Important revision: July 15, 1996 ----------------------------------------------------------- International Email Chess Club If you have previously played chess-via-email with a recognized organization, you can join IECC, subject to the limitation of staff members to handle the workload. Please write to Lisa Powell If you have NOT previously played chess-via-email, your name must and will go on a waiting list until we have more staff members! 1. First Name and Last Name 2. Internet address <----- if more than one, prioritize! 3. Country 4. Current or past rating, and from what chess organization -- or your best guesstimate. [NOT the same categories used in IECC Class Events] Category 1 - Senior Master 2400+ Category 2 - Master 2200-2399 Category 3 - Expert 2000-2199 Category 4 - Class A 1800-1999 Category 5 - Class B 1600-1799 Category 6 - Class C 1400-1599 Category 7 - Class D 1200-1399 Category 8 - Class E 1000-1199 Category 9 - Class F up to 999 6. Do you have access to Usenet's rec.games.chess.play-by-email newsgroup? ----------------------- Important revision: July 15, 1996 ----------------------------------------------------------- International Email Chess Club If you have previously played chess-via-email with a recognized organization, you can join IECC, subject to the limitation of staff members to handle the workload. Please write to Lisa Powell If you have NOT previously played chess-via-email, your name must and will go on a waiting list! 1. First Name and Last Name 2. Internet address <----- if more than one, prioritize! 3. Country 4. Current or past rating, and from what chess organization -- or your best guesstimate. [NOT the same categories used in IECC Class Events] Category 1 - Senior Master 2400+ Category 2 - Master 2200-2399 Category 3 - Expert 2000-2199 Category 4 - Class A 1800-1999 Category 5 - Class B 1600-1799 Category 6 - Class C 1400-1599 Category 7 - Class D 1200-1399 Category 8 - Class E 1000-1199 Category 9 - Class F up to 999 5. Activities you elect to participate in. 6. Do you have access to Usenet's rec.games.chess.play-by-email newsgroup? Please note: IECC membership is your best guarantee of the continuing existence of free chess-via-email! -------------------------------------------------------------- Free game, match and tournament activities: However... New staff members are welcome to share the workload that keeps IECC going with organized free chess-via-email!!! Please write to: Lisa Powell ----------------------------------------------------------- 1. Two-game rated matches. TD Lisa Powell drpowell@uoguelph.ca 2. Mini two-game rated match tournaments of 3 players. TD Michael Thayer mthayer@ix.netcom.com 3. Pyramid Ladder Challenge competition [eligibility-to-challenge independent of rating, but games are rated. [Rules of Pyramid Ladder Challenge on request.] TD Lisa Powell drpowell@uoguelph.ca Asst TD Kyle Evans Kyle.Evans@natinst.com 4. Knock-Out Chess tournaments [KO Tmt 1, etc] [Please note: you have played at least one rated IECC game before you can register for this event.] Round 1: Eight players are paired in two-game matches. Round 2: Four survivors are paired in two-game matches. Round 3: Last two survivors paired in two-game matches. 1. KO tournaments are open tournaments. 2. Games are rated. 3. If a match is drawn, the lower-rated player advances. TD Andrew Nugteren andrewn@iconz.co.nz 5. IECC Category Rating Tournaments Class 1 - Master 2200+ Class 2 - Expert 2000-2199 Class 3 - Class A 1800-1999 Class 4 - Class B 1600-1799 Class 5 - Class C 1400-1599 Class 6 - Class D 1200-1399 Class 7 - Class E up to 1199 Class Tournaments : 7,5 players . single round robin Mini Class Tournaments : 3 players . single round robin If there is only one section in a rating group, that winner is the class champion. If we have more than one section going, a two-game match playoff of the section winners to determines the class champion. Class winners have the right of playing in the next higher class the following year, regardless of whether their rating may have slipped by the time of the next year's tournaments. The winner of Class 1 will be proclaimed IECC Club Champion. TD Nelson Ralls comm026@uabdpo.dpo.uab.edu 6. Mini Class tournaments of 3 players TD Nelson Ralls comm026@uabdpo.dpo.uab.edu 7. Thematic Match Trios Each player plays two rated games with both opponents. All games will be rated as usual. All Thematic Trios are open events. TD John Galvin pikejohn@host.warwick.net 8. 12-player, 4-round Swiss tournaments in three rating groups: TD John Fernandez IAmSumo@aol.com 9. IECC Chess Academy TD Toshi Takeuchi takeuchi@cgl.ucsf.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------- IECC Academy Rules: 1. Each player in an Academy two-game match plays two unrated games with an assigned opponent. Any opening. 2. Academy matches will be designated AM-1, AM-2, etc. Academy TD will be Toshi Takeuchi. 