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10-08-2002 08:17 PM ET (US)
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Welcome to the new Chess in the Triangle Discussion board. Here are the rules:
1) All posters must identify themselves by both first and last name. All other posts will be deleted!
2) No profanity
3) No personal attacks. Critique is fine, but no name calling.
You may want to click "sign in" at the top of this page. If you sign in a light blue star will appear beside your name. This will authenticate your identity.
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| Leo Cabana
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10-23-2002 11:50 PM ET (US)
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(posted on Nita's behalf)
Hiya Chess Players!
This coming Friday, on October 25, an unrated G/15 Quad Tournament, Directed by Alan Patrick, will begin at 8 pm at the Raleigh Chess Club. There will be no entry fee and USCF membership is not required. First Place winners of each Quad will be offered free coffee and snacks.
I hope to see you all at the Tournament on Friday! If you come, it would be a good idea to bring a set and clock, if possible.
All the best from Nita, Raleigh Chess Club President
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10-24-2002 05:16 PM ET (US)
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Volunteer Chess coach needed for elementary school in Cary. We will be meeting on Thursdays after school. If anyone could help out at all, please let me know!
Also looking for a chess tutor. Thank you!
Nancy Hammond
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| Leo Cabana
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10-28-2002 01:05 PM ET (US)
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Edited by author 10-28-2002 01:06 PM
Concerning the authenticity of the names of those who post messages: Some of the names of people who have posted to this discussion group have a star next to them. This means that they have registered with Quicktopic, and the star serves as proof that the person who posted the message actually is the one who registered under that name. To eliminate the possibility of anyone registering and posting messages under your name, please register with Quicktopic and sign in before posting your first message (the system allows only one registered user for a particular name). Registering simply requires supplying a name and password, and is very quick an easy to do. Note that registering with Quicktopic is not necessary in order to post messages, and that any stranger can post under whatever name they type in. Therefore names appearing without the star may or may not be the true name of the person posting. Leo Cabana Borders Chess Club http://www.BordersChess.org
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| Leo Cabana
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10-29-2002 02:16 PM ET (US)
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Borders Chess Club plans to have its next tournament on Saturday, November 9 at Borders bookstore in Cary (Walnut Street). I would like to get input from those who have played in our tournaments (or plan to play in the future). What format should we use? The formats that we have tried so far are: Quads: 4-person sections by club rating, round-robin with 3 rounds at G/30 (or 6 rounds at G/15 if everyone in your quad agrees). Hexes: 6-person sections by club rating, round-robin with 5 rounds at G/15. Swiss: 4 rounds at G/20, Open and Under-1400 sections. Please let me know if you have a preference for any of these formats, or if you would like to suggest a different one. More information about our tournaments is available on the club web site. Leo Cabana Borders Chess Club http://www.BordersChess.org |
| Lance Bledsoe
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10-31-2002 01:51 PM ET (US)
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The quad format is my first choice, with hexes a distant second. The drawback to the swiss system format is that with only two sections, those of us who are rated way below 1400 always end up getting waxed by the higher-rated players. It's nice to get to play people who are closer to me in ability.
The only downside to the hex format is that G/15 is a little too fast for me, although I would prefer that to the swiss system format.
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| Mark D. Brodie NM
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11-01-2002 01:54 PM ET (US)
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I prefer the 3 round guad by far. I would be happy to discuss my reasons briefly. My number is 847-3406. Please do not share this nuber with ayone. Thank you.
Mark Brodie
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| Mark D. Brodie NM
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11-01-2002 02:37 PM ET (US)
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Since "profanity" has several different meanings, some of which are in no way offensive to the majority of the population, I would suggest that the individual suggesting the avoidance of profanity in messages on this billboard, should be more specific about what kind of language is intolerable.
For example, I once told my boss that I "swear to God" that I would make an effort to improve the quality of my work. He took offense at what was intended as a positive comment, and said that he planned to ban profanity in the as yet unwritten company policies.
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| Mark D. Brodie NM
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11-01-2002 02:43 PM ET (US)
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This is to assure that all the messages accredited to me are truly me, but I didn't figure out right away how to use this incredibly user-friendly and simple system.
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| Gary Maltzman
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11-01-2002 10:03 PM ET (US)
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I prefer the G/30 quads; however, I would probably play in most formats. I agree that the two section swiss is not that good for the rating distribution that we get at the tournaments - also that they have more than 16 players which really is the "theoretical best maximum" for a 4 round swiss. Two options for better swiss tournaments for our typical turnout might be:
1)4SS - G/20 3 sections: Open - u1600? - u1100?
2)3SS - G/30 (Octagonals) in 8 player sections by rating (6-10 player sections if not divisible by 8)
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| Jeffrey Mason Jones
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11-01-2002 11:51 PM ET (US)
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If you go with the Swiss you could do something like 10 player sections. I don't mind the round-robin format but then you cut out late players and players who might have to leave early.
Also in response to message 8. I'm generally open-minded about profanity but will try to use my best judgement in determine what is colorful description and what is profane. Having said that I will state that no "F-bombs" will be permitted as well as racial, ethnic, or erocentric(sexuality) slurs.
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11-06-2002 09:50 AM ET (US)
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I am new to this area from the West Coast. I'll be here until May or June '03. Is anyone able and interested in meeting during the day, any day of the week, for a few games? My rating is 16/1800. I am open to play and/or analysis. I live in Morrisville but will travel to wherever. I can be called at 919/677-1984 and e-mailed at garry@nc.rr.com.
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11-06-2002 10:20 PM ET (US)
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This Saturday (Nov 9) the Borders Chess Club will host its monthly tournament at the usual place and time. We will use the quad format, by far the most popular. More details can be found below, and on the club web site. Those planning to play should bring chess equipment (especially clocks!) if possible. Many new tournament players have joined us lately, so even with the clocks kindly loaned to us by the Raleigh Chess Club, finding clocks for every board might not be easy. On December 14th, we will have our first ever Borders Chess Club Championship. More details soon, but please note that only those who have played in a local Borders chess tournament will be eligible to compete for the championship titles. So anyone who hasn't played in a Borders tournament yet can qualify for the championship title by playing this Saturday. Leo Cabana Borders Chess Club http://www.BordersChess.org=========================== Borders Chess Quads IV Saturday, November 9, 2002 Borders Books Music & Cafe 1751 Walnut Street, Cary NC 3 rounds, Quads format, G/30, unrated (quad members may agree to play 6 G/15 rounds instead) Registration: 1:30-2:15pm; Rounds at 2:30, 3:40, 4:50pm. Please enter only if you can play all of your games! Please bring chess equipment (especially clocks!) if possible. $5 entry fee (cash only) $15 prize to 1st place in each quad |
| Jeffrey Mason Jones
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11-11-2002 10:12 PM ET (US)
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Just a reminder to everyone. TACO IV will be this Saturday. The TACOs are the same format as the Phi Kappa Blancas 3-SS 40/90 SD/30 in three sections. Entry fees are only $10 and prizes are $60-$20 in each section. Website: http://upperneusechess.freewebpages.org/taco.html |
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11-12-2002 09:52 AM ET (US)
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Jeffrey-is Taco IV a USCF rated tourney? I couldn't find the PKB format. Thanks
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11-12-2002 11:09 AM ET (US)
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Jeffrey- Is Taco IV a USCF rated tourney? I couldn't find the PKB format. < replied-to message removed by QT >
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11-12-2002 07:04 PM ET (US)
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Yes TACO IV is USCF rated...
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11-12-2002 10:51 PM ET (US)
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Results of Borders Quad Tournament #4, held December 9, 2002: The winners are listed below with their pre-tournament club ratings and total points scored out of 3. Congratulations to the winners on their fine performances! Quad 1: John Bidwell (2162) and Ken Carberry (1981), 2 points Quad 2: Sean George (1410), 3 points Quad 3: Daniel Faries (1511), 3 points Quad 4: Joshua Taylor (1405), 3 points Quad 5: Ronald Sorrell (1280), 3 points Quad 6: Luis Guzman (1231) and Zack Gilbert (1121), 2.5 points Quad 7: David Gilbert (1035), 3 points Quad 8: Robinson Carter (989), 3 points Quad 9: Nitin Krishnan (874), 3 points Borders Chess Club Championship will be on December 14. More details soon. http://www.BordersChess.org |
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11-13-2002 12:35 PM ET (US)
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I want to sign up for the state correspondence tournament, but I don't think I'm an NCCA member yet. Can I send Jeff Jones the $10 membership fee along with my $10 entry fee?
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11-13-2002 10:28 PM ET (US)
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/m19 Yes, I'll accept and forward all NCCA memberships. I will also collect NCCA memberships at the TACO this weekend as well.
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11-18-2002 10:16 PM ET (US)
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Edited by author 11-19-2002 10:44 PM
The following won prizes at TACO IV this weekend. Open Section: 12 players 1st: NM John Bidwell, 3 points, $60 2nd: NM John Kirby, 2.5 points, $20 3rd: FM Ronald Simpson, Curtis Graham, Bradley Marts, 2 points, $4 Under 1800 section: 15 players 1st: Jacqueline Guglielmi, 3, $60 2nd: Logan Allin, Noah Blach, 2.5, $15 Under 1400 section: 10 players 1st: Samuel Padgett, 3, $60 2nd: David Blair, Michael Taladay, Yakov Shlapentokh-Rothman, Phillip Whittington, 2, $5 The full crosstable can be found at http://upperneusechess.freewebpages.org/crosstables/taco4.html
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11-19-2002 10:51 PM ET (US)
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Just a quick note. Due to input of the players at the T.A.C.O. tournaments I will be changing the format starting in March, The tournament will become a 3-SS G/90. The 40/90 SD/30 format will remain in effect for the January and February TACOS
Also after the Capitol Area Junior Open on December 28th, I am considering having the Raleigh Quick Chess Championships please let me know if there is any interest.
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11-19-2002 11:57 PM ET (US)
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Jeff: How about alternating the TACO G/90 with a different formats? Example:
April: Raleigh Quick Champ. Open/u1400 7SS - G/15
May: TACO Open/u1800/u1400 3SS G/90
June: City of Oaks
July: TACO
August: Raleigh Rating Booster Open/u1700/u1300 5SS G/45
September: TACO
October: Raleigh G/60 Open/u1800/u1400 4SS G/60
November: TACO
December: Afternoon Quick Open Open/u1400 5SS G/29
I'd actually prefer a G/80 3SS for the TACO which would get most local folks home at dinner time. I would guess that the u1400 players at a TACO would rather play 5SS G/40 as it appears most of them are done very quickly with their games and wind up making a lot of noise waiting for the next games.
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11-20-2002 12:52 PM ET (US)
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That's a great idea, Jeff. My main gripe about the TACO was that it took up a whole Saturday, and I spent most of my time there waiting for the next round to start. I'm looking forward to the new format.
Do you know have an idea yet about what the starting time for the rounds will be?
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| Jeffrey Mason Jones
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11-20-2002 11:10 PM ET (US)
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Gary, I could do G/80. Actually the quicker the better for me. I don't like the idea of changing format each month though since it would creat alot of confusion as to what is being run when. Also having different formats for different sections could be a recipe for disaster as well and since the tournament is still gear to more serious players, I think the 3-SS G/90 would still be more appropriate. Besides, I've had several times when I've have to wait for a couple of 1200-rated players to bang out a time scramble before ending a round. I'd like to go with the regular TACO event with special events in the middle and end of the year. (City of Oaks in June and Junior Open in December.)
Lance, probably would be 10-1-4.
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11-22-2002 01:57 PM ET (US)
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I agree that changing the format every month could get confusing. I like Jeff's idea of a fixed format with an occasional (twice a year or so) change.
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11-26-2002 08:25 PM ET (US)
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I have decided to add a 5-SS G/30 USCF-rated tournament on December 28th starting at 6PM. I'll post details in a little bit. For anyone who has played in a TACO the tournament will be FREE !!! Limit of 50 players.
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| Jeffrey Mason Jones
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11-29-2002 10:38 PM ET (US)
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I'm looking for people to carpool to the Winston-Salem Open on December 7th. Info on the tournament is at http://www.austinchessclub.org/wso.htm. Either call me at 250-9717, email me at kwyjino924@aol.com, or meet at the Borders in Cary at 7:45am on Dec. 7th. |
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11-29-2002 10:40 PM ET (US)
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Sorry that email is kwyjibo924@aol.com
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12-05-2002 02:12 PM ET (US)
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Edited by author 12-05-2002 02:12 PM
Unfortunately due to the weather I'm going to have to work Saturday and can't do Winston-Salem. I only heard from and can't find his e-mail (Richard Carroll). Sorry Richard.
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12-12-2002 02:28 PM ET (US)
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Saturday, December 14, 2002
2002 Borders Chess Club Championship
Borders Books Music & Cafe
1751 Walnut Street, Cary NC
FORMAT: 5 round swiss, G/20, unrated
REGISTRATION: 1:00-1:45pm; rounds at 2:00, 2:50, 3:40, 4:30, 5:20pm.
NOTE: This tournament is open only to those who have previously played in a local Borders chess tournament.
SECTIONS: Open and Under-1400
ENTRY FEE: $10 for Open section, $5 for U1400 (cash only)
PRIZES: trophy to 1st in each section; cash prizes to top places in each section; special U1400 prize: USCF trial membership or junior membership to top scorer who has never been a USCF member.
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| Jeffrey Mason Jones
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12-16-2002 03:45 PM ET (US)
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Edited by author 12-16-2002 03:46 PM
/m29 Players who played in the Pawn Pickin and Kung Pao Checkin are also eligible for free entry into the F.A.S.T. tournament
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12-16-2002 03:47 PM ET (US)
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Just a reminder the deadline for early sign up for the Capitol Area Junior Open is December 24th. Entry Fee is $10 for pre-registrations and checks should be mailed to:
Jeffrey Jones
3139-I Calumet Dr.
Raleigh, NC 27610
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12-17-2002 09:49 PM ET (US)
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2002 Borders Chess Club Championship! OPEN SECTION 1st: Vann Alan Patrick, 4.5 points 2nd: John Bidwell and Amir Hosseini, 4 points Best-under-1700: Chris Thomas, Garry Singer, and Leo Cabana, 3 points Best-under-1500: Luis Guzman, Spencer Quick, and Phillip Whittington, 2 points UNDER-1400 SECTION 1st: Misha Lavrov, 5 points 2nd: Pete Shedor and Nitin Krishnan, 3.5 points Special Under-1400 prize USCF trial membership: Max Le, 2points Cross-table (with updated club ratings) at http://www.BordersChess.org |
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12-23-2002 11:15 PM ET (US)
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As of now I only have three pre-registered players for the Capitol Area Junior Open. Let's hustle kids!!! ;-)
Also I have only three players for the state correspondence championships. 1 in the Open and 2 in the Amateur.
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12-30-2002 01:41 PM ET (US)
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When can we expect a crosstable for the Junior Open?
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| Jeffrey Mason Jones
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12-31-2002 12:09 AM ET (US)
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01-06-2003 10:10 AM ET (US)
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Edited by author 01-06-2003 10:12 AM
Greetings, My name is Boris Chertock, I am a principal of Raleigh Russian School "Znaika". I am looking for a Chess Master who is interested in teaching chess for children ages 6-16 years old. The classes will be scheduled for Sundays, approximately from 11-00 to 1-00pm. The instruction will be conducted in Russian and/or English. Please visit our website at http://www.znaika.com
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01-08-2003 09:54 PM ET (US)
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Current results after Round 2 of the Raleigh Booster Swyss:
1st: Dana Daves, Bradley Marts, Aaron Hodges 1½
4th: Gregory Duel, Mark Ricketts, 1
6th: Matthew Hammond ½
7th: Jennifer Hammond 0
Remember the Upper Neuse Chess Clun meets Wednesday from 7-10pm at the Buger King at 535 Walnut St. in Cary for a tournament that runs through the end of February. One game a night at 30/60 SD/30 time controls. $2 per game.
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01-10-2003 09:54 AM ET (US)
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Borders Quad Tournament #5 January 11, 2003 Borders Books Music & Cafe 1751 Walnut Street, Cary NC REGISTRATION: 1:30-2:15pm; rounds at 2:30, 3:40, 4:50pm. SECTIONS: 4 player sections by similar club rating (those without a club rating will be assigned a temporary rating). FORMAT: round-robin, 3 rounds, G/30 Quad, unrated. Members of a quad may agree to play 6 rounds at G/15 instead. For any section with a number of players not divisible by 4, the format will be altered. ENTRY FEE: $5 (cash only) PRIZES: $15 to 1st place in each quad WEB SITE: http://www.BordersChess.org |
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01-17-2003 03:17 PM ET (US)
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Michael Buiaz, Would you please e-mail me,so that I might obtain your e-mail address..thanks,Neal harris
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01-22-2003 02:06 PM ET (US)
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I would just like to say I like the current time controls for the TACO tournaments. I think G/75 is too short for me. It seems as though the TACO tournaments are growing in popularity. Why fix what's not broken?
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| Gary Maltzman
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01-23-2003 12:30 AM ET (US)
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Since Jeff's tournaments are pretty much the only rated games in the area I think that is what is drawing the players and not the longer time control. Jeff had mentioned that the folks that originally requested the longer TC's haven't really shown up. I would have played in 4 of the 5 TACO's if the TC was G/75 - instead I was only able to play in one and I could not stay for the 3rd round -- and I like long TCs - I just can't commit the time. I think there are now enough chess players in the area (or willing to travel to the area) to support a real mix of formats. We have gotten 40+ players on a few occasions to play in the Border's G/15 to G/30 non-rated tournaments so there are certainly enough folks around who don't mind quick chess speeds.
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| Jeffrey Mason Jones
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01-23-2003 01:51 AM ET (US)
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/44 I'm kind of caught in a bind as far as what to run. Ideally I would run the 40/90 SD/30 tournaments, but since I work a second job most Saturday evenings, running one requires one of two things. 1) I take a Saturday off of work. (Which is not much of hassle, but I can't consionably take too many off and I'd like to have some days to myself) 2) I dump the last round in Nita Witting's lap and have her stay possibly as late as 11PM. Not to mention coming back to the fellowship hall at 3AM and spening an hour cleaning the place up.
Several players also requested the shorter time controls as they so that they can get home in time to have dinner with their families, go to their evening jobs, etc. Of course I do have a group of regluars who travel two hours, and on player at the last TACO drove five hours to get there.
Basically I'm trying to maximize the convenience to the players and myself, but I'm aware that not everyone is going to be happy with the decision to abbreviate the tournaments. It should be noted that in the last year the largest attended tournament I ran was a G/30 dual rated tournament. That also factored in to the decision to change the time controls.
And yes those players who groused the most about there not being "quality" tournaments in the Triangle have neither shown up, nor even inquired about how things went.
Respectfully,
Jeffrey Jones
TD, TACOs
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01-23-2003 01:56 AM ET (US)
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Current leaders in the Raleigh Booster Swiss:
1st-2nd: Bradley Marts (1619) 2+1=0-1H /3 pts.
Aaron Hodges (unr.) 2+0=0-2H /3
3rd-5th: Jeffrey Jones (1813) 1+1=0-2H /2.5
Kwadwo Acheampong (1765) 1+0=0-3H /2.5
Mark Ricketts (1146) 2+1=1-0H /2.5
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01-23-2003 09:23 AM ET (US)
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I'm realistic enough to understand that not everyone likes generous time controls. I'm a slow thinker myself and feel very much at a disadvantage if I have to rush my game. I travel to the TACO tournaments--when I can get there--from Greenville with a contingent of my high school players. Several other people I know drive up from little Washington which is even farther. Shorter time controls wouldn't bother my high school kids, but it is a real disincentive for me.
We are seriously talking about having rated tournaments in Greenville. I have lined up a couple of church halls as possible places--TACO gave me that idea. If this comes to pass, then by having more tournaments in the area we could satisfy more people. When TACO goes to the short time format maybe Greenville can start with long time controls. The problem I see is that Triangle Area people might balk at driving to Greenville. We might start with a scholastic tournament or have dual adult/scholastic tournaments or have scholastic and adult tournaments on different weekends. Ideas and suggestions for what Greenville should do are welcome. I hope y'all don't mind a little "competition." Actually I think that the more chess that is available the more people will be drawn in. Since we have started meeting at Barnes and Noble here in Greenville we have had a dramatic increase in the number of people dropping by to play games.
I see I tied for third again in the under 1800. It's a little frustrating to win 2 out of 3 and then lose ratings points. Maybe I'll play up next month and let the 2200s beat up on me.
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01-31-2003 01:49 AM ET (US)
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A huge congratulations goes out to Nisha George for being ranked ninth in the US among girls under age 13! If I'm not mistaken this is the first time a Triangle-bred player has ever cracked the top ten of any of the USCF rating list. Good job Nisha.
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02-03-2003 08:34 AM ET (US)
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Just to note to all plyers with questions regarding TACO VI on February 15th. I will be out of town on vacation from Feb. 6 to Feb. 13. If you need to reach me about any questions my cell phone number is 270-9948. I will also have my cell phone turned on for all my tournaments until the first round starts (For obvious reasons I cut the phone off at that point).
The Raleigh Booster Swiss will go on as scheduled thanks to Nita Witting's gracious offer to cover for me Feb. 12.
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02-06-2003 02:17 PM ET (US)
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Looking for a person to possibly teach Beginners Chess to High School students for a five-week period, 1:30 PM until 2:30 PM, M-Th, June 2nd through July 3rd, on a local college campus. If interested, please call 252-446-1921, ext. 28.
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02-10-2003 12:19 PM ET (US)
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I would like to know where people gather to play chess in the Raleigh/Durham Area. EMail-stebo68@bellsouth.net
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02-10-2003 02:01 PM ET (US)
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Steve, The Borders Chess Club has a page with information about and links to several chess groups in the Triangle area. Visit http://www.BordersChess.org and click on "Links". Leo Cabana Borders Chess Club Cary, NC |
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02-13-2003 08:41 PM ET (US)
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Did anybody happen to record the recent Kasparov v. Deep Junior match on ESPN 2 last Friday? I was out of townand missed it.
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02-19-2003 11:08 PM ET (US)
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Please note that there will be a change in the Wednesday night tournaments at Burger King in Cary. Instead of the ladder (which I don't think we'll have enough players to run an effective ladder) I'll be running a 3-SS G/30 each week. There will be two sections: Open and Under 1400 b/4+ in each section. EF will be $1 and there will be unlimited (OK basically two) half-point byes available.
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02-20-2003 12:28 AM ET (US)
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Jeffrey,
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Yep. Sorry about that. The new format will take effect in March.
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Friends of N.C. Chess,
I am happy to announce that the 5th Annual Young Masters Chess Camp will take place in Chapel Hill from June 23-27. This is a day camp open to all scholastic chess players who know how to play and like chess.
The camp will be taught by professional chess instructor, National Master and former 5-time N.C. State High School Champion Mike Klein, as well as qualified teaching assistants.
To request a flier, or for registration and questions, please contact Mike Klein at chessinbrooklyn@yahoo.com or (917) 627-8108.
--Mike Klein
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Due to the threat of bad weather for tomorrow night I have decided to postpone round nine of the Raleigh Booster Ladder. The last round will be rescheduled for next Wednesday. I will also adjust the requirement to only playing in 5 of 9 games to accomodate the change. I normally would not cancel just based on the threat but after talking with the manager at the BK in Cary tonight he said it was a pretty fair shot that they'd close early if the weather got squirrelly. Since I'm working outside of Raleigh tomorrow I wouldn't be able to be on top of the situation so I'd rather call it off prematurely than have players show up to a closed store if it gets bad.
Sorry for any inconvenience,
Jeff
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To all of those planning on playing this weekend at the 2003 NC Scholastics..please mail your entries so that I recieve them before the deadline of March 6th(thursday)..the last 2 years I have recieved entries AFTER the tournament was completed!!
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Kevin Hyde has been called up for service in the National Gaurd. I know all of the Chess community in North Carolina will be wishing him Godspeed. Stay Safe Kevin
Sincerely
Ralph Blach
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Just a reminder that the club at Burger King on Wednesday nights is switching its tournament format to a 3-round Swiss with a game/30 time control. Two sections Open and Under 1400. EF will be $1. One tournament each week at least through June.
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Results of the March 12 Humpday Action Tournament..
1st: Josef Mueller 2½
2nd-3rd: Jeffrey Mason Jones, Richard Carroll 2
4th: Dana Daves 1½
5th: Gregory Duel 1
6th: Rubina Lakhani ½
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Hi I was wondering if there were any chess teachers out there or you were aware of to teach a 15 year old from Raleigh. Currently im rated at 1148 but i beat most kids my age. My e-mail address is beez2310@msn.com and i was hoping someone could teach me some game strategies that the books just cant teach. If any one has any information on coaches or is skilled enough (ex:expert or above) to work with me i would grately aprciate it
thanks, Steven
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03-26-2003 10:19 PM ET (US)
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Tonight was the final night for the tournaments at Burger King in Cary. I've had seomthing come up on Wednesday night that make it impossible to run the tournaments.
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We are thinking about trying a USCF QUICK RATED tournament in place of one of the monthly unrated tournaments at Borders. Free entry incentive to try to get some folks to join USCF (I am guessing we have had over 100 non-USCF members play in Border's tournaments over the last few years). Any thoughts, comments, suggestions? Would you play/not play in such a tournament?
Perhaps something like ....
Border's Chess -- Quick Rated Tournament
4SS - G/25 - Reg: 1-1:45 -- Rounds: 2-3-4-5
3 Sections: Open, U1600, and U1200
EF: $6 - FREE to those joining USCF for 1st time or renewing a membership that lapsed before 1-2002
Prizes: based on 8 paid entries in a section $25-$15
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I like the current format.
Garry Singer
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/m67 Sounds like a good idea to me.
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I would definately play in the proposed quick rated Borders tournament. With the demise of the Wednesday night tournaments, there are not many rated G/25-G/30 tournaments in the area.
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I'm curious about one of the events listed on the Upper Nuese Chess web page. It says "Starting March 12th, 2003 Nightime Action." I couldn't find any more info. Can anyone clue me in?
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I'd also play in the rated Borders tourneys. Any particular reason the rated would be run as a swiss rather than quads?
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/m72A few reasons for a swiss set up instead of the round robin: 1) One of the intents is to perhaps get a few non-USCF memebers to join and play in rated tournaments. It takes four games to get the rating "published." 2) If there are several unrateds playing it may be difficult to split them out of the same quad section and then their rating would be very unreliable. The swiss will allow them to play against opponents with established ratings and even play up into the u1600 if they feel that is where they belong. 3) It might help me down the line in becoming a Senior TD and the quads do not count towards the requirements. ;-) I genrally don't like the four round tournaments as someone always complains about getting three blacks and one white - 5 rounds is tough to fit in with the time we have at Borders and would have to be G/20 or faster.
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/m71 Those were the Burger King tournaments. I haven't been able to download an update to the website in a couple of weeks. Computer keeps locking up on me.
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One of the reasons I like the quad format is that I know I'll be playing against people who are pretty close to my own ability level. In Swiss-style tournaments, the lowest bracket is usually U1200, which means I often have to play against someone who is rated 200+ points higher than me.
While I certainly learn a lot from playing against people who are better than me, it's also nice to play against people closer to my own ability level, especially in a tournament (even an "unofficial" tournament). The Border's Quad tournaments are one of the few I know of in this area that offer that.
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/m75We know that many folks like the round robin by rating format (e.g quads) and most all the Border's tournaments will stay as UNRATED Quads. Again, the spirit of this rated tournament would be to encourage some folks to join USCF, get a rating, and maybe play in non-Border's tournaments, too. I would be suprised if you would "often" have to play against a much higher rated player in an u1200 swiss in this area unless you were doing very well in the tournament.
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Does anyone know what a Franklin Mint civil war chess set is
worth? I have one I want to sell.
Please reply to nimzoman@aeroglide.com
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Edited by author 04-04-2003 02:11 PM
I'm trying to buy a Chess Board for my husband's birthday. I purchased a $500 Rosewood/Maple set from Chess Express. The board was damaged when Ireceived it and after returning and receiving damaged boards twice more I decided to call it quits with Chess Express and the company has refused to refund my return shipping costs. Now I'm afraid to purchase another board via the internet and have it shipped. Anyone know where I can find a nice board locally or a reputable vendor that I can order one from? Please respond to michelle@ncsu.edu
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Michelle, Games Galore sells some nice wooden chess boards. They have a store in Raleigh and another in Cary. Their prices are a little high, but you save on the shipping, you get what you see. Leo Cabana Borders Chess Club http://www.BordersChess.org_________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail |
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Just to remind those that might be interested..the 2003 NC Invitational is this weekend(April 12th/13th) at Duke University..Physics Bld. Rm 157..the rounds are 10-3-8 on saturday and 10-3 on sunday..the players are:IM Schroer,NM Bidwell,NM Jones,NM Newton,NM Samsa and NM Harris..spectators are welcomed
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Almost forgot..the 2003 NC Invitational is co-sponsered by the Duke Chess Club..thanks for their assistance!
