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"Current
Roster"
Sep 2012 Supplement
Image, E-mail, rating, gain/loss, state
ranking, lifetime winning %, CCC
& USCF Expiration
- The CCC has 61
currently paid members -
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(Points
Gained Since Aug 2012)
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Winfred
Gatlin
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+55
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1602
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Daniel
Cremisi
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+51
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1818
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Spencer Singleton
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+48
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1680
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Joe Shirlen
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+37
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962
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Sam Fuerstman
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+35
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1064
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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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TD a Player Himself
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Time
Control For Skyland
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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16L. Possible
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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Moving before
button pushed
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Last 4 Issues of
"News & Views"
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"The breakfast of champions is not cereal,
it is the opposition!"
Nick Seitz
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"I
don't give 'em hell; I just tell the truth,
and they think it's hell!"
Harry Truman
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"Evil will previal
when good men stand silent"
Edmund Burke
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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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"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 of chess is a draw
theoretically." Fischer
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"There is never always
anything
in chess; save for one's consideration of the exception!"
NM Leland Fuerstman
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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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"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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"Personally, I
don't believe in superstition... It's bad luck!? Groucho Marx
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"What's the use of
happiness?
It can't buy you money?!"
Henny Youngman
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"Don't worry
about avoiding temptation... as you grow older,
it will avoid you!"
Winston Churchill
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"A sure way to lose
something you really want, is to desire it too
much." anonymous
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"Love can not be found
where love does not exist; and love is never
hidden where love really is" anonymous
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"If you have enemies;
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
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"The side which stays
within it's fortification is beaten"
Napoleon
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"Great spirits have often
encountered violent opposition from weak minds."
Einstein
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"I know not with what
weapons World War III will be fought, but World
War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
Einstein
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"Not everything that counts
can be counted, and not everything that can be
counted counts."
Einstein
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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, Sep 19, 2012
This site had 50 unique
visitors yesterday!
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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)
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!
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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. Every member of
the CCC has the right to vote!"
For more info Email: charlottechessclub@gmail.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 XXXVI
Results
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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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#86
NM Leland Fuerstman Highest Rated 65+ in NC!
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Is the
NCCA Now a Dictatorship? Proper
Procedure ... Ignored?
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McCartney's
Response to "Dictatorship"
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Oct 6
Reserve Angel VII
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Sinanovic's
Puzzle of the Week!
#55 White to
Move Mate in 2!!
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Archive
of 2011 GM Games
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---USCF
2900 Watch!!---
GM Hikaru
Nakamura 2878!
GM Fabiano
Caruana 2856
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"Live"
List of FIDE Top 2700+
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>
Note: The
time control for all Sections is now G90 <
( Black pieces
decide whether or not to use "Time
Delay") |
CCC
NEWS & VIEWS 9-13-12
Kliber Leads Top (?!) Lucas, Gatlin
"B"; Cato "C"; Youchak Lower Section of
Skyland XXXVII - Team Asheboro Mops Up!
Charlotte,
NC 9-12-12: A stronger turnout of 23 of the most
contented chess players in the Charlotte area
converged upon this massive convention hall more
commonly known as the Skyland
Family Restaurant in order to
participate in Rd:3
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!)
In the Top Section, the pride of Mint
Hill, ex-member
of the NCCA Hall of Fame, Top
Senior in NC NM
Leland "Ennui" Fuerstman (2008) ran his
opponents clock after venturing
into a complicated middlegame against Michael
"Jordan" Kliber (2000) who won a Pawn
but lost it back with 16
seconds remaining before Fuerstman made
an "illegal move" (See
Game 1099) to lead with 2.5-.5. (However, when I had a
chance to go over the game, it appeared as
though a Black Pawn had accidentally been
moved 2
squares in one turn?! Unfortunately, it's
too late to complain now...)
Meanwhile, Columbia, S.C.
favorite son Expert Keith
"Chuckie" Eubanks (2107) only had 1:30 remaining
to his opponents 7
minutes when he emerged into a relatively Drawn
position and offered Draw!? Unfortunately, Expert
Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (2052) rejected the
offer and went on to blunder and lose on time
himself?! In addition, Team Asheboro's
Expert Wil "Mayhem" Mahan
(2062) trounced Paul "Survivalist" Lucas (1780)
while Asheboro chess guru Tom "Terrific"
Hales (1809) prevailed after a difficult
battle with Dr. Ron "Dutch" Breukelaar
(1732) (See Game
1100). In the "C" Section, Team
Monroe's
Tony
"the Tiger" Cato (1540) prevailed
over Teammate
Ian "Flemming"
Haigler (1524) to
lead with 1.5-.5.
In addition, Team Asheboro's
Homer "Simpson" Cantrell (1415)
outplayed Winfred "Guns" Gatlin (1614) while David
"Copperfield" Blackwelder (1556) K.O.ed
"Smokin" Corey Frazier (1344). In the Lower
Section, the question was posed to Sam
"Son of Leland" Fuerstman (1190), "did you
sack against Youchak?!" Harry
Youchak (1233) agreed to Draw and
leads with 2.5-.5. Meanwhile, Eric
"Truth" Hartung (1072) defeated Rich
"Alert" Trela (1176) while new CCC member Jesse Linker
(Unr) won his first tournament game against
Luke Baer (933). 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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Brosi
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
directed.
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