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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)" |
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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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Aug 22 Skyland XXXVI 5-SS, G90, In 4 Sections: Top, "B", "C", Lower. $100 Top! Free Entry per section. EF: $4 for members or $6. Round @ 7:45pm sharp! (Winners must have 4 points with no byes) (Current Crosstable) |
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CCC Top Twenty! "Most Recent Published Rating" |
| 1 |
Shawn Pealer | 2181 |
| 2 |
NM Pat Sciacca | 2163 |
| 3 |
Keith Eubanks | 2130 |
| 4 |
WFM
Jenny Leveikina |
2106 |
| 5 |
Wil Mahan | 2053 |
| 6 |
Patrick McCartney | 2027 |
| 7 |
NM Leland Fuerstman | 2011 |
| 8 |
Jonathon McNeill | 2010 |
| 9 |
Michael Kliber | 1979 |
| 10 |
Matthew Green | 1973 |
| 11 |
Bill Connell | 1923 |
| 12 |
Daryl Gordon | 1909 |
| 13 |
Mark
Biernacki |
1880 |
| 14 |
Clarke
Brosi |
1862 |
| 15 |
Slobodan
Sinanovic |
1822 |
| 16 |
Damon
Smith |
1807 |
| 17 |
Tom
Hales |
1800 |
| 18 |
Dr. Ron Breukelaar | 1746 |
| 19 |
Paul
Lucas |
1739 |
| 20 |
Bill
Wright |
1708 |
| 20 |
Clarence
Walton |
1708 |
| "The breakfast of champions is not cereal,
it is the opposition!" Nick Seitz |
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don't give 'em hell; I just tell the truth,
and they think it's hell!"
Harry Truman |
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when good men stand silent"
Edmund Burke |
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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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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 |
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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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where love does not exist; and love is never
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Official Website of the
Charlotte
Chess Club - Charlotte, North Carolina, USA -
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Chessday, Aug 1, 2012 - This site had 29 unique visitors yesterday- |
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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. Top Section $$100! Other 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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NEWS & VIEWS 7-26-12Skyland XXXVI Begins
- Thanks to a Significant Increase in
Participation,
Charlotte,
NC 7-25-12: A strong turnout of 28, including 3 new members, of the
most courteous calculators in the county
converged upon this mental jousting arena more
commonly known as the Skyland
Family Restaurant in order to
participate in Rd:1 of Skyland
XXXV. (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 1st Prize in the Top Section is Now $100!  board and monitored
the giant flat screen TV with the sound
turned off; open 24 hours!) In
the Top Section, vacations
notwithstanding, current CCC Champion, Team
Asheboro's Wil "Mayhem" Mahan
(2059) was taken to task by the active play of 15
year old Mark "Steeler"  Biernacki
(1880) (See Game
1086) who blundered a piece in the
time scramble allowing the Champion to share the
lead with ex-member of the NCCA Hall of
Fame, the pride of Mint Hill,
NM Leland "Ennui" Fuerstman
(2033) who won the exchange but suffered through
a complicated ending (See
Game 1084) until superhero Daryl
"Flash" Gordon (1909) overstepped the time limit
while Expert Patrick "Flanker" McCartney
(2031) went to the wire with "Judge" Slobodan
Sinanovic (1822) before the Judge advanced a
Pawn to the 8th rank (See
Game 1085), but failed to convert it
to another piece?! According
to the rules, the first player may re-start
his clock until he does... in the confusion,
the Judge lost on time,
each with 1-0.
In addition, visitor from Germany, WFM Jenny
Leveikina (2105) after a lively
middlegame, split the point with mild mannered
reporter for the Daily Planet Clarke
"Kent" Brosi (1848) otherwise known
as SUPERMAN!
In the "B"  Section,
FSC Graduate Dr. Ron
"Dutch" Breukelaar (1750) took full
advantage of his artificial intelligence and
defeated Ashboro CC guru Tom
"Terrific" Hales (1789) to share the lead with Paul
"Survivalist" Lucas (1739) who outplayed
Harry Youchak (1381) each with 1-0. In
addition, David "Copperfield" Blackwelder
(1527) beat down Marnzell "Pat" Hand (1600). In
the "C" Section, "Smokin" Corey
Frazier (1420) won a Bishop for a
couple of Pawns and went on to beat Rich
"Alert" Trela (1198) to share the lead with Blackwelder
with 1-0.
In the Lower Section, wins were
submitted by Asheboro CC member
Homer Cantrell (1333), new CCC
member Curtis Ianni
(1301), new CCC member Mat Sadinsky
(Unr) and Sam Fuerstman (1064). All
welcome new member Luke
Baer. 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! Everyone
is welcome. Long live the CCC!
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Clear 1st in Mint Hill V Mint Hill, NC 7-29-12: Four loyal members of the CCC royal  guard
converged upon the palatial estate of
NM LF in order to
participate in Mint Hill
V and enjoy a hardy lunch! In Rd:1,
NM Leland "Ennui" Fuerstman
(2015) induced a blunder on the 14th
move from "Judge" Slobodan Sinanovic
(1822) (See
Game 1087) while Paul
"Survivalist" Lucas (1739)
outplayed superhero Daryl "Flash"
Gordon (1909). In Rd:2,
Fuerstman sacked the exchange
for a piece and 2 Pawns versus the "superhero" but gave it back
in the end and agreed to a Draw
while the "Judge" brought down
the gavel on the "Survivalist." In Rd:3,
"Ennui Boy" gained a strong
positional advantage against Lucas
who sprang to life in the ending. With
lone Queen vs. Queen
and Pawn, the latter player
claimed Draw, which, even
though his flag had fallen, was
granted! When the smoke cleared, Fuerstman
finished clear 1st Place with
2-1,
pocketed $40
and lost 4
rating points?! Equal 2nd-3rd
were Gordon and Lucas,
each with 1.5-1.5
winning $10.
See Crosstable.
An enjoyable time was had by all. Fuerstman
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