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MyChessSite is happy to announce the launch of the new Membership Plus Area. In these Membership Plus Pages you will find a rich collection of chess material, and with much more to come, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for every serious chess player. Tons of high quality chess material Files on command service A FREE Powerbook CD Rom We have created a special introduction page, where you can find all information. http://www.mychesssite.net/introduction.htmlAlbert Hoogendoorn webmaster@mychesssite.net |
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Edited by author 04-26-2003 12:04 PM
I am forwarding a message from Sig Smith, a good friend of mine who is generously offering to sponsor a chess tournament in our area: I am interested in sponsoring a USCF-rated tournament in the Raleigh area. The tournament would have both Open and Scholastic sections. I am willing to guarantee $3,000 prize money, with a scholastic Saturday morning tournament prizes of $500 in Savings Bonds. Any ideas for an organizer have them get in touch with me. Sincerely, Sig Smith sigschess@comcast.net http://www.SigsChess.com
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I am ENCOURAGING everyone to try and attend the NC Class this weekend(May 3/4/5)in Burington...The organizer,Thad Rogers has some severe health concerns and will be unable to attend..our best wishes go out to Thad
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I've finally gotten around to updating the UNCU webpage. Crosstables for TACOs 5-8 are posted.
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Edited by author 05-08-2003 12:16 AM
This tournament is now confirmed. As with all Border's Tournaments it is best to check the web site for any last minute detail changes. http://www.borderschess.org/------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Border's Chess Club 1st USCF Quick Rated Tournament When: Saturday, May 10th Where: Borders Books Music & Cafe, 1751 Walnut Street, Cary NC. 4SS - G/25 - Reg: 1-1:45 -- Rounds: 2-3-4-5 3 Sections: Open, U1600, and U1200 EF: $6 - >>FREE<< to those joining USCF for 1st time or renewing a membership that lapsed before 1-2003 Prizes: based on 8 paid entries in a section $25-$15 notes: Arrive early since maximum number of players is 40. Maximum per section is 16 until 5 minutes before registration ends. Unrated players (Border's and USCF) prizes limited to: 75% of 1st prize in u1600 section 50% of 1st prize in u1200 section Ratings used for section eligibility: Maximum of USCF Quick, Border's-200, USCF Regular-200 If less than 8 players in a section format of section may be adjusted at TD's discretion. *** USCF Membership Required *** USCF Membership Info: Category price with magazine/without magazine Adult $45 / $36 Youth 19 & under $23 / n/a Scholastic 14 & under $17 / $12 For this tournament no affiliate commission will be taken! Other categories available, see TD for more information.
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That sounds great!!! My friends needs to know whether u can register on site 4 USCF? Also when is registration time? I cant wait, im already preparing and studding overtime cya then bye Sincerly, Steven Abrahams USCF:1156 >From: QT - Gary Maltzman <qtopic+17-vCEeAJydDps6@quicktopic.com> >Reply-To: QT topic 17-vCEeAJydDps6 <qtopic+17-vCEeAJydDps6@quicktopic.com> >To: QT topic subscribers <qtopic+subs@quicktopic.com> >Subject: Chess in the Triangle >Date: 5 May 2003 04:24:39 -0000 > _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963< replied-to message removed by QT > |
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Registration is 1 to 1:45
Be early as we only have 40 spots available and only 16 in a section (unless we don't have the 40)
Yes, it is BEST to join USCF at the tournament as it will save your friends from $1 to $4.
Your Quick Rating for the tournament would be 1121.
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This tournament is now confirmed. As with all Border's Tournaments it is best to check the web site for any last minute detail changes. http://www.borderschess.org/------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Border's Chess Club 1st USCF Quick Rated Tournament When: Saturday, May 10th /m87 |
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Edited by author 05-11-2003 02:38 AM
We wondered if people would play a USCF Quick rated tournament in a noisy cafe of a books store?? 37 players tried it! We wondered if we gave a free entry to those joing the USCF, would we get some new USCF memebers?? We had 9 new USCF members! We had a players travel from Greensboro and Fayetteville to play! We had several players play who have not played in years! Welcome back! We had 4 different "house" players -- that's a record for any tournament I have directed. Welcome to Expert (2090/1971Q) David Pecora who just moved to the area from California. Brian June left without his $5 prize which he can apply to a future tournament.
Border's Quick Rated Open I -- Open
No. Name Rate 1 2 3 4 Score
1. John D Timmel (1)....... 2143 W4 D3 W2 W5 3.5
2. David B Pecora (3)...... 1971 W7 W6 L1 D4 2.5
3. Derek K Womble (5)...... 1827 W9 D1 L5 W8 2.5
4. Brian June (6).......... 1780 L1 W9 W8 D2 2.5
5. Ben Henson (2).......... 2088 -H- -H- W3 L1 2.0
6. Curtis Adr Graham (4)... 1902 W8 L2 -U- -U- 1.0
7. Jeffrey Mas Jones (7)... 1734 L2 W8 -U- -U- 1.0
8. Gregory Duel (8)........ 1667 L6 L7 L4 L3 0.0
9. Jason Danie Jones (9)... 1648 L3 L4 -U- -U- 0.0
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Border's Quick Rated Open I -- under 1600
No. Name Rate 1 2 3 4 Score
1. Brian Mellendorf (13)... nnnn W9 D5 W11 W3 3.5
2. Robert C Goldman (6).... 1375 L3 W6 W5 W7 3.0
3. Eugene Cloete (11)...... nnnn W2 W8 W7 L1 3.0
4. Leonardo A Cabana (5)... 1381 W12 L7 D9 W8 2.5
5. Phill Whittington (8)... 1347 W13 D1 L2 W9 2.5
6. Joshua Taylor (1)....... 1567 L8 L2 W14 W12 2.0
7. Milton Kicklighter (9).. 1118 W11 W4 L3 L2 2.0
8. Tran King (7)........... 1353 W6 L3 D12 L4 1.5
9. John Averi (10)......... nnnn L1 W13 D4 L5 1.5
10. Richard B Carroll (2)... 1528 -U- -U- -U- W11 1.0
11. M Amir Hosseini (4)..... 1476 L7 W12 L1 L10 1.0
12. Spencer Quick (14)...... nnnn L4 L11 D8 L6 0.5
13. D B Morris (3).......... 1485 L5 L9 -U- -U- 0.0
14. Jeff Hahn (12).......... nnnn -U- -U- L6 -U- 0.0
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Border's Quick Rated Open I -- under 1200
No. Name Rate 1 2 3 4 Score Extra
1. Ameem Shaik (13)........ nnnn W10 W7 W3 W5 4.0
2. Nitin V Krishnan (1).... 1143 W12 L11 W15 W9 3.0
3. Steven Abrahams (2)..... 1121 W4 W8 L1 W11 3.0
4. Logan Woods (15)........ nnnn L3 W12 W6 W7 3.0 W8
5. David Chin (7).......... nnnn W15 W9 W11 L1 3.0 W6
6. Jennifer Hammond (3).... 1090 L11 -B- L4 W13 2.0 L5
7. Matthew N Hammond (4)... 1053 W13 L1 W10 L4 2.0
8. Gokul Subramanian (5)... 736 -B- L3 L9 W12 2.0 L4
9. Nishanth S Shah (12).... nnnn W14 L5 W8 L2 2.0
10. Max Le (10)............. nnnn L1 W13 L7 W15 2.0 W14
11. Edwin A Harris (9)...... nnnn W6 W2 L5 L3 2.0
12. Adrian Nestico (11)..... nnnn L2 L4 W14 L8 1.0
13. Jeff Hahn (8)........... nnnn L7 L10 -B- L6 1.0
14. Anusha Vasudeva (14).... nnnn L9 L15 L12 -B- 1.0 L10
15. Max A Arnold (6)........ nnnn L5 W14 L2 L10 1.0
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Just a reminder to everyone about TACO IX this Saturday. Registration runs from 9AM-9:45AM. Entry fee is $10. USCF and NCCA are required.
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GREAT NEWS!!!!! I am happy to announce that the first annual Upper Neuse Chess Championships will be held 12-14 December, 2003 at the Holiday Inn on Highwoods Blvd. in Raleigh. This event will be a 5-round Swiss System tournament in three sections (Open, Under 1800, Under 1400) The Open section of this tournament will be FIDE RATED!!!! I have preliminary information at http://upperneusechess.freewebpages.org/to...ents/uncchamps.html. Final details will likely be posted within a couple of weeks. But the contract with the hotel is signed and the tournament will be a go. |
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Hi all, Are there any g/25-g/75 tournies within an hour of Raleigh around July 1st? thanx!
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Congratulations are in order for IM Jonathan Schroer, NM John Bidwell, and Mark Brodie: all of whom shared first at the City of Oaks Chess Challenge scoring 4½ points. Vann Alan Patrick, Curtis Graham, Ryan Dearing, and Prateek Peres-da-Silva all were ½-point behind. The crosstable will be posted by Tuesday.
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I forgot to thank Gary Maltzman for staying after the tournament to help me clean up yesterday. Also somebody left a pretty nice clock at the tournament yesterday. If you're missing a clock contact me.
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Does any body know when the new borders ratings will be posted its been over a month now
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/m98I think Leo has been busy and/or out of town for a while and has not yet posted the new ratings I sent him. Here are the new Border's ratings/rank for those who played: Rank Name Rating Change Games 3 Timmel, John 2160 69 7 10 Henson, Ben 2061 -5 8 14 Pecora, David B 1973 2 4 17 Graham, Curtis 1846 -2 43 18 Womble, Derek K 1845 18 4 19 June, Brian 1800 20 4 23 Jones, Jeffrey Mason 1765 5 30 32 Mellendorf, Brian 1673 33 16 37 Duel, Gregory 1628 -40 82 39 Hosseini, Amir 1604 -73 47 42 Cabana, Leo 1567 -32 27 46 Cloete, Eugene 1543 1543 4 50 Taylor, Joshua 1485 -45 45 52 Jones, Jason 1432 -7 10 53 Morris, D.B. 1424 -44 10 57 Goldman, Robert C 1408 33 4 60 Carroll, Richard 1400 27 29 61 Averi, John 1398 1398 4 71 Shaik, Ameem 1338 33 13 74 Whittington, Phillip 1310 74 18 89 Quick, Spencer 1230 -14 37 90 Kicklighter, Milton 1223 49 8 96 King, Tran 1207 25 14 103 Abrahams, Steven 1155 34 4 105 Chin, David 1142 48 17 116 Krishnan, Nitin 1077 2 55 119 Harris, Edwin A 1067 1067 4 125 Woods, Logan 1038 241 8 135 Subramanian, Gokul 1006 -47 38 144 Shah, Nishanth 938 6 18 149 Hammond, Jennifer 912 -29 19 151 Le, Max 908 -1 30 154 Hammond, Matthew 898 7 15 169 Arnold, Max 810 -25 18 176 Nestico, Adrian 735 735 4 183 Hahn, Jeff 668 668 4 195 Vasudeva, Anusha 540 -133 7
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USCF elections are coming up soon and every USCF member 16 years old and up has a vote. If you choose to use the option to vote and you're not sure who to vote for, the following link is the opinion of the nation's leading chess promoter Bill Goichberg. This is a critical election for the USCF and I believe it's important to listen to those who know the political players in our nation's chess scene. If anyone has some information from other chess dignitaries, I would appreciate it if you could post those. http://www.chessnews.org/choices.htmAlso, it's advised that you put 49 cents of postage on the balance since some have been returned with 37 cents. |
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Hi i was wondering what clubs were open this coming weekend (due to the 7/4th holiday)? Thanx, i hope to get an answer before atleast saturday...thanx, Steven
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/m101Borders Chess Club will meet this Saturday as usual (we will meet on every Saturday that the store is open). I will officialy announce on the BCC web site tonight: our monthly Borders tournament resume on Saturday July 12. Leo Cabana Borcers Chess Club http://www.BordersChess.org
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Would there be any interest in a Monday night chess league forming in Raleigh?
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sounds interesting, jeffery, what r the details of it?
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I'd be interested. I liked the Wednesday night format that Jeffery ran earlier this year (3 games at G/30, SS).
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In all likelyhood we'd have 6 four player teams with alternates. We'd play a five round double round-robin in match-point play. We'd play one game a night over 10 weeks (Game 60 or Game 75) Probably would have a random draw for teams. Players will be grouped into groups of six based on rating Top 6 will be the first group etc. One player from each group would be on each team... All games of course would be USCF rated, so USCF membership would be required. Extra players would then be paired against other extras for a rated game. Each week each player arriving ould be required to pay $2 with a minimum entry fee submitted of $80/team. Prizes will probably be in the form of trophies/clocks/plaques.
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Hey people,
1st post :) I was wondering if any one knows if the club in Fayetteville at Joe Mugs cafe is still getting together on Friday nights. This board might be just people who live in the Triangle but I figured I would ask. TIA
Also I'll be going to Borders this Saturday for the first time to check out the club and tourny. I live here in Pinehurst and a handfull of us get together Tuesday nights at Shoneys in Southern Pines if anyone lives close by and wants to come. Dan Garret is the one who put this together.
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/m107Hi Kenny, welcome to the list. Since you mentioned the Borders Chess Club, I just wanted to be sure that you knew that we are having a tournament there this Saturday (June 12). Most Saturdays are for casual chess, and players come and go as they please. But on tournament Saturdays, those competing in the tournament pretty much take all of the available chess tables. You and your friends are of course very welcome at the Borders Chess Club meeting this Saturday or on any Saturday, whether you play in the tournament or not. I hope to see you there. regards, Leo Cabana Borders Chess Club, Cary http://www.BordersChess.org
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/m107Actually I believe the club at Joe Muggs' hasn't met in a while. I know there is a club just off Bragg Blvd. on Thursday night at a rec. center, but I'm not sure of the exact address. Also, I will ask that ALL people please identify themselves by first AND last name. This is one of the rules of the message board. I've been slack on enforcing it, but will start since some problems have started popping up on another website in the area. For the message board rules go to the link below. /m1
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thx for the replies.
Actually I did know there was a tournament Saturday. That's pretty cool that you guys have club ratings. From what I read, this one is not USCF rated and some are. We had a similar type of club rating back at the Rhode Island Chess club. I've been in NC for 3 years. I think the club rating is real good. I been meaning to come there for a while now. I discoverd the website 6 or 7 months ago.
I'll be coming by myself and will get there in time to register for the tourny and have fun. :) I'll bring my board, pieces and clock also.
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/m103 /m106I have not found sufficient interest to hold a league on Monay night but I am still considering the following ideas: 1. Having a weekly USCF rated 3-SS G/30 tournament like what I was hosting on Wednesday a few months back. Quads not likely since players would more likely end up playing the same opponent every week. Entry fees would be $5 and prizes probably $20-$10 b/8 2. Having a weekly 5-SS G/15 quick tournament each Monday. 3. A more ambitious project that I'll currently call the "Super-Grid" This would be a large round-robin tournament held over the span of at least a couple of months. Couple be either quick or standard, bhut would likely require at attendance at at least helf of club meetings. In any event I may also start a local grand prix with prizes being free entry into the Upper Neuse Chess Championships.
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/m111I'd be more likely to play a 3-SS G/29 Quick Rated than a G/30 Regular Rated. The G/15 might be good too -- I will get rid of my way too high Quick rating faster! You may wish to offer a free entry to those joing the USCF for the first time. Build the base! I think I got 9 new members when I did that in the Border's Rated tournament May. Where you planning on having these Monday night tourneys? Burger King on Walnut Street in Cary?
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If I go with the quick rated I'd probably go with the Game/15. More rounds.
We would have them at that BK, yes.
I will do the free entry for first time USCF members.
Right now I'm thinking meetings will start in September. July and August are going to be too hectic for me.
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I'm going to need a TD to cover the last round of the TACO next weekend. My boss scheduled me to go in at 6PM so I'd probably have to leave by 5:15PM (I requeted not being scheduled until 9, but some recent firings/quitters made that impossible). Basically all that would be required is to award prizes and make the the place is locked up afterward. I'll come by after work to finish the clean-up. (Note to everyone attending, please don't leave trash lying around.
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/m111I think you'd find plenty of interest in a 5-SS G/15. I would plan to attend fairly regularly.
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/m111I'd probably play in the 5-SS G/15, but I'd prefer something a little longer like G/25. Sean Pritchard
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Here's what I'm going to do..... The emails I've received don't have a consensus so I'll do a little something for eveyone.... Week 1: 3-RR G/30 Quads, 4-man sections b/rating, dual rated Week 2: 5-SS G/15, one section Week 3: 3-SS G/29 Octos, 8-man sections b/ rating Week 4: 7-RR G/10 "The Octo-robin" if you will Week 5: 5-SS G/15 Club Championships automatic qualifier. Also there will be a club championship, I will probably post details later today at http://upperneusechess.freewebpages.org/to.../clubgrandprix.html |
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Hi, you guys. I'm a new player that will be attending N.C. State this fall. I was wondering if I could get someone to show me around to the chess sites once I get situated.
Oh, and what kind of fees will I have to pay to join the club?
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/m118Hi Chris, welcome to the Triangle area! I'd be glad to show you around the chess scene (Borders Chess Club, Raleigh CC, Cary CC, TACO, New Hope Commons, etc). This Saturday, Jeff Jones will be directing the next TACO tournament in Raleigh. I will be at Borders (Cary) Saturday morning, then at mid-afternoon headed out to the TACO tournament to spectate. Feel free to come along with me. Note to Jeff: if you still need someone to cover for you during the last part of the TACO, I'm available. Leo Cabana, organizer Borders Chess Club http://www.BordersChess.org
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Thanks, I would love to come to the TACO, but I made a promise to Neal Harris that I would attend the Immaculata in Hendersonville this month. I imagine that I will definiately be a regular at the TACO tourneys as soon as I move. The one I did attend was one of my favorite one day tourneys ever.
Ill be moving on Aug 16th and plan to attend the TACO the following weekend. If I could get the tour around that time I sure would appreciate it.
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/m119 Thanks Leo. I'd greatly appreciate it... /m117I forgot to mention that the revamped Upper Neuse Chess Club will start meeting on on the first week of September.
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The tournament was good 7/19. Had a nice turn out. I didn't know what to expect. I'll attend the future ones as well.
I also had a good day. 3-0 clear 1st in the U1400 - $60 :)
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I just finished talking to chess organizer,Richard Crespo of Cajun Chess...he is planning on holding large "money" tourneys in NC..specifically Raleigh,W-Salem and Charlotte..
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We just got back from the Georgia Peach Open in Atlanta. It was run by Cajun Chess. It had a scholastic component in addition to the usual "money" tournaments. We had taken our seven year old boy to compete in the K-3 division. We were very disappointed by the poor organization and a lack of respect and care shown toward the parents and kids. It all started with letting us know that the venue had changed at the last minute while they knew about it a week before. Having a hotel room did not mean anything as the parents had to wait in the lobby of a different hotel all day and had no idea when the pairings would be up and if there would be a lunch break. We were most upset when our son came out crying saying that he had resigned because the other kid was shouting in his face and taunting him all through the game. Even the kids at the next table had asked him to stop talking but he didn't. I know that our son should have put his hand up and told the TD. He said that he couldn't see any adult in the room. We were wondering why the TD was busy selling raffle tickets in the parents' lounge. When my husband talked to him he was rude and it was clear that he didn't care about kids. My husband finally talked to a lady who was helping out and requested her to make an announcement at the beginning of the next round that the players are not to talk during the tournament. She did and the next two rounds went quietly. I believe that this should have been done at the beginning. Just before the next round started, my husband took my son to settle him down and noticed that a white knight was missing at that table. He told the TD about the missing piece and he told my husband to go and buy a set downstairs where they were selling stuff!!! It just left a bad taste in our mouths and ruined our experience. We will surely not go back there again. We have been spoiled by the very nice atmosphere at Borders Chess Club run by Leo Cabana. The scholastic tournament at Davis Drive arranged by Nancy Hammond was excellent where the emphasis was all on kids.
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Recently a few players have mentioned that they usually work on Saturday making it tough to play in any torunaments so I was thinking of running a small Sunday tournament, perhaps in a fast food place in the Cary area. I like the idea of a game 60, 3 rounder with a 1/2 bye for those who can't make it for the first round. Small EF $6-$8.
Any suggestions or preferences?
Would you play in a Sunday tourney?
Ideas....
Fmt TC Sections Rated Approx Round Times
3SS G/60 6-10 players Reg 11:20-1:30-3:40
3SS G/29 6-10 players Quick 2:00-3:10-4:20
4SS G/25 6-12 players Quick 1:30-2:30-3:30-4:30
3SS G/40 6-10 players Reg 1:30-3:00-4:30
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I will be out of the office until August 18th. Please contact Alex Chapman if you have TPS related questions.
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I would play in the G/29 and below or G/75 but nothing inbetween. G/60 is too fast to risk your rating on.
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/m125I would play in USCF-rated Sunday tournaments with time controls of either G/29 or G/60. Like Chris Mabe, I don't want to risk my regular USCF rating by playing at fast time controls (USCF regular ratings are affected by time controls of G/30 or slower). I would prefer something slower than G/60, but this would be hard to do in a single-day tournament. Come to think of it, what fast-food restaraunt would let us stay there for a 3-round G/60, which could easily take 6 hours? Leo Cabana, organizer Borders Chess Club http://www.BordersChess.org
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/m125/m127/m128Don't sweat it because you feel you will loose rating points. If you play frequently, any loss of rating points is only temporary since if your rating is lower you will gain points back faster as you play in the slower time controls. I am more concerned with the quality of the game. I simply hate it when I obtain an advantage (at least one that I understand) only to find I don't have enough time left to execute. At least with the TC of faster than G/30 I don't have a lot of time invested in the game if I blunder an advantage. The reason I included the G/60 possibility was thinking that the folks who can only play on Sunday would get the longest TC affordable in the time I would have on a Sunday -- I guess another option is a 2SS - not much fun for the prizes - but then even a G/90 would be doable. One place I was thinking to ask about the tournament does not do a lot of business on a Sunday so I think they may like to give up 10 tables that are not being used for a chance to make a few bucks off the chess players on lunch/dinner/drinks. I believe that restaurants are prime targets for small tourneys. Jeff mentioned that the Burger King in Cary may also be a option. Be nice if one of the colleges started having some tourneys since they would not have the expense of paying for a site. When I went to school I was able to give almost all EF back as prizes and I had the site literally as long as I needed - one time we even had a round the clock insanity tourney.
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Mrs. Sujatha –
I was distressed to read of your 7/29/03 posting to the Borders/Chess in the Triangle message board about our Georgia Peach Open chess tournament that was recently held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Atlanta. My name is Jean Troendle, and I was the Tournament Organizer of this event. I will address each of your concerns separately below:
We were very disappointed by the poor organization and a lack of respect and care shown toward the parents and kids. It all started with letting us know that the venue had changed at the last minute while they knew about it a week before.
I don’t know where you got this information, but I received a phone call shortly before the scheduled date of the tournament from the original hotel (Doubletree) with which we contracted on February 20, 2003, advising that they “accidentally” overbooked events in the tournament ballroom areas for that weekend and that we, even though we had a fully executed contract for that meeting space, no longer could hold our tournament at that hotel. They informed us that they could move us to an adequate place in their “Resource Center.” As we had never seen this “Resource Center,” and knowing the requirements necessary for a successful tournament, we were forced to leave New Orleans early to do a site inspection of the new facility. Upon arriving in Atlanta, we toured the site that they said would be suitable for our needs, but upon inspection we found that it was very unsuitable for our needs – not enough space, bad lighting, 4 separate individual rooms (upstairs and downstairs) and an open lobby (noisy) area where the kids were expected to play, not enough tables and chairs for the amount of players we were expecting, and no food service in the building at all. As you can imagine, this was totally unacceptable to me and to the Chief TD, Richard Crespo. At this point (one day before the tournament), our main concern was to find a suitable place so that this event would not have to be canceled. We successfully negotiated a contract that very afternoon with the Four-Diamond Grand Hyatt Hotel (approximately 1 block away) that had ample space and good lighting in the ballroom and enough tables and chairs, but the scholastic room was upstairs, not particularly to our liking, but better than canceling the event and upsetting EVERYONE who was in the process of driving, flying and getting ready to attend the tournament. We also made arrangements for notice to our players of the venue change with the Doubletree Hotel . . . they put a notice of the new site at the entrance of their parking facility, their lobby, and a manager was standing inside the lobby of that hotel all morning advising people of the change and offering shuttle buses to the new site. They worked with us to provide a smooth transition to the new tournament site. With so many adult and scholastic players flying and driving to this tournament, and with the amount of walk-in registrations of people whom we do not even know that planned to attend, how would you suggest, one day before the tournament, that we notify everyone of a venue change (or would you have been happier, traveling with your family all the way from North Carolina, if we had canceled the tournament?). Yes, we realize that changing the site at the last minute was not an ideal situation for any of us, but we had no choice but to take it, or cancel.
Having a hotel room did not mean anything as the parents had to wait in the lobby of a different hotel all day and had no idea when the pairings would be up and if there would be a lunch break.
As I have already addressed the different hotel issue, I will not go into it again. However, prior to the start of the tournament, both the Chief TD and I entered the Scholastic Tournament Room to give instructions and rules to the parents and players. First, Mr. Crespo described our usual time format for our scholastic chess sections . . . that lunch would be immediately after the first round (which started at 11am), and that the next round would start at the announced prescribed time (1pm). These times were clearly stated in our advertisement in Chess Life magazine and in all of the pre-publicity advertising that we did for this event. He then asked the parents if, after round 2, they would like to go to what we call the “ASAP” schedule . . . once all scholastic players have completed a round, we would immediately pair them for the next round ASAP . . . “as soon as possible.” Not one parent objected and, as a matter of fact, they all liked the idea of possibly getting out a little early. Therefore, no one could know when the pairings were to be posted as it depended on when the last game was completed, which was a system approved by the parents. All scholastic pairings were posted within ten minutes of the last completed game for that round.
We were most upset when our son came out crying saying that he had resigned because the other kid was shouting in his face and taunting him all through the game. Even the kids at the next table had asked him to stop talking but he didn't. I know that our son should have put his hand up and told the TD. He said that he couldn't see any adult in the room.
Again, prior to the first round when both the Chief TD Mr. Crespo and I were in the scholastic tournament hall, Mr. Crespo went over the rules with the players. He did mention that if there were any problems, and he stressed this . . . “YOU STOP YOUR CLOCK AND RAISE YOUR HAND TO CALL AN OFFICIAL TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.” We have had adult players come out of the tournament hall and complain, after they have lost their game, that another player had “coughed too loudly,” “sniffed every 10-15 seconds,” or for whatever other reason disturbed their game. But it has always been after they have lost and never bothered to call a TD during the game to address the problem situation. We have never had a winning player come out after the game and complain because he had a problem during his game. Once a player resigns . . . for whatever reason . . . the game is over. As far as your son not seeing an official, there was an official, Mrs. Laurie Peller, the only adult in the tournament hall, monitoring the players at all times. Even from your own words above, you realize that, if your son had a problem inside the tournament hall, he should have immediately stopped his clock and raised his hand, and an official would have resolved the problem at that time. However, we will state again, once a resignation takes places, for whatever reason, the game is over.
We were wondering why the TD was busy selling raffle tickets in the parents' lounge. When my husband talked to him he was rude and it was clear that he didn't care about kids.
Some of the perks of every Cajun Chess tournament that make it fun for the kids and the adults are chess “pools” and “raffles,” not to mention the “FREE” gifts given away to those who pre-register at each of our tournaments. (Hopefully your son received his FREE gifts -- an analysis board and chessmen set, a chess notation score book, chess key-chain and a pen -- if he pre-registered.) At the time that the TD was selling raffle tickets, the scholastic tournament hall was being monitored by the scholastic official, Ms. Peller.
I have known Mr. Crespo as a TD for many years and he is extremely strict when it comes to running tournaments, making sure that rounds begin on time and solving any problems that are called to his attention. Not personally knowing what verbally transpired between your husband and Mr. Crespo, I am unable to comment on your claim of rudeness. However, when you mention that it’s clear that Mr. Crespo didn’t care about the kids, nothing could be further from the truth. Mr. Crespo has expanded scholastic chess throughout Louisiana and Mississippi by starting 5 chess leagues in those states and by always including scholastic sections in his major money tournaments, such as the one your son had the opportunity in which to participate. He has coached at numerous schools throughout those states and taught many chess seminars promoting chess to scholastic players of all levels.
My husband finally talked to a lady who was helping out and requested her to make an announcement at the beginning of the next round that the players are not to talk during the tournament. She did and the next two rounds went quietly. I believe that this should have been done at the beginning.
Mrs. Sujatha . . . this WAS done at the beginning. As I mentioned in paragraph two of this response, I myself was present in the tournament hall with Mr. Crespo before the first round when he gave the tournament announcements and rules . . . especially instructing the players about making any kind of noise while the tournaments games are in progress. If there had been a problem which can, of course, arise when you have very young children all competing against one another in the same room, the official would certainly have addressed the problem. If she could not, then she would have called the Chief TD to have him come up and take care of it. Mr. Crespo’s policy is . . . if there is an infraction of the rules, the player is warned; if there is a second infraction, the player and parents are warned. On the third infraction, the player is ejected with no further appeal.
