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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. 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,
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CCC Adds 2 More Masters to Roster! NM Justin Daniel
& NM Harold Mouzon have both unofficially acheived
the Title of National Master with updated ratings of 2204.
"The Master title is sought by many but achieved by few." Congratulations,
gentlemen. LLF
CCC
NEWS &VIEWS 8-15-02 By NM Leland Fuerstman Newton Wins Top Again!; Frank
Mu Middle; Ashamalla takes $100 Bonus
in Lower Section of Wendy's XXXVII Charlotte,
NC 8-14-02: A near record breaking
62
of the Metrolina area's most ambitious chess players participated
in Wendy's
XXXVII. In the Top Section, the
CCC's #1 active player, NM Frankie "Blitz" Newton (2236) (due
to another pairing glitch) overwhelmed Slobodan "the Mad Serb" Sinanovic
(1700) to score 4-1 and capture his
unprecedented 21st Wendy's Title. Meanwhile, 18 year old phenom,
newly "unofficially" crowned National Master Justin "Dog" Daniel
(2204) bested
newly appointed CCC "Favorite Son" Daniel "Johnny" Tapia (2091) to finish
2nd
with 3.5-1.5, NM Leland "El-Presidente"
Fuerstman
(2021) snapped
a pawn and pushed home a win versus NM Daniel "Deep" Liu (2000)(See
Game 0244) and Patrick "Flanker" McCartney
(1949) split the point with Jon "Cigars" Pietras (1798).
(In
order to view one of McCartney's recent games(See
Game 0245) In the Middle Section,
rising star Frank "Moo" Mu (1628)
short circuited Nathan "TechDude" Eerenberg (1493) to finish with a strong
4.5-.5.
Meanwhile, "Smokin" Brian Fraiser (1661) visited
Disneyland on "CEO" Mike Isner (1572) to finish 2nd with 4-1,
Daryl
"Flash" Gordon (1619) deported Danesh "the Mad Iranian" Dadgar (1579),
the good Reverend Bernard "B-man" Baker (1616) preached a
sermon to Michael "You Know You Make Me Wanna" Shoup (1329) and David
"Keith" Richards (1719) played a rock & roll riff on Algie "Van"
Clyburn (1500). In the Lower Section, vying for a
$100
bonus!, CCC Player Representative
Alphonse "Amazing Al" Ashamalla
(1280)
took home the cash after a hardfought struggle against his Nemesis
Winfred "Guns" Gatlin (1376) (See Game 0243).
Other Lower Section winners were: James "Sticks" Ulaky
4-0!,
Joshua
"Moo" Mu, Paul "Johnny" Walker, David "Learch"
Adams, Kevin Huang,
Todd Essex and Copeland
"Copie" Blackwell. All results may be viewed in the
"Current
Crosstable. Visit
the "new" CCC Message
Board
and speak to us!! Next Smokehouse
Saturday, August 24 {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
Mouzon Sweeps Top; Calloway,
Lane, MacDougal Middle; Nevitt, Munnell Lower Section of Smokehouse XIX Charlotte,
NC 7-13-02: Twenty-eight
of the most active week-end warriors, including
7
from
South Carolina participated
in Smokehouse XXIX. In the Top Section, Expert
and soon to be Master Harold "Wyn" Mouzon (2195)
of Charlotte dispatched of Keith Eubanks (2036) of Columbia, SC, NM Leland
Fuerstman (2009) and Daniel Tapia (2036) to score a perfect 3-0
and pocket $100.
Equal 2nd-4th with 2-1
were NM Joseph Jurjevich (2145), Daniel Tapia (2036) and
Chris
Mabe (1889) each taking home $17.
The Middle Section was controlled by Paul Calloway
(1645) of Horse Shoe, NC and "Team Columbia" stars James MacDougall
(1560) and Kermon
Lane (1458) each scoring 2.5-.5
and winning $50.
In the Lower Section, Lee Nevitt (947) and Jonathan
Munnell (Unr) each scored 2.5-.5
and pocketed $60.
To
viewcomplete crosstable (click Here)(Fuerstman
directed) Next Smokehouse August 24. See ya' there!
Chess
(due
to another pairing glitch) overwhelmed Slobodan "the Mad Serb" Sinanovic
(1700) to score 4-1 and capture his
unprecedented 21st Wendy's Title. Meanwhile, 18 year old phenom,
newly "unofficially" crowned National Master Justin "Dog" Daniel
(2204) 
bested
newly appointed CCC "Favorite Son" Daniel "Johnny" Tapia (2091) to finish
2nd
with 3.5-1.5, NM Leland "El-Presidente"
Fuerstman
(2021) 
snapped
a pawn and pushed home a win versus NM Daniel "Deep" Liu (2000)(See
Game 0244) and Patrick "Flanker" McCartney
(1949) split the point with Jon "Cigars" Pietras (1798).
(In
order to view one of McCartney's recent games (See
Game 0245) In the Middle Section,
rising star Frank "Moo" Mu (1628)
short circuited Nathan "TechDude" Eerenberg (1493) to finish with a strong
4.5-.5.
Meanwhile, "Smokin" Brian Fraiser (1661) 
visited
Disneyland on "CEO" Mike Isner (1572) to finish 2nd with 4-1,
Daryl
"Flash" Gordon (1619) deported Danesh "the Mad Iranian" Dadgar (1579),
the good Reverend Bernard "B-man" Baker (1616) preached a
sermon to Michael "You Know You Make Me Wanna" Shoup (1329) and David
"Keith" Richards (1719) played a rock & roll riff on Algie "Van"
Clyburn (1500). In the Lower Section, vying for a
$100
bonus!, CCC Player Representative
Alphonse "Amazing Al" Ashamalla
(1280)
took home the cash after a hardfought struggle against his Nemesis
Winfred "Guns" Gatlin (1376) (See Game 0243).
Other Lower Section winners were: James "Sticks" Ulaky
4-0!,
Joshua
"Moo" Mu, Paul "Johnny" Walker, David "Learch"
Adams, Kevin Huang,
Todd Essex and Copeland
"Copie" Blackwell. All results may be viewed in the
"Current
Crosstable. Visit
the "new" CCC Message
Board
and speak to us!! Next Smokehouse
Saturday, August 24 {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
participated
in Smokehouse XXIX. In the Top Section, Expert
and soon to be Master Harold "Wyn" Mouzon (2195)
of Charlotte dispatched of Keith Eubanks (2036) of Columbia, SC, NM Leland
Fuerstman (2009) and Daniel Tapia (2036) to score a perfect 3-0
and pocket $100.
Equal 2nd-4th with 2-1
were NM Joseph Jurjevich (2145), Daniel Tapia (2036) and
Chris
Mabe (1889) each taking home $17.
The Middle Section was controlled by Paul Calloway
(1645) of Horse Shoe, NC and "Team Columbia" stars James MacDougall
(1560)
and Kermon
Lane (1458) each scoring 2.5-.5
and winning $50.
In the Lower Section, Lee Nevitt (947) and Jonathan
Munnell (Unr) each scored 2.5-.5
and pocketed $60.
To
view complete crosstable (click Here)(Fuerstman
directed) Next Smokehouse August 24. See ya' there!