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
CCC Cell Phone
Policy
Unless approved by
the Director, after 7:30pm, 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.
Time
Control For McAlister's All
Sections: G75 The player with the Black
pieces chooses whether to use "5 second
time delay." If so, 5
minutes subtracted from both clocks. 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..."
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!
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Jul 29 - Aug 26 McAlister's
13 5-SS, G75, D5 or no
(Black decides upon 5 second delay;
if so, 5 minutes
subtracted from both clocks)
In 4 Sections: Top, "B",
"C", Lower Top Section $50.
FREE Entry other Sections.
(Must have 4
points with no Byes) EF: $5 per Rd (Nons
$8.) Round @ 7:30 pm
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Buddha was
asked, " What have you gained from meditation? He
replied, "Nothing! However, let me tell you what I
have lost: anger, anxiety, depression, insecurity,
fear of old age and death..." Buddha
"If
people are not laughing at your goals, then
you have not set them high enough!" Anon
"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
"You don't stop playing
when you get old; you get old when you stop
playing!" Benjamin
Franklin
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
"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
"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 for 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!? Groucho Marx
"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 you 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
"If you have enemies;
good. That means you stood up for something
during your life..."
Winston Churchill
“The more you play, the
more beauty you are able to see.”
Alexander Stripunsky
"The side which stays
within it's fortification is beaten"
Napoleon
"Great spirits have often
encountered violent opposition
from weak minds."
Einstein
"I know not with what
weapons World War III will be fought, but World
War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
Einstein
"Not everything that counts
can be counted, and not everything that can be
counted counts."
Einstein
"The belly, when not
restrained, destroys the virtue of the
soul." Pope Gregory the Great
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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 charlottechessclub@gmail.com
Scroll down for Weekly "News & Views"
Article
The Charlotte
Chess Club is the premier
"adult" chess club in the southeast. The CCC
is open to players of every race, color, creed,
national origin, gender, religion, political
affiliation or galaxy! As a CCC member,
you are expected to treat your fellow members
equally, with dignity and respect regardless
of skill level or experience.In accordance with
the standards of good sportsmanship, all members
are asked to shake hands before and after
each game! If during play, a possible rules
violation occurs, you must first, stop your
clock and report the situation to the Tournament
Director. (A loud verbal confrontation over the
rules is a distraction to everyone) The TD will
make the necessary ruling. If a noise
distraction occurs, you may stop your clock,
turn to the "minor noise violators" and silently place your finger
over your lips! After the "talkers"
acknowledge your complaint, you resume your
game. All postmortem analysis must be moved to
an area away from games which are still in
progress. Anyone who violates these rules will
receive 10 lashes with a wet noodle... Have
fun!! NMLF
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 McALISTER'S
DELI 4805
Park Rd. Charlotte, NC 28209 (East
on Woodlawn Rd, right on Park Rd. 2blks on L
at Seneca Pl)Primarily an "adult"
club, the CCC
conducts a perpetual 5 round
tournament with one round
being played each Wednesday
evening at 7:30
pm sharp!The time
control is G75
- Entry fee is $5.
($8
for non-members) Top
Section $50
FREE Entry for
other Section winners. -
(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 guarantees
a private area with padded
chairs and a lamp over each table!
- 2
players per table!! "Wi-Fi,"
great menu and prices, direct parking for 100
cars, his & hers sanitary multi-port
lavatories and very friendly crew! --- (Management
requests that you purchase your
meal at McAlister's
Deli) --- 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 $3. 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 orUSCF simply
show up at the site! (Current
Crosstable) Note: Non-members
will be preempted by
Members who arrive before7:30pm!
If you're running late, call or text
704-965-8931
and we'll work you in! ******************************* Contact
Information:
charlottechessclub@gmail.com
Explanation
of "Weekly Tournament Competition" The
CCC conducts a perpetual 5 round
tournament with one round being played
each Wednesday evening at 7:30 pm. sharp!
The time control is G75 - 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! McAlister's
stays open til
10:30pm.
* Chess Tweet
* Chess Tweet * Big Shout Out to CCC member and student Doug
Mackey
who just
underwent a
kidney
transplant.
Get well
soon!!
******************************************* FSC
Sunday Morning
Class
It
is my honor to instruct an
extraordinary class of 4
and 5 year
old students on Sunday mornings! From
left to right, Aloleeka, Athul and Saanui
(Aaryan is not pictured) This
is truly the highlight of my week. Their smiles
are my reward!
*************************** But
even more extraordinary
is my Wednesday afternoon student, 93 year old Jack Eulitt, who
resides comfortably with his friends at Asbury
on the Aldersgate campus. Jack is
an amazing character who has surely accomplished
many great achievements in his lifetime. He was
a Boy Scout troop leader for 50 years and
taught hundreds of kids how to play chess! As an investment
adviser, he has 8
titles behind his name!! His son flies 787's,
his daughter is a jet test pilot and his other
daughter retired from the Charlotte Police
Dept!!! Along with my 94 year old dad,
Hilbert,
this guy is THE most compos mentis
nonagenarian you will ever encounter.