Just before the next round started, my husband took my son to settle him down and noticed that a white knight was missing at that table. He told the TD about the missing piece and he told my husband to go and buy a set downstairs where they were selling stuff!!! It just left a bad taste in our mouths and ruined our experience. We will surely not go back there again.
Mrs. Sujatha . . . if there is a missing piece to a child’s chess set, you certainly can’t think that we would have any responsibility to simply replace it. Just about every scholastic player loses pieces at tournaments. If we were expected to replace every lost piece, board, set, bag, clock, etc., I think you would agree that we would not be running chess tournaments or even in business for very long. The responsibility for missing chess pieces lies solely with the player and parent. As a convenience, our company, Cajun Chess, breaks up our complete sets and offers individual pieces for sale as a courtesy to the parents so that they do not have to purchase another complete set. Apparently your husband did not comprehend what the TD was trying to tell him -- was the TD being rude to attempt to advise your husband that he could reasonably replace the missing piece at our sales counter?
I am sorry that you feel that you had an unfavorable experience at our tournament. We try to make each and every tournament a pleasurable experience for everyone. If you would like to discuss any of the above, we would be more than willing to speak with you about it. You may contact us at (504) 240-2228, (504) 905-2970, (504) 905-2971, by fax at (504) 244-1417, or by e-mail at www.cajunchess.com.
Jean Troendle Tournament Organizer Cajun Chess
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Hi Guys,
I'm now in Raliegh and I want to play a bit of chess. Where can I get a game?
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Just a reminder about the TACO chess tournament this Saturday.
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Hi Chris...Welcome to the Triangle. I know of 3 clubs in the area that meet weekly. Border's Chess Club meets on Saturday afternoon and evenings at the Border's on Walnut Street in Cary. http://www.borderschess.orgAnother Cary Club meets on Friday evening at the Caribou Coffee and Bruggers Bagel Bakery at a strip mall near the corner of High House and Cary Parkway. And then the Raleigh Chess Club meets on Fridays evenings at the Kiwanis Park Community Center on 2526 Noble Road. http://kiwanischess.tripod.com/Also I know the Duke Chess Club is going to be kicking off soon and they will have a couple of meetings a week. They are looking really strong with incoming freshmen Anna Levina and Matt Hoekstra. Does NCSU still have a Chess Club? If not, you might be just the spark plug they need to get one going again. Again welcome to the Raleigh area and Good Chess! cheers - Warren
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/m131Hi Chris, Welcome to the Triangle! The chess scene is pretty active here, I think you'll like it. I won't be available this weekend to show you around as I had offered, but let me know next week if you're still interested. My email address below is given below. Leo Cabana Borders Chess Club BordersChess@hotmail.com
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I need a ride to the TACO from NC State. If anyone is going from this area, please let me know.
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Just a quick reminder of the first Upper Neuse Chess Club meeting tonight at the Burker King on Walnut St. in Cary. We will have a 3-RR G/30 USCF rated tournament. Hope to see everyone there.
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The tournament scheduled tonight did not have enough people to play. However next week I'll be hosting a 5-SS G/15 at the Cary BK. Games start at 7PM.
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Confirmed -- See www.borderchess.org for up to date info.
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Border's Chess Club 2nd USCF Quick Rated Tournament
When: Saturday, September 13th
Where: Borders Books Music & Cafe, 1751 Walnut Street, Cary NC.
4SS - G/25 - Reg: 12:45-1:45 -- Rounds: 2-3-4-5
3 Sections: Open, U1600, and U1200
EF: $7.00
>>FREE<< to those joining USCF for 1st time or renewing a membership that lapsed before 1-2003
>>FREE<< to those purchasing an Excalibur Digital GameTime II Clock for $38.00. >>> Limited to three entries and clocks may not be available at time of tournament. <<<
Prizes: based on total of 24 PAID entries is $25-$15 per section
notes:
Arrive early since maximum number of players is 40.
Maximum per section is 16 until 5 minutes before registration ends.
Unrated players (Border's and USCF) prizes limited to:
50% of 1st prize in u1200 section
Ratings used for section eligibility:
Maximum of USCF Quick, Border's-200, USCF Regular-200
If less than 8 players in a section format of section may be adjusted at TD's discretion.
*** USCF Membership Required ***
USCF Membership Info:
Category price with magazine/without magazine
Adult $45 / $36
Youth 19 & under $23 / n/a
Scholastic 14 & under $17 / $12
For this tournament no affiliate commission will be taken!
Other categories available, see TD for more information.
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Results of tonight G/15 Swiss, which ended up in a round-robin.
Jeff Jones, Daniel Bock 3
Gary Maltzman 2
Gregory Duel, Joshua Taylor 1
Next Monday we'll have G/29 Octos. Registration is from 6:30-7 Rds. 7-8-9 EF: $5 Prizes: $20-$10 b/8 in each section.
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/M139
Border's Chess Club 2nd USCF Quick Rated Tournament
Good news and bad news:
Good News is that the tournament is a GO!
Bad News is that my clock supplier just notified me that he only had three of the four clocks that I order for the tournament FREE entry promotion and that he is only shipping them out now. So it is unlikely that I will have them by Saturday. The offer for the three will still stand, but they will probably need to be picked up at a later time.
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How do you get to each of these tourneys from State. I would like to come. My email is cjmabe@ncsu.com.
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37 Players - 4 New USCF Members - 6 New Borders Players.
Borders Quick Rated Open II
Open
No.Place Name Pts Rate Perf Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Prize
1 1 Pecora, David B 3.5 1954 2270 W3 W2 W5 D4 $35.00
2 2-3 Mabe, Chris J 3.0 1816 2116 W4 L1 W9 W5 $10.00
3 2-3 Cloete, Eugene H 3.0 1612 1897 L1 W8 W10 W9 $10.00
4 4 Mazur, Leszek 2.5 2076 1999 L2 W7 W6 D1
5 5-6 Phillips, Ronald 2.0 2066 1843 W10 W6 L1 L2
6 5-6 Garrett, Daniel C 2.0 1852 1767 W9 L5 L4 W11
7 7-9 Graham, Curtis Ad 1.0 1907 1815 W8 L4 -U- -U-
8 7-9 Duel, Gregory 1.0 1581 1502 L7 L3 -B- -U-
9 7-9 Wright, Andrew 1.0 unr 1623 L6 W10 L2 L3
10 10 Mellendorf, Brian 0.0 1790 1439 L5 L9 L3 -U-
11 xsp Chin, David 0.0 1392 1448 -U- -U- -U- L6
Under 1600
No.Place Name Pts Rate Perf Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Prize
1 1 Peres-Da-Silva, P 4.0 1485 1794 W8 W12 W3 W4 $25.00
2 2 Hosseini, M Amir 3.5 1395 1690 W10 D7 W5 W8 $15.00
3 3-4 Bullock, Burnice 3.0 1412 1587 W14 W11 L1 W10 $5.00
4 3-4 Whittington, Phil 3.0 1372 1665 W6 W9 W7 L1 $5.00
5 5 Cabana, Leonardo 2.5 1374 1518 D9 W6 L2 W12
6 6-11 Taylor, Joshua 2.0 1524 1337 L4 L5 W16 W15
7 6-11 Blach, Noah T 2.0 1459 1391 W16 D2 L4 D9
8 6-11 Mc Grady, Kenneth 2.0 1327 1402 L1 W15 W11 L2
9 6-11 Lavrov, Misha P 2.0 unr 1392 D5 L4 W14 D7
10 6-11 Schoots, Peter 2.0 unr 1378 L2 W16 W12 L3
11 6-11 Shah, Anish 2.0 unr 1311 W13 L3 L8 W14
12 12-15 Shaik, Ameem 1.0 1410 1192 W15 L1 L10 L5
13 12-15 Chin, David 1.0 1392 879 L11 L14 L15 -B-
14 12-15 Rambeaut, Natalie 1.0 1277 1142 L3 W13 L9 L11
15 12-15 Woods, Logan T 1.0 1229 1140 L12 L8 W13 L6
16 16 Koeleveld, Robin 0.0 1293 1036 L7 L10 L6 -U-
Under 1200
No. No. Name Pts Rate Perf Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Prize
1 1 Zhuo, David 3.5 1049 1145 W11 W8 W6 D3 $25.00
2 2 Hammond, Matthew 3.0 1057 1152 W5 W4 L3 W7 $15.00
3 3-5 Blach, Ben 2.5 1108 1116 W7 L6 W2 D1
4 3-5 Beaman, Victor M 2.5 959 1010 W9 L2 D5 W6
5 3-5 Hogue, Tanner W 2.5 860 951 L2 W9 D4 W8
6 6-9 Hammond, Jennifer 2.0 1037 842 W10 W3 L1 L4
7 6-9 Shah, Nishanth S 2.0 913 786 L3 -B- W11 L2
8 6-9 Arnold, Max A 2.0 685 589 -B- L1 W10 L5
9 6-9 Newton, Cameron 2.0 unr 669 L4 L5 -B- W11
10 10-11 Behanna, Vincent 1.0 unr 358 L6 L11 L8 -B-
11 10-11 Mellendorf, Kevin 1.0 unr 509 L1 W10 L7 L9
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Greetings from Charlotte:
On October 10-12, 2003 the 123 member Charlotte Chess Club will host the 2003 Carolina Class Championship at the beautiful Adams Mark Hotel; a tournament which is designed to allow the lower rated players to win just as much $$ as the big boys!! Great format, speed tournament, books and equipment by Thad and more...pool, jacuzzi, racketball court, workout room!! Hey, we need to sell hotel rooms. So make plans and bring your families and friends! All info may be observed at: www.charlottechess.com/views.htm (Ad WILL appear in November issue of Chess Life) Hope you can join us.
Regards, Leland 888-321-9292 Toll Free
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New Borders Ratings (7 New Borders Players!):
Name Old New Chg
Arnold, Max 810 781 -29
Beaman, Victor M 959 967 8
Behanna, Vincent 719 573 -146
Blach, Ben 953 987 34
Blach, Noah 1148 1287 139
Bullock, Burnice W 1396 1404 8
Cabana, Leo 1567 1566 -1
Chin, David 1107 1081 -26
Cloete, Eugene 1543 1726 183
Duel, Gregory 1654 1632 -22
Garrett, Daniel C 1852 1840 -12
Graham, Curtis 1854 1852 -2
Hammond, Jennifer 988 974 -14
Hammond, Matthew N 909 963 54
Hogue, Tanner Wesle 933 937 4
Hosseini, Amir 1629 1641 12
Koeleveld, Robin F 1293 1242 -51
Lavrov, Misha 1411 1397 -14
Mabe, Chris J 2002 2020 18
Mazur, Les 1997 2000 3
McGrady, Ken L 1366 1353 -13
Mellendorf, Brian 1673 1625 -48
Mellendorf, Kevin 769 708 -61
Newton, Cameron B 701 740 39
Pecora, David 1973 2016 43
Peres-da-Silva, Pra 1140 1340 200
Phillips, Ronald A 2037 2012 -25
Rambeaut, Natalie 1201 1169 -32
Schoots, Peter 0 1391
Shah, Anish 1267 1264 -3
Shah, Nishanth S 1143 1103 -40
Shaik, Ameem 1307 1272 -35
Taylor, Joshua 1506 1481 -25
Whittington, Philli 1383 1400 17
Woods, Logan 1109 1109 0
Wright, Andrew 0 1598
Zhou, David 931 1044 113
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Results from the last two weeks quick tournaments at the Burger King in Cary......
Sept 15th.. 3-SS G/29
1st-2nd Ronald Phillips, Jeff Jones 2½
3rd Gregory Duel 1½
4th-6th Joshua Taylor, Natalie Rambeaux, Milton Kicklighter 1
Sept 22nd.. 3-RR G/10
1st-2nd Jeff Jones, Joshua Taylor 2
3rd-4th Grregory Duel, Milton Kicklighter 1
Starting next week we'll be going with only 5-SS G/15 rather than switching formats each week. Also, I will be cancelling the Grand Prix until the BK club grows a bit more...
One other reminder. TACO XII will be this Saturday..... Rounds start at 10AM...
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Greetings, Triangle chessplayers; Just wanted to let everyone know that, as Warren mentioned below, The Duke Chess Club has indeed resumed its normal meeting schedule. At this point, we have only scheduled one meeting per week, on Thursdays at 7 p.m. in 157 Physics, which you will find on Duke's West Campus near the Bryan Center. (For more detailed directions or any other questions, feel free to contact me [dukechess@yahoo.com] or our president, Brad Marts [marts@phy.duke.edu]). We should be adding another meeting time soon; Friday around 4 has been mentioned but unfortunately there is a class during that time in our regular room. Our website here should be reasonably up to date with regards to our meeting schedule, as well as information on parking and club business. Finally, I should note that our club is and has always been open to all members of the Triangle Chess Community, and anyone including masters and beginners should be able to find an appropriate opponent for their strength level. Hope to see you soon. Warm regards, Aaron F. Hodges [Vice President Emeritus and Alumnus, Duke Chess Club, Durham NC] |
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Dear fellow chessplayers,
I've been diagnosed with vertigo today and will not be able to run the TACO chess tournament this Saturday. If anybody is available to direct the tournament please contact me at 250-9717 or 270-9948.
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/m149Jeff, I would offer to cover for you, but I will be out of town this weekend and the next. I wish you a speedy recovery. Leo Cabana Borders Chess Club, Cary
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/m149I will be directing the TACO tournament on Saturday. Hope to see you all there!
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| Jeff Jones
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09-28-2003 01:24 PM ET (US)
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I just wanted to announce that I will not be at the Burger King on Monday for the regular quick tournament.
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I am currently considering a change in format to the TACO tournaments. Specifically changes in the sections. Please feel free to e-mail me with suggestions. I'll need to decide by October 10th....
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Hi Jeff,
To what email address should we send suggestions?
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Edited by author 09-28-2003 10:01 PM
Neusechess/at/aol/dot/com
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Edited by author 09-29-2003 01:30 AM
45 Players competed in the TACO XII.
Open
.Place No. Name Pts Rate Perf Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Prize
...1-2 1 Bidwell, John C 3.0 2222 2220 W14 W9 W6 $45.00
...1-2 2 Wofford, Matthew R 3.0 1705 2232 W4 W8 W7 $45.00
...3-7 3 Schmidt, Bernard S 2.0 2044 1941 L5 W15 W8 $4.00
...3-7 4 Mabe, Chris J 2.0 2016 1968 L2 W14 W9 $4.00
...3-7 5 Guglielmi, Jacquel 2.0 1817 1952 W3 L6 W15 $4.00
...3-7 6 Holmes, Adam A 2.0 1688 2108 W13 W5 L1 $4.00
...3-7 7 Duel, Gregory 2.0 1524 1835 W16 W12 L2 $4.00
..8-10 8 Thompson, John W 1.0 1938 1700 W15 L2 L3
..8-10 9 Mc Hale, Michael J 1.0 1886 1813 W10 L1 L4
..8-10 10 Garrett, Daniel C 1.0 1624 1347 L9 L11 -B-
...xsp 11 Padgett, Samuel G 1.0 1595 2002 -U- W10 -U-
....11 12 Brodie, Mark D 0.5 2017 1165 -H- L7 -U-
.12-14 13 Graham, Curtis Adr 0.0 1887 1343 L6 -U- -U-
.12-14 14 Deering, T Ryan 0.0 1847 1719 L1 L4 -U-
.12-14 15 Munnell, Jonathan 0.0 1693 1528 L8 L3 L5
...xsp 16 Mc Gregor, Trevor 0.0 1333 1165 L7 -U- -U-
Under 1800
.Place No. Name Pts Rate Perf Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Prize
...1-3 1 Baldwin, Scott 2.5 1792 1862 W6 D4 W7 $36.67
...1-3 2 Brooks, John W 2.5 1721 1895 W11 D9 W4 $36.67
...1-3 3 Peres-Da-Silva, Pr 2.5 1658 1782 D7 W8 W9 $36.67
...4-9 4 Logan, Tobin B 1.5 1654 1651 W12 D1 L2
...4-9 5 Schmidt, Joan K 1.5 1600 1556 L9 W12 D6
...4-9 6 Padgett, Samuel G 1.5 1595 1496 L1 -B- D5
...4-9 7 Blach, Noah T 1.5 1526 1678 D3 W10 L1
...4-9 8 Mc Gregor, Trevor 1.5 1333 1419 -B- L3 D10
...4-9 9 Merletto, Michael 1.5 unr 1667 W5 D2 L3
.10-12 10 Potts, Michael 1.0 1606 1272 D13 L7 D8
.10-12 11 Kelly, Greg A 1.0 1574 1533 L2 W13 -U-
.10-12 12 Hooker, Keith R 1.0 1425 1392 L4 L5 W13
....13 13 Mc Grady, Kenneth 0.5 1339 1253 D10 L11 L12
Under 1400
.Place No. Name Pts Rate Perf Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Prize
...1-2 1 Schroeder, Stephen 3.0 1313 1512 W14 W13 W8 $45.00
...1-2 2 Shah, Anish 3.0 unr 1399 W12 W7 W6 $45.00
...3-8 3 Grattage, David 2.0 1300 1143 L6 W11 W16 $3.33
...3-8 4 Clark, Robert John 2.0 1139 1245 L8 W14 W13 $3.33
...3-8 5 Brooks, Joshua W 2.0 1076 1108 W9 L6 W11 $3.33
...3-8 6 Chin, David 2.0 unr 1378 W3 W5 L2 $3.33
...3-8 7 Sanchez, EJ 2.0 unr 975 W18 L2 W10 $3.33
...3-8 8 Wang, Bo 2.0 unr 1277 W4 W16 L1 $3.33
.....9 9 Shah, Nishanth S 1.5 unr 887 L5 D17 W12
.10-16 10 Blach, Ben 1.0 1070 712 L13 W15 L7
.10-16 11 Hanna, John 1.0 747 763 W15 L3 L5
.10-16 12 Gilbert, Robert 1.0 506 655 L2 W18 L9
.10-16 13 Hanna, Phil 1.0 unr 1030 W10 L1 L4
.10-16 14 Mitchell, Brian M 1.0 unr 722 L1 L4 W18
.10-16 15 Sanchez, Kevin 1.0 unr 515 L11 L10 -B-
.10-16 16 Singh, Amitoj 1.0 unr 1050 W17 L8 L3
....17 17 Tiselsky, Eugene 0.5 1029 721 L16 D9 -U-
....18 18 Behanna, Vincent 0.0 unr 519 L7 L12 L14
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10-02-2003 10:49 PM ET (US)
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The Burger King tournaments on Monday night are on hold for right now until I fully recover from this bout of vertigo. I'm doing well for the most part, but am still having a few spells, and don't want to commit to running the tournaments until I'm sure I can.
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10-07-2003 02:30 AM ET (US)
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Here's what I'm thinking as far as the new TACO format. Final decision will be made Friday.....
*Tournament will remain 3-SS G/75.
*I will start taking pre-entries, via check, money order, or PayPal.
*Pre-entry Fee will be $15
*On site entry fee will be $20
*Sections will be 8-man sections based on rating. If no USCF rating then Borders rating will be used for pairing purposes.
*Player neither rated by Borders or USCF will be assigned a rating based on their performance at a previous known event or according to the following formula. Age(years)*70+ Months since birthday*5. So someone born July 6th, 1992 would be assigned a 785 rating. (Max assigned rating would be 1200)
*Prizes will be $70-$30 in each section.
*Bottom Section will be 4-11 players, prizes may be adjusted.
*Late players may enter with a ½-point bye and will be placed in their rating group If they fall naturally in a group they play in the group. If they fall between groups they will be paired with whichever group becomes even.
To give you an idea last month's TACO would've looked like this:
Section 1: 2222 , 2044 , 2016 , 1938 , 1887 , 1886 , 1847 , 1817
Section 2: 1792 , 1721 , 1705 , 1693 , 1688 , 1658 , 1654 , 1624
Section 3: 1606 , 1600 , 1595 , 1574 , 1526 , 1524 , 1425 , 1397@
Section 4: 1339 , 1333 , 1313 , 1300 , 1249@ , 1200* , 1200* , 1200*
Section 5: 1139 , 1107B , 1076 , 1070 , 1029 , 1000* , 900* , 747
Section 6: 730@ , 719B , 600* , 515
@=Known performance ratings, B=Border's rating, *=Age quotient estimate (Although I don't know many of the unrateds.)
This will take effect starting with the January TACO. I am doing this so that there can A) Be more prize winners, B) Be more competetive games, and C) There will only be a chance for one perfect score in each section.
Any complaints should be sent to NeuseChess/at/aol/dot/com
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Chris, I read your plea for everyone to attend Leland Firstman's tournament this weekend.You have not been in chess very long,It goes beyond alienating players over the last few years,now that you are in Raleigh,just ask around and you will find a pattern of behavior over last 25 years!You can do the math as well as anyone else,Leland will make several thousand dollars(dont forget that the bookseller will be paying him also),I just refuse to donate my money and reinforce his past antics.I will predict that neither GM Feirro or Becerra will play,also the pairings will be slightly irregular,and late,as will the over all directing,several disputes will occur,CCC members will get any favoritism in rulings,and some players will not get their money due to them.Another typical CCC tournament.Leland will reap what he has sowed.
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"To give you an idea last month's TACO would've looked like this:
Section 1: 2222 , 2044 , 2016 , 1938 , 1887 , 1886 , 1847 , 1817
Section 2: 1792 , 1721 , 1705 , 1693 , 1688 , 1658 , 1654 , 1624
Section 3: 1606 , 1600 , 1595 , 1574 , 1526 , 1524 , 1425 , 1397@
Section 4: 1339 , 1333 , 1313 , 1300 , 1249@ , 1200* , 1200* , 1200*
Section 5: 1139 , 1107B , 1076 , 1070 , 1029 , 1000* , 900* , 747
Section 6: 730@ , 719B , 600* , 515"
Well my only gripe is that you can't play up in a section. You have to now stay within your rating/section. No fun. :(
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Borders Quads #11 Saturday October 18, 2003 Borders Books Music & Cafe 1751 Walnut Street, Cary, NC Unrated (USCF membership not required) Quads (4-person round-robins) by similar club rating G/30 (or 2 games per round at G/15) --- No previous tournament experience required --- Entry Fee: $5 (cash only) Prizes: $15 to 1st place in each quad Registration: 1:15 - 2:00pm (tournament ends around 6pm) Please bring chess sets and clocks if you have them Info: http://www.BordersChess.org/quads.htm Contact: BordersChess@hotmail.com |
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10-13-2003 08:57 AM ET (US)
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Pete, I appreciate your opinion, but as far as I'm concerned NC needs chess tourneys, period. There was a low turnout at Leland's tourney this weekend and as a result he probably won't have another, so there is one less tourney for the people who dont care about childish arguments. Don't get me wrong, I understand why some people have an aversion to Leland but who cares? Support chess and deal with that on a personal basis. When you don't go to tourneys you hurt all of us. I for one am very disappointed in the Raleigh area chess players for not showing up. I understand that money is tight for many, but as far as I know there wasn't a single Raliegh area person there except me and couple of fellows from Chapel Hill. It's really a shame. I don't really feel like discussing this on the message board though so if anyone insists on saying something else then find me at a local tourney or something., Thanks.
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I've decided that I will no longer be running any tournaments on Monday night. I've got too many things going on right now including and increased workload on Monday and lingering effects from the vertigo so I really can't commit the time. The Raleigh Chess Club is holding weekly rated games, so there is an option to play in tournament games every week. I do want to thank those who supported the Burger King club. That BK still is interested in hosting a club if someone wants to take it over however.
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10-15-2003 11:32 AM ET (US)
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Jeff I sent you an email @ kwyjibo924@aol.com
Theres a problem with the TACO X tourny and my score.
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10-21-2003 01:39 AM ET (US)
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Just a reminder to everyone that there will be a TACO tournament this Saturday. Be there or :-P~~~~~~~~~~.
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Just to remind EVERYONE..the 2003 NC Closed is Nov 7/8/9..$3400 prize fund..low entry fee...the tourney is designed as a money loser..take advantage of it!! The Days Inn can be reached at 336-227-3681..also all NC Hall of Fame nominees should be e-mailed to me ASAP..see you there!!
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11-15-2003 10:35 PM ET (US)
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The scholastic tournament in Cary was a big success!
150+ entrants.
We will get an xtab out soon.
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I have found a discrepency in the round times in Chess Life for the Upper Neuse Chess Championships. Round 1 Saturday should be at 9AM. Round 2 should be at 1PM and Round 3 at 7pm. Round 5 should read 2PM also. The times listed should have been changed. Note to self, do not gives TLA changes over the phone again...
