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CCC Cell Phone
Policy
Unless approved by
the Director, after 7:45pm, the use of a cell
phone in the playing area is strictly
prohibited. First offense subtracts 10 minutes
from violators clock; second offense results in
forfeiture of game. - LF
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Insufficient
Losing Chances |
| TD a Player Himself |
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All Sections: G90 Time Delay Clocks will NOT Be Used unless BOTH players request it 15G. Ownership of Scoresheets "...scoresheets...property of the sponsoring organizer(s)" |
| 16L. Possible
Stipulations "The Director may require that clocks face a certain direction or that Black sit on a particular side of the table..." |
| Moving before
button pushed |
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"News & Views"
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| Upcoming Events |
| Dec 28 thru
Jan 25 Skyland XXX 5-SS, G90 or G60! In 4 Sections: Top, "B", "C", Lower. Free Entry into next event per sec. EF: $4 for members or $6. Round @ 7:45pm sharp! (Winners must have 4 points with no byes) (Current Crosstable) |
 CCC Top 10 |
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(Or any subsequent higher published rating) |
| 1 |
Keith Eubanks | 2112 |
| 2 |
Shawn
Pealer |
2108 |
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NM Leland Fuerstman | 2056 |
| 4 |
James MacDougall | 2009 |
| 5 |
Jonathon
McNeill |
2002 |
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Wil
Mahan |
1955 |
| 7 |
David K. Williams | 1900 |
| 8 |
Slobodan Sinanovic | 1874 |
| 9 |
Bill
Connell |
1856 |
| 10 |
Daryl
Gordon |
1840 |
| "The breakfast of champions is not cereal,
it is the opposition!" Nick Seitz |
| "I
don't give 'em hell; I just tell the truth,
and they think it's hell!"
Harry Truman |
| "Evil will previal
when good men stand silent"
Edmund Burke |
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| Here is the only
truth: "We are the pawns of the mysterious
game of chess played by God, who moves
us, stops us, shifts us ahead,
and soon picks us up one after the other and
gathers us in the same box of Nothing." Omar Khayyam 1040 ad |
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| "Imagination does not
breed insanity. Exactly what does breed insanity
is reason. Poets do not go mad; but
chess-players do". —Chesterton, The Maniac (1908). |
| "Adversity reveals
character" Anon |
| "the chess playing of a master ties him to the game, fetters his mind and shapes it to a certain extent so that his internal freedom and ease, no matter how strong he is, must inevitably be affected." Spinoza |
| "One bad move nullifies
40 good moves." Horowitz |
| "The older I grow, the
more I value my pawns." Keres |
| "Morphy was probably
the greatest genius of them all." Fischer |
| "I thinks it's almost
definite that the game of chess is a draw theoretically." Fischer |
| "There is never always
anything in chess; save for one's consideration of the exception!" NM Leland Fuerstman |
| "The
reasonable man adapts himself to the conditions
that surround him... The unreasonable man adapts
surrounding conditions to himself... All progress
depends on the unreasonable man." George Bernard Shaw |
| "The golden opportunity
you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in
your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or
the help of others; it is in yourself alone." Orison Swett Marden |
| "Personally, I
don't believe in superstition... It's bad luck!? anonymous |
| "What's the use of
happiness? It can't buy you money?!" Henny Youngman |
| "Don't worry
about avoiding temptation... as you grow older,
it will avoid you!" Winston Churchill |
| "A sure way to lose
something your really want, is to desire it too much." anonymous |
| "Love can not be found
where love does not exist; and love is never
hidden where love really is" anonymous |
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The CCC has 42 current members. This is our 140th 5 Rd event. Highest total of players for 1 Rd is 48. Highest total of players for 5 Rds is 78. |
| Links to Other Chess Sites |
| Asheboro Chess Club |
| Yahoo Game Server |
| Bill
Wall's Chess Page |
| MonRoi Personal
Chess Mgr. |
| Chess Ninja.com |
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This is the
Official Website of the
Charlotte
Chess Club - Charlotte, North Carolina, USA -
Earth - Milky Way -
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| charlottechess.com |
| Happy New
Year Today is Chessday, Dec 28, 2011 - This site had 24 unique visitors yesterday - YES we will be meeting tonight!! |
| The Charlotte
