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May 15th Weekly Results:

30 Players played rated chess,  See Crosstable.

Open:

Newsom - Myers 0-1
Brosi - McNeill 1-0
Taylor-Brill - Taefi 1-0


U1800:

Blackwelder - Lee 1/2-1/2
Gatlin - Hatley 0-1
T Kabasakalian - Clyburn 1-0
Ianni - Frazier 0-1
Blackwell - Cremisi 0-1


U1000:

Note: start time will be 7pm for this secion starting May 1.

L Kabasakalian - Dal Bridges 1-0
J Hurtado - D Kabasakalian 1-0
Matt Kroll - Trufant 0-1
J Reid - Dec Bridges 1-0
Smith - Mich Kroll 1-0
Campbell - Howell 1-0
G Reid - D Inskeep 1-0


GM Victor Korchnoi at 80



This is part 1 of 2 of a special video with Anatoly Karpov commenting on the 1972 Fischer-Spassky match.


Part two of the fascinating Karpov video

Queen City Chess Association   

A New Era Chess Club in Charlotte, NC USA

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QCCA News & Announcements:


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Mark Your Calendars! The QCCA is having a picnic outing.   Open (and FREE!) to all QCCA Members and their families.
Saturday June 9, 2012 at Park Road Park, Shelter #4, starting at Noon..no ending time.

Hamburgers and Hot Dogs will be provided.
Those coming are encouraged to bring food, especially vegetarians =]. Endless speed chess and football!


March 20: 6:30pm, FIDE Trainer Visweswaran Kameswaran , will visit the QCCA, and give a special presentation.

*** See BLOG article for what happened ***

Visweswaran Kameswaran
Visweswaran Kameswaran

He is the official coach of India's national youth teams and has worked with some who have gone on to the Grandmaster title. He will give a presentation for all, adult and youth, starting at 6:30pm. The theme will be "The Young Anand".

Afterwards, he will take interested youth players to a separate area for some additional coaching. We are very lucky to have him. He is considering coming back for more traditional training sessions with our players while he is in the United States. Please give him a warm welcome on Tuesday night. We sincerely hope you can attend this last minute event!

February 15: Raliegh Chess Club has expressed interest in a match with the QCCA - details not yet developed. This would probably be held about half-way between Charlotte and Raleigh, so this may mean Greensboro. Sign-up and show interest here.

January 7: Learn, Earn, and Play, starting January 17th. This QCCA event bundles chess learning with rated games while at the same time earning money for your school, See details.


Other Chess News:


See and hear trailer from Brooklyn Castle:




See video of Garry Kasparov vs Magnus Carlsen - Reykjavik Rapid 2004:




See 12 years of chess news articles from ChessBase.

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QCCA Tournaments & Events:

May 1 - May 29: Better Bishops Bureau #5  5SS, G/90, 1 game each Tuesday at 7:30pm, U-1000 section will start at 7pm.

QCCA Top 10 Players:

January 2012 Supplement

1) Josh Mu 2203
2) Keith Eubanks 2112
3) Peter Giannatos 2109
4) Samuel Xin 2086
5) Patrick McCartney 2056
6) Tianqi Wang 2047
7) Dominque Myers 2041
8) Gary Newsom 2010
9) David Stamper 1987
10) Sulia Mason 1945

note: active last 6 months.







A number of scenes of a young Mikhail Tal