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Amanda Braband
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+146
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Corey Frazier
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+89
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Ankit Jivan
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+77
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Joshua
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+70
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Derek Zhang
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+59
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Last
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"News & Views"
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On August 29, 1948, Kit Crittenden won the N.C. State Championship
at age 13, still youngest ever in the
Nation!
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New Prize Structure for Wendy's Events!
Top Section $50.
Top "B", "C"
&
"Lower" Section
Free
Entry to Bertucci's
Winners must have
at least 4 points
(Note: Byes & 1/2 point byes
do NOT count)
(CCC Members Only)
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CCC Top 10
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October 2006 Rating
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Competed
within past 6 months
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1
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NM
Frankie Newton
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2294
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2
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Shawn
Pealer
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2118
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3
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Todd Trower
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2099
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4
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Keith
Eubanks
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2085
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5
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NM
Leland Fuerstman
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2000 |
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6
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Patrick McCartney
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1989
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7
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James Dickson
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1961 |
8
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Gary
Newsom
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1964 |
9
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James
MacDougall
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1924
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10
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Tim
Rankin
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1915
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"You don't stop playing when you
get old; you get old when you stop playing!"
Benjamin Franklin
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Here is the only truth: "We are the
pawns of the mysterious game of chess played by God, who moves
us, stops us, shifts us ahead, and soon picks us up
one after the other and gathers us in the same box of Nothing."
Omar Khayyam 1040 ad
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"Chess grips its exponent,
shackling the mind and brain so that the inner freedom and independence
of even the strongest character cannot remain unaffected."
Albert
Einstein
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"Imagination does not breed insanity.
Exactly what does breed insanity is reason. Poets do not go
mad; but chess-players do".
—Chesterton, The Maniac
(1908).
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I did
not know that!!?
The CCC
has 71 current members. This is our 82nd
Wendy's 5 Rd event. The Record for the total playing in 1 Rd is 48,
total participating is 78,
for a 3
Rd event 38.
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Welcome to the CCC
NM
Leland L. Fuerstman, Editor
Greetings from
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, Earth to everyone out there in cyberia,
and welcome to the Charlotte Chess Club website. On this page, which is
continuously updated, we will report a weekly synopsis of the previous
meeting to include current standings, annotated games, and other
interesting anecdotes for your reading, viewing, and listening
pleasure. We welcome your contributions and comments on our
Message Board
Scroll down for weekly
article
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Bertucci's XVII - Dec 16
Bertucci's Restaurant, 1600 E. Woodlawn
Rd.
Charlotte, NC (Across the
street from Billy's)
- In the Park Town Shopping Village -
All Players are
required to purchase their lunch at Bertucci's
Note:
E-mail lelandfue@yahoo.com and your
name will be included on the "List of
Players"
who
intend to participate! Current number: 1
Be There by 9:45am. Rd:1 Will Begin at 10am
SHARP!!!
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Wendy's
LXXXI Results
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Bertucci's
XVI Results
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2006 North
Carolina Championship
FM Andrey
Chumachenko Clear 2nd Place "Open"
Gary Branton
Clear 1st Place Class "A"
Randy Wheeless Elected NCCA
President;
Bernard Baker
Elected 2nd VP
Congratulations to
all of you !
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Chumachenko, Mabe Share Top Honors
at 1st Annual Carolinas Challenge; South
Carolina Wins Title!
Ft. Mill, SC 11-12-06: An extremely
disappointing turnout of only 42 of the most
talented chessplayers from North and South Carolina stepped
into the ring this
past weekend
at the beautiful Plaza Hotel at Carowinds in order to claim bragging
rights and take home the Carolinas
Challenge Cup! Amazingly,
27
different players were cash prize winners!  In
the Top Section, FM Andrey "the Giant" Chumachenko (2470) of Charlotte survived a extraordinary
final round game versus FM Ron Simpson
(2292) of Raleigh to tie for =1st-2nd
Place with Expert Chris "the Babe" Mabe (2130) of Charlotte who had
been granted a final round 1/2 point Bye. Each scored 4-1 and took
home $225.
Chumachenko won the
Trophy on tiebreaks. (All other winners are listed below). After the
smoke cleared and the final calculations were done, (hanging chads
not withstanding!?) South Carolina
edged out North Carolina by 1.5 points!
Very  special thanks to Assistant Tournament Director David Causey
of Charleston who not only solved many never before seen pairing
problems, but also endured the unfriendly comments and complaints of
one bombastic malcontent who made no friends at this event. Otherwise,
the hotel rate was great, the playing hall was superb, the restaurant
was excellent and a good time was had by all! {I am extremely
disappinted with the overall turnout and lack of support from my own
club members. The event was advertised on websites and via E-mail, in
Chess Life and at least 500 flyers were mailed out to players from both
states. According to Georgia based Organizer Thad Rogers, "the numbers
have been way down over the past 2 years for all of my tournaments..."
