The correspondence chess season rarely finishes before the o-t-b season starts, so reporting gets a year behind. In 2015/16 Yorkshire did very well in Division 1 of the inter-county team championships for the Ward-Higgs Trophy.

Place	Team	Wins	Draws	Losses	Total
1	Yorkshire A	8	8	0	12
2	Essex A	6	10	0	11
3	Yorkshire B	7	7	2	10½
4-5	Surrey A	4	9	3	8½
4-5	Hampshire	4	9	3	8½
6	Warwickshire A	5	6	5	8
7	Essex B	2	12	2	8
8	Sussex	3	6	7	6
9	Suffolk	0	10	6	5
10	Staffordshire	0	5	11	2½

Bd	Title	Yorkshire A	W	B	Opponents	Team
1	GM	Hall, Richard V. M.	½-½	½-½	Bennett, Craig	Hants.
2	GM	Brooks, Ian S.	1-0	1-0	Phillips, Owen	Surrey A
3	SIM	Williams, Chris C.	1-0	½-½	Davis, Max E.	Warks. A
4	IM	Lumley, Bill F.	½-½	1-0	Mansson, James C.	Sussex
5		Catt, Peter	1-0	1-0	Greenacre, Kevin	Suffolk
6	LGM	Halliwell, Toni	½-½	½-½	Lewis, Andrew P.	Essex A
7		Sutton, Alan B.	½-½	½-½	Fleury, Martin	Essex B
8		Cook, David L.	1-0	1-0	Davies, Andrew P.	Staffs.

Bd	Title	Yorkshire B	W	B	Opponents	Team
1		Grobler, David J.	½-½	½-½	Wallis, Ian J.	Suffolk
2		Hall, Graeme	½‑½	½‑½	Bowyer, Ken J. (SIM)	Essex A
3	IM	Chambers, Duncan	½-½	0-1	Vachtfeidl, Petr	Essex B
4		Williamson, Dawn L.	1-0	1-0	Carr, Matthew	Staffs.
5		Herriot, Brian J.	1-0	1-0	Elliston, Robert V.	Sussex
6		Pattrick, Graham	1-0	1-0*	Grieve, Harry	Hants
7		Frith, Shane	0-1	½-½	Lalic, Susan K.	Surrey A
8		Milton, David H.	1-0	½-½	Hart, J. S.	Warks. A

Thus Yorkshire A secured for Yorkshire the County Correspondence Championship. The B team managed “only” 3rd place! Play ran from 22/10/2015 to 31/08/2016. These days such events are played on the International Correspondence Chess Federation’s web server. There are still some competitions for those who prefer to play correspondence chess by post. Two games are played with the opponent, one with each colour. The teams’ win totals act as a tie-break.

Title key:

GM	Grandmaster
SIM	Senior International Master
IM	International Master
LGM	Lady Grandmaster