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NEWS &VIEWS 4-18-02 By NM Leland Fuerstman Fuerstman Still "King on the Mountain" in Top;
Brazell, F. Mu Middle; J. Mu Lower Section of Wendy's XXXIV Charlotte,
NC 4-17-02: A new individual
round record of 46
of the greater Charlotte area's coolest calculators forwent
watching the boob-tube and instead participated in Rd:3 of Wendy's
XXXIV.
In the Top Section, leader NM Leland "El-Presidente"
Fuerstman (2027) banged
heads with the CCC's #1 player, NM Frankie "Isaac" Newton
(2216). After two time scrambles, with only 5 seconds left on his clock,
the latter player remarkably achieved a Drawn position leaving Fuerstman
with 2.5-.5.(See
Game 0220) Meanwhile,
NM Garrick H.G."Outlaw" Wells (2082) blew smoke-rings around
Jon "Cigars" Pietras (1783), Michael Kliber (1900) clobbered Clarke
"Kent" Brosi (1801) and 16 year old phenom, Expert Daniel "Johnny"
Tapia
(2037) split the point with NM Daniel "Schlecter" Liu (2009).
In the Middle Section, with the Black pieces, Frank Mu
(1541) upstaged Doug "Sky" Millsaps (1617) while
NYC product Deneil "Sean" Brazell (1614) bested the Honorable
Reverend Bernard "B-man" Baker (1471) to share the lead with 2.5-.5.
In
addition, Slobodan "the Mad Serb" Sinanovic (1716) beat down
Algie "Van" Clyburn (1500), Nick
"BamBam" Bambara (1405)
upset Daryl "Flash" Gordon (1609), Danesh "Shah" Dadgar (1550)
imposed an oil embargo upon Spencer "Jazzman" Singleton, "CEO" Mike
Isner (1638) discharged Viktor "Kortchnoi" Ozherelyev (1550) and Gregory
"the Mad Ukrainian" Bunich (1609) shared the point with Brandon
"Starr" Brown (1508). In the adult predominated Lower Section,
two of the CCC's youngest members squared off to vie for the lead. Emerging
victorious and remaining as the lone 3-0
in the tournament was "6"
year old phenom Joshua Mu (1076) who defeated Kevin Blackwell (938).
Other Lower Section winners were: Jim "Sticks" Ulaky,
CCC Player Representative Alphonse "Amazing Al" Ashamalla,
Winfred "Guns" Gatlin, Gennady Brazhnikov, Lee
"R&Bman" Richardson, Todd Essex, Joe "SticksJr"
Ulaky,
Sheila Blackwell and Dr. Amir Farahany.
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 member Dr. Amir
Farahany. {Special thanks to Assistant Tournament
Director Joyce Mu who is attempting to help
modernize the CCC with computer pairings. Please bear with us while
we streamline the system. LF} (We now begin at 7:30pm sharp!
Editor Needs Games; Please E-mail to:lelandfue@yahoo.com
Pohl, Jurjevich Share Top
Honors; Brazhnikov, Dadgar Middle; Hunter Lower Section of Smokehouse XXVI Charlotte,
NC 4-13-02: A record number of 29
weekend warriorsparticipated in Smokehouse
XXVI.
In the Top Section, SM Klaus Pohl (2225) of
Columbia, SC defeated David "Kamikaze" Jaap (1831) in Rd:1, Drew
with co-champion NM Joseph Jurjevich (2135)
in Rd:2 and knocked off upstart Sam Copeland (1722) in Rd:3
to tie for =1st-2nd Place with 2.5-.5.
Jurjevich
knocked
off Clarke "Kent Brosi (1797) in Rd:1,
Drew with Pohl in
Rd:2, and beat David "Kamikaze" Jaap (1831) in Rd:3. Each took
home $75. In
the Middle Section, Gennady
Brazhnikov (Unr)
and Danesh "Shah' Dadgar (1550)
turned in perfect3-0's
each collecting $75. In
the Lower Section, Scott
"Scratch"
Hunter (Unr) also had a perfect performance with 3-0
and took home $90.
