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(See Upcoming Events) February 19 (Entire 2005 Schedule) |
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The CCC has 106 current members. This is our 63rd Wendy's 5 Rd event. The Record for the total playing in 1 Rd is 48, total participating is 78, for a Smokehouse 3 Rd event 38. |
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| - Games from LotS - 0448 Abron (1780) - LAWSON (1441) |
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NEWS & VIEWS 1-27-05Tapia Leads Top; Katz "B"; Hofer, Gatlin "C"; Nichols Lower Section of Wendy's LXIII Charlotte, NC 1-26-05: A slightly stronger turnout of 31 of the Metrolina area's most ambitious competitors, (and one welcome visitor in the person of NC's officially highest rated player, SM Karthik "Rajah" Rangarajan (2465) who promises to return to competition soon),  congregated at this
arena
of mental jousters more commonly known as Wendy's in order to
participate
in Rd:2 of Wendy's LXIII. In
the Top Section,
the CCC's #3 player, threepeat NC
Scholastic Champion, 2004
CCC, Scholastic Player
of the Year NM Daniel "Johnny" Tapia (2362fide)  was the recipient of
an early 11th move blunder by NM Leland "El-Moron"
Fuerstman (2035) to lead with 2-0. Meanwhile, 2004
CCC Expert
of the Year, Chris
"the Babe" Mabe
(2102)
split
the point with 2004 CCC "A" Player
of the Year, Expert Shawn "Arlo" Pealer
(2048)
while the CCC's #2
player, 2004
NC Invitational Champion, 2004
CCC Player of the Year
NM Frankie "Neutron" Newton
(2292) did likewise with Expert Todd
"Squirrel" Trower (2054). In addition, the good Reverend Bernard
"King" Baker (1801)
survived
a lively melee versus Tarokh
"the Oak" Taefi (1829). In the "B"
Section, 2004 "D" Player
of the Year, Marty
"Fritz" Katz (1615) beat
down
"Sponge" Bob Moore (1713) to lead with 2-0.
In addition, Michael "the
Savage" Savage (1785)
savagely
beat Ken "the Terrible" Ivens (1807), Chris "Dirty
Harry" Callahan (1715)
made
his day against Jonathan "Henry" Hudson (1607), Paul "Survivalist" Lucas (1627)
expatriated Viktor "the Mad Russian" Ozherelyev (1621) and Laura
"Karate Kid" Lee (1662)
fought Ankit
"Butch" Jivan (1606) to
a Draw.  In the "C"
Section, Donald
"Trump" Hofer
(1522) relied on his rating edge to outlast Jim "Sticks" Ulaky
(1521)
while Winfred "Guns" Gatlin
(1483) welcomed newcomer Michael Baker (Unr) each with 2-0.
In the Lower Section, Ervon
"Wooden" Nichols (1206)
leads
with 2-0. Other Lower Section
winners were: Octavius Obey
and Joseph Alexander. All
results may be observed on the "Current
Crosstable" -Good
luck at LOTS this
weekend...as
usual, bring home the gold! Caribou II, February 19.
("Upcoming Events") Editor
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| Tapia, Mabe, Trower
Share Top Honors; Holmes, Keller Lower Section of Caribou I Charlotte NC 1-15-05: A happy group of 21 of the Metrolina area's most avid competitors downed their cappucino and expresso coffee, wiped the whipped cream off their 
mustaches and participated in Caribou I.Though
the playing area was limited and the tables were a bit small, the
atmosphere
was pleasant and everyone seemed to thoroughly enjoy the event. (Regardless,
this was only a temporary venue; next month our new location will be
ready!)
In the Top Section,
the CCC's #3 player, 2004
NC Scholastic Champion, 2004
CCC Scholastic Player
of the Year NM Daniel
"Johnny" Tapia (2201) who
just unvailed his new website at: www.danieltapia.com,
yielded a Draw to Soviet Grandmaster Gennady
Brazhnikov (1856) in Rd:1
and then reeled off successive wins against Tarokh "the Oak" Taefi
(1829)
and Patrick "Fabio"
McCartney (1941) to  share =1st-3rd
Place with 2004 CCC Expert
of the Year Expert Chris "the
Babe" Mabe (2102) who
defeated Matthew
"Hoekstra" Green (1856), Kenneth "the Terrible" Ivens (1807) and agreed
to a Grandmaster Draw with Expert Todd "Squirrel" Trower (2058)
who chopped down Taefi and Slobodan "the Mad Serb" Sinanovic (1759).
(Slobodan scored 2-1...Good
luck next week in surgery at Mercy
Hospital...get well soon!!)
Each scored 2.5-5
and took home $50
cash. In the Lower Section, =1st-2nd
Place was shared by Laurin
"Killer" Keller (1638)
and Dr. Gilbert
"Sherlock" Holmes
(1746) each with 2.5-.5
winning $75.
See (Crosstable)
for complete results. Next Saturday 3
rounder February
19.
The
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