World Correspondence Chess Championship Explained

The World Correspondence Chess Championship determines the World Champion in correspondence chess. Men and women of any age are eligible to contest the title. 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 first-, second- and third-placed finishers from the previous Final, and the first- and second-placed finishers from the Candidates' Tournaments have access to the World Correspondence Chess Championship Final.

The ICCF also manages the Ladies World Correspondence Chess Championships, that comprises Semi-Finals and Final.

World Champions

Dates given are the period in which the final of the championship took place, as given on the ICCF website.[1] [2]

N° Years Champion Runner-up
01. 1950–1953[3] Harald Malmgren
02. 1956–1959[4] Lucius Endzelins
03. 1959–1962[5] Piotr Dubinin
04. 1962–1965[6] Georgy Borisenko
05. 1965–1968[7] Jaroslav Hybl
06. 1968–1971[8] Vladimir Zagorovsky
07. 1972–1976[9] Jozef Boey
08. 1975–1980[10] Vladimir Zagorovsky
09. 1977–1983[11] Fritz Baumbach
10. 1978–1984[12] Juan Morgado
11. 1983–1989[13] Gennadi Nesis
12. 1984–1991[14] Josef Franzen
13. 1989–1998[15] Eric Bang
14. 1994–2000[16] Ove Ekebjaerg
15. 1996–2002[17] Joop van Oosterom
16. 1999–2004[18] Rudolf Maliangkay
17. 2002–2007[19] Wolfgang Rohde
18. 2003–2005[20] Hans Elwert
19. 2004–2007[21] Frank Gerhardt
20. 2004–2011[22] Stefan Winge
21. 2005–2008[23] Alexander Ugge
22. 2007–2010[24] Jürgen Bücker
23. 2007–2010[25] Ulrich Stephan[26] Thomas Winckelmann
24. 2009–2011[27] Marjan Šemrl[28] Hans-Dieter Wunderlich
25. 2009–2013[29] Fabio Finocchiaro[30] Richard Hall
26. 2010–2014[31] Ron Langeveld[32] Florin Serban
27. 2011–2014[33] Matthias Kribben
28. 2013–2016[34] Horacio Neto
29. 2015–2018[35] Jacek Oskulski
30. 2017–2019[36] Enver Mikhailovich Efendiyev
Detlef Buse
Fred Kunzelmann
31. 2019–2022[37] N/A
32. 2020–2022[38] Michel Lecroq
Sergey Adolfovich Osipov
Horácio Neto

Ladies World Champions

N° Years Champion Runner-up
01. 1968–1972[39] Gertrude Schoisswohl
02. 1972–1977[40] Olga Rubtsova
03. 1978–1984[41] Merike Rotova
04. 1984–1992[42] Nina Orlova
05. 1993–1998[43] Ingrida Priedite
06. 2000–2005[44] Maja Zelcic
07. 2002–2006[45] Mary Jones
08. 2007–2010[46] Marie Bazantová
09. 2011–2014[47] Maria Lisitcina
10. 2014–2017[48] Tetiana Moyseenko
11. 2017–2020[49] Vilma Dambrauskaitè

ICCF World Cup

Nr. Years Champion
01. 1973–1977 Karl Maeder[50]
02. 1977–1983 Gennadi Nesis[51]
03. 1981–1986 Nikolai Rabinovich[52]
04. 1984–1989 Albert Popov[53]
5A. 1987–1994 Alexandr Frolov[54]
5B. 1987–1994 Gert Timmerman[55]
06. 1994–1999 Olita Rause[56]
07. 1994–2001 Alexei Lepikhov[57]
08. 1998–2002 Horst Staudler[58]
09. 1998–2001 Edgar Prang[59]
10. 2001–2005 Frank Schroder[60]
11. 2008–2011 Reinhardt Moll[61]
12E 2005–2007 Reinhardt Moll[62]
12P 2009–2013 Matthias Gleichmann[63]
13. 2009–2012 Reinhardt Moll[64]
14. 2009–2012 Reinhardt Moll[65]
15. 2012–2015 Klemen Sivic[66]
16. 2013–2016 Uwe Nogga[67]
17. 2014–2017 Matthias Gleichmann[68]

