Charlotte Chess Club Home (Click Here) News & Views (You're Here) Games Archive (Click Here) For PGN Viewing (Click Here) CCC History (Click Here) Miscellaneous (Click Here) UpcomingEvents (Click Here)  Current Roster October 2003 Rating & CCC Expiration (Click Here) October 2003 Supplement Who's Hot!! Jared Morse +174 Frank Mu +146 Michael Savage +140 Laura Lee +112 Mike Isner Brian Ruff +90 +90 Time Control For all Wendy's Events is: 30/1,G30 Time Delay Clocks May Be Used or NOT if  Both Players Agree 14H.  Insufficient  Losing Chances Per USCF Rule 13G. Withdrawing from  Tournament  without notifying director "...the player may be barred from any of the organizer's tournaments until the fine is paid" Dave Richards $70 Fine Paid Paul Lucas $70 Fine Paid Don Norwood $70 FinePaid Last 4 Issues of  "News & Views"      11-6  10-30  10-23 10-16 Games Wanted lelandfue@yahoo.com Smokehouse XLV (See Upcoming Events)  Dec 20 (Entire 2004 Schedule) $100 Bonus! For 5-0 in CCC Tournaments! (CCC Members Only)  1 Perfect Score After Rd:4 Ankit Jivan 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-XLIX Top Section Titles (Equal 1st Counts as 1) NM Frankie Newton 30 NM Leland Fuerstman 13 NM Justin Daniel 7 NM Garrick Wells 5 Patrick McCartney  5 NM Daniel Liu  2 NM  Dr Luigi Vacca 1 Gary Newsom 1 Tarokh Taefi  1 Jon Pietras 1 NM Harold Mouzon 1 Michael Curcuru 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 Wendy's L Current Crosstable Chess Equipment Latest Books! www.sigschess.com Cigars Etc. 3712 E. Independence Now Sells Sets,  Clocks cigars & accessaries!! 704-532-9853 Joshua, you've got your work cut out for you!! Check out the "World's Youngest!" Newsstand International carries "Chess Life," Blitz Chess," "Chess Monthly" and other publications!!  5622-128 E. Inde. Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28212 (704) 531-0199    Pepperoni's I   11-24 Smokehouse XLVI  12-20 2004 Dr Albert D Warshauer Memorial Chess Tournament Wilmington Jan 10-11, 2004  Joe Firstman "The War of  Women" Atlantic Records August 12 www.joefirstman.com   2003 Scholastic Champion Daniel Tapia 2003 K-8 Champions Tim Chen Frank Mu 2003 K-3 Champion Joshua Mu Golf Scores I did not know that!!? The CCC has 120 current members.  This is our 50th Wendy's 5 Rd event. The  Record for the total number participating  is 78, for a  Smokehouse 3 Rd event 38. Total Tournaments Directed Since 1991 Robert Singletary 159 Leland Fuerstman 170	(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. We welcome your contributions and comments on our new "user friendly" Message Board www.charlottechess.com/wwwboard Wendy's XLIX Crosstable  Click Here CCC Top 50 (October 2003 Supplement) (Click Here) "Images" of  CCC Members (Click here) Links to Other Chess Sites (Click Here) "Miscellaneous" Contains 35 Items of Interest Tournament Results  To determine new rating after tournament competition click on: USCF Rating Calculator http://groups.google.com/groups?group=rec.games.chess.politics Visit the CCC Message Board!! (Click Here) Click Below To View USCF Most Current Ratings New!! Check Your Rating History! This site is visited over 3000 times per month Nov 24, Monday, Pepperoni's I, 3SS,G-29!  