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Frankie Newton 6 NM L Fuerstman 5 NM Garrick Wells 3 NM Luigi Vacca 1 NM Daniel Liu 1 Gary Newsom 1 Tarokh Taefi 1 |
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A Jaap - Newton A A Fuerstman - Hall A A Daniel - McCartney A Wells - Liu A 1 Taefi - Lucas 0 |
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After 4 of 6 Rds NM Daniel Liu Patrick McCartney 2.5-1.5 Gm:1 McCartney-Liu Gm:2 Liu-McCartney Gm:3 McCartney-Liu Gm:4 Liu-McCartney |
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News & Views
NM Leland L. Fuerstman, Editor
Greetings from Charlotte N.C, USA, Earth to everyone out there in cyberspace, and welcome to the Charlotte Chess Club website. We have finally entered into the ultra modern age of instant communication. In this column, I 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 touch of a button! We welcome your comments and contributions
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3rd-4th Overall in N.C. High School Championship!
Brandon Brown 
places 2nd in K-9, Crowned N.C. 7th Grade Champion!
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NEWS &VIEWS 3-2-00
Top Four Boards Adjourn; Wendy's XII Still Up For Grabs. Ruffin Upset by Norwood!
Twenty-six
of the most gifted and talented chess energumens in the metrolina area
converged
upon our hallowed "temple of thinkers" more commonly known as Wendy's on
Wednesday evening in order to compete in Rd:4 of Wendy's
XII.
In the Top Section, (probably because the manager ran
us off at 10:30pm; a critical situation which I intend to address with
upper management this week) games featuring David "Kamikaze" Jaap (1800)
vs CCC Favorite Son Expert William F. "Frankie the Gladiator" Newton (2161),
NM Leland Fuerstman (2041) vs. Greg "Hornblower" Hall (1831), 16 year old
upstart Expert Justin Daniel (2022) vs. Patrick McCartney (1861) and NM
Garrick "Outlaw" Wells (2246) vs. NM Daniel "Deep" Liu (2000) have each
been adjourned (to be resumed by 6:30pm next Wednesday). The only Top Section
player to score the point was Tarokh "the Mad Iranian" Taefi
(1789)
who
ceremoniously dismembered the position of CCC Internal Affairs Committee
Chairman Paul F. Lucas (1606). In the Middle Section,
"Iron" Mike Lipkin (1554) won with the Black pieces against "Iron"
Mike Isner (1498) (Anybody seen "Iron" Mike Eberhardinger lately?) while
Daryl
"Flash"
Gordon (1302) bested Alphonse "Amazing Al" Ashamalla (1300).
In addition, section leader Paul "Shuttleman" Calloway (1661) adjourned
with CCC Website Advisor Carl McKern (1522). In the Lower
Section,
new CCC member, 14 year old Sam Spencer IV (1300) handily defeated
section leader Brandon Brown (1164). Other Lower
Section
winners were: Jon Meyer, Adam Clontz, Sam Spencer III and prize
student of the "Fuerstman School of Chess"Don Norwood
(772)
who upset Timothy Ruffin (1219). All results may be viewed in "Current
Crosstable."
Five
new members joined the ranks of the CCC Wednesday evening! A hardy welcome
to Mike Lipkin, Winfred
"Windy" Gatlin, Adam Clontz, Sam Spencer
III and Sam Spencer IV.
CCC
members were once again honored by the visit of out-of-towner Michael
Lipkin,
son of North Carolina chess icon Dr. Al Lipkin (founder of
the LPO!) Said Michael, "I still can't believe you can get this many chessplayers
together on a Wednesday night!? This club is the bomb." (Dude! LF)
Liu, Fuerstman Share Smokehouse I Title
Fourteen
of our less diffident members fought their way through the thick
black smoke and into our excellent new facility more commonly known as
the Ole Smokehouse Dining Room on Saturday, February 26,
in order to participate in the first of many weekend tournaments to be
held there this year. In the Top Section, NM Daniel
"Deep" Liu (2000) 
defeated Richard Stancil (1695) and Patrick McCartney (1861) before agreeing
to a Draw on move 23 with NM Leland Fuerstman (2041) who had scored
victories against Michael Curcuru (1785) and Robert Spurrier (1998).
