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CCC NEWS &VIEWS 8-12-99

Record Tying Crowd Shows for Initial Round of Wendy's VII 
 Thirty-six of the most gifted and talented chessplayers in the Metrolina Area embarked upon the same mission Wednesday evening as Rd:1 of Wendy's VII got underway.  In the Top Section, all went according to plan with the upper half scoring decisive wins over their lower rated opponents with wins by Master Elect CCC "Favorite Son" William Frank "Frankie" Newton, II (2200a), NM Leland Fuerstman (2000) who, incidently, squeezed out a Draw from his last week's adjournment, Justin Daniel (1937), and ex-Expert Ralph Lombard (1900).  In the Middle Section, wins were scored by CCC Website Advisor Carl McKern (1507), Mike Isner (1500), David T. Richards (1700), Paul Calloway (1765) and Thomas Hayes (1379) who upset Spencer "Jazzman" Singleton (1499).  In the Lower Section, Suzanne Vigeland, (who has just discovered Chessmaster 6000!),  CCC Legal Advisor Terry Brown, Esq, son Brandon Brown, Kevin Smith, Joe Ulaky, David Roman, Richard Tomlin and CCC Lower Section Representative Alphonse Ashamalla each won his/her game.  For all results see (Current Crosstable) Sorry guys, it will have to wait until next week; I'm on my way to Myrtle Beach!!LF)  

CCC's favorite son, William F. "Frankie" Newton II (2150) 

may have gained those elusive last 50 rating points toward mastery this past weekend at the L.P.O. as he scored a strong 4-1 to share the top honors with two others in the Under 2200 section, each winning $444.50. Also, in that section, Gary Newsom (1917) turned in a 3.5-1.5 to take 5th Place and $145.  In the Under 1800 Section, Doug "REman" Millsaps (1620)  shared 3rd-5th Place with a score of 3.5-1.5 and took home $140.

Twenty of the metrolina area's most worthy competitors cast their lots to compete in Midtown XXI on August 7, 1999.  In the Top Section, soon-to-be (based on our mathematical calculations) National Master William F. "Frankie" Newton II again demonstrated his chessical skills by defeating Patrick McCartney (1927) in Rd:1 and Randy Lovelace (1968) in Rd:2 before cruising into clear 1st Place after a "quick draw" with NM Daniel Liu (1990) and pocketing $80. NM Daniel Liu (1990) and Randy Lovelace (1968) each scored 2-1 winning back their entry fees. In the Middle Section, tournament veteran Phillip Lowder (1635) swept his section with a perfect 3-0 while Thomas Hayes (1373) and Joe Crump (1500) had their entry fees returned. In the Lower Section Quad, a three-way tie between Samuel Christopher (1136), Joe Feiler (1076) and Brandon Brown (1138) paid each player $20. This section featured a rare encounter between Terry Brown, Esq, and his son Brandon...The "kid" won! (Fuerstman directed) 
 

Results of Midtown XXI, 8-7-99  1 Frankie Newton (2150)     W-5  W-4   D-3       2.5-.5  2 NM L Fuerstman (2000)    D-6   D-3   D-8      1.5-1.5  3 NM Daniel Liu (1990)         W-7   D-2   D-1          2-1  4 Randy Lovelace (1968)    W-8   L-1   W-6         2-1   5 P McCartney (1927)           L-1   L-6    L-7          0-3  6 Gary Newsom (1917)         D-2  W-5   L-4       1.5-1.5  7 Richard Stancil (1689)      L-3   L-8    W-5        1-2  8 Andras Bader (1629)         L-4   W-7   D-2      1.5-1.5  9   Laurin Keller (1256)         W-10  L-16  L-14     1-2  10 P Cunningham (1468)      L-9    W-15  D-13  1.5-1.5  11 Richard Tomlin (1500)     L-12  L-13    Bye     1-2  12 Thomas Hayes (1373)     W-11 W-14  L-16     2-1  13 Paul Jenkins (1350)         L-14   W-11  D-10 1.5-1.5  14 Joe Crump (1500)            W-13   L-12  W-9       2-1  15 Ben Griffin (1147)              L-16    L-10    H      .5-2.5  16 Phil Lowder (1635)           W-15   W-9   W-12    3-0  17 Terry Brown (849)            L-18   L-20   L-19     0-3  18 Joe Feiler (1076)               W-17 W-19  L-20      2-1  19 S Christopher (1136)       W-20 L-18    W-17    2-1  20 Brandon Brown (1138)   L-19   W-17  W-18    2-1

 

I hereby state the following for the record: "The Charlotte Chess Club, Leland Fuerstman, President, ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT endorse nor maintain any affiliation with the "Greater Charlotte Chess Association"  Thank you. Have a nice day!