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Apr-22-02 | | refutor: 7th World Correspondence Champion. Played a very classical style, as you can tell from his most played openings... Two Knights, King's Gambit Declined - Falkbeer Counter Gambit, Evans Gambit. A very explosive game he played was betwen himself and Berliner in 1965 Estrin vs H Berliner, 1965 |
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Jan-29-04 | | Benjamin Lau: Who was the greatest correspondence chess player of all time? Who would be candidates for this question? |
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Jan-29-04 | | TrueFiendish: Purdy had a good reputation. So did Berliner... |
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Jan-29-04
 | | Benzol: World Correspondence Champions
1st 1950 - 1953
CJS Purdy (Aus)
2nd 1956 - 1959
V Ragozin (SU)
3rd 1959 - 1962
A O'Kelly de Galway (B)
4th 1962 - 1965
V Zagorovsky (SU)
5th 1965 - 1968
H Berliner (US)
6th 1968 - 1971
H Rittner (DDR)
7th 1972 - 1976
Y Estrin (SU)
8th 1975 - 1980
J Sloth (DK)
A Sonneborg - Berger tie break had to be used to decide this Championship. Zagorovsky came within an ace of his second title. 9th 1977 - 1983
TO Oim (SU)
10th 1978 - 1984
VV Palciauskas (US)
11th 1983 - ????
?? (??)
12th 1984 - 1990
GA Sanakoev (SU)
If anyone can fill in the gap of the 11th Championship and what followed after the 12th I would be most grateful. |
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Jan-29-04 | | ughaibu: 11th was Fritz Baumbach. I dont know after the 12th except for the all-stars won by Umansky. |
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Jan-29-04
 | | Benzol: <ughaibu> Thanks. I was just looking at the Umansky - Penrose Game you posted. What was the all-stars won by Umansky? |
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Jan-29-04 | | ughaibu: It was a tournament contested by all(?) surviving ex-champions. It finished last year so there was some discussion about several of the games. |
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Jan-30-04 | | ughaibu: Here7s since the 12th:
15th 1996-02 Gert Timmerman Netherlands
14th 1994-99 Tonu Oim Estonia
13th 1989-98 Mikhail Umansky Russia |
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Jan-30-04
 | | Benzol: <ughaibu> That's great mate. So Tonu Oim is the first man to win two championships. |
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Mar-02-04 | | shr0pshire: A list of the correspondence world champions!
XV 1996-02 Gert Timmerman Netherlands
XIV 1994-99 Tonu Oim Estonia
XIII 1989-98 Mikhail Umansky Russia
XII 1984-90 Grigory Sanakoev USSR
XI 1981-87 Fritz Baumbach East Germany
X 1978-84 Victor Palciauskas USA
IX 1977-83 Tonu Oim USSR (Estonia)
VIII 1975-80 Jorn Sloth Denmark
VII 1972-76 Jakov Estrin USSR
VI 1968-71 Horst Rittner East Germany
V 1965-68 Hans Berliner USA
IV 1962-65 Vladimir Zagorovsky USSR
III 1959-62 Alberic O'Kelly de Galway Belgium
II 1956-59 Viacheslav Ragozin USSR
I 1950-53 Cecil (C.J.S.) Purdy Australia |
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Dec-19-04
 | | Benzol: Yakov Borisovich Estrin was born 21st April 1923 in Moscow. He was USSR Correspondence Champion (Joint) in 1962. He became a CIM in 1965 and a CGM in 1966. He won the WCC title in 1975 and had been 3rd in 1971.
He got his over-the-board IM tile in 1975 and over-the-board GM title in 1984. |
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Feb-06-05 | | shor: Hi, i'm kinda new to chess, what is correspondence chess? -Shor |
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Feb-06-05 | | pawn52: <shor> First of all, welcome to this wonderful site. It is a sight to see isn't it? To answer your question, correspondence chess is chess at a much slower pace. Time controls are different too. Rather than have a set number of minutes, you have a set number of days to make your move. Because of that, correspondence chess is only played on the internet. Here are some good sites for you to start off on: http://www.schemingmind.com
http://www.gameknot.com
http://www.queenalice.com
And, if you like to play Correspondence Fischer Random Chess:
http://frced.tripod.com
I definitely recommend this site. I am actually a moderator on this site, so let me know if you would like to join and I can get the paperwork rolling. |
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Feb-06-05 | | shor: sure, sorry for the spam, but how do i send a messge to you? |
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Feb-06-05 | | pawn52: <shor> If that last post was meant for me, what do you mean? |
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Feb-06-05 | | pawn52: <Benzol> <Chess Champ> claims that he was a world correspondence champion up to 2003, but I have no way to confirm it and I have a hard time believing that. |
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Feb-06-05 | | pawn52: <Benzol> Just a minor correction
H Berliner was champion from 1967-1971. As for the 11th World Correspondence Champion, it was Fritz Baumbach from 1981-1984. Take a look for yourself: http://www.ottawachessclub.com/patz... |
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Feb-06-05 | | shor: in some sites you can send a private message to admins to ask questions and stuff, is there such an option here? |
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Feb-06-05
 | | Benzol: <pawn52> Thanks mate. The Craig Sadler site is very interesting. I got my original info from Tim Harding's book on the first ten correspondence championships. Unfortunately I haven't had the time to play all the games yet. |
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Feb-06-05 | | pawn52: <shor> You can send messages to the moderators of the FRCEC site, but it isn't "private" because this site doesn't have the features like schemingmind.com has. Btw, do you even know how to play FRC? |
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Feb-06-05 | | pawn52: <Benzol> Anytime, if you need anymore info, holler and I'll see if I can find it. |
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Feb-06-05
 | | Benzol: <pawn52> Did you volunteer to be a biographer.
The only two I know of are <iron maiden> (bless him) and myself.
If it is only the two of us it's going to take a bit of time. LOL.
:) |
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Feb-06-05 | | pawn52: <Benzol> No, I didn't. But now I wish I did. Can I still get into it. |
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Feb-06-05 | | shor: RFC?
no, I play magic the gathering. |
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Feb-06-05
 | | Benzol: <pawn52> I don't know if you still can but I would suggest contacting <chessgames.com> by e-mail to see if it's possible. |
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