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International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF) was founded in 1951 as a new appearance of the ICCA (International Correspondence Chess Association), which was founded in 1945, as successor of the IFSB (Internationaler Fernschachbund), founded in 1928.
Correspondence Chess
Correspondence chess is a variation of chess played between towns, chess clubs and/or individuals, in settings where the opponents are not situated face-to-face. Means of communicating moves include: Correspondence chess is chess played by various forms of long-distance correspondence, usually through a correspondence chess server, through email or by the postal system; less common methods which have been employed include fax and homing pigeon. ...
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In most sports you only can play regularly on an international basis when you are a national top-player. One of the charms of correspondence chess (whether you are playing the email or the postal version) is that you can play at an international level, even when you are starting to play this kind of a game for the first time.
Before ICCF Some sources say that correspondence chess was already played in the 12th century [citation needed]. Most chess historians doubt whether this is true. In the 19th century chess clubs and magazines started to organize more regular tournaments, national as well as international tournaments. Finally in 1928 the first international league (IFSB) was founded. Aljechin, Keres and Euwe have been well-known enthusiastic correspondence chess players during some periods of their chess career. (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ...
Current Membership ICCF, the present successor of the IFSB, is a federation of national member organizations. At this moment there are world-wide over 60 ICCF national member federations with altogether more than 100.000 individual member correspondence chess players. Most of them are playing several games simultaneously. Some of them are even playing more than 100 games at the same time. Most strong players think that 15 email games at the same time is the upper limit. The creation and activity of the IFSB In August 1928, the ICSB, Internationaler Correspondensschachbund, was created under the leadership of Erich Otto Freienhagen (Berlin), which had existed in a loose form since November 1927. ...
Tournaments Using its own language-independent chess notation, ICCF organizes all kind of tournaments: individual and team championships, title norm tournaments and promotion tournaments (from Open Class until Master Class). Both in postal and in email versions. ICCF numeric notation is the official chess game notation for all International Correspondence Chess Federation games. ...
Almost the same kind of tournaments also exists within the 4 zones into which ICCF is divided: Europe, Latin America, North America/Pacific and Africa/Asia. Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ...
ICCF is closely co-operating with the leading world chess organization FIDE. All ICCF titles, championships and ratings are recognised by FIDE.
World Championships From 1951 until now 21 finals of the World Championship have been organized. Up till now 19 World Championships have been finished. The present World Champion is Christophe Léotard (FRA). Christophe Léotard is a French correspondence chess grandmaster and the 19th World Champion in Correspondence Chess. ...
All his predecessors were also well-known chess personalities: Cecil Purdy (AUS), Viacheslav Ragozin (USSR), Albéric O'Kelly de Galway (BEL), Vladimir Sagorowski (USSR), Hans Berliner (USA), Horst Rittner (GDR), Yakov Estrin (USSR), Jorn Sloth (DEN), Tõnu Õim (USSR), Victor Palciauskas (USA), Fritz Baumbach (GDR), Grigory Sanakoev (RUS), Mikhail Umansky (RUS), Tõnu Õim (EST) , Gert Jan Timmerman (NED),Tunç Hamarat (AUT) , Ivar Bern (NOR) and Joop van Oosterom (HOL) Cecil John Seddon Purdy, 1906 - 1979 was an Australian chess International Master (IM) and inaugral World Correspondence Chess champion. ...
Viacheslav Vasilyevich Ragozin (October 8, 1908 – March 11, 1962) was a Soviet chess Grandmaster, an International Arbiter of chess, and a World Correspondence Chess Champion. ...
Albéric OKelly de Galway (May 17, 1911, Brussels–October 3, 1980, Brussels) was a Belgian chess International Grandmaster, most famous for being the third ICCF World Champion in correspondence chess between 1959 and 1962. ...
Hans Jack Berliner (born January 27, 1929) Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, is a former World Correspondence Chess Champion. ...
Yakov Borisovich Estrin (April 21, 1923–February 2, 1987) was a Russian chess International Grandmaster and theoretician, most famous for being the seventh ICCF World Champion in correspondence chess between 1972 and 1976. ...
Jørn Sloth (born September 5, 1944 in Sjørring, Denmark) is a Danish chess grandmaster of the correspondence chess, most famous for being the eigth ICCF World Champion in correspondence chess between 1975 and 1980. ...
Tõnu Õim (born June 16, 1941 in Tallinn) is an Estonian grandmaster of correspondence chess, most famous for being the only man to have won the ICCF World Championship in correspondence chess twice, in 1983 and 1999. ...
Dr Victor Palciauskas (born October 3, 1941 in Kaunas, Lithuania as Vytas Palciauskas) is an US grandmaster of correspondence chess, most famous for being the tenth ICCF World Champion in correspondence chess between 1978 and 1984. ...
Tõnu Õim (born June 16, 1941 in Tallinn) is an Estonian grandmaster of correspondence chess, most famous for being the only man to have won the ICCF World Championship in correspondence chess twice, in 1983 and 1999. ...
Gert Jan Timmerman (born April 15, 1956) is a Dutch chess player, most famous for being the fifteenth ICCF World Champion in correspondence chess between 1996 and 1999. ...
Tunç Hamarat Tunç Hamarat is the 16th International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF) World Champion in 2004. ...
Ivar Bern (born January 20, 1967 ) is a Norwegian chess player, most famous for being the seventeenth ICCF World Champion in correspondence chess. ...
Joop van Oosterom is a Dutch billionare and chess enthusiast. ...
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The creation and activity of the IFSB In August 1928, the ICSB, Internationaler Correspondensschachbund, was created under the leadership of Erich Otto Freienhagen (Berlin), which had existed in a loose form since November 1927. ...
ICCF numeric notation is the official chess game notation for all International Correspondence Chess Federation games. ...
External links - Official ICCF Website
- Official ICCF Chess Playing Server
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