Charlotte Chess Club Home (Click Here) Upcoming Events (Click Here) Games Archive (Click Here) CCC History  (Click Here) Miscellaneous  (Click Here) Game of the Week (Click Here) Current Roster April 2004 Rating Rank & CCC Expiration (Click Here)  April  2004 Supplement Who's Hot!!  Vijay Sethuraman +195 Cabot Lineberger +140 Joshua Mu +122 Kert Edward +95 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"     3-18  3-11  3-4 2-26 Current Crosstable Games Wanted lelandfue@yahoo.com Smokehouse L (See Upcoming Events)  Apr 17 (Entire 2004 Schedule) $100 Bonus! For 5-0 in CCC Tournaments! (CCC Members Only)  1 Perfect Score After Rd:3 Marty Katz CCC Top 10  April 2004 Rating Competed within past 6 months 1 NM Frankie Newton 2242 2  Daniel Tapia 2157 3 NM John Lane 2078 4 Michael Curcuru 2056 5 Keith Eubanks 2054 6 NM Daniel Liu 2037 7  Chris Mabe 2019 8  Patrick McCartney 2011 9 Tom Waymouth 2005 10 NM Leland Fuerstman 2000 Wendy's I-LIII Top Section Titles (Equal 1st Counts as 1) NM Frankie Newton 34 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 Game of the Week Wendy's LIII Previous Crosstable Chess Equipment Latest Books! Great Prices! Quick Delivery! www.sigschess.com Cigars Etc. 3712 E. 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Fuerstman, Editor  Greetings from Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, Earth  to everyone out there in cyberia, and welcome to the  Charlotte Chess Club website. On this page, 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 Wendy's LIII Crosstable  Click Here CCC Top 50 (Apr 2004 Supplement) (Click Here) "Images" of  Members (Click here) Links to Other Chess Sites (Click Here) "Miscellaneous" Contains 32 Items of Interest Tournament Results (Click Here) Interested in National Chess Politics? (Me either!?) http://groups.google.com/groups?group=rec.games.chess.politics Visit the CCC Message Board!! (Click Here) USCF Most Current Ratings New!! Check Your Rating History! To determine your new rating after tournament competition click on: USCF Rating Calculator This site is visited over 3000 times per month CCC Youth Crush Opposition at "States"; Win all 4 Titles!  2004 North Carolina Scholastic Champions 2004 Scholastic Champion Daniel Tapia 2004 K-8 Champion Laura Lee 2004 K-5 Champion Kevin Huang 2004 K-3 Champion Joshua Mu CCC Games Archive! CCC NEWS & VIEWS 3-25-04  "Guess Who" Leads Top; Baker!? "B"; Tim Chen "C"; Katz Lower Section of Wendy's LIV Charlotte, NC 3-24-04:  A near record 44 of the Metrolina area's most creative chess scientists gathered at this celebrated laboratory for extreme problem solving more commonly known as Wendy's in order to participate in Rd:3 of Wendy's LIV. In the Top Section, the CCC's #1 player, NM Frankie "Blitzin" Newton (2242) nosed 1/2 point ahead of the field with a decisive victory over veteran NM Daniel "Deep" Liu (2037) to lead with 2.5-.5. Meanwhile, 9th on the list of 17 year olds in the Nation, CCC Favorite Son and three time NC Scholastic Champion Candidate Master Daniel "Johnny" Tapia (2157) brutally assaulted NM Leland "Premier Hombre" Fuerstman's (2000) Sicilian Dragon but eventually faultered whereby a "mercy" Draw was issued. (See Game 0386) In addition, Todd "Flower Power" Trower (2017) sort of forgot all about peace and love and like checkmated Tom "Terrific" Waymouth (2005) and Clarke "Kent" Brosi (1829) fought for truth, justice and the American way against Danesh "DD" Dadgar (1759). In the "B" Section, the good Reverend Bernard '"King" Baker (1774) accommodated the wishes of the committee and dispatched of Tarokh "the Oak" Taefi (1697) to lead with 2.5-.5. Meanwhile, Jeremy "Irons" Davenport(1641) dispatched of "Iron" Mike Eberhardinger (1734), Ankit "Butch" Jivan (1650) expatriated Viktor "the mad Russian" Ozherelyev (1546), Mark "Shaken, not" Sturman (1709) edged out Jonathan "Livingston" Hudson (Unr) and Michael "the Average" Savage (1686) split the point with Chris "Dirty Harry" Callahan (1664). In the "C" Section, Tim "the Twin" Chen (1540) revolted against Dave "Ameen" Eadie (1492) to lead with 2.5-.5. In addition, Tom "the Twin" Chen (1536) unloaded on Winfred "Guns" Gatlin (1524), 49th ranked on the list of 11 year olds in the Nation Kevin "Costner" Huang (1441) tripped up 31st ranked on the list of 8 year olds in the nation Joshua "Moo" Mu (1345), Kaled "the Alphabet" Abdelkefi (1538) made peace with Marnzell "Pat" Hand (1600) as did Spencer "Jazzman" Singleton (1533) with Clyde "the Glyde" Plyler (1537). In the Lower Section, Marty "Fritz" Katz (1258) defeated Jeff "Gordon" Mitchell (Unr) to remain as the only 3-0 in the tournament. Other Lower Section winners were: Todd "Y" Essex, Hassan "HH" Hashemloo, Glen "Taco" Bell, Israel Oluwafemi, Robert Broadbent, "Henry" Cabot Lineberger, and Ilgin "the Mad Turk" Birsan. All results may be observed on the "Current Crosstable." Next Smokehouse Saturday, 4-17. Editor Needs Games; Please E-mail to: lelandfue@yahoo.com Eubanks, Curcuru, Tapia Share Top Honors; Eadie, Huang, Green Win Lower Section of Smokehouse XLIX Charlotte, NC 3-20-04: A moderate turnout of 23 competitors from North and South Carolina journied to the Queen City in order to participate in Smokehouse XLIX. In theTop Section, 9th on the list of 17 year olds in the Nation, CCC Favorite Son and three time NC Scholastic Champion Candidate Master Daniel "Johnny" Tapia (2157) dispatched of 25th on the list of 13 year olds in the Nation, Frank "Moo" Mu (1823) and #1 Ranked Hippie Chess Player in the Nation Todd "Flower Power" Trower (2017) before agreeing to a "GM" style Draw with South Carolina Champion Expert Keith "Chuck" Eubanks (2080) who turned in wins against Matthew "REman" Smith (1705) and a most extraordinary tactical encounter with CCC Premier NM Leland "Premier Hombre" Fuerstman (2000) (See Game 0385). Equaling their 2.5-.5 score was Expert Michael "See You Are; See You Are You" Curcuru (2056) who defeated the good Reverend Bernard "King" Baker (1851), Drew with Expert Chris "the Babe" Mabe (2019) finally prevailed against veteran NM Daniel "Deep" Liu (2036) each winning $60! In the Lower Section, Dave "Ameen" Eadie (1492), 49th ranked on the list of 11 year olds in the Nation Kevin "Costner" Huang (1441) and 77th ranked on the list of 15 year olds in the Nation Matthew "the Bean" Green (1705) each scored 2.5-.5 and pocketed $50. To view complete crosstable (Click Here) (Fuerstman directed) Next Smokehouse April 17. See ya' there!