Hey Leland and the CCC, I just want to let everyone know that I am starting a new chess club in Greensboro! It will be called the Laurin Keller Memorial Chess Club and it will meet every Thursday night from 6:00pm-10:00pm at the Folk Teen Center off of Clifton Rd. We will have our first USCF Quick Rated tournament there this thursday the 11th at 7:00pm. Tom Hales will be there to direct our first event!!! I am hoping to have a good number of people show up the first night. I know its kind of a late notice to charlotte players, but maybe one thursday night, someone in the charlotte area could be free, and travel to greensboro to play in a USCF event!! I am planning on having a tournament every thursday night, and may start having one round per week, like the CCC has. I hope some of the CCC members can travel up to Greensboro one thursday night a month to help Greensboro chess get back on the map! If we start having a great turnout, we might even be able to have a weekend tournament there, and have a good prize payout!! The address to the Teen Center is: Folk Teen Center 3910 Clifton Road Greensboro, NC 27407 If anyone needs directions or has any questions please contact me at (619)-788-4299 or e-mail me at JLawson1185@yahoo.com Hope to see a lot of people there this thursday night!!! -Josh Lawson ************************************************ I just created a new website for the Greensboro Chess Club. You can visit it at www.freewebs.com/greensborochess/ I will be updating the site after every meeting, and will start adding club games, and photos as the weeks progress. We just had our first USCF Quick tournament tonight, and it was a success! I will start having a G/75 1 round per week tournament, starting in October. It will be called the October Open, and the entry fee is just $5!!!! The money will go towards the tournament being rated, and some supplies for the club. If I can get enough players committed every Thursday night, then I will be able to do a prize payout, if enough players join! But we will be having a quick rated tournament every Thursday night, until October comes around, then it will be G/75 for a whole month!!! I hope to see some more players come out next Thursday night, or maybe in October. We had a light turnout of 7 players play tonight in the Quick tournament. Please help support Greensboro chess by joining our club and playing in our tournaments!! JL |