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Edited by author 11-27-2003 11:25 PM
/m168
Davis Drive Scholastic 2: K-3
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
.1 MELLENDORF Kevin unr. W22 W19 W25 W5 W6 5.0
.2 NODEN Eric 669 W56 W52 W18 W3 W10 5.0
.3 GOERING Noah unr. W13 W4 W21 L2 W18 4.0
.4 HONG Junye unr. W8 L3 W49 W9 W20 4.0
.5 CLARY Drew 505 W35 W32 W53 L1 W21 4.0
.6 DWINELL Zachary unr. W72 W55 W23 W20 L1 4.0
.7 UENO Kazuki unr. W45 L18 W22 W26 W19 4.0
.8 JONES Ben 672 L4 W50 W46 W34 W23 4.0
.9 HALLYBURTON Spencer unr. D40 W33 W29 L4 W32 3.5
10 GOSRANI Saahj unr. D48 W73 W61 W11 L2 3.5
11 PRINCE Gregory unr. D26 W57 W39 L10 W37 3.5
12 SPEAKER Lucas unr. W62 L24 W31 W45 D13 3.5
13 BANSAL Raghav unr. L3 W74 W51 W47 D12 3.5
14 BURDICK Aidan unr. D33 W15 L27 W39 W36 3.5
15 PETERS David unr. D41 L14 W48 W65 W34 3.5
16 BRASIER Chris unr. D68 W38 D37 D32 W35 3.5
17 FLORES Eduardo unr. W63 L20 W73 D36 W33 3.5
18 DEKTAR Charlie unr. W27 W7 L2 W28 L3 3.0
19 LI Alex 680 W29 L1 W38 W24 L7 3.0
20 VU Phong unr. W50 W17 W24 L6 L4 3.0
21 HAHN Dylan unr. W58 W28 L3 W30 L5 3.0
22 PERRY Josh unr. L1 W43 L7 W51 W47 3.0
23 GILLIAM Kenneth unr. W67 W36 L6 W25 L8 3.0
24 KELLY Alex unr. W30 W12 L20 L19 W48 3.0
25 OSADA Koya unr. W59 W64 L1 L23 W55 3.0
26 KROMER Kalvin unr. D11 W60 H-- L7 W46 3.0
27 LIU Austin 242 L18 B-- W14 L35 W54 3.0
28 MOBLEY Nathaniel unr. W54 L21 W42 L18 W45 3.0
29 JOHNSON Zyrus unr. L19 W70 L9 W60 W52 3.0
30 RABB Cameron unr. L24 W63 W62 L21 W53 3.0
31 HARRIS Phen unr. L32 W67 L12 W68 W50 3.0
32 WILSON Christian unr. W31 L5 W55 D16 L9 2.5
33 PARK Chanheum unr. D14 L9 W70 W40 L17 2.5
34 STENNER Jordan unr. D73 W40 W41 L8 L15 2.5
35 SHAFFER Cameron unr. L5 D59 W58 W27 L16 2.5
36 KELLER Adam unr. W70 L23 W64 D17 L14 2.5
37 FLORES-BURGESS Alejandro unr. D51 D47 D16 W61 L11 2.5
38 HARRIS Brendan unr. D49 L16 L19 W56 W65 2.5
39 BASSIL Alex unr. D46 W69 L11 L14 W61 2.5
40 RILEY Frank unr. D9 L34 W66 L33 W49 2.5
41 VANNAPPAGARI Vikas unr. D15 D48 L34 D49 W59 2.5
42 BOLLERSLEV Adrian unr. D47 D51 L28 D43 W67 2.5
43 DORIA Anthony unr. L52 L22 W74 D42 W62 2.5
44 CARRIERI Michael unr. D69 L46 D60 D59 W64 2.5
45 PIERCE Jordan unr. L7 W56 W52 L12 L28 2.0
46 NARTEN Erich unr. D39 W44 L8 D53 L26 2.0
47 HOYLE Andrew unr. D42 D37 W54 L13 L22 2.0
48 BOYD Elliott unr. D10 D41 L15 W66 L24 2.0
49 RAJAGOPALAN Rishikesh unr. D38 W68 L4 D41 L40 2.0
50 BROCK Elizabeth unr. L20 L8 W75 W69 L31 2.0
51 CALLAS Blayne unr. D37 D42 L13 L22 W70 2.0
52 LAPIDUS Jason unr. W43 L2 L45 W73 L29 2.0
53 YIM Jun Sang unr. D61 W65 L5 D46 L30 2.0
54 GHANEM Nora unr. L28 W75 L47 W57 L27 2.0
55 WARD Alice unr. W74 L6 L32 W71 L25 2.0
56 LLOYD Braxton unr. L2 L45 W67 L38 W73 2.0
57 WANG Kevin H unr. D60 L11 D59 L54 W69 2.0
58 PERRY Megan unr. L21 D66 L35 D63 W71 2.0
59 COLLIE Alex unr. L25 D35 D57 D44 L41 1.5
60 GRUBBS James unr. D57 L26 D44 L29 D63 1.5
61 HARRIS Trey unr. D53 W71 L10 L37 L39 1.5
62 MAZZOLA Brian unr. L12 W72 L30 D64 L43 1.5
63 POWELL Matthew unr. L17 L30 D72 D58 D60 1.5
64 BURDICK Claire unr. W66 L25 L36 D62 L44 1.5
65 BURDICK Lily unr. D71 L53 W68 L15 L38 1.5
66 BLACK Sydney unr. L64 D58 L40 L48 B-- 1.5
67 LIPSCOMB Collin unr. L23 L31 L56 W72 L42 1.0
68 GUSH Pearce unr. D16 L49 L65 L31 D72 1.0
69 O'CONNELL Meriel unr. D44 L39 D71 L50 L57 1.0
70 MAKLIGH Alissa unr. L36 L29 L33 B-- L51 1.0
71 CARNES Chris unr. D65 L61 D69 L55 L58 1.0
72 LEDER Constance unr. L6 L62 D63 L67 D68 1.0
73 LALLY Joey unr. D34 L10 L17 L52 L56 0.5
74 TUMAN Gregory unr. L55 L13 L43 U-- U-- 0.0
75 RAMASWAMY Divya unr. U-- L54 L50 U-- U-- 0.0
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.1 HUNT Tre 602 W16 W15 W29 W12 W5 5.0
.2 NOVAK Matthew unr. W50 W13 W34 W3 W9 5.0
.3 RITTER John 718 W41 W18 W7 L2 W14 4.0
.4 WAKIYA Hiroki 272 W6 L8 W16 W13 W20 4.0
.5 WARD Carl 374 W38 W33 W14 W10 L1 4.0
.6 BAR-YOSEF Guy unr. L4 W27 W18 W31 W12 4.0
.7 CHAPPELL Alex unr. W47 W26 L3 W19 W17 4.0
.8 HAHN Jeff unr. W31 W4 L12 W29 W15 4.0
.9 DWINELL Matthew unr. W46 D10 W24 W11 L2 3.5
10 ESRY Austin 731 W37 D9 W32 L5 W25 3.5
11 ALLISON Shaun unr. D51 W25 W28 L9 W24 3.5
12 HAN Paul unr. W45 W39 W8 L1 L6 3.0
13 CONRAD Judson unr. W19 L2 W44 L4 W31 3.0
14 SMITH Brendan unr. W17 W30 L5 W36 L3 3.0
15 SAILER David unr. W53 L1 W35 W34 L8 3.0
16 GIRODIAS Ben unr. L1 W40 L4 W44 W35 3.0
17 HOGUE Dalton 569 L14 W41 W33 W21 L7 3.0
18 CARR Braxton unr. W48 L3 L6 W46 W36 3.0
19 MONSEIN Ryan unr. L13 W38 W46 L7 W37 3.0
20 GOSRANI Chiraayu unr. L29 W47 W30 W22 L4 3.0
21 WILSON Andrew unr. W22 L34 W26 L17 W29 3.0
22 MOORE Daniel unr. L21 W45 W43 L20 W33 3.0
23 HOYLE David unr. L35 L46 X53 W39 W30 3.0
24 TREIS Charles unr. D25 W51 L9 W28 L11 2.5
25 VIRK Jasdeep unr. D24 L11 W49 W32 L10 2.5
26 STRAW Sam unr. W44 L7 L21 W38 D27 2.5
27 SACCAVINO Michael unr. L30 L6 W45 W40 D26 2.5
28 BAKER Jordan 378 W43 D32 L11 L24 W34 2.5
29 THEODORAKIS Alex unr. W20 W35 L1 L8 L21 2.0
30 WARD Fred 737 W27 L14 L20 W41 L23 2.0
31 SMITH Hunter unr. L8 W48 W39 L6 L13 2.0
32 SNYDER Cody unr. W40 D28 L10 L25 D42 2.0
33 TIAN David-yi unr. W36 L5 L17 W47 L22 2.0
34 SCOTT Kyle 309 W52 W21 L2 L15 L28 2.0
35 SITAVI Eddie unr. W23 L29 L15 W50 L16 2.0
36 VAUGHN Eric 478 L33 W50 W37 L14 L18 2.0
37 WEINER Paul unr. L10 W53 L36 W48 L19 2.0
38 HAYS Chandler unr. L5 L19 W48 L26 W51 2.0
39 SHAFFER Clayton unr. W49 L12 L31 L23 W47 2.0
40 PURI Indira 495 L32 L16 W51 L27 W43 2.0
41 PARK Chaeheum unr. L3 L17 W52 L30 W49 2.0
42 ABE Itto unr. U-- H-- H-- D43 D32 2.0
43 LIPSCOMB Brandon unr. L28 W49 L22 D42 L40 1.5
44 KIM James unr. L26 W52 L13 L16 D45 1.5
45 BIYYALA Dushyanth unr. L12 L22 L27 W52 D44 1.5
46 FISHER Alex unr. L9 W23 L19 L18 U-- 1.0
47 TAYLOR Ada unr. L7 L20 W50 L33 L39 1.0
48 LI Diawen unr. L18 L31 L38 L37 B-- 1.0
49 PETERSON Michael unr. L39 L43 L25 W51 L41 1.0
50 CLINTON Max unr. L2 L36 L47 L35 W52 1.0
51 VALDES Pam unr. D11 L24 L40 L49 L38 0.5
52 GAYNOR Liam unr. L34 L44 L41 L45 L50 0.0
53 SHEEDY Dylan unr. L15 L37 F23 U-- U-- 0.0
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.1 YODER Michael 696 W3 W15 W11 W9 4.0
.2 ULSHEN Daniel 754 W21 D6 W8 W7 3.5
.3 SAXENA Salil 1358 L1 B-- W10 W15 3.0
.4 PARRISH Jacob unr. L6 W21 W13 W11 3.0
.5 SHAH Nishanth 667 W13 L11 W14 W12 3.0
.6 HAMMOND Jennifer 1089 W4 D2 L7 W16 2.5
.7 VAUGHN Kirk 893 W18 D12 W6 L2 2.5
.8 HOGUE Tanner 878 D10 W16 L2 W20 2.5
.9 HAMMOND Matthew 1006 W17 W14 D12 L1 2.5
10 TISELSKY Eugene unr. D8 W23 L3 W17 2.5
11 WOODS Logan 1188 W19 W5 L1 L4 2.0
12 WAKIYA Yuki 1319 W20 D7 D9 L5 2.0
13 ROBERTSON Mark unr. L5 W22 L4 W18 2.0
14 HIGHT David unr. W24 L9 L5 X21 2.0
15 BLACH Ben 1055 W22 L1 W18 L3 2.0
16 AKHREMITCHEV Ivan 399 W23 L8 W19 L6 2.0
17 WALSH Jason unr. L9 D19 W23 L10 1.5
18 LIU Winston unr. L7 W20 L15 L13 1.0
19 DAVIS Chris unr. L11 D17 L16 D23 1.0
20 JADOT Bryan unr. L12 L18 W22 L8 1.0
21 SHAW Aaron unr. L2 L4 B-- F14 1.0
22 BAKER Justin unr. L15 L13 L20 B-- 1.0
23 MAREK Nicholas unr. L16 L10 L17 D19 0.5
24 CAIN Matthew unr. L14 U-- U-- U-- 0.0
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/m169I have decide to go ith the round times listed in Chess Life. I rather go with the later round times than risk cutting off players who did not receive the tournament fliers. Round 1 Saturday will be at 10AM, round 2 will be at 2:30PM and round 3 at 8PM.
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As of today I have only received 1 pre-entry to the Upper Neuse Chess Championship. Entry deadline is next Wednesday. If you wish to pay via PayPal my e-mail is kwyjibo924 / at / aol / dot / com.
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Edited by author 12-01-2003 07:08 PM
Current pre-entries for the Upper Neuse Chess Championships received as of today:
Championship Section:
F. Eugene Davenport (3-day)
Major Section:
Joseph Faries (½0point bye round 1)
Martin Knapp (3-day??)
Minor Section:
Peter R. Shedor (3-day)
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I just received an e-mail from Sig Smith stating that he will be selling books and equipment for the Upper Neuse Chess Championshipps. If you have anything in particular that you would like to buy from him please let him know. Sig's website is http://www.sigschess.com |
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My understaning is that the USCF is now rating tournaments down to G/5 as quick rated in lieu of the WBCA folding. Is there any interest for a USCF rated Raleigh Blitz Championships?
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News flash.... Grandmaster Aleksander Wojtkiewicz is participating in the Upper Neuse Championships and will be offering a simul and a lecture after the tournamnet (roughly 7PM.) Cost for the simul is $20 and for the lecture is $15 or $25 for both....
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Congratulations to GM Alexs Wojtkiewicz, Diego Ubiera, and Phillip Whittington for winning their sections at the Upper Neuse Chess Championships this past week here in Raleigh. I will likely be posting the crosstable on Thursday of this week.
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On January 24th we will be holding TACO XV. There will also be another tournament on the same date in Charlotte. THis tournament is a fundraiser for a member of the CMSCA who is stricken with cancer. I have decided that any and all profits from TACO XV will be forwarded to this cause. If you would like more information on the Checkmate Childhood Cancer tournament you may click on the link below. http://www.homestead.com/cmsca/files/Chkmate.htmPlease remember that the Entry Fee for TACO XV is $20 on site and that we'll be playing in 8-player sections b/rating. Prizes are $70-$30 in each section. Preregistration is $15 |
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Jeff, I seem to remember that you mentioned an upcoming change in the TACO format. What will the format be for the tournament on 1/24?
Peter R. Shedor
Miller & Shedor, PLLC
315 N. Academy Street, Ste. 100
Cary, North Carolina 27513
(919) 462-1640
(fax) 462-1641
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/m158 Yes, the changes start in January. Please click above to see the original announcement.
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What is the preferred method for pre-registration for the TACO tournaments? I checked the TACO website, but couldn't find an address to send a check to.
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| Jeffrey Mason Jones
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/m181Checks can be sent to: Jeff Jones 3139-I Calumet Dr. Raleigh, NC 27610 or payment can be sent via PayPal to kwyjibo924@aol.com
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I will be out of the office until December 29th. Please contact Alex Chapman alex.chapman@ncr.com in my stead.
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Tournament announcement: Dr. A. D. Warshauer Memorial The Seahawk Chess Clubb in Wilmington is hosting the Dr. A. D. Warshauer Memorial Open on January 10-11th, 2004. The website for this event is at http://www.ncchess.org/tournaments/wilm0401.htm |
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I know that the time controls for the TACO tourneys are G/75, can someone tell me if this is 70 mins with a 5 sec delay?, or is it truly G75? Thanks for helping a Chronos-impaired operator....
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/M185
TACO is G/70 d5
CH-A1 for Chronos
(or d1-Sd1 )
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We had not planned to have a tournament at Borders this month, but Gary Maltzman just volunteered to direct a quick-rated tournament if enough people are interested. It would be USCF rated (USCF membership required), and the entry fee would be either $5 if players want cash prizes, or a smaller amount (just enough to cover the rating fee) if players don't mind not having cash prizes. If interested, show up early (1:00-1:45pm) and let Gary know that you want to play in the tournament. We will most likely have an unrated Quads tournament in February. Leo Cabana Borders Chess Club, Cary http://www.BordersChess.org |
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Greetings Triangle (and beyond) chess-players, Following a very successful event at Davis Drive Elementary in Cary last fall, Craig Jones and I will be directing a scholastic tournament at Durham Academy in Durham on February 21st. There will be three sections (K-3, K-5, and K-12) and registration is open to all USCF members in grades K-12. Entry fees are 10 dollars for pre-registrations and 25 dollars for onsite registration. For complete details and schedule, have a look at this page. Don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions. Warm regards, Aaron F. Hodges
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Well we almost did not have a tournament at Borders, then just before I was going to leave because there was not enough interest (nor space to play) we had 4 players, then 6, then 8, then 10, and we wound up with 12.
Borders Quick Open III
# Name Rtng Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Tot
1 Pecora, David B 1977 W8 W7 W3 U-- 3.0
2 Shah, Nishanth S 922 W4 D6 W7 U-- 2.5
3 Hosseini, M Amir 1480 W9 W10 L1 U-- 2.0
4 Mayo, John M 1446 L2 W12 W8 U-- 2.0
5 Shaik, Ameem 1342 U-- W9 --- W11 2.0
6 Maltzman, Gary R 1745 L10 D2 W12 U-- 1.5
7 Schoots, Peter 1375 W11 L1 L2 U-- 1.0
8 Shah, Anish V 1281 L1 W11 L4 U-- 1.0
9 Schroeder, Stephen 1136 L3 L5 W11 U-- 1.0
10 Woods, Logan T 1188 W6 L3 U-- U-- 1.0
11 Walsh, Jason C unr. L7 L8 L9 L5 0.0
12 Quick, Spencer S 1093 U-- L4 L6 U-- 0.0
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Simultaneous Exhibition - Land of the Sky
Sunday Night (02/08/04) at 8 p.m./$20 per board
Alexander Stripunsky, GrandMaster
Alex Stripunsky was born August 18, 1970 in Kharkov, Ukraine. In 1989 he earned the title of National Chess Master. He has been an International Master since 1993 and a Grand Master since 1998. He won a number of international tournaments in Europe and the US. He was the 1998 USCF Gran-Prix winner and 2002 US Open co-winner. In 1994 he graduated from Kharkov Academy of Civil Engineering. Currently he is a professional player and teacher.
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| Diego
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Jeff,
I am a little concerned that my USCF registration (when I paid at your December 17th tournament) hasnt been sent yet; I'm sure you're busy but have you gotten my e-mails about this?
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Does anyone know if and where the cross-table for last Saturday's Durham Academy Scholastic chess tournament has been posted?
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Hey, everyone come if you can. Check out the website http://www.tigerchess.4t.com/add a link if you will. Survivor Series March 13-14 thru Sept 27th Tiger Chess Asssociation will be hosting a monthly 5 rd ss the Ramada Limited at exit 75 I85 ,1328 Jake Alexander Blvd 28146 Salisbury Nc. see map below The Tiger Chess Survivor Series #1 March 13-14 5rd ss 30/90 /sd1 Open ~ 250& plaque plus free ef to next month series, 2nd 140 ,3rd 110 u1700 ~ 180 & plaque plus free Ef to next months series, 2nd 110, 3rd 90 u1300 ~ 140 & plaque plus free Ef to next months series, 2nd 90 ,3rd 65 Ef : 60 ~ 48.00 for TCA members , Uscf & Ncca reg ,Other States Ok Hotel :53.55 Double Cont/break mention Tiger Chess Survivor Series Reg: 8.30-9.45 Rds, 10 - 3.30 - 8pm / Sun 10 - 4 Byes up to two 1/2 point byes available .Must commit before start of rd 2 Winner of the most Survivor Series Titles wins Free Entry to The North American Open in Vegas Dec 04 & Spending Cash. |
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Edited by author 03-05-2004 07:07 PM
Just a reminder that the Austin Shootout is this Saturday in Pilot Mountain, NC. This is a Tiger chess rated event so come out and earn those points. For more info visit: http://www.austinchessclub.org
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The BATTLE begins this weekend Lets get ready to Rumble!!!
The Tiger Chess Survivor Series #1 March 13-14
5rd ss 30/90 /sd1
Open ~ 250& plaque plus free ef, to next month series, 2nd 140 ,3rd 110
u1700 ~ 180 & plaque plus free ef ,to next months series, 2nd 110, 3rd 90
u1300 ~ 140 & plaque plus free ef, to next months series, 2nd 90 ,3rd 65
Prizes b/40
Ef : 60 ~ 48.00 for TCA members , Uscf & Ncca reg ,Other States Ok ,
juniors under age 18,Trophy only, 25.00
Hotel :53.55 Double Cont/break mention Tiger Chess Survivor Series -704-636-8910
Reg: 8.30-9.45 Rd1,G/90 10 - 2.30 - 8pm
Sun, 9 - 3
Byes up to two 1/2 point byes available .Must commit before start of rd 2
Winner of the most Survivor Series Titles wins Free Entry to The North American Open in Vegas Dec 04 & Spending Cash.
There are two Vegas Entry prizes ,one for the Tiger Tour Points Winner and one for the overall Survivor Series Winner.The final Tiger Tour points Tourney is the Thankgiving Chess Tourney
The Survivor Series Finale is sept 27th ,the winner will be crowned after the tourney.
Added on Date: 15:49:38 03/08/04
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Hi ,Fellow chess players ,a Sunday Special will be held march 28th at the Ramada Limited 1328 Jake Alexander Blvd ,I85 exit 75,Salisbury Nc
4SS/30/60/SD30
Ef: 27
Open 120-70-50 - U1600-120-70 -50
Upset prize of 20 dollars for each section
Reg 8-9.45 Rds, 10 - 1 - 4 - 7
Prizes b/30
This Tourney is a Tiger Points Event with 40 Tiger Points on the line.
check out tourney page at www.tigerchess.4t.com for more tournament news.
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I have recently received alot of questions regarding several tournaments that are not yet rated. I sent in a packet covering all outstanding tournaments (some resends and some more recent events)and all memberships received at these tournaments about three weeks ago. The USCF has charged my check card with the amount covering all of these tournaments so they are in. I don't yet know when they will be rated though.
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From here on out Mark Brodie will be running the TACO tournaments.
Mark's contact info is:
brodie.md@earthlink.net
5904 Rondan Circle Raleigh, NC 27612.
(919) 847-3406.
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is the tourney this saturday still on and what are the details bout it?-Steven Abrahams >From: QT - Jeffrey Mason Jones <qtopic+17-vCEeAJydDps6@quicktopic.com> >Reply-To: QT topic 17-vCEeAJydDps6 <qtopic+17-vCEeAJydDps6@quicktopic.com> >To: QT topic subscribers <qtopic+subs@quicktopic.com> >Subject: Chess in the Triangle >Date: 20 Mar 2004 09:06:33 -0000 > _________________________________________________________________ Free up your inbox with MSN Hotmail Extra Storage. Multiple plans available. http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200362ave/direct/01/< replied-to message removed by QT > |
| Jeffrey Mason Jones
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Yes, the TACO's are going on as planned....... Pre-entry is $15. See /m199 for contact info or whom to send the entry in to.... |
| Jeffrey Mason Jones
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Taken from the USCF website today. Please forward this to friends who might be interested...
SPECIAL USCF PROMOTIONAL MEMBERSHIP
For a limited time, USCF is offering a special promotional adult/regular one year membership for those who have never been members, or whose membership expried in 2002 or earlier. The special membership, available through this website only, costs $38 for one year, $67 for two years, or $95 for three years. It includes a monthly Chess Life magazine and full membership benefits. This special membership is available through March 31, 2004 and may be extended at that time, depending on how many are purchased.
These rates represent a significant savings compared to our regular rates of $49 one year, $90 two years, or $130 three years. If you are a current member, please let your friends and those at your chess club know about this opportunity!
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hello there - Myself and my five year old boy are really keen chess players and would like to play online with other players but cant find a free good site to play on - can anyone tell me if there is one as I have been looking for months now??? Thankyou and my email is playit2003@aol.com cheers and check!!!
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Bernard S Schmidt passed away on March 29 2004. He was a long standing member of the Raleigh Chess Club.
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If we want to play in the simul, do we need to register in advance or do we just show up?
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/m206To play in Schroer's simul this Saturday at Crabtree Mall, just show up. There is no pre-registration, so it's first-come-first-serve.
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Special Announcement:
Evan Whittington Bachelor's Roast.
May 1st, 2004
3PM-8PM
Club Oxygen
412 W. Davie St. in downtown Raleigh
As many of you know Evan Whittington, one of the more active players from the Raleigh are in the late 90s and early 2000s will be getting married in early May. I feel as a friend and confidente of Evan's I should send him into wedded bliss the only way he'd wanna go.
By being slandered and butchered by his best friends.
Anyone over 18 is welcome to attend this roast, but bear in mind, it will be blue....... VERY BLUE!!! Please let me know if you're planning on attending by e-mailing me at NeuseChess@aol.com.
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I'm interested in carpooling to this tournament, if anyone is interested, please e-mail me at Neusechess@aol.com
Austin Chess Club
presents
Austin Shootout 4
chess tournament
Sat April 10, 2004
3 rd./SS/G80, EF$20, rds. 10:00-1:30-4:30, reg. 9:30-9:50
In ten player sections $$80/40/20 each section*
Carroll County Public Library, 101 Beaver Dam Rd.
(Highway 52N, edge of town) Hillsville, VA 24343.
From I-77 take exit 14. Follow the signs to Hillsville
(aprox 2 miles) then take left at stoplight. The library is
about 1 mile from the light on the right at the edge of town.
Info: In NC, Scott Baldwin (336) 351-5339, pard_scott@yahoo.com
or in VA, Andy Bryant (276) 728-0008, huck@psknet.com
*Payout based on full sections. Subject to change to eight player
sections when appropriate $$75/35
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does any one have the x-table for the most recent taco?
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Hi,Fellow chess players the Survivor Series II is May 1st
1328 Jake Alexander Blvd,I85 exit 75,Sailbury Nc
The Tourney is a 4 rd one day event.
Expert Chris Mabe 2019 is the current Open section champion & the current Tiger Points Leader with 225 as well as tops on the Tour Money List with $425.00
Dave Eadie 1492 is the Current Survivor U1700 champion dave has several big wins under his belt on this Tiger Tour Dave is currnetly #2 in the nation on the CXR hot list.Check out www.chess-express .com to see other leaders.
Samuel Xin 950 is The curent Survivor 1400 Champion .This 9 year strikes fear in older opponets as young Xin is a terrificly gifted tactical player an is relentless,he studies daily an has his eyes on a another Survivor trophy to add to his collection.
This tourney has some very strong players already on the prereg list.
NM Danuiel Lui , CM Daniel Tapia ,Expert Keith Eubanks 2090 ,Expert Patrick McCartney 2012 ,Greg Hall 1894 -Bernard Baker -1851- James Macdougall 1863
Frank Johnson 1962 ,Michel Savage 1750 -Ken Ivens 1744-Jeremy Davenport -1645 -Laura Lee 1460 -Derrick Smith-1511-Clyde Plyler 1511 -Joey Bullis - Bobby Lee -Jordan Ware -Laura Lambeth -Mitchell Bennett -Philip Wyse - Paul Zhalasky
So make plans to attend one of the Hottest one day Tourneys in Nc.
The Tiger Chess Survivor Series II May 1
New Format & Ef , One Day Event
4rd ss 30/60/Sd/30
Open ~ 150 & plus free ef, to next month series, 2nd 75
u1600 ~ 150 , 2nd 75, ~ u1400 - 150 -75
Prizes b/10 man sections , Trophy to all first place winners
Ef : 35 , juniors under age 18, trophy only ,15
Uscf & Ncca reg ,Other States Ok
USCF & CXR rated
Reg: 8.30-9.45
Rd 1 - 10 -1.30 - 4.30 - 7.30
Byes, one 1/2 point byes available .Must commit before start of rd 2
Winner of the most Survivor Series Titles wins Free Entry to The North American Open in Vegas Dec 04 & Spending Cash.
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The time control for the Survivor Series is 4ss/G/90 ,not
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Hello All,
I am in the process of trying to get copies of the chess games of Bernie Schmidt. He was my friend for almost 25 years. If anyone has any tournament games (wins, losses, or draws), please email them to me at mnoble65@comporium.net
THANK YOU!!!
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The NCCA invitational championship is being held this weekend (15th and 16th). The tournament will be held at Duke University in the Physics building in Room 157. Feel free to come spectate. Results will be posted to www.duke.edu/web/dukechess/invitational/ as the games finish. Brad Marts Duke Chess Club |
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The Tiger Chess Survivor Series III May 29th
Ramada Limited I85 ,exit 75 1328 Jake Alexander Blvd,Salisbury Nc ,28147
4rd ss G/90
Open ~ 150 & plus free ef, to next month series, 2nd 75
u1700 ~ 150 , 2nd 75, ~ u1400 - 150 -75
Prizes b/10 man sections , Trophy to all first place winners
Ef : 35 , juniors under age 18, trophy only ,15
Uscf & Ncca reg ,Other States Ok
USCF & CXR rated
Reg: 8.30-9.45
Rds Times- 10 - 1.30 - 4.30 - 7.30
Byes, one 1/2 point byes available .Must commit before start of rd 2
Winner of the most Survivor Series Titles wins Free Entry to The North American Open in Vegas Dec 04 & Spending Cash.
Please Disregard the Chess Life Ad Which reads 29th-30 publication was already completed before the changes were submitted. Survivor Series is a one day event.
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Survivor Series III ,May29th Update
Daniel Tapia takes the $138 prize & 75 Tiger points with a score of 3.5/4
Matthew Green (Charlotte) takes second in the Open with a score of 3.5/4 and pocketed 68-dollar prize
Matthew also won the $10 upset prize bonus by defeating Expert Patrick McCartney (400 points higher rated ) in the last round. Awesome!!!! Matt had a great day and is looking forward to the next Survivor with thoughts of taking the Open Title.
Tony Tiger wins the u1700 with 3.5/4
Dave E adie shares second with Robin Johnston
Robin Johnston repeats as U1400 Champion successfully defending his title
Thomas Paradis wins the fastest game prize $10 bonus winning his round two game in 15 moves.!!!
It was a great day for chess as many players came from all parts of the north & south Carolinas. Greensboro, Raleigh, Aiken SC, Columbia, Charlotte, Asheville, & Durham were all represented.
The next event on the Tiger Tour Is June 12th the JKB Speed Championship
7ss G/29 quick rated does not affect your regular rating.
Open section w/ class prizes. First place $300 then A-75 –B-75-C-75 D-75
Ef.35
There also will be a 3ss G/75 for the players that don’t like fast chess
Ef 25 100 –50 in 10 man sections
Survivor Series 4 is June 26th
Chris Mabe has two titles & Daniel Tapia has one they are are number one & two on the Tiger Points Race chart with only 3 survivors left its going to be a race to the finish.
They it looks they both may be in Vegas together if one winds the Survivor giveaway & the other winning the Points Race now that would be fun Two of our Top players going out West to represent the Carolinas. Lets all stay tuned to see what happens next.
May 29th Survivor Series III Crosstables
OPEN
No. Name Rate Pts Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4
1 Tapia Daniel 2160 3.5 W8 W6 W5 D3
2 Green,Matthew 1628 3.0 -B- D4 D3 W6
3 Sturman Mark 1700 2.5 D5 W8 D2 D1
4 Liu Daniel 2036 2.0 -H- D2 D9 D5
5 Smithwick,John 2026 2.0 D3 W7 L1 D4
6 Mc Cartney Patrick 2011 2.0 W9 L1 -B- L2
7 Hall Greg 1894 1.5 -H- L5 -H- -H-
8 Ivens Ken 1710 1.5 L1 L3 -H- W9
9 lee Laura 1675 1.5 L6 -B- D4 L8
U1700
No. Name Rate Pts Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4
1 Hicks J. Tony 1466 3.5 -B- W9 W3 D2
2 Eadie Dave 1558 3.0 W8 D4 W10 D1
3 Jonhston,Robin 1310 3.0 W6 W7 L1 W9
4 Keller Laurin 1508 2.5 W11 D2 L5 W13
5 Paradis Thomas 1331 2.5 L7 W12 W4 D6
6 Oliver,Roland 810 2.5 L3 W8 W7 D5
7 Greene ,Matt 1299 2.0 W5 L3 L6 W12
8 Harrell,Adam 1251 2.0 L2 L6 W12 -B-
9 Wyce,Richard 828 2.0 W10 L1 W13 L3
10 Rhodes,Samuel 1688 1.5 L9 W11 L2 -H-
11 Clark,William 945 1.5 L4 L10 -B- -H-
12 Lanmbeth Laura 535 1.0 -B- L5 L8 L7
13 Bennett Mitchell 1.0 -H- -H- L9 L4
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June -12 - JKB Speed Championship ,7rds ,G/29 ,Quick Rated (150 Tiger Points) Ramada Limited ,1328 Jake Alexander Blvd ,I85 exit 75 Salisbury
Open Section w/class prizes -
EF : 35 juniors under age 18 trophy only ef 17
Prizes -1st 300
A -75 - B - 75- C-75- D-75- b/30
Reg: 9-9.45 , Rds , 10 -11.15 ,12.15 , 2 ,3.15 ,4.15 ,5.15
Trophys to All Class Winners Prizes b/30
June 12th -Tiger Swiss Extra G/75 ,3ss (For The Players That want to play Slow Chess Instead of G/29 )
Ef : 25 100 - 50 in 10 man sections, Rds 10.30 - 2 -5
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Some good news today. The Burger King on Walnut St. in Cary has maintained an open door for us to play tournaments. Since I now have some more time on my hands I will be hosting weekly USCF-rated tournaments (Save for weeks when there is a weekend tournament in NC or within 180 miles). I will post details in the near future... These tournaments will start July 11th....
