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On August 29, 1948, Kit Crittenden won the N.C. State Championship
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New Prize Structure for Wendy's Events!
Top Section $50.
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CCC Top 10
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October 2005 Rating
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Competed
within past 6 months
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1
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SM Karthik Rangarajan |
2467 |
2
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NM
Frankie Newton
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2301
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3
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NM Justin
Daniel
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2191
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4
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Chris Mabe
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2109
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5
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Michael Curcuru
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2077
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6
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Shawn Pealer
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2057
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7
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NM Leland Fuerstman
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2000
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8
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Patrick
McCartney
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1997
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9
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Gary Newsom
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1984
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10
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Matthew
Green
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1957
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"You don't stop playing when you
get old; you get old when you stop playing!"
Benjamin Franklin
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"Chess grips its exponent,
shackling the mind and brain so that the inner freedom and independence
of even the strongest character cannot remain unaffected."
Albert Einstein
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The CCC
has 112 current members. This is our 70th
Wendy's 5 Rd event. The Record for the total playing in 1 Rd is 48,
total participating is 78,
for a 3
Rd event 38.
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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. On this page, 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
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CCC
NEWS & VIEWS 10-6-05
Fuerstman, Curcuru Lead Top; Jivan "B"; Singleton, Nichols
"C"; Dewbre, Braband Lower
Section of Wendy's LXX; Fall
Schedule Rounds now Begin at 7:30
sharp!
Charlotte, NC 10-5-05: A few
strong players who arrived to observe and learn watched 26 of the Metrolina area's
most proficient chessplayers square off at this arena where mental gymnastics are
performed more commonly known as Wendy's in order to participate
in Rd:3 of Wendy's LXX. In
the Top Section, the CCC's #7 player, the
pride of Mint Hill, NC, NM Leland
"Perro Grande" Fuerstman
(2024) relinquished the exchange but ultimately
held the Draw with the Black side of a rarely seen Varisov's
Opening versus the CCC's
#2 player, the pride of
Crouse, NC, NM Frankie
"Neutrino" Newton
(2303) (See
Game 0515) to
now share the lead at 2.5-.5 with Expert Michael
"See you are; See you are you" Curcuru
(2077) who outplayed Expert Gary "the Nuisance" Newsom (2000). In
addition, 2005 NC Class "A" Champion Gary "Sandbagger" Branton (1883) mawled Expert Patrick
"Fabio" McCartney (2025) while NM
Justin
"Dawg" Daniel (2195) yielded a
Draw to 2005 NC Class
"B" Champion Jonathan "Enforcer" Munnell (1824). In the "B" Section, Ankit "Butch" Jivan (1649) held Marty "Fritz" Katz (1760) to a Draw and leads with
2.5-.5. In addition, Laura
"Karate Kid" Lee (1788)
roundkicked Jonathan "Henry" Hudson (1714) and Amelia
"Wheels" Wheeless (1627)
defeated Viktor "the Mad Russian" Ozherelyev (1592). In the "C" Section, Ervon "Wooden" Nichols (1474) made peace with Colette "Wheels" Wheeless (1573) to maintain a share
of the lead at 2-1
with Spencer "Jazzman" Singleton (1498) who played "Taps"
for Winfred "Guns" Gatlin (1486). In addition, Drexall "Frank" Shorter (1485) outran Donald "Trump"
Hofer (1633). In the Lower Section, despite the fact that he
lost to Dyrus Wuor (1254), Doyle W. Dewbre (1031) maintains a
share of the lead with Amanda Braband
(741) each with 2-1.
Other Lower Section winners were: Chris Kohlhepp. 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
IV Saturday, October 15.
See ("Upcoming
Events") Editor Needs Games... |
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Mabe Perfect in Top;
Chinese Army Invades Lower Section of
Bertucci's III
Charlotte NC 9-17-05: A grand
total of 17 chessplayers from as far away as China
travelled to the Queen City in order to participate
in Bertucci's III. In the Top Section,
CCC Favorite Son Expert Chris "the
Babe" Mabe
(2162) dispatched of Ken
"the not so Terrible" Ivens (1767) in Rd:1,
Patrick "Fabio" McCartney (2013) in Rd:2
and Michael "Jordan" Kliber (1913) in the final round to take clear 1st Place with 3-0 and
pocket $100.
Meanwhile, NM Leland
"Perro Grande" Fuerstman
(2003) defeated Jonathan "Henry" Hudson (1714) in Rd:1, issued a mercy Draw to top seed NM Justin "Dawg" Daniel
(2192) in Rd:2 (See Game 0510) and dominated Ken
"the Terrible" Ivens (1767) in Rd:3 (See Game 0511) to capture clear 2nd Place with 2.5-.5 and
take home $50.
In the Lower Section, =1st-2nd Place was shared by Kevin
"Spacey" Huang
(1598) and Samuel
"Reshevsky" Xin
(1496) each with 2.5-.5
winning $50. 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 IV on October 15. See ya' there!
LF
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Special Thanks To Windy
Gatlin
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