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Events

Upcoming Tournaments

  • 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
  • July 4th American 250th Birthday Class 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
  • July 4th American 250th Birthday Advanced Open Server Tournament

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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

CMS2609 CCLA Challenge Match 2026 Section 09

Tony Seel 2-0

SG2506 CCLA 2025 H.W. Gustafson Memorial - Sect 6

Thomas Greco 3 1/2 - 1 1/2 $20

SSF2503 2025 CCLA Fall Server Series #3

Paul Shannon 7 - 1

Postal Chess

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 Kenney45
2Michael McCaffery29
3John Chirillo28
4Ansel Metz27
5David Cofer26
6Paul Shannon26
7Glenn Ruiz25
8Peter Fullen21
9William Smiley20
10Colin O'Sullivan18

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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