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I am happy to announce the R.A.C.E. weekly USCF-rated chess tournaments beginning Sunday 11 July, 2004. These tournaments will be a 4-round dual rated G/45 tournament with an entry fee of $6. For the time being there will be only one section in this tournament but as the tournament grows we may add a second section... Prizes (after taking out $1 for ratings/advertising) will be:
30%-15%-10% u1800, u1500, u1200 15% each. Registration will run from 12:30-1:30 and rounds will be at 1:30-3:15-5-6:45. Time delay will only be used to settle draw claims for these tournaments
The location for these tournaments is at the Burger King at 535 Walnut St. in Cary, NC. For more information please contact Jeff Jones @ 270-9948 or NeuseChess@aol.com
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/m219One note I forgot, the prizes are based on at least 12 players.
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Results of R.A.C.E. #1 held today at the Burger King near Cary Towne Center today:
1st-2nd: Jeff Jones, Steven Abrahams 4
3rd: Frank Jackson 3.5
4th: Amir Hosseini 2
5th: Anish Shah 1.5
6th: Nishanth Shah 0
R.A.C.E. #2 will be held 18 July, 2004 at the Burger King at 535 Walnut St. in Cary.It will be a 4-SS G/45 USCF dual-rated tournament. Entry fee is $6 ($5 for pizes and $1 for administrative fee)
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R.A.C.E. was cancelled due to lack of turnout today. I apologize for those who may have shown up and were told that there wwas no chess event going on. I have taken care of the communication problem and the tournaments will resume August 8th at 1:30PM. The next two weeks will be off in lieu of the Tiger Chess event July 24-25 and the LPO July 30-Aug 1.
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I just decided that I would commute to the LPO this weekend, leaving Cary @ ~7 a.m. on Saturday and ~8 a.m. on Sunday. Glad to have nyone from the area who would like to ride, just let me know. pete@millerandshedor.com
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****Looking for qualified chess teacher for young beginners****
We are a non-profit language school running on every Saturday morning. We are looking for a chess teacher to lead our chess class. We will compenate at $30-$40 for each 50 minutes session depend on your qualification. Interested individual, please contact janetywang@hotmail.com.
Qualification: experienced player, kid friendly.
Class hour: Saturday 11:10am - 12pm. (We operated under Wake county school calendar), Fall semester starts Aug. 14th.
Class location: Morrisville, 27560
Class size: 8-12 students
Student age: 7-10 years old
Thank you for your attention.
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I am happy to announce the R.A.C.E. weekly USCF-rated chess tournaments return Sunday August 8th. These tournaments will be a 4-round dual rated G/45 tournament with an entry fee of $6. For the time being there will be only one section in this tournament but as the tournament grows we may add a second section... Prizes (after taking out $1 for ratings/advertising) will be:
30%-15%-10% u1800, u1500, u1200 15% each. Registration will run from 12:30-1:30 and rounds will be at 1:30-3:15-5-6:45. Time delay will only be used to settle draw claims for these tournaments
The location for these tournaments is at the Burger King at 535 Walnut St. in Cary, NC. For more information please contact Jeff Jones @ 270-9948 or NeuseChess@aol.com
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Results of R.A.C.E. #2 held today at the Burger King near Cary Towne Center.
1st: Jeff Jones 3
2nd-3rd: John Smithwick, Evan Whittington 2
4th-5th: Mike McHale, Jackie Guglielmi 1½
R.A.C.E. #3 will be held Sunday 15 August, 2004. Rounds start at 1:30pm
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R.A.C.E. #3 was postponed today due to a lack of turnout. It has been rescheduled for Sunday 22 August, 2004
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****Looking for qualified chess teacher for young beginners****
RACL is a non-profit language school running on every Saturday morning. We are looking for a chess teacher to lead our chess class. Interested individual, please contact lunxiao@yahoo.com.
Class location: Raleigh, near NCSU campus.
Class time: 11:30am-12:20, every Saturday morning
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Due to lack on interest I have decided to discontinue the R.A.C.E. tournaments....
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Anybody who will be attending the Atlantic Open this weekend and needs a roommate please contact me at (919)270-9948 or NeuseChess@aol.com.
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I am Looking for a Class To teach Chess to By endgame Mates,Opening studies, and how to handle middlegames. Yours Louis Cobb 434-3143
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Hello fellow chess players. I'm going to begin posting on all of the north carolina message boards (except CCC) to try to spark a long over due intrest in bughouse. bughouse is a chess variant in which you select another person tobe your partner and u play another team. for example i have white pieces, michael savage has black piecs (we are a team) we vs david conard, he has the black pieces agaisnt me, and tarokh taefi who has the white pieces vs michael savage. colors must be arranged liike this and ull find out why soon. you play a normal blitz timer, 5 0... 3 0 for faster play if u desire. the rules r simple. pieces move exactly teh same. castling is identical to regular chess. piece value is the same, although ull find u can sac a queen for a pawn to mate onthe other board sometimes... the only catch and differnce is this, if i am to capture a piece on my board i swiftly hand it to my partner (michael) and it is in his "bank". this piece can now be used at his at any given time in the game so long as its his turn. if tarokh snaps a pawn from michael and gives it to conard then its davids to use as he pleases at ANY point in the game. u will find that u can not play standard chess openings and king saftey is a MUST. thast all for the rules besides specefics in which u will find no need for them, but onto a more imprtant matter, its the youth chess taht loves this game most of the time. but there parents and even chess players 30+ years of age have been told it RUINS your chess skills... this is the dumbest statement ive ever heard, why dont u ask l- aronian a GM who teaches all of his students the game, or numerous FM's and hm.. a little guy by the name of Nakamura who plays this game daily. this game insanely strengthens ur tactical eye. bby no means do i want to force this game on anyone and say it will make them an amazing chess player becuase thats not true. if u were to play 100 games of bughouse, and switch to a weeknd swiss u would find urslef playing the same but thinking much harder to come back to realization u dont want to sac every piece on board... so with the help of charlotte and a new member we have who has played 10 k plus games of bughouse ( Shawn Pealer) i think its possible within a year to have a scheduled bughouse tourney at every 5 round + tourney in NC, and occasional weekend tourney once a quarter. thank you all and long live BUG!
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I am happy to announce a FREE USCF quick rated tournament Saturday October 2nd at the Golden Corral on Hwy 54 and Cary Pkwy. in Cary/Morrisville. This will be a 7-SS G/15 sttarting at 11AM. Rds. will be 11-1130-12-130-2-230-3-330. At 1230 we'll be having a player's summit where I've got som BIG announcements concerning chess locally.
See you guys there.
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/m235 I forgot to mention. Due to space constraints, we will only be able to allow 40 players to play in each round. But as there are no prizes or entry fees, players may come and go as they please, so if you miss the first round, then you may be able to get into subsequent rounds. Also, Leo Cabana, Gary Maltzman, Luis Guzman, Vann Alan Patrick, and Craig Jones get first option on entering, plus any other club organizers/presidents that I missed.
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Edited by author 11-04-2004 10:06 PM
/m235Congratulations to FM Craig Jones who won the Raleigh Chess Summmit quick tournament with 6½ out of 7 points today. Eugene Cloete was second with 5½. As for the BIG announcement. We will be starting the Raleigh Open Swiss Experience (a.k.a. ROSE) Januray 23rd. These will be a 4-SS G/75 in two sections (Open, U1600) The final round will be G/90 for these monthly tournament. All of these tournaments will offer 10 ChessCafe.com National Grand Prix Points.
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I was just wondering, who is organizing the NC Open next month? I heard that it was Thad Rogers from Atlanta. Is this true? Thad has the reputation of consistently running high quality events.
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To all concerned,Thad Rogers(American Chess Promotions) and the NCCA will be sponsering the 2004 NC Open..A great chance to win a state title..new officers will be elected..yes,I plan on running again,also Ken Baxter will be running for Sch VP,Michael Savage will be running for 1st VP,Gerben Hoestra will be running for Sec/Trea.....all nominations for the NC Hall of Fame and/or ballots for the election of new officers should be emailed to me(rajkipling@yahoo.com) before the end of Oct.. HOPE to see everyone there!!!...Neal
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/m237I have recently found out that Cajun Chess is planning a tournament in Charlotte from April 29-May 1 so I will not be running the Tobacco Road Chess Championships on that weekend. I will look for another date however.
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Edited by author 10-14-2004 05:31 AM
I am looking for poeple interested in sharing a room at both the South Carolina State Championship Oct 22-24, and the North Carolina Open Nov 6-7. I also would like to organize a carpool to the NC Open leaving Saturday the 6th at 6:30am. Carpool meeting location will be determined based on interest. Please e-mail me at my e-mail address (take that spammers) if you are interested in either tournament.
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The Duke chess club will be hosting a tournament November 13. There will be three rounds at 10am, 1pm, and 4pm. The first two rounds are G/75, last round G/90. The full information can be found at: http://cgi.duke.edu/web/dukechess/Nov13Tournament/Brad Marts |
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/m241 The Carpool leaving for the NC Championships will be meeting at the Borders in Cary Saturday at 6:30am. If you are interested in riding Please e-mail me by Thursday
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There is going to be a tournament Saturday December 11th at the Caraleigh Fellowship Hall (same site as the TACOs) starting at 10AM. This tournament will be a 9-SS G/30 dual-rated with an entry fee of $10. Lunch will be included with this entry. During lunch we will be forming a regional charter and incorporating the local clubs in the area. PLayers wishing to play less tan five games and not eating lunch may play for $2/game. Rounds will be at 10-11:15-12:30-2:30-3:40-4:50-6-7:10-8:20 with a business meeting after round 3. Players needing byes will be assigned scores based on their ratings.
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/m242Regarding the tournament hosted by the Duke Chess Club on Saturday Nov 13, the website with the details http://cgi.duke.edu/web/dukechess/Nov13Tournament/does not seem to mention whether the tournament is USCF rated or not. Does anyone know, is it USCF rated? And if so, can people join the USCF at the tournament site? thanks, Leo Cabana, Borders Chess Club
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Leo, I checked already, and this IS a USCF rated tournament
Peter R. Shedor
Miller & Shedor, PLLC
315 N. Academy Street, Ste. 100
Cary, North Carolina 27513
(919) 462-1640
(fax) 462-1641
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/m245Leo: The tournament will be USCF rated. If someone needs to sign up at the tournament site we can do that. The annual membership rate for USCF is $47 a year. If you are planning on attending, please visit the website: http://www.duke.edu/web/dukechess/Nov13Tournamentfor driving directions and parking information. Brad
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/m247Of course, it is better to join USCF on-line as you may save some money and you will save time for yourself and the organizers/directors at a busy time during registration. ------------------------------------------------------------ SPECIAL USCF PROMOTIONAL MEMBERSHIP USCF offers a special promotional adult/regular membership for those who have never been members, or whose membership last expired in 2003 or earlier. This special membership, now available by mail or phone as well as on this website, costs $38 ($36 if done online) for one year, $67 ($65 if done online) for two years, or $95 ($93 if done online) for three years. It includes a monthly Chess Life magazine and full membership benefits. These rates represent a significant savings compared to our regular rates of $49 one year, $90 two years, or $130 three years. If you are a current member, please let your friends and those at your chess club know about this opportunity! Remember: If done online you will receive a $2 discount. http://www.shopuschess.org/cgi-bin/SoftCar...-Mbr.php3?E+scstore
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Jeff, Thad Rogers has been trying to email you..your Tobacco Road tourney conflicts with the NC Class in Greensboro..Neal
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/m240I had already stepped away from the April dates for Tobacco Road. I doubt at this point I'm going to be able to find a decent time to run it... so that project is on the shelf right now
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[forwarded from Jeff Jones]
Please announce the tournament this Saturday at the Church in South Raleigh,
I hadn't posted info in a while but it will be a 9-SS G/30 starting at 10am...
Raleigh Players' Summit II
Caraleigh Fellowship Hall
118 Summit Ave.
Raleigh, NC
9-SS G/30 dual-rated
EF: $2 / game or $10 for unlimited games.
Lunch will be provided after 3rd round.
Byes will be determined by rating.
Play as many rounds as you want USCF membership required...
I'm sorry I forgot to get this to you, but I've been out of town the last three weeks.....
Regards,
Jeffrey Jones
NeuseChess@aol.com
(919)270-9948
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Just a reminder that we will be having a rated tournament at the Raleigh Chess Club from Jan 7-Jan 21. We'll be playing one game per night at a time control of 30/90 SD/30. Players will be divided into the following sections: M/X , A/B , C/D , u1200. EF will be $3/game. There will also be a separate junior section held at G/60, these games will cost $2 each. The best score in each section after three weeks will receive a free entry into a Raleigh Open tournament....
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Hi, everyone, I wanted to announce a tournament for February 12th. The (hopefully first of many) Wolfpack Open will be held on February 12th at NC State University at the Witherspoon Student Center. Click here for a map. It is 3/SS, G/90. The entry fee is $20, but if your registration is received before Feb. 10th, then it's $17. There are 3 sections (Open, U1800, U1400) and the prizes are $60-$30 for 1st-2nd in each section, based on 24 total entries. If there are more people, then the prize fund will increase. See http://www4.ncsu.edu/~cayu/chess/wolfpackchess.html for more details. Send your registration to Box 16039 Sullivan Hall Raleigh, NC 27607 or e-mail to flyingking_2000@yahoo.com Hope to see you there on February 12th! Cheers, Charles Yu |
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Charles,Glad to see more tourneys in your area..I may even make it down for one.. Are you requring NCCA membership for your Wolfpacks..I hope so,if you are uncertain as to who is a member,we have a membership listed posted on the NCCA website..ncchess.org..thanks,Neal Harris
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Actually, I'm not certain about the NCCA membership requirement. What is the benefit of requiring one?
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To all players,
The Raleigh Open I planned for this weekend is going to be played as scheduled. Right now Wake County is under a Winter Weather Advisory through midday Saturday. Patchy ice may occur on the roads during the morning hours, but the precipitation is expected to change the rain by the afternoon and everything will likely be dried off by sharp winds after the front passes. Please be careful on the roads if you do decide to play in Raleigh Open I.
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Charles, When you require NCCA membership($5 for adults in NC,ALL scholastics free) you are supporting the NCCA..helping to pay for such items as the NCCA website,the website where those players outside of Raleigh learn about your Wolfpack tournaments..thus helping both your turnout and diversity of different players(do you get tired of playing those same opponents again and again)..you also are helping the higher rated players to obtain NCCA games..to become elgible for the NC Invitational(top 6 NC players battle it out for supremacy) one must have played at least 12 games in tourneys requiring NCCA membership..thus yours...and lastly you obtain my extreme gratitude and good will..talk to the area players,ie Jeff Jones,Alan Patrick,Craig Jones..please let me know what you decide..thanks,Best regards,Neal Harris, President NCCA
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I would really like to support the NCCA, but this outsider is slowly having a hard time being able to afford to attend any such tournies. But I do wish the best of luck to Charles in his hosting his tournament. :)
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Congratulations to IM Carlomagno Oblitas, and FM Craig Jones for sharing first place in the inaugural Raleigh Open with 3½ points each. Joshua Jodry claimed 1st in the Under 1600 section with a perfect 4-0 score. 42 players braved the elements to particpate in this new monthly event. The
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Triangle Area Chess Events Chess activity in the Triangle certainly has picked up! Watch out Charlotte, a new wave of chess players is coming. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* 1. All Fun & Games will host chess beginning Feb 2 in Cary 2. Orange County Chess Club first meeting Feb 4 in Hillsborough 3. 1st Annual Wildcat Scholastic, Feb 5 in Chapel Hill 4. Duke University Scholastic Chess Tournament, February 12 in Durham 5. Wolfpack Open I, Feb 12 in Raleigh 6. Raleigh Open II, February 19 in Raleigh 7. Davis Drive Elementary Scholastic Tournament, Feb 19 in Cary 8. KBS Scholastic & Open Chess Tournament, Feb 19 in Durham 9. Raleigh CC Classical Tournament Series, Friday March 4,11, 18, & 25 in Raleigh 10. North Carolina Scholastic Chess Championship XXXII, March 5 & 6 in Charlotte 11. State Games of North Carolina, June 25-26 in Cary *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* All Fun & Games store will host chess Wednesdays, starting February 2, 2005 The store sells a wide variety of gaming supplies, and also invites players of various games to meet there at no cost. Wednesdays 4-8pm is reserved for chess. The store presently has only a few sets to lend, so please bring chess equipment if possible. Chess tournaments may come later. LOCATION: All Fun & Games, 2062 Kildaire Farm Rd, Cary, NC 27511. (919) 233-7727 INFO, MAP: http://www.allfunngames.com *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Orange County Chess Club Fridays, 6-10pm, starting February 4 LOCATION: Orange County Recreation Center, 300 W. Tryon Street, Hillsborough, NC 27278 COST: Free REGISTRATION: Onsite at time of first visit. AGES: 12 years through Adult. Under 12 with adult supervision. NOTE: The club will also tentatively offer classes and lectures from 6-7pm ("Comprehensive Chess Course: From Beginner to Tournament Player") starting in February, as per demand. Seating is limited to 12. INFO: http://home.nc.rr.com/orangechess/ CONTACT: John Timmel at 593-1459, OrangeChess@nc.rr.com. Please include the word "chess" in the subject line. DIRECTIONS: From I-40: Take exit #261 towards HILLSBOROUGH, go 1.5 miles. Continue on S. CHURTON St., go 1.7 miles, turn LEFT onto W. TRYON St., go 0.3 miles to 300 W. Tryon. From I-85: Take exit #165 towards HILLSBOROUGH, go 1.7 mile, turn LEFT onto W. TRYON St., go 0.3 miles to 300 W. Tryon. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* 1st Annual Wildcat Scholastic Saturday February 5, 2005 FORMAT: 4-round Swiss, USCF rated (USCF membership required) TIME CONTROL: G/45 SECTIONS: K-3, K-5, K-12 ENTRY FEE: $12 if postmarked by Friday, January 28, $15 later or on-site PRIZES: in each section: trophies to top 7 individuals, and to top 3 teams SCHEDULE: Registration at 8:00-8:45am Round start at 9:15am, 11:00am, 1:00pm, 2:45pm Lunch at 12:30-1:00pm Award Ceremony at 4:30pm LOCATION: East Chapel Hill High School, 500 Weaver Dairy Road, Chapel Hill, NC INFO: http://mindspring.com/~dhholmes/ CONTACT: David Holmes, david@alumni.duke.edu *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Duke University Scholastic Chess Tournament Saturday February 12, 2005 FORMAT: 5 round swiss, USCF rated. USCF membership required, available at tournament site. New players who join the USCF via the internet must bring proof, otherwise must join again during tournament registration. TIME CONTROL: G/30 NOTE: two half-point byes are allowed. Byes for rounds 4 or 5 must be requested before round 2. SECTION: K-3, K-5, K-12 (students from all schools are welcome) ENTRY FEE: $25 for walk-in registrations, $13 in advance PRIZES: Trophies to top 10 in each section. Trophies to top 3 Kindergarteners, and to top 3 1st graders in K-3 section. SCHEDULE: registration 7:45-8:30am; Rounds start at 9:15am, 10:30am, 11:45pm, 1:15pm, 2:30pm NOTE: Advance registration is strongly encouraged! (registration form available at the link below) Walk-ins not registered by 8:30am might not be paired in first round (recieving a half-point bye instead). LOCATION: Bryan Center (Student Union), Von Canon Room, Duke University, Durham NC INFO: http://cgi.duke.edu/web/dukechess/Scholastic/ CONTACT: Craig Jones at (919) 462-9615, carbide@nc.rr.com *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Wolfpack Open I Saturday February 12, 2005 FORMAT: USCF rated 3 round swiss (USCF membership required) TIME CONTROL: G/90 SECTIONS: Open, Under 1800, Under 1400 ENTRY FEE: $20, $17 if received by February 9th. PRIZES: $60-$30 for 1st-2nd in each section, based on 24 total entries, proportional otherwise. Prize fund will increase if sufficient entries. SCHEDULE: registration 9-9:45am; rounds start at 10am, 1:30pm, 5pm. LOCATION: Witherspoon Student Center, NC State University, Cates Ave. & Dan Allen Dr., Raleigh, NC 27601 INFO: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~cayu/chess/wolfpackchess.html CONTACT: Charles Yu, flyingking_2000@yahoo.com *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Raleigh Open II Saturday February 19, 2005 FORMAT: 4 round swiss, USCF rated (USCF membership required) TIME CONTROL: Rounds 1-3 at G/75, round 4 at G/90 SECTIONS: Open, U1600 ENTRY FEE: $21 by Jan 18, $25 on-site PRIZES: 1st - $200, 2nd - $100 in each section; top U1800 and U1400 win $75 SCHEDULE: registration 9-9:45am; rounds start at 10am, 1pm, 4pm, 7pm NOTE: ChessCafe.Com Grand Prix Points: 6 LOCATION: Caraleigh Fellowship Hall, 118 Summit Ave., Raleigh, NC INFO: http://upperneusechess.freewebpages.org/raleighopen.htmlCONTACT: Jeffrey Jones, at Kwyjibo924@aol.com *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Davis Drive Elementary Scholastic Tournament Saturday February 19, 2005 [forwarded message] It's official. We can have a scholastic chess tournament at Davis Drive Elementary! Since I have never set one of these up before, any help that anyone can give would be great -- be it advice, direction, or better yet, helping to take on some of the tasks involved. I do know that I can't do it all by myself, but I will do the best that I can. Probably the first thing needed is to put together a write-up and get it posted. Any takers on helping me with this? Bill DeArmey dearmey@nc.rr.com *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* KBS Scholastic & Open Chess Tournament Saturday February 19, 2005 FORMAT: 5 rounds, swiss (everyone plays all rounds), unrated (USCF membership not required) TIME CONTROL: G/30, (each round lasts up to 1 hour) SECTIONS: Scholastic and Open NOTE: Players of all ages & skill levels are encouraged to compete. Please bring set and clock if possible. ENTRY FEE: $5 (cash only) PRIZES: Scholastic section - trophies; Open section - cash SCHEDULE: registration starts at 1:30pm, first round starts at 2:00 sharp, over before 8pm. LOCATION: the Know Bookstore, 2520 Fayetteville St., Durham, NC, (919) 682-7223 MAP: http://www.borderschess.org/knowbookstore.htm CONTACT: Richard Smith, (919) 250-7579 or (919) 624-2193, rsmith1149@AOL.COM *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Raleigh Chess Club Closer-to-Classical Tournament Series Friday nights, March 4, 11, 18, & 25, 2005 Each tournament will feature one game per night at a time control of 30 moves in 90 minutes followed by a sudden death period of 30 minutes. There will also be tables for players who don't/ can't participate in the tournament but who still want to come and play for a while. FORMAT: rated swiss (USCF membership required) TIME CONTROL: 30/90 + SD/30 (no time deducted for time delay) SECTIONS: 2000+, 1600-1999, 1200-1599 , under 1200 ENTRY FEE: $3 / game PRIZE: 1st place in each section gets free entry into one Raleigh Open National Grand Prix tournament. More prizes will be added as these tournaments grow. SCHEDULE: Registration 7:15 to 7:45pm; with game starts at 8pm. INFO: http://upperneusechess.freewebpages.org/rcctourney.htmlCONTACT: Jeffrey Jones, at Kwyjibo924@aol.com There will also be a special section for youth under the age of 18, which will be played at a time control of G/60. These games will cost $2/ game. More of these tournaments will also be held later in the year: January (3 rounds), March (4 rounds), May (3 rounds), August (4 rounds), October(4 rounds), and December(3 rounds). Tournament games will not be held when the club is closed, nor when they conflict with three-day events in North Carolina. MAP: http://www.borderschess.org/rcc.gif DIRECTIONS to the Raleigh Chess Club, 2526 Noble Road: Take 440 Beltline, get off at Wake Forest Rd (Exit 10), head SOUTH (towards downtown, away from Hospital). Get into right lane. Pass Six Forks Road, and car dealerships. At corner of "Papa Lou's", turn RIGHT onto McNeil St. Drive STRAIGHT to the stop sign. Cross the street into Kiwanis Park parking lot. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* North Carolina Scholastic Chess Championship XXXII Saturday, March 5 & 6, 2005 FORMAT: USCF rated swiss (USCF membership required) LOCATION: Sheraton Charlotte Airport Hotel, 3315 S. I-85 Service Rd. and Billy Graham Parkway Charlotte, NC 28208 INFO: http://cmsca.org/tpage07.html *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* State Games of North Carolina June 25-26, 2005 [details will be finalized by end of Jan] Chess was included in the State Games for the first time last year, and had about 50 participants. With the help of some volunteers, we can make the chess event a success again. Please let both Chuck and me (Leo) know if you can help with on-site registration, assistant TD duty, pairings, etc. FORMAT: USCF rated (USCF membership required) TIME CONTROL: to be announced (probably about G/60) SECTIONS: K-1, K-3, K-5, K-8, K-12, Adult U1400, Adult U1800, Adult Open ENTRY FEE: $25 by June 9, $30 later or on-site PRIZES: to be announced SCHEDULE: (subject to change -- to be confirmed soon) Saturday: Rounds start at 9:30am, 1:30pm, 6:30pm Sunday: Rounds start at 10am, 2pm Awards Ceremony: 5-6pm LOCATION: Cary Academy, 1500 N. Harrison Avenue, Cary NC INFO: http://www.ncsports.org CONTACT: Chuck Hobgood, North Carolina Amateur Sports, 919-361-1133 ext. 5 *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* best regards, Leo Cabana Borders Chess Club Cary, NC http://www.BordersChess.org |
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Further info about the Orange County Chess Club can be found at http://home.nc.rr.com/orangechess/Orange County Recreation & Parks 300 West Tryon Street Hillsborough, NC 27278 Friday nights from 6:00-10:00 (starting February 4th) Hillsborough is at the crossroads of I/85 and I/40. It is ~ 10 miles from the center of Durham and Chapel Hill (and only 20 miles from Burlington and 35 miles from Greensboro). The Friday nights are meant to accommodate kids. I am trying to grow interest in the game by offering classes and clinics. I'm new at organizing, so I can use all the tips and help I can get! It would be very nice to get one of the many local "big names" in North Carolina to give a simul and or Clinic to help promote the club. Anyone out there?? Thanks, John Timmel OrangeChess@nc.rr.com |
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Hi, Please help Asheboro Chess Club get the word out! IM Mikhail Nepomnyashchiy will be holding a simul of up to 50 boards at Asheboro Chess Club Tuesday Feb 1 Information: http://home.triad.rr.com/asheborochess/ Thanks! Tom Hales |
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What a sudden hotbed of activity. Carlomagno Oblitas, an IM (fide 2400 and USCF 2493) and Filemon Cruz, ~fide rating of 2350, are living in Rocky Mount. Both are from Peru and have been members of the Peru Olympic team many times. They've been visiting (and playing) the Raleigh Chess Club the last few months. I beleive Oblitas has played in at least two tournaments as well. So along with IM Mikhail Nepomnyashchiy in Asheboro (see previous note) we're getting an influx of strong players suddenly. Maybe Jonathan Schroer will play a bit more.
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Edited by author 01-29-2005 05:32 PM
I have a six year old who has picked chess to be his passion. He has asked me to find someone to be his teacher. We are in the Raleigh area and looking for someone pretty close but are willing to go to Durham or Chapel Hill. If anyone is intersested or know a teacher we could contact that would be great. Thanks!
