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(CCC Members Only) 1 Perfect Score After Rd:5 David Conard $100 Bonus CCC Top 10  June 2003 Rating List  Competed within past 6 mos. 1 NM W F  Newton 2305 2  NM H Mouzon 2190 3 Daniel Tapia 2112 4 NM John Lane 2090 5 Keith Eubanks 2060 6 NM L Fuerstman 2017 7  NM Daniel Liu 2000 8  Gary Newsom 1997 9 Chris Mabe  1993 10 Patrick McCartney 1931 Wendy's I-XLV Top Section Titles (Equal 1st Counts as 1) NM Frankie Newton 28 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 XLV 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 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 #3 in the USA for 8 yr. old and Under with a rating of 1516!	(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 XLIV Crosstable  Click Here CCC Top 50 (June 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 CCC NEWS & VIEWS 5-29-03  By NM Leland Fuerstman Newton Wins Top; Eberhardinger, Waddell "B"; Callahan "C"; Conard Wins $100 Bonus in Lower Section of Wendy XLV  Charlotte, NC 5-28-03: A new Wendy's record total of 68 players! from North and South Carolina participated in Wendy's XLV. (Rd:5 saw 22 boards in action; 1 short of the record. We now have 136 current members ...long live the CCC!!) In the Top Section, rebounding from a brief illness just in the nick of time, the CCC's #1 player, current NC State Champion, NM Frankie "Blitz" Newton (2309) squeezed out a R's&P's ending versus soon to be Expert Chris "the Babe" Mabe (1995) to capture his unprecedented 28th Wendy's Title! with 3.5-.5(and his 5th in a row! Stop the maddness!!!) Meanwhile, Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (1925) handed Bobby "Duck" Waddell (1763) his first loss in 12 CCC encounters (See Game 0301), Michael "the Lip" Lipkin (1712) upset(?) NM Leland "el-Moron" Fuerstman (2011) and NM Daniel "Schlecter" Liu (2000) split the point with Keith "Chuck" Eubanks (2044)(See Game 0302). In the "B" Section, even though he opted to "play up,"Bobby "Duck" Waddell (1767) still had enough to share 1st-2nd Place with "Iron" Mike Eberhardinger (1702) who drew with Slobodan "the Mad Serb" Sinanovic (1668) each scoring 3-2. Meanwhile, Brandon "Bruce" Lee (1713) outmuscled Tarokh Taefi (1724), Danesh "DD" Dadgar (1624) suppressed Daryl "Flash" Gordon (1674) and Frank "Moo" Mu (1711) split the point with "George C" Scott Baldwin (1768). In the "C" Section, though he also opted to "play up," Chris "Dirty Harry" Callahan (1572) upset the good Reverend Bernard "King" Baker (1691) to take clear 1st Place with 4.5-.5. In addition, Michael "the Savage" Savage (1552) salvaged a win versus "CEO" Mike Isner (1561), Kermon Joel Lane (1470) bested Winfred "Guns" Gatlin (1405), Jim "Sticks" Ulaky (1532) played a drum roll on Jesse "the Mind" Eddleman (1502) and Viktor "the Mad Ukrainian" Ozherelyev (1591) manhandled 8 year old upstart Joshua "Moo" Mu (1516). In the Lower Section, David "Dipper" Conard (1275) defeated Ankit "Butch" Jivan (1395) to score a perfect 5-0 and take home a $100 bonus! Clear 2nd Place was Laura Lee (1148) with 3.5-1.5. Other Lower Section winners were: CCC Player Representative Alphonse "Amazing Al" Ashamalla, Tony "the Tiger" Hicks, Todd Essex, Richard "the Grimlin" Tomlin, Norm Pruett, Robert Albert, Jeremy Davenport and newcomer Kaled Abdelkefi. All results may be viewed in "Current Crosstable." Visit the "new" CCC Message Board and speak to us!! All welcome new CCC members Brian Ruff, Kaled Abdelkefi and Jeremy Davenport. Next Smokehouse Saturday, Jun 14 - See ya there! LF  Editor Needs Games; Please E-mail to: lelandfue@yahoo.com Moreira Takes Top Honors (Again!); Matthew Smith 3-0 in Lower Section of Smokehouse XXXIX Charlotte, NC 5-17-03:  Sixteen travelling warriors from many origins participated in Smokehouse XXXIX. In the Top Section, NM Jairo Moreira (2367) dispatched of James MacDougall (1786), yielded a Draw to NM Daniel "Schlecter" Liu (2000) in Rd:2 (See Game 0299) and finally, survived a vicious time scramble against Keith "Chuck" Eubanks (2060) to score 2.5-.5 and capture 1st Place for a record 4th consecutive time collecting $100. Equal 2nd-5th were NM Daniel Liu, Keith Eubanks and the lowest rated player in the section, Bernard "King" Baker (1679) who upset Patrick "Blanker" McCartney (1931) and Drew with Tarokh Taefi (1724) and NM Daniel Liu (2000)! Each scored 2-1 and won $15. In the Lower Section, Matthew Smith (1429) registered wins against Richard "Gremlin" Tomlin (1314), Kermon Joel Lane (1487) and Jim "Sticks" Ulaky (1391) to score 3-0 and pocket $60. Equal 2nd-3rd were Kermon Lane and Richard Tomlin each with 2-1 winning $15. To view complete crosstable (Click Here) (Fuerstman directed) Next Smokehouse June 14. See ya' there!