Charlotte Chess Club Home (Click Here) News & Views (You're Here) Games Archive (Click Here) CCC History (Click Here) Miscellaneous (Click Here) UpcomingEvents (Click Here)  Current Roster February 2004 Rating Rank & CCC Expiration (Click Here)  February 2004 Supplement Who's Hot!!  Ilgin Birsan  +234 Laura Lee +131 Ankit Jivan +97 Ken Ivens +90 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" Last 4 Issues of  "News & Views"  2-5 1-29  1-22 1-15 Games Wanted lelandfue@yahoo.com Smokehouse XLVIII (See Upcoming Events)  Feb 21 (Entire 2004 Schedule) $100 Bonus! For 5-0 in CCC Tournaments! (CCC Members Only)  4 Perfect Scores After Rd:2 Spencer Singleton Laura Lee Shawn Claitt Ervon Nichols CCC Top 10  February 2004 Rating  Competed within past 6 months 1 NM Frankie Newton 2246 2  NM Harold Mouzon 2200 3 Justin Daniel 2195 4 Daniel Tapia 2160 5 Keith Eubanks 2079 6 NM John Lane 2069 7  NM Daniel Liu 2036 8  Michael Curcuru 2022 9 NM Leland Fuerstman 2000 10 Patrick McCartney 1997 Wendy's I-LII Top Section Titles (Equal 1st Counts as 1) NM Frankie Newton 33 NM Leland Fuerstman 14 NM Justin Daniel 7 NM Garrick Wells 5 Patrick McCartney  5 NM Daniel Liu  3 Michael Curcuru 2 Daniel Tapia 2 Tarokh Taefi  1 Jon Pietras 1 NM Harold Mouzon 1 NM Dr. Luigi Vacca 1 Gary Newsom 1 "You don't stop playing when you get old; you get old when you stop playing!" Benjamin Franklin Great New Links!! 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The CCC has 123 current members.  This is our 52nd Wendy's 5 Rd event. The  Record for the total number participating  is 78, for a  Smokehouse 3 Rd event 38. Total Tournaments Directed Since 1991 Robert Singletary 159 Leland Fuerstman 174 New CCC T-Shirts now on Sale! $20.	(Remember to "reload" or "refresh" this page often) This site works best with "Netscape" 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. 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. 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CCC NEWS & VIEWS 2-12-04  By NM Leland Fuerstman Newton, Waymouth Lead Top; Gridlock in "B"; Singleton, Lee "C"; Claitt, Nichols Lower Section of Wendy's LIII Charlotte, NC 2-11-04: A rather moderate turnout of 32 of the most active mental jousters from the Metrolina area ignored their exhaustion from the previous weekend at LotS and participated in Rd:2 of Wendy's LIII. In the Top Section, the CCC's #1 player, NM Frankie "Blitzin" Newton (2263) outplayed Chris "the Babe" Mabe (1974) (See Game 0379) to grab a share of the lead with Tom "Terrific" Waymouth (2002) who smoked Jon "Cigars" Pietras (1802) each now with 1.5-.5. Meanwhile, Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (2029) emerged victorious over Danesh "DD" Dadgar (1721), veteran N.C. icon NM Daniel "Schlechter" Liu (2039) yielded a Draw to the good Reverend Bernard "King" Baker (1805) and member of the N.C. Chess Hall of Fame NM Leland "El-Jefe" Fuerstman (2016) made peace with Michael "See You Are; See You Are You" Curcuru (2083) (See Game 0380)(who seems to be recovering quite well after a nasty spill at LotS where he was actually knocked unconscious for 8 minutes!? Rumor has it that he's suing the hotel for millions!!). In the "B" Section, Viktor "the Mad Russian" Ozherelyev (1632) beat down upstart Ankit "Butch" Jivan (1647), "Gum-foil" Mike Eberhardinger (1723) was upset by newcomer Dave "Ameen" Eadie (1630) and Jim "Sticks" Ulaky (1607) was riddled by Winfred "Guns" Gatlin (1510). In the "C" Section, Spencer "Jazzman" Singleton (1501) played taps for Clyde "the Glyde" Plyler (1503) while Laura "Karate Kid" Lee (1460) debunked Kert "the Oracle" Edward (1497) to each lead with 2-0. In addition, Algie "Crumpler" Clyburn (1502) gave a warm CCC Draw to newcomer Patrick McGann (1140). In the Lower Section, Shawn "Penn" Claitt (1269) got by "Spencer" Tracy Davenport (586) while Ervon "Wooden" Nichols (Unr) bested Don "Scott" Norwood (972) to each lead with 2-0. Other Lower Section winners were: Ilgin "the Mad Turk" Birsan and Bob "Lev" Albert. All results may be viewed in "Current Crosstable." Visit the CCC Message Board and speak to us!! All welcome new member Patrick McGann. (Good Luck to Michael "the Savage"Savage who is on his way to Russia to participate in a chess symposium. Sources close to Savage report that he may defect?!) Next Smokehouse Saturday, 2-21. Editor Needs Games; Please E-mail to: lelandfue@yahoo.com  Eubanks Takes Top; Davenport, Edward Middle; Eadie, Fastovets Lower Section of Smokehouse XLVII Charlotte, NC 1-17-04:  A grand total of 33 rabid competitors from North and South Carolina,  constituting the "second largest" turnout in Smokehouse history, journied to the Queen City in order to participate in Smokehouse XLVII. In the Top Section, S.C. Expert Keith "Chuck" Eubanks (2090) registered victories over the good Reverned Bernard "King" Baker (1851), Chris "the Babe" Mabe (1963) and Tom "Terrific" Waymouth (1982) to capture clear 1st Place with 3-0 and pocket $100. Equal 2nd-5th with 2-1 were NM Daniel "Deep" Liu (2040), NM Leland "El-Jefe" Fuerstman(2012), Chris "the Babe" Mabe (1963) and Michael "the Savage" Savage (1643) each winning $12.50. In the Middle Section, =1st-2nd Place was shared jointly by Jeremy "Irons" Davenport (1577) and Kert "the Oracle" Edward (1497) each with 2.5-.5 and winning $75. In the Lower Section, =1st-2nd Place was taken by Dave "T-Bone" Eadie (Unr) and Serguei "Rasputin" Fastovets (Unr) each with 2.5-.5 winning $75. To view complete crosstable (Click Here) (Fuerstman directed; Savage assisted)  Next Smokehouse February 21. See ya' there! 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).