Two large slices of pizza Free!! (Click Here) CCC NEWS & VIEWS 11-13-03  By NM Leland Fuerstman Newton, Curcuru Lead Top; Ivens "B"; Jivan "C"; Chen Lower Section of Wendy's #50! Charlotte, NC 11-12-03: A rather moderate turnout of only 36 of the Metrolina area's most active competitors abandoned their more important responsibilities and instead participated in Rd:4 of Wendy's L. In the Top Section, just back from finishing clear 3rd Place in the NC Championship, Michael "See You Are; See You Are You" Curcuru (2043) placed his Bishops in a configuration whereby he could move neither, only to be rewarded by NM John "Schlecter" Lane (2072) with a hasty agreement of Draw?! Meanwhile, the CCC's #1 player, NM Frankie "Blitz" Newton (2266) used kryptonite on Clarke "Kent" Brosi (1833), Jon "Cigars" Pietras (1765) tossed in a piece and a couple of pawns and promptly checkmated NM Leland "El-Greedy" Fuerstman (2012), the good Reverend Bernard "King" Baker (1836) outlasted Slobodan "the Mad Serb" Sinanovic (1717) and Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (1986) salvaged the Draw versus Gary "the Nuisance" Newsom (1997). Gary wants to personally invite everyone to participate in Pepperoni's I on Monday, 11-24 for  3 rounds of  fast chess, pizza & beer!}  In the "B" Section, a tardy Ken "the Terrible" Ivens (1654) squeeked by Austin "Powers" Scott (1650) to lead with 3.5-.5. Meanwhile, Chris "Dirty Harry" Callahan (1635) administered a savage beating to Michael "the Savage" Savage (1675), "Iron" Mike Eberhardinger (1697) made peace with Jeremy "Irons" Davenport (1601) and Viktor "the Mad Russian" Ozherelyev (1653) was issued a Draw against Danesh "DD" Dadgar (1706) from a pure R&p vs R&p ending whereby he claimed that his opponent had resigned!? (A witness did not agree). In the "C" Section, Ankit "Butch" Jivan (1552) stopped the winning streak of Laura Lee (1329), whom, though only a "D" player, requested to play up. Jivan remains the only perfect 4-0 in the tournament vying for the $100 bonus! Meanwhile, Tim "the Twin" Chen (1528) got by Algie "Van" Clyburn (1500), Jim "Sticks" Ulaky (1552) converted an OCB ending versus Winfred "Guns" Gatlin (1541) and Spencer "Jazzman" Singleton (1524) welcomed new member Doug "Gentleman Jim" Corbett (Unr). In the Lower Section, Tom "the Twin" Chen (1349) upstaged CCC Player Representative Alphonse "Amazing Al" Ashamalla (1317) to lead with 3-0. Other Lower Section winners were: Shawn "Penn" Claitt, Glenn "Taco" Bell, Bob "Prince" Albert and "King" Hassan Hashemloo. All results may be viewed in "Current Crosstable."  All welcome renewed and new members Expert Gary Newsom, Doug Corbett and Marty Katz. Visit the CCC Message Board and speak to us!! Editor Needs Games; Please E-mail to: lelandfue@yahoo.com  Pepperoni's I, Monday, 7:00pm 3-SS, G29! Curcuru Takes Top; R. Wheeless Lower Section of Smokehouse XLV Charlotte, NC 11-15-03: A moderate turnout of 19 of the Southern Carolina's most creative  competitors participated in Smokehouse XLV. In the Top Section,Michael "See You Are; See You Are You" Curcuru (2043) continued his journey to "mastery" as he dispatched of Robert C. Moore (1700), Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (1986) and SC Expert Keith "Chuck" Eubanks (2090) scoring 3-0 and pocketing $100. Clear 2nd Place was taken by Ken "the (not so) Terrible" Ivens (1654) with 2.5-.5 winning $50. In the Lower Section, (where CCC member Shawn "Penn" Claitt(1310) experienced a rather rude introduction to "Team Wheeless"), Randy "Wheels" Wheeless (1519) scored a perfect 3-0with victories over Shawn "Penn" Claitt (1310), Don "Scott" Norwood (1015) and Kevin Huang (1468) pocketing $70. Clear 2nd Place was daughter Colette "Training Wheels" Wheeless (1312) with 2.5-.5 winning $35.  In addition, sister Amelia scored 2-1! To view complete crosstable (Click Here)(Fuerstman directed)  Next Smokehouse December 20. See ya' there!