Chess Club, an Independent Affiliate of the USCF meets each Wednesday evening at 6:30pm (or as early as 5:30 for some!) at the  Skyland Family Restaurant, 4544 South Blvd. Charlotte, NC (Just past Woodlawn Rd towards town on L) Primarily an adult club, the CCC conducts a perpetual 5 round tournament with one round being played each Wednesday evening at 7:45pm. The time control is G90 - Entry fee is $4. ($6 for non-members) In 4 Sections: Top, "B", "C", Lower. Section winners get Free Entry into next event. The Annual club membership fee is $25. (Current members receive $5 discount) The venue is "open 24 hours" and guarantees a private area with plenty of tables, good lighting, great food, close parking, friendly management and our own personal waitress, Cathy! (The Management requests that you purchase your meal at Skyland) Join us to participate in casual play as well as USCF rated games. Your first visit is FREE! Non-members, who have visited more than once, and play off-hand games are required to pay $2. The CCC occasionally sponsors a bi-monthly 3 rd. Swiss and other special tournaments. For schedule see "Upcoming Events" In order to compete in "Tournament Competition" and join the CCC or USCF simply show up at the site. Note: Non-members will be preempted by CCC members who arrive before the round begins! |
| Explanation
of "Weekly Tournament Competition" The CCC conducts a perpetual 5 round tournament with one round being played each Wednesday evening at 7:45 pm. sharp! The time control is G90 - All players who compete in tournament competition are required to be members of the United States Chess Federation. Regardless of which round(s) one chooses to enter, a player only gets credit for the game(s) he actually plays. There is no penalty for not showing up; it is simply counted as an unplayed game. - If you're running late, call me at 704-965-8931 and I'll pair you! Skyland stays open 24 hours! |
| "The
Charlotte Chess Club is open to
players of every race, color,
creed, national origin, age,
gender, religion, political
affiliation or alien origin.
Regardless of skill level or
experience, each member is treated
equally with respect. Every member of
the CCC has the right to vote!" For more info Email: lelandfue@yahoo.com - This website is provided by NM Leland Fuerstman - |
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Welcome to the CCC NM Leland L. Fuerstman, Editor Greetings from Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, Earth to everyone out there in cyberia, and welcome to the Charlotte Chess Club website. On this page, which is continuously updated, we will report a weekly synopsis of the previous meeting to include current standings, annotated games, and other interesting anecdotes for your reading, viewing, and listening pleasure. We welcome your contributions and comments on our Message Board Scroll
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| Game of
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Sinanovic's Puzzles Mate in 2! |
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Top 200 Players
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| Skyland XXIX Results |
| Freddy
Providing Security for Official CCC Chess Bag! |
| Delicious Food
Is A Good Thing!! |
| "This
isn't a personal vendetta, 007. It's an
assignment like any other. And, if you can't
treat it as such, coldly and objectively,
than 008 can replace you..." M |
 Sinanovic's
Puzzle of the Week!#46 White to Move & Win!! If you absolutely can't figure it out, see Msg455! |
| For the 1st time in history,
there are 4 2800+ players! GM Magnus Carlsen (2826) GM Viswanathan Anand (2811) GM Levon Aronian (2802) GM Vladimir Kramnik (2800) |
| ------CCC Weekly
Blurb------ Merry Christmas and Happy Chanukah! "I wish to thank each and every Charlotte Chess Club member for your continued participation and loyal support of our club over the past year. Special thanks to Judge Slobodan Sinanovic who provides us with a variety of great chess puzzles each week! We all hope that more local players will join us next year for great food, friendly rapartee and lively competition at the Skyland Restaurant. Happy Holidays!!" - National Master Leland Fuerstman --------------------------------- The Charlotte Chess Club is honored to have within it's ranks a true hero of the battlefield in Afghanistan, SSG Brian Fraiser who was just awarded the Bronze Star Medal for valor!! --- Hey, check out your "Lifetime Winning Percentage" on the CCC Roster Page! --- We have a new "Expert" within our ranks! Will Mahan, accompanied by his lovely Latvian companion, scored 5.5-1.5 at the Tobacco Road event in Raleigh and increased his rating to 2025! --- Kudoes to Bill "Mindweeder" Wright who finished clear 1st Place in the "B" Section of Skyland XXIX and, according to the rating calculator, gained 90 points! --- In addition, NM Leland Fuerstman went 3-0 in Reserve Angel IV |
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Note: The
time control for all Sections is now G90 < ("Time Delay" will NOT be used unless Both Agree) |
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NEWS & VIEWS 12-22-11Fuerstman Takes Top; Wright "B";
Frazier "C"; Abril Lower Section of Skyland
XXIX ----- Happy
Holidays!!
