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News Flash 3-Feb-2004: The Hitman Finishes Last Game ... Team CC.COM Finishes Playing Schedule Team CC.COM's board 2 Grayling "The Hitman" Hill resigned his last game finishing his playing schedule with an excellect score of 6½-3½. This makes The Hitman the star of Team CC.COM with the most outstanding score. All of his games are now available for replay at Replay Hill's Games
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Commentary for 27-January-2004: Board 1 SIM John "Great Dane" Knudsen: John, through the creation of CC.COM and TCCMB, has made a big impression on the cc world. Having served as Executive Director, created the ICCF Direct Entry facility, and he has served ICCF in many other ways as well, such as on the server Expert Committee. He is currently on an important ICCF Appeals commision. Board 2 Grayling "The Hitman" Hill: Grayling is currently on the ICCF Executive Committee serving an elected term as Finance Director. He recently received his International Arbiter title and has just finished directing the 1st E-mail U. S. Correspondence Chess Championship (Final Round). Board 3 Franklin "Mad Dog" Campbell: Franklin has also served on the ICCF server Expert Committee and as Press Officer, publishing reports on the 2000 Daytona Beach ICCF Congress. As Webmaster for The Campbell Report and the ICCF-U.S. office he continues to report on ICCF activities. Currently he is in charge of updating the Champions League crosstables and has added a page of CL team links and logos. Board 4 Ralph "The Masher" Marconi: Ralph has been webmaster for Ralph Marconi's Chess Page for 5-6 years reporting on ICCF activities and maintaining key NAPZ crosstables. He also created and maintains the web pages for the Canadian National Federation CCCA. He served as an elected Presidium member for four years as NAPZ Director (1999-2003). Of course, all four team members continue to offer "valuable advice and commentary" on a regular basis on the TCCMB message board. All cc enthusiasts naturally benefit from their excellent advice and insightful comments! It's no surprise that involvement in so many important ICCF-related activities has impacted the play of the team in the current Champions League event. However, after settling into the "D" league things will surely change. It seems almost unfair to unleash our awesome power on the unsuspecting teams in league "D". However, life isn't always fair. The excitement is already starting to build for the team as we contemplate heading into a fresh competition. No more "Mr. Nice Guys" for the team as we sharpen our claws for the coming bloodbath! |
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14-Jan-2003: The Hitman scores big with the Winawer! Team CC.COM's board 2 Grayling "The Hitman" Hill has scored the full point as black vs. his Yetman Brothers' Descriptive Chess Magazine A opponent Andrew Lebovitz (USA). The game is now available for replay at Replay Hill's Games |
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18-Nov-2002: New Team CC.COM Result on Board 1 Team CC.COM's board 1 John Knudsen has agreed to a draw with his Tárraco PC opponent Joan Rafel Piera Pallares. The game is now available for replay at Replay Knudsen's Games |
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21-Oct-2002: Two New Team CC.COM Results Team CC.COM's board 3 and 4 each ended a game with a draw. Board 3: J. Franklin Campbell ½ Gilles Guidici (Le Courrier des Echecs) Board 4: Ralph P. Marconi ½ William Wegman (Rochade 5171 - D.G. Chessknights) |
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10-Oct-2002: Team CC.COM Presence Felt at ICCF Congress Team CC.COM's team captain Grayling "The Hitman" Hill (who is also the ICCF Executive Officer) and Ralph "The Masher" Marconi (who is also the NAPZ Director) are representing Team CC.COM well at the Congress. Check out their snappy team shirts in these pictures! |
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13-Sept-2002: Our board 4 not only plays excellent chess, he also serves on the ICCF Presidium as the Director for the North America/Pacific Zone (NAPZ), directs tournaments, maintains his personal cc web site Ralph Marconi's Chess Page and CCCA, maintains crosstables, serves as team captain and organizer for various events, has served on the board of CCCA and CCLA and generally serves the correspondence community very well. |
