Q QUEEN CITY CHESS ASSOCIATION

“ Promoting Chess in the Greater Charlotte area ”

www.queencitychess.com

 

PRESENTS
THE FIRST ANNUAL

GREATER CHARLOTTE CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday and Sunday February 16-17

UNC CHARLOTTE CONE CENTER

9201 UNIVERSITY CITY BLVD

CHARLOTTE NC

 

Play for the title of Charlotte Champion in one of three separate divisions…Championship (1800+), Amateur (1400-1799), and Booster (1399-below). Be a part of what will become a new tradition in Charlotte area chess. Winners will receive a beautiful trophy. All participants will receive a great gift bag compliments of Chess Central and a one-year membership in the new Queen City Chess Association.


4/SS, G/120. EF $25. ROUNDS: SAT 10:15-3:45//SUN 9:30-2:00. Byes available for any round, must be requested in advance. ANY TIES FOR CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES WILL BE BROKEN WITH A SPEED CHESS PLAYOFF.

 

This is the KICKOFF EVENT for the NEW  QUEEN CITY CHESS ASSOCIATION. Note that there are NO CASH PRIZES for this event. ALL PROCEEDS of the tournament will be used to fund the organization, which will be run on a not-for-profit basis by the officers of the Queen City Chess Association. Weekly club meetings with rated chess plus other chess related activities will begin the week following this tourney. See the website at www.queencitychess.com for more details. This tournament is open to all, regardless of location…all must be members of the QCCA..but, I guess we’ve got that covered for this year!

 

THIS TOURNAMENT IS SPONSORED BY CHESS CENTRAL…THE INTERNET BASED CHESS BUSINESS THAT RELOCATED TO CHARLOTTE RECENTLY. TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER AT www.chesscentral.com AND DO YOUR PART TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESS.

 

Questions about the tourney or the QCCA should be directed to:

 

Gary Newsom                                              Mike Eberhardinger                                          Peter Giannotos

gary@go-masters.com                               meberhardinger@carolina.rr.com                    greekyoungster02@aol.com

(704) 618-1259                                             (980) 254-4476                                                  (704) 425-6088

 

With advance entries please enclose the following information:

 

Name_________________

USCF ID______________

Section________________

Byes requested_________