Iccf congress, seixal, portugal 5th to 12th October 2002



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ICCF CONGRESS, SEIXAL, PORTUGAL

5th to 12th October 2002
The ICCF Congress 2002, in conjunction with meetings of the Presidium and Commissioners, took place in the Quinta Valenciana, Fernao Ferro (Municipality of Seixal), Portugal from 5th to 12th October 2002.
The Congress was arranged by the "Comissão Nacional de Xadrez por Correspondéncia" (CNXC), supported by generous sponsorship from the "Municipío do Seixal".
Participants of the Congress, and accompanying families and friends, were offered a programme of events, including excursions to Lisbon and the local area. There was also the traditional ICCF Blitz Tournament and a chess match against players from the Seixal area of Portugal.
Congress participants (memberships of Commissions are listed in Appendix K)
Angel Acevedo Villalba (PER) as delegate

Sultan Muhamad Al-Kuwari (QTR) as delegate

N.R. Anil Kumar (IND)

José J. de Amorim Neto (BRS) as delegation member

Farit G. Balabaev (KAZ) as delegate

Rubens Battistini (ITA) as delegation member

Dr. Fritz Baumbach (GER) as delegate

Roald Berthelsen (NOR) as Honorary Member and as delegate

Witold Bielecki (POL) as delegate with proxy for Croatia and New Zealand

Ing. Dario Biella Bianchi (PER) as delegation member

Gerhard Binder (GER) as delegation member and as ICCF Ratings Commissioner

Alan P. Borwell (SCO) as delegation member and as ICCF President

Egbert Bösenberg (GER) as delegation member and as ICCF Zonal Director (Europe)

Iván Bottlik (HUN) as delegate

Heikki Brusila (FIN) as delegate

Dr. Ted Bullockus (USA)

Dr. Jaromír Canibal (CZE) as delegate with proxy for Slovakia

Santiago Cardoso Contreras (MEX) as delegate

Duncan Chambers (ENG) as delegation member

José Maria Costa (POR) as delegation member

Carlos Cranbourne (ARG) as ICCF Zonal Director (Latin America)

Valer-Eugen Demian (ROM) as delegate

Ruth Ann Fay (USA) as delegation member

Carlos Flores Gutiérrez (ESP) as delegate and as ICCF Treasurer.

José A. Fumero Sánchez (ESP)

Artis Gaujens (LAT) as delegate with proxy for Lithuania

Sergey Grodzensky (RUS) as delegate

Donato Guerrini (ITA) as delegation member

Richard V. M . Hall (ENG)

Olavi Halme (FIN) as delegation member

Timothy Harding (IRL) as delegate with proxy for Japan

Pedro F. Hegoburu (ARG) as ICCF Marketing Director

Grayling V. Hill (USA) as ICCF Executive Officer

David C. Jarrett (ENG) representing FIDE

Evgeny Karelin (RUS) as delegation member

Everdinand Knol (RSA) as delegate with proxy for Kenya

Prof. Warner Bruce Kover (BRS) as delegate

Ervin Liebert (EST) as delegate

Chris Lüers (GER) as delegation member and as ICCF Email Tournament Commissioner

Dmitry Lybin (BLS) as delegate with proxy for Ukraine

Ralph P. Marconi (CAN) as delegate with proxy for Singapore and ICCF Zonal Director (North America/Pacific)

João Salvador Marques (POR) as delegation member

Gianni Mastrojeni (ITA) as delegate

José Mercadal Benejam (ESP)

Miroslav Michalek (CZE) as delegation member

António J. Brito Moura (POR) as delegation member

Essa Mussa Abuhliga (QTR) as delegation member

Ing. Josef Mrkvička (CZE) as delegation member and as ICCF Title Tournaments Commissioner

Esko Nuutilainen (FIN) as delegation member

Armando Pérez Pérez (CUB) as delegate

Álvaro Faría Paz Pereira (POR) as delegate

Søren Peschardt (DEN) as delegate

George D. Pyrich (SCO) as delegate with proxy for Iceland and as ICCF Qualifications Commissioner

Evelin Radosztics (OST) as delegation member and as ICCF Webmaster

Gerhard Radosztics (OST) as delegate with proxy for Slovenia

Alan J.C. Rawlings (ENG) as delegate with proxy for India and Malta and as ICCF General Secretary

