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Recent News, Updates & Announcements
Wednesday, 4 December 2024
The following are ICCF events that CCCA members have recently completed:
WCCC48PR 9 (IM Sam Sharpe) (completed play with 7-7)
WS/M/908 Julien Bourgalt (completed pay with 4½-5½)
WS/M/916 Ryan Lackey (completed play with 5-5)
WS/M/928 Julien Bourgalt (completed play with 4½-5½)
WS/M/929 Julien Bourgalt (completed play with 5-5)
WS/M/940 Julien Bourgalt (cimpleted play with 5-5)
WS/M/941 Julien Bourgalt (completed play with 5-5)
WS/M/946 Dan Friedman (completed play with 5-5)
WS/H/1000 Franco Manarin (completed play with 1½-4½)
WS/O/1598 Franco Manarin (completed play with 5½-½, 1st)
WS/O/1634 Franco Manarin (completed play with 4½-1½)
WS/O/1637 Franco Manarin (completed play with 3½-2½)
WS/SIM/B/40 Marius Zubuc (completed play with 6-6)
WS/CCM/B/29 Parker Wieck (completed play with 7½-8½)
WS/SIM/B/42 Marius Zubac (completed play with 6-6)
WS/CCM/A/39 Peter Green (completed play with 6½-7½)
WS/MN/B/74 Martin Lemaire (completed play with 6-6)
WSTT/7/23 - Sicilian, Moscow Variation, B51 Group 3 Peter Green (completed play with 10½-3½)
WS/A/392 Franco Manarin (completed play with 5½-½9th Web Chess Open Prelims:
Group 100 Alex Barclay (completed play with 4-2)
Group 39 Dan Friedman (completed play with 4-2)Germany Candidate Masters 09 -A
Sam Sharpe (completed play with 7-7)Dobri Semov Memorial Elo
Elo 2400-2499 Group Michel Boulanger completed play with 5-5)5th Marian Vinchev Memorial
D - Elo 2300-2399 Sylvanus McLeod (completed play with 5-5)I Friends of Caissa International Open Tournament
Section 37 Arthur Prystenski (completed play with 5-7)
Section 40 Vas Sladek (completed play with 5-7)Super Regionals (RoW Ch 2023 Prelims)
Preliminary 8 Peter Green (completed play with 6-4)
Preliminary 7 Vas Sladek (completed play with 2½ 7½)
Preliminary 6 Ryan Lackey (completed play with 5-5)Super Regionals (RoW ch 2023 Semi-finals)
Semi-final 1 Marius Zubac (completed play with 8-6, 1st)
Thursday, 21 November 2024
The following are ICCF events that CCCA members have recently started:
8th NATT (North Atlantic Team Tournament):
Board 1 CCM Marius Zubac
Board 2 IM Richard Labonté
Board 3 IM Sam Sharpe
Board 4 CCM Andrew Atkins
Board 5 IM Alex Barclay
Board 6 IM Valer-Eugen Demian
Board 7 CCM Stephan Brault
Board 8 CCM Peter GreenTeam Captain: Ralph Marconi
24th ICCF World Cup Prelims
Group 15 Marius Zubac
Group 16 Marius Zubac
Group 17 Marius Zubac
Group 18 Marius Zubac
Group 67 Peter Green
Group 83 Marc Cazelais
Group 85 Alex Barclay
Group 93 Vas Sladek
Group 100 Vas Sladek
Group 89 Ralph Marconi1. German Open
F - elo 1900-2149 Franco Manarin
G1 - elo 1000-1899 Marc Cazelais
G elo 1000-1899 Marc Cazelais
D - elo 2300-2399 Alex Barclay
D1 - elo 2300-2399 Alex Barclay5th Interzonal Individual Tournament Semi-finals:
Group A Alex Barclay
Group B Alex BarclayWS/GMN/B/13 Marius Zubac
WS/CCM/A/46 John Boyd
WS/MN/B/83 Martin Lemaire
WS/SIM/A/28 Andrew Atkins
WS/H/1020 Franco Manarin
WS/H/1021 Franco Manarin
WS/H/1022 Franco Manarin
WS/O/1676 Vas Sladek
WS/O/1677 Vas Sladek
WS/O/1678 Vas Sladek
Wednesday, 20, 2024
Michael Hyrniw earns ICCF CCE norm for his performance in Rudolf Kolesnikov Team Tournament SF1 - Board 4 Congratulations Michael!
Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Marius Zubuc earns ICCF IM norm for his performance in CAPEA 50th Annyversary - Open - Final Congratulations Marius!
Thursday, 24 October 2024
Rating List posted (From ICCF Rating list 2024/4)
Saturday, 12 October 2024
The following page has been updated:
Team Friendlies Index Page
Friday, 4 October 2024
The following are ICCF events that CCCA members have recently completed:
WT/O/196 Marc Moisan (completed play with 2-4, 2nd)
WS/M/885 Julien Bourgalt (comnpleted play with 5-5)
WS/M/914 Martin Lemaire (competed play with 5½-4½)
WS/H/977 Ralph Marconi (completed play with 3½-2½)
WS/H/989 Franco Manarin (completed play with 3-3)
WS/H/994 Franco Manarin (completed play with 2-4)
WS/O/1603 Brandon Laughlin (completed play with 5½-½, 1st)
WS/O/1620 Franco Manarin (completed play with 3-3)
WS/SIM/B/40 Pierre Jean (completed play with 6-6)
WS/CCE/B/31 Martin Lemaire (completed play with 8-6)
WS/CCM/A/38 Martin Lemaire (completed play with 7-7)
WS/SIM/B/43 Alex Barclay (completed play with 5½-6½ )
WS/MN/B/78 Martin Lemaire (completed play with 6-6)
WS/A/401 Franco Manarin (completed play with 5½-½)
WS/A/406 Guillaume Durou (completed play with 5½-½)
WZ - Grand Master Norm/29 Marius Zubac (completed play with 6½-5½)I Friends of Caissa International Open Tournament
Section 9 Alex Barclay (completed play with 5½-6½)
Section 3 Marius Zubac (completed play with 6-6)
Section 22 Peter Green (completed play with 6½-5½)
Section 3 Michel Boulanger (completed play with 6-6)I CXEB International Open
Group 8 Marius Zubuc (completed play with 6-6)
Group 9 Marius Zubuc (completed play with 6-6)
Group 48 Claude Bourgoin (completed play with 1½-10½ )Francois Riva Memorial Team Tournament - SF 1
Team Cross-table
Canada's Team:
Bd1 Peter Green (completed play with 6-6)
Bd2 Stephan Brault (completed play with 7-5)
Bd3 John Boyd (completed play with 6½-5½)
Bd4 Serge Dubuc (completed play with 4½-7½)
Bd5 Ed Thompson (completed play with 2-10)
Bd6 Ed Allenby (completed play with 2-10)Team total: 28-44 (currently in 11th place)
Team Captain; IM Sam Sharpe
14th ICCF Veterans World Cup Prelims:
Group 40 Arthur Prystenski (completed play with 6-4. 4th)Super Regional (RoW Championship 2023, Candidates' Tournament ct 1)
RoW/CA 1 Marius Zubacc (completed play with 9-9)Super Regional (RoW Championship Open Round)
Group 38 Gordon McPherson (completed play with 4½-1½)Super Regionals (RoW ch 2023 Semi-finals)
Semi-final 3 Sam Sharpe (completed play with 7-7)IV Argentine Cup - 75° Anniversary - Semifinals
Group 6 Marius Zubac (completed play with 8½-7½)
Group 13 Marius Zubac (cmpleted play with 8½-7½)
Group 14 Marius Zubac (completed play with 8½-7½)
Group 15 Marius Zubac (completed play with 8½-7½)
Group 7 Vas Sladek (completed play with 5-11)
Thursday, 3 October 2024
The following Team Friendly cross-tables updated:
Canada vs. Latvia (completed: Canada: 13½ Latvia: 18½)
Canada vs. Sweden (completed: Canada: 18 Sweden: 22)
The following page has been updated:
Team Friendlies Index Page
Sunday, 29 September 2024
The following are ICCF events that CCCA members have recently started:
WS/H/1018 Franco Manarin
WS/H/1019 Franco Manarin
WS/O/1667 Marc Cazelais
WS/CCE/A/44 Dan Friedman
WS/GMN/B/11 Marius Zubuc
WSTT/GD - Grünfeld Defence, D80 Group 66 Peter Green35th Anniversary FECAP
Section C 10 Claude Bourgoin
Section C 4 Franco Manarin
Section B 5 John Boyd
Section A 2 Marius Zubuc
Section A 13 Alex Barclay
Section A 2 Michel Boulanger
Section A 1 Marius ZubucSuper Regionals (RoW ch. 2024 Semi-finals)
Semi-Final 1 Andrew Atkins
Semi-Final 8 Martin Lemaire
Semi-Final 7 Eugen Demian
Semi-Final 6 Andrew Atkins
Semi-Final 2 Alex Barclay
Monday, 9 September 2024
Ryan Lackey earns ICCF CCE title for his perfomances in WZ - Correspondence Chess Expert/4 and WS/CCM/B/31. Congratulations Ryan!
