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May 2013 Supplement City, Image, E-mail, rating, gain/loss since 0413, state ranking, 2012 winning %, CCC & USCF Expiration - The CCC has 80 currently paid members - |
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| 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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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 |
| 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. |
| Upcoming
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May 1 thru May 29 Skyland 44 5-SS, G90, In 4 Sections: Top $50! "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) |
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May
18
Asheboro 85 |
| May 25 "as advertised in April Chess Life" CCC pays back 75%! QCCA 63%? |
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CCC Top Twenty! "Most Recent Published Rating" |
| 1 |
Shawn Pealer | 2154 |
| 2 |
NM Pat Sciacca | 2141 |
| 3 |
Patrick McCartney | 2119 |
| 4 |
WFM Jenny Leveikina | 2084 |
| 5 |
Wil Mahan | 2063 |
| 6 |
Alain Morais | 2040 |
| 7 |
NM Leland Fuerstman | 2029 |
| 8 |
Keith Eubanks | 2026 |
| 9 |
Josh Lawson | 2013 |
| 10 |
Michael Kliber | 2004 |
| 11 |
Daniel Cremisi | 1957 |
| 12 |
Sulia Mason | 1954 |
| 13 |
Bill Connell | 1926 |
| 14 |
Mark Biernacki | 1896 |
| 15 |
Daryl Gordon | 1882 |
| 16 |
Clarke Brosi | 1877 |
| 17 |
Mark
Sturman |
1865 |
| 18 |
Slobodan Sinanovic | 1811 |
| 19 |
Bernard Baker | 1792 |
| 20 |
Paul
Lucas |
1765 |
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Within Past 6
mos. |
| QCCA 5-7 Results: 1 Taylor Brill - Giannatos 1 1 Sciacca - Newsom 0 0 Brosi - Morais 1 |
| "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" James Lane Allen |
| "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 |
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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 |
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don't believe in superstition... It's bad luck!? Groucho Marx |
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it will avoid you!" Winston Churchill |
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much." anonymous |
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where love does not exist; and love is never
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good. That means you stood up for something
during your life..."
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more beauty you are able to see.” Alexander Stripunsky |
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within it's fortification is beaten" Napoleon |
| "Great spirits have often
encountered violent opposition from weak minds." Einstein |
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weapons World War III will be fought, but World
War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." Einstein |
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can be counted, and not everything that can be
counted counts." Einstein |
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restrained, destroys the virtue of the
soul." Pope Gregory the Great |
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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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| Today
is Chessday, May 8, 2013 This Site had 44 unique visitors yesterday! |
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| The Charlotte Chess Club has
80 currently
paid members! |
 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" Article |
| 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) Top Section $50! All other 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 pre-empted 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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| Players
Available For Match Play! |
| (Rd:1 Fuerstman
.5 -
Gordon .5) (Rd:2 Gordon 0 - Fuerstman 1) |
| CCC "Seniors"
Recovering! After a brief conversation the other day with the  Reverend
Erman Bradley,
83, I
learned that he has just been released from the
Presbyterian Hospital and is now safely
convalescing at home in the care of his
daughter, who is an RN and his loving wife. All CCC members wish
him a quick recovery... hey, we need our
"houseman"  back! --- In
addition, the "Judge" Slobodan
Sinanovic, 76,
has been recovering at home from a recurring
medical condition but indicated that he should
be back in a few weeks! Get well, Judge. Keep
those "puzzles"
coming!! As for Fred
Vees, 85,
he's doing just fine and now that he has a ride,
he will be visiting the CCC more often! LF |
| NC Players on USCF Top 100 Lists |
| > Note: The time control
for all Sections is now G90 < ( Black pieces decide whether or not to use "Time Delay") |
 CCC
NEWS & VIEWS 5-2-13 Charlotte,
NC 5-1-13: A good turnout of
28
of the most creative calculators in the
county converged upon this five star
restaurant more
commonly known as the Skyland Family Restaurant
in order to participate in Rd:1 of Skyland
44. (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 #2
player, NM Pat
"Kahn" Sciacca,
Esq.
