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2008 North Carolina High School
Scholastic Class Chess Championship:
You dropped a quarter, Louis...
Hibiten HS, starring THE Jayson Miller
 

Chess For Fun:
the club's most recent tournament (2/16/08)
...And to a nine year-old, $40 must seem like a thousand Lightning Lad catches up on the Hickory Chess Bulletin
"I'm the T.D. I can do anything." -Randy Lovelace
...Note Grace's hair in a braid.
A crick in Mike's neck, no doubt.

 

International Master Mikhail Nepomnyashchiy plays a 2004 simultaneous match in Hickory.

Chuck Scott

Right: Alex Cibotarica

Larry Robinson

Jim Davis, Jim Davis Sr.

IM Nepomnyashchiy

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2007 Simul At the YMCA

Ted Bost, Reggie Longcrier, Mark Gragg (won), John Thomas (won)
Nepomnyaschiy moves against Revered club Founder Larry Robinson

 

 

Taken at Club Meetings:

At our former meeting place, Lenoir Rhyne

Ed Bonner, Ted Bost, Doug Burkholder, Vaughn Dagenhart

 Ubaldo, Paul, John Jack Mike Larry Vaughn Matt Ted
Jack Ubaldo Larry Tom Randy Lovelace, Luis Gonzalez, Luis Jr. Ted, John Ubaldo, Paul Beebe
Alex, John Shaw Tom Bell, Ubaldo Gonzalez
Alex, Ted, John, Ubaldo, Paul Ubaldo, Luis, Randy, Paul

At our current meeting place at the YMCA
Grace v. August Founder Mike Mittleman Treasurer Ted Bost v. President Vaughn Dagenhart
John Shaw, Bruce Farley, Randy Lovelace C.O. Miller Teen Center- where titans tussle
C. O. Miller Teen Center		 Will Campbell, club President Vaughn Dagenhart
Grace Campbell and her shiny hair Glenda Campbell, Will
Vice President Shaw teaches
Bruce Farley likes to watch

At our occasional Barnes & Noble meetings...
Lee Robbins, Alex
 

 

Groundhog Swiss I: the club's 1st tournament
Groundhog Swiss Is anyone reading this?
Clockwize from right: Vaughn Dagenhart, Bob Drury, Tim Ballas, Louis Bullock
Foreground: THE Jayson Miller
Josh Rich resisting the hynotic qualities of Grace's shiny hair Battle of the titans One of those beautiful chess groupies you've doubtless heard about...
 

The excellent Foothills Tournaments in Lenoir:
Game to the left: members Cibotarica v. Lovelace, 2006 Foothills Holiday 2, Saturday, February 18, Hibriten High Library 2005 Foothills Holiday Chess Tournament Saturday, December 17, South Caldwell High cafeteria 2007 Winter Foothills Feb. 17
"Lightning Lad" Will Campbell's 1st tourney
Alex "I'm not a Russian" Cibotarica Grace and Will Campbell are backed by Randy Lovelace, Jack Shaver, Alex Cibotarica, and Tom Bell- all members club secretary Jack Shaver
Grace before the -sniffle- haircut Much missed nerd adonis Tom Bell perennial winner Randy Lovelace
West Caldwell's Dorian Plasolas, Louis Bullock, coach John Thomas, Tim Ballas, Matt Embler
West Caldwell High team		 Brad Reese and Tyler Austin of CCC& TI Hibriten High's Jayson Miller, Kevin Chuang, Robbie Earp, and Kyle Mayer
2007 Fall Foothills Tournament, October 20th, West Caldwell High cafeteria (looks excactly like South Caldwell's)
The fine young men of Hibriten, who only LOOK possessed here Four handsome guys West Caldwell team, flanked by coaches Mike Taladay, right, and the semi-divine John Thomas, left
Alex fails to intimidate Matt Embler with his knobby knees Gentleman, Scholar, Organizer, TD, Coach, Teacher; the greatest patron of chess the northern Catwba Valley has ever known- ladies and gentlemen, I give you John Thomas
Randy v. member Dennis Davidson 2007 Foothills Holiday, December 15th, Hibriten library, Lenoir
2007 Foothills Holiday, December 15th, Hibriten library, Lenoir
This keeps happening to poor Matt...
Triumphant HCC Team: front, Grace, Randy, WIll. Middle: Alex, Jack, John Owens, Denver Owens. Barely visible in back: Mark Gragg. Not pictured: John Shaw, Dennis Davidson, Robert Womack, AJ Heiser
 

 

Kids at the board:

Cousins Sam and Rachel Smith

 

 

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