Updated CCCA Titles & Candidate Master Points page
Sunday, 18 August 2024
Pierre Jean earns ICCF IM title for his performances in ICCF Olympiad 22 Preliminaries - Section 3 Board 5 , WZ - Grand Master Norm/4 and ICCF Olympiad 23 Preliminaries - Section 5 Board 6 Congratulations Pierre!
Updated CCCA Titles & Candidate Master Points page
Saturday, 17 August 2024
D-82 (Challengers) 2024 event has been posted on the ICCF webserver.
For details go to the cross table page.
Monday, 29 July 2024
Friday, 26 July 2024
The following are ICCF events that CCCA members have recently started:
Rudolf Kolesnikov Memorial Team Tournament - SF - 1
Team cross table
Canada's Team:
Bd1 Peter Green
Bd2 Michael Dufour
Bd3 Dan Friedman
Bd4 Micahel Hryniw
Bd5 Gordon McPherson
Bd6 Ed AllenbyTeam Captain: IM Valer Eugen Demian
5th Marian Vinchev Memorial
G - Elo 1000-1899 Franco Manarin, Claude Bourgoin
D - Elo 2300-2399 Alex Barclay, Sylvanus McLeod
D1 - Elo 2300-2399 Alex Barclay, Sylvanus McLeod
B - Elo 2450-2499 Marius Zubuc
B1 - Elo 2450-2499 Marius Zubuc
E - Elo 2150-2299 Peter Green
C - Elo 2400-2449 Pierre Jean9th Web Chess Open Prelims
Group 100 Alex Barclay
Group 39 Dan Friedman
Group 47 Claude BourgoinSuper Regionasl (RoW Championship Open Round)
Group 44 Franco ManarinWCCC48SF 1 (IM Pino Verde)
WS/O/1650 Franco Manarin
WS/O/1651 Franco Manarin
WS/O/1654 Franco Manarin
WS/O/1655 Franco Manarin
WS/GMN/B/10 Michel Boulanger
WS/MN/B/80 Martin Lemaire
WSTT/KID - King's Indian Defence, E97 Group 65 Peter Green
WSTT/RD - Russian Defence, C42 Group 64 Peter Green
Saturday, 20 July 2024
Martin Lemaire earns ICCF CCM Ttile for his performances in WS/CCM/A/38, WS/MN/B/74 and WS/CCE/B/31 Congratulations Martin!
Updated CCCA Titles & Candidate Master Points page
Saturday, 13 July 2024
The Challengers Tournament Announcement
The CHALLENGERS tournament makes its return and is the CCCA's third event on our 2024 calendar. D82-CHALLENGERS is open to all CCCA members, with the top three(3) finishers gaining free entry to the 2026 CCCA Championship K82. There is also a winner-take-all cash prize as an added bonus. The CHALLENGERS will use the ICCF's triple-block time control to ensure that it will finish within a year in order to determine qualifiers to the associated K-event.
