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CCC NEWS &VIEWS 6-29-00
By NM Leland Fuerstman

Light Turnout Ushers in Wendy's XVI

No less (nor more) than two dozen of the greater Charlotte area's most prodigious chess players congregated at our hallowed temple of thinkers more commonly known as Wendy's on Wednesday evening in order to compete in Rd:1 of Wendy's XVI. (The light turnout may be due to the large contingent of CCC players who will be competing at the World Open in Philadelphia this weekend.) In the Top Section, the results are still unclear after Greg "Hornblower" Hall (1863) nicked NM Daniel "Deep" Liu (2029) for a Draw while on Bd:1, NM Leland Fuerstman (2006) pressed on in an OCB+Rooks ending against the French Defense of Gary "the nuisance" Newsom (1920) to emerge into a promising exchange up adjournment. (See Game 0126)  Meanwhile, Wendy's XV Champion Patrick McCartney (1895) seeks to win an adjourned K+P ending versus Jon "Infinity's End and Cigar, Etc" Pietras (1784).  In the Middle Section, CCC Website Advisor Carl McKern (1500) knocked off  Wendy's XV Middle Section Champion Darrell "Little Kobe" Spencer (1332) while Slobodan Sinanovic (1488) upset visitor from Georgia, Gil Holmes (1671). In the Cruiserweight Division, Samuel Christopher (1163) was overwhelmed by Paul "Shuttleman" Calloway (1675). In the Lower Section, wins were posted by Daryl "Flash" Gordon, Jim Ulaky, Michael "You Know You Make Me Wanna" Shoup and Alphonse "Amazing Al" Ashamalla.  All results may be viewed in "Current Crosstable."  All welcome new CCC member Frank Mu.

Seventeen weekend warriors participated in Smokehouse V on Saturday, 6-3-00.  In the Top Section, SM Klaus Pohl (2200) from Greenville, S.C. (captured here doing his best Doc Watson impersonation) dispatched of Gary Newsom (1902) and Patrick McCartney (1917) before agreeing to a "quick" draw with NM Daniel "Deep" Liu (2000) who had defeated Jerome DeBell (1627) and NM Leland Fuerstman (2058) respectively.  Each took home $75. In the Lower Section,  Samuel Christopher (1052) scored a perfect 3-0 to take home the 1st Place prize of $70. Equal 2nd-4th with a score of 2-1 were Darrell Spencer (1327), Pete Danker (1310) and Daniel Tapia (990) each winning $12.

Smokehouse V, 6-3-00 1 SM Klaus Pohl                      2222     W-6     W-4       D-3           2.5-.5 2 NM Leland Fuerstman      2058     W-7      L-3        L-5              1-2 3 NM Daniel Liu                       2000      W-8    W-2        D-1           2.5-.5 4 Pat McCartney                     1917      W-9     L-1        D-6         1.5-1.5 5 Michael Kliber                      1912     W-10    L-6       W-2            2-1 6 Gary Newsom                        1902      L-1      W-5       D-4         1.5-1.5 7 Dr. James Thompson         1692      L-2     W-10     W-8            2-1 8 Jerome DeBell                      1627      L-3       D-9       L-7           .5-2.5 9 Michael Abron                       1579      L-4      D-8      W-10        1.5-1.5 10 Thomas Hayes                    1467      L-5      L-7        L-9              0-3  11 Brandon Brown                 1344      L-6      L-12     Bye              1-2 12 Darrell Spencer                 1327     L-15    W-11   W-17    2-1 13 Pete Danker                         1310     L-14     Bye     W-15             2-1 14 Daniel Tapia                           990     W-13    W-17    L-16             2-1 15 Sam Fuerstman                  1010    W-12     L-16     L-13            1-2 16 Sam Christopher                1052    W-11    W-15    W-14           3-0 17 Don Norwood                         779      Bye      L-14     L-12            1-2