The Charlotte Chess Club Home (Click Here) News &Views GamesArchive (Click Here) History (Click Here) Miscellaneous (Click Here) Feb 2002 Supplement Who's Hot!! Robert Broadbent +335 Joshua Mu            +233 Frank Mu             +211 Don Norwood     +135 Deneil Brazell       +134 C Blackwell          +133 Jered Williams       +103 Time Control For all Wendy's Events is: 30/1, G30 Time Delay Clocks May Only Be Used if Both Players Agree Current Roster w/February 2002 Rating & CCC Expiration (Click Here) Last 4 Issues of "News & Views"     1-23  1-16 1-9 12-27 Games Wanted lelandfue@yahoo.com SmokehouseXXIV (See Upcoming Events)  Feb 9 (Entire 2002 Schedule) $100 Bonus! For 5-0 in CCC Tournaments! (CCC Members Only) 7 Perfect Scores After Rd:2 CCC Top 10 (February 2002 Supplement) 1.  NM Frankie Newton    2229 2.  Harold Mouzon III        2195 3. Justin Daniel                 2184 4. NM Garrick Wells       2098 5. NM John Lane               2091 6. Gary Newsom                2013 7 NM Leland Fuerstman  2012 8.NM Daniel Liu                2000 9 Daniel Tapia                   1992 10 Patrick McCartney    1886  Wendy's I-XXXI Top Section Titles NM Frankie Newton     18 NM Leland Fuerstman   10 Justin Daniel                    6 NM Garrick Wells          4 Patrick McCartney          2 NM Daniel Liu                1 NM Luigi Vacca             1 Gary Newsom                 1 Tarokh Taefi                   1 Jon Pietras                      1 (Equal 1st Counts as 1) Rated Match Results McCartney 1 - Tapia 0 Tapia 1 - McCartney 0 12-18 Observer Article Jarris McGhee-Bey Spencer Singleton 1-20 Observer Article Euphemia Mu USCF Membership Expiration Daniel Tapia 12-01 NM F Newton 1-02 NM G Wells 1-02 Jon Pietras 2-02 M Eberhardinger 2-02 Jerome DeBell 2-02 David Richards 2-02 Carl McKern 2-02 Brandon Brown 2-02 Euphemia Mu 2-02	(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. We have finally entered the ultra modern age of instant communication. In this column, which is updated every Thursday, we 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 click of a mouse! We welcome your comments and contributions <bgsound src="beethoven92.mid" loop=infinite> Wendy's XXXI Crosstable  Click Here CCC Top 50 (Feb 2002 Supplement) (Click Here)  "Images" of  CCC Members (Click here) Links to Other Chess Sites (Click Here) "Miscellaneous" Contains 29 Items of Interest Tournament Results  The "Games Archive" is also formatted for (Portable Game Notation) viewing! If your computer doesn't have this capability, simply Download "Winboard"Click Here  To determine new rating after tournament competition click on: USCF Rating Calculator http://groups.google.com/groups?group=rec.games.chess.politics Visit the "new" User Friendly CCC Message Board!! www.charlottechess.com/wwwboard Click Below To View USCF Most Current Ratings This Site Has Been Viewed  times since December 17, 2001  CCC NEWS &VIEWS 1-31-02 By NM Leland Fuerstman Newton Takes Early Lead in Top Amid Record Breaking Crowd! Charlotte, NC 1-30-02: An individual round record of 44 of the most competent calculators in the county participated in Rd:2 of Wendy's XXXII. In the Top Section, with only seconds left on his clock, CCC's #1 player, NM Frankie "Blitz" Newton (2233) emerged victorious over Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (1886) to lead with 1.5-.5. Meanwhile, NM Garrick "Outlaw" Wells (2098) upset CCC's Favorite Son, 18 year old phenom, Expert Justin "Dog" Daniel (2184), Expert Gary "the nuisance" Newsom (2013) outlasted David "Kamikaze" Jaap (1853), 15 year old phenom and soon to be Expert Daniel "Johnny" Tapia (1992) split the point with NM Leland "El-Presidente" Fuerstman (2024) and Jon "Cigars" Pietras (1767) did likewise with NM Daniel "Schlecter" Liu (2000). In the Cruiserweight Division, Clarke "Superman" Brosi (1748) neutralized the raygun of Daryl "Flash" Gordon (1660) to lead with 2-0. In the Middle Section now with 2 points, Doug "Sky" Millsaps (1637) beat down Spencer "Jazzman" Singleton (1464) while "CEO" Mike Isner (1515) kept pace with a nice win over David "Richman" Richards (1615). In addition, Deneil "Slick" Brazell (1492) handled Michael "You Know You Make Me Wanna" Shoup (1471), Slobodan Sinanovic (1617) defeated Brandon "Starr" Brown (1511) and Danesh "Shah" Dadgar (1568) beat Paul "Survivalist" Lucas (1600). In the Lower Section, Winfred "Guns" Gatlin, Nathaniel "Techdude" Eerenberg, Ankit Jivan and Clyde Plyler are tied for the lead with 2-0. Other Lower Section winners were: Jim "Sticks" Ulaky, Todd Essex, Bernard Baker, Viktor Ozhrelyev, Palmer Blackshear, Marat Kocharyan and Robert Broadbent. All results may be viewed in the "Current Crosstable."   Visit the "new" CCC Message Board www.charlottechess.com/wwwboard and speak to us!! (We now begin at 7:30pm sharp! LF). See ya'  at Smokehouse XXIV. (Editor Needs Games; Please E-mail to lelandfue@yahoo.com) Tapia Sweeps Top; Keller Lower Section of Smokehouse XXIII  Charlotte, NC 1-19-02: Twenty-one weekend warriors participated in Smokehouse XXIII. In the Top Section, 15 year old phenom, Daniel "Johnny" Tapia (1992) substantiated his claim to the Expert ranks by registering a perfect 3-0 with wins over Mike Eberhardinger (1609), NM Joseph Jurjevich (2122) and Gary Newsom (2013) respectively. For his superior effort, Tapia pocketed $100. Equal 2nd-3rd with 2-1 were NM Jurjevich and Newsom each winning $25. The Lower Section was dominated by Laurin Keller (1449) (and his trainer)from Greensboro who turned in a perfect 3-0 and won $100. Second with 2.5-.5 was Frank "Chessman" Johnson (1469) who pocketed $50. To view complete crosstable "click here." (Fuerstman directed) Next Smokehouse February 9.  See ya' there!