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(CCC Members Only)  0 Perfect Scores After Rd:4 CCC Top 10  December 2003 Rating  Competed within past 6 months 1 NM Frankie Newton 2266 2  NM Harold Mouzon 2200 3 NM Justin Daniel 2195 4 Daniel Tapia 2142 5 Keith Eubanks 2090 6 NM John Lane 2072 7  Michael Curcuru 2043 8  NM Daniel Liu 2040 9 NM Leland Fuerstman 2012 10 Gary Newsom 1997 Wendy's I-LI Top Section Titles (Equal 1st Counts as 1) NM Frankie Newton 32 NM Leland Fuerstman 13 NM Justin Daniel 7 NM Garrick Wells 5 Patrick McCartney  5 NM Daniel Liu  2 Michael Curcuru 2 Gary Newsom 1 Tarokh Taefi  1 Jon Pietras 1 NM Harold Mouzon 1 Dr. Luigi Vacca 1 Daniel Tapia 1 "You don't stop playing when you get old; you get old when you stop playing!" Benjamin Franklin Great New Links!! Bill Walls Chess Page Who is winning all of these CCC events?  Click New "Games Archive" coming soon! Wendy's LI Previous Crosstable Chess Equipment Latest Books! www.sigschess.com Cigars Etc. 3712 E. 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Total Tournaments Directed Since 1991 Robert Singletary 159 Leland Fuerstman 174 New CCC T-Shirts now on Sale! $20.	(Remember to "reload" or "refresh" this page often) This site works best with "Netscape" CCC News & Views 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. In this column, 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. 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CCC NEWS & VIEWS 1-22-04  By NM Leland Fuerstman Newton Leads Top; Dadgar "B"; Plyler, Chen "C"; Sethuraman Lower Section of Wendy's LII Charlotte, NC 1-21-04:  A particularly strong turnout of 42 of the Metrolina area's most ardent Panthers fans arrived at this stadium of mental combatants("where brains rather than brawn are tested; I mean, let's face it, the weakest player in the Charlotte Chess Club could probably checkmate any Panther") more commonly known as Wendy's in order to participate in Rd:4 of Wendy's LII. In the Top Section, "you can't stop him, you can only hope to contain him" as the CCC's #1 player, NM Frankie "Blitzin" Newton (2246) edged one  half point ahead of the field with a decisive victory over Patrick "Sour-Grapes" McCartney (1997) to lead with 2.5-1.5. Meanwhile, rising star Michael "See You Are; See You Are You" Curcuru (2022) clobbered Michael "Jackson" Kliber (1900) and Chris "the Babe" Mabe (1963) beat down the good Revered Bernard "King" Baker (1851). In addition, Draws were submitted by CCC Favorite Son, repeat NC Scholastic Champion, 17 year old phenom Daniel "Johnny" Tapia (2160) versus veteran NC champion NM Daniel "Schlechter" Liu (2040)(See Game 0373), Jon "Cigars" Pietras (1801) versus Tom "Terrific" Waymouth (1982) and Danesh "DD" Dadgar! (1712) who requested, and was granted the honor of playing NM Leland "Schlechter" Fuerstman (2012). In the "B" Section, Dadgar remains a full point ahead of the field with 3.5-.5.(0374 Dadgar-Fuerstman) (Go Danesh!)Meanwhile, Ken "the not so Terrible" Ivens (1744) schooled Ankit "Butch" Jivan (1649), Tarokh "the Oak" Taefi (1737) manhandled Jeremy "Irons" Davenport (1577), Kaled "the Alphabet" Abdelkefi (1525) upset Viktor "the Mad Russian" Ozherelyev (1632), Kert "the Oracle" Edward (1497) placed the head of Jim" Sticks" Ulaky (1607) between two symbols and recent 1st Place winner of the "2004 Warshauer Memorial,"Michael "the Savage" Savage (1643) split the point with Chris "Dirty Harry" Callahan (1667). In the "C" Section, Clyde "the Glyde" Plyler (1503) got by Bob "Marv" Albert (1400) and Tom "the Twin" Chen (1491) defeated Ilgin "the Mad Turk" Birsan (1400) to each lead