 Charlotte
Chess Club
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June Supplement
(Total
Points Gained Since 5-07)
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Who's
Hot!!
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Dominique Myers
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+305
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Derek
Zhang
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+66
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Dave Peter
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+51
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Amelia Wheeless
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+41
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Jordan
Ware
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+30
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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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Need Address for CCC Members:
William Anthony
Andras Bader
Bernard Baker
Michael Carroll
Tracy Davenport
Chris Mabe
Fran Palmer
Shawn Pealer
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Prize Structure for
Wendy's Events
Top Section $50
Top "B", "C"
&
"Lower" Section
Free
Entry to Quaker Steak
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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June 2007 Rating
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Competed
within past 6 months
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NM
Frankie Newton |
2276 |
2
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NM Chris Mabe |
2188
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3
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Shawn
Pealer
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2101
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4
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NM
John Lane |
2088
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5
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NM Leland
Fuerstman |
2010
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6
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James
Dickson |
2007 |
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7
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Patrick
McCartney
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1987
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8
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Gary
Newsom |
1983
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9
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Michael
Kliber |
1940
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10
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Gary
Branton
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1933
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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
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Note: The time control for
the Top Section is now G90 <
(Time
Delay Clocks will NOT
be used unless Both Players Agree) |
 CCC
NEWS & VIEWS 6-7-07
Fuerstman
Wins Top; Holmes "B/C"; Pruitt Lower Section of Wendy's
LXXXVII
Charlotte, NC 6-6-07: A grand
total of 40 of the best of the
best chess players in the Metrolina area converged upon this palazzo
where champions are re-discovered more commonly known as Wendy's
in order to participate in Wendy's
LXXXVII. In the Top Section,
the CCC's #5 player, the pride of Mint Hill, 60 year old phenom NM Leland "Ennui" Fuerstman (2010),
envoking the "Fischer Rule," still finished 1 1/2 points ahead of the
field to take clear 1st Place
with a perfect 4-0
and pocket $5,000. Equal 2nd-3rd with 2.5-2.5 were
12 year old phenom Samuel "Xman"
Xin (1820) who drew
with 14 year old phenom Kevin
"Spacey" Haung (1840) and Michael "Bolton" Kliber (1940) who split the point
with Patrick "Fabio" McCartney (1987). In addition, Ken "the Great" Ivens (1810) upset returnee to
competition Greg Hall (1866). In the "B/C"
Section, Dr. Gil "Sherlock"
Holmes (1640) beat down Viktor "the Mad Russian" Ozherelyev (1591) to
take clear 1st Place with 3.5-1.5.
Meanwhile, 14 year old phenom Dominique
"Wilkins" Myers (1497)
welcomed Ricky Upchurch (1514) to the CCC, Spencer "Jazzman" Singleton (1636) won on time versus
Winfred "Guns" Gatlin (1257) and Clarke
"Kent" Brosi
(1772) made peace with Asheboro's Tom
"Terrific" Hales (1649). In the Lower Section, despite the fact that he
lost to Kurtis Ross (Unr),
"Stormin" Norm Pruitt (1162) finished clear 1st Place
with 4-1
and won Free
Entry to Quaker Steak II on June 16.
Other Lower Section winners were: Lee Moore, Derek "Domino" Zhang and Joe Shirlen.
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 Quaker
Steak II on Jun 16 - See
("Upcoming
Events")
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Fuerstman, Paradis Share
Top Honors in Quaker Steak I, Myers Perfect in Lower Section
Charlotte NC 4-21-07: A dozen of some of the
finest young chess talents in North Carolina gathered at our new
facility in order to participate in Quaker
Steak I.  The playing room was
well lighted and extremely quiet, the free coffee was hot and the food
was reasonably priced and delicious! In the Top Section,
the competition grew fierce as 13 year old phenom Joshua "Moo" Mu 1834) eviscerated #1 seed Expert
Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (2023) (See Game 0592). Meanwhile, (competing
against a
field of competitors whose total ages did not equal two thirds of his!)
with minutes left on both clocks, 59 year old NM Leland "Ennui" Fuerstman (2000) outlasted 14 year
old phenom from Hendersonville, Matthew Horwitz (1873) in Rd:1 (See Game 0590), survived a slugfest versus
13 year old phenom Kevin "Spacey" Huang
(1838) in Rd:2 (See Game 0591)
and spared himself further punishment by agreeing to a quick
Grandmaster draw with 15 year old phenom Thomas "Dolby" Paradis (1921) who dispatched of Ken
"the Great" Ivens (1760) in Rd:1
and defeated 13 year old phenom Joshua "Moo" Mu (1837) in Rd:2. Each scored 2.5-.5 and
pocketed $60.
In the Lower Section, "there's a new Sherrif in
town!...and his name ain't Reggie Hammonds!?" actually, it's 14 year
old phenom Dominique "Wilkins"
Myers (1328) who
blitzed the field  scoring 3-0 and
winning $40.
(Just prior to finishing =1st-3rd in the Scholastic Nationals in the Under 1200 Section, Myers' rating was 1167. The USCF
Rating Calculator now indicates that his new rating is 1468!, a gain of 301 rating
points in 2 weeks!! We can safely assume that "Nique" has disqualified
himself from competing in the Lower
Section!) Equal 2nd-3rd
were Viktor "the Mad Russian"
Ozherelyev (1616)
and 12 year old phenom Robin Yopp
(1421) each with 1.5-1.5
winning $10.
In order to observe all results see (Crosstable). (McCartney
Directed) E-mail
me at lelandfue @yahoo.com
to add your name to the "List
of Players" who intend to participate in Quaker Steak II on Jun 16 - See ya' there!
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