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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
SM Craig Jones 3.5-1.5
NM Frankie Newton 3-2
NM Daniel Tapia 3-2
CM Chris Mabe 2.5-2.5
NM Neal Harris 1.5-3.5
CM Todd
Trower 1.5-3.5
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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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June 2005 Rating
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Competed
within past 6 months
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1
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SM Karthik
Rangarajan |
2468 |
2
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NM
Frankie Newton
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2280
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3
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NM Daniel
Tapia
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2201
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4
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Chris Mabe
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2137
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5
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Todd Trower
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2072
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6
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Shawn
Pealer
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2048
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7
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NM Leland
Fuerstman
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2000
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8
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Patrick
McCartney
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1997
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9
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Gary
Newsom |
1987
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10
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Matthew
Green
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1922
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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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2005
NC Scholastic Team
Charlotte Homeschoolers
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not know that!!?
The CCC
has
108 current members.
This
is our 67th
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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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
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Billy's V - June 18
Billy's Restaurant,
1601 Woodlawn Rd. Charlotte, NC
- In the Park Road Shopping Center -
All Players are
required
to purchase their lunch at Billy's
Note:
E-mail lelandfue@yahoo.com and your
name will be included on the "List of
Players" who intend
to participate! Current number: 14
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South Carolina
Open - July 8-10
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CCC
NEWS & VIEWS 6-2-05
Newton Takes
Top; Lee "B"; Forehand "C"; Kohlhepp, Shirlen Lower
Section
of Wendy's
LXVI
Charlotte,
NC 6-1-05:
A grand total of 51 of the greater Charlotte
area's most formidable chess players gathered at this mecca of champions
more commonly known as Wendy's in order to participate in Wendy's LXVI. In the Top Section,
though he met stiff resistance in the form of one Jonathan "the
Enforcer" Munnell (1768), with little more than a minute left on his
clock, the
CCC's #2 player, the pride of
Crouse, NC, NM Frankie "Neutrino"
Newton (2295) AKA
"the Gladiator"
skewered a Rook with his Bishop and prevailed to take
yet another Wendy's Title with 4.5-.5 and
collect $100.
In addition, Expert Chris "the
Babe" Mabe (2137) blundered a
whole Rook on move 16 to NM Leland "El-Perro" Fuerstman (2000) but kept
playing anyway...!?! (Why? Why?) and Patrick
"Fabio" McCartney (1998)
defeated Thomas "Dolby" Paradis (1832). In the "B" Section, Laura "Karate Kid" Lee (1745) edges
her way closer to Class "A" with a resounding victory over Ken "the
Terrible" Ivens (1736) scoring 4.5-.5 and
winning Free
Entry to Billy's
V on June
18. Meanwhile, Jonathan
"Henry" Hudson (1660)
outclassed Octavius "0-0" Obey (1526), NCCA
Vice President Randy "Wheels" Wheeless (1662) made peace with
"Sponge" Bob Moore (1700), Dave "Ameen" Eadie (1683) split the point with Amelia "Wheels" Wheeless (1617) and
Don "Trump" Hofer (1605) yielded a Draw to Viktor "the Mad Russian" Ozherelyev (1531).
In the "C" Section, David "Haircut" Forehand (1541) demonstrated his
superiority over the field with a final round win over Ilgin "the Mad
Turk" Birsan (1424) scoring 4.5-.5 and
winning Free
Entry to Billy's
V on June
18. In addition, Champion Homeschoolers
Coach Keith "Sherlock" Holmes (1438) solved the case
against Winfred "Guns" Gatlin (1496), Ervon
"Wooden" Nichols (1473) stole
the show against Spencer "Jazzman" Singleton (1511) and Samuel "Reshevsky" Xin (1445) outplayed Copeland
Blackwell (1145). In the Lower
Section, Chris Kohlhepp (1249) and Joe Shirlen (1105) finished =1st-2nd with 3-2. Other Lower Section winners were: Wei Xin, Michael Baker and Fran "Arnie" Palmer. All
results may be observed on the "Current
Crosstable - All
welcome new member Fran
Palmer. . E-mail
me at lelandfue@yahoo.com
to add your name to the "List
of Players"
who intend to participate in Billy's V on June 18. See ("Upcoming
Events") Editor
Needs Games... |
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Eubanks Takes Top;
Lawson, Eadie Middle; Thiede, Hicks Lower Section of
Billy's IV
Charlotte
NC 5-14-05: A stronger turnout of 28 of the Metrolina
area's most courageous competitors converged upon Billy's Restaurant
in order compete in Billy's IV. Every player to a man
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 room seems to be a welcome change, as well. In
the Top Section, Expert Keith "Chuckie" Eubanks (2049) from Columbia, SC
dispatched of Thomas "Dolby" Paradis (1840) in Rd:1, NM Leland "El-perro" Fuerstman
(2034) in Rd:2 and Laura "Karate Kid" Lee (1710) in Rd:3 to take clear 1st Place with 3-0 and win $100. Clear 2nd Place with 2.5-.5 was Patrick "Fabio" McCartney (1997) of Charlotte who
pocketed $50.
{Honorable mention to 15 year old Laura
Lee (1710) who upset Matthew Green (1912) and Thomas Paradis
(1840) in the first two rounds!} In the Middle Section, =1st-2nd were Dave "Ameen" Eadie (1633) of Charlotte and Josh "the
Law" Lawson (1688) of
Greensboro each with 2.5-.5
winning $75.
In the Lower Section, =1st-2nd was shared by Erik-Henning Thiede (1450) of
Mooresville and Tony "the
Tiger" Hicks (1333) of
Salisbury each with 2.5-.5
winning $60.
To observe all results view (Crosstable). E-mail
me at lelandfue@yahoo.com
to add your name to the "List
of Players"
who intend to participate in Billy's V on June 18. See ya' there! LF
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