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(CCC Members Only) 0 Perfect Scores After Rd:5 CCC Top 10  April 2003 Rating List  Competed within past 6 mos. 1 NM W F  Newton 2268 2  NM H Mouzon 2193 3 Daniel Tapia 2124 4 NM John Lane 2088 5 Keith Eubanks 2048 6 Gary Newsom 2022 7  NM L Fuerstman 2013 8  NM Daniel Liu 2000 9 Chris Mabe  1978 10 Patrick McCartney 1967 Wendy's I-XLIV Top Section Titles (Equal 1st Counts as 1) NM Frankie Newton 27 NM Leland Fuerstman 12 NM Justin Daniel 7 NM Garrick Wells 5 Patrick McCartney  4 NM Daniel Liu  1 NM  Dr Luigi Vacca 1 Gary Newsom 1 Tarokh Taefi  1 Jon Pietras 1 NM Harold Mouzon 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 Wendy's XLIV Current Crosstable Chess Equipment Latest Books! www.sigschess.com Cigars Etc. 3712 E. Independence Now Sells Sets,  Clocks and used Chess Books!! 704-532-9853 Need Address For: Michael Bryant Randy Hight Richard Wesson Joshua, you've got your work cut out for you!! Check out the "World's Youngest!" Newsstand International carries "Chess Life," Blitz Chess," "Chess Monthly" and other publications!!  5622-128 E. Inde. Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28212 (704) 531-0199 Did You Know? Joshua Mu is now #1 in the USA for 7 yr. old and Under with a rating of 1539! 2003 Asian Festival Saturday May 10 (Click Here for Info) USC Chess Club Columbia, SC  (Click Here)	(Remember to "reload" or "refresh" this page often) This site works best with "Netscape" 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. In this column, 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 www.charlottechess.com/wwwboard Wendy's XLIII Crosstable  Click Here CCC Top 50 (April 2003 Supplement) (Click Here) "Images" of  CCC Members (Click here) Links to Other Chess Sites (Click Here) "Miscellaneous" Contains 35 Items of Interest Tournament Results  To determine new rating after tournament competition click on: USCF Rating Calculator http://groups.google.com/groups?group=rec.games.chess.politics Visit the CCC Message Board!! (Click Here) Click Below To View USCF Most Current Ratings This site is visited over 3000 times per month Special "B" Section Prize for Wendy's XLIV $20. Gift Certificate From Cigars Etc. for  "New & Used Chess Books & Equipment"!! "New Chess Club; but Nobody told ME" CCC NEWS &VIEWS 4-24-03  By NM Leland Fuerstman "Guess Who" Wins Top; Baker, Waddell "B"; Ozherelyev "C"; Richards Lower Section of Wendy XLIV Charlotte, NC  4-23-03:  A grand total of 57 of the Metrolina area's most creative calculators converged upon our sacred temple of higher thinkers more commonly known as Wendy's in order to compete in Wendy's XLIV. In the Top Section, invoking the "Fischer Rule," (more than one point ahead of the field so no need to play the last round), the CCC's #1 player, current NC State Champion, NM Frankie "Blitz" Newton (2290) scored 3.5-.5 to capture his unprecedented 27th Wendy's Title without moving a piece! Flash!! Flash!! Flash!! According to the USCF Rating Update of 4-22, NM Frankie "Blitz" Newton's new rating is 2300!! (Mad props to Frankie!!) Second Place with 2.5-.5 was Chris "the Babe" Mabe (1993) who upset NM Leland "El-Duce" Fuerstman (2015) in the final round. Meanwhile, CCC Favorite Son, current NC Scholastic Champion, 16 year old phenom, Expert Daniel "Johnny" Tapia (2124) bested Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (1933) while Jackie "Bman" Ryan (1849) drew with NM Daniel "Schlecter" Liu (2000). Sharing Top Honors in the newly formed "B" Section, the good Reverend Bernard "King" Baker (1679) was held to a Draw by Jonathan "The Enforcer" Munnell (1697) allowing Bobby Waddell (1740) who defeated Daryl "Flash" Gordon (1675) in the final round to equal Baker's score of 3.5-1.5. Each player won a $10 Gift Certificate from Cigars Etc. 3712 E. Ind. Blvd. In addition, Slobodan "the Mad Serb" Sinanovic (1668) welcomed back to tournament competition Tarokh Taefi (1724) (whom, you may notice, has won the Top Section of this event in the past!), Frank "Moo" Mu (1715) riddled Chris "Dirty Harry" Callahan (1552) and "George C" Scott Baldwin (1775) manhandled Jerome "Cookie Monster" DeBell (1680). In the "C" Section, Viktor "the Mad Ukrainian" Ozherelyev (1538) split the point with Danesh "DD" Dadgar (1614) to capature clear 1st Place with 3.5-1.5. Second Place with 3-2 was Michael "the Savage" Savage (1421) who handled CCC Player Representative Alphonse "Amazing Al" Ashamalla (1355) and Spencer "Jazzman" Singleton (1417) played taps for Winfred "Guns" Gatlin (1423). In the Lower Section, Mike "Keith" Richards (1348) bested Hassan Hashemloo (1275) to take clear 1st Place with 4-0! Other Lower Section winners were: Todd Essex, Laura Lee, Kevin Huang, Jonathan Roes, Kevin Blackwell, Tony "the Tiger" Hicks and newcomer Brad Eppard. All results may be viewed in the "Current Crosstable"  All welcome new members Brad Eppard, Kent Estep, Robert Albert and Bill Dewbre.Visit the "new" CCC Message Board and speak to us!! Next Smokehouse Saturday, May 17 (We now begin at 7:30pm sharp! Editor Needs Games; Please E-mail to: lelandfue@yahoo.com Moreira, Tapia, Copeland Share Top Honors; Ulaky Middle; Hicks Lower Section of Smokehouse XXXVIII Charlotte, NC 4-19-03: Twenty-six congenial gentlemen from North and South Carolina  involved themselves in a minor skirmish just over of the State Line on Saturday as they participated in Smokehouse XXXVIII. In the Top Section, IM Jairo Moreira (2356) was unable to threepeat his "perfect" results as he dispatched of Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (1967), NM Daniel Liu (2000) and Drew with  CCC Favorite Son, current NC Scholastic Champion, 16 year old phenom, Expert Daniel "Johnny" Tapia (2123).Tapia defeated Clarke "Kent" Brosi (1862) and "George C" Scott Baldwin (1775) and Sam Copeland (1806) drew Keith Eubanks (2048), defeated Chris "the Babe" Mabe (1994) and Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (1933) to each finish =1st-3rd with 2.5-.5 and take home $50. In the Middle Section, Jim "Sticks" Ulaky (1407) upset Bernard "King" Baker (1679), Kermon Joel Lane (1487) and Daniel Marek (1341) to score 3-0 and pocket $100. Equal 2nd-5th with 2-1 and winning $12.50 were Bobby Waddell, Robert C. Moore, Bernard Baker and Daneil Marek. In the Lower Section, Tony "the Tiger" Hicks (1145) scored 2.5-.5 to take 1st Place and collect $60. Second Place winning $30. was Jonathan Roes (1163) with 2-1. To view complete crosstable (Click Here)(Fuerstman directed, McCartney Assisted) Next Smokehouse May 17. See ya' there!