Nevertheless, this organizer lost $900. Thanks to all who participated.
I had hoped that this event would start an annual tradition. I'm not so
sure now. Congratulations to Team SC! LF} Ps. Because of my poor
vision, I inadvertantly handed out two $50 dollar bills for $20's, and
would the person who stole the Class "C" trophy please return it?
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SC Wins by 1.5!
2006
Carolinas Challenge Champions
Top Section:
=1st-2nd - 4-1
FM Andrey Chumachenko -
Charlotte, NC
Chris Mabe -
Charlotte, NC
Top Under 2200: Keith
Eubanks - Columbia, SC
Top Under 2100: Dr. Edsel
Pena - Columbia, SC
Top Class "A": James
MacDougall - Columbia, SC
Top Under 1900: Bobby Waddell -
Elkin, NC
Top Class "B": Carl Vero
- Charleston, SC
Top Under 1700: Linu
Ramachandran - Ermo, SC
Top Class "C": Bob
Halliday - Lexington, SC
Top Under 1500: Slava Fedko
- Charlotte, NC
Top D/E: Josh Nissenboim
- Charleston, SC
=1st-2nd Under 1200:
Kevin
Blackwell, Charlotte, NC
Austin Zhu,
Lexington, SC
Top Team: Dr. Edsel Pena,
Keith
Eubanks,
NM Timur Aliyev, James MacDougall
(Click
here for USCF crosstable)
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> Happy Thanksgiving to All!! <
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Note: The time control for
the Top Section is now G90 <
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 CCC
NEWS & VIEWS 11-16-06
Wendy's
LXXXII
Begins - The CCC will meet this Wednesday;
otherwise, 1/2 point Byes
will be handed out, upon request, like slices of pumpkin
pie! Happy Thanksgiving!!
Michael Brown, please
contact me pronto!)
(Note: The round now begins at 7:30pm sharp!
Call ahead if you're gonna' be late)
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Charlotte, NC 11-15-06:
A rather light turnout
of only 19 of my most
loyal subjects (Hey, where are
all of my "cronies?!!") congregated at this five star
restaurant more commonly known as Wendy's in order to participate in Rd:1 of Wendy's LXXXII.  The
evening was enhanced by the surprise visit of SM Karthik "Rajah" Rangarajan (2467) and his lovely
wife, who after a 6 month vacation to India, will hopefully return to
CCC competition! In the Top Section, the
CCC's #2 player, the pride of Crouse, NC, 2005 CCC Player of the Year NM Frankie "Neutrino" Newton's (2287) quickly dispatched
of
(newlywed to Amanda Braband) Expert Patrick
"Fabio" McCartney (2016), Expert Chris
"the Babe" Mabe (2114)
clobbered Michael "Bolton" Kliber (1910),  Laura "Karate Kid" Lee (1831) clobbered Expert Todd
"Squirrelbreath" Trower (2099) and NM Leland
"Ennui" Fuerstman (2016)
survived an extraordinary effort by 12 year old phenom Samuel "Xman"
Xin (1754) each leading with 1-0. In the "B" Section, this time Clarke "Kent" Brosi (1762) donned his Professor
Moriority outfit and solved the riddle that is Dr. Gil "Sherlock"
Holmes (1671) and "B" player
elect Spencer
"Jazzman" Singleton (1581) who
is absolutely "en fuego" (his
new rating according to the USCF Rating Calculator is 1686!) defeated Amelia
"Wheels" Wheeless (1660) each leading his respective section with 1-0. In the Lower Section, wins were submitted by Cesar "Read me my rights" Miranda, Fran "Arnie" Palmer and Michael "Jordan" Baker. All
results may be observed on the current "Crosstable".
E-mail lelandfue@yahoo.com
to add your name to the "List
of Players" who
intend to participate in Bertucci's XVII on Dec 16 - Annual awards
will be presented at that event! See ("Upcoming
Events") Editor Needs Games... |
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Paradis Takes Clear 1st
in Bertucci's XVI
Charlotte NC 11-18-06: A grand total of 8 wildcat chessplayers
from 2
states including 2 Russian
immigrants refused to honor the "Boycott" and converged upon Bertucci's
Italian Restaurant in order to
participate in Bertucci's XVI. In the Top Section,
15 year old phenom Thomas
"Dolby" Paradis (1910) of
Charlotte dispatched of Slava Fedko (1239) in Rd:1, Drew with Expert Patrick "Fabio" McCartney (2016) in Rd:2 and outplayed Gary
"NightCrawler" Newsom (1952) in the final round to score 2.5-.5 and
take home $80.
Equal 2nd-4th were McCartney, Newsom and Tracy Callis (1893) from Virginia
each with 2-1
winning $13.33.
In order to observe all results see (Crosstable). (McCartney
Assisted) E-mail
me at lelandfue @yahoo.com
to add your name to the "List
of Players" who intend to participate in Bertucci's XVII on Dec 16 - See ya' there!
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