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Chess Club
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Oct 2004 Supplement
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Who's Hot!!
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Mike Lipkin +166
Samuel Xin +151
Mark Sturman +120
John Grechka +97
Frank Mu +86
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Chris Mabe
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120
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2
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Bernard Baker
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115
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3
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Michael Savage
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104
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4
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Joshua Mu
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101
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5
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Jordan Ware
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99
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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"
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Last 4 Issues of
"News & Views"
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On August 29, 1948, Kit
Crittenden won the N.C. State Championship at age 13,
still
youngest ever in the Nation!
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New Prize Structure for Wendy's Events!
Top
Section $100.
"B", "C" & "Lower" Section
Free Entry to Smokehouse
Winners must have at least 3.5
points
(CCC Members Only)
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CCC Top 10
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October
2004
Rating
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Competed within past 6 months
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1
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SM Karthik Rangarajan
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2526
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2
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NM Frankie Newton
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2255
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3
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NM Daniel Tapia
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2218
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4
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NM Justin Daniel
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2191
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5
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Chris Mabe
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2110
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6
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NM John Lane
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2086
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7
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Keith Eubanks
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2062
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8
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Todd Trower
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2051
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9
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Shawn Pealer
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2031
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10
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NM Leland Fuerstman
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2000
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10
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NM Daniel Liu
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2000 |
Wendy's
I-LIX
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Top Section
Titles
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(Equal 1st Counts as 1)
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NM Frankie Newton
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38
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NM Leland Fuerstman
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14
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NM Justin Daniel
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7
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NM Garrick Wells
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5
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Patrick McCartney
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5
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NM Daniel Liu
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3
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Daniel Tapia
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3
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Micheal Curcuru
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2
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FM Karthik Rangarajan
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2
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Jon Pietras
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1
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NM Harold Mouzon
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1
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NM Dr. Luigi Vacca
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1
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Gary Newsom
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1
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Shawn Pealer
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1
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Tarokh Taefi
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1
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Chris Mabe
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1
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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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Arlo's Chess Books & Equipment
on Sale at the Charlotte Chess Club!
(10% Discount for CCC)
704-969-0366
www.whirlwindchess.com
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2004 NC (Open)
State Champion
SM Karthik Rangarajan
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2004 NC Invitational
Champion
NM Frankie Newton
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2004 NC Scholastic
Champions
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2004 Scholastic Champion
Daniel Tapia
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2004 K-8 Champion
Laura Lee
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2004 K-5 Champion
Kevin Huang
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2004 K-3 Champion
Joshua Mu
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I did not know that!!?
The CCC has
106
current members. This
is our 60th
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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now on Sale! $20.
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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 pleasure. We welcome
your contributions and comments on our new "user friendly" Message
Board
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visited over 3000 times per month
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CCC Adds Another Master to the List!
Per the October 2004 USCF Rating Supplement,
listed #9 in the Nation for 18 year olds, NM
Daniel
"Johnny"
Tapia
(2218) has
officially achieved the Title of National Master.
(His FIDE rating will be 2350+!) Tapia's first rating in April of 2000
was 773! His title comes as a result of hard work and great play. The CCC
is very proud of
NM Daniel Tapia. SM
is next!!
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CCC
NEWS & VIEWS 11-4-04
Mabe Wins Top; Eberhardinger "B"; Katz, Singleton
"C"; Xin Lower Section of Wendy's LX
Charlotte,
NC 11-3-04: A grand total of 59
of the Charlotte area's most talented mental jousters made the pilgrimage
to this shrine of chess champions more commonly known as Wendy's
in order to participate in Wendy's LX. In the Top
Section,
the CCC's #2 player, NM Frankie "Neutron" Newton (2266) was a no-show allowing
leader Expert
Chris
"the Babe" Mabe (2110) to capture his 1st Wendy's Titleafter
defeating Michael "Jordan" Kliber (1900). Mabe scored
4-1
and pocketed
$100.
Meanwhile,
the CCC's #1 player, SM Karthik "Rajah" Rangarajan (2526)
captured clear 2nd Place with a win over the good Reverend Bernard
"King" Baker (1862) and a score of 3.5-1.5.
