23-board Friendly Match against a team from Croatia - probably the first time our two countries have played a match! Our first board is being played by SIM Kenneth Holroyd who is paired against SIM Siniša Loinjak. SIM Holroyd is also the USA Team Captain. You can find this match at the following URL: https://www.iccf.com/event?id=53495 . Dennis Doren, ICCF-US Friendly Match Organizer |
May 3, 2015GM Jason Bokar to ICCF-US DirectorGM Jason Bokar will take over as ICCF-US Director during the ICCF-US Congress in Cardiff, Wales August 2015. As NAPZ Director Jason continues as an ICCF Executive Board member. Jason was ICCF-US Deputy for several years prior to 2007 when he took a job transfer to France, so was unable to take the ICCF-US Director position at that time. Jason received the Bertl von Massow Silver medal for ten years of exceptional service to ICCF at the Krakow, Poland Congress in 2013. Jason is one of the top rated players in ICCF-US, and has represented us in the Olympiad Finals twice, finished fifth in World Championship 24 concluded in 2012, and is currently playing in a WCCC Candidates Tournament. Thank you, Jason, for volunteering to take on the duties as ICCF-US Director! Jason has asked all current ICCF-US Board members to continue their volunteer roles. Corky Schakel, ICCF-US Director |
May 3, 2015SIM Tom Biederman, ICCF-US Deputy DirectorSIM Tom Biedermann is appointed as ICCF-US Deputy Director, maintaining all current duties including including Treasurer. For the last three years Tom has handled finances for ICCF-US, including processing all entries, and has helped with recruiting players to fill out brackets and selecting recipients for invitations for ICCF-US and events from other National Federations. Tom will be a major help as ICCF-US makes the transition to GM Jason Bokar as ICCF-US Director. Tom has represented us on numerous teams, winning a silver team medal for the 10th Pan Am team, and helping qualify our team for the next Olympiad Final. He has played many WCCCs, including Candidates Tournament 30. And he won USCCC 16. I look forward to continuing on our Board, to handle New Player applications, and help with invitations for those others on the Board who are reluctant to choose themselves to play in major events. My thanks to all players for making the last eight years as our National Federation Rep rewarding, and just lots of fun. Special thanks go to the ICCF-US Board. Those who have been volunteers for the last eight years are SIM Dan Perry (webmaster), IM Bob Rizzo (Titles), and SIM Kristo Miettinen (TD and TO). For the last three years ICCF-US has experienced great growth in number of players, and in success achieving norms and titles. This was possible because of added volunteers to the Board: SIM Tom Biedermann (Treasurer), Dennis Doren (TO and TD), IM Tony Kain (hardware and software support), Glen Shields (NAPZ TO and liaison to CCLA), SIM Carl Siefring (TO and invitational decision maker), and SIM Ken Holroyd (recently added to help with TO and invitations). ICCF-US players have volunteered for ICCF positions: SIM Michael Millstone (General Secretary), GM Jason Bokar (NAPZ Director), Dennis Doren (Arbiter Committee Chair), IM Corky Schakel (Appeals Committee/Other ICCF Rules), and IM Tony Kain is providing great support to the Rating Commissioner. There is no doubt that those above and others will be adding titles in future years! Corky Schakel, ICCF-US Director |
March 17, 2015Poland - USA Friendly Match StartedICCF-US has begun play in a 40-board Friendly Match against a team from Poland. Our first board is being played by SIM Kenneth Reinhart who is paired against GM Rafael Pierzak. IM Wolff Morrow is the USA Team Captain. You can find this match at the following URL: http://www.iccf-webchess.com/event?id=52170 . Dennis Doren, ICCF-US Friendly Match Organizer |
March 12, 2015ICCF-US Top 50 Rating List UpdatedUsing the 2015/2 ICCF ELO (player rating) lists [effective 1 April 15], Bob Rizzo ICCF-US Titles Officer has compiled the latest ICCF-US Top 50 Rated Active Players list. The biggest gainers from the previous list are:
New to the list are:
Congratulations to all of our big gainers and congratulations with a hearty welcome to Matthew and Peter in this quarter's top 50! To access the list choose "PLAYER RANKS" from the upper left menu bar. |
March 10, 2015ICCF-US Friendly Matches Newsletter - Issue 11The Friendly Post Issue 11 is now available. You can access it using the link in the lefthand column on this web page. The newsletter describes our historical performance, upcoming Friendly Matches, simple instructions about how to participate in Friendly Matches, highlighted games from Friendly Matches, and more. Check it out! Dennis Doren, ICCF-US Friendly Match Organizer |
March 1, 2015Ukraine - USA Friendly Match StartedICCF-US has begun play in a 32-board Friendly Match against a team from Ukraine. Our first board is being played by GM Jon Ostriker who is paired against GM Alex Nikolaevich Bubir. SIM Thomas Biedermann is the USA Team Captain. You can find this match at the following URL: http://www.iccf-webchess.com/event?id=51830 . Dennis Doren, ICCF-US Friendly Match Organizer |
January 30, 2015Latvia - USA Friendly Match StartedICCF-US has begun play in a 40-board Friendly Match against a team from Latvia. Our first board is being played by IM Kenneth Holroyd who is paired against SIM Andris Roze. SIM Thomas Biedermann is the USA Team Captain. You can find this match at the following URL: http://www.iccf-webchess.com/event?id=50348 . Dennis Doren, ICCF-US Friendly Match Organizer |
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