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CCC NEWS &VIEWS 8-19-99

Newton Rolls Daniel; Lombard Smokes Fuerstman In Wendy's VII 

Thirty-two well behaved chessplayers came face to face Wednesday evening for Rd: 2 of Wendy's VII.  In the Top Section, "NM Elect" W.F. Newton, II (2150) successfully defended against newcomer Justin Daniel (1937) while Ex-Expert Ralph Lombard (1899) (See Game 0062 for Lombard's "annotated" Rd:1 game vs. Eberhardinger)  (Next time, Ralph, try to be a bit more thorough with your annotations?!? LF) did the same to upset NM Leland Fuerstman (2000), each winner scoring his 2nd tournament point. Also, in the Top Section, Gary Newsom (1917) has adjourned a Rook and two pawns vs. Rook and Bishop ending against David "the Bear" Griffin (1690). In the Middle Section, Mike Isner (1485) scored win number 2 against Don "Sky" Hofer (1538) while Thomas "Turnaround" Hayes (1373) did likewise to Wendy's VI Lower Section Champion Tim Ruffin (1230). Middle Section wins were also scored by Jerome DeBell (1493) and Joe Crump (1670).  In the Lower Section, Sue Vigeland (1092) and Brandon Brown (1138) lead with 2-0.  All results may be viewed in (Current Crosstable). All CCC players welcome our newest member, Darrell Spencer. 

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-131.5-1.5  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-101.5-1.5  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