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NEWS &VIEWS 7-4-02 By NM Leland Fuerstman "El-Presidente" Guns Down
"Outlaw;" All Winning Streaks Halted in Wendy's XXXVI Charlotte,
NC 7-3-02: An understandably light
turnout of only 26 of
the Charlotte area's most talented inanimate object manipulators (a
number of CCC players are participating in the World Open and others are
simply on vacation) witnessed an early display of pyrotechnics on Wednesday
evening as they participated in Rd:4 of Wendy's XXXVI.
In
the Top Section,playing the defense,NM
Leland "El-Presidente" Fuerstman (2009)exploded a firecracker
under the seat ofNM Garrick H.G."Outlaw" Wells (2085)(See
Game 0236) but still trails NM Frankie "Blitz"
Newton(3.5-.5)
who requested, and was granted a half point Bye. Meanwhile, NM
Daniel
"Deep" Liu (2000) outplayed Jon "Cigars" Pietras (1745) while Clarke
"Kent" Brosi (1809) got "faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful
than a locomotive and able to leap tall buildings with a single bound"
over David "Kamikaze" Jaap (1835). In the Middle
Section,
now leading with 3.5-.5, "Smokin"
Brian
Fraiser (1644) manhandled Slobodan "the Mad Serb" Sinanovic (1723),
Doug "Sky" Millsaps (1642) beat down Michael "You Know You Make
Me Wanna" Shoup (1550), Viktor "The Mad Ukrainian"
Ozherelyev
(1404) confiscated the "Green Card" of Danesh "Ayatollah" Dadgar
(1623), Algie "Van" Clyburn (1585) wiped out Nate "TechDude" Eerenberg
(1498) and Robert "Dirty Harry" Callahan (1638) split the
point with Spencer "Jazzman" Singleton (1420). In the Lower
Section,
the winning streak of Alphonse "Amazing Al" Ashamalla (1234) was snapped
at the hands of Winfred "Guns"
Gatlin (1345).
Other Lower Section winners were: Mike Richards, David
Stephenson, Hassan Hashemloo and Joe Shirlen. All
results may be viewed in the "Current Crosstable.
All welcome new CCC member Scott Duncan. Visit
the "new" CCC Message
Board
and speak to us!! Next Smokehouse
Saturday, July 13 {Special thanks
to Asst. T.D. Joyce Mu (We
now begin at 7:30pm sharp! Editor Needs Games;
Please E-mail to:lelandfue@yahoo.com
Jurjevich Sweeps Top; Moore,
Waddell Middle; Pruitt Lower Section of Smokehouse XXVIII Charlotte,
NC 6-15-02: A
reasonably moderate turnout of 27
players
from many areasparticipated
in Smokehouse XXVIII. In the Top Section, NM
Joseph
Jurjevich (2121) of Asheville dispatched
of mild mannered Clarke "Kent" Brosi (1809) in Rd:1, NM Frankie
"Blitz" Newton in Rd:2 and Daniel "Johnny" Tapia (2036) in the ultimate
round to score 3-0
and pocket $100. Clear
2nd
Place was SM KlausPohl (2215) of Greenville, SC who
scored 2.5-.5
and won $50.
Middle
Section
honors were shared by Robert C. Moore (1708) and
Austin
CC'sBobby Waddell (1640) each with 2.5-.5
winning $75. The
Lower
Section
was dominated by Austin CC'sNorm Pruitt (1084)
who scored a perfect 3-0
and won $40.
To
viewcomplete crosstable (click Here)(Fuerstman
directed) Next Smokehouse July 13. See ya' there!
Chess
NM
Leland "El-Presidente" Fuerstman (2009) exploded a firecracker
under the seat of NM Garrick H.G."Outlaw" Wells (2085)(See
Game 0236) but still trails NM Frankie "Blitz"
Newton(3.5-.5)
who requested, and was granted a half point Bye. Meanwhile, 
NM
Daniel
"Deep" Liu (2000) outplayed Jon "Cigars" Pietras (1745) while Clarke
"Kent" Brosi (1809) got "faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful
than a locomotive and able to leap tall buildings with a single bound"
over David "Kamikaze" Jaap (1835). In the Middle
Section,
now leading with 3.5-.5, 
"Smokin"
Brian
Fraiser (1644) manhandled Slobodan "the Mad Serb" Sinanovic (1723),
Doug "Sky" Millsaps (1642) beat down Michael "You Know You Make
Me Wanna" Shoup (1550), Viktor "The Mad Ukrainian"
Ozherelyev
(1404) confiscated the "Green Card" of Danesh "Ayatollah" Dadgar
(1623), Algie "Van" Clyburn (1585) wiped out Nate "TechDude" Eerenberg
(1498) and Robert "Dirty Harry" Callahan (1638) split the
point with Spencer "Jazzman" Singleton (1420). In the Lower
Section,
the winning streak of Alphonse "Amazing Al" Ashamalla (1234) was snapped
at the hands of Winfred "Guns"
Gatlin (1345).
Other Lower Section winners were: Mike Richards, David
Stephenson, Hassan Hashemloo and Joe Shirlen. All
results may be viewed in the "Current Crosstable.
All welcome new CCC member Scott Duncan. Visit
the "new" CCC Message
Board
and speak to us!! Next Smokehouse
Saturday, July 13 {Special thanks
to Asst. T.D. Joyce Mu (We
now begin at 7:30pm sharp! Editor Needs Games;
Please E-mail to:lelandfue@yahoo.com
dispatched
of mild mannered Clarke "Kent" Brosi (1809) in Rd:1, NM Frankie
"Blitz" Newton in Rd:2 and Daniel "Johnny" Tapia (2036) in the ultimate
round to score 3-0
and pocket $100. 
Clear
2nd
Place was SM Klaus Pohl (2215) of Greenville, SC who
scored 2.5-.5
and won $50.
Middle
Section
honors were shared by Robert C. Moore (1708) 
and
Austin
CC's Bobby Waddell (1640) each with 2.5-.5
winning $75. 
The
Lower
Section
was dominated by Austin CC's Norm Pruitt (1084)
who scored a perfect 3-0
and won $40.
To
view complete crosstable (click Here)(Fuerstman
directed) Next Smokehouse July 13. See ya' there!