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NEWS &VIEWS 3-28-02 By NM Leland Fuerstman Daniel Wins Top; Richards Middle; Baker Lower Section
of Wendy's XXXIII Charlotte,
NC 3-27-02: A grand total of 63
of the most creative thinkers from the Southern Piedmont area participated
in Wendy's XXXIII. In the Top Section, CCC
Favorite Son, 17 year old phenom, Expert and soon to be Master Justin
"Dog" Daniel (2166) cruised
his way to victory after a lively Draw with NM Garrick "Outlaw"
Wells
(2082). Daniel's clear 1st Place score of 4-1
allowed
him to capture his 7th Wendy's Title. Clear 2nd Place with 3.5-1.5
was
the CCC's #1 player NM Frankie "Blitz" Newton (2216) who
outflanked Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (1918). Meanwhile, David
"Kamikaze" Jaap upset NM Leland "Premier Hombre" Fuerstman (2018)
while Michael Kliber (1900) clobbered Clarke "Kent" Brosi (1797).
(Actually,
it was a very close game that went down to the wire in the 2nd time control).
In the Cruiserweight
Division, Jon "Cigars" Pietras
(1787) bested Paul "Survivalist" Lucas (1600). Clear 1st Place in
the Middle
Section with 4-1
was
David "Richman" Richards (1660)
who edged out Frank "Chessman" Johnson (1428). In addition, Jerome
"Cookie Monster" DeBell (1654) rolled Michael "Y" Shoup (1550),
Slobodan
"the Mad Serb" Sinanovic (1716) upstaged Viktor "the Mad Ukrainian"
Ozherelyev (1550),
Algie "Van" Clyburn (1500) outplayed Daryl
"Flash" Gordon (1615), Danesh "Shah" Dadgar (1550) beat down
Spencer "Jazzman" Singleton (1421) and Deneil "Slick" Brazell
(1552) upset "Iron" Mike Eberhardinger (1620). In the Lower Section,
newcomer
Bernard "B-man" Baker (1472) graciously
agreed to play a Middle Section player in the final round yet only narrowly
missed winning a $100
Bonus before yielding a perpetual check Draw to Doug "Sky" Millsaps
(1617). Other Lower Section winners were: Clyde "the
Glide" Plyler(See Game 0215),
Winfred
"Guns" Gatlin(See Game 0216),
Ankit
Jivan,
Louie "Louie"
Goodson, Kevin Huang,
Mike
Richards, John Meyer
and newcomer Gennady Brazhnikov. All
results may be viewed in the "Current Crosstable."
Visit
the "new" CCC Message Board www.charlottechess.com/wwwboard
and
speak to us!! All welcome new CCC members Gennady
Brazhnikov and Zack Maloney. (We now
begin at 7:30pm sharp! LF).
Pohl Perfect Again!; Baldwin,
Brazell 3-0 In
Middle; Temlyakov 3-0
In Lower Section of Smokehouse XXV Charlotte,
NC 3-16-02: A total of 28
of North Carolina's best chessplayers, and at least two from S.C. participated
in Smokehouse XXV. In the Top Section, SM Klaus
Pohl (2225)
from Greenville, SC defeated David "Kamikaze" Jaap (1831), NM Daniel "Deep"
Liu (2010) (See Game 0212) and
NM Leland "Premier Hombre" Fuerstman (2018) on his way to a second consecutive
perfect Smokehouse title and a cash prize of $100.
Equal 2nd-4th with 2-1 were 16 year old phenom, newly crowned
Expert Daniel "Johnny" Tapia (2039), 54 year old "hasbeen"
NM Leland "Premier Hombre" Fuerstman (2018) (See
Game 0213) and Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (1918) each
pocketing $17. In the Middle
Section,
Scott
Baldwin's (1731) perfect
score included wins over Marnzell Hand (1600), Viktor "the Mad Ukrainian"
Ozherelyev (1550) and Laurin Keller (1478) while Daneil "Slick"
Brazell's
(1552) victims
included Frank "Chessman" Johnson (1428), Viktor Ozherelyev and Danesh
"Shah" Dadgar (1550). Each took home $75.