3. Instead of ratings for Academy matches, each player will be given a bonus of five [5] ratings after each Academy, subject to the following conditions.... 3a: In each game either player determines the first critical point. This involves positional judgement, such as 3a1: Plus, minus or even material; 3a2: Appraisal of the position: favorable, unfavorable, even; 3a3: Assessment of the strategical aspect of a game; understand the position, and be aware of all threats. 3a4: Assessment of tactical combinations, such as: annihilation of defence; decoying; discovered attack; opening a file; xray attack; blockade; demolition of pawn structure, etc. Please note! We are talking about the FIRST critical point, not complete analysis of the entire game. 4. If a game is judged hopeless, then we suggest that both sides should quit that game; analyze the game; and start a new one. The idea is to think about what went wrong -- to play games to learn and have fun. There is no reason to imposes stress on winners or losers. In IECC Chess Academy, both players benefit! -------------------------------------------------------------- 10. New Member program to instruct existing registered IECC members new to chess-via-email. VP Jack Duncan -------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: IECC membership is your best guarantee of the continuing existence of free chess-via-email! -------------------------------------------------------------- IECC Information Resources By Mike Power VP Communications ============================================================== Mike's Guided tour of IECC files at the ftp site at ftp.pitt.edu - my ftp commands are after the '>' symbol - comments in '[ ]' and the command results are edited a bit for brevity - those of you with Windows and mouse based ftp systems will find it much easier to move around, and this guide will help you know where to look! >ftp ftp.pitt.edu [ connect to the ftp site for anonymous ftp ] Name (ftp.pitt.edu:power): anonymous 331 Guest login, send email address as password. ftp> ls [list files in the root area] drwxr-xr-x 5 root _0025809 2048 Feb 18 1994 bin drwxr-xr-x 5 root _0025809 2048 Jul 14 1994 config drwxrwxrwx 3 root _0025809 2048 Jun 26 12:34 dept drwxr-xr-x 2 root _0025809 2048 Dec 12 1991 etc drwxr-xr-x 3 root _0025809 2048 Nov 17 1995 group drwxr-xr-x 7 root _0025809 2048 Oct 25 1995 info drwxr-xr-x 2 root _0025809 2048 Jan 4 1996 software drwxr-xr-x 28 root _0025809 2048 Sep 26 1994 users ftp> cd group [go down the tree to where I want to go, chess that is ;-] ftp> ls [list files in this directory] lrwxr-xr-x Nov 17 1995 chess -> student-activities/chess lrwxr-xr-x Nov 17 1995 college-bowl -> student-activities/college-bowl drwxrwxrwx Jun 10 10:02 csna drwxr-xr-x Nov 17 1995 student-activities ftp> cd chess [at last the chess files ! ] [note that going to 'chess' is the same as 'student-activities/chess' ] ftp> ls [list files in the chess directory] -rw-r--r-- 1 -26516 5576 789 Jun 25 19:30 1README.TXT drwxr-xr-x 2 -26516 5576 2048 Feb 21 19:03 BU drwxr-xr-x 8 -26516 5576 18432 Jul 14 18:04 CA drwxr-xr-x 8 -26516 5576 18432 Jul 14 18:06 CB drwxr-xr-x 2 -26516 5576 2048 Jun 23 15:13 CONV drwxr-xr-x 2 -26516 5576 2048 Nov 25 1995 DTP drwxr-xr-x 2 -26516 5576 2048 May 21 23:19 EDUC drwxr-xr-x 2 -26516 5576 2048 Jun 17 22:24 GRAPH drwxr-xr-x 2 -26516 5576 4096 Jul 14 18:04 NEWS drwxr-xr-x 2 -26516 5576 2048 Jul 5 19:50 NICB drwxr-xr-x 2 -26516 5576 2048 Jul 14 18:15 Newstuff drwxr-xr-x 7 -26516 5576 16384 Jul 14 15:53 PGN drwxr-xr-x 2 -26516 5576 2048 Feb 24 13:51 PROD drwxr-xr-x 2 -26516 5576 2048 Jul 9 23:21 PROG drwxr-xr-x 2 -26516 5576 2048 Jan 18 21:51 REV drwxr-xr-x 2 -26516 5576 14336 Jun 1 15:17 TECL drwxr-xr-x 2 -26516 5576 4096 Mar 17 14:39 TEXT drwxr-xr-x 2 -26516 5576 6144 Jun 18 20:33 UTIL drwxr-xr-x 2 -26516 5576 6144 Jul 14 15:55 Uploads drwxr-xr-x 3 -26516 5576 2048 Jul 7 16:55 fics ftp> cd NEWS [where we keep most of the IECC files] ftp> ls iecc* [list only files beginning with iecc] -rw-r-- 1 20453 USC100200 Jul 13 16:58 iecc0711.txt [latest ratings etc] -rw-r-- 1 20453 USC 2204 Oct 8 1995 ieccbul4.txt [Bulletin No 4.] -rw-r-- 1 20453 USC 14745 Sep 30 1995 ieccbul5.txt [Bulletin No 5.] -rw-r-- 1 20453 USC 12174 Jul 4 20:41 iecceven.txt [events to 07/04] -rw-r-- 1 20453 USC 14452 Jul 13 16:58 ieccfaq.txt [latest FAQ] -rw-r-- 1 20453 USC 8927 Jul 13 16:58 ieccguid.txt [guide to play] -rw-r-- 1 20453 USC 6705 Jul 13 16:58 ieccinfo.txt [general info] -rw-r-- 1 20453 USC 7042 Aug 8 1995 ieccrule.txt [rules: see guide] -rw-r-- 1 20453 USC 72871 Jul 29 1995 iecv1-10.zip [newsletters 1 to 10] -rw-r-- 1 20453 USC 41123 Sep 3 1995 iecv1n11.txt [newsletter V1,#11] -rw-r-- 1 20453 USC 41091 Aug 31 1995 iecv1n12.txt [newsletter V1,#12] -rw-r-- 1 20453 USC 38921 Oct 8 1995 iecv1n13.txt [newsletter V1,#13] -rw-r-- 1 20453 USC 27566 Nov 21 1995 iecv1n14.txt [newsletter V1,#14] -rw-r-- 1 20453 USC 24573 Nov 21 19