Scattered Chess Pieces, Pictures, Players, & Places
This blog post takes a look back at a few of the Memphis Chess Club's activities. You will have the chance to examine photographs and games not easily found on the net. Some of the content was gleaned from http://www.memphischess.com.
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| Memphis Chess Club in 2003 at C.C. Humphreys School of Law on the U of M campus. |
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| 2004 Lausanne Open |
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| Unknown 2004 Scholastic Tournaments |
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| Chess Lessons at the Chess Club located at the Cecil C. Humphrey's School of Law on the campus of the University of Memphis in 2004 |
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| 2004 Chess Club Volunteers | | | |
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Gary at the Apple Store
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Grandmaster Sam Palatnik gave a simul with all proceeds going to AmeriCares Foundation South Asia Earthquake Relief Fund on January 23, 2005
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were 48 boards and Sam went undefeated with several draws. Evan Mah,
Latreze Townsend, Casey Hill, Carlos Sims were among the players that
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Memphis Chess Club located at the FedEx Institute of Technology in 2010 | | | | | | | |
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| June 11, 2010 at the Memphis Chess Club located at the FedEx Institute of Technology |
The Bogle Opening in 2010 at the Memphis Chess Club against a GM
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| A Chess-player at the Grand Opening of the Greater Memphis Chess Center in 2011 |
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| More visitors at the Grand Opening of the Greater Memphis Chess Center |
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| At the GMCC in 2011 |
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| At the GMCC home of the Memphis Chess Club in 2011 |
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| The original Chess Cupcake offered at the Grand Opening of the Greater Memphis Chess Center in 2011 |
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| More visitors at the GMCC in 2011 |
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| The Grand Opening Presentation of the Greater Memphis Chess Center in 2011 |
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| Games for fun at the Memphis Chess Club in 2011 |
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| At the Greater Memphis Chess Center |
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| Friday Simul with GM Palatnik at the Memphis Chess Club inside the Greater Memphis Chess Center, March 11, 2011 |
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| March 11, 2011 |
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| March 11, 2011 |
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| March 11, 2011 |
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| At the Club inside the Greater Memphis Chess Center June 10, 2011 |
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| Monkees of Chess: L-R Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, & Peter Tork aka Guy, Gary & Dwight |
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| GMCC photo of Kenny & Kenn |
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| This fellow is asking me if his photo is going to be used 20 years from now on the Memphis Chess History Blog. The photo was taken at the Greater Memphis Chess Center in 2011. |
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| The U.S. Amateur South Championship in 2011 |
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| More of the U.S. Amateur South Championship in 2011 |
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| The Memphis Chess Club's players from the 1970s reunited on August 10, 2012 at the Booksellers |
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| Memphis Chess Club at the Bistro Cafe located inside the Laurelwood Booksellers August 10, 2012 |
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September 2012 at the Memphis Chess Club Located at the time in Laurelwood Booksellers
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| September 2012 at the Booksellers |
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| September 2012 at the Memphis Chess Club inside the Booksellers location |
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| The final photo from the Booksellers of Laurelwood in 2012 |
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| National Chess Day, Sunday Edition, October 14, 2012, Bangkok Alley Restaurant |
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| National Chess Day 2012 |
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| National Chess Day 2012 |
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| National Chess Day 2012 |
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| Memphis Chess Club at the Shady Grove Presbyterian Church, January of 2013 |
Where Have You Been?
One of my former neighbors, Raymond, was a World War II veteran who took part in The Battle of the Bulge. His feet had suffered from the bitter cold during the decisive battle so in his old age he had to walk carefully across his yard to tend his garden each year. You would see him sitting on a home-made bench most every day tinkering with a broken appliance or brandishing some garden tool. When he wasn't giving me sage advice about my competing garden he was talking to his cat. Raymond's feline friend had taken off for a few weeks, and while my wife was out back one day she heard our neighbor loudly exclaim, "Where have you been?" My wife looked around to Raymond's yard, and there crawling up was the missing cat. Raymond, happy for the reunion, picked up his old friend and carried it inside the house.
I have a question for you long time-missing chess players, "Where have you been?" No matter what chess group you now belong to, or even if you are idle, come on back and visit your old chess club. You are always welcome.
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1 comment:
Great post Dwight.
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