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NM Frankie Newton
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2266
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NM Harold Mouzon
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2043
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NM Leland Fuerstman
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Michael Curcuru
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NM Leland L. Fuerstman, Editor
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CCC
NEWS & VIEWS 12-11-03
By NM Leland Fuerstman
Newton Leads Top; Dadgar "B"; Edward "C"; Villone,
Hashemloo Lower Section of Wendy's LI
Charlotte,
NC 12-10-03: A rather light turnout
of only 30 of the Metrolina area's most extreme
energumens converged upon this factory of creative thinkers more
commonly known as Wendy's in order to participate in Rd:3 of Wendy's
LI.
In the Top Section, the CCC's #1 player, NM Frankie
"Blitz" Newton (2266) won a wing pawn and then executed a rather simple
victory over NM Leland "El-Jefe" Fuerstman (2012) to remain as the only
3-0
in the tournament. Meanwhile, Michael "See You Are; See You Are
You" Curcuru (2043) "slammed" down a checkmate against Patrick "Flanker"
McCartney (1990) (See Game 0359){but
quickly apologized for his agressive behavior} while Dino "Marcos"
PeBenito
(1832) smoked Jon "Cigars" Pietras (1765). In the "B" Section, Danesh
"DD" Dadgar (1706) made
his day against Chris "Dirty Harry" Callahan (1635) to lead with 2.5-.5.
In addition, Michael "the Average" Savage (1687) split the
point with Tim "the Twin" Chen (1586). In the "C" Section,
Kert
"the Other Side" Edward (1527) conducted a seance over Spencer "Jazzman"
Singleton (1524) to lead with 2.5-.5.
Meanwhile, Ankit "Butch" Jivan (1552) handed Michael "Y"
Shoup (1502) his head, Winfred "Guns" Gatlin (1541) riddled
Algie "Crumpler" Clyburn (1500), Tom "the Twin" Chen (1441)
bested Craig "Xan" Hamilton (1436) and Brandon "Starr" Brown
(1563) made peace with Viktor "the Mad Russian" Ozherelyev
(1666). In the Lower Section, Sean "the Villain" Villone
(1318) defeated Hassan "HH" Hashemloo (1242) to share the lead with 2.
Other Lower Section winners were: Glen "Taco" Bell,
Ilgin
"the Mad Turk" Birsan, Joe "SticksJr" Ulaky and Pete
Blanchette. All results may be viewed in "Current
Crosstable." All welcome renewed member Frank
Hatcher. Visit the CCC Message
Board and speak to us!! Editor Needs
Games; Please E-mail to: lelandfue@yahoo.com |
Newton, Tapia Share Top Honors; Villone Wins Lower
Section of Pepperoni's II (Quick Ratings Tournament)
Charlotte,
NC 12-15-03: A cheerful crowd of 19
of the Metrolina area's hungriest pizza eating and beer drinking chessplayers
converged
upon Pepperoni's on Monday evening in order to participate in Pepperoni's
II.
This slightly less formal 3 round, G-29
event
was preceeded by a meeting whereby the "new"
CCC T-Shirts were
presented to various club Champions.
In the Top Section, the CCC's #1 player, NM Frankie "Blitz"
Newton
(2004) dispatched of Tom "Terrific" Waymouth (1703), split the point with
co-winner, CCC Favorite Son Daniel "Johnny" Tapia (1517) and
finally defeated SC Expert Keith "Chuck" Eubanks (1913). Tapia clobbered
Michael "Jackson" Kliber (1982), drew Newton and bested Gary "the
Nuisance" Newsom (1983) to each score 2.5-.5
and pocket $30.
To view NM Leland Fuerstman's (2089) miniature vs. Dino PeBenito (Unr)
(See
Game 0360). In the Lower
Section,
Sean
"the Villain" Villone
(1059) clicked
off wins against the good Reverend James McKinley Williams (Unr), Algie
"Crumpler" Clyburn (Unr) and Todd Essex (Unr) to score 3-0
and win $30.
Equal 2nd-5th were James "Sticks" Ulaky (Unr),
Todd
Essex (Unr), Algie "Crumpler" Clyburn and Randy
"I'm not afraid of" Hight (1510) each with 2-1
winning $5.
(A
great time was had by all! Many thanks to Gary Newsom for his excellent
hospitality, and delicious pizza! We will do this again soon). To view
complete crosstable "Click Here".
(Fuerstman
Directed). |
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 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!
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