Charlotte Chess Club Home (Click Here) Upcoming Events (Click Here) Games Archive (Click Here) CCC History  (Click Here) Miscellaneous  (Click Here) Game of the Week (Click Here) Current Roster June 2004 Rating Rank & CCC Expiration (Click Here)  June  2004 Supplement Who's Hot!!  Samuel Xin +212 Kevin Huang +151 John Grechka +146 Spencer Singleton +97 Joey Bullis +97 Time Control For all Wendy's Events is: 30/1,G30 Time Delay Clocks May Be Used or NOT if  Both Players Agree 14H.  Insufficient  Losing Chances Per USCF Rule 13G. Withdrawing from  Tournament  without notifying director "...the player may be barred from any of the organizer's tournaments until the fine is paid" Last 4 Issues of  "News & Views"   5-13 5-6 4-29  4-22 Previous Crosstable Games Wanted lelandfue@yahoo.com Smokehouse LII (See Upcoming Events) June 19 (Entire 2004 Schedule) $100 Bonus! For 5-0 in CCC Tournaments! (CCC Members Only)  2 Perfect Scores After Rd:3 NM Frankie Newton Marty Katz CCC Top 10  June 2004 Rating Competed within past 6 months 1 NM Frankie Newton 2243 2  Daniel Tapia 2157 3 Michael Curcuru 2099 4 NM John Lane 2089 5 Keith Eubanks 2074 6 Chris Mabe 2039 7  NM Leland Fuerstman 2026 8  Todd Trower 2026 9 Patrick McCartney 2023 10 NM Daniel Liu 2011 Wendy's I-LV Top Section Titles (Equal 1st Counts as 1) NM Frankie Newton 36 NM Leland Fuerstman 14 NM Justin Daniel 7 NM Garrick Wells 5 Patrick McCartney  5 NM Daniel Liu  3 Daniel Tapia 3 Micheal Curcuru 2 Tarokh Taefi  1 Jon Pietras 1 NM Harold Mouzon 1 NM Dr. Luigi Vacca 1 Gary Newsom 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 Who is winning   these CCC events?  (Click Here) Game of the Week Images of Rome Wendy's LIV Previous Crosstable Chess Equipment Latest Books! Great Prices! 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Total Tournaments Directed Since 1991 Robert Singletary 160  Leland Fuerstman 184 New CCC T-Shirts    now on Sale! $20.	(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. On this page, 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 Tournament Results (Click Here) CCC Top 50 (Click Here) Current Crosstable (Click Here)  Upcoming Events (Click Here) Links to Other Chess Sites (Click Here) "Images" of  Members (Click here) Game of the Week (Click Here) "Miscellaneous" Contains 29 Items of Interest USCF Current Ratings Rating Calculator USCF Rating History! CCC Current Roster  MESSAGE BOARD (Click Here) GAMES ARCHIVE (Click Here) This site is visited over 3000 times per month Interested in National Chess Politics? (Me either!?) http://groups.google.com/groups?group=rec.games.chess.politics CCC Youth Win the Gold at "States" - Take all 4 Titles! 2004 North Carolina Scholastic Champions 2004 Scholastic Champion Daniel Tapia 2004 K-8 Champion Laura Lee 2004 K-5 Champion Kevin Huang 2004 K-3 Champion Joshua Mu Flash Flash Flash Falsh Flash Flash Flash CCC Captures 5th State Title! Raleigh, NC 5-16-04: The CCC's #1 player, and the pride of Crouse, NC, NM Frankie "Neutron" Newton (2246) scored 3.5-1.5 against a strong field of Masters including NM John Bidwell, NM Greg Samsa, NM Vann Alan Patrick (See Game 0398) NM Craig Jones and NM Neal Harris to take clear 1st Place and the Title of 2004 North Carolina Invitational Champion! "You da' man, Frankie...just win baby!!" (Now the CCC is 5 for 5!; the 6th Title, the 2004 NC Championship is still up for grabs!) Oh, by the way, CCC Expert Michael Curcuru is the 2004 South Carolina State Champion! 