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The CCC has 105 current members. This is our 58th 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 188 |
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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 |
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2004 North Carolina Scholastic Champions |
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Daniel Tapia |
Laura Lee |
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Tapia Uses "Swiss Gambit";
Achieves Master Title With 2550+ 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 16 year old
superstar FM Lev Milman (2472) to score 5.5
and take home Top Under 2300 honors and $2,300!
The average rating of his opponents was 2463!
His performance rating was a whopping 2556!
And, according to the USCF Rating Calculator his new rating will be 2248!
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! |
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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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"Bobby
Fischer's Pathetic Endgame" |
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Greensboro,
N.C. 8-1-04: CCC Favorite Son NM-elect Daniel
"Johnny" Tapia added
yet another feather to his cap in Greensboro last weekend as he took clear
1st
Place in the Under 2200 Section of the LPO with
4.5-.5
and pocketed $5,000. Other strong CCC
finishers were Bernard "King" Baker =5th-7th with
3.5-1.5
in the Under 2000 Section, Michael "the Lip" Lipkin
clear 1st Place with 5-0 in
the Under 1800 Section,
Frank "Moo" Mu and
Michael
"the Savage"
Savage =2nd-6th with 4-1 in
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Team Wheeless Rolls at FCB; Colette 3-0! Charlotte,
N.C. 8-7-04: Team Wheeless rolled over
the opposition at the Fake Copper
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this past weekend  when
after starting 3rd lowest rated in a 16 player section, Colette
Wheeless (1415) reported wins against Kevin "Spacey" Huang (1665), "Mean"
Matthew Green (1659) and sister Amelia Wheeless (1545) to score 3-0
and take home $100.  Amelia
(1545) bested Laura Lee (1746) and Thomas Paradis (1455) to score 2-1.
Congratulations ladies! You have done the CCC proud! |
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NEWS & VIEWS 8-12-04
Rangarajan Leads Top; Huang "B"; Gatlin, Eadie "C"; G. Song Lower Section of Wendy's LVIII Charlotte,
NC 8-11-04: A rather light turnout of 24,  including
this interested spectator, (a few of our best players are competing in
the U.S. Open!, the others are simply scared!) abandoned
their cathode tubes and participated in Rd:3 of Wendy's LVIII.
In the Top Section, the imminent showdown between the CCC's
#2 player, 2004 N.C. State Invitational Champion, the pride of Crouse,
N.C. NM Frankie "Neutron" Newton (2264) and new CCC #1 player,
FIDE Master Karthik Rangarajan (2306),
now with 2.5-.5, resulted in an extremely
hard fought Draw! (View Rangarajan's Games: (Rd:1)(Rd:2)
(Rd:3). Meanwhile, NM Leland "Grandpa"
Fuerstman (2000) snagged a normally questionable pawn and then
proceeded to slaughter Todd "Chessninja" Trower (2036) (See
Game 0411) while Shawn
"Arlo" Pealer (1992) hung tough against the good Reverend Bernard
"King" Baker (1820). In addition, a rusty Jamie McGavran (1926) was upset
by "Iron" Mike Eberhardinger (1666). In the "B" Section,
despite the fact that he was defeated by Ankit "Butch" Jivan
(1665),
Kevin
"Spacey" Huang (1645) still leads with
1.5-1.5.
In the "C" Section, despite the fact the he lost to Kert
"Oracle" Edward (1552),
Winfred "Guns" Gatlin (1506)
still maintains a share of the lead at 1.5-1.5
with Dave "Ameen"
Eadie (1545) who handled Spencer "Jazzman'
Singleton (1545) (See Game 0412).
In addition,
Jim "Sticks" Ulaky (1505) did a drumroll on
Marty "Fritz" Katz (1468) who missed the winning move in time trouble!?
In the Lower
Section,
9 year old Greg Song (966) won the exchange and finally the game
versus 9 year old Samuel "Reshevsky" Xin (1076) to remain as the only 3-0
in the tournament. Other Lower Section winners were: Ervon "Wooden"
Nichols
and F. Dean Betts. All results may be observed on the "Current
Crosstable." Next Smokehouse Saturday,
August
21. Editor Needs Games; Please E-mail to:
lelandfue@yahoo.com |
Upsets Abound as Trower Takes
Top Honors; Overman Lower Section of Smokehouse LIII
Charlotte,
NC 7-17-04: A moderate
turnout of 21
fierce competitors from North and South Carolina
arrived at the Smokehouse with a vengeance! In the Top Section,
Rd:1
upsets took their toll as SC Expert Keith "Chuck" Eubanks (2061) fell to
Shawn
"Arlo"
Pealer
(1992), NM Leland "El-Slowpoke" Fuerstman (2026) overspent his clock versus
Brian
"Tiger" Woods (1678) and Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (2024) was
for the second time tripped up by 15 year old "Mean"
Matthew Green
(1659) (See Game 0406).  Meanwhile,
Todd
"Chessninja"
Trower
(2036) dispatched of the good Reverend Bernard "King" Baker (1820), Brian
"Tiger" Woods (1678) and finally Drew with Chris "the Babe" Mabe
(2069) to capture clear 1st Place with 2.5-.5
and pocket $100.
Equal 2nd-5th were Keith "Chuck" Eubanks (2061), Chris
"the Babe" Mabe (2069), Shawn "Arlo" Pealer (1997)
and James "Big" MacDougall (1829) each with 2-1
winning $12.50.
In the Lower Section,  Walter
"Mitty"
Overman
(1661)
registered wins against Paul Copeland (1191), Samual Xin (1076) and Jeff McAdams (1516) to take clear 1st Place with 3-0 and take home $100. Equal 2nd-5th were Suliman Mason, Solomon Mason, Samuel Xin and Chang Sun each with 2-1 winning $12.50. To view complete crosstable (Click Here) (Fuerstman directed) Next Smokehouse August 21. See ya' there!  |