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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
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Flash!! Flash!!
Five Masters! Will Play
in Wendy's VI
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Endgame Puzzle #5
By D. Joseph, British Chess Mag., 1922
White to move and Win!!
(For PGN Viewing Click Here)
White King on e8, Pawn on b5, Pawn on h2
Black King on a7, Pawns on a6 & b7
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Latest Match Results: Liu
3 McCartney 1
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CCC NEWS &
VIEWS 7-1-99
By NM Leland Fuerstman
Liu Clear 1st In Wendy's V; A.Smith Perfect In Lower Section
> Five Masters! Will Compete In Wendy's VI<
A record number of 53 different players competed in Wendy's
V which ended 6-30. In the Top Section, NM Daniel Liu
(1988), after
observing the state of affairs on the Bd:2 (Newton- Fuerstman 1
f4 e5 2 fe d6 3 ed Bd6 4 Nf3 Nf6 5 d4 Bf5 6 g3 c5!? 7 dc Qa5 8 b4! Qb4
9 c3! Qc5 10 Ba3! +- and White won on move 22) needed only to Draw
with Patrick McCartney in order to score 3-2 and claim clear 1st Place.
In the Middle Section, CCC Internal Affairs Committee Chairman
Paul F. Lucas (1686) emerged victorious with a similar score, and
in the Lower Section recent returnee to CCC competition Anthony
Smith (1054) scored a perfect 5-0! Also, in the Lower
Section Sean Johnson (Unr) turned in a perfect 4-0!
All results may be viewed in Current Crosstable.
Five Masters to include FIDE Master Luigi Vacca, NM
Garrick Wells, NM John Lane, NM Daniel Liu and NM Leland Fuerstman have
indicated that they will play all five rounds of Wendy's VI which
begins next Wednesday. In order to accommodate Master Vacca, the
Director has agreed to allow his games to be played at 60/G and begin at
7:30pm. All other games will be played at the rate of 30/1 with adjournments,
if necessary. All other Masters not named are welcome to compete
with us! (If they have the guts).
McCartney Unseats Spurrier at Midtown
XIX; Roman Wins Lower Section
Fourteen brave competitors competed in
Midtown XIX on Saturday, June 5. In the Top Section, High Point
star Robert Spurrier's (2021) streak of two consecutive Midtown Tournaments
came to an abrupt end when after defeating Tarokh Taefi (1734) in
Rd:1 and NM Leland Fuerstman (2035) in Rd:2 he assumed a favorable position
against Patrick McCartney (1875)  only
to blunder a piece away and lose. McCartney's score of 2.5-.5 was good
enough for clear 1st Place and $80. Tied for 2nd-4th with 2-1 were NM
Daniel Liu (2018), NM Leland Fuerstman (2035), and Robert
Spurrier (2021) each winning $13.33. Phil Lowder at "plowder@ctc.net"
submitted his Rd:1 game for publication (See game
0050) In the Lower Section, Leader of the Hispanic Community
David Roman (1303) 
successfully handled Samuel Fuerstman (947) in the final round to score
2.5-.5 and capture clear 1st Place honors and $60. Samuel Fuerstman
and Lee Richardson (1195) tied for 2nd-3rd with 2-1 winning $15
each. L. Fuerstman directed.
CCC Yields Two Champions at S.C. Open
Two of the Charlotte Chess Club's finest did our club
proud last weekend at the S.C. Open held in Ft. Mill, S.C. In the
Under 1800 Section, Donald "Sky" Hofer (1450)
upset Hungarian Superstar Andras Bader (1710) to take clear 1st Place and
$220. In the Under 1200 Section, upstart Brandon Brown (950)
continued his winning ways by upsetting at least 4 players with ratings
at least 300 points higher than his on his way to taking clear 1st Place
and $110.
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