N.C.C.C.
Dragon News
(Jan – Mar
2009)
Meetings
every Thursday, 6:30 pm. @ Bearno’s Pizza
www.geocities.com/nelsoncountychessclub
Meetings & Greetings We’ve had some new faces at our meetings
since our last newsletter. Big welcomes
to John Craycroft, Gary Horne, and Paul Zarb!
It’s been said that chess is more of a ‘winter sport.’ Perhaps with less yard and garden duties,
there is more time to work on our games.
If you want to improve an aspect of your game, pull aside a tournament
player in NCCC or E-Town Club. There
are lots of resources available!
Club Championship 2008 Jerry Weldin prevails at our 2008 NCCC
Championship! It was held at First
Christian Church (DOC) of Bardstown November 23. Nine players challenged: Steff, Preston, Stan, Jerry, Danny,
Gary, Will H., Craycroft and Doc. Jerry
finished 7.5/8, Doc 6.5/8, Stan 6.0/8 and Craycroft 6.0/8. Stan had the head-to-head win over John. Jerry received a trophy and a Dragon
Shirt. Doc and Stan got medallions.
Treasury Notes We’ve taken some money from the treasury to
buy batches of Club T-shirts. We will
redeposit income from the sales. We
plan soon to pay for our Club Embroidery Set-Up, so members can add this to
shirts of their choice, golf, long sleeved, etc. We paid the church $20 for helping with our tournament also. Right now, we have $181 in the Treasury.
Club Shirts
Director Steff has club t-shirts.
They are only $10 each, and look great!
See
www.kcachess.org for news regarding KY Chess!
Words from our Director Happy New Year chessnuts!!! I hope everyone has
enjoyed chess as much as I have in 2008. The Nelson County Chess Club meetings
at Bearno’s started off with good crowds and new members. We are so fortunate
to have our new members. Not only are they fine folk, but they are outstanding
chess players. As usual, the great food and hospitable employees of Bearno’s
Pizza made everyone feel at home and fed us wonderful food. The lasagna special
on Thursdays was a favorite!!
The
April “Tornado” tournament in E-town kicked off the tournament season and was a
blast. NCCC was well represented both at the tournament and on the previous
evening for a workshop given by GM Bernard Parham. In early summer, Stan, one of our braver players, made a good showing in the Kentucky Open and
then in July, Andrew and Will played in
the Bluegrass State Games. Will was the first youth player from NCCC to play in
the Bluegrass Games in a while. Andrew, Will, and Sal from E-town had a great
time and came home with medals. The year came to a close with Jerry Weldin
winning the NCCC 2008 Championship and Mark Abramovitch taking second place
with Stan Mullins in third; John became a new daddy, and I beat “the man”,
receiving my dog tag and title as “queen forker”. What a hoot!
On
the agenda this year is the “Tornado” tournament in April, sponsored by the
E-town Chess Club. We hope to have more NCCC folks playing in both the Kentucky
Open and the Bluegrass State Games too.
If
you have not purchased a club shirt, they are IN. The shirts are heather black
with a blue dragon emblem on the left top pocket area along with the club name.
Sizes range from medium to XL and cost $10. If we sell enough of them, we can
go ahead and pay for a set up fee for embroidered golf shirts so buy one or two
now and then plan to get a golf shirt later.
In
closing, let me invite anyone who loves chess to join us on Thursday evenings
at 6:30 p.m. at Bearno’s Pizza Sports Bar for good food, some great chess, and
lots of laughs and fun.
~Stephanie (NCCC Director)
Final Game of Championship 08 Weldin, G v Craycroft, J, (2008.11.23) [G10+5] 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 Nf6 7. a3 O-O 8. b4 Ba7 9. Bg5 Bd7 10. e5 c5 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 e5 15. Qd3 Bg4 16. Qg3 Qxd4 17. h3 f5 18. c3 Qd6 19. Be3 Qg6 20. hxg4 f4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Qxf4 Re4 23. Qf3 Rae8 24. Nd2 Rxg4 25. Rae1 Bxf2+ 26. Qxf2 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Rg5 28. Re8+ Kg7 29. Qd4+ Kh6 30. Qh4+ Rh5 31. Qf4+ Kg7 32. Qd4+ Kh6 33. Qe3+ Kg7 34. Qf2 Rf5 35. Nf3 Rd5 36. Re1 Rd7 37. Ne5 Qf6 38. Nxd7 Qxf2+ 39. Kxf2 1-0