Nol van 't Riet (NLD) as delegate with proxy for Bulgaria

Horst Rittner (GER) as Honorary Member

Merike Rõtova (EST) as delegation member

Éric Ruch (FRA) as delegate with proxy for Turkey

Maurizio Sampieri (ITA) as delegation member

Grigory K. Sanakoev (RUS)

Hendrik B. Sarink (NLD) as delegation member and as ICCF Auditor

J. Pedro Soberano (POR) as delegation member

Per Söderberg (SVE) as delegate with proxy for Israel

Achim Soltau (GER)

Luz Marina Tinjaca' Ramírez (ITA) as delegation member and as ICCF Assistant Webmaster (web tables)

Dr. Héctor R. Tepper (ARG) as delegate with proxy for Uruguay

Guillermo F. Toro Solis de Ovando (CHI) as delegate with proxies for Guatemala and Nicaragua

Georg Walker (SWZ) as delegate and as Assistant Treasurer

Ragnar Wikman (FIN) as Honorary Member, as delegation member and as ICCF Deputy President (Rules)

Prof. Max Zavanelli (USA) as delegate with proxies for Australia and Hong Kong

Opening the Congress, the ICCF President, Alan Borwell (SCO), referred to the contribution which international correspondence chess made in generating greater friendship between peoples throughout the World and that every effort should be made to further develop and promote such ideals, to enhance the peaceful existence of all nations.
Sadly, since the previous Congress, ICCF had lost many friends, including ICCF Honorary President, Henk J. Mostert (NLD). The President referred to the immense contribution which Mr. Mostert had made to CC in his own country and then with ICCF, including 17 years as a Vice-President, 6 years as General Secretary and 10 years as ICCF President, before his retirement in 1996, when he was elected as ICCF Honorary President.
He also paid special tributes to Karlis Vitols (LAT), who was host for the 1998 Riga Congress, Carlos Ros Miro (ESP) who had been delegate for Spain for 30 years and Editor of Mate Postal magazine since it started in 1974, and André Giraudet (FRA), who was an ICCF Vice President from 1979-83 and host for the 1982 Congress in Paris. All had died in the last year, as had Milan Jovcic (YUG), Dietmar Pillhock (NLD), Dr. Franz Thannhauser (OST) and Jack Collins (USA). Congress stood in silence, in honour of them and of all departed CC friends.
The ICCF President spoke about the rich history of correspondence chess in Portugal, which dated back for some 80 years, although CNXC was not constituted as an autonomous CC federation for Portugal, until 1983. Teams from Portugal played in the first Olympiad of European teams and then in the first CC Olympiad, achieving a creditable fourth place in the Finals of both events. He mentioned that a player from Oporto, Alexandre Gonçalves, had achieved a famous victory over Cecil Purdy, which was one of the only two defeats which the 1st World CC Champion, ever suffered throughout his illustrious CC career. The ICCF President also referred to GM Luis Santos, who performed exceptionally well in the 13th World CC Championship and had been in the top 5 rated players of the World for some 15 years and to Portugal’s other GM Álvaro Pereira, organiser of the Seixal Congress and to the significant number of other CC titleholders for a relatively small country!
The ICCF President then welcomed all new CC friends to the Congress. He referred in particular, to the FIDE Delegate, David Jarrett and his wife Valentina – the first occasion that a FIDE official had visited an ICCF Congress since Prof. Dr. Max Euwe had attended in Arnhem in 1972. The President welcomed delegates from South Africa, Kazakhstan and Mexico, the first time that these countries had been represented at an ICCF Congress, and to delegates from other continents, particularly the very good representation from Latin America. He also welcomed the many partners and families accompanying delegates.
For his customary theme for the Congress, the ICCF President referred to the imminent publication of the ICCF Jubilee book, “ICCF Gold”, and emphasised that this celebration of ICCF’s first 50 years, needed to be taken forward with a spirit of celebration, but also with a unity of purpose and spirit of adventure to ensure that the next 50 years would be even more successful for ICCF.
The ICCF President then declared the 2002 ICCF Congress, duly opened.


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