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Events

Upcoming Tournaments

  • July 4th American 250th Birthday Class Server Tournament
  • July 4th American 250th Birthday Advanced Open Server Tournament
  • 2026 Summer Server Series Tournament
  • 2026 Annual Postal Club Championship
  • 2026 Fall Server Series Tournament

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In Progress

  • 2025 Winter Server Series
  • 2025 Summer Server Series
  • 2025 Gustafson Memorial Tournament
  • 2025 Fall Server Series
  • 2026 Winter Server Series
  • 2026 Server Two Game Challenge Matches
  • 2026 North American Server Class Championship
  • 2026 Spring Seasonal Server Tournament
  • 2 – Game Postal Challenge Match
  • 2024 Postal Club Championship
  • 2022 Social Championship Round 2 Final
  • 2025 Annual CCLA Postal Club Championship
  • 2026 Postal Two Game Challenge Matches
  • 2026 Postal En Prise
  • 2026 Annual Server Championship

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Recently Completed

  • 2023 Winter Server Series
  • 2023 North American Class Championships
  • 2023 Spring Server Series
  • 2023 Summer Server Series
  • 2023 Server Team Championships
  • 2023 H.W. Gustafson Memorial
  • 2023 CCLA Fall Server Series
  • 2024 Winter Server Series
  • 2024 North American Server Class Championships
  • 2024 Spring Server Series

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Recent Results

Traditional Server Chess

SG2501 CCLA 2025 H.W. Gustafson Memorial - Sect 1

James Skeels 3 1/2 - 1 1/2 $20

SSF2504 2025 CCLA Fall Server Series #4

Gary Branton 8 - 0

XH50019 Annual CCLA Server Club Championship

1st John Creech 8 1/2-2 1/2; 2nd John Chirillo 8-3 3rd Paul Berthelot 8-3

CMS2601 CCLA Challenge Match 2026 Section 01

William Smiley 2-0

SG2508 CCLA 2025 H.W. Gustafson Memorial - Sect 8

Will Siegfried & Douglas Hadley 2 1/2 - 1 1/2 $10/each

SSF2501 2025 CCLA Fall Server Series #1

David Cofer; John Chirillo; James Skeels 4-2

SSF2502 2025 CCLA Fall Server Series #2

Lanny DiBartolomeo & Nathan Rogers 7-1

CMS2608 CCLA Challenge Match 2026 Section 08

Ray Kappel 2 - 0

CMS2604 CCLA Challenge Match 2026 Section 04

Joseph Kenney 2-0

CMS2611 CCLA Challenge Match 2026 Section 11

Rich Strelecky 2-0

SG2502 CCLA 2025 H.W. Gustafson Memorial - Sect 2

Matthew Tedesco 5 - 1

SG2504 CCLA 2025 H.W. Gustafson Memorial - Sect 4

Ethan Civan 5 - 1

SG2508 CCLA 2025 H.W. Gustafson Memorial - Sect 8

Douglas Hadley 2 1/2 - 1 1/2

SG2512 CCLA 2025 H.W. Gustafson Memorial - Sect 12

Christopher Wood 5-1

SrSS2501 2025 CCLA Summer Server Series #1

David Cofer 4 1/2 - 1 1/2

SSW2603 2026 CCLA Winter Server Series #3

Glenn Ruiz 4 1/2 - 1 1/2

SSW2606 2026 CCLA Winter Server Series #6

Jeffrey French & Michael McCaffery 5 - 1

Postal Chess

H30019 2023 Postal Club Championship

Michael Butler 8-2

Advanced Chess

Player Ratings   All Tournament Results

Grand Prix

2025-2026 Grand Prix Winners

place name points
1David Cofer105
2William Smiley100
3Glenn Ruiz94
4John Chirillo85
5Colin OSullivan69
6Christopher Wood63
7Paul Shannon62
8Nathan Rogers57
9Ansel Metz55
10Gary Branton54

Current Grand Prix Standings

place name points
1Joseph Kenney33
2John Chirillo26
3David Cofer25
4Paul Shannon25
5Glenn Ruiz21
6Peter Fullen18
7James Skeels17
8Ethan Civan15
9Michael McCaffery15
10William Smiley13

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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