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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
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| Sep 22 Asheboro Open |
| Aug 29 thru
Sep 26 Skyland XXXVII 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 |
FM Andrey
Chumachenko |
2435 |
| 2 |
Shawn Pealer | 2160 |
| 3 |
NM Pat Sciacca | 2153 |
| 4 |
Keith Eubanks | 2107 |
| 5 |
WFM
Jenny Leveikina |
2098 |
| 6 |
Wil Mahan | 2061 |
| 7 |
Patrick McCartney | 2052 |
| 8 |
NM Leland Fuerstman | 2008 |
| 9 |
Michael Kliber | 2000 |
| 10 |
Jonathon McNeill | 1989 |
| 11 |
Matthew Green | 1977 |
| 12 |
Bill Connell | 1923 |
| 13 |
Daryl Gordon | 1893 |
| 14 |
Clarke
Brosi |
1891 |
| 15 |
Mark Biernacki | 1860 |
| 16 |
Daniel
Cremisi |
1841 |
| 17 |
Damon
Smith |
1807 |
| 18 |
Tom
Hales |
1809 |
| 19 |
Paul Lucas | 1780 |
| 20 |
Slobodan Sinanovic | 1771 |
| "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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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" 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 |
| "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 |
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| "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 |
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good. That means you stood up for something
during your life..."
Winston Churchill
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| “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 |
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Official Website of the
Charlotte
Chess Club - Charlotte, North Carolina, USA -
Earth - Milky Way -
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Chessday, Sep 5, 2012 - This site had 73 unique visitors yesterday- |
| 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) 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. (Winners must have 4 points with no byes). 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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of the NC Open and US Masters Yesterday, 73 curious chess people visited this website hoping to read my comments! I have received a number of reports; some very good, and some, well, not so good!? However, out of respect for a personal loss endured by one of the officials, for the next few days, I will give everyone a chance to recover. LF |
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NEWS & VIEWS 8-30-12Skyland XXXVII Begins; Superheros
Bite the Dust! First Prize $100!
Charlotte,
NC 8-29-12: A light turnout of 21 of the most
competent calculators in the county converged
upon this institution of higher thinking more
commonly known as the Skyland
Family Restaurant in order to
participate in Rd:1
of Skyland XXXVII. (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!) Just prior to the round,
write-in
Candidate for NCCA President
NM LF addressed the
members and stated that "since we now have
an overwhelming majority of proxies, all
we must do is show up for the meeting
bright and early on Sunday morning at
8:30am and politely take over the
organization!? My first order of business
will be to abolish the use of proxies for
the election of officers!? My second will
be to process a long overdue audit by a
certified independent auditor..." In
the  Top
Section, (Solve
McCartney's White Mates in 2!) Expert
Patrick "Flanker" McCartney
(2052) got creative in the opening against
superhero Daryl "Flash" Gordon (1893) who
promptly blundered a Knight early and
couldn't recover (See
Game 1097) while the
pride of Mint Hill, ex-member of
the NCCA Hall of Fame, Top
65+ player in NC and Grandfather
of 4 write-in
Candidate for NCCA President,
NM Leland "Ennui" Fuerstman
(2008)  smuggled 100 gms of
kryptonite into the playing hall and went ahead
to quickly dispatch of another superhero in the
person of mild mannered reporter for the Daily
Planet, Clarke "Kent" Brosi (1891) aka Superman,
(See Game 1096)
each with 1-0.
In the "B" Section, Paul
"Survivalist" Lucas (1780) survived a
sea-saw battle where he won material early but
had to give some back before Dr. Ron "Dutch"
Breukelaar (1732) overlooked the winning move to
lead with 1-0.
In addition, Winfred "Guns" Gatlin
(1614) won a Pawn but ran out of ammo in an OCB
ending against rising star Sam "Son of
Leland" Fuerstman (1190) and had to
split the point! In the  Lower Section,
"Smokin" Corey Frazier (1344) got back on
track with a win over Eric "Truth" Hartung
(1072), Harry Youchak (1233) bested Nino
Matic (721) - (hey,
check out this app!) and Curtis Ianni
(1236) defeated Luke Baer (933). In
addition, Rich "Alert" Trela
(1176) split the point with returning CCC
member Troy Fletcher (1042). 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 Place in Mint Hill VI Mint Hill, NC 8-12-12: Four loyal members of the CCC royal guard converged upon the palatial estate of NM LF in  order to participate in
Mint Hill VI (G65) and
enjoy a hardy lunch! In Rd:1,
"...look, up in the sky, it's a bird,
it's a plane, it's SUPERMAN
disguised as mild mannered reporter
for the Daily Planet Clarke
"Kent" Brosi (1890) who
vanquished the pride of Mint Hill,
ex-member of the NCCA Hall of
Fame NM Leland "Ennui"
Fuerstman
(2011) in Rd:1
while Paul "Survivalist" Lucas
(1762)
again
escaped certain death in a time
scramble from Judge Slobodan Sinanovic
(1816). In Rd:2,
Fuerstman's Fromm Gambit
prevailed over the good Judge while "Superman"
outlasted the "Survivalist." In Rd:3,
"Ennui Boy" barely survived
against Lucas while the "Bruce
Jenner look alike" agreed to Draw
in a time scramble with the Judge
to secure clear 1st Place with
2.5-.5
and win $40.
Fuerstman was 2nd with
2-1
winning $20.
See Crosstable.
An enjoyable time was had by all. Fuerstman
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