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On August 29, 1948, Kit
Crittenden won the N.C. State Championship at age 13,
still youngest ever in the Nation!
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2005 N.C.
Invitational
IM Carlomagno
Oblitas
*NM Frankie Newton
NM Craig Jones
NM Daniel Tapia
NM Neal Harris
CM Chris Mabe
* denotes current champion
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New Prize Structure for Wendy's Events!
Top
Section $100.
"B", "C" &
"Lower" Section
Free
Entry to Billy's
Winners must have
at least 4
points
(CCC Members Only)
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CCC Top 10
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April
2005 Rating
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Competed
within past 6 months
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1
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IM
Carlomagno Oblitas
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2494
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2
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SM Karthik
Rangarajan |
2468 |
3
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NM
Frankie Newton
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2291
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4
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NM Daniel
Tapia
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2201
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5
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NM Justin
Daniel
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2191
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6
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Chris Mabe
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2104
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7
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Todd
Trower
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2060
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8
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Shawn
Pealer
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2055
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9
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NM Leland
Fuerstman
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2034
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10
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Gary
Newsom
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1999
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"You don't stop playing when you
get old; you
get old when you stop playing!" Benjamin
Franklin
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"Chess grips its exponent,
shackling the mind
and brain so that the inner freedom and independence of even the
strongest
character cannot remain unaffected."
Albert Einstein
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2004 NC
Co-State Champion
SM Karthik Rangarajan
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2004 NC
Invitational
Champion
NM Frankie Newton
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2005
NC Scholastic Team
Charlotte Homeschoolers
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I did
not know that!!?
The CCC
has
106 current members.
This
is our 65th
Wendy's 5 Rd event. The Record for the total playing in 1 Rd is 48,
total participating is 78,
for a 3
Rd event 38.
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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. 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
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Billy's III - April
16
New Location: Billy's
Restaurant,
1601 Woodlawn Rd.
- In the Park Road Shopping Center -
All Players are
required
to purchase their lunch at Billy's
Note:
E-mail me at lelandfue@yahoo.com and your name will be
included on the List of Players who intend
to participate!
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CCC
NEWS & VIEWS 3-31-05
Wendy's LXV Begins
Charlotte,
NC 3-30-05: A 2005
record turnout of 38 of the Metrolina
area's most competitive energumens congregated at this holy temple of
Caissa more commonly known as Wendy's in order to participate in
Rd:1 of Wendy's LXV. In the Top Section, the winningest player in
CCC history, CCC's #3 player, 2004
N.C. Invitational Champion,
pride of Crouse, N.C. NM Frankie "Neutrino" Newton (2295) requested before the
round that 42% of his prize from Wendy's LXIV be donated to Laura Lee for her trip to the
SuperNationals in Nashville this weekend bringing the total donated by
the CCC to $150!
Quoted Frankie, "You go girl; Bring back the gold!" Following this
generous presentation, the benevolent philanthropist proceeded to
demonstrate his tactical skills upon the good Reverend Bernard "King"
Baker (1804). Said Baker, "I never saw it coming!" Meanwhile, playing the Black side of the Dragon, 2004 CCC Expert of the Year, CM Chris "the Babe" Mabe (2104) accidently dropped his
Rook into the "b" file instead of the normal "c" file completely confusing Gary "Sandbagger" Branton (1800),
new CCC member, rising star Matthew "Hoekstra"
Green
(1885) won a hard fought contest with upstart
Thomas "Dolby" Paradis (1751), Tarokh
"the Oak" Taefi (1817)
dismembered Ken "the Terrible" Ivens (1768) and "you don't tug on
Superman's cape" as Clarke
"Kent" Brosi (1801)
compromised the position of NM Leland
"El-Guoppo" Fuerstman (2034).
In the "B" Section, "Iron" Mike Eberhardinger (1733) outlasted returnee
to CCC competition Dave "Richman" Richards (1661), 2004 CCC "D" Player of the Year Marty "Fritz" Katz (1699) was victorious over
Laura "Karate Kid" Lee (1666) ...Stated Katz,"One out of three ain't
bad!?, Amelia
"Wheels" Wheeless (1617)
expatriated Viktor "the Mad Russian" Ozherelyev (1538) and "Sponge" Bob Moore (1700) split the point
with Dave "Ameen" Eadie (1587). In the "C" Section, Colette "Wheels" Wheeless (1475) upset section
dominator Donald "Trump" Hofer (1602), Jon
"the Mad Siberian" Grechka (1612)
brilliantly checkmated Spencer "Jazzman" Singleton (1511), Kevin Huang (1584) put a hard tackle
on Algie "Crumpler" Clyburn (1500), Ervon
"Wooden" Nichols (1320) upset
veteran Winfred "Guns" Gatlin (1496) and Octavius "0-0" Obey (1518) defeated Chris Kohlhepp
(1249). In the Lower Section, wins were submitted by Tony "the Tiger" Hicks, Richard Towell, Joseph Alexander, Samuel "Reshevsky" Xin and Hassan "HH" Hashemloo. All
results may be observed on the "Current
Crosstable - All welcome new
members Matthew Green and Gage Hibner. E-mail me at lelandfue@yahoo.com
to add your name to the "List of Players"
who intend to participate in Billy's III on
April 16. See
("Upcoming
Events") Editor
Needs Games...
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Oblitas Takes Top
Honors; Eberhardinger Middle; Singleton, McAdams Lower Section of
Billy's II
Charlotte
NC 3-19-05: A rather strong turnout of 28 of the Metrolina
area's most courageous competitors converged upon Billy's Restaurant
in order compete in Billy's II.
Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the
friendly
and professional wait staff and management, extraordinary reasonably
priced cuisine and modern sports bar design of the recently renovated
facility.
(Playing in a completely silent, upstairs private room seems to be a
welcome change, as well). In the Top Section
taking clear 1st Place, the
CCC's new #1 player, International
Master Carlomagno Oblitas (2493),
originally from Peru and now a resident of Charlotte, in Rd:1 sacrificed 2 pawns in a book
line "c3" Sicilian and then proceeded to pick NM Leland "El-guappo"
Fuerstman's (2034) position apart like a crab. In Rd:2 playing the defense, the good IM sent Expert Chris "the Babe" Mabe
(2102) packing and in the final round he disposed of Patrick "Fabio"
McCartney (1941) to score 3-0 and
pocket $100.
Kudos to McCartney who in
rounds 1 & 2 had upset SC icon NM Klaus Pohl (2200) (See Game 0464)
and NM Daniel
"Johnny" Tapia (2197) respectively! Equal 2nd-4th
were Patrick "Fabio" McCartney (1941), NM Klaus Pohl (2200) and Matthew "Hoekstra" Green (1895) each with 2-1 winning $17. In the Middle Section, "Iron" Mike Eberhardinger (1706) scored a
perfect 3-0
to take clear 1st Place and
win $100.
Equal 2nd-5th were Jonathan "Henry" Hudson (1667), Don "Trump" Hofer (1585), Paul "Survivalist" Lucas (1627) and Josh "the Law" Lawson (1563) each with 2-1 winning $12.50. In the Lower Section, =1st-2nd Place was shared by Spencer "Jazzman" Singleton (1499) and Jeff McAdams (1537) each with 2.5-.5
winning $60.
To observe all results see (Crosstable). See you at Billy's
III, April 16.
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