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On August 29, 1948, Kit
Crittenden won the N.C. State Championship at age 13,
still youngest ever in the Nation!
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2005 N.C.
Invitational
IM Carlomagno
Oblitas
*NM Frankie Newton
NM Craig Jones
NM Daniel Tapia
NM Neal Harris
CM Chris Mabe
* denotes current champion
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New Prize Structure for Wendy's Events!
Top
Section $100.
"B", "C" &
"Lower" Section
Free
Entry to Billy's
Winners must have
at least 4
points
(CCC Members Only)
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CCC Top 10
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April
2005 Rating
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Competed
within past 6 months
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1
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IM
Carlomagno Oblitas
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2494
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2
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SM Karthik
Rangarajan |
2468 |
3
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NM
Frankie Newton
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2291
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4
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NM Daniel
Tapia
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2201
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5
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NM Justin
Daniel
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2191
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6
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Chris Mabe
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2104
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7
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Todd
Trower
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2060
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8
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Shawn
Pealer
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2055
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9
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NM Leland
Fuerstman
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2034
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10
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Gary
Newsom
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1999
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"You don't stop playing when you
get old; you
get old when you stop playing!" Benjamin
Franklin
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"Chess grips its exponent,
shackling the mind
and brain so that the inner freedom and independence of even the
strongest
character cannot remain unaffected."
Albert Einstein
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2004 NC
Co-State Champion
SM Karthik Rangarajan
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2004 NC
Invitational
Champion
NM Frankie Newton
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2005
NC Scholastic Team
Charlotte Homeschoolers
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I did
not know that!!?
The CCC
has
107 current members.
This
is our 65th
Wendy's 5 Rd event. The Record for the total playing in 1 Rd is 48,
total participating is 78,
for a 3
Rd event 38.
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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. 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
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Billy's III - April
16
New Location: Billy's
Restaurant,
1601 Woodlawn Rd.
- In the Park Road Shopping Center -
All Players are
required
to purchase their lunch at Billy's
Note:
E-mail me at lelandfue@yahoo.com and your
name will be included on the List of
Players who intend
to participate! Current number: 16
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CCC
NEWS & VIEWS 4-7-05
Newton Leads Top; A.
Wheeless "B"; Nichols "C"; Nobody Lower Section of Wendy's LXV
Charlotte,
NC 4-6-05: A
reasonably strong turnout of 30 of the greater
Charlotte area's most creative calculators clocked in to this factory
where chess champions are assembled more commonly known as
Wendy's in order to participate in Rd:2
of Wendy's LXV. In the Top Section, the winningest player in
CCC history, CCC's #3 player, 2004
N.C. Invitational Champion,
pride of Crouse, N.C. NM Frankie "Neutrino" Newton (2295) was put to task by 16
year old phenom Matthew "the Bean" Green (1903) but, as usual,
prevailed in the end to lead with 2-0.
Meanwhile, Michael "Jordan" Kliber (1912) seems to be making a habit of clobbering NM Leland "El-Guappo" Fuerstman (2034) and Gary "Sandbagger" Branton (1800) finally slowed down
"Iron" Mike Eberhardinger (1757) who lately, has been en fuego! In the "B" Section, Amelia "Wheels" Wheeless (1617) snapped an early
pawn and ultimately prevailed upsetting the CCC's most improved
player, 2004 "D" Player of the
Year Marty "Fritz"
Katz (1709!) to lead with 2-0. In
addition, Dave "Richman" Richards
(1661) went bare knuckles on Laura "Karate Kid"
Lee (1710), Dave "Ameen" Eadie (1594) beat down Jonathan
"Henry" Hudson (1646) and Paul "Survivalist"
Lucas (1702) split
the point with "Sponge" Bob Moore
(1700). In the "C" Section,
when he ain't blasting a riff on his trumpet, he's checkmating
somebody...this guy is moving up quickly, people; Ervon "Wooden" Nichols (1473)
who scored 5-0
in the last Wendy's tournament, has launched a successful campaign in
the "C" Section with his
second win in as many weeks, this time over Algie "Crumpler" Clyburn
(1500) to lead with 2-0.
Meanwhile, Viktor "the Mad
Russian" Ozherelyev (1538)
refused to lose against Team Wheeless for the second week in a row with
a hard fought win over Colette "Wheels" Wheeless (1475), Winfred "Guns" Gatlin (1496) tamed Tony "the Tiger"
Hicks (1333), Octavius "0-0" Obey (1518) bested Michael Baker
(1078) and just in the nick of time Donald
"Trump" Hofer (1602) split the
point with Spencer "Jazzman" Singleton (1511). In the Lower Section, where no player has
more than a 50% score, wins were submitted by Lee "R&Bman" Richardson, Joe Shirlen and Reid Ward. All
results may be observed on the "Current
Crosstable - E-mail me at lelandfue@yahoo.com
to add your name to the "List of Players"
who intend to participate in Billy's III on
April 16. See
("Upcoming
Events") Editor
Needs Games...
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Oblitas Takes Top
Honors; Eberhardinger Middle; Singleton, McAdams Lower Section of
Billy's II
Charlotte
NC 3-19-05: A rather strong turnout of 28 of the Metrolina
area's most courageous competitors converged upon Billy's Restaurant
in order compete in Billy's II.
Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the
friendly
and professional wait staff and management, extraordinary reasonably
priced cuisine and modern sports bar design of the recently renovated
facility.
(Playing in a completely silent, upstairs private room seems to be a
welcome change, as well). In the Top Section
taking clear 1st Place, the
CCC's new #1 player, International
Master Carlomagno Oblitas (2493),
originally from Peru and now a resident of Charlotte, in Rd:1 sacrificed 2 pawns in a book
line "c3" Sicilian and then proceeded to pick NM Leland "El-guappo"
Fuerstman's (2034) position apart like a crab. In Rd:2 playing the defense, the good IM sent Expert Chris "the Babe" Mabe
(2102) packing and in the final round he disposed of Patrick "Fabio"
McCartney (1941) to score 3-0 and
pocket $100.
Kudos to McCartney who in
rounds 1 & 2 had upset SC icon NM Klaus Pohl (2200) (See Game 0464)
and NM Daniel
"Johnny" Tapia (2197) respectively! Equal 2nd-4th
were Patrick "Fabio" McCartney (1941), NM Klaus Pohl (2200) and Matthew "Hoekstra" Green (1895) each with 2-1 winning $17. In the Middle Section, "Iron" Mike Eberhardinger (1706) scored a
perfect 3-0
to take clear 1st Place and
win $100.
Equal 2nd-5th were Jonathan "Henry" Hudson (1667), Don "Trump" Hofer (1585), Paul "Survivalist" Lucas (1627) and Josh "the Law" Lawson (1563) each with 2-1 winning $12.50. In the Lower Section, =1st-2nd Place was shared by Spencer "Jazzman" Singleton (1499) and Jeff McAdams (1537) each with 2.5-.5
winning $60.
To observe all results see (Crosstable). See you at Billy's
III, April 16.
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