Furthermore, not to embarrass anyone at the CCC,
after playing 4 or 5 games with
him, I would appraise his skill level to be
between 1200-1300!!
It is an honor tobe his chess
coach.See,
chess does have its rewards!NMLF(Ps.
If you would like to play him, let me know!)
*****************************************
Honorificabilitudinitatibus!!
Congratulations to Rich
"Alert" Trela
(1087) who
finished =2nd-3rd in the Columbia
Open with 4-1
(no losses),
gained 187 rating
points and pocketed $123!!
******************************************
Kudos to 15
year old NM Emmanuel
Carter (2229)
who finished =1st-3rd in Greensboro
with 2.5-.5.
******************************************
Honorable Mention to Debs Pedigo (1251) who lost
his first 5
games at the US
Open but bounced back to win his
final 4 and
finish =2nd U1400 with 4-5, gain 30 rating points
and pocket $55!
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The
following game was published in the January 1992 issue of
the Carolina Gambit
Magazine in an article by Robert Morrell. NM Leland Fuerstman -
SM Craig Jones
Sinquefield
Cup! Live
Games Carlsen, Caruana,
Nakamura, Anand, Topalov, So,
Grischuk, Giri, Aronian,
Vachier-Lagrave
CCC
News & Views 8-20-15 Cremisi, Fuerstman
Lead Top; Lucas, Cashell "B"; Cropper "C";
Canning Lower Section of McAlister's XIII Charlotte,
NC 8-19-15:A slightly lighter turnout of 18 of the most
competent calculators in the
county converged upon this think
tank more commonly known
as McAlister's Deli
in order to participate in
Rd:4
of McAlister's XIII.
In the Top Section, the CCC's
#2 player, 15
year old NM Daniel
Cremisi (2227)
promptly exchanged
Queens and
whittled down the Rooks
and Bishop
ending to ultimately
defeat Paul
"Survivalist" Lucas (1792)
and share the lead
with the Pride
of Mental Hill, ex-Member
of the NCCA Hall
of Fame, NMLeland "Ennui"
Fuerstman(2000)
who sacked a
couple of Pawns,
the Exchange
and a Bishop (See Game 1556) to go ahead and
clobber Expert
Michael "Bolton"
Kliber (2052)
each with 3-1.
In addition, Michael
Uwakwe(1910)
outplayed George
"Cashman" Cashell (1648).
In the "B" Section,
"Little" Joe
Little (1621)
applied
the brakes on Danny
"Stopper" Cropper (1400)
but Lucas and
Cashell still
lead with 2-2.
In the "C"
Section, Mikey
"Trout" Trott(1503)
posted up and dunked
on "Lord" Byron Butler
(1458)
(See
Game 1558)
but Cropper
still leads with 3-1.
In the Lower Section,
Drew Canning(1128)
hunkered down and
methodically defeated
Francois "the Pope"
Gros (1303)
to lead with 3-1.
In addition, Addison
Shonts (1279)
took down Rich "Alert"
Trela (945)(See
Game 1557),
Debs Pedigo (1245)
got by Eric
"Truth" Hartung (1310)
and James E.
Butterworth, III(1057)
outlasted Charlene
Howard (839).
In
order to observe
all results see "Current
Crosstable."The CCC
will conduct Rd:4
on Wednesday,
Aug 26, 2015 at
McAlister's Deli, 4805
Park Rd. Round
begins at 7:30 sharp!
So, get there early and
enjoy a wonderful
meal or dine while
you play! Long
live the CCC!
Weekend Event
Results
Cremisi Clear 1st In Carlsen
Section; Canning, Howard =1st-2nd in Caruana
Section of Big Cookie VI Charlotte, NC 8-1-15:
A grand total of 16 of the
most loyal members of the CCC
Royal Guard gathered
at this perfect chess facility more
commonly known as McAlister's
Deli in order to participate in
Big Cookie VI. In the Carlsen
Section, the CCC's #1
player, 15
year old Daniel Cremisi (2235) dispatched
of 10
year old Aditya Shivapooja
(1709),
Michael Uwakwe (1915),
18
year old Expert Mark
"Steeler" Biernacki (2038)
and the pride of Mental Hill,
ex-Member of the NCCA Hall
of
Fame, NM Leland "Ennui"
Fuerstman (2000) to
finish clear 1st Place
with 4-0
and pocket $100.
Clear 2nd Place was Biernacki
with 3-1
winning $50.
In the Caruana Section,
Charlene Howard(993)
pulled off a final round upset over
new CCC member
Drew Canning(1206)
with whom she shared =1st-2nd
Place with 3-1 and
each won $45.
For complete results (See
Crosstable) The facility
was perfect, the cuisine was excellent
and the camaraderie made for a perfect
afternoon of chess. Fuerstman
directed
Upcoming Events Attn
TD's: Send info for FREE listing to
charlottechessclub@gmail.com
"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