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(CCC Members Only) 5 Perfect Scores After Rd:2 NM Leland Fuerstman Douglas Millsaps Kevin Blackwell Joshua Mu Robert Callahan CCC Top 10 (April 2002 Supplement) 1 NM W F  Newton 2216 2 Justin Daniel  2166 3  NM Gary Wells 2082 4 Daniel Tapia 2039 5 NM L Fuerstman 2018 6 Gary Newsom 2014 7 NM Daniel Liu  2010 8 Pat  McCartney 1918 9 Ralph Lombard 1835 10 David Jaap 1831 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 Jeff Jones Reprimand 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:2 - Top Section Daniel-Fuerstman Tapia-Jaap Wells-Newton Liu-McCartney Pietras-Brosi Current Crosstable	(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 Official Letter of  Reprimand for Jeffrey Mason Jones This site has been visited  times since April 1, 2002 CCC NEWS &VIEWS 4-4-02 By NM Leland Fuerstman Wendy's XXXIV Begins; Jaap Upsets Wells!? Charlotte, NC 4-3-02: A rather healthy turnout of 42 of the greater Charlotte area's most dynamic thinkers forwent watching "the Survivors" and instead participated in Rd:1 of Wendy's XXXIV. In the Top Section, CCC's #1 player NM Frankie "Blitz" Newton (2216) yielded a Draw to NM Daniel "Deep" Liu (2010) while CCC Favorite Son, 17 year old phenom, Expert Justin "Dog" Daniel (2166) outflanked Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (1918). Meanwhile, 16 year old phenom Expert Daniel "Johnny" Tapia (2039) thwarted Clarke "Kent" Brosi (1797) (See Game 0217) , NM Leland "Premier Hombre" Fuerstman (2018) hung tough against Jon "Cigars" Pietras (1787) and snatching his second Master scalp in as many weeks, David "Kamikaze" Jaap (1831) upset NM Garrick "Outlaw" Wells (2082). {See "Predicted Pairings" in left column} In the Middle Section, Doug "Sky" Millsaps (1617) displaced Viktor "the Mad Ukrainian" Ozherelyev (1550), Deneil "Slick" Brazell (1552) ousted Gennady Brazhnikov (Unr), Danesh "Shah" Dadgar (1550) beat down Algie "Van" Clyburn (1500) and Spencer "Jazzman" Singleton (1421) played "Taps" for Nathan "TechDude" Eerenberg (1320). In addition, Draws were turned in by Bernard "Bman" Baker (1472) versus Slobodan "the Mad Serb" Sinanovic (1716), Frank Mu (1400) versus Frank "Chessman" Johnson (1428) and Euphemia Mu (1500) versus Jerome "Cookie Monster" DeBell (1654). In the Lower Section, wins were turned in by Nick "BamBam" Bambara, Jim "Sticks" Ulaky, Scott "Scratch" Hunter, JohnMeyer, Robert "Dirty Harry" Callahan, CCC Player Representative Alphonse "Amazing Al" Ashamalla, Keven Blackwell, Joshua Mu and I-John Gatewood. 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  Robert "Dirty Harry" Callahan  (We now begin at 7:30pm sharp! LF).  Editor Needs Games; Please E-mail to: lelandfue@yahoo.com Pohl Perfect Again!; Baldwin, Brazell 3-0 In Middle; Temlyakov 3-0 In Lower Section of Smokehouse XXV Charlotte, NC 3-16-02:  A total of 28 of North Carolina's best chessplayers, and at least two from S.C. participated in Smokehouse XXV. In the Top Section, SM Klaus Pohl (2225) from Greenville, SC defeated David "Kamikaze" Jaap (1831), NM Daniel "Deep" Liu (2010)  (See Game 0212) and NM Leland "Premier Hombre" Fuerstman (2018) on his way to a second consecutive perfect Smokehouse title and a cash prize of $100. Equal 2nd-4th with 2-1 were 16 year old phenom, newly crowned Expert Daniel "Johnny" Tapia (2039), 54 year old "hasbeen" NM Leland "Premier Hombre" Fuerstman (2018) (See Game 0213) and Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (1918) each pocketing $17. In the Middle Section, Scott Baldwin's (1731) perfect score included wins over Marnzell Hand (1600), Viktor "the Mad Ukrainian" Ozherelyev (1550) and Laurin Keller (1478) while Daneil "Slick" Brazell's (1552) victims included Frank "Chessman" Johnson (1428), Viktor Ozherelyev and Danesh "Shah" Dadgar (1550). Each took home $75. In the Lower Section, newcomer Kirill Temlyakov (Unr) from Irmo, SC (by way of Moskow) dispatched of Dennis Wall, Frank Hatcher and Sergio Orichi-Socana scoring 3-0 and collecting $80. Equal 2nd-4th with 2-1 were Chris Thomas, Dennis Wall and Sergio Orichi-Socana each winning $13. To view complete crosstable (click Here)(Fuerstman directed) Next Smokehouse April 13. See ya' there!