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) Need Addresses for: David Collins  Michael Curcuru Patrick Furbert Robert Halliday Lee Richardson James Williams Samuel Xin lelandfue@yahoo.com  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. 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(CCC Members Only)  0 Perfect Scores After Rd:4 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! In Memoriam: The CCC observed a moment of silence for the passing of long time NC chess icon Bernard Schmidt of Raleigh. Rest in peace, friend.  Flash-Flash-Flash-Flash-Flash-Flash-Flash-Flash-Flash-Flash-FlashCharlotte, NC 4-3-04:  Because of her exceptional recent results, the Executive Committee of the CCC has determined that until further notice, 15 year old LAURA LEE has earned the honor of competing in the "B" Section of  all CCC rated events. According  to Expert Chris Mabe, "the girl is on a rampage."  You go, girl! LF CCC NEWS & VIEWS 4-1-04  Newton Leads Top; Baker!? "B"; Huang "C"; Katz Lower Section of Wendy's LIV Charlotte, NC 3-31-04:  A rather light turnout, probably due to the inclement weather, of only 32 of the Metrolina area's most ambitious competitors gathered at this arena of mental jousters more commonly known as Wendy's in order to participate in Rd:4 of Wendy's LIV. In the Top Section, the CCC's #1 player, NM Frankie "Blitzin" Newton (2242) played some kinda crazy counter gambit (1 d4 d5 2 c4 e5!?) against NM Leland "Premier Hombre" Fuerstman (2000) and was summarily crushed!! APRIL FOOL! Actually, Frankie somehow survived the Q vs. R's ending to lead with 3.5-.5. Meanwhile, Draws were registered by 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) versus #1 Ranked Hippie Chess Player in the Nation Todd "Flower Power" Trower (2017), Michael "Jackson" Kliber (1937) versus NC icon NM Daniel "Schlechter" Liu (2037) and Clarke "Kent" Brosi (1829) versus Mark "Shaken, not" Sturman (1709). In the "B" Section, the good reverend Bernard "King" Baker (1774) yielded a Draw to Danesh "DD" Dadgar (1759) but still leads with 3-1. In addition, Michael "the Savage" Savage (1686) savagely beat Jim "Sticks" Ulaky (1606) with his own sticks and Chris "Dirty Harry" Callahan (1664) split the point with Jeremy "Irons" Davenport (1641). In the "C" Section, Kevin "Costner" Huang (1441) upended Clyde "the Glyde" Plyler (1537) to lead with 3-0. In addition, 15 year old Laura "Karate Kid" Lee (1452) (who incidentally took clear 2nd Place in a local tournament last weekend with upset wins over Scott Baldwin (1819), Jackie Ryan (1721) and a material up draw against Chris Mabe (2019) defeated Algie "Crumpler" Clyburn (1500), Spencer "Jazzman" Singleton (1533) welcomed newcomer Richard Towell (Unr) and Dave "Ameen" Eadie (1492) made a truce with Viktor "the Mad Russian" Ozherelyev (1546). In the Lower Section, Marty "Fritz" Katz (1258) ran into a buzzsaw against Joshua "Moo" Mu (1345) but still leads with 3-1. (Thanks, Josh!) Other Lower Section winners were: William Dewbre, Hassan "HH" Hashemloo and "Gentleman" Doug Corbett. 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!