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NM W F Newton
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NM Justin Daniel
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NM Leland L. Fuerstman, Editor
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NEWS &VIEWS 3-13-03
By NM Leland Fuerstman
Newton Leads Top; Baker Middle;
J. Mu 4-0 in
Lower Section of Wendy's XLIII
Charlotte,
NC 3-12-03: An
individual round record breaking 46! chess
energumens from the Metrolina area and parts unknown dropped what
they were doing and instead particpated in Rd:4 of Wendy's
XLIII.
In the Top Section, tallying his 12th consecutive
win, the
CCC's highest rated active player, current NC State Champion NM Frankie
"Blitz" Newton (2268) completed his 30th move with 8 seconds to
spare as he squeeked by NM Leland "El-Duce" Fuerstman (2033) to lead with
3.5-.5.
Meanwhile, NM John "Night-Train"
Lane (2080) rammed
the stalled vehicle of Deneil "Sean" Brazell (1790), Patrick "Flanker"
McCartney
(2033) outflanked Michael Curcuru (1800), Chris "the Babe"
Mabe (1978) knocked a homer off of mild mannered Clarke "Kent" Brosi
(1873), Doug "Sky" Millsaps (1634) executed a 300 point!
upset over Michael Kliber (1926) and Tom "the Mouth"
Waymouth
(1923) split the point with NM Daniel "Schlecter"
Liu (2000).
In the Middle Section, the good Reverend
Bernard "King"
Baker (1665) was
held to a draw by Bobby Waddell (1740) but still leads the
section with 3.5-.5. In addition, Danesh
Dadgar (1614) beat down Jonathan "the Enforcer" Munnell (1686), Scott
Baldwin (1775) busted Michael "the Lip" Lipkin (1702), in the "Battle
of the Franks" Frank "Moo" Mu (1691) survived against Frank
"Chessman" Johnson (1570), "CEO" Mike Isner (1566) demoted Viktor
"the Mad Ukrainian" Ozherelyev (1538), Spencer "Jazzman" Singleton
(1413) outdueled Lee "R&Bman" Richardson (1203) and Michael
"Twist &" Shoup (1460) outdrew Winfred "Guns" Gatlin (1423).
In the Lower Section, #3 in the Nation, 7 year old phenom,
Joshua
"Moo" Mu (1424)
did a drum roll on Jim "Sticks" Ulaky (1443) to remain as the lone 4-0
in the tournament. Other Lower Section winners were: Laura
Lee, Travis Filling, Mike Richards, I'John Gatewood,
Joe
Shirlen, Kevin Blackwell and Brandy Johnson. All results
may be viewed in the
"Current Crosstable" Visit
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Board and speak to us!! Next Smokehouse
Saturday, (We now begin at 7:30pm
sharp! Editor Needs Games; Please E-mail to: lelandfue@yahoo.com |
Moreira Perfect in Top; MacDougall,
Baker Middle; Savage Lower Section of
Smokehouse XXXVI
Charlotte,
NC 2-22-02: Almost three
complete sections of a total of 29
chessplayers from various origins participated
in Smokehouse XXXVI. In the Top Section,
which was noticably absent of many of Charlotte's top players, (some
speculated that the fear of losing was the reason),NM
Jairo
Moreira (2339) ran off consecutive wins against Chris "the Babe" Mabe
(1975), Keith "Chuck" Eubanks (2048) and NM Joseph Jurjevich (2158)
to score a perfect 3-0
and take home $100.
Equal 2nd-5th with 2-1 were NM Joseph Jurjevich, Keith
Eubanks, Patrick McCartney and Chris Mabe (See
Game 0289) each winning $12.50.
In order to view NM Fuerstman's Rd:1 game versus Brosi (See
Game 0290) In the Middle
Section,
perfect 3-0's
were reported by two players. The
good Reverend Bernard "King" Baker (1600) registered wins
against Matthew Walker (1522), Mike Isner (1566) and Richard Stancil (1628)
while James MacDougall (1728) defeated
Mike Isner, William Slade (1533) and Sam Copeland (1784). Each pocketed
$75.
In the Lower Section, Michael "the Savage" Savage
(1345) also
scored 3-0
with wins over Kevin Connelly (1132), Frank "Chessman" Johnson (1520) and
Winfred "Guns" Gatlin (1447), wow!
Savage won $90.
Equal 2nd-5th with 2-1
winning $11.25
were Gatlin, Tony Hicks, Travis Filling and Paul
Copeland. To view complete crosstable (Click
Here) (Fuerstman directed) Next Smokehouse March
22. See ya' there! |
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