CCC News & Views
NM Leland L. Fuerstman, Editor
      Greetings from Charlotte N.C, USA, Earth to    everyone out there in cyberspace, and welcome to the Charlotte Chess Club website. We have finally entered into the ultra modern age of instant communication. In this column, I will strive to 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. Our goal is to eventually provide our members with a "realtime" site which will instantly produce current information about chess with the touch of a button! We welcome your comments and contributions 
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Newton Wins; 3 Boards Adjourn; Calloway Leads Middle, B. Brown Lower in Wendy's XII

Thirty-two recovering chess addicts and two concerned chess mothers attended the weekly "C.A." meeting at our clinic more commonly known as Wendy's on Wednesday evening for the express purpose of competing in Rd: 3 of Wendy's XII. In the Top Section, CCC Favorite Son  Expert W.F. "Frankie the Gladiator" Newton II (2161) bested CCC rising star 16 year old Expert Justin Daniel (2022).  Contests between  NM Daniel "Deep" Liu (2000) and NM Leland Fuerstman (2041), Greg "Hornblower" Hall (1821) and Gary "the Noose" Newsom (1913)  and Patrick McCartney (1861) and NM Garrick "the Outlaw" Wells (2246) were each adjourned at 11:00pm (to be resumed by 6:30pm next Wednesday).  The only other Top Section player to register a win was Team Salisbury member David Jaap (1800) who outplayed recent returnee to competition, CCC original member Jon "Infinity's End" Pietras (1785). In the Middle Section, Paul "Shuttleman" Calloway (1661) handled Thomas "Turnaround" Hayes (1504) to lead with a perfect 3-0 while CCC Internal Affairs Committee Chairman Paul F. Lucas (1606), Jerome "Bouncer" DeBell (1613) and CCC Website Advisor Carl McKern (1522)  defeated "Iron" Mike Isner (1498), "Iron" Mike Lipkin (1564) and Daryl "Flash" Gordon (1283) respectively. In addition, Slobodan Sinanovic (Unr) and Doug "Sky" Millsaps (1547) have adjourned. In the Lower Section, Brandon Brown (1164)handled Samuel Christopher (1044) to lead with 3-0.  Other Lower Section winners were G. Scott Edmiston, Jim Ulaky and Jon Meyer.  All results may be viewed in "Current Crosstable."  All welcome new CCC member Steve Rigdon. See ya' Saturday at Ole Smokehouse I.

CCC members were once again honored by the visit of out-of-towner Michael Lipkin, son of  North Carolina chess icon Dr. Al Lipkin (founder of the LPO!) Said Michael, "I still can't believe you can get this many chessplayers together on a Wednesday night!? This club is the bomb." (Dude! LF) 

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Newton Draws GM Shabalov (2623), Crushes IM Sevillano (2547) at Land of the Sky!

A roar of applause and cheers filled the room as "the Gladiator" entered...for, he had once again, proven himself in battle, "beyond the call of duty."  This time, William F. Frankie "the Gladiator" Newton II (2188) asked no quarter and yielded none after employing the "Swiss Gambit" in Rd:1 of the Land of the Sky.  In Rd:2 he handily defeated Jeffery Pennig (1947) and was thusly paired with one of the highest rated active players in the U.S., International Grandmaster Alex Shabalov (2623) whom he Drew!