Start: September
Entry Deadline: August 15
Entry fee: $15
Qualification: Open to all CCCA members.
Format: Up to 10 games, based upon the number of entries
2-6 - Double round-robin
7-11 - Single round-robin
12+ - Silli pairing system (10 games)
Time Control: Triple-Block to complete within a year (50 days + 1 Increment, Initial Bank 75 days)
Leave: None (standard for triple block time controls)
Prizes: (pool is 50% of entry fees)
1st = 100%, qualifies to K82 (Jan.2026)
2nd = qualifies to K82 (Jan.2026)
3rd = qualifies to K82 (Jan.2026)
Tie-Breaks: Full TBs to be applied to both cash prize and advancement.
* NOTES: A positive score (> 50% of the possible points) is required for both cash prize and qualification to the K-series. As there can be up to three(3) free qualifications to the K-series (valued at $25 each), only a single cash prize will be awarded.Go to: CCCA Tournament Calendar & Fees to view methods of entry fee payments.
Wednesday, 29 May 2024
The following are ICCF events that CCCA members have recently started:
WS/M/940 Julien Bourgalt
WS/M/941 Julien Bourgalt
WS/M/946 Dan Friedman
WS/M/950 Braden Laughlin
WS/H/1000 Franco Manarin
WS/O/1629 Gordon McPherson
WS/O/1634 Franco Manarin
WS/O/1637 Franco Manarin
WS/SIM/B/51 Alex Barclay
WS/MN/B/78 Martin Lemaire
WSTT/3/24 - Ruy Lopez, Exchange Var., C68 Group 3 Peter GreenSuper Regionals (RoW Championship Open Round)
Group 38 Gordon McPherson
Tuesday, 28 May 2024
The following are ICCF events that CCCA members have recently completed
12th ICCF Veterans World Cup Finals:
Cross-table Michel Boulanger (completed play with 8-6)14th ICCF Veterans World Cup Prelims:
Group 27 Ed Allenby (completed play wirh 1½-8½)I Friends of Caissa International Open Tournament
Section 48 Claude Bourgoin (compeled play with 7-7)Super Regionals (RoW ch 2023 Semi-finals)
Semi-final 5 Alex Barclay (completed play with 7-7)IV Argentine Cup - 75° Anniversary - Semifinals
Group 3 Alex Barclay (completed play with 9-7)
Group 12 V. Eugen Demian (completed play with 8-8)WCCC47SF 4 (IM Pino Verde) (completed play with 6-6)
WCCC47PR 9 (Jean-Pierre Fundaro) (cmpleted play with 6½-5½)
WCCC47PR 12 (Andrew Atkins) (completed play with 6½-5½)
WS/M/870 Julien Bourgalt (completed play with 5½-4½)
WS/M/894 Julien Bourgalt (completed play with 5-5)
WS/O/1583 Braden Laughlin (completed play with 5-1,1st)
WS/O/1607 Franco Manarin (completed play with 4-2)
WS/O/1609 Franco Manarin (completed play with 4-2)
WS/O/1619 Franco Manarin (completed play with 5-1)
WS/CCE/A/30 Parker Wieck (completed play with 7½-6½)
WS/MN/B/57 Marius Zubac (completed play with 6½-5½)
WS/CCM/B/24 Vas Sladek (completed play with 4-12.16th)
WS/SIM/B/39 Sam Sharpe (completed play wirh 6-6)
WS/CCM/A/35 Peter Green (completed play with 7-7)
WS/A/395 Franco Manarin (completed play with 5-1)
WS/A/400 Franco Manarin (completed play with 5½-½)
WS/A/402 Franco Manarin (completed play with 6-0)
WS/A/403 Franco Manarin (completed play with 6-0)
Wednesday, 24 April 2024
1. IM Sharpe, Sam (2387)
2. IM Barclay, Alex (2381)
3. CCM Atkins, Andrew (2367)
4. CCM Owens, Johnny (2340)
5. CCE Boyd, John (2228)
6. Friedman, Dan (2123)
7. IM Dubuc, Serge (2042)
8. Brun, Jacques L. (1813)
9. Durou, Guillaume (1800)
10. Maley, Desmond (1680)
11. Allenby, Ed (1499)The average rating is 2060.
Prizes ($150 pool):
1st : $75
2nd : $45
Top finisher from bottom half of start ratings : $30
*** Players 7-11 in crosstable (by rating) are eligible for this prize
Full Tiebreaks to be applied to both cash prizes and title.
