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Bertucci's V (See Upcoming Events) November 19 (Entire 2005/6 Schedule) |
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| Bertucci's V - November
19 Bertucci's Restaurant, 1600 E. Woodlawn Rd. Charlotte, NC (Across the street from Billy's) - In the Park Town Shopping Village - All Players are required to purchase their lunch at Bertucci's Note: E-mail lelandfue@yahoo.com and your name will be included on the "List of Players" who intend to participate! Current number: 5 |
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Fuerstman 1650 - Bill Wall 1750
(1975) 1-0 L Fuerstman 1650 - Bill Wall 1750 (1976) 1-0 Patrick McCartney 2025 - Josh Lawson 1779 0-1 |
| CCC Players with FIDE Ratings |
| Lawson
Makes Class "A" |
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Kirby Share State Title at 2005 North Carolina Championship CCC Stormsurge Wreaks Havoc; Takes 4 Titles! 1st Place U2000: Gary Branton 4-1 1883 1st Place U1800: Jonathan Munnell 4.5-.5 1824 2nd Place U1800: Keith Holmes 4-1 1657 2nd Place U1600 Samuel Xin 3.5-1.5 1538 1st Place U1400 Tony Hicks 4.5-.5 1434 1st Place U1200: Robby Broadbent 5-0! 1323 |
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NEWS & VIEWS 10-20-05Fuerstman Takes Clear 1st in Top; Lee "B"; Singleton, Nichols "C"; Wuor, Kohlhepp Lower Section of Wendy's LXX; Fall Schedule Rounds now Begin at 7:30 sharp! Charlotte, NC 10-19-05: A grand total of 44 of the Metrolina area's most competitive chess players congregated at this grand ballroom where gifted artists perform more commonly known as Wendy's in order to participate in Wendy's LXX. 
In the Top Section, it's "Hail to the Chief"
as the pride of Mint Hill, NC, CCC bossman NM Leland "Perro Grande" Fuerstman (2024) held off a
"prepared defense" by 2005 NC Class
"A" Champion Jonathan
"Enforcer" Munnell (1832) (3-1) (See Game 0520)
who reluctantly agreed to a Draw
allowing Fuerstman to take
clear 1st Place with 4-1 and save $50 and a Free Entry
into Bertucci's V on November 19!  Clear
2nd Place with 3.5-1.5 was CCC's
#2 player, the pride of Crouse, NC, NM Frankie
"Neutrino" Newton (2303) who
warmly greeted visiting SC Expert Keith "Chuckie" Eubanks (2099). In
addition, Expert Gary "the
Nuisance" Newsom (2006) (3-2) made a nuisance of himself
to Patrick "Fabio" McCartney (2025) and upstart Chris "Dirty Harry" Callahan (1773) made his day against
Thomas "Dolby" Paradis (1843).  In the "B" Section, Laura "Karate Kid" Lee (1788) schooled instructor Keith
"Sherlock" Holmes (1667) to take clear 1st
Place with 4-1 and win Free Entry
into Bertucci's V on November 19! Meanwhile, Ankit "Butch" Jivan (1649) (3.5-.5) beat down Dave "Ameen"
Eadie (1573), Viktor "the Mad Russian" Ozherelyev (1592) drowned in
the Jonathan "Henry" Hudson (1714) river and Amelia "Wheels" Wheeless (1627) made peace with Robert Halliday
(1525). In the "C" Section,
dispite the fact that he didn't even show up for the round, Spencer "Jazzman" Singleton (1498) finished =1st-2nd Place with Ervon "Wooden" Nichols (1474) who
lost the final round to Winfred
"Guns" Gatlin (1486) each with 3 points. In
addition, Colette "Wheels" Wheeless (1573)
handled Marnzell Hand (1600) while Samuel "Reshevsky" Xin (1555) defeated Dyrus "What is
it good for?" Wuor (1254). In the Lower
Section, sharing =1st-2nd Place with a dismal 2.5-2.5 were Wuor and Chris Kohlhepp (1318). All
results may be observed on the "Current
Crosstable E-mail
me at lelandfue@yahoo.com
to add your name to the "List
of Players" who
intend to participate in Bertucci's
V Saturday, November
19.
See ("Upcoming
Events") Editor Needs Games... |
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| McCartney Perfect in
Top; Xin Dominates Lower Section of
Bertucci's IV Charlotte NC 10-15-05: A grand total of 16 chessplayers from as far away as Columbia, SC travelled to the Queen City in order to participate in Bertucci's IV. In the Top Section, Expert Patrick "Fabio" McCartney (2025)  dispatched of Kevin "Spacey" Huang (1623) in Rd:1, prevailed in a crazy Exchange
Variation of the French versus NM Leland "Perro Grande" Fuerstman
(2024) in Rd:2, and outplayed
Expert John M. "See You Are; See You Are You" Curcuru (2077) in the Rd:3 (See Game 0519) to take clear 1st Place with 3-0
and pocket $100.
Equal 2nd-3rd with 2-1 were Curcuru and benevolent SCCA
President James "BigMac" MacDougall (1902) each winning $25. In the Lower Section, graduate
of the Fuerstman
School of Chess 10 year old phenom Samuel "Reshevsky" Xin (1555)
continues his reign capturing clear 1st
Place with 2.5-.5 and
taking home $60.
Equal 2nd-3rd were Dave "Ameen" Eadie (1588) and Duncan "Doughnuts" McLaughlin (1277) each with 1.5-1.5
winning $15. In order to observe all results,
see (Crosstable). E-mail
me at lelandfue @yahoo.com
to add your name to the "List
of Players" who intend to participate in Bertucci's V on November 19. See ya' there!
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