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(See Upcoming Events) December 18 (Entire 2005 Schedule) |
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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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Albert Einstein |
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Bill Walls Chess Page |
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Images
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Previous Crosstable |
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(10% Discount for CCC) 704-969-0366 www.whirlwindchess.com |
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3712 E. Independence 704-532-9853 |
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"World's Youngest!" |
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December 18,
2004 |
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"War of Women" Atlantic Records (There are over 20,000! websites which refer to Joe Firstman) |
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SM Karthik Rangarajan |
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NM Frankie Newton |
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NM Daniel Tapia |
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Laura Lee |
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Joshua Mu |
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The CCC has 104 current members. This is our 62nd 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 Scroll
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Charlotte, NC 12-11-04: According to a traveller who just returned from Iceland, a Reykjavik newspaper reported that Ex-World Champion Bobby Fischer has applied for, and been granted political asylum in Iceland. There is speculation that he may soon again compete in international competition! |
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NEWS & VIEWS 12-9-04
Rangarajan Wins Top; Lee "B"; Gatlin "C";
McLaughlin, Robason Lower Section of Wendy's LXI; New
Starting Time 7:30pm Sharp! (Players
who arrive late, or don't call, will be paired with other late entrants,
if possible).
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In
the Top Section, the CCC's #1 player,
(2282)
hung tough against Expert Shawn "Arlo" Pealer (2033) to finish clear 2nd
Place with 4-1
Drawing "Rajah" in their individual game. In addition, the good Reverend
Bernard
"King"
Baker
(1843) relentlessly pressed the attack which ultimately ended as a 90 move
K&Q vs K&Q Draw against NM
Leland "Premier Hombre" Fuerstman
(2035), Patrick "Fabio"
McCartney (1961) survived a botched
surgery by exchanging Queens and Drawing the good Dr. Gerard "the
Butcher" Sztyber (1771) and Michael
"the Savage" Savage
(1762) made peace with Clarke "Kent"
Brosi (1803). In the
"B"Section,
Laura
"Karate Kid" Lee
(1698) 
split
the point with veteran "Sponge" Bob Moore (1700) to take clear 1st
Place with 3.5-1.5
and Free Entry
into the next Smokehouse! In addition, Ankit "Butch" Jivan
(1617) overpowered Winfred "Guns" Gatlin (1532), Jonathan "Henry" Hudson
(1632) was tripped up by Don "Juan" Hofer (1485) and Marty
"Fritz" Katz (1615) was upset bigtime by 12 year old Sean "Ashley"
Langston
(1220)
who had upset Gatlin (1532) last week! In the "C" Section, despite
the fact that he lost to Jivan, Winfred "Guns"
Gatlin's (1532)
2.5-2.5
was good enough for clear 1st Place (but not for Free entry into
Smokehouse where 3.5 is necessary). In the Lower Section,
Duncan
"Doughnuts"
McLaughlin
and
Justin
"Daniel"
Robason
shared =1st-2nd Place with
3
points each. Other Lower Section winners were: Dave Mauney.
All
results may be observed on the
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Mabe, Brazhnikov Take Top;
Wheeless, Richards, DeBell, Ivens Middle; Hofer, Whittington Lower Section
of Smokehouse LVII
Charlotte,
NC 11-20-04: A
grand total of 27
chessplayers journied from as far away as Russia in
order to participate in Smokehouse LVII. In the Top
Section,  Expert
Chris
"the Babe" Mabe (2124) split the point with Patrick "Fabio"
McCartney
(1961) in Rd:1 and then registered victories over Expert Keith "Chuckie"
Eubanks (2058) and Gary "the Nuisance" Newsom (1981) respectively to share
=1st-2nd
Place honors with
Russian Grandmaster? Gennady Brazhnikov (1754?) who upset Eubanks
in Rd:1, Drew Matthew "Hoekstra" Green (1802) in Rd:2 and
survived a wild Rd:3 melee' versus NM Leland "Premier Hombre" Fuerstman
(2035) whereby the latter player overstepped the time limit with a winning
position, each scoring 2.5-.5
and pocketing $75.  In
the Middle Section, =1st-4th Place was shared
by NCCA Vice President Elect Randy "Wheels"
Wheeless
(1592), David "T" Richards (1637), Jerome "Cookiemonster"
DeBell
(1616)
and Ken "Kohloff" Ivens (1666) each with 2.5-.5
winning $37.50.
Equal 1st-2nd in the Lower Section was shared by "Dr"
Phil
Whittington (1569) and Don "Juan" Hofer (1485) each with
2.5-.5
winning $52.50.
To view complete crosstable (Click Here)(Fuerstman
directed)
Last Smokehouse December 18 Christmas
Party!!
All CCC Members, their families and
friends are welcome to attend. Free Chess! Door prizes! Presentations,
Music and Refreshments!! Happy Holidays to All...See ya' there LF
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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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"Bobby
Fischer's Pathetic Endgame" |