Prizes will be paid out via PayPal or Interac eTransfer.
NOTE: A positive score is required for all prizes, except "Top finisher from bottom half of start ratings." Only one(1) cash prize per player.Cross table at: O2024 CCCA Nationwide Open
Martin Lemaire earns ICCF CCE norm for his performance in WS/CCM/A/38 Congratulations Martin!
The following page updated: CCCA TOURNAMENT PAGE
Thursady, 28 March 2024
Parker Wieck earns ICCF CCE title for his perfomamces in WS/CCE/A/30 , WS/CCM/B/29 and WS/CCE/A/23 Congratulations Parker!
CCCA Titles & Candidate Master Points page updated.
Wednesday, 20 March 2024
The following Team Friendly cross-tables updated:
Canada vs. Crotia (completed: Canada 9½-10½ Croatia)
Canada vs. Latvia (ICCF on-line crosstable)
Canada vs. Sweden (ICCF on-line crosstable)The following page has been updated:
Team Friendlies Index Page
Tuesday, 12 March 2024
The following are ICCF events that CCCA members have recently started:
WCCC48PR 3 (IM Sam Sharpe)
WCCC48PR 9 (IM Sam Sharpe)
WCCC48PR 5 (Martin Lemaire)
WCCC48PR 6 (CCM Marius Zubuc)
WCCC48PR 7 (CCM Stephan Brault)
WCCC48PR 8 (Vladimir Marcu)
WCCC48PR 12 Parker Wieck)
WT/O/225 (Phil Kelly)
WS/A/406 Guillaume DurouThe following are ICCF events that CCCA members have recently completed
WCCC47PR 2 (Alex Barclay) (completed play with 6-6)
WCCC47PR 7 (Michel Boulanger) (completed play with 6-6)
WS/M/906 Julien Bourgalt (completed play with 5-5)
WS/H/948 Franco Manarin (completed play with 2-4)
WS/O/1590 Franco Manarin (completed play with 5½-½)
WS/O/1608 Dan Friedman (completed play with 5-1)
WZ Individual Championship Candidates Group 12 Michel Boulanger (completed play with 7-5)
WZ - Grand Master Norm/27 Marius Zubac (completed play with 6-6)14th ICCF Veterans World Cup Prelims:
Group 11 Alex Barclay (completed play with 5½-4½)
Group 26 Ed Allenby (completed play with 0-14)Germany CCM/CCE
6C Francois Michaud (completed play with 3-11)I CXEB International Open
Group 41 Martin Lemaire (completed play with 9-3)
Group 42 Martin Lemaire (completed play with 9-3)VI AEAC Masters
Group 28 Vas Sladek (completed play with 3-9)
Monday, 27 February 2024
CCCA Constitution Revised!
In 2023 the CCCA's Executive agreed to review the CCCA's Constitution in order to modernize it, to make it more reflective of how correspondence chess is conducted in today's day and age. The changes made were mainly to reflect how the CCCA operates as an organization and how ICCF rules affect our operations.
There have been two major changes:
1) The revamping of the Executive, which involved the removal of the old leagcy positions such as the Complaints Secretary and Ratings auditor. There are now 5 Executive positions: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Tournament Coordinator, with the following duties, but not limited to.
