
CCC 2022 Year-End Review
Author: Peter Giannatos
I would like to start by thanking all of our members and supporters for what has been an incredible post pandemic year of chess! Below you will see a some of our highlights and a few of our plans going forward.
Events
Major Weekend Events
2022 US Chess National Online Scholastic Quick Championship
More than 1250 players participated
An official US Chess National Event
2022 Carolinas Classic
385 players from 20+ States
Won by GMs Naroditsky, Moradiabadi, Shabalov, Brodsky
2022 NC K-12 Championship
450+ players in grades K-12
The first OTB state championship since the pandemic
At Least Twenty-One (ALTO)
107 players from 13 states and Mexico
An innovative concept featuring an adult friendly atmosphere
CCC's Unrated Team Challenges
Held twice in 2022
Featured 280+ players from more than 40 local area schools

2022 North Carolina Open
Ran alongside the record breaking US Masters
434 players (636 total festival participants)
Largest open tournament in NC history.
2022 US Masters
202 players - 30 GMs, 40 IMs
Largest Masters in history
36 federations and 32 states represented

Norm Round Robin Invitationals
4 norm invitational events this year
Our fall norm event was the largest norm RR ever held in the US which featured (6) 10-player sections.

Fun Fact: The CCC began organizing norm round robin events in 2015. Since then, 94 norms and 45 titles have been achieved. In addition, 246 unique players have played in a CCC norm invitational, representing 52 federations and 29 states.
Local Club Events
Tuesday Night Action
1 US Chess rated game every week and free for members
Aug/Sept 2022 TNA had a record breaking 116 players.
Wednesday Action Quads
3 US Chess rated games every Wednesday
Added to give both adults and students another opportunity to play
Averages 31 players a week
Friday Action Quads
3 US Chess rated games every Friday
The largest weekly Friday event in the United States
Nearly 60 students play the rated quads every Friday

Fun Fact: 3064 unique players played a rated CCC event in 2022