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  Patrick Furbert James Williams 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. Withdrawing from  Tournament  without notifying director "...the player may be barred from any of the organizer's tournaments until the fine is paid" Last 4 Issues of  "News & Views"       4-22  4-15  4-8 4-1 Previous Crosstable Games Wanted lelandfue@yahoo.com Smokehouse LI (See Upcoming Events) May 15 (Entire 2004 Schedule) $100 Bonus! For 5-0 in CCC Tournaments! 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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 Tournament Results (Click Here) CCC Top 50 (Click Here) Current Crosstable (Click Here)  Upcoming Events (Click Here) Links to Other Chess Sites (Click Here) "Images" of  Members (Click here) Game of the Week (Click Here) "Miscellaneous" Contains 29 Items of Interest USCF Current Ratings Rating Calculator USCF Rating History! CCC Current Roster  MESSAGE BOARD (Click Here) GAMES ARCHIVE (Click Here) This site is visited over 3000 times per month Interested in National Chess Politics? (Me either!?) http://groups.google.com/groups?group=rec.games.chess.politics CCC Youth Win the Gold at "States" - Take 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 In memoriam: All CCC members were saddened  to hear of the passing of Dorothy Bader, loving wife of  long time CCC member Andras Bader.  Our thoughts and prayers are with you.  May she rest in peace. CCC NEWS & VIEWS 4-29-04 Newton Leads Top; Savage, Callahan "B"; Huang "C"; Grechka Lower Section of Wendy's LV Charlotte, NC 4-28-04:  Another super strong turnout of 42 of the Metrolina area's most competent calculators forwent their more important responsibilities and instead participated in Rd:3 of Wendy's LI. In the Top Section, the pride of Crouse, NC and the CCC's #1 player NM Frankie "Neutron" Newton (2242) out maneuvered NM Leland "Premier Hombre" Fuerstman (2000) to lead with 2.5-.5. Meanwhile, Todd  "Flower Power" Trower (2019) vanquished the good Reverend Bernard "King" Baker (1774), NM Daniel "Schlechter" Liu (2037) split the point with NM John "3:16"Lane (2078) and Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (2011) overlooked a forced mate and agreed to Draw with Chris "the Babe" Mabe (2019). In the "B" Section, Michael "the Savage" Savage (1716) expatriated Viktor "the Mad Russian" Ozherelyev (1507) and Chris "Dirty Harry" Callahan (1664) made peace with Danesh "DD" Dadgar (1759) to each lead with 2-1. Meanwhile, Mark "Shaken, not" Sturman (1709) survived a botched surgery by Dr. Gerard "the Butcher" Sztyber (1753), Marnzell "Pat" Hand (1600) schooled Samuel "Reshevsky" Xin (1550) and Kert "Oracle" Edward (1592) Drew with Ankit "Butch" Jivan (1650). In the "C" Section, CCC rising superstar Kevin "Spacey" Huang (1441) did a drum roll on Jim "Sticks" Ulaky (1606) to lead with 3-0! In addition, Joshua "Moo" Mu (1407) overpowered Dave "Ameen" Eadie (1492), Winfred "Guns" Gatlin (1524) bested Tim "the Twin" Chen (1560), Phillip " Morris" Whittington (1502) demonstrated his rating superiority over a stubborn Michael "Angelo" Easterwood (1501) and Tom "the Twin" Chen (1556) split the point with Jonathan "Lex" Hudson (Unr). In the Lower Section, newcomer John "the Mad Siberian" Grechka (1224) bested Ervon "Wooden" Nichols (950) to lead with 3-0. Other Lower Section winners were: Marty "Fritz" Katz, Doyle "Kill Bill" Dewbre, Asya Grechka and F. Dean Betts. All results may be observed on the "Current Crosstable."  Next Smokehouse May 15. Editor Needs Games; Please E-mail to: lelandfue@yahoo.com Fuerstman, McCartney Share Top Honors; Davenport, Solarez Take Lower Section of Smokehouse #50! Charlotte, NC 4-17-04: A moderate turnout of 24 competitors from North and South Carolina journied to the Queen City in order to participate in Smokehouse L. On this festive occasion, five auspicious players received free lunches as well as 2 Charlotte chess club tee shirts won by Patrick McGann and Dr. Gerard "the Butcher" Sztyber. An enjoyable time was had by all! In the Top Section, member of the NC Chess Hall of Fame NM Leland "Premier Hombre" Fuerstman (2000) of Charlotte dispatched of Robert C. Moore (1700) and Expert Michael "See You Are; See You Are You" Curcucu (2056) (See Game 0392) before agreeing to a GM Draw with Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (2011) of Charlotte who bested Mark "Shaken, not" Sturman (1709) and Chris "the Babe" Mabe (2019). Each scored 2.5-.5 and pocketed $75. In the Lower Section, Jeremy "Irons Davenport (1641) of Charlotte defeated Dave "Ameen" Eadie (1492) and Michael "Angelo" Easterwood (1474) before playing to a Draw with Daniel Solarez (1682) of Raleigh who handled Kevin "Spacey" Huang (1441) and Michael "the Savage" Savage (1686). Each scored 2.5-.5 and took home $75. To view complete crosstable (Click Here) (Fuerstman directed) Next Smokehouse May 15. See ya' there!