Charlotte Chess Club Home (Click Here) News & Views (You're Here) Games Archive (Click Here) For PGN Viewing (Click Here) CCC History (Click Here) Miscellaneous (Click Here) UpcomingEvents (Click Here)  Current Roster August 2003 Rating & CCC Expiration (Click Here) August 2003 Supplement Who's Hot!! Jim Ulaky +154 Cabot Lineberger +127 Chris Callahan +89 Michael Savage +83 Mike Isner +82 Time Control For all Wendy's Events is: 30/1,G30 Time Delay Clocks May Be Used or NOT if  Both Players Agree 14H.  Insufficient  Losing Chances Per USCF Rule 13G. Withdrawing from  Tournament  without notifying director Last 4 Issues of  "News & Views"    9-11  9-4  8-28  8-21 Games Wanted lelandfue@yahoo.com Smokehouse XLIII (See Upcoming Events)  Sep 20 (Entire 2002 Schedule) $100 Bonus! For 5-0 in CCC Tournaments! (CCC Members Only)  16 Perfect Scores After Rd:1 CCC Top 10  August  2003 Rating List Competed within past 6 months 1 NM W F  Newton 2316 2  NM Justin Daniel 2215 3 Daniel Tapia 2116 4 Keith Eubanks 2063 5 Chris Mabe 2016 6 NM L Fuerstman 2000 7  NM Daniel Liu 2000 8  Gary Newsom 1993 9 Dino PeBenito 1956 10 George Melton 1917 Wendy's I-XLVIII Top Section Titles (Equal 1st Counts as 1) NM Frankie Newton 29 NM Leland Fuerstman 13 NM Justin Daniel 7 NM Garrick Wells 5 Patrick McCartney  4 NM Daniel Liu  1 NM  Dr Luigi Vacca 1 Gary Newsom 1 Tarokh Taefi  1 Jon Pietras 1 NM Harold Mouzon 1 Michael Curcuru 1 Daniel Tapia 1 "You don't stop playing when you get old; you get old when you stop playing!" Benjamin Franklin Great New Links!! Bill Walls Chess Page Wendy's XLVIII Current Crosstable Chess Equipment Latest Books! www.sigschess.com Cigars Etc. 3712 E. Independence Now Sells Sets,  Clocks cigars & accessaries!! 704-532-9853 Joshua, you've got your work cut out for you!! Check out the "World's Youngest!" Newsstand International carries "Chess Life," Blitz Chess," "Chess Monthly" and other publications!!  5622-128 E. Inde. Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28212 (704) 531-0199 Did You Know? Joshua Mu is now #3 in the USA for 8 yr. old and Under with a rating of 1516!  Smokehouse XLIII  9-20  Carolina Class 10-10  Joe Firstman "The War of  Women" Atlantic Records August 12 www.joefirstman.com 2003 NC State Champion NM Frankie Newton 2003 Scholastic Champion Daniel Tapia 2003 K-8 Champions Tim Chen Frank Mu 2003 K-3 Champion Joshua Mu Golf Scores 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. "A" Section 500-200, U1900 200-100. "B" Section 500-200, U1700 200-100. "C" Section 500-200, U1500 200-100. "D" Section 500-200, U1300 200-100. "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. 10-2:30-7, Sun. 9:30-2. HR: $82 (4perRm!) H Res: 1-800-444-ADAM or 1-704-372-4100 "Mention Chess" Ent: LELAND FUERSTMAN, 7110 Lancashire Dr, Charlotte, N.C. 28227-4313 Info: Charlotte Chess Club, www.charlottechess.com 704-573-2121 or 888-321-9292. E-Mail:lelandfue@yahoo.com TDs: NM L Fuerstman, STD Pairings Rob Morse, STD Floor Director Bill Nash, STD Book & Equipment Sales: American Chess Promotions Thad Rogers will be there! ALSO: Open Speed Chess Tournament Sat. 10:30pm EF $20	(Remember to "reload" or "refresh" this page often) This site works best with "Netscape" CCC 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. We welcome