(2157) played
the advance
variation
against the Pirc-Robatch
Defense
of
the
pride of Mint
Hill,
ex-member of
the NCCA Hall
of Fame,
NM Leland
"Ennui"
Fuerstman
(2027)
who overlooked
a simple
tactic on move
23 (See Game 1182) and promptly resigned.
Meanwhile, Team
Asheboro
Expert
Wil
"Mayhem" Mahan
(2068)
vanquished
superhero
Daryl "Flash"
Gordon
(1882) to
share the lead
with Sciacca
each
 with
1-0. In
addition, Expert
Patrick
"Flanker" McCartney
(2103)
walked
into an OCB
ending versus
Mark Sturman
(1887) who
quickly Drew.
In the "C"
Section, Marat
Kocharyan
(1489) upset
Paul
"Survivalist"
Lucas (1765)
while Fabian
"Flaco" Abril
(1537)
beat down "Little"
Joe Little
(1461) to
each lead with
1-0.
In the Lower
Section,
Ervon
"Wooden" Nichols
(1336) kayoed
"Smokin" Corey
Frazier
(1491), Troy
Fletcher
(1152) got by
Steve Gilbert
(Unr) with alacrity
and "won
the baklava,"
Eric
"Truth" Hartung
(1184)
defeated Debs
Pedigo (1050), Jason
Mytrysac
(1182) took
care of Rajesh
Ganatra (1149)
and Manfred
"Man" Vees
(668) welcomed
10
year old
Zachary Amigo
(Unr) to CCC
tournament
competition. In
order to
observe all
results, see "Current Crosstable" - The facility was great and everybody was happy! We
hope more
players will
join us next Wednesday to
dine,
socialize and
play one rated
game of chess!
Everyone
is welcome.
Long live the
CCC! |
| Sciacca
Clear 1st Place in Top; Ianni Perfect in
Lower Section of Knights Templar II Average Rating in 10 Man Top Section 2054!! Charlotte, NC 4-13-13: A stronger turnout of 23 competitors from  6 cities journeyed
to the Queen City in order to
congregate on the 7th
floor "with
a view" from the Dowd "Y"
and participate in Knights
Templar II. This was a really
great event with some exceptional players and
some grreat games! In Rd:1,
NM Pat "Kahn" Sciacca, Esq.
(2157) arrived at a Pawn down R&P
ending and offered Draw to the
pride of Mint
Hill,
ex-member of the
NCCA Hall
of Fame,
NM Leland "Ennui"
Fuerstman (2019) who boldly rejected the offer
and went on to lose!? However, Fuerstman
bounced back with a nice Sicilian Dragon
vs. Mahan (See
Game 1176). In Rd:2, Sciacca
tangled with Columbia, SC Expert Keith
"Chuckie" Eubanks (2054) who also faltered in
the end and in the final round he defeated Expert
Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (2102) to finish
clear 1st Place with 3-0 and collect
$100. Equal 2nd-4th
were 2013 NC co-Invitational Champion
LM Chris "the Babe" Mabe (2315) (who was kind enough to
join us and participate), Expert
Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (2102)
who upset Mabe in Rd:2! (See Game 1178)
and Eubanks each with 2-1 winning $16.66. In the Lower
Section, Curtis Ianni (1550) promptly won
his first round, upset Kireet Panuganti (1788) in
Rd:2 and in the final round defeated Greensboro's
John Retarides (1699) to finish clear 1st Place
with 3-0 and
pocket $100.
Equal 2nd-3rd were Eugene Tiselsky
(1745) and Cary, NC's favorite
son, 74 year
old Stanley Fontaine (1682) each with 2.5-.5.
winning $25.
Equal 4th-6th in the 13 man section
were Kireet Panuganti (1788), Ervon
"Wooden" Nichols (1356) and Sri
Uppaluri (710) each with 2-1 winning $15. An exact
payback of 75%
was shared by almost half of the players who
participated! In order to observe all results see
"Crosstable."
Our next Saturday event is Knights Templar III,
May 25!
See you there! Fuerstman directed.
McCartney assisted. |
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 Sinanovic's
Puzzle of the Week!#66 White to Move and Win!! |
| Knights
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| Skyland 43
Results |
| Freddy
Providing Security for Official CCC Chess Bag! Freddy Knows How to Stay Warm! |
| 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 |
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| "Live" List of FIDE Top 2700+ |
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