with 2.5-.5. In addition, friendly visitor from Atlanta Richard Pugh III (1456) snared the point from Laura "Karate Kid" Lee (1460), Algie "Crumpler" Clyburn (1500) put a hard tackle on Winfred "Guns" Gatlin (1541) and Spencer "Jazzman" Singleton (1501) made peace with David "Dipper" Conard (1597). In the Lower Section, commuting each week from Columbia, S.C., upstart Vijay "Singh" Sethuraman (1377) (whom, because of rating results which have not been reported by some delinquent director, so he still has this ridiculously low rating!) bested one of our strongest young tyros, Tim "the Twin" Chen (1591) to lead with 3-0. Other Lower Section winners were: Marty "Felix" Katz and Doyle Dewbre. All results may be viewed in "Current Crosstable." Visit the CCC Message Board and speak to us!! Next Smokehouse Saturday, 2-21. Be there! Editor Needs Games; Please E-mail to: lelandfue@yahoo.com  Eubanks Takes Top; Davenport, Edward Middle; Eadie, Fastovets Lower Section of Smokehouse XLVII Charlotte, NC 1-17-04:  A grand total of 33 rabid competitors from North and South Carolina,  constituting the "second largest" turnout in Smokehouse history, journied to the Queen City in order to participate in Smokehouse XLVII. In the Top Section, S.C. Expert Keith "Chuck" Eubanks (2090) registered victories over the good Reverned Bernard "King" Baker (1851), Chris "the Babe" Mabe (1963) and Tom "Terrific" Waymouth (1982) to capture clear 1st Place with 3-0 and pocket $100. Equal 2nd-5th with 2-1 were NM Daniel "Deep" Liu (2040), NM Leland "El-Jefe" Fuerstman (2012), Chris "the Babe" Mabe (1963) and Michael "the Savage" Savage (1643) each winning $12.50. In the Middle Section, =1st-2nd Place was shared jointly by Jeremy "Irons" Davenport (1577) and Kert "the Oracle" Edward (1497) each with 2.5-.5 and winning $75. In the Lower Section, =1st-2nd Place was taken by Dave "T-Bone" Eadie (Unr) and Serguei "Rasputin" Fastovets (Unr) each with 2.5-.5 winning $75. To view complete crosstable (Click Here) (Fuerstman directed; Savage assisted)  Next Smokehouse February 21. See ya' there! Newton, Tapia Share Top Honors; Villone Wins Lower Section of Pepperoni's II (Quick Ratings Tournament) Charlotte, NC 12-15-03:  A cheerful crowd of 19 of the Metrolina area's hungriest pizza eating and beer drinking chessplayers converged upon Pepperoni's on Monday evening in order to participate in Pepperoni's II. This slightly less formal 3 round, G-29 event was preceeded by a meeting whereby the "new" CCC T-Shirts (now on sale for $20!) were presented to various club Champions. In the Top Section, the CCC's #1 player, NM Frankie "Blitz" Newton (2004) dispatched of Tom "Terrific" Waymouth (1703), split the point with co-winner, CCC Favorite Son Daniel "Johnny" Tapia (1517) and finally defeated SC Expert Keith "Chuck" Eubanks (1913). Tapia clobbered Michael "Jackson" Kliber (1982), drew Newton and bested Gary "the Nuisance" Newsom (1983) to each score 2.5-.5 and pocket $30. To view NM Leland Fuerstman's (2089) miniature vs. Dino PeBenito (Unr) (See Game 0360). In the Lower Section, Sean "the Villain" Villone (1059)clicked off wins against the good Reverend James McKinley Williams (Unr), Algie "Crumpler" Clyburn (Unr) and Todd Essex (Unr) to score 3-0 and win $30. Equal 2nd-5th were James "Sticks" Ulaky (Unr), Todd Essex (Unr), Algie "Crumpler" Clyburn and Randy "I'm not afraid of" Hight (1510) each with 2-1 winning $5. (A great time was had by all! Many thanks to Gary Newsom for his excellent hospitality, and delicious pizza! We will do this again soon). To view complete crosstable "Click Here". (Fuerstman Directed).