The Charlotte Chess Club Home (Click Here) News &Views Games Archive (Click Here) History (Click Here) Miscellaneous (Click Here) Feb 2002 Supplement Who's Hot!! Robert Broadbent+335 Joshua Mu           +233 Frank Mu            +211 Don Norwood     +135 Deneil Brazell       +134 C Blackwell         +133 Jered Williams      +103 Time Control For all Wendy's Events is: 30/1, G30 Time Delay Clocks May Only Be Used if Both Players Agree Current Roster w/February 2002 Rating & CCC Expiration (Click Here) Last 4 Issues of "News & Views"     2-7  1-31 1-23 1-16 Games Wanted lelandfue@yahoo.com SmokehouseXXV (See Upcoming Events)  Mar 16 (Entire 2002 Schedule) $100 Bonus! For 5-0 in CCC Tournaments! (CCC Members Only) 1 Perfect Score After Rd:4 Clyde Plyler CCC Top 10 (February 2002 Supplement) 1.  NM Frankie Newton   2229 2.  Harold Mouzon III       2195 3. Justin Daniel                2184 4. NM Garrick Wells      2098 5. NM John Lane              2091 6. Gary Newsom               2013 7 NM Leland Fuerstman 2012 8.NM Daniel Liu              2000 9 Daniel Tapia                  1992 10 Patrick McCartney   1886  Wendy's I-XXXI Top Section Titles NM Frankie Newton    18 NM Leland Fuerstman  10 Justin Daniel                    6 NM Garrick Wells          4 Patrick McCartney         2 NM Daniel Liu                1 NM Luigi Vacca             1 Gary Newsom                1 Tarokh Taefi                   1 Jon Pietras                      1 (Equal 1st Counts as 1) 12-18 Observer Article Jarris McGhee-Bey Spencer Singleton 1-20 Observer Article Euphemia Mu USCF Membership Expiration Daniel Tapia 12-01 NM F Newton 1-02 NM G Wells 1-02 Jon Pietras 2-02 MEberhardinger 2-02 David Richards 2-02 Carl McKern 2-02 Jerome DeBell 2-02 Brandon Brown 2-02 Euphemia Mu 2-02 I Did Not Know That! "You don't stop playing when you get old; you get old when you stop playing!" Benjamin Franklin	(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. We have finally entered the ultra modern age of instant communication. In this column, which is updated every Thursday, we will strive to 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. Our goal is to eventually provide our members with a "realtime" site which will instantly produce current information about chess with the click of a mouse! We welcome your comments and contributions <bgsound src="beethoven92.mid" loop=infinite> Wendy's XXXI Crosstable  Click Here CCC Top 50 (Feb 2002 Supplement) (Click Here)  "Images" of  CCC Members (Click here) Links to Other Chess Sites (Click Here) "Miscellaneous" Contains 29 Items of Interest Tournament Results  The "Games Archive" is also formatted for (Portable Game Notation) viewing! If your computer doesn't have this capability, simply Download "Winboard"Click Here  To determine new rating after tournament competition click on: USCF Rating Calculator http://groups.google.com/groups?group=rec.games.chess.politics Visit the "new" User Friendly CCC Message Board!! www.charlottechess.com/wwwboard Click Below To View USCF Most Current Ratings This Site Has Been Viewed times since December 17, 2001  >Flash<Flash>Flash<Flash>Flash<Flash> Daniel Tapia Scores 5-0 In Under 2000 Section at Land of the Sky; Wins $1,125!! NM Daniel (Schlecter) Liu also goes Undefeated - with  5 Draws!? CCC NEWS &VIEWS 2-14-02 By NM Leland Fuerstman Fuerstman, McCartney Lead Top; Brosi, Isner Middle; Plyler 4-0 in Lower Section of Wendy's XXXII Charlotte, NC 2-13-02: A veritable crwth of 34 of the Charlotte area's most venerable chess players, and a few youngsters first exchanged Valentine cards and then participated in Rd:4 of Wendy's XXXII. In the Top Section, with the Black pieces, NM Leland "Premier" Fuerstman (2012) squeezed out a win on time versus Garrick "Outlaw" Wells (2098) to maintain a share of the lead with 3-1. (See Game 0204)  Also with the Black pieces, Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (1896) upset 15 year old phenom, soon to be Expert Daniel "Johnny" Tapia (1992) keeping pace with 3-1. In addition, NM Daniel "Deep" Liu (2000) made minced meat of David "Kamikaze" Jaap (1853). In the Middle Section, Clarke "Kent" Brosi (1748) yielded a Draw to "CEO" Mike Isner (1515) leaving each at 3.5-.5. Meanwhile, Slobodan "the Mad Serb" Sinanovic (1617) busted up Doug "Sky" Millsaps (1637), David "Richman" Richards (1615) handled Daryl "Flash" Gordon (1660), Deneil "Slick" Brazell (1492) tricked Danesh "Shah" Dadgar (1568) and Michael "You Know You Make Me Wanna" Shoup (1471) broke bad on Spencer "Jazzman" Singleton (1464). In the Lower Section, vying for the $100 Bonus, Clyde "the Glide" Plyler (1347) remains as the lone 4-0 in the tournament after defeating Nathan "TechDude" Eerenberg (Unr). (See Game 0205)  Other Lower Section winners were: CCC Player Representative Alphonse "Amazing Al" Ashamalla, Winfred "Guns" Gatlin, Joe "SticksJr" Ulaky, Darrell "Wilkes" Booth, Kevin Blackwell, Bernard Baker, Robert Broadbent and Viktor Ozhrelyev. All results may be viewed in the "Current Crosstable." All welcome new CCC members Darrell Booth,  Terrance Parks and John Meyer. Visit the "new" CCC Message Board www.charlottechess.com/wwwboard and speak to us!! (We now begin at 7:30pm sharp! LF). (Editor Needs Games; Please E-mail to lelandfue@yahoo.com) Pohl Returns with a Vengeance; Dadgar Wins Lower Section of Smokehouse XXIV Charlotte, NC 1-19-02: Sixteen weekend warriors participated in Smokehouse XXIV. In the Top Section, SM Klaus Pohl (2200) from Greenville, SC registered wins over Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (1896), Ken J. Baxter (1936) and Expert Gary "Player" Newsom (2013) respectively to score a perfect 3-0 and take home $100. Clear 2nd Place with 2.5-.5 was NM Daniel "Deep" Liu (2000) who pocketed $50. In the Lower Section, Danesh "Shah" Dadgar (1568) was also perfect with wins over Bernard Baker, "CEO" Mike Isner, and Jim "Sticks" Ulaky winning $60. Clear 2nd Place prize of $30 went to Bernard Baker with 2-1. To view complete crosstable "click here." (Fuerstman directed) Next Smokehouse March 16.  See ya' there!