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NEWS &VIEWS 5-9-02 By NM Leland Fuerstman Wendy's XXXV Begins Charlotte,
NC 5-8-02 :A rather healthy
turnout of 38
of the Metrolina area's most creative thinkers abandoned
their less important responsibilities and instead participated in Rd:1
of Wendy's XXXV. In the Top Section,
the CCC's #2 player, NM Frankie "Blitz" Newton (2216) squeeked
by returnee to competition Tom "Lycanthrope" Waymouth (1913), NM Garrick
"Outlaw" Wells (2085)
gunned down Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (1923), NM Leland "El-Presidente"
Fuerstman
(2027) broke out the kryptonite versus Clarke "Kent" Brosi (1809)
and Slobodan "the Mad Serb" Sinanovic (1696) hung tough and
split the point with NM Daniel "Schlecter" Liu (2000). In
the Middle Section,
Viktor "the Mad Ukrainian" Ozherelyev
(1550) outlasted David "Richman" Richards (1665), Jerome "Cookie
Monster" DeBell (1654) consumed Michael "Y" Shoup (1550), Doug
"Sky" Millsaps
(1617) turned the tables on Algie "Van" Clyburn (1500),
Reverend Bernard
"Jim" Baker (1521) said a prayer for Daryl
"Flash" Gordon (1609),
Deneil "Sean" Brazell (1617) beat
down Frank Mu (1526), "CEO"
MikeIsner (1638) split the point
with Brandon "Starr"
Brown (1508), Ankit Jivan (1170)
drew with Frank "Chessman"
Johnson (1428) and Nathan "TechDude"
Eerenberg
(1482)
has adjourned with Danesh "Shah" Dadgar (1550). In the Lower
Section,
wins were turned in by Jim "Bobby"
Fisher,
Kevin Huang,
Robert
Broadbent and
Kevin Blackwell. Honorable mention should be made
for 6 year old phenom JoshuaMu who was two pawns down but created
a stalement position with the "suicide" Rook! versus Robert
"Dirty
Harry" Callahan. All
results may be viewed in the "Current Crosstable."Visit
the "new" CCC Message
Board and speak to us!! {Special thanks to
Assistant T.D.
Joyce Mu who is attempting
to help modernize the CCC with computer pairings. Please bear with
us while we refine the system. LF} (We now begin at 7:30pm sharp!
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GM Becerra, Mouzon Lead Sunday Special I Charlotte,
NC 5-12-02: Twenty-two of the CCC's most active
members first presented flowers to Mom for
"Mothers Day" and then participated in Rd:2 of Sunday Special
I.
In
the Top Section, International Grandmaster Julio Becerra
(2605) handily contained Expert Gary "Player" Newsom (2014) to
maintain a share of the lead with 2-0. Also
remaining perfect is Expert Harold Mouzon (2195) who contained Patrick
"Flanker" McCartney (1923).
In addition, NM Leland "El-Presidente" Fuerstman (2027) outlasted
Daniel "Deep" Liu (2000) while Clarke "Kent" Brosi (1809)
split the point with Robert Moore (1700). In the Middle Section,
Frank
Mu (1525) scrambled Carl "Codes" McKern (1585), Deneil "Sean"
Brazell
(1624) short circuited Nathan "TechDude" Eerenberg (1482),
Danesh
"Shah" Dadgar (1567) staged a public execution of Frank "Chessman"
Johnson (1494) and Randy Wheeless (1474) rolled over Viktor "the
Mad Ukrainian" Ozherelyev (1417). In the Lower
Section, 6
year old phenom Joshua Mu (1090) leads with 2-0 after a nice win
over Amelia Wheeless (1138). Other Lower Section winners
were: Jim "Sticks" Ulaky. To view crosstable click
here. All welcome new CCC member Jonathan
Roes. Next
Smokehouse June 15.
Newsom, McCartney Share Top
Honors; Brazhnikov Middle; Nevitt Lower Section of Smokehouse XXVII Charlotte,
NC 5-11-02: A
moderate turnout of 26 participated
in Smokehouse XXVII. In the Top Section, Expert
Gary
"Player" Newsom (2014) dispatched of Chris Mabe (1773) and NM Leland
"El-Presidente" Fuerstman (2027) before
agreeing to a Draw with co-winner Patrick "Flanker" McCartney
(1923) who had defeated Sam Copeland (1722) and SM Klaus Pohl (2225). Their
score of 2.5-.5
earned each $75. In
the Middle Section, for the second consecutive Smokehouse,
Gennady
Brazhnikov (1300)scored
a perfect 3-0
winning $100.
Equal 2nd-5th were Joe Crump (1433), Hayes Bowling (1663),
Laurin
Keller (1511) and Kirill Temlyakov (1433) each scoring
2-1
and pocketing $12.
In the Lower Section, Lee Nevitt turned in a perfect
3-0
and won $60.
To
viewcomplete crosstable (click Here)(Fuerstman
directed) Next Smokehouse June 15 See ya' there!