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CCC NEWS &VIEWS 7-27-00
By NM Leland Fuerstman

Newton! Wins Top; Sinanovic Middle; B. Brown and Tapia Lower Section of Wendy's XVI

A grand total of 50 of the greater Charlotte area's most respected chess competitors decended upon our hallowed temple of thinkers more commonly known as Wendy's in order to compete in the ultimate round of Wendy's XVI, a 5 round USCF rated chess tournament.  In the Top Section, the three leaders were routed after NM "WWF" Frankie Newton (2193), who had missed the first two rounds, handily defeated NM Leland Fuerstman (2013) to score 3-0 and take clear first place winning his 9th Wendy's title.  Meanwhile, NM Daniel "Deep" Liu (2000) was upset by Patrick McCartney (1948) while Jon "the Merchant" Pietras (1752)  (See Game 0129) was taken down by returnee from his 6 week vacation, CCC favorite son 16 year old phenom Expert Justin Daniel (2002). In addition, Jeff Rayfield (1836) defeated Michael Curcuru (1772). The curious final round results created a rare "5 way tie" for 2nd Place!  Scoring 2.5-2.5 were NM Leland Fuerstman, NM Daniel Liu, Patrick McCartney, Jon Pietras and (possibly) Gary Newsom.  In the Middle Section, Slobodan Sinanovic (1518) asserted his authority as he maintains a winning edge in his adjournment against Thomas "Hitman" Hayes (1475). The win will yield Sinanovic a strong score of 4.5-.5.  Also, in the Middle Section, Doug "Sky" Millsaps (1589) perpetrated a mild upset over "Iron" Mike Eberhardinger (1657) while "C.E.O." Mike Isner (1437) has adjourned against Guillermo Padilla (Unr). In the Lower Section, with the Black pieces, Daniel Tapia (1210) handled Helton Clavijo (1278) while Brandon Brown (1244) did the same to Darrell "Little Kobe" Spencer (1389) allowing each of them to remain undefeated (they drew each other in Rd:1) and finish with the superb score of 4-1. Other Lower Section winners were: Tim Ruffin, newcomer Scott Grimes, Frank Mu, Alphonse Ashamalla and Don Norwood.  All results may be viewed in "Current Crosstable." All welcome new CCC members Scott Grimes and Freddie Perdue. "Good Luck to all at the LPO" LF

continuing to maintain his position as Chairman of the CCC Internal Affairs Committee and Alphonse Ashamalla our Player Representative the CCC has added three new "advisors" to it's ranks. (Pictured from Left to Right)Lee  Richardson has been elevated to the position of Entertainment Chairman, Mike Eberhardinger is now our Information Officer (and computer adviser) and Patrick McCartney is in charge of Ratings and Rules (interpretation).  Please thank each of these members for helping your club more than you'll ever know. Also, special thanks to Terry Brown, Esq. for his gracious assistance.

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