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(CCC Members Only)  6 Perfect Scores After Rd:1 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-LI Top Section Titles (Equal 1st Counts as 1) NM Frankie Newton 32 NM Leland Fuerstman 13 NM Justin Daniel 7 NM Garrick Wells 5 Patrick McCartney  5 NM Daniel Liu  2 Michael Curcuru 2 Gary Newsom 1 Tarokh Taefi  1 Jon Pietras 1 NM Harold Mouzon 1 Dr. Luigi Vacca 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 LI Previous 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!! 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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 L Crosstable  Click Here CCC Top 50 (Annual 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 Recent Games of CCC members: E-mail your games to: lelandfue@yahoo.com McCartney-Phillips Fuerstman-PeBenito  Medampalle-Villone  Curcuru-Matthews McCartney-McDaniels Happy New Year!! CCC NEWS & VIEWS 12-31-03  By NM Leland Fuerstman Wendy's LII Begins; Can Newton Be Stopped? Maybe! Charlotte, NC 12-30-03:  A particularly light turnout of only 16 "new years eve" eve chess revelers converged upon this hallowed temple of higher thinkers more commonly known as Wendy's in order to participate in Rd:1 of Wendy's LII. In the Top Section, NM John "Night Train" Lane (2072) won the exchange and soon thereafter the  endgame from Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (1997) while S.C. Expert Keith "Chuck" Eubanks (2090) emerged victorious after a tough battle with Expert Michael "See You Are; See You Are You" Curcuru (2054) to each lead with 1-0. Meanwhile, the CCC's #1 player, and current Wendy's champion, NM Frankie "Blitzin" Newton (2266) was held to a rare Draw versus veteran tournament icon NM Daniel "Tiger" Liu (2040). Also 1/2 point behind the leaders, NM Leland "El-Jefe" Fuerstman (2012) fended a final flurry from newly crowned Class "A" player Bernard "King" Baker (1851) who forced Draw just in the nick of time! In the "B" Section, Danesh "DD" Dadgar (1712) chopped down Tarokh "the Oak" Taefi (1730). In the "C" Section, Kert "the Other Side" Edward (1497) upended Kevin Huang (1441) while Vijay "Singh" Sethuraman (1377) upset Michael "the Cabbage" Savage (1640). In the Lower Section, Sean "the Villain" Villone (1312) defeated newcomer Dave Eadie (Unr). All results may be viewed in "Current Crosstable." Visit the CCC Message Board and speak to us!! Next Smokehouse Saturday, 1-17. Be there! 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 (now on sale for $20!) 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).  Fuerstman, Mabe Share Top Honors; Logan, Woods Middle; Eadie Lower Section of Smokehouse XLVI Charlotte, NC 12-20-03:  A rather healthy turnout of 25 chessplayers dressed in Santa outfits, arrived by reindeer and sleigh in order to particpate in Smokehouse XLVI. In the Top Section, =1st-2nd Place was claimed by member of the NC Chess Hall of Fame, NM Leland "El-Jefe" Fuerstman (2012), who registered entertaining victories over Bernard "the Animal"* Baker (1859) (See Game 0362)  and SC Scholastic Champion, now Texas resident Sam Copeland (1925)(See Game 0363)  before agreeing to a GM draw with Chris "the Babe" Mabe (1988). Mabe dispatched of Slobodan "the Mad Serb" Sinanovic (1748) and Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (2001). Each scored 2.5-.5 and pocketed $75. In the Middle Section, =1st-2nd Place was captured by  Brian "Tiger" Woods (1565) and "Jim" Tobin Logan (1665) each with 2.5-.5 winning $75. In the Lower Section, clear 1st Place was taken by Dave Eadie (Unr) who scored 3-0 and won $50. Clear 2nd Place with 2-1 was Paul Copeland (1190) winning $25. To view complete crosstable (Click Here) (Fuerstman directed)  Next Smokehouse January 17. See ya' there!