Charlotte Chess Club Home (Click Here) News & Views (You're Here) Games Archive (Click Here) For PGN Viewing (Click Here) CCC History (Click Here) Miscellaneous (Click Here) Upcoming Events (Click Here) Current Roster w/April 2002 Rating & CCC Expiration (Click Here) April 2002 Supplement Who's Hot!! Kevin Chu +189 Joe Ulaky +139 Mike Isner +123 Nick Bambara +106 Time Control For all Wendy's Events is: 30/1, G30 Time Delay Clocks May Only Be Used if Both Players Agree Last 4 Issues of "News & Views"   4-18  4-11 4-4 3-28 Games Wanted lelandfue@yahoo.com SmokehouseXXVI (See Upcoming Events)  May 11 (Entire 2002 Schedule) $100 Bonus! For 5-0 in CCC Tournaments! (CCC Members Only) 1 Perfect Score After Rd:4 Joshua Mu CCC Top 10 (April 2002 Supplement) 1 NM W F  Newton 2216 2 Justin Daniel  2164 3  NM Gary Wells 2082 4 Daniel Tapia 2037 5 NM L Fuerstman 2027 6 Gary Newsom 2014 7 NM Daniel Liu  2009 8 Pat  McCartney 1923 9 Ralph Lombard 1835 10 David Jaap 1808 Wendy's I-XXXIII Top Section Titles (Equal 1st Counts as 1) NM Frankie Newton 18 NM Leland Fuerstman 11 Justin Daniel 7 NM Garrick Wells 4 Patrick McCartney  3 NM Daniel Liu  1 NM  Dr Luigi Vacca 1 Gary Newsom 1 Tarokh Taefi  1 Jon Pietras 1 "You don't stop playing when you get old; you get old when you stop playing!" Benjamin Franklin Providence Day Chess Club Sunday Special $500 1st Place  International Grandmaster Julio Becerra will compete!! - Begins May 5 - (See Upcoming Events) Great New Links!! Bill Walls Chess Page "The Past/Future is Now" By Dr. Sam Fuerstman Wendy's XXXIV <Predicted Pairings> Rd:5 - Top Section Current Crosstable Golf Scores Chess Equipment Latest Books! www.sigschess.com	(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<bgsound src="beethoven92.mid" loop=infinite> Wendy's XXXIII Crosstable  Click Here CCC Top 50 (Apr 2002 Supplement) (Click Here)  "Images" of  CCC Members (Click here) Links to Other Chess Sites (Click Here) "Miscellaneous" Contains 29 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 has been visited  times since April 1, 2002 CCC NEWS &VIEWS 4-25-02 By NM Leland Fuerstman What? The Top Board was Adjourned?!; Brazell Leads Middle; Joshua Mu 4-0! in Lower Section of Wendy's XXXIV Charlotte, NC 4-24-02: A rather healthy turnout of 42 of the Metrolina area's most dedicated chess players abandoned their families (except for Copeland Blackwell who's entire family competes weekly!) and participated in Rd:4 of Wendy's XXXIV. In the Top Section, (because of a dubious Wendy's management decision to throw us out at 10pm; a phone call will be made tomorrow. LF) the hotly contested encounter between leader NM Leland "El-Presidente" Fuerstman (2027) and CCC Favorite Son, 17 year old phenom, Expert Justin "Dog" Daniel (2164) has been adjourned with each player having Queen and 3 pawns. Meanwhile, NM Garik "Outlaw" Wells (2082) outflanked Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (1928) while NM Daniel "Schlecter" Liu (2009) shared the point with Clarke "Kent" Brosi (1802). In the Middle Section, "Hell's Kitchen" product Deneil "Sean" Brazell (1614) dunked on Frank Mu (1541) to lead with 3.5-.5. In addition, Daryl "Flash" Gordon (1609) used his raygun on Gennady Brazhnikov (Unr), Nathan "TechDude" Eerenberg (1320) upset Algie "Van" Clyburn (1500), Viktor "the Mad Ukrainian" Ozherelyev (1501) bested Michael "Y" Shoup (1550), Jon "Cigars" Pietras (1769) beat down Doug "Sky" Millsaps (1617) and Brandon "Starr" Brown (1508) initiated newcomer Hassan Hashemloo (Unr). In the Lower Section, 6 year old phenom, Joshua Mu (1076) remains as the lone 4-0 in the tournament after a convincing win over CCC Player Representative Alphonse "Amazing Al" Ashamalla (1296). (The CCC pays a $100 Bonus for 5-0!) Other Lower Section winners were: Winfred "Guns" Gatlin, Lee "R&Bman" Richardson, Ankit Jivan, Dr. Amir Farahany, Marat Kocharyan, Chris "Dirty Harry" Callahan, Copeland Blackwell, Frank Hatcher and Reid Ward. All results may be viewed in the "Current Crosstable." Visit the "new" CCC Message Board and speak to us!! All welcome new CCC member Hassan Hashemloo. {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 warriors participated 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 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!