President:
- Function as the Chair for AGM and Executive meetings
- Function as the National Delegate to the ICCF
- Function as the International Events Coordinator
- Peform CCCA member maintenance on the ICCF site
- Function as the Secondary Signing Officer; conduct financial business in the event the
Treasurer (Primary Signing Officer) is unavailableVice President:
- Assume duties of the President, if the President is unavailable
- Perform delegated Presidential duties/rolesSecretary:
- Maintain minutes of all AGM and Executive meetings
- Maintain record of all motions passed by the Executive for the year
- Maintain Membership database
- Contact members about renewing membership
- Providing “Welcome” kit to new membersTreasurer:
- Function as the Primary Signing Officer
- Conduct payment of transactions, once approved by the Executive
- Record incoming payments (memberships and tournament entry fees) and communicate such as needed to other Executives
- Maintain CCCA financial records
- Conduct banking and investment activities as approved by the Executive
- Produce Financial Statements (Statement of Financial Position; Statement of Operations) within 30 days of Dec.31 fiscal year-end
- Produce interim Financial Statements (see f) within 30 days when requested by ExecutiveTournament Coordinator:
- Coordinate all aspects of regular CCCA tournaments
- Coordinate all CCCA aspects of International Team Friendlies
- Contact members for upcoming CCCA tournaments and International Team Friendlies
- Propose final format & prizes for each tournament to the Executive
- Create tournaments and International Team Friendlies on the ICCF server2) Foreign members can no longer be playing members of the CCCA. Existing foreign memberships will continue with full playing privileges until their memberships expire . This is to better align with ICCF rules.
Revised CCCA Constitution: Here
Thursaday, 22 February 2024
The following are ICCF events that CCCA members have recently started:
WS/SIM/B/48 Alex Barclay
WS/H/994 Franco Manarin
WS/O/1620 Franco Manarin
WS/A/402 Franco Manarin
WS/A/403 Franco Manarin
WS/A/403 Franco Manarin
Wednesday, 7 February 2024
The following are ICCF events that CCCA members have recently started:
23rd CC Olympiad Prelms (Start date: 2024-01-22)
Team Standings
Canadian Team:
Board 1 IM Pino Verde (2442)
Board 2 SIM Wayne Hynes (2410)
Board 3 IM Richard Labonte (2430)
Board 4 IM Michel Boulanger (2442)
Board 5 CCM Marius Zubac (2421)
Board 6 CCM Pierre Jean (2387)Team Captain: IM Valer Eugen Demian
WS/H/989 Franco Manarin
WS/O/1619 Franco Manarin
WS/SIM/A/20 Marius Zubac
WS/MN/B/74 Martin Lemaire
WS/A/400 Franco Manarin
WS/A/401 Franco ManarinI Friends of Caissa International Open Tournament
Section 9 Alex Barclay
Section 3 Marius Zubac
Section 22 Peter Green
Section 48 Claude Bourgoin
Section 3 Michel Boulanger
Section 37 Arthur Prystenski
Section 40 Vas Sladek
Tuesday, 6 February 2024
The following are ICCF events that CCCA members have recently completed:
WCCC46PR 9 (Eugen Demian) (completed play with 6-6)
WCCC47PR 4 (Sylvanus Mcleod) (completed play with 6½-5½)
WS/O/1579 Franco Manarin (completed play with 5½-½)
WS/O/1599 Franco Manarin (completed play with 5-1)
WS/MN/A/42 Alex Barclay (completed play with 6-6)
WS/A/384 Franco Manarin (completed play with 6-0)
WS/A/385 Franco Manarin (completed play with 4½-1½)
WS/A/391 Franco Manarin (completed play with 6-0)
WS/A/396 Franco Manarin (Completed play with 6-0)
12th Chess 960 World Cup prel. 16 Serge Maurer (completed play with 4½-5½)
WSTT/6/22 - Alekhine Defence, B02 Group 3 Peter Green (Completed play with 8½-5½)ICCF 70th Jubilee Events:
70th Jubilee World Cup Finals:
crosstable Stephan Brault (completed play with 7½ - 6½)VI AEAC Masters
Group 19 Marius Zubac (completed play with 6-6)IV Argentine Cup - 75° Anniversary - Semifinals
Group 17 Peter Green (completed play with 9-7)I CXEB International Open
Group 26 Peter Green (completed play with 5½-6½)
Group 3 Sam Sharpe (completed play with 6-6)
100s of games in pgn and cbv format for download. 