Each scored 2.5-.5 and took home $75. To view Patrick McCartney's Rd:3
encounter with Robert Spurrier (See Game
0099) In the Lower Section Quad, Carl
McKern (1522) 
was
swindled out of a Draw in Rd:2 by Don Norwood (772) but won his final round
to take clear 1st with 2.5-.5 winning $40. Don Norwood (772)
was second with 2-1. Fuerstman directed.
The Ole Smokehouse
Dining Room located at 1513 Montford Dr. is an excellent new facility,
with a superb menu, direct parking, smoking area and free coffee. The private
"quiet" playing area (which could easily accommodate 100 players!) is clearly
the finest that the Charlotte Chess Club has used in years.
Our next event has been scheduled for March 18. See ya there!
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1 NM L Fuerstman 2041 W-6 W-3 D-2 2.5-.5 2 NM Daniel Liu 2000 W-7 W-5 D-1 2.5-.5 3Robert Spurrier 1998 W-8 L-1 L-5 1-2 4 Gary Newsom 1914 D-9 L-7 W-10 1.5-1.5 5 Pat McCartney 1861 W-10 L-2 W-3 2-1 6 Michael Curcuru 1785 L-1 W-9 D-8 1.5-1.5 7 Richard Stancil 1685 L-2 W-4 L-9 1-2 8 Paul Calloway 1661 L-3 W-10 D-6 1.5-1.5 9 Jerome DeBell 1613 D-4 L-6 W-7 1.5-1.5 10 Mike Isner 1498 L-5 L-8 L-4 0-3 11 Carl McKern 1531 W-13 D-14 W-12 2.5-.5 12 Sam Christopher 1092 D-14 W-13 L-11 1.5-1.5 13 Steve Saad 817 L-11 L-12 LF 0-3 14 Don Norwood 766 D-12 D-11 WF 2-1 |
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Newton Draws GM Shabalov (2623), Crushes IM Sevillano
(2547) at Land of the Sky!
A roar of
applause and cheers filled the room as "the Gladiator" entered...for,
he had once again, proven himself in battle, "beyond the call of duty."
This time, William F. Frankie "the Gladiator" Newton II (2188) 
asked
no quarter and yielded none after employing the "Swiss Gambit" in Rd:1
of the Land of the Sky. In Rd:2 he handily defeated
Jeffery Pennig (1947) and was thusly paired with one of the highest rated
active players in the U.S., International Grandmaster Alex Shabalov
(2623) whom he Drew! (See Game 0094)Round
4 saw "the Gladiator" at his best as he crushed
International
Master Enrico Sevillano (2547) in an exciting game.(See
Game 0095) In the final round, our hero, battered,
bruised and exhausted from his previous encounters could no longer thrust
his sword and fell honorably to National Master Larry Tapper (2321).
Still, a fantastic result against a very strong field of players.
Also, in the Top Section,
Justin Daniel scored 2.5-2.5.
In the Under 2000 Section,
Michael Curcuru was 2nd-4th
with 4.5-.5 while Paul "Shuttleman" Calloway finished in
the money with 3.5-1.5 posting wins over J. Fred Wilson, Patrick McCartney
and Tim Bond. Patrick McCartney scored 3-2 while Don
"Sky"
Hofer
posted an equal score. Andras Bader went 2-3 and "Iron"
Mike Eberhardinger went .5-3.5. In the
Under
1600
Section,
Jerome
"Bouncer"
DeBell scored 3-2 while
Spencer Singleton, Terry Brown, Nick Bambara
and Brandon Brown went 2-3. "Amazing"
Al Ashamalla slipped
a bit with 1-4. In the
Under 1200 Section, Michael
"You
Know You Make Me Wanna" Shoup scored 3.5-1.5. In the SpeedChess
Tournament,
Brandon
Brown tied for 1st in the Under
1600 with 5-5. A more
detailed narrative of this event may be viewed on our CCC Message
Board.