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IA J. Franklin Campbell
I am 66 years old and live in a small farming town Mason,
Michigan (USA). I started playing chess in 1959 and played
my first cc tournament, sponsored by Chess Review magazine,
in 1964. I played in several Chess Review tournaments
(Golden Knights), then switched to CCLA (Correspondence Chess
League of America) and then to APCT (American Postal Chess
Tournaments). I wrote a column "The Campbell Report"
for the APCT News Bulletin for 18 years from 1989 to 2006.
Many of my columns are now available on-line at http://correspondencechess.com/campbell/apctcol/apct.htm.
I created the original web site for APCT in 1999 and maintained
it through 2005, when APCT closed. My earliest ICCF games
on record are from 1990 matches USA-West Germany and USA-Australia,
though I believe I played in a number of earlier ICCF events.
I've been active in ICCF-U.S. for a number of years and served
as webmaster for the ICCF-U.S.
web site approximately 1999-2007. I created the USA and
NAPZ archives for games (USA,
NAPZ) and
crosstables
and remain as the archivist. I have maintained my personal
chess web site The
Campbell Report for ten years. I received my International
Arbiter title at the 2004 Congress in Mumbai, India.
At the right is an image of the cover of the January 2008
Chess Life magazine, my most recent claim to fame in
the chess world. I am shown with the USA team which advanced
to the Final of the 17th Olympiad by finishing in clear 2nd
place. I served as the non-playing team captain. I maintained
a team web site
to keep the team (and those following our progress) fully
informed.
My NFL team is the Detroit Lions. Last season our
quarterback promised at least ten wins. Good start ... first
half of the season they went 6-2, the last half 1-7 to finish
at 7-9 and a losing record. Can they improve this year? Time
will tell. I hope the do better than I expect to do in this
cc tournament!
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