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Events

Upcoming Tournaments

  • 2024 Summer Server
  • 2024 Postal Club Championship
  • 2024 Advanced Postal Leadership
  • 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
  • 2023 Postal En Prise
  • 2021 Social Championship Round 2 Final
  • 2024 Postal En Prise
  • 2 – Game Postal Challenge Match
  • 2023 - 2025 Postal Team Championship XXIII
  • 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

S23019 2023 CCLA Server Team Championship Board 4

Duane Catania 5 - 1 Castles West

SG2304 2023 H.W. Gustafson Memorial - Sect 4

David Will 5-1

2023 CCLA Server Team Championship Board 1

Aaron Anderson 5 - 1 Jedi Knights

2023 CCLA Server Team Championship

1st Castles West 22.5-13.5; 2nd Norsemen 17.5-18.5; 3rd Pawntastics 16.5-19.5; 4th Jedi Knights 15.5-20.5

SG2305 2023 H.W. Gustafson Memorial - Sect 5

Luis Nunez 5-1

S23261 2023 CCLA Summer Server Series #3

Larry Kleine 9 - 1

SSW2408 2024 CCLA Winter Server Series #8

Jarrod Harris 5 - 1

SSW2403 2024 CCLA Winter Server Series #3

Larry Kleine 5.5 - 0.5

SSF303 2023 CCLA Fall Server Series #3

Doug Hadley 4 - 2

SSW2409 2024 CCLA Winter Server Series #9

Ronald Taylor 5.5 - 0.5

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

Postal Chess

2021 Postal Championship H10019

1st Lev Lamech 6-2 (TB); 2nd Maurice Carter 6-2; 3rd Arthur Holmer

2019 Social Championship M90029

1st Rich Strelecky 5-1; 2nd William Smiley 4-2; 3rd Daniel Stevens 3-3

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 Kleine32
Duane Catania19
John Chirillo18
Douglas Hadley18
Jarod Harris18
Ansel Metz18
Aaron Anderson16
Glenn Ruiz16
John Smail16
Franklin Castle15

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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