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(CCC Members Only)  5 Perfect Scores After Rd:2 Tarokh Taefi Brandon Brown Dino PeBenito Laura Lee Darrell Booth CCC Top 10  June 2003 Rating List  Competed within past 6 mos. 1 NM W F  Newton 2305 2  NM H Mouzon 2190 3 Daniel Tapia 2112 4 NM John Lane 2090 5 Keith Eubanks 2060 6 NM L Fuerstman 2017 7  NM Daniel Liu 2000 8  Gary Newsom 1997 9 Chris Mabe  1993 10 Patrick McCartney 1931 Wendy's I-XLV Top Section Titles (Equal 1st Counts as 1) NM Frankie Newton 29 NM Leland Fuerstman 13 NM Justin Daniel 7 NM Garrick Wells 5 Patrick McCartney  4 NM Daniel Liu  1 NM  Dr Luigi Vacca 1 Gary Newsom 1 Tarokh Taefi  1 Jon Pietras 1 NM Harold Mouzon 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 Wendy's XLVII Current Crosstable Chess Equipment Latest Books! www.sigschess.com Cigars Etc. 3712 E. 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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 XLVI Crosstable  Click Here CCC Top 50 (June 2003 Supplement) (Click Here) "Images" of  CCC Members (Click here) Links to Other Chess Sites (Click Here) "Miscellaneous" Contains 35 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 is visited over 3000 times per month CCC NEWS & VIEWS 7-17-03  By NM Leland Fuerstman McCartney, Curcuru Lead Top; Taefi "B"; Brown, PeBenito "C"; Lee, Booth Lower Section of Wendy's XLVII Charlotte, NC 7-16-03: An even 2 score (40) of the most prodigious competitors from North and South Carolina journied to this sacred temple of higher thinkers more commonly known as Wendy's in order to participate in Rd:2 of Wendy's XLVII. In the Top Section,Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (1931) split the point with NM Daniel "Skip-to-my" Liu (2000) (See Game 0317) to maintain a share of the lead at 1.5-.5 with Michael "See you are; see you are you" Curcuru (1876) who upset NM Leland "El-Moron" Fuerstman (2017). In addition, SC Expert Keith "Kevin" Eubanks (2063) upended CCC Favorite son, NC Scholastic Champion Expert Daniel "Johnny" Tapia (2121) (See Game 0315)while journeyman Erik Walker (1880) bested the good Reverend Bernard "King" Baker (1684) (See Game 0316). In the "B" Section, Tarokh "the Oak" Taefi (1706) with 4 seconds left on his clock, converted an OCB's and Rooks ending versus Danesh "DD" Dadgar (1647) to lead with 2-0. Meanwhile, Slobodan "the Mad Serb" Sinanovic (1706) schooled upstart Jeremy Davenport (1698), the player with the shortest last name defeated the one with the longest as Frank "Moo" Mu (1718) dispatched of "Iron" Mike Eberhardinger (1701), Chris "Dirty Harry" Callahan (1661) made his day against Daryl "Flash" Gordon (1658) and Michael "the Savage" Savage (1549) savagely beat Marnzell Hand (1600). In the "C" Section, Brandon "Starr" Brown (1509) knocked over the drum set of Jim "Sticks" Ulaky (1561) while Dino PeBenito (Unr) outplayed Michael "Y" Shoup (1477) to each lead with 2-0. In addition, Tim "the Chin" Chen (1412) shared the point with Winfred "Guns" Gatlin (1405) (See Game 0318). In the Lower Section, Laura Lee (1286) and Darrell "Wilkes" Booth (1169) defeated Alphonse Ashamalla (1350) and Thomas Paradis (1234) respectively to each lead with 2-0. Other Lower Section winners were: 8 year old phenom Joshua "Moo" Mu, Jared Morse, newcomer Michael Easterwood and Joe Shirlen. All results may be viewed in "Current Crosstable." All welcome new CCC member Michael Easterwood. Visit the CCC Message Board and speak to us!! New Time Control of G70 for Next Smokehouse Saturday, Jul 19 - See ya there! LF  Editor Needs Games; Please E-mail to: lelandfue@yahoo.com    Fuerstman, Curcuru Share Top Honors;  James, Ulaky, Suess, Hicks Lower Section of Smokehouse XLI Charlotte, NC 7-19-03: Twenty-three competitors from at least 3 states journied to the Queen City and participated in Smokehouse XLI. In the Top Section, 2002 NC Hall of Fame inductee, current CCC Co-champion, NM Leland "Boss" Fuerstman (2017) dispatched of Jeremy Davenport (1698), Drew with NM Daniel "Deep" Liu (2000) and finally defeated SC Expert Keith "Kevin" Eubanks (2062) (See Game 0319) to score 2.5-.5 and share =1st-2nd Place with Michael "See You Are; See You Are You" Curcuru (1876). Curcuru took out Michael "the Savage" Savage (1549), Drew with veteran Robert C. Moore (1700) (by the skin of his teeth, I might add) and defeated Patrick "Flunker" McCartney (1931) in the final round. Each pocketed $75. In the Lower Section, [USCF Non-Member] Adam "Jesse" James (1594), Jim "Sticks" Ulaky (1561), John "Dr" Suess (1539) and Tony "the Tiger" Hicks (1209) each scored 2.5-.5 and took home $37.50. To view complete crosstable (Click Here) (Fuerstman directed) Next Smokehouse August 16. See ya' there!