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22-Aug-2002: Fortunately, Mad Dog's wife Anne "Wild Cat" Campbell is a master knitter and has devised the perfect socks to craddle the dog's dogs in extreme comfort. "These baby's don't even come off at night. I wake up in the morning with the most relaxed feet imaginable!" Relaxed feet lead to the superb concentration so necessary to high level correspondence chess competition. Mad Dog's feet are clothed in red, green, yellow, blue and other colors sure to cause opponents to be green with envy. As these words are being written the creator of the doggie delights is at a knitters' convention in Ohio collecting more ideas and patterns to create even more wonderful chess socks. Where will it all end? The Mad One's final words to his opponents: "I'm going to knock your (dull & inferior) socks off!!" |
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22-Aug-2002: To mark the occasion of his second result, John has created our first JavaScript replay page to show his two finished games: John's Finished Games. Other replay pages will appear as teammates finish games. |
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16-July-2002: For now, congratulations to Ralph Marconi, NAPZ Director, Tournament Director, Webmaster, International Arbiter, possessor of the ICCF Bertl von Massow Award for service to the cc community and possessor of Team CC.COM's first full point! |
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On April 08, 2002 Harold Bearceposted the following message on TCCMB: Congratulations, Grayling, for your qualification to the semifinals in the ICCF XII World Cup! He was referring to Team CC.COM's Captain and Board 2 Grayling "The Hitman" Hill. Check out the crosstable at the left for the amazing details of his victory and qualification to the World Cup XII Semi-finals. Giving up a single draw in ten games he easily took the top position and advanced with "Big Mo'" This great achievement should also provide substantial momentum going into the ICCF Champions League competition. The whole team takes courage from this outstanding result timed perfectly to motivate the entire team to a super performance. We salute you, Captain Grayling Hill, for this superior level of performance which will stand as a great example for your teammates in what can be achieved through effort and skill. |
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Team CC.COM is honored to present our official team fish Mr. Piranha, affectionately called "Ronny" by his teammates. Warning ... don't call this bad boy "Piranha" or "fish" or he may bite your lips off! One of our training techniques is to dangle our fingers at the top of his tank while analyzing. If you can concentrate while Ronny is nibbling on your finger tips then you can concentrate any time, any place. Team CC.COM challenges the other teams to answer this critical question ... when are you going to have the nerve to introduce us to your team fish??!! |
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Team CC.COM is pleased to announce the recent addition of Miss Alison, former trainer of the Potaissa Turda team, as it's new Trainer-in-Residence. When asked about her recent team change she commented, "While the players on Potaissa Turda are very funny, there is far too much confusion on the team. The constant attempted recruitment of supposed stronger players leaves little time for serious training. I was attracted to Team CC.COM due to their obvious ability, seriousness and flair. I am confident that these qualities, matched with my proven training methods, will result in securing Team CC.COM a place in the ICCF Champions League A Division." Miss Alison is shown with Grayling "The Hitman" Hill, Captain of Team CC.COM, analyzing a recent victory in the ICCF World Cup XII preliminary, which secured his advancement to the semifinals. |
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News Flash 9-Feb-2002
Team CC.COM Board 3 J. Franklin "Mad Dog" Campbell has solved this problem scientifically by creating a clone of himself for training matches and joint analysis of "their" opening repertoire. Normally, a clone starts out as a tiny cell which matures into a baby. In this case, a great scientific advance (inspired by dedication to the ideals of team competition) has allowed for creation of this clone matching Mad Dog's age and experience, which allows for a unique and valuable collaboration. This is just part of the comprehensive and intense program to prepare Team CC.COM for the rigors of competition in the Champions League. Are you prepared to face this dedicated crew? Can you tell which in the picture above is the original "Mad Dog" Campbell and which is the clone? Ha ha ha ha ha .... |
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ICCF Champions League
John Knudsen, Grayling Hill, J. Franklin Campbell, Ralph Marconi