Charlotte,
NC 12-21-11: A grand total of 14 of
the most active adult chess players in the
Charlotte area converged upon this grand
ballroom more
commonly known as the Skyland
Family Restaurant in order to
participate in Skyland XXIX. (CCC members
got very comfortable
sitting
in
the
padded
booths and full size
tables and chairs while being
catered to by our own
personal waitress, Cathy!
Most enjoyed a
generously portioned delicious
home style meal for a ridiculously low price ($6.95!), drank fresh hot
coffee and other
beverages, analyzed on our demo
board and monitored
the giant flat screen TV with the sound
turned  off; open 24 hours!) In the Top Section, the CCC's #3 player, the
pride of Mint
Hill,
ex-member of the NCCA Hall of Fame, NM Leland
"Ennui" Fuerstman
(2056) played
an arcane variation of the Budapest Defense
which was designed to seek
revenge from student Dr. Ron
"Dutch" Breukelaar (1698) who erred in the
opening losing a piece, and soon the game (See Game 1004)
allowing Fuerstman
to finish clear 1st Place
with 4-1 and take home $10,000! How about
that! Let's move on... Meanwhile,
after a lively middlegame with a dubious
position, "Wild" Bill Connell (1856) offered Draw
which Paul "Survivalist" Lucas (1811) rejected
and went on to lose?! In addition, "Judge"  Slobodan Sinanovic
(1894) yielded a Draw to Bill "Mindweeder"
Wright
(1604) (See Game 1005)
who finished clear 1st Place in
the "B" Section
with 3.5-1.5. In the "C" Section,
fending off mate, "Smokin"
Corey Frazier (1420)
turned the tables on Manfred "Mann" Vees (727)
to finish clear 1st Place with  4-1. In the Lower Section, Fabian "El
Flaco" Abril
(1363) induced a blunder out of
James "Gaffer" Bourque (1398) to finish clear 1st Place
with 3-1. In order to observe
all
results see "Current Crosstable" The
facility was great
and
everybody was happy! We hope that more
players will join us next
Wednesday to dine, socialize and play
chess!
Everyone is welcome... Long live the
CCC!
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Perfect in Reserve Angel IV Mint Hill, NC 12-17-11: Four honored members of the CCC Royal Guard converged upon the palatial estate of NM LF in order  to participate
in Reserve
Angel IV. The $20 entry fee guaranteed 3 rounds of G75, a sandwich and the
beverage of your choice. In
Rd:1, the CCC's #3
player, the pride of Mint Hill, ex-member of the NCCA Hall of
Fame, NM
Leland
"Ennui" Fuerstman
(2056) played a rarely seen
(and risky)
variation of the Sicilian Dragon
versus "Wild" Bill Connell (1856) who traded his
Queen
for the 2 Rooks and actually whipped up a lethal
counter-attack (See Game 1002)
before running out of  moves! (And you think chess
is easy?!?) Meanwhile, Slobodan
"the Judge" Sinanovic
(1894) sacked the exchange against superhero
Daryl "Flash" Gordon (1861) and prevailed in the
end. In Rd:2,
"Ennui Boy"
snagged a piece in the opening (See Game 1003)
and went on to defeat the "Judge" while "Wild Bill"
outplayed the "Superhero." In Rd:3, Fuerstman gained
a spacial advantage in the opening versus Gordon
and finally won the exchange and the game to
finish clear 1st
Place with 3-0 and
pocket $40. Clear 2nd Place
with 2-1 and winning $20 was 74 year old Judge Slobodan Sinanovic
who grabbed the exchange, traded Queens and
summarily won the ending versus Connell. In
order to observe all results, see "Crosstable."
The competition was fierce and a good time was
had by all. Fuerstman
directed. |
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