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Events

Upcoming Tournaments

  • 2024 Gustafson Memorial
  • 2024 Postal Challenge Matches

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In Progress

  • 2023 North American Class Championships
  • 2023 Summer Server Series
  • 2023 H.W. Gustafson Memorial
  • 2023 CCLA Fall Server Series
  • 2024 Winter Server Series
  • 2024 North American Server Class Championships
  • 2024 Spring Server Series
  • 2024 Summer Server Series
  • 2022 Postal Club Championship
  • 2023 Postal En Prise
  • 2021 Social Championship Round 2 Final
  • 2023 Postal Club Championship
  • 2024 Postal En Prise
  • 2 – Game Postal Challenge Match
  • 2023 - 2025 Postal Team Championship XXIII
  • 2024 Postal Club Championship
  • 2024 Advanced Chess Server Championship

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Recently Completed

  • 2023 Winter Server Series
  • 2023 Spring Server Series
  • 2023 Server Team Championships
  • 2023 Advanced Server Championship

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Recent Results

Traditional Server Chess

SSF305 2023 CCLA Fall Server Series #5

Byron Berger & Lelan Conti 3-3

SSW2404 2024 CCLA Winter Server Series #4

Larry Kleine 6-0

SSW2407 2024 CCLA Winter Server Series #7

Will Siegfried 5.5 - 0.5

S23129 CCLA 2023 N. American Class C Championship

Edward Gunning 4 - 0

SSW2410 2024 CCLA Winter Server Series #10

Renato Dominguez 6 - 0

SSS24032024 CCLA Spring Server Series #3

Larry Kleine 6 - 0

SSS2402 2024 CCLA Spring Server Series #2

Larry Kleine 5 - 1

SSW2411 2024 CCLA Winter Server Series #11

Dillon Ringo 5 - 1

Postal Chess

2019 Grand National G90019

1st Ted Greiner; 2nd Matthew Katrein

2019 Social Championship - 2nd Section M90019

1st Brent Askvig 5.5-0.5; 2nd William Smiley 4.5-1.5; 3rd Jay Simonson 2-4

Advanced Chess

Player Ratings   All Tournament Results

Grand Prix

2023-2024 Grand Prix Winners

place name points
1William Smiley 114
2Duane K Catania76
3Lelan Conti67
4Lamont Rouse65
5Larry Kleine61
6Michael Moschos58
7John Smail56
8Ethan D Civan54
9John Cissik51
10Bryon Berger49

Current Grand Prix Standings

place name points
Larry Kleine63
William Smiley41
John Smail35
Randall Woodfield31
James Flesher29
Michael Butler28
Jarrod Harris28
John Chirillo27
Lelan Cont26
Douglas Hadley26

Full Grand Prix Standings

The Chess Correspondent

CCLA has produced The Chess Correspondent magazine since 1940! It is currently issued quarterly and available via email attachment (.pdf file) or as a printed magazine. Our chess magazine has won the Chess Journalists of America award for Best Postal Magazine seven times, in 1997 and 2001 - 2006. The magazine regularly reports on important national and international CC events, i.e., World Championships, Olympiads, and the U.S. Championships.

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