Though "Rajah" yielded Draws to Expert Todd "Chessninja" Trower and NM
Frankie "Neutron" Newton he still remains UNDEFEATED
in USCF competition!
In addition, "George C" Scott Baldwin (1760) broke out the kryptonite
against Clarke "Kent" Brosi (1836) while after being 2 pawns down, NM Leland
"Premier
Hombre" Fuerstman (2047) salvaged the Draw against
Patrick
"Fabio" McCartney (1964). In the "B" Section, taking
advantage of the "Fischer Rule," "Iron" Mike Eberhardinger (1693)
chose to avoid the cameras and not make a public appearance yet finished
Clear 1st Place with 3.5-.5
winning Free Entry into the
next Smokehouse. In addition, Jonathan "the Enforcer"
Munnell
(1755) manhandled Ankit "Butch" Jivan (1675), Laura "Karate Kid"
Lee
(1704) used a back fist & round kick combination to quickly K.O. Robert
C. Moore (1700), Viktor "the Mad Russian"
Ozherelyev (1659)
split the point with Jackie "Bman" Ryan (1740) and
Michael
"the Savage" Savage (1791) savagely Drew
Slobodan "the Mad
Serb" Sinanovic (1728). In the "C" Section,
Spencer
"Jazzman" Singleton (1571) blew some high notes on Kert "the Oracle"
Edward (1565) to finish =1st-2nd Place with Marty "Fritz"
Katz
(1521) who missed 2 rounds each with 2.5-2.5.
Meanwhile, "Dr." Phil Whittington (1365) unloaded on Winfred "Guns"
Gatlin (1475) while Ervon "Wooden" Nichols (1145) upset Jonathan
"the Mad Siberian" Grechka (1462).
In the Lower Section, FSC
graduate 9 year old Samuel "Reshevsky" Xin (1243) won a hard
fought contest with Hassan "HH" Hashemloo (1145) to score 4-1
and win Free Entry into the
next Smokehouse. The other Lower Section winner was:
Reid
"Miles" Ward. All results may be observed on the
"Current
Crosstable." Good luck to all CCC
members at the State Championship this weekend...Bring home the gold!!(2004
North Carolina Championship Nov 5-7) Next
Smokehouse Saturday, November 20. Editor
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Rangarajan 3-0
in Top; Lawson 3-0
in Lower Section of Smokehouse LVI
Charlotte,
NC 10-16-04: A
total of 22
chess goblins from North and South Carolina travelled to the Queen City
apparently to do some early "trick or treating" at Smokehouse LVI.
In the Top Section, which boasted an average rating of over
2000!, the CCC's #1 player,
SM Karthik "Rajah" Rangarajan (2526) demonstrated his superiority
over the canaille with wins over Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (1966), Expert
Keith "Chuck" Eubanks (2062) and Expert Chris "the Babe" Mabe (2110) to
capture clear 1st Place with 3-0
and take home $100.
Equal 2nd-3rd were Eubanks (See
Game 0433) and Mabe
each with 2-1
winning $25.
In the Lower Section, one of the lowest rated players in
the field, Josh "the Law" Lawson (1303)
from parts unknown, billy-clubbed Samuel "Reshevsky" Xin (1225), Viktor
"the Mad Russian" Ozherelyev (1683) and Ken "the Terrible" Ivens (1710)
to take clear 1st Place with 3-0
and collect $100.
Clear 2nd Place with 2.5-.5
was Slobodan "the Mad Serb" Sinanovic (1728) who pocketed
$50.
Honorable mention goes to 9 year old "Fuerstman
School of Chess"*graduate
Samuel
"Reshevsky"
Xin (1225) who upset Colette "Wheels" Wheeless (1552).
To
view complete crosstable (Click Here)(Fuerstman
directed) Next Smokehouse November 20. See ya' there!
*We
are considering changing the name to the "Intergalactic
Chess Academy"!!
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New Prize Structure
for Wendy's Events!
Top Section: 1st
Place $100. cash
"B" Section: Free Entry to
Smokehouse ($20)
"C" Section: Free Entry to
Smokehouse ($20)
Lower Section: Free Entry
to Smokehouse ($20)
Winners must have at least
3.5 points.
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