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/m267A friend of mine teaches chess, and asked me to spread the word: Gregory Duel 1609 USCF rating Teaches beginners & novices Fee negotiable Will travel to your location in Cary/Raleigh (919) 677-0827
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WILLIAM: MY NAME IS CURTIS GRAHAM AND I GIVE CHESS LESSONS OVER THE PHONE. I USE TO LIVE IN RALEIGH BUT I LIVE IN ROCKY MOUNT NOW. THE WAY I USUALLY ADVERTISE FOR LESSONS IN THROUGH E-BAY, BUT I SAW YOUR EMAIL AND WANTED TO RESPOND. I CHARGE 16 DOLLARS FOR A 90 MIN. LESSON, AND YOU DO NOT HAVE TO COMMIT TO CERTAIN NUMBER. I HAVE BEEN RATED AS HIGH AS 2109 USCF, AND MY CURRENT USCF POSTAL RATING IS 2060. FROM TIME TO TIME MY WORK TAKES ME TO RALEIGH, SO IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO DO A LIVE LESSON FROM TIME TO TIME. BY THE WAY, I PAY FOR ALL PHONE CHARGES. GIVE ME A CALL AT 252-977-1532 IF YOU WANT MORE INFO. I NOTICED THAT A FRIEND OF MINE, GREGORY DUEL, IS OFFERING LESSONS, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE CHARGES. CURTIS GRAHAM
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Chess Tournaments this weekend and next Reminder: some great opportunities are coming up this weekend and next, for both open and scholastic chess tournaments. See details below. By the way, this same information about upcoming local chess events can be found on the Borders Chess Club web site address given at the end of this email. --Leo *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Duke University Scholastic Chess Tournament Saturday February 12, 2005 FORMAT: 5 round swiss, USCF rated. USCF membership required, available at tournament site. New players who join the USCF via the internet must bring proof, otherwise must join again during tournament registration. TIME CONTROL: G/30 NOTE: two half-point byes are allowed. Byes for rounds 4 or 5 must be requested before round 2. SECTION: K-3, K-5, K-12 (students from all schools are welcome) ENTRY FEE: $25 for walk-in registrations, $13 in advance PRIZES: Trophies to top 10 in each section. Trophies to top 3 Kindergarteners, and to top 3 1st graders in K-3 section. SCHEDULE: registration 7:45-8:30am; Rounds start at 9:15am, 10:30am, 11:45pm, 1:15pm, 2:30pm NOTE: Advance registration is strongly encouraged! (registration form available at the link below) Walk-ins not registered by 8:30am might not be paired in first round (receiving a half-point bye instead). LOCATION: Bryan Center (Student Union), Von Canon Room, Duke University, Durham NC INFO: http://cgi.duke.edu/web/dukechess/Scholastic/ CONTACT: Craig Jones at (919) 462-9615, carbide@nc.rr.com *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Wolfpack Open I (all ages) Saturday February 12, 2005 FORMAT: USCF rated 3 round swiss (USCF membership required) TIME CONTROL: G/90 SECTIONS: Open, Under 1800, Under 1400 ENTRY FEE: $20, $17 if received by February 9th. PRIZES: $60-$30 for 1st-2nd in each section, based on 24 total entries, proportional otherwise. Prize fund will increase if sufficient entries. SCHEDULE: registration 9-9:45am; rounds start at 10am, 1:30pm, 5pm. LOCATION: Witherspoon Student Center, NC State University, Cates Ave. & Dan Allen Dr., Raleigh, NC 27601 INFO: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~cayu/chess/wolfpackchess.html CONTACT: Charles Yu, flyingking_2000@yahoo.com *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Raleigh Open II (all ages) Saturday February 19, 2005 FORMAT: 4 round swiss, USCF rated (USCF membership required) TIME CONTROL: Rounds 1-3 at G/75, round 4 at G/90 SECTIONS: Open, U1600 ENTRY FEE: $21 by Jan 18, $25 on-site PRIZES: 1st - $200, 2nd - $100 in each section; top U1800 and U1400 win $75 SCHEDULE: registration 9-9:45am; rounds start at 10am, 1pm, 4pm, 7pm NOTE: ChessCafe.Com Grand Prix Points: 6 LOCATION: Caraleigh Fellowship Hall, 118 Summit Ave., Raleigh, NC INFO: http://upperneusechess.freewebpages.org/raleighopen.html CONTACT: Jeffrey Jones, at Kwyjibo924@aol.com *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* 3rd Annual Davis Drive Elementary Scholastic Tournament Saturday February 19, 2005 Format: 5-round Swiss for K-3 & K-5; 3-round Swiss for K-8 & K-12 Note: USCF rated (USCF membership required, available at tournament site) Time Control: G/30 for K-3 & K-5 sections; G/60 for K-8 & K-12 sections Sections: K-3, K-5, K-8, & K-12 (students from all schools are welcome) Note: We may need to combine K-8 and K-12 sections Entry Fee: $15 if postmarked by Mon., Feb. 14, or $25 on site. Prizes: Trophies to top 5 in K-3 & K-5, and to top 3 schools Trophies to top 3 in K-8 & K-12, and to top 2 schools Winner of K-12 section also receives a free entry to the Super Nationals in Nashville, TN. Schedule: on-site registration 8:00 – 8:45am; Rounds start at K-3 & K-5: 9:15am, 10:30am, 11:45am, 1:15pm, 2:30pm K-8 & K-12: 9:15am, 11:30am, 2:00pm Note: Volunteers needed to help with administrative work and referee work Location: Davis Drive Elementary, 2151 Davis Drive, Cary, NC 27519 Info, Registr. form: http://home.mindspring.com/~dhholmes/davisdrive/ Contact: Bill DeArmey at dearmey@nc.rr.com *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* KBS Scholastic & Open Chess Tournament Saturday February 19, 2005 FORMAT: 5 rounds, swiss (everyone plays all rounds), unrated (USCF membership not required) TIME CONTROL: G/30, (each round lasts up to 1 hour) SECTIONS: Scholastic (K-12) and Open (all ages) NOTE: Players of all ages & skill levels are encouraged to compete. Please bring set and clock if possible. ENTRY FEE: $5 (cash only) PRIZES: Scholastic section - trophies; Open section - cash SCHEDULE: registration starts at 1:30pm, first round starts at 2:00 sharp, over before 8pm. LOCATION: the Know Bookstore, 2520 Fayetteville St., Durham, NC, (919) 682-7223 MAP: http://www.borderschess.org/knowbookstore.htm CONTACT: Richard Smith, (919) 250-7579 or (919) 624-2193, rsmith1149@AOL.COM *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- best regards, Leo Cabana Borders Chess Club Cary, NC http://www.BordersChess.org |
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*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Raleigh Open II Saturday February 19, 2005 FORMAT: 4 round swiss, USCF rated (USCF membership required) TIME CONTROL: Rounds 1-3 at G/75, round 4 at G/90 SECTIONS: Open, U1600 ENTRY FEE: $21 by Jan 18, $25 on-site PRIZES: 1st - $200, 2nd - $100 in each section; top U1800 and U1400 win $75 SCHEDULE: registration 9-9:45am; rounds start at 10am, 1pm, 4pm, 7pm NOTE: ChessCafe.Com Grand Prix Points: 6 LOCATION: Caraleigh Fellowship Hall, 118 Summit Ave., Raleigh, NC INFO: http://upperneusechess.freewebpages.org/raleighopen.html CONTACT: Jeffrey Jones, at Kwyjibo924@aol.com *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* 3rd Annual Davis Drive Elementary Scholastic Tournament Saturday February 19, 2005 FORMAT: 5-round Swiss for K-3 & K-5; 3-round Swiss for K-8 & K-12 NOTE: USCF rated (USCF membership required, available at tournament site) TIME CONTROL: G/30 for K-3 & K-5 sections; G/60 for K-8 & K-12 sections SECTIONS: K-3, K-5, K-8, & K-12 (students from all schools are welcome) NOTE: We may need to combine K-8 and K-12 sections ENTRY FEE: $15 if postmarked by Mon., Feb. 14, or $25 on site. PRIZES: Trophies to top 5 in K-3 & K-5, and to top 3 schools Trophies to top 3 in K-8 & K-12, and to top 2 schools Winner of K-12 section also receives a free entry to the Super Nationals in Nashville, TN. SCHEDULE: on-site registration 8:00 – 8:45am; Rounds start at K-3 & K-5: 9:15am, 10:30am, 11:45am, 1:15pm, 2:30pm K-8 & K-12: 9:15am, 11:30am, 2:00pm LOCATION: Davis Drive Elementary, 2151 Davis Drive, Cary, NC 27519 INFO, REGIST. FORM: http://home.mindspring.com/~dhholmes/davisdrive/ CONTACT: Bill DeArmey at dearmey@nc.rr.com *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* KBS Scholastic & Open Chess Tournament Saturday February 19, 2005 FORMAT: 5 rounds, swiss (everyone plays all rounds), unrated (USCF membership not required) TIME CONTROL: G/30, (each round lasts up to 1 hour) SECTIONS: Scholastic (K-12) and Open (all ages) NOTE: Players of all ages & skill levels are encouraged to compete. Please bring set and clock if possible. ENTRY FEE: $5 (cash only) PRIZES: Scholastic section - trophies; Open section - cash SCHEDULE: registration starts at 1:30pm, first round starts at 2:00 sharp, over before 8pm. LOCATION: the Know Bookstore, 2520 Fayetteville St., Durham, NC, (919) 682-7223 MAP: http://www.borderschess.org/knowbookstore.htm CONTACT: Richard Smith, (919) 250-7579 or (919) 624-2193, rsmith1149@AOL.COM *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* SAS Institute Team Challenge For the last two years, Borders Chess Club has played team matches against the SAS Institute chess club. The SAS team won the first match in 2003 by a slim margin, but we came back and won in 2004 (again a very close contest). Now SAS has thrown down the gauntlet and challenged us again. Let's break the match tie, and show them who is mightier. We need about 6-8 players for our team, ranging in skill level from novice to master. Each team member will play two games at G/30 against one opponent of similar playing strength. These games are not rated, so USCF membership is not required. The SAS team has suggested Friday 6-8pm on either March 11 or 18. They will graciously provide the pizza. We will bring the sodas. If interested, send me an email mentioning your approximate chess rating, and which night you could attend (11th, 18th, or either). Best regards, Leo Cabana Borders Chess Club http://www.BordersChess.org*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* [forwarded message from Mike Klein] Seventh Annual Young Master Chess Camps (NC's longest running summer chess camps) Chess friends, I hope everyone has had an enjoyable year since last summer's camps. Since then, I have moved back to NC and I have enjoyed hearing about and seeing many of you improve your chess knowledge. I am pleased to announce that there will be three camps in the Triangle this year. Chapel Hill, week one, will be June 20-24 Chapel Hill, week two, will be August 1-5 Both camps are open to all scholastic chess players and both will be at Rashkis Elementary. The Chapel Hill camps have a tuition of $215 each week. A printable registration form is available at http://www.youngmasterchess.comThere will also be a camp in Cary this year, though the dates and location are still being finalized. The camp will most likely be the third or fourth week of July. Contact me by email at mike@youngmasterchess.com or by calling (704) 965-4976. Please let your children's friends know about the camps, and if I have accidentally left any past campers off my email list, please let me know. I hope you all will be able to return to this year's camps. Looking forward to seeing you then! Best, Mike Klein http://www.youngmasterchess.com*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* |
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Attention anyone interested in playing in the Millenium Chess Festival Feb. 25-27. I am considering playing in the Millenium and am looking for someone to share a ride/room with.Please contact me at 270-9948 or Click here to e-mail me. |
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Now for the somewhat bad news. Many of you know that I have an unusual professional situation as I have been playing poker professionally over the last several months. This has led me to do alot of traveling specifically to Las Vegas and Atlantic City and as such, I don't have as much time for other pursuits like chess. So regretfully I must announce that all Raleigh Opens starting with the June tournament will be cancelled. Also the Raleigh Chess Club tournaments after the one coming up in March will also be cancelled unless someone at the club wishes to proceed with them. The Fellowship Hall will still be available for someone else to use if they choose to do so.
I will still run the Raleigh Opens until May as I am sure I will be available to do so. But starting in June, I will be spending two months in Las Vegas during the World Series of Poker, and am considering a permanent move out there, so I feel I cannot commit to a tournament schedule.
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As of this time i am free on those dates so i would like to play in the SAS challange...I will tell you if my status for some reason changes within the next 10 days or so. Thanx o and my rating is 1449 now. Thanx Leo, Steve
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To Steve Abrahams, and anyone else interested in playing on the Borders Chess Club team against the SAS Institute:
Please send an email expressing your interest to BordersChess@hotmail.com so that I will have your email address at which to contact you directly. Messages posted to this message board do not seem to show the email address of the sender. Thanks -- Leo Cabana
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For the third straight weekend a scholastic chess tournament was held in the Triangle. This time it was the 3rd Annual Davis Drive Scholastic Tournament which drew 108 participants. In the K-3 section Hans Wu Singh of Mary Scroggs scored a perfect 5-0 for a clear first place. This should produce a high provisional rating for the unrated Singh! A perfect score of 5-0 for Alex Li, a 2nd grader at Durham Academy, gave him the top honors in the K-5 section. Kirk Vaughn and David High both from Phillips Middle School scored 3-0 in the K-8 section. Kirk took first place on tie breaks. Phillips Middle also produced the two 3-0 scores in the K-12 section! Jonathan Lang took first place on tie breaks over Tanner Hogue. Both won a free entry to the Super Nationals in Nashville. Top teams were: K-3: Durham Academy K-5: Rashkis K-8: Phillips Middle K-12: Phillips Middle Full results can be found at http://www.trianglechess.org/html/All%20se...20%20Standings.html
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For anyone that has found out about the Greenville Chess Open at the last Raleigh Open chess tournament. Things are looking grim for the most part. Since ECU had to cancel the date I had planned for the tournament(March 19) it has been very difficult to find another site to play this first tournament at. However I have not given up yet, I will continue to find a site to host are first "long tournament", but if I don't find anything in the 10 days the tournament is likely to be called off. The good news is however that the April 16 date is being checked out on and likely will be able to still go on at the ECU. If interested you can visit my website at: ( http://home.earthlink.net/~vmb0506/)there is more information about tournaments and other things there. Until then, take care everyone and stayed tuned to East Carolina Chess for more details and infromation about tournaments. |
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Great News!!!! I have found a place that will be able to host us on the 19th of March. It is the Holiday Inn Express in Greenville, NC. The schedule had to change a little bit in order for them to take us in but I guess it is better to have some changes than no tournament on that weekend. I will hopefully have directions or a way to get directions up on the website in a few days. Here are some of the changes that I was talking about.
REG. 1:30 PM-2:30 PM (Entry Forms can be pick up on website link below)
TIME CONTROLS: G/60
RD. 1: 2:45 - 4:45
RD. 2: 5:00 - 7:00
DINNER(GO WHEREVER YOU WANT TO GO): 7:00 - 8:00
FINAL ROUND: 8:00 - 10:00
I will hopefully, if things go well, be able to make some changes to make the tournament better starting in May but for now I guess this will have to do. Until then have a great day. :D
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SAS Institute Chess Club vs Borders Chess Club Team Match REMINDER: For the last two years, Borders Chess Club has played team matches against the SAS Institute Chess Club. The SAS team won the first match in 2003 by a slim margin, but we came back and won in 2004 (again a very close contest). Now SAS has thrown down the gauntlet and challenged us again. Let's break the match tie, and show them who is mightier. To find out about the SAS Institute, visit: http://www.sas.comUPDATE: We have settled on Friday March 18 for the match date (a week from this Friday). So far, we have 5 players on the Borders Chess Club team (approximate USCF rating in parentheses): Board 1: Dave Pecora (2097) Board 2: Burnice Bullock (1490) Board 3: D.B. Morris (1485) Board 4: Steve Abrahams (1449) Board 5: Marty Knapp (1400) We would like 6-8 players, so we have room for 1-3 more. Time is quickly running out, so anyone interested in playing for the BCC team needs to contact me (Leo) as soon as possible. ***Attention Steve Abrahams: please contact me by email -- I do not know your email address! MATCH FORMAT: Each team member is paired with a similarly rated player from the opposing team. Each pair of players plays two games (one with white, one with black) at a time control of G/30 (or G/25 with a 5 second delay if either player wants to use a delay). After the second round, the team with the most total points wins. The entire match should be over by 9:00pm (by which time the building closes and we must leave). This match is not USCF rated, so USCF membership is not required. And there are no entry fees or prizes. I do not remember whether or not we followed the touch-move rule in out previous matches -- maybe we just followed the "clock-move" rule? I will find out which rule applies. DIRECTIONS: The SAS Institute is located at 100 SAS Campus Drive, Cary, NC 27513-2414, just off of Harrison Avenue, about one-forth of a mile south of I-40. Follow this link for a map of the area: http://www.BordersChess.org/sasmap.gifSAS has a very large campus with more than one entry point, so be sure to enter at the correct gate in order to avoid getting lost. From Harrison Avenue, enter SAS at the security gate across the street from the SAM'S CLUB store. Ask the person at the security gate for directions to building "GA" (next to the gym -- same building as last year's match). The buildings are labeled with letters, so this helps in finding building GA. SECURITY RULES: Players can bring guests, but the SAS security office requires that this be kept to a minimum (i.e., guardians accompanying a minor, or drivers supplying transportation for players). SAS security will need to know the names of all players and guests in advance, so anyone who plans to bring a guest needs to supply the guest's name to SAS Chess Club President Jack Berry at Jack.Berry@sas.com at least a couple of days before the 18th (he will relay the information to security). Those desiring to sign up for the Borders Chess Club team should contact me (Leo), and then I will forward the information to Jack Berry. Again, we would like to find a few more players for our team. So if this might interest you, please feel free to contact me at BordersChess@hotmail.com with any questions or concerns. I wish that I could play in the match, but I will be out of town. I bet that it will be great fun, as it was in previous years. Go team go! **************************** Leo Cabana Borders Chess Club Cary, NC http://www.BordersChess.org**************************** |
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Just as a reminder to everyone again, the first Greenville Chess Open is scheduled to be held on March 19th, and I would appericate it if some people from the Triangle will come down and play, I mean come on, we go up there to play in your tournaments why can you do the same? The link is http://home.earthlink.net/~vmb0506/ and then click on the Greenville Chess Open link. Prizes are right now $80,$40 per 8 man section but may go up if we get enough entries. |
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Why Friday when people have to work all day then i'm sure rush around to get to the site?? Saturday would be ideal and I would be able to play. Anyway what time is the match friday? QuickTopic daily digest <qtopic+17-vCEeAJydDps6@quicktopic.com> wrote: __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com< replied-to message removed by QT > |
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/284 Regarding the team match between the Borders Chess Club and the SAS Institute Chess Club: Thanks to an enthusiastic reply to my recent plea for more BCC team members, we now have more than enough players (12) for our team. Thank you everyone who offered. The team roster will be decided mostly on a first-come-first-serve basis (taking into account what rating slots need to be filled). I will announce the final team roster here soon. Unfortunately, SAS regulations and limited space prohibit us from inviting spectators (SAS security will allow through only people on the official visitor list). In answer to Kenny's other question: the SAS-BCC team match is traditionally held on Fridays because that is when the SAS chess club meets, so their team is already present. regards, Leo Cabana Borders Chess Club http://www.BordersChess.org |
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Just incase anyone has look at the details on Borders Chess for the information that was posted about the times of the rounds for the Greenville Chess Open are incorrect. The actual times are available on the link to the website just to inform everyone. These times will be upgraded when the next tournament approaches. Also I have some great news. The owner of Holiday Inn Express, sales director and myself are in a discussion right now about a long term sponsorship agreement so we can have a home for the Greenville Chess Opens until January 2007. Stay tune for details. I hope to see everyone at the tournament this weekend.
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Leo, if you have the team information for Borders vs. SAS if you could post it up here so we can see if we need to send us up there or not. Thanks.
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Regarding the team match between Borders Chess Club and SAS Institute Chess Club (Friday March 18), here is the final team roster: Board 1: Dave Pecora Board 2: Burnice Bullock Board 3: D.B. Morris Board 4: Steve Abrahams Board 5: Marty Knapp Board 6: John O'Dowd Board 7: Spencer Quick Board 8: Robert Cea Alternates: Louis Cobb and Edwin Harris I want to thank everyone who volunteered to play for the BCC team. Interest was much greater than in the two previous matches with SAS, so we could not accommodate everyone who wanted to play. Also, people have asked about spectating, but unfortunately floor space and SAS regulations limit the number of people that can attend. Next time (later this year or next year) we will try to have the match at Borders instead. By the way, if anyone knows of other chess teams that would like to compete against the BCC team, let us know, and maybe we can arrange a match. Let's wish the BCC team good luck and good skill! Leo Cabana Borders Chess Club http://www.BordersChess.org |
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Last Time I am going to remind everyone about the Greenville Chess Open this weekend. Registration is from 1:30 to 2:30 with rounds at: 2:45, 5:00, and 8:00 TC:G/60
Prizes 40%, 20% of $25 early entry fee. Current EF: $30 Other details are available at the East Carolina Chess Website. Thanks and I will see all of you this weekend I hope.
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Just a reminder to everyone that there will be a Raleigh Open this Saturday at the Caraleigh Fellowship Hall in south Raleigh. The Open section winner gets $200, 6 national grand prix points, and national recognition in Chess Life Magazine. Hope to see you there.
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I've been a little bit distracted the last couple of months but I will be posting the Crosstables to the lastr two Raleigh Opens sometimes this evening. The links are below: Raleigh Open IIRaleigh Open III |
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Hey Jeff,
Has anyone stepped up to the plate and decided to take over the Raleigh Opens after May? I just wondering about that.
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Right now noone has offered to take over the Raleigh Opens, but remember that there are now tourneys at NCSU and Duke as well as Victor's tourneys in Greenville so there are going to be opportunities to play. The fellowship Hall will still be available to anyone who wants to use it though (Seating for 70.)
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could some please help write a 8*8 chessboard program making the knight move in all the spaces of the chessboard at least once.
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/m294Anyone interested in the Knight's Tour Puzzle should definitely look at Dan Thomasson's web site which focusses on Knight Tours and their relationship to math and art: http://www.borderschess.org/KnightTour.htmAlso, for those who had not noticed, I have a moving gif on my Borders Chess Club site, showing Dan's discovery of a simple solution of the Knight Tour puzzle: http://www.borderschess.orgregards, Leo Cabana
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I'm going to the Global Chess Challenge in Minneapolis this May. I had planned to stay with some in-laws in the area, but it turns out that they aren't as close to the tournament as I had thought. I was wondering if anyone else out there would be interested in sharing the costs of a hotel room. pete@millerandshedor.com
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Hi Pete I have space for one more person I"m staying at the Marriott City Center its 4 miles from the convention center with shuttle service .You can email me at tonytigerchess@yahoo or call me at 704-267-3142 after 7pm
right now there are only two of us I have a suite with doubles & two rollaways .Let me know asap
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Hello Chess Players and Supporters, Please take special note of the CRY (Child Relief & You) charity fundraiser that will take place THIS SUNDAY 17th in Cary. This will be the second year that the Borders Chess Club folks will help out with this charity event. Last year's CRY chess tournament went very well, and this year it should be even more enjoyable since the chess players will have their own playing room this time (other events including Table Tennis and Carrom will be available in adjacent rooms). The CRY chess tournament invites all chess players -- USCF membership NOT required -- so I hope to see many of you there to support this very worthy cause. Please see the details below. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Team Match: Borders Chess Club vs SAS Institute Chess Club On March 18, a team representing Borders Chess Club played against the SAS Institute Chess Club in a team match. This was our third annual contest against the SAS team -- they won two years ago, and we won last year (both by one point). This year our team was led by local chess expert Dave Pecora on board 1, and also included locals Burnice Bullock, D.B. Morris, Steve Abrahams, Marty Knapp, John O'Dowd, Spencer Quick, Robert Cea, Louis Cobb, and Edwin Harris, for a total of 10 boards (our largest team so far). The SAS team proved especially tough this year, gaining a 5-point lead (7.5 - 2.5) in the first round. Fortunately, the valiant BCC team rallied in the second round, and the remaining 10 points were evenly split between the two teams, preventing SAS from increasing their lead. In the end, the SAS team won convincingly with an overall score of 12.5 points, versus 7.5 points for BCC. Thanks go to all of the players, to SAS captain Jack Berry for suggesting the match, and to the SAS Institute for their hospitality. Special credit goes to BCC players Edwin Harris and Louis Cobb, who each won both of their individual games. We'll beat SAS next time! *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Saturday April 16, 2005 Wolfpack Open II FORMAT: USCF rated 3-round swiss (USCF membership required) TIME CONTROL: G/90 SECTIONS: 8-person SECTIONS (or as close as possible) by similar rating ENTRY FEE: $15 if rec'd before tournament date, $20 on-site PRIZES: $60 to 1st place, $30 to 2nd place in each 8-person section (otherwise proportional) SCHEDULE: registration 9-9:45am; rounds start at 10am, 1:30pm, & 5pm LOCATION: Witherspoon Student Center, NC State University, Cates Ave. & Dan Allen Dr., Raleigh, NC 27601 INFO: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~cayu/chess/wolfpackchess.html CONTACT: Charles Yu at flyingking_2000@yahoo.com *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Saturday April 17, 2005 Second Annual CRY Khelathon (Indoor Sports) NOTE: This CRY (Child Relief & You) event is a charity fundraiser to help underprivileged children FORMAT: 4 round unrated swiss (USCF rules apply, but USCF membership NOT required) TIME CONTROL: G/25 SECTIONS: Open ENTRY FEE: $7 on-site for the chess tournament, $7 for each of the other events (Table Tennis, Carrom, Bingo, Darts, and Basketball Hoops) PRIZE: the joy of helping others in need -- all proceeds go to the CRY charity SCHEDULE: registration 1:00-1:30pm; first round starts at 2pm sharp! Last round ends at 5:30pm LOCATION: Bond Park Community Center, Cary NC INFO: http://www.cryrdu.org/ CONTACT: Prateek at cryamerica.rdu@crymail.org or (919) 858-5060 DIRECTIONS: From I-40 East 1. Take the NC-54 exit- exit number 290- toward CARY 2. Turn LEFT onto CHAPEL HILL RD/NC-54. 3. Turn RIGHT onto NE MAYNARD RD/NC-54 W. 4. Turn LEFT onto REEDY CREEK RD. 5. Turn RIGHT onto NE MAYNARD RD/NC-54 W. Continue on NE MAYNARD 6. Turn RIGHT onto HIGH HOUSE RD. 7. Turn LEFT at 801 HIGH HOUSE RD into Bond Park 8. Take the first RIGHT and follow directions for the COMMUNITY CENTER which will come on your right. From I-40 West 1. Take the AVIATION PKWY exit- exit number 285- toward MORRISVILLE 2. Turn RIGHT onto AVIATION PKWY. 3. Turn LEFT onto EVANS RD. 4. Turn RIGHT onto NW CARY PKWY. 5. Turn LEFT onto HIGH HOUSE RD. 6. Turn RIGHT at 801 HIGH HOUSE RD into Bond Park 7. Follow the road till it ends in a T section with a stop sign. 8. Take a LEFT at the stop sign. 9. The COMMUNITY CENTER is almost immediately on your LEFT. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Saturday April 23, 2005 Raleigh Open IV FORMAT: 4 round swiss, USCF rated (USCF membership required) TIME CONTROL: Rounds 1-3 at G/75, round 4 at G/90 SECTIONS: Open, U1600 ENTRY FEE: $21 by Jan 18, $25 later or on-site PRIZES: 1st - $200, 2nd - $100 in each section; top U1800 and U1400 win $75 SCHEDULE: registration 9-9:45am; rounds start at 10am, 1pm, 4pm, 7pm LOCATION: Caraleigh Fellowship Hall, 118 Summit Ave., Raleigh, NC INFO: http://upperneusechess.freewebpages.org/raleighopen.html CONTACT: Jeffrey Jones, at Kwyjibo924@aol.com *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Mon.-Thurs. June 20-23, 2005 Raleigh Chess Camp, Session I NOTE: Session II is on July 11-14 MEETING TIME: 9:00am-12:00 noon COST: $89 per session. Register for either or both sessions. LOCATION: Caraleigh Fellowship Hall, 118 Summit Ave., Raleigh, NC Raleigh, NC 27601 INFO: http://www.BordersChess.org/rccamp2005.htm CONTACT: Instructor D.B. Morris at dbmorris@poetworld.net, (919) 779-7662, 103 Oakhollow Court, Garner, NC 27529 *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Mon.-Fri. June 20-24, 2005 Seventh Annual Young Master Chess Camp, Week 1 NOTE: Week 2 is on August 1-5 COST: $215 per week. Register for either or both weeks. LOCATION: Rashkis Elementary, 601 Meadowmont Lane, Chapel Hill, NC 27517 INFO: http://www.youngmasterchess.com CONTACT: Instructor Mike Klein at mike@youngmasterchess.com, (704) 965-4976, 1569 Pecan Avenue, Charlotte, NC 28205 *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Mon.-Thurs. July 11-14, 2005 Raleigh Chess Camp, Session II NOTE: Session I is on June 20-23 MEETING TIME: 9:00am-12:00 noon COST: $89 per session. Register for either or both sessions. LOCATION: Caraleigh Fellowship Hall, 118 Summit Ave., Raleigh, NC Raleigh, NC 27601 INFO: http://www.BordersChess.org/rccamp2005.htm CONTACT: Instructor Matthew Noble at mnoble65@comporium.net, (803) 547-6984, 8071 Kennet Lane, Indian Land, SC 29715 *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Mon.-Fri. August 1-5, 2005 Seventh Annual Young Master Chess Camp, Week 2 NOTE: Week 1 is on June 20-24. COST: $215 per week. Register for either or both weeks. LOCATION: Rashkis Elementary, 601 Meadowmont Lane, Chapel Hill, NC 27517 INFO: http://www.youngmasterchess.com CONTACT: Instructor Mike Klein at mike@youngmasterchess.com, (704) 965-4976, 1569 Pecan Avenue, Charlotte, NC 28205 *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Compiled by Leo Cabana http://www.BordersChess.org |
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Official Remaining Greenville Chess Open Dates for 2005: May 14 June 18 July 16 August 20 September 24 October 22 November 19 December 10 Site: Holiday Inn Express in Greenville, NC 8-man sections, sections will be merged if not enough entries. Entry fee: $ 25 by a week before, $30 on site. Prizes: 40%G,20%G per section; 50% 25% by 3 8-man sections based on $25 entry fee. visit website below for more details. Website: http://home.earthlink.net/~vmb0506/id3.htmlContact Number: 252-413-9113 |
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Congratulations to Nelson Lopez for winning Raleigh Open IV with a prefect score of four points. Adam Holmes of Chapel Hill took second with 3. In the under 1600 section Robin Johnston of Greensboro won with 3.5 points. The crosstable will be posted at this link Sometime later today. On a sad note the May 28th has been cancelled so this was the last Raleigh Open and the last tournament I will be directing. With tournaments at Duke next weekend, Greenville and Asheboro each month, and hopefully NCSU over the winter, there will be plenty of opportunities to play in the area. A great many thanks go out to everyone who has supported me as a tournament director over the last nine years. Best regards, Jeffrey Mason Jones |
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/m301 I've had some problems uploading the crosstable for Raleigh Open IV so here's the new link
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I know that there are two other tournaments this weekend but I am encourging everyone to attend this month's greenville chess open. But the decision is up to you.
