"Current
Roster"
Image, E-mail,
rating, gain/loss,
CCC & USCF Expiration
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May 10' Supplement
(Total
Points Gained Since 4-10)
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Drew
Hayes
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+360
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Copeland
Blackwell
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+63
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Clarke
Brosi
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+59
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Joseph
Biernacki
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+54
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Travis Hatley
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+54
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Last
4 Issues of
"News & Views"
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May 15
Wilkesboro
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May
12 thru Jun 16
Skyland XIII
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 begins at 7:45 sharp!
(Winners
must have 4 points with no byes)
(Current
Crosstable)
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"You don't stop playing when you
get old; you get old when you stop playing!"
Benjamin Franklin
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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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"Chess grips its exponent,
shackling the mind and brain so that the inner freedom and independence
of even the strongest character cannot remain unaffected."
Albert
Einstein
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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).
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"Adversity reveals character" Anon
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"Talent is
doing easily what is
difficult for others, but genius
is doing what is impossible
for talent" Amiel
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"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
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"The older I grow, the more I value my
pawns." Keres
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"Morphy was probably the greatest genius of
them all." Fischer
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"I thinks it's almost definite that the
game is a draw theoretically." Fischer
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"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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This is the Official Website of the
Charlotte
Chess Club
- Charlotte, North
Carolina, USA - Earth - Milky Way -
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charlottechess.com
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-Today is Chessday, May 12,
2010 -
According
to the "Go Stats,"
this website served 59 "unique"
visitors yesterday!
(I
wish more of you guys would come and join us at the club!)
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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)
Charlotte, N.C. The club conducts a
perpetual
5 round tournament
with
one round being played each Wednesday evening at 7:45pm.
The time control is G90
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Entry fee is $4.
($6 for non-members) In 4 Sections: Top, "B", "C", Lower Free Entry
next event.
The Annual club
membership
fee is $25. (Current members receive $5 discount) The "no smoking" venue is "open 24 hours" and guarantees
a private area with plenty of
tables, good lighting, great food, close
parking and friendly management! (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. |
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 704-293-4397 and I'll pair you! Skyland stays open 24 hours!
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"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."
For more info
Email: lelandfue@yahoo.com
- This website is provided by NM Leland
Fuerstman - |
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 down for weekly
article
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Skyland
XII Results |
Freddy Providing
Security for Official CCC Chess Bag!
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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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Sinanovic's
Puzzle of the Week!
#8 White to move; Mate in 2!!
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Top 200 Players in N.C. |
Carerros
'Walks Away' From QCCA
After Violent Disturbance?!
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NM C.
Jones Wins 2010 NC Invitational
See Article
and Crosstable
(Image and article courtesy of Dr. Walter
High)
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Congratulations
to these 3 NC/SC players who each scored 5-2 at the National
High School Championship!
Joshua Mu
2037 - Samuel Xin 2003 -
Michael Lauria
2031
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World Chess
Championship
Anand Retains
World Championship Title
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Final Standing: Anand 6.5
- Topalov 5.5
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Note: The time control for
all Sections is now G90 <
("Time
Delay" will NOT
be used unless Both Agree) |
CCC
NEWS & VIEWS 5-6-10
Fuerstman Takes
Top; Lucas "B"; Eerenberg "C"; Frazier Lower
Section of Skyland XII
Charlotte, NC 5-5-10:
A grand total of 18 of the
most loyal members of the CCC royal guard gathered at this unofficial
voting place more commonly
known
as
the Skyland Family
Restaurant in order to participate in Skyland XII. (CCC
members got very comfortable
sitting in the padded booths
and
full
size tables and chairs while
being
catered to by
our own friendly waitress. 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 occasionally
monitored
the giant flat screen TV with
the sound
turned off;
open 24 hours - No Smoking!) In the Top Section,
the pride
of Mint
Hill,
ex-member of the NCCA
Hall of Fame, NM Leland
"Ennui" Fuerstman (2040)
sacrificed a Pawn in the opening for an overwhelming initiative and finally blasted his way to a win (See Game 0875)
over author of 13 books! David E. Smith (1763p)
to take clear 1st Place with a
perfect 5-0!
In addition, Slobodan "the Mad
Serb" Sinanovic (1874) ran
Bill "Mindweeder" Wright (1637) out of time in a winning ECB
ending while Paul
"Survivalist" Lucas (1767)
upset superhero Daryl "Flash" Gordon (1840). Lucas
took clear 1st Place in the "B" Section with 2.5-2.5. In the "C"
Section, Nathan "E's" Eerenberg (1573) dispatched of Winfred "Guns" Gatlin (1411) to take clear 1st Place with 3.5-1.5. In
addition, Ron "Dutch" Breukelaar (1439) ditched his Queen
early for a piece but hung in there to finally checkmate Manfred Vees
(1064) with a Knight! In the Lower
Section, "Smokin" Corey Frazier
(1223) finished clear 1st Place with 3.5-1.5. 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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