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Chess Club
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Who's
Hot!!
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Amanda McCartney
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+258
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Kevin Huang
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+204
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Colette Wheeless
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+190
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Samuel
Xin
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+167
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Chang Sun
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+143
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Derek
Zhang
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+128
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Adam
Clontz
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+119
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Corey
Frazier
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+113
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Joshua
Mu
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+110
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Last
4 Issues of
"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
final Wendy's Event!
Top Section $200!
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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December 2006 Rating
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Competed
within past 6 months
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1
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FM Andrey Chumachenko
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2470
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2
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NM
Frankie Newton
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2287
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3
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Chris Mabe
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2114
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4
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Shawn Pealer
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2111
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5
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Todd
Trower
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2099
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6
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NM
Leland Fuerstman
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2016 |
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6
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Patrick McCartney
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2016
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8
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James Dickson
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9
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James
MacDougall
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1961
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10
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Gary
Newsom
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1952
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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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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 Park Road Shopping Center)
- 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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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 (See
Game 0577) 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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McCartney Promoted to Chief TD for
CCC!
Charlotte, NC 11-26-06: Effective
immediately, and until further notice,  LTD Patrick
McCartney will take over as chief Tournament Director for the Charlotte Chess Club.
This includes the Bertucci's
events as well as the Wednesday
evening round at Wendys.
Fuerstman will continue as chief organizer and Assistant TD by greeting
and
registering new members, collecting entry fees, occasionally
competing and editing the website.
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Note: The time control for
the Top Section is now G90 <
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 CCC
NEWS & VIEWS 11-30-06
Newton, Mabe
Lead Top; Singleton "C"; 3
in
Lower Section of Wendy's
LXXXII
Round
Now Begins at 7:30 sharp!!
Charlotte, NC 11-29-06:
A
typical winter turnout of 20 of the most creative thinkers
in the Metrolina area converged upon this factory where chess champions
are produced more commonly known as Wendy's in order to
participate in Rd:3 of Wendy's LXXXII. In the Top Section,
the CCC's #2  player,
the pride of Crouse, NC, 2005
CCC Player of the Year NM Frankie "Neutrino" Newton (2287) squeezed
out a King & Pawn ending versus Laura "Karate Kid" Lee (1832) to
share the lead with Expert Chris
"the Babe" Mabe (2114) who survived a lively encounter with NM Leland
"Ennui" Fuerstman (2016) each with 2.5-.5. In
addition, Expert Patrick
"Fabio" McCartney (2016) outlasted Gary "Night Crawler" Newsom
(1952) while Michael "Bolton" Kliber (1900) clobbered Dr. Gil
"Sherlock" Holmes (1671). In the "B" Section,
Amelia "Wheels" Wheeless (1660) split the point with
Viktor "the Mad
Russian" Ozherelyev (1636)
with Brosi, Xin and Hand sharing the lead with 1 point. In
the "C" Section, Spencer "Jazzman" Singleton (1581) billy clubbed
Cesar "Read me my rights" Miranda (1309) to lead  with
2-0.
In the Lower Section, wins were turned in by Winfred "Guns" Gatlin, Fran "Arnie" Palmer and Dave "Salt" Peter. Miranda, Gatlin and Palmer lead with 2 points. 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 - 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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