Not yet started: 28, Ongoing: 77, Adjudication pending: 0, Finished: 0

First three will receive certificates and medals providing they have a positive score

In Memory of PC Gibbs a great servant of the EFCC

Peter made a significant contribution to the EFCC where he held several posts namely:

EFCC Auditor from 1965 to 1971
British Veterans CCC Tournament Organiser from 2000 to 2011
EFCC President from 1988 to 1991

Peter also was a member of several of EFCC’s sub-committees at various times between 1965 and 2007.

Peter won the British Veterans Correspondence Chess Championship in 1999-2000. Here is one of Peter’s wins in this Championship against an ICCF International Master:

Gibbs,Peter C - Shaw,SS [B17]
BVCCC, 1999
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Nf6 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Bd2 b6 13.O-O-O Bb7 14.Ne5 c5 15.Bb5+ Ke7 16.dxc5 Qxc5 17.a3 Nd5 18.Kb1 g5 19.c4 Nf4 20.Bxf4 gxf4 21.Rxd6 Qxd6 22.Qh5 Be4+ 23.Kc1 Rh7 24.Rd1 Bd5 25.cxd5 exd5 26.Bc4 f3 27.gxf3 Qf6 28.Rxd5 Qg5+ 29.Qxg5+ hxg5 30.Rd7+ Kf8 31.Kd2 Re8 32.Rxf7+ Rxf7 33.Nxf7 1-0

This is a server event.
The start date is 5/1/2024.
There is no end date.
ICCF standard time control 10 moves in 50 days with duplication after 20 days is used.
If a player exceeds allowed thinking time in any way, the player will automatically be scored with a loss. Under some circumstances all of the player’s games will subsequently be cancelled (if not already rated).
45 days of leave per year are available to each player.
There is no special leave in this event.
Linear conditionals can be entered.
This tournament allows claims based on the seven piece tablebase.
Draw offers are restricted to one offer per player every 10 moves (called the ten moves draw rule).
Ties are broken by the Baumbach tie breaking rule (see ICCF rule 1.3.4.2).
If needed, adjudicators will be selected by the server.
Other participants can see the games only when they are finished, and at least 10 games are finished in the event.
The public can see the games only when they are finished, and at least 10 games are finished in the event.
This event is organized by Beckett, Phillip J..