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"  2-12 2-5  1-29 1-22 Games Wanted lelandfue@yahoo.com Smokehouse XLVIII (See Upcoming Events)  Mar 20 (Entire 2004 Schedule) $100 Bonus! For 5-0 in CCC Tournaments! (CCC Members Only)  1 Perfect Score After Rd:3 Shawn Claitt 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!! Bill Walls Chess Page Who is winning all of these CCC events?  Click New "Games Archive"  Membership Expires 0104 Kevin Blackwell Clarke Brosi Kevin Connelly David Griffin Mike Isner Frank Johnson Kermon Lane John McCarthy Kenneth McCarver Wendy's LII Previous Crosstable Chess Equipment Latest Books! www.sigschess.com Cigars Etc. 3712 E. Independence Now Sells Sets,  Clocks cigars & accessaries!! 704-532-9853 Check out the  "World's Youngest!" Newsstand International carries "Chess Life," Blitz Chess," "Chess Monthly" and other publications!!  5622-128 E. Inde. Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28212 (704) 531-0199    Smokehouse XLVIII Mar 20, 2004  Tiger Chess Club Tues. Salisbury (More Info soon)  Joe Firstman "War of Women" Atlantic Records www.joefirstman.com  NC Scholastic Champions 2003 Scholastic Champion Daniel Tapia 2003 K-8 Champions Frank Mu 2003 K-5 Champion Kevin Huang Golf Scores I did not know that!!? The CCC has 118 current members.  This is our 53rd 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. 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. We welcome your contributions and comments on our new "user friendly" Message Board www.charlottechess.com/wwwboard Wendy's LII Crosstable  Click Here CCC Top 50 (February 2004 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 Congratulations and Kudos  to CCC Rising Stars!! (Click Here) Check out the "New" CCC Games Archive! Note: The CCC Editor has experienced a major computer network failure?? Please excuse any delay in postings. LF CCC NEWS & VIEWS 2-19-04  By NM Leland Fuerstman Newton Leads Top; Davenport?! "B"; Singleton, Lee "C"; Claitt 3-0 in Lower Section of Wendy's LIII Charlotte, NC 2-18-04: A near record turnout of 44 of the Metrolina area's most enthusiastic energumens arrived at this factory of creative thinkers more commonly known as Wendy's in order to participate in Rd:3 of Wendy's LIII. In the Top Section, the CCC's #1 player, 33 time Wendy's champion, NM Frankie "Blitzin" Newton (2263) snagged a piece early against veteran N.C. icon NM Daniel "Deep" Liu (2036) and converted the win to lead with 2.5-.5. Meanwhile, NM Leland "El-Jefe" Fuerstman (2019) employed a rare variation of the Sicilian Defense which resulted in the demise of Tom "Terrific" Waymouth (2002), Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (2026) capitalized on a late middlegame blunder by Michael "Jackson" Kliber (1928) and Jon "Tal" Pietras (1801) executed a brilliant tactical sacrifice upon  Chris "the Babe" Mabe (1976). (See Game 0381) Wow!! In the "B" Section, recent transfer from the "C's" Jeremy "Irons" Davenport (1603) deported Viktor "the Mad Russian" Ozherelyev (1632) to lead with 2.5-.5. Meanwhile, (renowned for performing the world's first hemorrhoid transplant), the good Dr. Gerard "the Butcher" Sztyber (1743) exited the operating room stating, "the operation was a success, but unfortunately, the patient expired!?" after converting a possibly Drawn ending over the good Reverned Bernard "King" Baker (1781). In addition, Chris "Dirty Harry" Callahan (1642) chopped down Tarokh "the Oak" Taefi (1730), Ankit "Butch" Jivan (1647) beat down Tim "the Twin" Chen (1595) and Danesh "DD" Dadgar (1721) split the point with "Iron" Mike Eberhardinger (1704). In the "C" Section, leaders Laura "Karate Kid" Lee (1460), who last weekend narrowly missed a Draw against rising star Expert Daniel "Johnny" Tapia (2160)!, made peace with Spencer "Jazzman" Singleton (1501) whose West Charlotte Chess Team finished clear 1st Place in that same tournament! to each lead with 2.5-.5. In addition, Algye "Crumpler" Clyburn (1500) put a hard tackle on Clyde "the Glyde" Plyler (1503), Jim "Sticks" Ulaky (1607) played a drum roll on Dave "Ameen" Eadie (1647) and Kermon Joel Lane (1540) wore a bullet proof vest against John "Windy" Gatlin (1510). In the Lower Section, Shawn "Penn" Claitt (1269) outplayed Ervon "Wooden" Nichols (Unr) to survive as the lone 3-0 in the tournament. Other Lower Section winners were: "Gentleman" Doug Corbett, Glen "Taco" Bell, Tom "the Twin" Chen, Joshua "Moo" Mu, Robby "Crusher" Broadbent, "Henry" Cabot Lineberger, Ilgin "the Mad Turk" Birsan and newcomer Jonathan Hudson. All results may be viewed in "Current Crosstable." Visit the CCC Message Board and speak to us!! All welcome new member Jonathan Hudson. (Good Luck to Michael "the Savage"Savage who is in Russia participating in a chess symposium and tournament. Sources close to Savage report that he may defect?!) Next Smokehouse this Saturday, 3-20. Editor Needs Games; Please E-mail to: lelandfue@yahoo.com  Curcuru, Mabe Share Top Honors; Edward, Green Middle; Xin Lower Section of Smokehouse XLVIII Charlotte, NC 2-21-04: A moderate turnout of 27 competitors from North and South Carolina journied to the Queen City in order to participate in Smokehouse XLVIII. In the Top Section, Expert Michael "See You Are; See You Are You" Curcuru (2070) dispatched of Ken "the Terrible" Ivens (1744) and the good Reverend Bernard "King" Baker (1851) before sharing the final point with Chris "the Babe" Mabe (1976) who registered wins against Mark Sturman (1750) and NM Leland "El-Jefe" Fuerstman (2019) (who for the second time in as many tries blundered away an equal game due to a minor distraction). Each scored 2.5-.5 and won $75. The Middle Section honors were shared by Kert "the Oracle" Edward (1543) who defeated Algie "Crumpler" Clyburn (1500) and Dave "Ameen" Eadie (1647) prior to agreeing to Draw with "Mean" Matthew Green (1674) who got by Hayes "Let's Go" Bowling (1785) and Matthew "REman" Smith (1700). Each scored 2.5-.5 and won $75. In the Lower Section, Samuel "Shinn" Xin (536?) took a Bye and then rattled off wins against Patrick McGann (1140) and a disgusted Shawn "Penn" Claitt (1269) to score 3-0 and pocket $50. (Claitt should be admired for his restraint in not punching a 6 year old!?) To view complete crosstable (Click Here) (Fuerstman directed) Next Smokehouse March 20. See ya' there!