G/90
3 rounds at the Holiday Inn Express in Greenville NC
Entry Fee: $30
Prizes: 40%G, 20%G
50%, 25% by 3 sections
60%, 30% by 6 sections
Reg. 9:30 - 10:45
Rd. 1 11:00 - 2:00
Rd. 2 2:30 - 5:30
Rd. 3 6:30 - 9:30
Call me at 252-413-9113 if more details are need.
A link to mapquest is available on the website tournament information page.
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Two announcements of interest to chess players: 1. Fundraiser Quads for 2005 NC HS Chess Champ Nelson Lopez 2. Durham Academy and Cary Academy Chess Camps (Please spread the word) =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* Fundraiser Quads for 2005 NC HS Chess Champ Nelson Lopez Saturday May 21, 2005, 1:30-5:00pm Golden Corral Restaurant, 9601 Chapel Hill Road, Morrisville, NC 27560, (919) 481-9037 Local student Nelson Lopez II won clear 1st place in the High School (K-12) section of this year's North Carolina Scholastic Chess Championships. With this outstanding achievement, Nelson earned the right to compete in the prestigious Denker Tournament of High School Champions on August 7-12, 2005 in Phoenix, Arizona. The North Carolina Chess Association (NCCA) will supply financial support to cover part of Nelson's travel expenses, but more funds are needed to make the trip affordable. Borders Chess Club of Cary is sponsoring a fundraiser chess tournament to help. With Nelson's talent and experience, he has an excellent chance of winning the Denker tournament and a college scholarship. FORMAT: 3 round Quads (4 person sections by similar chess strength), unrated (USCF membership not required), with a time control of G/30 (each round lasts up to one hour). We will follow the USCF rules such as touch-move, as we do in the Borders Quads tournaments. ENTRY FEE: $5 per player. All proceeds go towards Nelson's travel expenses for the Denker tournament. SCHEDULE: Registration 1:15-1:55pm. Rounds start promptly at 2:00, 3:00, and 4:00pm. First round starts at 2:00 sharp! INFO: http://www.borderschess.org/nelson.htmMAP: http://www.borderschess.org/goldencorral.gifCONTACT: Leo Cabana (tournament organizer and director) at BordersChess@hotmail.com, or (919) 824-5625. Nelson has had an active and very successful chess history so far, including top honors in North Carolina scholastic tournaments for the last four years straight, leading up to his High School 1st place this year. 2005 Super Nationals Scholastic Chess Championship, K-12 Open - 23rd place 2005 NC Scholastic Chess Championship - High School - 1st place 2004 NC Scholastic Chess Championship - High School - 10th place 2003 NC Scholastic Chess Championship - High School - 3rd place 2002 NC Scholastic Chess Championship - Middle School - 1st place 2001 VA Scholastic Chess Championship - High School - 3rd place 2000 VA Scholastic Chess Championship - Middle School - 7th place 1999 VA Scholastic Chess Championship - Elementary School - tied for 1st place 1999 National Scholastic K-12 Grade Championship - 6th grade - 22nd place 1998 VA Scholastic Chess Championship -Elementary School - tied for 1st place 1997 VA Scholastic Chess Championship - Primary - 3rd place 1997 Super Nationals Scholastic Chess Championship - K-3 Unrated - 3rd place =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* NOTE THAT THE REGISTRATION DEADLINES FOR THE DURHAM ACADEMY AND CARY ACADEMY CHESS CAMPS ARE VERY SOON -- PLEASE ACT QUICKLY IF INTERESTED Durham Academy Chess Camp, Session 1 Mon.-Fri. June 13-17, 2005 NOTE: Session 2: June 20-24; Session 3: July 18-22 (register for any or all sessions) MEETING TIME: 9:00am-12:00 noon for Primary instruction, 1:00-4:00pm for Advanced instruction COST: $160 per session LOCATION: 3601 Ridge Road, Durham, NC 27707, (919) 493-9595 MAP: http://www.borderschess.org/durhamacademy.gifINFO: http://www.da.org/summer/Week2.pdfREGISTRATION: http://summer.da.orgCONTACT: Instructor Craig Jones at carbide@nc.rr.com, (919) 462-9615 or (919) 389-4012 -------------------- Durham Academy Chess Camp, Session 2 Mon.-Fri. June 20-24, 2005 NOTE: Session 1: June 13-17; Session 3: July 18-22 (register for any or all sessions) MEETING TIME: 9:00am-12:00 noon for Intermediate instruction, 1:00-4:00pm for Advanced instruction COST: $160 per session INSTRUCTOR: Chess Master Craig Jones (USCF 2299) LOCATION: 3601 Ridge Road, Durham, NC 27707, (919) 493-9595 MAP: http://www.borderschess.org/durhamacademy.gifINFO: http://www.da.org/summer/Week3.pdfREGISTRATION: http://summer.da.orgCONTACT: Craig Jones at carbide@nc.rr.com, (919) 462-9615 or (919) 389-4012 -------------------- Durham Academy Chess Camp, Session 3 Mon.-Fri. July 18-22, 2005 NOTE: Session 1: June 13-17; Session 2: June 20-24 (register for any or all sessions) MEETING TIME: 9:00am-12:00 noon for Primary instruction COST: $160 per session INSTRUCTOR: Chess Master Craig Jones (USCF 2299) LOCATION: 3601 Ridge Road, Durham, NC 27707, (919) 493-9595 MAP: http://www.borderschess.org/durhamacademy.gifINFO: http://www.da.org/summer/Week7.pdfREGISTRATION: http://summer.da.orgCONTACT: Craig Jones at carbide@nc.rr.com, (919) 462-9615 or (919) 389-4012 -------------------- Cary Academy Chess Camp, Session 1 Mon.-Fri. July 11-15, 2005 NOTE: Session 1 on July 25-29 (register for either or both sessions) MEETING TIME: 9:00am-12:00 noon for Primary instruction, 1:00-4:00pm for Intermediate instruction. COST: $150 per session INSTRUCTOR: Chess Master Craig Jones (USCF 2299) LOCATION: 1500 N. Harrison Avenue, Cary, North Carolina 27513, (919) 677-3873 MAP: http://www.borderschess.org/caryacademy.gifINFO: (see page 12) http://www.caryacademy.org/summer/pdfs/2005-Brochure.pdfREGISTRATION: http://www.caryacademy.org/summer/registration05.htmlCONTACT: Craig Jones at carbide@nc.rr.com, (919) 462-9615 or (919) 389-4012 -------------------- Cary Academy Chess Camp, Session 2 Mon.-Fri. July 25-29, 2005 NOTE: Session 1 on July 11-15 (register for either or both sessions) MEETING TIME: 9:00am-12:00 noon for Primary instruction, 1:00-4:00pm for Intermediate instruction. COST: $150 per session INSTRUCTOR: Chess Master Craig Jones (USCF 2299) LOCATION: 1500 N. Harrison Avenue, Cary, North Carolina 27513, (919) 677-3873 MAP: http://www.borderschess.org/caryacademy.gifINFO: (see page 12) http://www.caryacademy.org/summer/pdfs/2005-Brochure.pdfREGISTRATION: http://www.caryacademy.org/summer/registration05.htmlCONTACT: Craig Jones at carbide@nc.rr.com, (919) 462-9615 or (919) 389-4012 =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* yours, Leo Cabana Borders Chess Club |
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Is there any possibility of running quads in the morning that day? I'd like to come out and play and support Nelson, but I can't make it in the afternoon. If you have the time and the space is available, you could have morning quads with rounds at 10, 11, and 12. Maybe G/25 to ensure time to pair the next round on time.
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/m305Brad, sorry but 1:30-5:00pm is the only time slot on May 21 that Golden Corral has the meeting room available for us. By the way, the meeting room, which easily holds about 30-40 chess players, and is comfortably sectioned off from the rest of the restaurant, costs nothing to use! I encourage other organizers to use it for chess events. Jeff Jones ran a couple of tournaments there and they went very well. To reserve the meeting room, just call the restaraunt in advance at (919) 481-9037.
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Just a reminder that there will be a tournament at Golden Corral in Morrisville this Saturday (May 21). The goal, in addition to enjoying some good chess, is to raise funds to help local student and North Carolina High School Chess Champ Nelson Lopez travel to the prestigious Denker Tournament of High School Champions in Arizona this summer. Nelson has a very good shot at the Denker title. If he does well there, this could be a real boost to scholastic chess in the Triangle and throughout our state. Let’s help Nelson get his big chance. Donations from spectators are also gratefully accepted. The Golden Corral where we will have the tournament is on the corner of Chapel Hill Road and Cary Parkway. I have seen two chess tournaments held there in the recent past, and the meeting room was more spacious and quieter than our usual venue at Borders -- this should be a nice experience! *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Fundraiser Quads for 2005 NC High School Champ Nelson Lopez Note: This tournament is open to everyone -- all ages and skill levels are welcome. Please bring a chess set and clock if possible. FORMAT: unrated Quads (4 person round-robbins). Touch-move and other USCF rules apply, but USCF membership not required. TIME CONTROL: G/30 (each round lasts up to one hour) SECTIONS: 4 person sections by similar chess strength ENTRY FEE: $5 on site (cash only). All proceeds go to Nelson's travel expenses SCHEDULE: registration 1:15-1:55pm. Round starts at 2:00, 3:00, and 4:00pm sharp! First round starts at 2:00 LOCATION: Golden Corral Restaurant, 9601 Chapel Hill Road, Morrisville, NC 27560, (919) 481-9037 DIRECTIONS: Coming from west I-40: Take Exit 285 (Aviation Parkway) south until it intersects Chapel Hill Road. Turn left onto Chapel Hill Road and follow it until it intersects Cary Parkway. The restaurant will be visible from this intersection. Coming from east I-40: Take Exit 287 (Harrison Avenue) south until it intersects Cary Parkway. Turn right onto Cary Parkway and follow it until it intersects Chapel Hill Road. The restaurant will be visible from this intersection. MAP: http://www.borderschess.org/goldencorral.gifINFO: http://www.BordersChess.org/nelson.htmCONTACT: Leo Cabana at BordersChess@hotmail.com or (919) 824-5625 |
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If anyone is interested in travelling to the US AMateur South with me this approaching weekend, please give me a call at (919)270-9948 or e-mail me by CLICKING HERE |
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/m308 Oops! I hate when I lose track of time. My bad. Please disregard my previous message.
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Edited by author 06-04-2005 02:55 PM
If anyone is interestred in going to the Emory Castle tournament next weekend in Atlanta, GA please give me a call at (919)270-9948 or e-mail me
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Just reminding everyone that the 4th Greenville Chess Open is next Saturday, and you never know who will show up to play. Maybe another master? Who knows?
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******* THIS SATURDAY! ******** Borders Chess Quads #20 Saturday June 11, 2005 FORMAT: Quads (4 person round-robins), 3 rounds, unrated (USCF membership *not* required) ELIGIBILITY: all ages welcome -- no prior tournament experience needed TIME CONTROL: G/30 (each player has 30 minutes per game) SECTIONS: 4 person sections by similar rating (or estimated playing strength if unrated) ENTRY FEE: $5, cash only PRIZES: $15 to 1st place in each Quad SCHEDULE: on-site registration 1:15 - 2:15pm; rounds start at 2:30, 3:40, 4:50pm RULES & DETAILS: http://www.BordersChess.org/quads.htmLOCATION: Borders Books Music & Cafe, 1751 Walnut Street, Cary NC MAP: http://www.BordersChess.org/directions.htmCONTACT: Leo Cabana at BordersChess@hotmail.com, (919) 824-5625 |
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Reminders: The Orange County Chess Club summer hours are Fidays 6-10. Also, the first Asheboro Open is on June 25th. It has a good potential of drawing players from Charlotte, the Triangle, and the Triad. I'm playing. Anyone else?
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Another reminder about the Greenville Chess Open this saturday (June 18). Come out and play with us here in greenville, and check out the competition in the eastern part of the state. Details are as usual available on the East Carolina Chess website. And everyone have a good week.
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Edited by author 06-16-2005 10:19 PM
Final reminder about the Greenville Chess Open this weekend.
NM Maurice Dana has said he will be their, so lets bring him some competition from Raleigh so he will have a challenge.
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Is there any chess coaching classes for children (6yrs) in this summer?
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> >Is there any chess coaching classes for children (6yrs) in this >summer? > For a list of recommended chess coaches, visit the Border Chess Club web site, and click on "teachers": http://www.borderschess.orgThose looking for a chess camp will find many to choose from. See the recent newsletter below. --------- Borders Chess Club News, June 14, 2005 1) Results of Borders Quads #20 2) Know Bookstore Tournament, June 18 in Durham 3) 4th Greenville Chess Open, June 18 in Greenville 4) Asheboro Open I, June 25 in Asheville 5) Orange County Chess Club summer hours 6) Lots of Chess Camps this summer! -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Results of Borders Quads #20 We had a pleasant tournament at Borders last Saturday. A total of 24 players competed in 6 quads. I want to welcome the 11 new players – we hope to see you again at our regular meetings and future tournaments. Special congratulations to Vann Alan Patrick for winning the top quad! The cross table and updated pairings should be ready within a few days. We will probably have another quads tournament in July (check early next month to confirm). -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- KBS Scholastic & Open Chess Tournament Saturday June 18 FORMAT: 5-SS, G/30, unrated (USCF membership not required) ENTRY FEE: $5 on site PRIZES: cash in Open sections, trophies in scholastic section SECTIONS: Open and scholastic SCHEDULE: registration begins 1:30pm; 1st round at 2:00pm; over before 8pm NOTE: please bring chess sets and clocks if you have them LOCATION: The Know Bookstore, 2520 Fayetteville Street, Durham, NC (919) 682-7223 (ask for Richard or Bruce) MAP: http://www.borderschess.org/knowbookstore.htmCONTACT: Richard Smith at (919) 250-7579 or (919) 624-2193, RSMITH1149@aol.com -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- 4th Greenville Chess Open Saturday June 18, 2005 FORMAT: 3-SS, G/90, USCF rated, 8 man sections ENTRY FEE: $25 if received by a week before schedule date, afterwards $30 LOCATION: Holiday Inn Express, 909 Moye Blvd Greenville, NC 27834, (919) 754-8300 INFO: http://home.earthlink.net/~vmb0506/id3.htmlCONTACT: Victor Beaman, vmb0506@earthlink.net, (252) 413-9113 or (252) 746-9139 -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Asheboro Open I Saturday June 25, 2005 FORMAT: 3-33, G/75, USCF rated ENTRY FEE: $25 LOCATION: Days Inn Asheboro, 901 Albemarle Road, Asheboro, NC 27205 NOTE: Asheboro is an easy 60 minute drive west on Highway 64 (from Cary) INFO: http://home.triad.rr.com/asheborochess/TAO1.htmCONTACT: William “Tom” Hales, chess@triad.rr.com -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Orange County Chess Club MEETING TIMES: Fridays 6-10pm (summer) LOCATION: Orange County Recreation & Parks, 300 West Tryon Street, Hillsborough, NC 27278 INFO: http://home.nc.rr.com/orangechess/CONTACT: John Timmel, OrangeChess@nc.rr.com -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Seventh Annual Young Master Chess Camp, Week 1 Mon.-Fri. June 20-24 NOTE: Week 2 is on August 1-5 COST: $215 per session INSTRUCTOR: National Life Master Mike Klein LOCATION: Rashkis Elementary, 601 Meadowmont Lane, Chapel Hill, NC 27517 INFO: http://www.youngmasterchess.comCONTACT: Mike Klein at mike@youngmasterchess.com, (704) 965-4976, 1569 Pecan Avenue, Charlotte, NC 28205 Seventh Annual Young Master Chess Camp, Week 2 Mon.-Fri. August 1-5, 2005 NOTE: Week 1 is on June 20-24 COST: $215 per session INSTRUCTOR: National Life Master Mike Klein LOCATION: Rashkis Elementary, 601 Meadowmont Lane, Chapel Hill, NC 27517 INFO: http://www.youngmasterchess.comCONTACT: Mike Klein at mike@youngmasterchess.com, (704) 965-4976, 1569 Pecan Avenue, Charlotte, NC 28205 -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Raleigh Chess Camp, Session I Mon.-Thurs. June 20-23 NOTE: Session II is on July 11-14 MEETING TIME: 9:00am-12:00 noon COST: $89 per session INSTRUCTOR: D.B. Morris LOCATION: Caraleigh Fellowship Hall, 118 Summit Ave., Raleigh, NC 27601 INFO: http://www.BordersChess.org/rccamp2005.htmCONTACT: D.B. Morris at dbmorris@poetworld.net, (919) 779-7662, 103 Oakhollow Court, Garner, NC 27529 Raleigh Chess Camp, Session II Mon.-Thurs. July 11-14 NOTE: Session I is on June 20-23 MEETING TIME: 9:00am-12:00 noon COST: $89 per session INSTRUCTOR: Chess Master Matthew Noble LOCATION: Caraleigh Fellowship Hall, 118 Summit Ave., Raleigh, NC 27601 INFO: http://www.BordersChess.org/rccamp2005.htmCONTACT: Matthew Noble at mnoble65@comporium.net, (803) 547-6984, 8071 Kennet Lane, Indian Land, SC 29715 -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Durham Academy Chess Camp, Session 1 Mon.-Fri. June 13-17 NOTE: Session 2: June 20-24; Session 3: July 18-22 (register for any or all sessions) MEETING TIME: 9:00am-12:00 noon for Primary instruction, 1:00-4:00pm for Advanced instruction COST: $160 per session INSTRUCTOR Chess Master Craig Jones LOCATION: 3601 Ridge Road, Durham, NC 27707, (919) 493-9595 MAP: http://www.borderschess.org/durhamacademy.gifINFO: http://www.da.org/summer/Week2.pdfREGISTRATION: http://summer.da.orgCONTACT: Craig Jones at carbide@nc.rr.com, (919) 462-9615 or (919) 389-4012 Durham Academy Chess Camp, Session 2 Mon.-Fri. June 20-24 NOTE: Session 1: June 13-17; Session 3: July 18-22 (register for any or all sessions) MEETING TIME: 9:00am-12:00 noon for Intermediate instruction, 1:00-4:00pm for Advanced instruction COST: $160 per session INSTRUCTOR Chess Master Craig Jones LOCATION: 3601 Ridge Road, Durham, NC 27707, (919) 493-9595 MAP: http://www.borderschess.org/durhamacademy.gifINFO: http://www.da.org/summer/Week3.pdfREGISTRATION: http://summer.da.orgCONTACT: Craig Jones at carbide@nc.rr.com, (919) 462-9615 or (919) 389-4012 Durham Academy Chess Camp, Session 3 Mon.-Fri. July 18-22 NOTE: Session 1: June 13-17; Session 2: June 20-24 (register for any or all sessions) MEETING TIME: 9:00am-12:00 noon for Primary instruction COST: $160 per session INSTRUCTOR Chess Master Craig Jones LOCATION: 3601 Ridge Road, Durham, NC 27707, (919) 493-9595 MAP: http://www.borderschess.org/durhamacademy.gifINFO: http://www.da.org/summer/Week7.pdfREGISTRATION: http://summer.da.orgCONTACT: Craig Jones at carbide@nc.rr.com, (919) 462-9615 or (919) 389-4012 -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Cary Academy Chess Camp, Session 1 Mon.-Fri. July 11-15 NOTE: Session 1 on July 25-29 (register for either or both sessions) MEETING TIME: 9:00am-12:00 noon for Primary instruction, 1:00-4:00pm for Intermediate instruction. COST: $150 per sion INSTRUCTOR Chess Master Craig Jones LOCATION: 1500 N. Harrison Avenue, Cary, North Carolina 27513, (919) 677-3873 MAP: http://www.borderschess.org/caryacademy.gifINFO: (see page 16) http://www.caryacademy.org/summer/pdfs/2005-Brochure.pdf REGISTRATION: http://www.caryacademy.org/summer/registration05.html CONTACT: Craig Jones at carbide@nc.rr.com, (919) 462-9615 or (919) 389-4012 Cary Academy Chess Camp, Session 2 Mon.-Fri. July 25-29 NOTE: Session 1 on July 11-15 (register for either or both sessions) MEETING TIME: 9:00am-12:00 noon for Primary instruction, 1:00-4:00pm for Intermediate instruction. COST: $150 per session INSTRUCTOR Chess Master Craig Jones LOCATION: 1500 N. Harrison Avenue, Cary, North Carolina 27513, (919) 677-3873 MAP: http://www.borderschess.org/caryacademy.gifINFO: (see page 16) http://www.caryacademy.org/summer/pdfs/2005-Brochure.pdf REGISTRATION: http://www.caryacademy.org/summer/registration05.html CONTACT: Craig Jones at carbide@nc.rr.com, (919) 462-9615 or (919) 389-4012 -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- |
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Roommate need for World Open. Playing 3-day schedule.... Non-smoker preferred. Staying at Howard Johnson Express in Cherry Hill, NJ (less than 15 minutes away.) Room reserved from 7/1-4. Please e-mail me at kwyjibo924@aol.com. Also I'd like to invite everyone in the chess community to check out my new Travel Agency at E-hitchhiker.com" so that you can save money on your travels anywhere. |
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Congratulations to Tom Hales and the Asheboro Chess Club who put on the Asheboro Open this past weekend. Forty five players showed up making it a very successful debut. The conditions were good, the event was well run, the location was easy to get to, and the prizes totaled just a hair under $1,000. Leo Cabana took clear first 3-0 (cha-ching!)) in the Candidates section. Chris Mabe, John Timmel, Michael Carroll, and Paul King tied for 1st with 2.5 in the Open section, while Mark Stout went 3-0 in the Club section. I hope to see everyone (and more) next month. Also, the event has already been rated! http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?200506257901.0-12592718 |
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Orange County Chess Club is closed this Friday as the building closes early for the holiday weekend.
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Please see the forwarded message below from D.B. Morris. Last year we had a great response from the public. The simul was a big hit. I will be at the World Open this time, so please direct questions to D.B. at dbmorris@poetworld.net
Happy Independence Day!
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Monday July 4, 2005
State Fairgrounds on Hillsboro Street in Raleigh.
The Graham Building (beside the Dorton Arena) will house the chess players again this year. Air-conditioned!
Gates open at 2:30 pm. The simul with Alan Patrick and David Pecora starts at 4:30 pm. Sets to play on will be provided up to about 25 boards. [Note: in a "simul", a strong player simultaneously plays dozens of chess games against the public.]
There will be no charge to play against Alan and David, and all ages are welcome. 3 prizes will be given away (2 analysis chess sets and 1 tournament chess set). If someone wants to donate old chess books as prizes this would be a good day for it.
We also might need a few chess set later in the afternoon if the crowd grows like last year.
VIP parking is available at gate #2. Mention my name (D.B. Morris) for a parking pass. They will be available to the first 20 chess players.
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The City of Raleigh Parks and Recreation Department will host the 2005 July 4th Celebration at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds. Gates open to the public at 2:30 p.m.., with the activities beginning at 3:00 p.m. The fun includes pony rides, food vendors, rides and activities for the whole family. Snoopy's Restaurant will sponsor a hot dog eating contest. The main stage will feature live music from North Carolina's best live musical entertainment, and much more.
The evening concludes with the grand finale fireworks display at 9:15 p.m. In the event of rain, the fireworks will be rescheduled for Tuesday, July 5 at 8:45 p.m. but the activities will be cancelled.
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Ok. It's that time of the month again. The Greenville Chess Open 5 is happening next weekend and NM Maurice Dana will be in attendance again. Someone, anyone, needs to come and knock him off the top of the mountain. He has won the past two GCO's. So come on down to greenville and play on the 16th and try your best to beat this National Master. Remember prizes go up the more sections we have. so come on down and throw some pieces around.
