Dronov new CC World Champion

Russian GM Aleksandr Dronov is the new World Correspondence Chess World champion after winning the 22nd World Championship tournament. He won the title on countback from Jurgen Bucker after they both finished on 11.5/16. Dramatically theirs was the last game of the tournament to be completed, with a win for Dronov securing him the title.
However in modern times even CC has sped up. When CJS Purdy won the first World Championship in 1953 he remained champion until the next tournament was completed in 1959. At the moment there are 5 World Championship tournaments still in progress, including the postal championship which began in 2004! So Dronov's reign may be very short lived.

Drake Díez de Rivera,Pedro (2574) - Dronov,Aleksandr Surenovich (2617)
World Championship 22 Final ICCF, 31.12.2007

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