Engine Chess

Hey Norm,

Time for a QCCA update.

Thanks to everyone for their participation in Queen City Weekly #1. We had
a total of 20 participants of all ages and rating levels! Starting this
Friday will be Queen City Weekly #2. This tourney will take place on March
28, April 4-11-25 and May 2. On April 18, we will have a special one night
rated Quick Chess tourney so everyone can get home early and get plenty of
rest for Reverse Angle, which will take place the next day. There is a
special prize awaiting the U1000 scholastic player who scores the most
points in this tourney...a $50 gift certificate to Wholesale Chess! So all
you scholastic players, come on out and play for a valuable prize! Here
are all the details:

QUEEN CITY WEEKLY #2               3 sections...Open, U1600, U1200
Top two sections G/2 Lower section G/1. Players rated 1000-1199 can chose
Middle or Lower section. U1000 must play in Lower. Special prize $50 gift
certificate to Wholesale Chess  to the top U1000 scholastic player. Rounds
March 28, Apr 4, Apr 11, Apr 25, May 2.

ANNOUNCING BORDER BATTLE!!!: The QCCA, in conjunction with the SCCA, the
NCCA, the Columbia Chess Club, and the Greeneville Chess Club, is hosting
the first two games of this event which pits NC Champion (and QCCA member)
Chris Mabe against the SC Champion (and also QCCA member) Timur Aliyev.
Our segment of the match will be held at the Asian Library, the home of
the QCCA, on April 5-6. Look for more details at queencitychess.com,
ncchess.com and scchess.com. The games will be simulcast on all the
websites. You are also welcome to come and view the games live. We are
putting together some FREE quads to go along with this event, if you are
interested in playing, let me know as soon as possible.

DON'T FORGET TO DO THE POTTERS CHALLENGE!! Rememeber to go to
www.queencitychess.com and solve the Potter's Challenge position before
you come to the club on Friday night. You will play for free, plus get a
Grand Prix point, which puts you a step closer to winning FREE ENTRY to
the LPO or NC OPEN,,,your choice!

OUR NEWEST FEATURE!! Expert Patrick McCartney is contributing our GAME OF
THE WEEK. Check each Thursday for the latest annotated game from one of
the area's expert players. COMING SOON....FEATURED PLAYER OF THE
MONTH...look out, it might be you.

Thanks to everyone who is helping to make all this chess happen...please
support our Friday night club. Call me at 704-618-1259 if you are running
late and want to be paired.

Thanks...Gary

 http://www.ncchess.org/

 http://home.earthlink.net/~carolinachess/

 11116 S Tryon St
 Charlotte, NC 28273

 http://www.charlottechess.com/

 2007 in Review

 http://www.charlottechess.com/msg284.html  

 http://www.freewebs.com/chrismabe/

 http://www.forkedking.com/store/

Doug Corbett
President
Doug has been playing chess recreationally since grade school.  He applies the same analytical approach he does to chess toward his career in Computer Application Development.  Fortunately, he is more successful writing code than at playing chess.  But he is getting better at chess.

Bernard Baker
Vice President
Bernard has been a chess enthusiast for 32 years.  For the past 4 years, he has been teaching Chess in the Charlotte Mecklenburg Scholastic Chess Association and at several private schools.  He currently serves as a Chess Instructor at the Charlotte Youth Chess Club, and provides private lessons for both children and adults. Bernard Baker holds two titles: the 2004 North Carolina State Chess Champion and the 2004 North Carolina Class Champion. Though his USCF rating is approximately 1835 (“A” player) at the time of this writing, he has beaten National Masters and Experts. He is a member of the Charlotte Chess Club, and thoroughly enjoys teaching chess.

http://www.hickorychessclub.org/

 ftp://chess:chess@pakman.myftp.org

The PAKserver is currently allowing 12 users, with 2 connections per user.
    
    The bandwidth is 8000KB/s Down and 512KB/s Up, divide that by 8 equals 1000KB/s Down
    and 64KB/s Up. I must divide that bandwidth between four computers on a normal
    day and still try to give each computer the bandwidth it requires.
    The Chess Server gets 500KB/s Down and 36KB/s Up.
    The eMule Program gets 300KB/s Down and 20KB/s Up.
    The remaining bandwidth is shared between the Chess Computer and my Laptop.                             
    The Chess Computer used on playchess.com is the problem. If I don't provide
    enough bandwidth then i have lag which is unacceptable to my fellow players.

The PAKserver Facts: OS: Windows 2000 pro, Motherboard: ABIT NF7-S2G,
    
    CPU: AMD 2800+ Athlon XP @ 2092MHz, RAM: 2X512=1GB DC, Video: gForce 4000MX 128MB,
    Hard Drives SATA 1: C:200GB, E:250GB, F:500GB, G:750GB, Total: 1700GB/1.7TB.
    Tablebases 3+3 and 4+2 are on E: Drive,
    3+3 with pawns are on F: Drive
    4+2 with pawns are on G: Drive

Thanks for everyones help and cooperation.
Norm Pruitt/PAKman
normpruitt@charter.net

 http://www.queencitychess.com/

 Gary Newsom 
  gary.newsom@queencitychess.com

 Mike Eberhardinger
  mike.eberhardinger@queencitychess.com

 Peter Giannatos
  peter.giannatos
 

 Phone:

 Gary Newsom
 704-618-1259