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Bertucci's Restaurant, 1600 E. Woodlawn Rd.
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Newton Leads Top; A. Wheeless, S. Xin "B"; Shorter, Gatlin "C"; McLaughlin, Peter Lower Section of Wendy's LXXII 
Charlotte, NC 12-7-05:  A rather light turnout of only 27 of the Metrolina area's most versatile competitors congregated at this laboratory where mysterious problems are solved more commonly known as Wendy's in order to participate in Rd:2 of Wendy's LXXII. In the Top Section, the CCC's #2 player, the pride of Crouse, NC NM Frankie "Neutrino" Newton (2294) AKA the Gladiator employing the London System, conducted a precise attack against NM Leland "Perro Grande" Fuerstman (2037) to lead with 2-0. Meanwhile, Davidson College scholar Tim "I just increased my" Rankin (1896) upset Expert Patrick "Fabio" McCartney (2018), Gary "Sandbagger" Branton (1880) outlasted Laura "Karate Kid" Lee (1820) and with seconds left on both clocks, Michael "Jordan" Kliber (1919) split the point with Expert Gary "the Nuisance" Newsom (2009). In the "B" Section, Amelia "Wheels" Wheeless (1675) made peace with 10 year old phenom, graduate of the Fuerstman School of Chess, Samuel "Reshevsky" Xin (1619) to each lead with 1.5-.5. Xin, who gained 379 rating points since 12-04 has been declared the 2005 CCC Most Improved Player of the Year. In addition, Keith "Sherlock" Holmes (1745) arrested Ankit "Butch" Jivan (1686). In the "C" Section, Drexall "Frank" Shorter (1518) outran Colette "Wheels" Wheeless (1553) while Winfred "Guns" Gatlin (1451) blew away Spencer "Jazzman" Singleton (1515) (See Game 0531) to each lead with 2-0. In addition, Donald "Trump" Hofer (1560) fired Viktor "the Mad Russian" Ozherelyev (1562) and Dave "Ameen" Eadie (1575) drew with Adam Jaffe (1254). In the Lower Section, Duncan "Doughnuts" McLaughlin (1277) and Dave Peter (p429) lead with 2-0. Other Lower Section winners were: Wei Xin. All results may be observed on the "Crosstable" E-mail lelandfue@yahoo.com to add your name to the "List of Players" who intend to participate in Bertucci's VI Saturday, December 17. Entry Fee for CCC Members $10! See ("Upcoming Events") Editor Needs Games...

McCartney Perfect Again in Top, Lee  Clear 2nd; Hudson Takes Lower Section of Bertucci's V
Charlotte NC 11-19-05:
 
A grand total of 17 chessplayers from the Charlotte area and beyond participated in Bertucci's V. In the Top Section, Expert Patrick "Fabio" McCartney (2000) dispatched of Josh "Lawman" Lawson (1812) in Rd:1 and Thomas "Dolby" Paradis (1838) in Rd:2 before defeating upstart Tim "I just improved my" Rankin (1849) in the final round to score 3-0 and pocket $100. Clear 2nd Place was taken by Laura "Karate Kid" Lee (1800) who sent Matthew Green (1957) packing in Rd:1, Drew with Gary "Sandbagger" Branton (1880) in Rd:2 and defeated Paradis (1838) in Rd:3 to score 2.5-.5 and take home $50. In the Lower Section, two water related fatalities were reported as Tony "the Tiger" Hicks and Samuel "Reshevsky" Xin drowned in the Jonathan "Henry" Hudson (1722) river before Kevin "Spacey" Huang (1632) swam to shore with a Draw. Hudson took clear 1st Place with 2.5-.5 and pocketed $60 while Huang took clear 2nd with 2-1 winning $30. 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 VI on December 17. See ya' there! LF
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