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clocks and "quietly" report
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will address the issue. TD |
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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 may result
in forfeiture of game.
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All Sections: G90 The player with the Black pieces chooses whether to use "5 second time delay." 15G. Ownership of Scoresheets "...scoresheets...property of the sponsoring organizer(s)" |
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Stipulations "The Director may require that clocks face a certain direction or that Black sit on a particular side of the table..." |
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| Legal Method for
Adjusting Pieces USCF Rule 10A, p.21,
Adjustment of Pieces.
"A player who is on the
move and first expresses the
intention to adjust...
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| Did You Lose a Piece? The CCC has a mixed bag of odd pieces in case you have lost one. Also, have chess sets for sale. $20. Many Used Chess Books For Sale! charlottechessclub@gmail.com |
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| Jan 2 thru Jan 29 Skyland 51 5-SS, G90, In 4 Sections: Top, "B", "C", Lower. Free Entry per Section. (Winners must have 4 points with no Byes) EF: $4 for members or $6. Round @ 7:45 pm Sharp! (Current Crosstable) |
| Jan 11 1st East Charlotte Octads |
| Feb 1 Knights Templar |
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CCC Top Twenty! "Most Recent Published Rating" |
| 1 |
NM Edward
Lu |
2311 |
| 2 |
NM Shawn Pealer | 2179 |
| 3 |
Wil Mahan | 2159 |
| 4 |
Matthew Wofford | 2140 |
| 5 |
Daniel Cremisi | 2122 |
| 6 |
NM Pat Sciacca | 2103 |
| 7 |
Nikita Panasenko | 2049 |
| 8 |
Patrick McCartney | 2047 |
| 9 |
Michael Kliber | 2015 |
| 10 |
NM Leland Fuerstman | 2011 |
| 11 |
Keith Eubanks | 1994 |
| 12 |
Mark Biernacki | 1988 |
| 13 |
Sulia Mason | 1915 |
| 14 |
Daryl Gordon | 1911 |
| 15 |
Bill Connell | 1908 |
| 16 |
Bernard Baker | 1861 |
| 17 |
Mark Sturman | 1826 |
| 18 |
Slobodan Sinanovic | 1820 |
| 19 |
Paul Lucas |
1812 |
| 20 |
Eugene Tiselsky | 1790 |
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| "Morphy was probably
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Official Website of the
Charlotte
Chess Club - Charlotte, North Carolina, USA -
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is Thursday Jan 2, 2014 This Site had 80 unique visitors yesterday!  Happy New Year!The CCC will meet on Thursday, Jan 2 |
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Welcome
to the CCC 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, Sinanovic's Puzzle and other
interesting anecdotes for your reading,
viewing, and listening pleasure. We
welcome your contributions and comments.
This Website is provided by NM Leland Fuerstman, Editor Scroll down for Weekly "News & Views"
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| "Exploration of
humanity for planetary advance"
Anybody got an anti-gravity drive or a force
field generator? |
| The Charlotte
Chess Club is open to players
of every race, color, creed, national origin,
age, gender, religion, political affiliation
or galaxy! Regardless of skill level or
experience, each member is treated equally
with dignity and respect. LF |
| 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 28209 (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 sharp! The time control is G90 - Entry fee is $4. ($6 for non-members) In 4 Sections: Top, "B", "C", Lower. (Current Crosstable) All sections win Free Entry into next event. (Winners must have 4 points with no byes). The Annual club membership fee is $25. Current members receive $5 discount. (Note: Non-members who pay a $25 EF to participate in CCC Saturday events receive $5 credit toward membership for each event entered!) The venue is "open 24 hours" and guarantees a private area with plenty of tables, good lighting, "Wi-Fi," great food, TV with the sound turned off, close parking, friendly management and our own personal waitress, Cindy! (The Management requests that you purchase your meal at Skyland) Join us to participate in casual play as well as USCF rated games. If you are not playing in the tournament, 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 Members who arrive before 7:45pm! |
| 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! |
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Chess Tweet * Chess Tweet * Congratulations to 13 year old Daniel Cremisi (2122) who just hurdled the 2100 mark at the Atlanta Open! ***************************** Hales Honored as Organizer of the Year! "Special
acknowledgement goes to NM
Craig Jones
of Durham, Gary Maltzman
of Cary, Kevin Hyde
of Henderson, Scott McInnis
of Greensboro, Mike Williams of Statesville, Victor Beaman of
Greenville, NM Leland
Fuerstman of Charlotte,
Tim Champion of
Charlotte, NM Peter
Giannatos of Charlotte
and now NM Shawn
Pealer and NM Pat Sciacca
of Charlotte (1st Charlotte Octads
Jan 11) who have
recently tossed their hats into the Organizing/Directing
ring! Honorable mention goes to Dr. Walter High
and Gary Newsom
for their lofty, but costly efforts. Each one of
these gentlemen deserves a special vote of
thanks for all of the good work they do for
chess in North Carolina!"
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| Fuerstman Sets the
Record Straight |
| Asheboro's Hales
Honored as 2013 North Carolina Organizer of
the Year! |
| Another Great Year
for the Charlotte
Chess Club! |
| Trott is 2013
CCC Player of the Year! |
| "Live" List of FIDE Top 2700+ |
| Upcoming Events Attn TD's: Send info for FREE listing to charlottechessclub@gmail.com |
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| Wednesday Night Speed
Chess!! Each week, after the tournament game, NM Shawn Pealer conducts a rated 5 minute speed chess tournament. Play as few or as many games as you wish! Skyland stays open 24 hours!! Small EF donations appreciated. " Wednesday's Results" |
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Charlotte
Winter Open A Rousing Success!
Great Fun for Young and Old -
And Parents, Too!
