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"    1-31  1-23 1-16 1-9 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) 4 Perfect Scores After Rd:3 Clarke Brosi Mike Isner Nathan Eerenberg 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!	(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  CCC NEWS &VIEWS 2-7-02 By NM Leland Fuerstman "El-Presidente" Upsets #1 in Top; Brosi & Isner Still Perfect in Middle; Eerenberg & Plyler Lower Section of Wendy's XXXII Charlotte, NC 2-6-02: A healthy turnout of 40 of the Metrolina area's most proficient chess players participated in Rd:3 of Wendy's XXXII.  In the Top Section, the runaway train more commonly known as NM Frankie "Blitz" Newton (2233) was surprisingly derailed by NM Leland "Pres" Fuerstman (2024) gaining him a share of the lead with 2-1. (See Game 0203)  Meanwhile, keeping pace were NM Garrick "Outlaw" Wells (2098) who halted the record streak of Draws achieved by NM Daniel "Schlecter" Liu (2000) and Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (1896) who out counter punched David "Kamikaze" Jaap (1853). In the Cruiserweight Division, Clarke "Kent" Brosi's (1748) victory over Doug "Sky" Millsaps (1637) allowed him to survive as one of the 4 players left in the tournament with 3-0. In the Middle Section, also staying perfect with the Black pieces, "CEO" Mike Isner (1515) upset "Iron" Mike Eberhardinger (1609). Meanwhile, Slobodan "the Mad Serb" Sinanovic (1617) handled Daryl "Flash" Gordon (1660), David "Richman" Richards (1615) beat down Brandon "Starr" Brown (1511) and Michael "You Know You Make Me Wanna" Shoup (1471) defeated Danesh "Shah" Dadgar (1568). In the Lower Section, with the Black pieces,Nathan "Techdude" Eerenberg (Unr) and Clyde "the Glide" Plyler (1347) remain with perfect 3-0's after wins over Winfred "Guns" Gatlin (1253) and Ankit Jivan (1167) respectively. Other Lower Section winners were: Alphonse "Amazing Al" Ashamalla, Viktor Ozhrelyev, Marat Kocharyan, Eric Rust, Joe "Sticks Jr" Ulaky, James "Bobby" Fisher, Kevin Blackwell and Bernard Baker. All results may be viewed in the "Current Crosstable."   All welcome new CCC members Darrell Booth and Sergio Orichi-Socana. Visit the "new" CCC Message Board www.charlottechess.com/wwwboard and speak to us!! (We now begin at 7:30pm sharp! LF). See ya'  Saturday at Smokehouse XXIV. (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!