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Top 10
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August
2003 Rating List
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Competed within past 6 months
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1
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NM W F Newton
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2316
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2
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NM Justin Daniel
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2215
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3
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Daniel Tapia
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2116
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4
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Keith Eubanks
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2063
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5
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Chris Mabe
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2016
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6
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NM L Fuerstman
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2000
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7
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NM Daniel Liu
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2000
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8
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Gary Newsom
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1993
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9
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Dino PeBenito
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1956
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10
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George Melton
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1917
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Wendy's
I-XLVIII
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Top Section
Titles
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(Equal 1st Counts as 1)
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NM Frankie Newton
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29
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NM Leland Fuerstman
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13
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NM Justin Daniel
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7
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NM Garrick Wells
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5
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Patrick McCartney
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4
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NM Daniel Liu
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1
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NM Dr Luigi Vacca
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1
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Gary Newsom
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1
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Tarokh Taefi
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1
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Jon Pietras
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1
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NM Harold Mouzon
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1
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Michael Curcuru
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1
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Daniel Tapia
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1
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2003 NC State Champion
NM Frankie Newton
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2003 Scholastic Champion
Daniel Tapia
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2003 K-8 Champions
Tim Chen
Frank Mu
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2003 K-3 Champion
Joshua Mu
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Oct. 10-12. 2003 Carolina Class Championship. 5SS,
40/90,SD30. Adams Mark Hotel, 555 S. McDowell St. Charlotte, NC. 28204.
$$6,000 b/20 per sec. In 6 Sections. "Open" Section 500-200, U2100 200-100.
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"E" Section 500-200, U1100 200-100. All EF: $75. if rec. by 9-30, $85.
at site. (Guests of Adams Mark and CCC membs. deduct $5. from Early Ent.)
Optional Rd: 1; Reg: 5-6pm for Fri, 8:30-9:30am Sat. Rds: Fri 7pm, Sat.
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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,
viewing, and listening
pleasure.
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2003
Carolina Class Championship
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October
10 -12
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CCC
NEWS & VIEWS 9-11-03
By NM Leland Fuerstman
Tapia Wins Top; Dadgar "B";
Chen "C"; Hamilton 5-0
in Lower Section of Wendy's XLVIII
Charlotte,
NC 9-10-03: A grand
total of 68
of the most competitive calculators in the Metrolina area
congregated at this factory of creative thinkers more commonly known as
Wendy's in order to participate in Wendy's XLVIII.
In the Top Section, winning only his first Wendy's
Title!, CCC Favorite Son, 2003 NC Scholastic Champion, 17 year old phenom
Expert Daniel "Johnny" Tapia (2124) defeated Tom "Outamy"
Waymouth (1900) to score
4-1
and edge out NM Leland "Jefe" Fuerstman (2031) for clear 1st Place.
Fuerstman lost to the CCC's #1 player, 2003 NC State Champion NM Frankie
"Blitz" Newton (2316)
each scoring 3.5-1.5.
In addition, mild mannered Clarke "Kent" Brosi (1829) exited
the nearest phone booth and showed the "S"
to Jon "Cigars" Pietras (1800). In the "B" Section, Danesh
"DD" Dadgar (1670) wrested the point from Ken Ivens (1667) to take
clear 1st Place with 4-1.
Meanwhile, Tarokh "the Oak" Taefi (1750) lambasted the good
Reverend Bernard "King" Baker (1734), Slobodan "the Mad Serb" Sinanovic
(1714) ambushed Jeremy Davenport (1581) and Michael "the Cabbage"
Savage (1700) split the point with "Iron" Mike Eberhardinger
(1681). In the "C" Section, Tim
"the Chin" Chen (1474) KOed Clyde "the Glyde" Plyler (1400) to take
clear 1st Place with
3.5-.5.
In addition, Spencer "Jazzman" Singleton (1518) handled Laura
Lee (1387),
Kevin Huang (1418) beat Joshua "Moo" Mu (1403), Ankit
"Butch" Jivan (1505) bested Ilgin Birsan (1000) and James
'Sticks" Ulaky (1542) vs. Viktor "the Mad Ukrainian" Ozherelyev
(1625) and Winfred "Guns" Gatlin (1410) vs. David
"Dipper" Conard (1537) ended peacefully. In the "Lower" Section,
newcomer Craig "Xan" Hamilton (1255) collected
5 "Hamiltons" for his perfect
5-0!
with a win over Thomas Paradis (1216). Other Lower Section
winners were: Tom Chen, Kaled Abdelkefi, Tony "the
Tiger"
Hicks, Michael "Clint" Easterwood, Sean
"the Villain" Villone and Austin "Powers" Scott. All
results may be viewed in "Current Crosstable."
Visit the CCC Message
Board and speak to us!! New Time
Control of G70 for
Next
Smokehouse Saturday,See
ya there! LF Editor Needs Games; Please
E-mail to: lelandfue@yahoo.com |
(See Game 0322)
To view a nice win by Bernard
Baker (See
Game 0325)
Munnell's Draw vs. NM
Liu at FCB (See
Game 0327)
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Tapia Wins Top; G. Holmes
Middle; K. Edward Lower Section of Smokehouse XLII
Charlotte,
NC 8-16-03: Twenty-eight
competitors from at least 3 states
journied to the Queen City in order to participate in Smokehouse
XLII.
In the Top Section, CCC Favorite Son, 2003 NC Scholastic
Champion, Daniel "Johnny" Tapia (2124) dispatched
of Ken "Beans" Baxter (1900), eeked out a draw versus Keith "Chuck" Eubanks
(2044) and finally bested Chris "the Babe" Mabe (2029) to score 2.5-.5
and share =1st-2nd Place with underdog Sulia "Brick" Mason
(1781) who
Drew NM Leland "Boss" Fuerstman (2031), knocked off James "Big" MacDougall
(1817) and finally upset Expert Keith "Chuck" Eubanks (2044) (See
Game 0329). Each took home $75.
In the Middle Section, Gil "John" Holmes (1683)
reeled off wins against Tarokh "the Oak" Taefi (1720), Viktor "the Mad
Ukrainian" Ozherelyev (1550) and Ken Ivens (1667) to score 3-0
and pocket $100.
Equal 2nd-5th with 2-1
and winning $12.50
each were the good Reverend Bernard "King" Baker (1668),
Adam
"Jesse" James (1659), Tarokh "the Oak" Taefi
(1720)
and Ken Ivens (1667). In the Lower Section, newcomer
Kert
Edward (Unr)
scored 3-0
winning $80.
Equal 2nd-3rd were Kevin Huang (1409) and Marnzell Hand (1600)
each with 2-1
winning $20.
To view complete crosstable (Click Here)
(Fuerstman
directed) Special thanks to Don Norwood for serving
as a "Players Assistant." Next
Smokehouse September 20.
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