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April 2012 Supplement Image, E-mail, rating, gain/loss, state ranking, lifetime winning %, CCC & USCF Expiration - The CCC has 41 current members - |
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Control is G90 The Player with the Black pieces decides whether or not to use "5 second time delay" |
| If a violation of a rule
of chess occurs during your game, immediately stop the
clocks and "quietly" report
it to the Director who
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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| TD a Player Himself |
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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)" |
| 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 |
| Mar 7 thru
Apr 4 Skyland XXXII 5-SS, G90, In 4 Sections: Top, "B", "C", Lower. Free Entry next event per section 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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(Five games per year rule waived for 3 weeks) |
| 1 |
Shawn Pealer | 2133 |
| 2 |
Keith
Eubanks |
2116 |
| 3 |
NM Leland Fuerstman | 2064 |
| 4 |
Patrick
McCartney |
2058 |
| 5 |
Jonathon McNeill | 2002 |
| 6 |
Wil Mahan | 2000 |
| 7 |
Matthew
Green |
1947 |
| 8 |
Michael
Kliber |
1938 |
| 9 |
Bill Connell | 1872 |
| 10 |
Daryl Gordon | 1860 |
| "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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"If you have enemies;
good. That means you stood up for something
during your life..."
Winston Churchill
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The CCC has 41 current members. This is our 143rd 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 |
| Raleigh Chess Club |
| Yahoo Game Server |
| Bill
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| MonRoi Personal
Chess Mgr. |
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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 |
| Today
is Chessday, Apr 4, 2012 - This site had 30 unique visitors yesterday - |
| 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, Cindy! (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. The USCF now offers a special "3 month trial membership" for new players for only $15!! Note: Non-members will be preempted by CCC 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! |
| "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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| Skyland XXXI 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!#51 White to Mate in 2!! |
| FIDE Top Players in the World GM Magnus Carlsen (2835) GM Levon Aronian (2820) GM Vladimir Kramnik (2801) |
| Dominique Myers -
Observer Article |
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Blurb===== ----------------------------------------------------------- 3-31-12 - Match #2 (Fuerstman - Sinanovic) (Sinanovic - Fuerstman)
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Note: The
time control for all Sections is now G90 < ( Player with the Black pieces decides whether to use "Time Delay") |
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NEWS & VIEWS 3-29-12Pealer, Fuerstman Lead Top;
Richards "B"; Frazier "C" Section of Skyland
XXXII
Charlotte,
NC 3-28-12: A stronger turnout
of 18
of the most competitive mental jousters in the
area converged upon this 5 star restaurant more
commonly known as the Skyland
Family Restaurant in order to
participate in Rd:4 of Skyland XXXII. (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, Cindy.
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
(2046) played the White side of an Alekhine's Defense
against the CCC's #2 player,
the pride of Columbia, SC, Expert Keith
"Chucky"  Eubanks
(2134)
and gained a slight advantage in the middle game
before Black
shored up the position with 12...e6!, 14...d5! and
quickly gained equality. After a premature
sacrifice on move 28, White was required to sac the
exchange creating a material imbalance, but with
12 minutes remaining in a slightly superior
position, (See Game 1042) Black
blundered on move 42. Fuerstman 
shares the lead with the CCC's #1
player,
Expert Shawn
"P Diddy" Pealer
(2137) who outplayed new CCC member
Matthew Green (1961)
each with 3-1. Meanwhile,
Expert Wil "Mayhem"
Mahan
(2021) upended superhero Daryl "Flash" Gordon
(1865) while Expert Patrick McCartney (2089) split
the point with  co-Team Wells Fargo member "Wild" Bill Connell (1872).
In the "B" Section,
14 year old Mark
Biernacki (1769) took down Dr. Ron
"Dutch" Breukelaar (1788) while visitor from New
Jersey, Brian
Jackson (1722) introduced new CCC
member Eric  Hartung (Unr) to tournament play.
In addition, Paul
"Survivalist" Lucas
(1790) split the point with Bill "Mindweeder"
Wright (1768).
Dawuud Richards
still leads with 2-0. In
the "C" Section,
in spite of the fact that he lost to Fabian
"Flaco" Abril
(1420), "Smokin" Corey Frazier (1440) still leads
with 2-2. 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
one rated game of chess! Every
one is welcome. We're back, Baby! Long live
the CCC!
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S.C. Prevails as Eubanks, Tsao Finish Equal
1st-2nd in Reserve Angel VI Charlotte, NC 3-3-12: A rather light turnout of 9 motivated  competitors
gathered on the 7th floor in a very quiet room
at the Dowd "Y" in order to
participate in Reserve
Angel VI. Taking a
strategic half point bye in Rd:1, Columbia, SC's Expert Keith "Chucky"
Eubanks
(2116) dispatched of Matthew Green (1947) and
Expert Patrick McCartney (2089) to finish =1st-2nd with
14 year old phenom from Clemson, SC, Kevis Tsao
(1892) who Drew
McCartney in Rd:1,
got by Marnzell "Pat" Hand (1604) in Rd:2 and
defeated NM
Garrick "the Outlaw" Wells (2061) in the final
round each winning $67.50.
(See
Crosstable) (The facility was absolutely perfect,
though this ex-NM had a difficult time getting
used to the "silence"!!) Fuerstman
directed. |
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