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June 2004 Supplement
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Who's Hot!!
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Samuel Xin +212
Kevin Huang +151
John Grechka +146
Spencer Singleton +97
Joey Bullis +97
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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"
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Last 4 Issues of
"News & Views"
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New Prize Structure for Wendy's Events!
Top
Section $100.
"B", "C" & "Lower" Section
Free Entry to Smokehouse
(CCC Members Only)
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2 Perfect Scores
After Rd:5
NM Frankie Newton $50
Marty Katz $50
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CCC Top 10
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June
2004 Rating
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Competed within past 6 months
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1
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NM Frankie Newton
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2243
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2
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Daniel Tapia
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2157
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3
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Michael Curcuru
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2099
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4
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NM John Lane
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2089
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5
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Keith Eubanks
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2074
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6
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Chris Mabe
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2039
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7
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NM Leland Fuerstman
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2026
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8
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Todd Trower
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2026
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9
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Patrick McCartney
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2023
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10
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NM Daniel Liu
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2011
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Wendy's
I-LVI
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Top Section
Titles
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(Equal 1st Counts as 1)
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NM Frankie Newton
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37
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NM Leland Fuerstman
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14
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NM Justin Daniel
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7
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NM Garrick Wells
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5
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Patrick McCartney
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5
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NM Daniel Liu
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3
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Daniel Tapia
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3
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Micheal Curcuru
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2
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Tarokh Taefi
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1
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Jon Pietras
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1
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NM Harold Mouzon
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1
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NM Dr. Luigi Vacca
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1
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Gary Newsom
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1
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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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2004 NC Invitational
Champion
NM Frankie Newton
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2004 NC Scholastic
Champions
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2004 Scholastic Champion
Daniel Tapia
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2004 K-8 Champion
Laura Lee
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2004 K-5 Champion
Kevin Huang
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2004 K-3 Champion
Joshua Mu
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I did not know that!!?
The CCC has 114
current members. This is our 56th
Wendy's 5 Rd event. The Record for the total playing in 1 Rd is 48,
total participating is 78,
for
a Smokehouse 3 Rd event 38.
Total
Tournaments
Directed Since 1991
Robert Singletary 160
Leland Fuerstman 185
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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"
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CCC Youth Win the Gold
at "States" - Take all 4 Titles!
2004 North Carolina Scholastic
Champions
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Tapia Uses "Swiss Gambit";
Achieves Master Title With 2600+ Performance Rating at World Open!
Philadelphia,
PA 7-6-04: CCC Favorite
Son, three time NC Scholastic Champion Daniel "Johnny" Tapia
(2159) represented the state of North Carolina in quite an extraordinary
fashion after he took a half point Bye in Rd:1. He then realed off wins
against IM Jay Bonin (2405), IM Mark Ginsberg (2435)
and WGM Keteva Arakhamia- Grant (2452) before slipping against GM Alexander
Ivanov (2623). Next, he Drew IM Nikolai Andrianov (2433), Lost to GM Pavel
Blatny (2547) defeated Bruce Leverett (2337) and finally Drew FM Lev Milman
(2472) to score 5.5 and take home $1,500.
The average rating of his opponents was 2463!
His performance rating was a whopping 2607!
And, according to the USCF Rating Calculator his new rating will be 2249!
This should move him to the "Top 10" for 18 year olds in the Nation. Wow!!
Congratulations Daniel. Keep up the great work!!
Honorable mention goes to Expert Chris "the Babe"
Mabe
(2069) who did not lose a single game, including a final round pawn down
Draw versus a 2199, and finished =8th-18th in the Under 2200 Section with
6.5 winning $2,000.
His performance rating was 2374
and his new rating should be 2124!
Fantastic results, Chris! You are on your way to Mastery! |
New Prize Structure
for Wendy's Events!
Top Section: 1st
Place $100. cash
"B" Section: Free Entry to
Smokehouse ($20)
"C" Section: Free Entry to
Smokehouse ($20)
Lower Section: Free Entry
to Smokehouse ($20)
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CCC
NEWS & VIEWS 7-1-04
Guess Who Leads Wendy's LVII
Charlotte,
NC 6-30-04: An adequate turnout
of 26 happy and friendly members of the Charlotte
Chess Club participated in Rd:2 of Wendy's LVII.
In the Top Section, the CCC's #1 player, the pride of Crouse,
NC, 2004 NC Invitational Champion NM Frankie "Neutron" Newton
(2243) dispatched of the good Reverend Bernard "King" Baker (1800) to
lead with 2-0. Meanwhile, NM Leland
"Premier Hombre" Fuerstman (2026) refused to capture Shawn "Arlo"
Pealer's
(1997) Queen and instead, overstepped the time limit?! In addition, returnee
to competition, David "Kamikaze" Jaap (1817) split the point
with Dr. Gerard "the Butcher" Sztyber (1737). In the "B"
Section, David "the Bear" Griffin (1645) got by Marnzell
"Pat" Hand (1600) while "Iron" Mike Eberhardinger (1665) defeated
Dave "Ameen" Eadie (1555). In the "C" Section, Viktor "the
Mad Russian" Ozherelyev (1594) overran Jonathan "River" Hudson (1467),
Joshua
"Moo" Mu (1492) beat down John "the Mad Siberian" Grechka (1406)
and Marty "Fritz" Katz (1354) upset Winfred "Guns" Gatlin
(1472). In the Lower Section, Ervon "Wooden" Nichols
(1183) bested Stephen Wang (1297) while Samuel
"Reshevsky"
Xin
(1143) handled Todd "E-sex" Essex (1173) to each lead with 2-0.
Other Lower
Section winners were: Hassan Hashemloo
and Greg Song. All results may be observed on the "Current
Crosstable." Next Smokehouse this Saturday,
July
17.
Editor Needs Games; Please E-mail
to: lelandfue@yahoo.com |
Tapia, Eubanks Share Top
Honors; Lawson Lower Section of Smokehouse LII
Charlotte,
NC 6-19-04: A
rather light turnout of 16
tenacious competitors from hither
and yon made the pilgrimage to the Queen City in order to participate in
Smokehouse
LII. Equal
1st-2nd
Place in the Top Section, CCC Favorite Son, 3 time NC
Scholastic Champion, Expert Daniel "Johnny"
Tapia (2157)
of Charlotte registered victories over Kenneth J. "Beans" Baxter (1900)
and Shawn "Arlo" Pealer (1997) before agreeing to a GM Draw with Expert
Keith
"Chuck" Eubanks (2079) of Columbia, SC who dispatched of Brian "Tiger"
Woods (1643) and NM Leland "Premier Hombre" Fuerstman (2026). Each scored
2.5-.5
and pocketed $75.
In the Lower Section,Josh
"the Law" Lawson (1310) of Greensboro took clear 1st Place
with 2.5-.5
winning $60.
Equal 2nd-3rd were Matthew Greene (Unr) and Jacob
Parrish (1230) each with 2-1
winning $15. To
view
complete crosstable (Click Here) (Fuerstman
directed) Next
Smokehouse July 17. See ya' there!
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