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Borders Chess Club News, July 7, 2005 1) 2nd annual Day and Knight of Independence, July 4 in Raleigh 2) Borders Quads this Saturday July 9 in Cary 3) KBS Scholastic & Open Chess Tournament, July 16 in Durham 4) Greenville Chess Open 5, July 16 in Greenville 5) Asheboro Open II, July 23 in Asheboro 6) Lipkin-Pfefferkorn Open (LPO), July 29-31 or 30-31, Greensboro 7) More Chess Camps still remain this summer 8) Lost and Found -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- 2nd annual Day and Knight of Independence July 4, 2005 [I was out of town, but I hear that the July 4 chess event at the Raleigh fairgrounds was very popular and well attended. Please see the forwarded message below from event organizer D.B. Morris. --Leo] --- Just wanted to let you know we had another great year at the fairgrounds' 4th of July celebration. We gave away 4 chess sets and two youth chess scholarships for Matt Noble's Chess Camp. Also the Noden's, father and son both, were the only winners in the simultaneous exhibition given by chess experts Alan Patrick and David Pecora. Alan and Dave must have won about 30 games and gave up only the 2 losses. They played the exhibition in tandem, forcing each other to read the mind of the other exhibition giver. They deserve a lot of credit for being such good ambassadors of chess in our area. We're fortunate to have these guys around. Regards, D.B. [We are lucky to have Alan Patrick’s and David Pecora’s help. We are also lucky to have D.B. Morris! He has done a lot for chess over the years with his chess camps, July 4 chess, and other work in our chess community. Thank you D.B.! --Leo] -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Borders Quads #21 Saturday July 9 FORMAT: Quads (4 person round-robins), 3 rounds, unrated (USCF membership *not* required) ELIGIBILITY: all ages welcome -- no prior tournament experience needed TIME CONTROL: G/30 (each player has 30 minutes per game) SECTIONS: 4 person sections by similar rating (or estimated playing strength if unrated) ENTRY FEE: $5, cash only PRIZES: $15 to 1st place in each Quad SCHEDULE: on-site registration 1:15 - 2:15pm; rounds start at 2:30, 3:40, 4:50pm NOTE: please bring chess set and clock if possible (we have only a few to lend out) RULES & DETAILS: http://www.BordersChess.org/quads.htmLOCATION: Borders Books Music & Cafe, 1751 Walnut Street, Cary NC MAP: http://www.BordersChess.org/directions.htmCONTACT: Leo Cabana at BordersChess@hotmail.com, (919) 824-5625 -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- KBS Scholastic & Open Chess Tournament Saturday July 16 FORMAT: 5-SS, G/30, unrated (USCF membership not required) ENTRY FEE: $5 on site PRIZES: cash in Open sections, trophies in scholastic section SECTIONS: Open and scholastic SCHEDULE: registration begins 1:30pm; 1st round at 2:00pm; over before 8pm NOTE: please bring chess sets and clocks if you have them LOCATION: The Know Bookstore, 2520 Fayetteville Street, Durham, NC (919) 682-7223 (ask for Richard or Bruce) MAP: http://www.borderschess.org/knowbookstore.htmCONTACT: Richard Smith at (919) 250-7579 or (919) 624-2193, RSMITH1149@aol.com -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Greenville Chess Open 5 Saturday July 16, 2005 FORMAT: 3-SS, G/90, USCF rated, 8 man sections ENTRY FEE: $25 if received by a week before schedule date, afterwards $30 LOCATION: Holiday Inn Express, 909 Moye Blvd Greenville, NC 27834, (919) 754-8300 INFO: http://home.earthlink.net/~vmb0506/id3.htmlCONTACT: Victor Beaman, vmb0506@earthlink.net, (252) 413-9113 or (252) 746-9139 -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Asheboro Open II Saturday July 23, 2005 FORMAT: 3-33, G/75, USCF rated ENTRY FEE: $25 LOCATION: Days Inn Asheboro, 901 Albemarle Road, Asheboro, NC 27205 NOTE: Asheboro is an fast easy 60 minute drive west on Highway 64 (from Cary) INFO: http://home.triad.rr.com/asheborochess/TAO2.htmCONTACT: William “Tom” Hales, chess@triad.rr.com [Asheboro Open II. Anyone need a ride there and back? --Leo] -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Lipkin-Pfefferkorn Open (LPO) Fri.-Sun or Sat.-Sun., July 29-31 or 30-31, 2005, FORMAT: 5-SS, USCF rated (USCF membership required) TIME CONTROL: 35/90 + SD/60 (2-day option Rd. 1 G/80) ENTRY FEE: 3-day $89, 2-day $88 if received by July 26; $97 at site INFO: http://www.NCchess.org/LPO.htmLOCATION: Clarion Hotel Greensboro Airport, 415 Swing Road (I-40 at Exit 213), Greensboro, North Carolina 27409 CONTACT: Atlanta Chess Center: (404)-377-4400, Thad Rogers (478)-742-5607 or atlantachess@yahoo.com [I plan to play in the LPO. Anyone want to share a room at the Clarion for Saturday night? --Leo] -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Seventh Annual Young Master Chess Camp, Week 2 Mon.-Fri. August 1-5, 2005 COST: $215 per session INSTRUCTOR: National Life Master Mike Klein LOCATION: Rashkis Elementary, 601 Meadowmont Lane, Chapel Hill, NC 27517 INFO: http://www.youngmasterchess.comCONTACT: Mike Klein at mike@youngmasterchess.com, (704) 965-4976, 1569 Pecan Avenue, Charlotte, NC 28205 -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Raleigh Chess Camp, Session II Mon.-Thurs. July 11-14 MEETING TIME: 9:00am-12:00 noon COST: $89 per session INSTRUCTOR: Chess Master Matthew Noble LOCATION: Caraleigh Fellowship Hall, 118 Summit Ave., Raleigh, NC 27601 INFO: http://www.BordersChess.org/rccamp2005.htmCONTACT: Matthew Noble at mnoble65@comporium.net, (803) 547-6984, 8071 Kennet Lane, Indian Land, SC 29715 -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Durham Academy Chess Camp, Session 3 Mon.-Fri. July 18-22 MEETING TIME: 9:00am-12:00 noon for Primary instruction COST: $160 per session INSTRUCTOR Chess Master Craig Jones LOCATION: 3601 Ridge Road, Durham, NC 27707, (919) 493-9595 MAP: http://www.borderschess.org/durhamacademy.gifINFO: http://www.da.org/summer/Week7.pdfREGISTRATION: http://summer.da.orgCONTACT: Craig Jones at carbide@nc.rr.com, (919) 462-9615 or (919) 389-4012 -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Cary Academy Chess Camp, Session 1 Mon.-Fri. July 11-15 NOTE: Session 1 on July 25-29 (register for either or both sessions) MEETING TIME: 9:00am-12:00 noon for Primary instruction, 1:00-4:00pm for Intermediate instruction. COST: $150 per session INSTRUCTOR Chess Master Craig Jones LOCATION: 1500 N. Harrison Avenue, Cary, North Carolina 27513, (919) 677-3873 MAP: http://www.borderschess.org/caryacademy.gifINFO: (see page 16) http://www.caryacademy.org/summer/pdfs/2005-Brochure.pdfREGISTRATION: http://www.caryacademy.org/summer/registration05.htmlCONTACT: Craig Jones at carbide@nc.rr.com, (919) 462-9615 or (919) 389-4012 -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Cary Academy Chess Camp, Session 2 Mon.-Fri. July 25-29 NOTE: Session 1 on July 11-15 (register for either or both sessions) MEETING TIME: 9:00am-12:00 noon for Primary instruction, 1:00-4:00pm for Intermediate instruction. COST: $150 per session INSTRUCTOR Chess Master Craig Jones LOCATION: 1500 N. Harrison Avenue, Cary, North Carolina 27513, (919) 677-3873 MAP: http://www.borderschess.org/caryacademy.gifINFO: (see page 16) http://www.caryacademy.org/summer/pdfs/2005-Brochure.pdfREGISTRATION: http://www.caryacademy.org/summer/registration05.htmlCONTACT: Craig Jones at carbide@nc.rr.com, (919) 462-9615 or (919) 389-4012 -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Lost and Found FOUND: A few weeks ago, after a regular Borders Chess Club meeting on Saturday, someone left behind a chess set (wooden board and plastic pieces). Please come by one of our meetings and see me (Leo) to pick up the set. LOST: Does anyone have my “Center Counter Carnage” chess video? I lent it to someone a couple of months ago, but I forgot whom. --Leo LOST: Several months ago, a black queen from my weighted plastic House of Staunton set got switched with a black queen from someone else’s similar (but slightly different style) set. I would still be interested in swapping back so that my set matches again. --Leo -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- yours, Leo Cabana Borders Chess Club Cary, NC http://www.BordersChess.org |
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Good news for Triangle area chess players: The chess meetings at All Fun & Games (Cary) have been switched to Thursday nights 4-10pm. The chess meeting was previously held on Wednesdays, but that did not work well because we shared space with a very noisy group that played cards games. Thursday night should be much quieter. This change takes effect immediately. Please see the web site link below for more details. ----------- From: "All Fun & Games" afng@bellsouth.net Subject: All Fun & Games Weekly Update! Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 All Fun & Games 2062 Kildaire Farm Rd Cary, NC 27511 919-233-7727 http://www.allfunngames.com -Attention Chess Players: just wanted to let you know that we are moving chess open play to Thursdays, along with Board Game Night. |
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If you are trying to find his current rating go to the Member Services Area (MSA) of uschess.org. Select look up a member and enter his name.
If he gets the Chess Life magazine his rating is encoded on the label. Economy scholastic memberships don't receive the magazine.
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> If you are trying to find his current rating go to the > Member Services Area (MSA) of uschess.org. Select look up > a member and enter his name. Here is the link to look up ratings. Cross-tables too! http://www.uschess.org/msa/ |
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is there any chess tournament in durham on aug. 12? i found it on internet few days ago but lost the link.
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The only tournaments I see are on Saturday, August 13th. Here is a useful link. http://www.ncchess.org/ look under tournaments for USCF rated tournaments. http://www.borderschess.org/ Has a lot of useful information about local events. Chess clubs that meet on Friday night: http://home.nc.rr.com/orangechess/ Orange County Chess Club meets every Friday night in Hillsborough, NC. (just north of Chapel Hill and West of Durham) The Raleigh Chess Club meets Fridays 7:30-11pm (or later) at Kiwanis Park Community Center, 2526 Noble Road, Raleigh Good luck with your chess! |
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Ok. It about the right time again. Time for another Greenville Chess Open. If you read the news from the last GCO the compeitition is getting pretty tight. Only 5 months left until we crown our first chess player of the year here. So come on out to Greenville and play some chess. It's not too late to launch yourself into contention for the title. Also check out the east carolina chess website to see the proposed format for the 2006 Greenville Chess Opens. Until then, take care everyone in the triangle.
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Borders Chess Club News, August 11, 2005 1) Raleigh Chess Championship, starts Friday August 12 in Raleigh 2) Borders Quads, Saturday August 13 in Cary 3) Asheboro Open III, Saturday August 13 in Asheboro 4) KBS Scholastic & Open Chess Tournament, Saturday August 20 in Durham 5) Greenville Chess Open 6, Saturday August 20 in Greenville 6) Wolfpack Open III, Saturday September 3 in Raleigh 7) Carolina Cobras chess team now forming 8) Lost and Found -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Raleigh Chess Championship starts Friday August 12 FORMAT: unrated, round-robbin, number of rounds determined by number of entries (minimum 6) NOTE: unrated, but USCF rules apply TIME CONTROL: G/120 (one round each Friday night) ENTRY FEE: $20 at site. PRIZES: 1st - $120, 2nd - $50, 3rd - $20 (guaranteed minimum; larger prizes if more entries) SCHEDULE: Registration ends at 7:45pm. Each round starts at 8:00pm sharp. LOCATION: Raleigh Chess Club, Kiwanis Park Community Center, 2526 Noble Road, Raleigh MAP: http://www.borderschess.org/rcc.gifINFO: Milton Kicklighter at mkicklighter1@nc.rr.com or (919) 244-3576 -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Borders Quads #22 Saturday August 13 FORMAT: Quads (4 person round-robins), 3 rounds, unrated (USCF membership *not* required) ELIGIBILITY: all ages welcome -- no prior tournament experience needed TIME CONTROL: G/30 (each player has 30 minutes per game) SECTIONS: 4 person sections by similar rating (or estimated playing strength if unrated) ENTRY FEE: $5, cash only PRIZES: $15 to 1st place in each Quad SCHEDULE: on-site registration 1:15 - 2:15pm; rounds start at 2:30, 3:40, 4:50pm NOTE: please bring chess set and clock if possible (we have only a few to lend out) RULES & DETAILS: http://www.BordersChess.org/quads.htmLOCATION: Borders Books Music & Cafe, 1751 Walnut Street, Cary NC MAP: http://www.BordersChess.org/directions.htmCONTACT: Leo Cabana at BordersChess@hotmail.com, (919) 824-5625 -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Asheboro Open III Saturday August 13, 2005 FORMAT: 3-33, G/75, USCF rated ENTRY FEE: $25 LOCATION: Days Inn Asheboro, 901 Albemarle Road, Asheboro, NC 27205 NOTE: Asheboro is an fast easy 60 minute drive west on Highway 64 (from Cary) INFO: http://home.triad.rr.com/asheborochess/TAO3.htmCONTACT: William “Tom” Hales, chess@triad.rr.com -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- KBS Scholastic & Open Chess Tournament Saturday August 20 FORMAT: 5-SS, G/30, unrated (USCF membership not required) ENTRY FEE: $5 on site PRIZES: cash in Open sections, trophies in scholastic section SECTIONS: Open and scholastic SCHEDULE: registration begins 1:30pm; 1st round at 2:00pm; over before 8pm NOTE: please bring chess sets and clocks if you have them LOCATION: The Know Bookstore, 2520 Fayetteville Street, Durham, NC (919) 682-7223 (ask for Richard or Bruce) MAP: http://www.borderschess.org/knowbookstore.htmCONTACT: Richard Smith at (919) 250-7579 or (919) 624-2193, RSMITH1149@aol.com -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Greenville Chess Open 6 Saturday August 20, 2005 FORMAT: 3-SS, G/90, USCF rated, 8 man sections ENTRY FEE: $25 if received by a week before schedule date, afterwards $30 LOCATION: Holiday Inn Express, 909 Moye Blvd Greenville, NC 27834, (919) 754-8300 INFO: http://home.earthlink.net/~vmb0506/id3.htmlCONTACT: Victor Beaman, vmb0506@earthlink.net, (252) 413-9113 or (252) 746-9139 -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Saturday September 3, 2005 Wolfpack Open III FORMAT: USCF rated 3-round swiss (USCF membership required) TIME CONTROL: G/90 ENTRY FEE: $17 if rec'd before tournament date, $20 on-site PRIZES: 1st - $100, 2nd - $60, 3rd - $30 based on 12 entries (proportional otherwise) SCHEDULE: register 9-9:55am; rounds start at 10am, 1:30pm, 5pm LOCATION: Witherspoon Student Center, Senate Room (Room 201), NC State University, Cates Ave. & Dan Allen Dr., Raleigh, NC 27601 INFO: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~cayu/chess/wolfpackchess.htmlCONTACT: Charles Yu at flyingking_2000@yahoo.com -*-*-*-*-*-*-* Carolina Cobras chess team now forming The Carolina Cobras chess team is now forming to represent the state of North Carolina in an on-line national chess league. Since the team members must have an average rating of less than 2400, some experts and A-class players may be needed to balance out any grandmasters on our team. If you are an A-player or stronger, and this interests you, please contact Craig Jones at carbide@nc.rr.com . From the North Carolina Chess Association web site: http://www.ncchess.org/recentresults.htmOnline League To Feature North Carolina Team North Carolina grabbed the eighth and final spot in the U.S. Chess League (USCL), an online chess competition slated for this summer on the Internet Chess Club (ICC). The Carolina Cobras will be our entry into the first-year league. Duke University's FM Lev Milman, fellow Dukie FM Matthew Hoekstra from Charlotte, IM Jonathan Schroer from Holly Springs and NM Craig Jones from Cary are already committed to seeing action when the league starts August 31. The other seven teams are: Baltimore, Boston, Dallas, Miami, New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco. Each team’s average rating must be under 2400. For more information, check out the USCL web site: http://www.uschessleague.com/index.html-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Lost and Found FOUND: Several weeks ago, after a regular Borders Chess Club meeting on Saturday, someone left behind a chess set (wooden board and plastic pieces). Please come by one of our meetings and see me (Leo) to pick up the set. LOST: Does anyone have my “Center Counter Carnage” chess video? I lent it to someone a couple of months ago, but I forgot whom. I really really really want this video back! --Leo LOST: Several months ago, a black queen from my weighted plastic House of Staunton set got switched with a black queen from someone else’s similar (but slightly different style) set. I would still be interested in swapping back so that my set matches again. --Leo -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- yours, Leo Cabana Borders Chess Club Cary, NC http://www.BordersChess.org |
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Just another reminder about the Greenville Chess Open this weekend. With only 8 events left in the 2005 Championship time is starting to run out for many players to get in on the championship chase. So come and try to get in this weekend if your free to come.
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Triangle Chess News August 27, 2005 1) Apex Chess Club, new club, first meeting on Wednesday August 31 in Apex 2) Wolfpack Open 3, Saturday September 3 in Raleigh 3) No Borders Quads tournament scheduled for September 4) KBS Scholastic & Open Chess Tournament, Saturday September 17 in Durham 5) Asheboro Open IV, Saturday September 17 in Asheboro 6) North Carolina Open Championship, September 23-25 or 24-25 in Greensboro 7) Greenville Chess Open 7, Saturday September 24 in Greenville 8) Carolina Cobras chess team now forming -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Apex Chess Club Wednesday 5-9pm (first meeting August 31) Pheasant Creek Coffeehouse 800 W. Williams St (Highway 55), Suite 140 (Peakway Market Square on the corner of Peakway and Highway 55) Apex, NC 27502 (919) 362-7776 Good news! Thanks to the initiative of local chess player Robert Marshburn, and thanks to the supportive owner of the Pheasant Creek Coffeehouse, we now have a great place to play chess on Wednesday nights. From what I've heard, this coffeehouse should be a comfortable place for chess (it even has a fireplace to sit by on cold winter nights). And they have a great selection of quality coffees, teas, and smoothies to enjoy while you ponder your next move on the chessboard. To find out more about the Pheasant Creek Coffeehouse, please visit their web site: http://www.apexcoffeehouse.comEveryone is welcome, and the chess is free (but please support our host by enjoying their fine drinks and food). Please contact Robert Marshburn at robertm@triac-nc.com if you have any questions about this new club. -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Saturday September 3, 2005 Wolfpack Open 3 FORMAT: USCF rated 3-round swiss (USCF membership required) TIME CONTROL: G/90 ENTRY FEE: $17 if rec'd before tournament date, $20 on-site PRIZES: 1st - $100, 2nd - $60, 3rd - $30 based on 12 entries (proportional otherwise) SCHEDULE: register 9-9:55am; rounds start at 10am, 1:30pm, 5pm LOCATION: Witherspoon Student Center, Senate Room (Room 201), NC State University, Cates Ave. & Dan Allen Dr., Raleigh, NC 27601 INFO: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~cayu/chess/wolfpackchess.html CONTACT: Charles Yu at flyingking_2000@yahoo.com -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- No Borders Quads tournament scheduled for September I (Leo) will be out of town, and I don't know of any available alternate tournament directors. We'll try to have the next Borders Quads in October. -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- KBS Scholastic & Open Chess Tournament Saturday September 17, 2005 FORMAT: 5-SS, G/30, unrated (USCF membership not required) ENTRY FEE: $5 on site PRIZES: cash in Open sections, trophies in scholastic section SECTIONS: Open and scholastic SCHEDULE: registration begins 1:30pm; 1st round at 2:00pm; over before 8pm NOTE: please bring chess sets and clocks if you have them LOCATION: The Know Bookstore, 2520 Fayetteville Street, Durham, NC (919) 682-7223 (ask for Richard or Bruce) MAP: http://www.borderschess.org/knowbookstore.htm CONTACT: Richard Smith at (919) 250-7579 or (919) 624-2193, RSMITH1149@aol.com -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Asheboro Open IV Saturday September 17, 2005 FORMAT: 3-33, G/75, USCF rated ENTRY FEE: $25 LOCATION: Days Inn Asheboro, 901 Albemarle Road, Asheboro, NC 27205 NOTE: Asheboro is an fast easy 60 minute drive west on Highway 64 (from Cary) INFO: http://home.triad.rr.com/asheborochess/TAO3.htm CONTACT: William “Tom” Hales, chess@triad.rr.com -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- North Carolina Open Championship Frid.-Sun. or Sat.-Sun., September 23-25 or 24-25, 2005 FORMAT: 5-SS, USCF rated (USCF membership required) TIME CONTROL: 30/90 + SD/60. (2-day option: round 1 at G/90) LOCATION: Clarion Hotel Greensboro Airport, 415 Swing Road (1-40 at Exit 213), Greensboro, NC 27409. (336)-299-7650. INFO: http://www.ncchess.org/NCOpen.htm-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Greenville Chess Open 7 Saturday September 24, 2005 FORMAT: 3-SS, G/90, USCF rated, 8 man sections ENTRY FEE: $25 if received by a week before schedule date, afterwards $30 LOCATION: Holiday Inn Express, 909 Moye Blvd Greenville, NC 27834, (919) 754-8300 INFO: http://home.earthlink.net/~vmb0506/id3.html CONTACT: Victor Beaman, vmb0506@earthlink.net, (252) 413-9113 or (252) 746-9139 -*-*-*-*-*-*-* Carolina Cobras chess team now forming The Carolina Cobras chess team is now forming to represent the state of North Carolina in an on-line national chess league. Since the team members must have an average rating of less than 2400, some experts and A-class players may be needed to balance out any grandmasters on our team. If you are an A-player or stronger, and this interests you, please contact Craig Jones at carbide@nc.rr.com . From the North Carolina Chess Association web site: http://www.ncchess.org/recentresults.htm Online League To Feature North Carolina Team North Carolina grabbed the eighth and final spot in the U.S. Chess League (USCL), an online chess competition slated for this summer on the Internet Chess Club (ICC). The Carolina Cobras will be our entry into the first-year league. Duke University's FM Lev Milman, fellow Dukie FM Matthew Hoekstra from Charlotte, IM Jonathan Schroer from Holly Springs and NM Craig Jones from Cary are already committed to seeing action when the league starts August 31. The other seven teams are: Baltimore, Boston, Dallas, Miami, New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco. Each team’s average rating must be under 2400. For more information, check out the USCL web site: http://www.uschessleague.com/index.html -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- yours, Leo Cabana Borders Chess Club Cary, NC http://www.BordersChess.org |
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Want a fun tournament without all the expense? Don't feel like wasting your whole weekend in Greensboro at the NC OPEN. Come on into Greenville then, and play in the 7th Greenville Chess Open. Where the action and excitement is at its top level. No Masters will be here as of what we know. The points that can be picked up here are huge. This may be your one last shot to really get into the East Carolina Chess Championship hunt. So come on into Greenville and start playing chess.
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I don't think that playing in the NC Open is wasting one's time..the NC Open is our state championship!..the winner of each section becomes 2005's official USCF recogized NC Champ..we tend to move the state championship around,so please take advantage of this opportunity..I encourage everyone to become part of the NCCA tradition that dates back to 1925!!..hope see you there,best regards..Neal Harris
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I almost forgot...the Sept 23/25th NC Open will also host the 2005 NCCA business meeting..so if you have any complaints,ideas or questions...this is your chance to vent/voice them..also we will electing a new member to the NC Chess Hall of Fame..and lastly,GM Juan Ehlvest is interested in coming and giving a simul/lecture..a lot for one weekend!!..hope to see you there,Neal Harris
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Neal,Count me in!I will be at the NC Open.I am only a class player(1400),but it would be nice to be the BEST 1400 player in NC.
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Edited by author 09-02-2005 04:03 PM
I know it is not wasting time Neal, but I know some people like to also have sometime for other things on the weekends too besides playing chess. It also teed me off a little that you guys decided to reschedule your tournament and it made some of the chess players upset that it is conflicting with my tournament now. I do care about the NC Open but you guys up there in the western part of the state should give some consideration to us in the eastern part. I mean, if it was not for us here, there would be practically no chess tournaments east of raleigh every month for some people in the east to go to. So I still say this, if you are interested in playing in greenville on the same weekends as the NC Open tournament, then come on down here and lets throw some pieces around and have fun doing this.
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Victor, The NC Open was "rescheduled" because the hotel in question messed up the contracts..so we had a choice..try and reschedule(which we did) or risk not having the State Championship..no matter what we did,we would conflict with SOMEONE!..I do not know who you are referring to when you say "you guys from the Western part of NC"..I am the only NCCA officer from WNC..the others are from Charlotte and nearby..also the 2003 NC Scholastics was awarded to Eastern NC on my watch..the 1st time in over a decade ..despite there being officers from eastern NC during most of those years..if you want things to be handled differently,I would encourage you to get involved with the decision making concerning the NCCA..the NCCA needs fresh motivation and officers..I am sorry that you are upset,but I do wish you and your tourneys the very best..Neal Harris
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Thanks Neal, I glad you told me this. If there was conflict with the hotel, I guess that makes sense to reschedule. I really don't see many officers and I dont know many, maybe one or two that I know. I would like some input in the NCCA and I believe I could pitch a few ideas to them that could help them out and possible encourge some people to come out to some tournaments. Check out what I am doing with my club with the Points System I am doing to attempt to encourge people to come out and play. I am only 20 years old, and I may be in your position in future years. Maybe if we work together we can make a some decisions to improve the NCCA and start getting people playing chess. Until then, thanks for clearing this up with me and take care. Victor Beaman
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Triangle Chess News September 7, 2005 1) NC HS champ Nelson Lopez III earns 19th place at Denker Tournament 2) Apex Chess Club, 2nd meeting on Wednesday September 7 in Apex 3) Chess teacher needed at Oak Grove Elementary in Apex 4) No Borders Quads tournament scheduled for September 5) KBS Scholastic & Open Chess Tournament, Saturday September 17 in Durham 6) Asheboro Open IV, Saturday September 17 in Asheboro 7) North Carolina Open Championship, September 23-25 or 24-25 in Greensboro 8) Greenville Chess Open 7, Saturday September 24 in Greenville 9) Wolfpack Open 4, Saturday October 1 in Raleigh 10) Carolina Cobras on-line match results -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- NC HS champ Nelson Lopez III takes 19th place at Denker Tournament Congratulations to our North Carolina high school chess champion Nelson Lopez II for his fine performance in the 2005 Denker Tournament of High School Champions! With 3 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw (3.5/6.0), Nelson placed 19th among the 45 players in the field. Finishing in the top half with a plus score against the nations top high school players is a noteworthy achievement. Check out Nelson's smiling face and medal on the North Carolina Chess Association web site: http://www.ncchess.org/recentresults.htm-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Apex Chess Club Wednesdays 5-9pm (2nd meeting September 7) Pheasant Creek Coffeehouse 800 W. Williams St (Highway 55), Suite 140 (Peakway Market Square on the corner of Peakway and Highway 55) Apex, NC 27502 (919) 362-7776 Information and directions to the cafe: http://www.apexcoffeehouse.com Everyone is welcome, and the chess is free. Please contact Robert Marshburn at robertm@triac-nc.com if you have any questions about this new club. We had a turnout of 6 players at the first meeting. -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Chess teacher needed at Oak Grove Elementary [forwarded message from Nikki Wells] I am with Oak Grove Elementary PTA and we are looking to start a chess club for our school. We are in the very early stages of putting the club together, and seek someone interested in teaching once a week for about an hour at our school (day of the week flexible, preferably after school around 4-5pm). Monetary compensation o be negotiated. Eventually, we would be able to host tournaments, but right now we are looking to teach the game. We are looking to get the club rolling at the beginning of the year. I am planning on submitting a newsletter at the beginning of September to find out how many students would be interested. If it looks like we have an eager crew, then I'm sure we could start it up sooner Nikki Wells nikkiw@nc.rr.com -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- No Borders Quads tournament scheduled for September I (Leo) will probably be out of town, and I don't know of any available alternate tournament directors. We'll try to have the next Borders Quads in October. -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- KBS Scholastic & Open Chess Tournament Saturday September 17, 2005 FORMAT: 5-SS, G/30, unrated (USCF membership not required) ENTRY FEE: $5 on site PRIZES: cash in Open sections, trophies in scholastic section SECTIONS: Open and scholastic SCHEDULE: registration begins 1:30pm; 1st round at 2:00pm; over before 8pm NOTE: please bring chess sets and clocks if you have them LOCATION: The Know Bookstore, 2520 Fayetteville Street, Durham, NC (919) 682-7223 (ask for Richard or Bruce) MAP: http://www.borderschess.org/knowbookstore.htm CONTACT: Richard Smith at (919) 250-7579 or (919) 624-2193, RSMITH1149@aol.com -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Asheboro Open IV Saturday September 17, 2005 FORMAT: 3-33, G/75, USCF rated ENTRY FEE: $25 LOCATION: Days Inn Asheboro, 901 Albemarle Road, Asheboro, NC 27205 NOTE: Asheboro is an fast easy 60 minute drive west on Highway 64 (from Cary) INFO: http://home.triad.rr.com/asheborochess/TAO3.htm CONTACT: William “Tom” Hales, chess@triad.rr.com -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- North Carolina Open Championship Fri.-Sun. or Sat.-Sun., September 23-25 or 24-25, 2005 (Note that the tournament date was pushed back one week from the originally published date -- See the September issue of Chess Life) FORMAT: 5-SS, USCF rated (USCF membership required) TIME CONTROL: 30/90 + SD/60. (2-day option: round 1 at G/90) LOCATION: Clarion Hotel Greensboro Airport, 415 Swing Road (1-40 at Exit 213), Greensboro, NC 27409. (336)-299-7650. INFO: http://www.ncchess.org/NCOpen.htm -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Greenville Chess Open 7 Saturday September 24, 2005 FORMAT: 3-SS, G/90, USCF rated, 8 man sections ENTRY FEE: $25 if received by a week before schedule date, afterwards $30 LOCATION: Holiday Inn Express, 909 Moye Blvd Greenville, NC 27834, (919) 754-8300 INFO: http://home.earthlink.net/~vmb0506/id3.html CONTACT: Victor Beaman, vmb0506@earthlink.net, (252) 413-9113 or (252) 746-9139 -*-*-*-*-*-*-* Saturday October 1, 2005 Wolfpack Open 4 FORMAT: USCF rated 3-round swiss (USCF membership required) TIME CONTROL: G/90 ENTRY FEE: $17 if rec'd before tournament date, $20 on-site PRIZES: 1st - $100, 2nd - $60, 3rd - $30 based on 12 entries (proportional otherwise) SCHEDULE: register 9-9:55am; rounds start at 10am, 1:30pm, 5pm LOCATION: Witherspoon Student Center, Senate Room (Room 201), NC State University, Cates Ave. & Dan Allen Dr., Raleigh, NC 27601 INFO: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~cayu/chess/wolfpackchess.html CONTACT: Charles Yu at flyingking_2000@yahoo.com -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Carolina Cobras on-line match results [excerpted from the North Carolina Chess Association web site http://www.ncchess.org/recentresults.htm ] Cobras Ready To Battle Online For North Carolina The North Carolina Cobras, our state's entry in the U.S. Chess League (USCL) kicks off online play on Aug. 31 against the San Francisco Mechanics. Play continues in the eight-team league until November. The North Carolina team looks mighty strong, with the best players in the Triangle and surrounding colleges lined up. The lineup looks like this: Duke University's FM Lev Milman, fellow Dukie FM Matthew Hoekstra from Charlotte, IM Jonathan Schroer from Holly Springs, NM Craig Jones from Cary, Hurdle Mills' NM Greg Samsa and Hillsborough's John Timmel. Polish GM Marcin Kaminski, a resident of Chapel Hill, was a recent addition to the team. The other seven teams in the league are: Baltimore, Boston, Dallas, Miami, New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco. Each team's average rating must be under 2400. For more information, check out the United States Chess League web site: http://www.uschessleague.com/index.html Week 1 results: San Francisco comes back from 2-0 deficit to tie the Cobras! http://www.uschessleague.com/Feature29.html -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- yours, Leo Cabana Borders Chess Club Cary, NC http://www.BordersChess.org |
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Check with Joan Schmidt for the teaching position at the Apex school. She may be interested.
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