Charlotte,
NC 12-28-13:
A moderately
strong turnout of 41
players from all age groups and skill levels
gathered on the 7th floor of the Dowd
"Y" in order to participate in the 1st
Charlotte Winter Open! This
experimental event included some of the
 strongest players in
the state as well as a full contingent of
scholastic players! A low entry fee of $20 and equal
cash prizes in each section (Charlotte Chess Network
always returns 75%)
produced  many
smiling faces from the 14
cash prize winners! Everyone welcomed the return
of WFM Jenny "Goldilocks" Leveikina
(2060) who is visiting from Germany with
friend Expert Wil "Mayhem" Mahan
(2159) from Seagrove, NC. -- In
the Carlsen Section, Mahan
yielded a 17 move
Draw to NM Leland "Ennui"
Fuerstman (2011) in  Rd:1 (See Game 1247) before
dispatching of Dr. Xiaodong Jin
(1788) in Rd:2 and NM Pat "Kahn"
Sciacca (2103) in the final round (See Game 1248)
to finish =1st-2nd Place with 16 year old Expert
Kevin Chen (2075) who defeated Cameron
Chandler (1877) in Rd:1, Drew
Sciacca in Rd:2 and knocked off Fuerstman
in the final round each scoring 2.5-.5 and
winning  $75. For NMLF's
Rd:2 encounter with Jenny (See Game 1246).
In the Aronian Section, Tony
"Tiger" Hicks (1740) clicked off wins
against Mikey "Fox" Trott (1452), Damon "Omen"
Smith (1764) and Ishaan Maitra (1730) to finish
clear 1st Place with 3-0 and pocket $100! Equal 2nd-5th
were Victor Huaquin, Ian Haigler, Ishaan
Maitra and Damon Smith each with 2-1 winning $12.50. In  the Nakamura
Section, Virginia organizer Bob
Mahan (1491) finished =1st-2nd Place
with Locksley Young (1468) each scoring
2.5-.5 and
collecting $75.
And, finally, in the Kramnik Section,
after CCC's Rich "Alert" Trela
(1041) defeated 3
scholastic players, he promptly returned his $100 cash prize
to be distributed among the other  winners! Equal 2nd-5th
were Rolondo Dorbecker, Neil Deshpande, Benaiah Howell and Joseph Moore each with 2-1 winning $37.50. Said Rich, "I totally enjoyed playing with some pretty strong young students of the game!" (Yes, people, there are still a few good guys left in the world!). Thanks to his meticulous attention to detail, NM Shawn Pealer  made sure that the pairings were
promptly posted allowing each round to get off
without a hitch. After the youngsters settled
down, as the rounds wore on, you could
hear a pin drop! Many parents lounged in the
foyer to dine, socialize, work on their
computers and console their wounded warriors...
others placed  their
cash prizes into safe keeping! LOL I can
sincerely say that this was the most enjoyable
chess event I've been to in some time. (We are considering
changing the CCC Saturday
format to include a special "Scholastic Section!")
Kudoes to Shawn for his success in
advertising and recruiting. For complete results
see "Crosstable."
Next CCC Saturday event, Knights Templar VII,
February 1. Hope to see you
there! Fuerstman assisted.
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for all Sections is now G90 < ( Black pieces decide whether or not to use "Time Delay") |
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News & Views 12-27-13Sturman Takes Top Honors; Lucas "B"; Nichols "C"; Fletcher Lower Section of Skyland 50 Charlotte, NC 12-26-13: A grand total of 30 of the most congenial chess players from 2 states converged upon this gastro- nomical paradise more commonly know as the Skyland Family Restaurant in order to participate in Skyland 50. (CCC members got very comfortable sitting in full size tables and chairs while being catered to by our own personal waitress, Cindy. Most enjoyed a generously portioned home style meal for a ridiculously low price ($6.95!) drank hot coffee and other beverages, analyzed on our demo board and 
monitored the giant flat screen TV with the
sound turned off; Skyland stays open 24 hours!) In the Top Section, Mark
"Twain" Sturman (1826)
endured a Rook sac offered by
superhero Daryl "Flash"
Gordon (1912) and went on to win to
finish clear 1st Place with
2.5-2.5.
Meanwhile,
Team  Columbia's Expert
Keith "Chucky" Eubanks (2003)
squared off against Expert Patrick
"Flanker" McCartney (2086) only
to gradually assume a middle game
advantage and ultimately win while
teammate Expert James
"Big" Mac Dougall (2004) promptly
dispatched of a "still under the weather"
pride of Mint Hill, Ex-member
of the NCCA Hall of Fame,
NM Leland "Ennui" Fuerstman
(2038). 
In addition, "Judge" Slobodan
Sinanovic (1811) got by Dawuud
Richards (1645). In the "B" Section,
Paul "Survivalist" Lucas (1812) won
a hotly contested encounter  with Tony
"Tiger" Hicks (1657) to finish clear 1st
Place with 4-1
and win FREE Entry into Skyland
51. In the "C" Section, Ervon
"Wooden" Nichols (1575)
split the point with Marnzell "Pat"
Hand (1617) to finish clear 1st
Place with 4.5-.5
and win FREE Entry into Skyland
51. In addition, 2013 CCC Player
of the Year, Mikey "Fox"
Trott
(1508) made peace with Sam  Kumar
(1312). In the Lower Section,
Troy "Mother" Fletcher (1338) got
tripped up by Eric "Truth" Hartung
(1327) but still finished clear 1st Place
with 3.5-1.5.
In order to observe all
results see "Current
Crosstable." McCartney
assisted. The
facility was great and everybody was happy!
We hope more players will join us next Thursday to dine, socialize and play
one rated game of chess at 7:45pm sharp!
Everyone is welcome. Long live the CCC!
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