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International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF) was founded on 26 March 1951 as a new appearance of the International Correspondence Chess Association (ICCA), which was founded in 1945, as successor of the Internationaler Fernschachbund (IFSB), founded on 2 December 1928.
The official World Correspondence Chess Championship is managed by the International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF). The world championship comprises four stages: Preliminaries, Semi-Finals, Candidates' Tournament, and Final. ICCF tournament rules define which players can access each stage.
The dominant correspondence chess organization is the International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF). International
ICCF Member Countries Name of Federation National Delegate Short History Argentina Liga Argentina de Ajedrez por Correspondencia (LADAC) Juan Alberto Martello
His final ICCF Elo rating was 2609. [2] Webb was perhaps best known for his humorous book on practical tournament play, Chess for Tigers (Oxford University Press, 1978, ISBN 0-19-217575-0). [3] [4] As well as his chess achievements, he also represented England at bridge, partnered by his brother Roger. In the 1980s, Webb moved to Sweden. [3]
Up until 2004, ICCF correspondence chess was played only via email and postal mail. For playing by these two forms of transmission, the ICCF sanctioned the use of ICCF numeric notation, sometimes known as Koch notation. However, if players agreed to use a mutually agreeable notation system, this was accepted.
And I am grateful to all members of the ICCF and the Museums who have been involved in this project during the last two years." The games: Zwickau Match, iccf-webchess.com; Liechtenstein Museum Match, iccf-webchess.com; Siegen Museum Match, iccf-webchess.com; Cobra Museum of Modern Art in Amsterdam Museum Match, iccf-webchess.com
ICCF numeric notation is the official chess notation system of the International Correspondence Chess Federation. The system was devised for use in international correspondence chess to avoid the potential confusion of using algebraic notation , as the chess pieces have different abbreviations depending on language.