ICCF Chess 960 World Cup

Nr. Years Champion
01. 2014–2015 Fabian Stanach[69]
02. 2015–2016 Darko Babič[70]
03. 2016–2018 Jean Banet[71]
04. 2018–2019 Ivan Panitevsky[72]
05. 2019–2021 Aleksey Voll[73]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1.Overview of the history of correspondence chess, beginnings-1972 . Iván Bottlik . June 2002 . kszgk.com . 24 May 2018.
  2. Web site: 2.Overview of the history of correspondence chess 1973-2001 . Alan P. Borwell . June 2002 . kszgk.com . 24 May 2018.
  3. Web site: World Championship 01 Final . ICCF.com . 10 May 2018.
  4. Web site: World Championship 02 Final . ICCF.com . 10 May 2018.
  5. Web site: World Championship 03 Final . ICCF.com . 10 May 2018.
  6. Web site: World Championship 04 Final . ICCF.com . 10 May 2018.
  7. Web site: World Championship 05 Final . ICCF.com . 10 May 2018.
  8. Web site: World Championship 06 Final . ICCF.com . 10 May 2018.
  9. Web site: World Championship 07 Final . ICCF.com . 10 May 2018.
  10. Web site: World Championship 08 Final . ICCF.com . 10 May 2018.
  11. Web site: World Championship 09 Final . ICCF.com . 10 May 2018.
  12. Web site: World Championship 10 Final . ICCF.com . 10 May 2018.
  13. Web site: World Championship 11 Final . ICCF.com . 9 March 2015.
  14. Web site: World Championship 12 Final . ICCF.com . 9 March 2015.
  15. Web site: World Championship 13 Final . ICCF.com . 18 March 2015.
  16. Web site: World Championship 14 Final . ICCF.com . 18 March 2015.
  17. Web site: World Championship 15 Final . ICCF.com . 18 March 2015.
  18. Web site: World Championship 16 Final . ICCF.com . 18 March 2015.
  19. Web site: World Championship 17 Final . ICCF.com . 18 March 2015.
  20. Web site: World Championship 18 Final . ICCF.com . 8 April 2015.
  21. Web site: World Championship 19 Final . ICCF.com . 8 April 2015.
  22. Web site: World Championship 20 Final . ICCF.com . 8 April 2015.
  23. Web site: World Championship 21 Final . ICCF.com . 29 April 2015.
  24. Web site: World Championship 22 Final . ICCF.com . 29 April 2015.
  25. Web site: World Championship 23 Final . ICCF.com . 9 May 2015.
  26. Web site: Stephan, Ulrich . ICCF.com . 1 March 2015.
  27. Web site: World Championship 24 Final . ICCF.com . 9 May 2015.
  28. Web site: Šemrl, Marjan . ICCF.com . 1 March 2015.
  29. Web site: World Championship 25 Final . ICCF.com . 19 May 2015.
  30. Web site: Finocchiaro, Fabio . ICCF.com . 1 March 2015.
  31. Web site: World Championship 26 Final . ICCF.com . 19 May 2015.
  32. Web site: Langeveld, Ron . ICCF.com . 1 March 2015.
  33. Web site: World Championship 27 Final . ICCF.com . 19 May 2015.
  34. Web site: World Championship 28 Final . ICCF.com . 5 February 2016.
  35. Web site: World Championship 29 Final . ICCF.com . 26 September 2018.
  36. Web site: World Championship 30 Final . ICCF.com . 7 October 2019.
  37. Web site: World Championship 31 Final . ICCF.com . 7 October 2022.
  38. Web site: World Championship 32 Final . ICCF.com . 11 November 2022.
  39. Web site: 01.WWCC . ICCF.com . 24 May 2018.
  40. Web site: 02.WWCC . ICCF.com . 24 May 2018.
  41. Web site: 03.WWCC . ICCF.com . 24 May 2018.
  42. Web site: 04.WWCC . ICCF.com . 20 April 2018.
  43. Web site: 05.WWCC . ICCF.com . 20 April 2018.
  44. Web site: 06.WWCC . ICCF.com . 20 April 2018.
  45. Web site: 07.WWCC . ICCF.com . 20 April 2018.
  46. Web site: 08.WWCC . ICCF.com . 20 April 2018.
  47. Web site: 09.WWCC . ICCF.com . 20 April 2018.
  48. Web site: 10.WWCC . ICCF.com . 20 April 2018.
  49. Web site: 09.WWCC . ICCF.com . 11 November 2022.
  50. Web site: 1. ICCF World Cup . ICCF.com . 13 June 2018.
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  53. Web site: 4. ICCF World Cup . ICCF.com . 13 June 2018.
  54. Web site: 5A. ICCF World Cup . ICCF.com . 13 June 2018.
  55. Web site: 5B. ICCF World Cup . ICCF.com . 13 June 2018.
  56. Web site: 6. ICCF World Cup . ICCF.com . 13 June 2018.
  57. Web site: 7. ICCF World Cup . ICCF.com . 13 June 2018.
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  59. Web site: 9. ICCF World Cup . ICCF.com . 13 June 2018.
  60. Web site: 10. ICCF World Cup . ICCF.com . 13 June 2018.
  61. Web site: 11. ICCF World Cup . ICCF.com . 13 June 2018.
  62. Web site: 12E. ICCF World Cup . ICCF.com . 13 June 2018.
  63. Web site: 12P. ICCF World Cup . ICCF.com . 13 June 2018.
  64. Web site: 13. ICCF World Cup . ICCF.com . 13 June 2018.
  65. Web site: 14. ICCF World Cup . ICCF.com . 13 June 2018.
  66. Web site: 15. ICCF World Cup . ICCF.com . 13 June 2018.
  67. Web site: 16. ICCF World Cup . ICCF.com . 13 June 2018.
  68. Web site: 17. ICCF World Cup . ICCF.com . 13 June 2018.
  69. Web site: 1. Chess 960 World Cup . ICCF.com . 1 January 2023.
  70. Web site: 2. Chess 960 World Cup . ICCF.com . 1 January 2023.
  71. Web site: 3. Chess 960 World Cup . ICCF.com . 1 January 2023.
  72. Web site: 4. Chess 960 World Cup . ICCF.com . 1 January 2023.
  73. Web site: 5. Chess 960 World Cup . ICCF.com . 1 January 2023.

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