In
the Lower Section, newcomer
Kirill Temlyakov (Unr)
from Irmo, SC (by way of Moskow) dispatched of Dennis Wall, Frank Hatcher
and Sergio Orichi-Socana scoring 3-0 and collecting $80.
Equal 2nd-4th with 2-1 were Chris Thomas, Dennis Wall
and Sergio Orichi-Socana each winning $13.
To
viewcomplete crosstable
(click Here)(Fuerstman
directed) Next Smokehouse April 13. See ya' there!
cruised
his way to victory after a lively Draw with NM Garrick "Outlaw"
Wells
(2082). Daniel's clear 1st Place score of 4-1
allowed
him to capture his 7th Wendy's Title. Clear 2nd Place with 3.5-1.5
was
the CCC's #1 player NM Frankie "Blitz" Newton (2216) who
outflanked Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (1918). Meanwhile, David
"Kamikaze" Jaap upset NM Leland "Premier Hombre" Fuerstman (2018)
while Michael Kliber (1900) clobbered Clarke "Kent" Brosi (1797).
(Actually,
it was a very close game that went down to the wire in the 2nd time control).
In the Cruiserweight
Division, Jon "Cigars" Pietras
(1787) bested Paul "Survivalist" Lucas (1600). Clear 1st Place in
the Middle
Section with 4-1
was
David "Richman" Richards (1660)
who edged out Frank "Chessman" Johnson (1428). In addition, Jerome
"Cookie Monster" DeBell (1654) rolled Michael "Y" Shoup (1550),
Slobodan
"the Mad Serb" Sinanovic (1716) upstaged Viktor "the Mad Ukrainian"
Ozherelyev (1550),
Algie "Van" Clyburn (1500) outplayed Daryl
"Flash" Gordon (1615), Danesh "Shah" Dadgar (1550) beat down
Spencer "Jazzman" Singleton (1421) and Deneil "Slick" Brazell
(1552) upset "Iron" Mike Eberhardinger (1620). In the Lower Section,
newcomer
Bernard "B-man" Baker (1472) 
graciously
agreed to play a Middle Section player in the final round yet only narrowly
missed winning a $100
Bonus before yielding a perpetual check Draw to Doug "Sky" Millsaps
(1617). Other Lower Section winners were: Clyde "the
Glide" Plyler (See Game 0215),
Winfred
"Guns" Gatlin (See Game 0216),
Ankit
Jivan,
Louie "Louie"
Goodson, Kevin Huang,
Mike
Richards, John Meyer
and newcomer Gennady Brazhnikov. All
results may be viewed in the "Current Crosstable."
Visit
the "new" CCC Message Board www.charlottechess.com/wwwboard
and
speak to us!! All welcome new CCC members Gennady
Brazhnikov and Zack Maloney. (We now
begin at 7:30pm sharp! LF).
from Greenville, SC defeated David "Kamikaze" Jaap (1831), NM Daniel "Deep"
Liu (2010) (See Game 0212) and
NM Leland "Premier Hombre" Fuerstman (2018) on his way to a second consecutive
perfect Smokehouse title and a cash prize of $100.
Equal 2nd-4th with 2-1 were 16 year old phenom, newly crowned
Expert Daniel "Johnny" Tapia (2039), 54 year old "hasbeen"
NM Leland "Premier Hombre" Fuerstman (2018) (See
Game 0213) and Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (1918) each
pocketing $17. In the Middle
Section,
Scott
Baldwin's (1731) 
perfect
score included wins over Marnzell Hand (1600), Viktor "the Mad Ukrainian"
Ozherelyev (1550) and Laurin Keller (1478) while Daneil "Slick"
Brazell's
(1552)
victims
included Frank "Chessman" Johnson (1428), Viktor Ozherelyev and Danesh
"Shah" Dadgar (1550). Each took home $75.
In
the Lower Section, newcomer
Kirill Temlyakov (Unr)
from Irmo, SC (by way of Moskow) dispatched of Dennis Wall, Frank Hatcher
and Sergio Orichi-Socana scoring 3-0 and collecting $80.
Equal 2nd-4th with 2-1 were Chris Thomas, Dennis Wall
and Sergio Orichi-Socana each winning $13.
To
view complete crosstable
(click Here)(Fuerstman
directed) Next Smokehouse April 13. See ya' there!