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(CCC Members Only) 3 Perfect Scores After Rd:3 NM Frankie Newton Daryl Gordon Alphonse Ashamalla 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 NM L Fuerstman 2009 7  NM Daniel Liu 2000 8 Pat  McCartney 1910 9 Jeff Rayfield 1837 10 Ralph Lombard 1835 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 XXXVI 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  Granddaughter Sydney Elizabeth	(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 6-27-02 By NM Leland Fuerstman Newton 3-0 in Top; Gordon 3-0 in Middle; Ashamalla 3-0 in Lower Section of Wendy's XXXVI Charlotte, NC  6-26-02: An individual round record breaking 44! congenial competitors tabled their less important responsibilities and instead participated in Rd:3 of Wendy's XXXVI. In the Top Section with the Black pieces, the CCC's #2 player, NM Frankie "Blitz" Newton (2214) demonstrated his superiority over the CCC's #3 player, Expert Harold "Wyn" Mouzon (2195) to lead with a perfect 3-0. Meanwhile, NM Garrick H.G. "Outlaw" Wells (2085) exacted a certain measure of revenge upon Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (1910), NM Leland "El-Presidente" Fuerstman (2006) ethnically cleansed Slobodan "the Mad Serb" Sinanovic (1724) and NM Daniel "Schlecter" Liu (2000) split the point with mild mannered Clarke "Kent" Brosi (1809). In the Middle Section, the good Reverend Bernard "Jim" Baker (1467) was zapped by the raygun of Daryl "Flash" Gordon (1597) now with 3-0, "Smokin" Brian Fraiser (1644) K.O'd Mike "Sell Short" Bloomberg (1478), Jerome "Cookie Monster" DeBell (1641) devoured Euphemia "Moo" Mu (1500), Doug "Sky" Millsaps (1640) rampaged Spencer "Jazzman" Singleton (1406), Joe Kucan (1825) out-tacticalized Frank "Moo" Mu (1582), Viktor "the Mad Ukrainian" Ozherelyev (1404) went super-hero on Robert "Dirty Harry" Callahan (1648),Danesh "Shah" Dadgar (1623) slashed the salary of "Ceo" Mike Isner (1598), Wally "& Beaver" Kleucker (1585) did a sitcom bit on Nathan "TechDude" Eerenberg (1498) and Algie "Van" Clyburn (1585) gave a good old fashioned CCC "welcome back" to Richard Tomlin (1397). In the Lower Section with the Black pieces, Alphonse "Amazing Al" Ashamalla (1234) jammed the barrells of Windy "Guns" Gatlin (1297) to lead with a perfect 3-0. Other Lower Section winners were: Todd Essex, Kevin Huang, Paul "Johnny" Walker, Nick "BamBam" Bambara, Scott Duncan, Reverend Frank Hatcher and last, but not least, 7 year old phenom, Joshua Mu (1235). All results may be viewed in the "Current Crosstable. Visit the "new" CCC Message Board and speak to us!! Next Smokehouse Saturday, July 13 {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!