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Bertucci's III - September 17
 
Bertucci's Restaurant, 1600 E. Woodlawn Rd.
Charlotte, NC (Across the street from Billy's)

- In the Park Town Shopping Village -
All Players are required to purchase their lunch at Bertucci's
Note: E-mail lelandfue@yahoo.com and your
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  to participate! Current number: 1
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GM John Fedorowitz 2580 - Colette Wheeless 1596  1/2-1/2
L Fuerstman 1650 - Bill Wall 1750  (1975)
Elina Kats 1845 - Amelia Wheeless 1613
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Wendy's LXIX Begins - $300 Bonus Awaits!
Charlotte, NC 8-17-05:  A moderately strong turnout of 38 of the Metrolina area's least compulsive gamblers purchased their lottery tickets in the form of a $3 entry fee in order to participate in Rd:1 of Wendy's LXIX and take 3 chances of winning $100! Thanks to the generosity of honorable chess  philanthropist SCCA President James MacDougall, CCC members who compete in all 5 rounds will share the $300 gift! In the Top Section, the CCC's #2 player, the pride of Crouse, NC, NM Frankie "Neutrino" Newton (2298) AKA "the Gladiator" pressed the initiative to the very end but was unable to avoid perpetual check thereby yielding a Draw to Patrick "Fabio" McCartney (1989). Meanwhile, NM Leland "Perro Grande" Fuerstman (2003) went ice skating with mild mannered Clarke "Kent" Brosi (1808) whereby the latter player slipped and fell first (See Game 0503), while the good Dr. Gerard "the Butcher" Sztyber (1842) upset Expert Shawn "Arlo" Pealer (2048). In the "B" Section, Laura "Karate Kid" Lee (1777) went the distance and won the decision versus Jonathan "Henry" Hudson (1692), Ken "the not so Terrible" Ivens (1767) disemboweled Paul "Survivalist" Lucas (1748), Amelia "Wheels" Wheeless (1640) split the point with old squarepants, "Sponge" Bob Moore (1700) as did likewise Donald "Trump" Hofer (1635) with Ervon "Wooden" Nichols (1474). In the "C" Section, Kevin "Spacey" Huang (1536) broke the axel of Colette "Wheels" Wheeless (1587), Spencer "Jazzman" Singleton (1510) introduced himself to Slava Fedko (Unr), it was David Vs. Goliath as Samuel "Reshevsky" Xin (1461) (who just returned from a vacation in China!) upended Winfred "Guns" Gatlin (1458), Keith "Sherlock" Holmes (1454) solved the case against Viktor "the Mad Russian" Ozherelyev (1568) and newcomer Neal Salas (Unr) surprised Dave "Ameen" Eadie (1586). In the Lower Section, wins were reported by Copeland Blackwell, Wei Xin, Chris Kohlhepp, Chang Sun, Corey Frazier and Dyrus Wohr. All results may be observed on the "Current Crosstable E-mail me at lelandfue@yahoo.com to add your name to the "List of Players" who intend to participate in Bertucci's III Saturday, September 17. See ("Upcoming Events") Editor Needs Games... 

Lucas! Takes Top Honors; Moore, Hudson, Ozherelyev, Huang =1st-4th in Lower Section of Bertucci's II
Charlotte NC 8-20-05:
A grand total of 20 chessplayers from hither and yon travelled to the Queen City in order to participate in Bertucci's II. (Believe it or not, Bertucci's Italian Restaurant is actually better than Billy's! The simi-private playing area is spacious and well lighted, the traditional Italian cuisine is delicious, reasonably priced and far more than I could eat, and the servers and management made us feel very welcome.) In the Top Section, "surprise, surprise, surprise" was the reaction of many upon learning that Paul "Survivalist" Lucas (1748) of Lake Wylie upset Patrick "Fabio" McCartney (1989) in Rd:1, eviscerated Ken "the not so Terrible" Ivens (1767) in Rd:2 and emasculated Dan "Ski" Andrzejewski (1749) in Rd:3 to capture clear 1st Place with 3-0 and take home $100. Equal 2nd-3rd were NCCA President NM Neal Harris (2215) of Old Fort and Expert Chris "the Babe" Mabe (2162) each with 2.5-.5 winning $25. In the Lower Section, =1st-4th Place was shared by "Sponge" Bob Moore (1700), Jonathan "Henry" Hudson (1679), Viktor "the Mad Russian" Ozherelyev (1533) and Kevin "Spacey" Huang (1536) each with 2.5-.5 winning $37.50. In order to observe all results see (Crosstable). E-mail me at lelandfue@yahoo.com to add your name to the "List of Players" who intend to participate in Bertucci's III on September 17. See ya' there! LF 
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