Equal 2nd-5th with 2-1
were Paul Copeland, Winfred "Guns" Gatlin, Bernard "Bman"
Baker and Lee Nevitt. To viewcomplete crosstable
(click Here)(Fuerstman directed) Next
Smokehouse May 11
See ya' there!
banged
heads with the CCC's #1 player, NM Frankie "Isaac" Newton
(2216). After two time scrambles, with only 5 seconds left on his clock,
the latter player remarkably achieved a Drawn position leaving Fuerstman
with 2.5-.5. (See
Game 0220) Meanwhile,
NM Garrick H.G."Outlaw" Wells (2082) blew smoke-rings around
Jon "Cigars" Pietras (1783), Michael Kliber (1900) clobbered Clarke
"Kent" Brosi (1801) and 16 year old phenom, Expert Daniel "Johnny"
Tapia
(2037) split the point with NM Daniel "Schlecter" Liu (2009).
In the Middle Section, with the Black pieces, Frank Mu
(1541) upstaged Doug "Sky" Millsaps (1617) 
while
NYC product Deneil "Sean" Brazell (1614) bested the Honorable
Reverend Bernard "B-man" Baker (1471) to share the lead with 2.5-.5.
In
addition, Slobodan "the Mad Serb" Sinanovic (1716) beat down
Algie "Van" Clyburn (1500), Nick
"BamBam" Bambara (1405)
upset Daryl "Flash" Gordon (1609), Danesh "Shah" Dadgar (1550)
imposed an oil embargo upon Spencer "Jazzman" Singleton, "CEO" Mike
Isner (1638) discharged Viktor "Kortchnoi" Ozherelyev (1550) and Gregory
"the Mad Ukrainian" Bunich (1609) shared the point with Brandon
"Starr" Brown (1508). In the adult predominated Lower Section,
two of the CCC's youngest members squared off to vie for the lead. 
Emerging
victorious and remaining as the lone 3-0
in the tournament was "6"
year old phenom Joshua Mu (1076) who defeated Kevin Blackwell (938).
Other Lower Section winners were: Jim "Sticks" Ulaky,
CCC Player Representative Alphonse "Amazing Al" Ashamalla,
Winfred "Guns" Gatlin, Gennady Brazhnikov, Lee
"R&Bman" Richardson, Todd Essex, Joe "SticksJr"
Ulaky,
Sheila Blackwell and Dr. Amir Farahany.
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 member Dr. Amir
Farahany. {Special thanks to Assistant Tournament
Director Joyce Mu who is attempting to help
modernize the CCC with computer pairings. Please bear with us while
we streamline the system. LF} (We now begin at 7:30pm sharp!
Editor Needs Games; Please E-mail to:lelandfue@yahoo.com
of
Columbia, SC defeated David "Kamikaze" Jaap (1831) in Rd:1, Drew
with co-champion NM Joseph Jurjevich (2135)
in Rd:2 and knocked off upstart Sam Copeland (1722) in Rd:3
to tie for =1st-2nd Place with 2.5-.5.
Jurjevich
knocked
off Clarke "Kent Brosi (1797) in Rd:1,
Drew with Pohl in
Rd:2, and beat David "Kamikaze" Jaap (1831) in Rd:3. Each took
home $75. In
the Middle Section, Gennady
Brazhnikov (Unr)
and Danesh "Shah' Dadgar (1550)
turned in perfect 3-0's
each collecting $75. In
the Lower Section, Scott
"Scratch"
Hunter (Unr) also had a perfect performance with 3-0
and took home $90.
Equal 2nd-5th with 2-1
were Paul Copeland, Winfred "Guns" Gatlin, Bernard "Bman"
Baker and Lee Nevitt. To view complete crosstable
(click Here) (Fuerstman directed) Next
Smokehouse May 11
See ya' there!