0397 Michael Curcuru 2099 - GM Alex Wojtkiewicz 2623 1/2-1/2 CCC NEWS & VIEWS 6-3-04 Newton Leads Top; Hand "B"; Easterwood "C"; Katz Lower Section of Wendy's LVI Charlotte, NC 6-2-04:  A typical summertime turnout of only 18 of the Metrolina area's best chess players gathered at this coliseum of mental gladiators more commonly known as Wendy's in order to participate in Rd:3 of Wendy's LVI. For the past 9 days, this editor was on a fantastic vacation in Rome, Italy (A girl on Sammy's tour once asked, "Are they ever gonna' finish it?!") (To view images of Rome "Click Here") In the Top Section, (Newton's Rd:2 victory over Todd "Flower Power" Trower does not necessarily prove that weapons always prevail over peaceful means!?) the CCC's #1 player and 2004 North Carolina Invitational Chess Champion, the pride of Crouse, NC, NM Frankie "Neutron" Newton (2243) scored the full point against 17th on the list of 18 year olds in the Nation,(Happy Birthday, Daniel!) CCC Favorite Son and threepete NC "Scholastic Champion" Candidate Master Daniel "Johnny" Tapia (2157) to lead with 3-0. In addition, Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (2019) bested Shawn "Arlo" Pealer (1997). In the "B" Section, Marnzell "Pat" Hand (1600) shared the point with Winfred "Guns" Gatlin (1451)?! to lead with 2-1 while Ken "the Terrible" Ivens (1637) massacred Clyde "the Glyde" Plyler (1599). In the "C" Section, 48thon the list of 11 year olds in the Nation,Michael "Angelo" Easterwood (1519) defeated 30thon the list of 9 year olds in the Nation, Joshua "Moo" Mu (1404) to lead with 2.5-.5. In addition,  Jonathan "River" Hudson (1404) upset 57thon the list of 12 year olds in the Nation, Kevin "Spacey" Huang (1592). In the Lower Section, Marty "Fritz" Katz (1280) pounced on Joey "the Bull" Bullis (956) to lead with 3-0. Other Lower Section winners were: Chang "Moon" Sun and F. Dean "Place your" Betts. All results may be observed on the "Current Crosstable." Next Smokehouse Saturday, June 19. Editor Needs Games; Please E-mail to: lelandfue@yahoo.com  Ciao, Bello Kevin Huang; Moving Up Rapidly! According to his most current rating, added to his 5-0 in Wendy's LV (where his performance rating was 2030), the USCF rating calculator indicates Kevin Huang's new rating to be 1700! moving him up 42 places on the list of 11 year olds in the nation to #17! Kevin is currently the 2004 K-5 NC State Champion. The CCC shines again! Baker Takes Top; C. Wheeless Lower Section of Smokehouse LI Charlotte, NC 5-15-04:  A moderate turnout of 20 competitors from North and South Carolina journied to the Queen City in order to participate in Smokehouse LI. In the Top Section, the good Reverend Bernard "King" Baker (1807) of Charlotte captured clear 1st Place as he dispatched of Randy "Wheels" Wheeless (1601), Jonathan "the Enforcer" Munnell (1751) and Daniel Solarez (1682) to score a perfect 3-0 and pocket $100. (His easy schedule may have been due to a 2nd Rd pairing error by this TD), as 7th on the list of 17 year olds in the Nation, CCC Favorite Son and three time NC Scholastic Champion Candidate Master Daniel "Johnny" Tapia (2157) shared equal 2nd-3rd Place with Expert Chris "the Babe" Mabe (2019) each scoring 2.5-.5 and winning $25. Taking clear 1st Place in the Lower Section, 16 year old Colette "Wheels" Wheeless (1349) of Charlotte bested Paul Copeland (1211), Thomas Garcia (1565) and Phil Whittington (1524) to score a perfect 3-0 and collect $100. Clear 2nd Place went to Matthew Greene (Unr) with 2.5-.5 winning $50. To view complete crosstable (Click Here) (Fuerstman directed) Next Smokehouse June 19. See ya' there!