Charlotte Chess Club Home (Click Here) News & Views (You're Here) Games Archive (Click Here) For PGN Viewing (Click Here) CCC History (Click Here) Miscellaneous (Click Here) UpcomingEvents(Click Here) Current Roster w/June 2002 Rating & CCC Expiration (Click Here) June 2002 Supplement Who's Hot!! Nate Eerenberg  +162  Kevin Huang  +155  Frank Mu +134   Chris Kohlhepp +117 Time Control For all Wendy's Events is: 30/1, G30 Time Delay Clocks May Only Be Used if  Both Players Agree 14H.  Insufficient  Losing Chances Last 4 Issues of "News & Views"    6-6 5-30 5-23 5-16 Games Wanted lelandfue@yahoo.com SmokehouseXXVIII (See Upcoming Events)  July 13 (Entire 2002 Schedule ) $100 Bonus! For 5-0 in CCC Tournaments! (CCC Members Only) 14 Perfect Scores After Rd:1 CCC Top 10 ( June Supplement ) 1 GM Julio Becerra 2605 2  NM W F  Newton 2214 3  Harold Mouzon 2195 4 Justin Daniel 2177 5 NM Gary Wells 2085 6 Daniel Tapia 2032 7  Gary Newsom 2014 8 NM L Fuerstman 2009 9 NM Daniel Liu 2000 10 Pat  McCartney 1910 Wendy's I-XXXV Top Section Titles (Equal 1st Counts as 1) NM Frankie Newton 19 NM Leland Fuerstman 11 Justin Daniel 7 NM Garrick Wells 5 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 Great New Links!! Bill Walls Chess Page "The Bus Ride" By Dr. Sam Fuerstman Wendy's XXXV Current Crosstable Golf Scores Chess Equipment Latest Books! www.sigschess.com What ever happened to Dr. Al Lipkin? Cigars Etc. 3712 E. Independence CCC Expiration Gary Newsom 0502 Daniel Tapia 0502 Palmer Blackshear 0602 Charles Blackwood 0602 Sam Christopher 0602 M Eberhardianger 0602 Doug Millsaps 0602 Bhaskar Mookherji 0602 NM Frankie Newton 0602 Anthony Smith 0602	(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 XXXV Crosstable  Click Here CCC Top 50 (Jun 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 This site has been visited times since Jun 10, 2002 CCC NEWS &VIEWS 6-13-02 By NM Leland Fuerstman  Wendy's XXXVI Begins; CCC on TV! Charlotte, NC  6-12-02: Forty of the Metrolina area's most convivial chess players participated in Rd:1 of Wendy's XXXVI. (A few CCC members will realize their 15 minutes of fame tomorrow evening as the Charlotte Chess Club will be featured on "Carolina Traveler," NBC6 at 9:00pm!)In the Top Section, the CCC's #2 player, NM Frankie "Blitz" Newton (2214) celebrated the marriage of Paul McCartney by consumating Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (1910), Expert Harold "Wyn" Mouzon (2195) locked the phone booth of mild mannered Clarke "Kent" Brosi (1809), NM Garrick H.G. "Outlaw" Wells (2085) blew smoke rings around Jon "Cigars" Pietras (1750), NM Leland "El-Presidente" Fuerstman (2009) burst the pipes of Jeffrey "Liquid" Plummer (1745) (See Game 0234) and NM Daniel "Schlecter" Liu (2000) split the point with Slobodan "the Mad Serb"  Sinanovic (1724). In the Middle Section, Doug "Sky" Millsaps (1644) blew out the speakers of Nathan "TechDude" Eerenberg (1498), Daryl "Flash" Gordon (1597) used his raygun on Henry Martinat (1456), Viktor "the Mad Ukrainian" Ozherelyev (1408) upset Algie "Van" Clyburn (1535), John Ellis (1403) bested Michael "You Know You Make Me Wanna" Shoup (1488) and the good Minister Bernard "Jim" Baker (1467) upset Robert "Dirty Harry" Callahan (1648). In addition, Draws were reported between Euphemia Mu (1500) and "Smokin" Brian Fraiser (1644) and Mike "Sell Short" Bloomberg (1478) and Paul "Survivalist" Lucas (1600). In the Lower Section, wins were reported by: Winfred "Guns" Gatlin, Alphonse "Amazing Al" Ashamalla, Mike Richards, Ankit Jivan, Todd Essex and Darrell "Wilkes" Booth. All results may be viewed in the "Current Crosstable. All welcome new CCC members Jeffrey Plummer and Mike Bloomberg. Visit the "new" CCC Message Board and speak to us!! Next Smokehouse this Saturday, June 15 {Special thanks to Assistant T.D. Joyce Mu  (We now begin at 7:30pm sharp! Editor Needs Games; Please E-mail to:lelandfue@yahoo.com GM Becerra Wins $500 Sunday Special I Charlotte, NC Jun 2-02: A total of thirty-eight of the Metrolina area's most active chess players participated in Sunday Special I, a tournament which was designed to allow 5 members of the CCC to face a Grandmaster in tournament competition. The prize fund was gathered by donations from generous CCC members. In the Top Section, as expected, International Grandmaster Julio Becerra (2605) emerged victorious after his encounter with Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (1910)  (See Game 0232) to finish with a perfect 5-0 and take home the 1st Prize of $500. Clear 2nd Place with 4-1, after his final round victory versus NM Leland "El-Presidente" Fuerstman (2009) was Harold "Wyn" Mouzon (2195). Meanwhile, Draws were submitted by CCC Favorite Son, 17 year old phenom Justin "Dog" Daniel (2177) vs. the CCC's #2 player NM Frankie "Blitz" Newton (2214) and mild mannered Clarke "Kent" Brosi (1809) vs. NM Daniel "Schlecter" Liu (2000). In the Middle Section, Danesh "Ayatollah" Dadgar (1621) outlasted Minister Bernard "Jim" Baker (1486) to take top honors with 4-1. In addition, Deneil "Sean" Brazell (1686) bested Frank Mu (1582), Paul "Survivalist" Lucas (1600) supplanted "Smokin" Brian Fraiser (1644) and Victor "the Mad Ukrainian" Ozherelyev (1420) handled Jonathan Roes (776). In the Lower Section, 7 year old phenom, Joshua Mu (1235)  scored a perfect 5-0 after his final round victory over Hassan Hashemloo (Unr). To view crosstable click here.  Next Smokehouse July 13. Jurjevich Sweeps Top; Moore, Waddell Middle; Pruitt Lower Section of Smokehouse XXVIII Charlotte, NC 6-15-02: A reasonably moderate turnout of  27 players from many areas participated in Smokehouse XXVIII. In the Top Section, NM Joseph Jurjevich (2121) of Asheville dispatched of mild mannered Clarke "Kent" Brosi (1809) in Rd:1, NM Frankie "Blitz" Newton in Rd:2 and Daniel "Johnny" Tapia (2036) in the ultimate round to score 3-0 and pocket $100. Clear 2nd Place was SM Klaus Pohl (2215) of Greenville, SC who scored 2.5-.5 and won $50. Middle Section honors were shared by Robert C. Moore (1708) and Austin CC's Bobby Waddell (1640) each with 2.5-.5 winning $75. The Lower Section was dominated by Austin CC's Norm Pruitt (1084) who scored a perfect 3-0 and won $40. To view complete crosstable (click Here) (Fuerstman directed) Next Smokehouse July 13. See ya' there!