ICCF archives in USA

~~vandervelde~~

Only Chess

07 Mar 17

~~vandervelde~~

Joined: 10 Dec 11
Moves: 143494

07 Mar 17

Is it possible to find scorsheet from first round of ICCF cup that started 1980?
It's definitely not in computers but in a cellar or cave, I think.
I took part in ICCF cup 1980 and missed qualification for 1/2 point and would like very much to get moves from some interesting games of mine. (Yep, I lost that precious note book.)
Organizers of my tournament were in USA, referee was American, and the archives are in USA.

It's a long, long shot, all right, but i doesn't hurt to ask.

greenpawn34

Joined: 06 May 08
Moves: 43363

08 Mar 17

Good Luck Vandervelde,

I kind of know what you are going through. I lost a score book with
200+ games played between 1977 and 1982.(my golden years)
Some good stuff in there, luckily a few were printed
in books, magazines, newsletters etc but there are one of two
I'd like to see again.

.

sonhouse

Fast and Curious

slatington, pa, usa

Joined: 28 Dec 04
Moves: 53321

08 Mar 17

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Good Luck Vandervelde,

I kind of know what you are going through. I lost a score book with
200+ games played between 1977 and 1982.(my golden years)
Some good stuff in there, luckily a few were printed
in books, magazines, newsletters etc but there are one of two
I'd like to see again.

.

What was your rating in FIDE talk back then?

Paul Leggett

Chess Librarian

The Stacks

Joined: 21 Aug 09
Moves: 114063

08 Mar 17

I have a correspondence database with a large number of games from 1980- PM me with info on what you need and I will be more than happy to send what I have.

greenpawn34

Joined: 06 May 08
Moves: 43363

08 Mar 17

Hi sonhouse,

Never had a FIDE back then. Did not get one till I was 55!
My Scottish grade floated about 1900-2000+.
That was in the days when 2000 was a good grade. 🙂

But this is not about me. Help vandervelde.

vandervelde can you recall any names of those you played?

mchill

Cryptic

Behind the scenes

Joined: 27 Jun 16
Moves: 3283

09 Mar 17

Originally posted by vandervelde
Is it possible to find scorsheet from first round of ICCF cup that started 1980?
It's definitely not in computers but in a cellar or cave, I think.
I took part in ICCF cup 1980 and missed qualification for 1/2 point and would like very much to get moves from some interesting games of mine. (Yep, I lost that precious note book.)
Organizers of my tourn ...[text shortened]... n, and the archives are in USA.

It's a long, long shot, all right, but i doesn't hurt to ask.

I am sorry. So many excellent games from that era. The ICCF should have saved all of them.

Ragwort

Senecio Jacobaea

Yorkshire

Joined: 04 Jul 09
Moves: 189452

10 Mar 17

Originally posted by vandervelde
Is it possible to find scorsheet from first round of ICCF cup that started 1980?
It's definitely not in computers but in a cellar or cave, I think.
I took part in ICCF cup 1980 and missed qualification for 1/2 point and would like very much to get moves from some interesting games of mine. (Yep, I lost that precious note book.)
Organizers of my tourn ...[text shortened]... n, and the archives are in USA.

It's a long, long shot, all right, but i doesn't hurt to ask.

I reckon you are going to be very lucky if this comes to light. I was controller for a couple of tournaments run by the BPCF back in the day. Players sent in a score sheet at the end of the game. There was no follow up procedure for dissemination so many of them just ended up in a shoebox or something. Some might be forwarded to the Organisation's magazine's games editor as I did mine, but after that they were probably just cleared out by the controller's grieving relatives years after the tournament had been forgotten. If you can remember the name of your section controller you might have a chance...