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Re: CFC Voting Members Quarterly Online Meeting
The signatures are temporary. Something else will likely catch my attention.
Yes, Canadian correspondence chess has a federation but in recent years it has become much smaller than in the past. They hold a national women's championship with entrants from nations other than Canada and the U.S.
International correspondence chess is still alive and well. Mostly it's played on their server. Also, any Canadian event may be held on the ICCF server as they allow the federations use. I think they have a small charge per game. So it costs more to register a 15 player event on the server than it would be an 11 player event. Mostly it's the unpaid tournament directors who enter the events and the ratings are done automatically when a game finishes.
For me, it doesn't make sense to get on the CFC rating ladder when I can play strong adults in GM norm events in international correspondence chess, if I wanted. While my rating is a few points shy of the bottom end of the qualifications, when they fill out an e section if a lower rated player does not lower the category of the event they will allow the lower rated player to enter. Also, for some reason which completely escapes me, there are a lot of players who want a crack at defeating me. Must be my pleasant personality.
Fide does not seem to want to be left behind by technology. I notice they are moving to online ratings. I haven't tried this feature but it appears a player can have 1 years access to online for 25 Euros a year. I don't know what that includes.
With all the advances being made in FIDE chess I can't understand the problem with our national championship. It seemed to be easier to organize in the 1950's and 1960's to have a decent championship.
Originally posted by Paul Bonham
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Yes, Canadian correspondence chess has a federation but in recent years it has become much smaller than in the past. They hold a national women's championship with entrants from nations other than Canada and the U.S.
International correspondence chess is still alive and well. Mostly it's played on their server. Also, any Canadian event may be held on the ICCF server as they allow the federations use. I think they have a small charge per game. So it costs more to register a 15 player event on the server than it would be an 11 player event. Mostly it's the unpaid tournament directors who enter the events and the ratings are done automatically when a game finishes.
For me, it doesn't make sense to get on the CFC rating ladder when I can play strong adults in GM norm events in international correspondence chess, if I wanted. While my rating is a few points shy of the bottom end of the qualifications, when they fill out an e section if a lower rated player does not lower the category of the event they will allow the lower rated player to enter. Also, for some reason which completely escapes me, there are a lot of players who want a crack at defeating me. Must be my pleasant personality.
Fide does not seem to want to be left behind by technology. I notice they are moving to online ratings. I haven't tried this feature but it appears a player can have 1 years access to online for 25 Euros a year. I don't know what that includes.
With all the advances being made in FIDE chess I can't understand the problem with our national championship. It seemed to be easier to organize in the 1950's and 1960's to have a decent championship.
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