your contributions and comments on our new "user friendly" Message Board www.charlottechess.com/wwwboard Wendy's XLVII Crosstable  Click Here CCC Top 50 (August 2003 Supplement) (Click Here) "Images" of  CCC Members (Click here) Links to Other Chess Sites (Click Here) "Miscellaneous" Contains 35 Items of Interest Tournament Results  To determine new rating after tournament competition click on: USCF Rating Calculator http://groups.google.com/groups?group=rec.games.chess.politics Visit the CCC Message Board!! (Click Here) Click Below To View USCF Most Current Ratings This site is visited over 3000 times per month  2003 Carolina Class Championship $6,000 Prize Fund October 10 -12 Adams Mark Hotel Charlotte Guests of Adams Mark deduct $5. from Early Entry CCC Members deduct $5. from Early Entry Complete list of Pre-registered Players - Open Speed Chess Tournament - Sat. 10:30pm, EF $20. $$150-50, U1800 100. Chess Books and Equipment Sales on site: American Chess Promotions, Thad Rogers CCC NEWS & VIEWS 9-18-03  By NM Leland Fuerstman Wendy's XLIX Begins Charlotte, NC 9-17-03:  Thirty-eight amateur meteorologists first battened down the hatches (used masking tape on the windows) and then participated in Rd:1 of Wendy's XLIX. In the Top Section, the CCC's #1 player, NC State Champion, NM Frankie "Blitz" Newton (2280) fought to the bitter end against Patrick "Flanker" McCartney (1985) finally exchanging Queens and winning with seconds left on each clock (See Game 0342). Meanwhile, Michael "See you are; See you are you" Curcuru (2053) claimed that Dino PeBenito (1953) overstepped the time limit prior to completing his 30th move (though his digital clock was not blinking!?), NM Leland "Jefe" Fuerstman (2004) overlooked a crusher and Drew with Tom "Terrific" Waymouth (1900) (See Game 0343) as did NM Daniel "Schlecter" Liu (2014) with mild mannered Clarke "Kent" Brosi (1835) (See Game 0341). In the "B" Section, Tarokh "the Oak" Taefi (1750) clipped  Jon "Cigars" Pietras (1800), Viktor "the Mad Ukrainian" Ozherelyev (1614) prosecuted against Kenneth "Star" Ivens (1710), the good reverend Bernard "King" Baker (1729) read scriptures to Jeremy Davenport (1604), Danesh "DD" Dadgar (1670) held on versus Dave "Richman" Richards (1665) and Slobodan "the Mad Serb" Sinanovic (1712) made peace with Michael "the Savage" Savage (1700). In the "C" Section, Winfred "Guns" Gatlin (1410) unloaded on Marnzell "Pat" Hand (1607) (See Game 0340), Mark Johnson (1549) fired "CEO" Mike Isner (1514), Tim "the Chin" Chen (1413) went the distance with Kevin "Spacey" Huang (1433) and Ankit "Butch" Jivan (1505) slipped by Brandy Johnson (834). In the "Lower Section," wins were submitted by Kaled "the Alphabet" Abdelkefi, Glenn "Taco" Bell, "Henry" Cabot Lineberger, Tony "the Tiger" Hicks, Clyde "the Glyde" Plyler and Michael "Clint" Easterwood. All results may be viewed in "Current Crosstable."  All welcome new member Hudson Tryon. Visit the CCC Message Board and speak to us!!  New Time Control of G70 for Next Smokehouse This Saturday, Sep 20 - See ya there! LF  Editor Needs Games; Please E-mail to: lelandfue@yahoo.com  Liu Defeats Bobby Fischer!? at LPO  (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) Eubanks Wins Top; Ozherelyev, Davenport, Hand Lower Section of Smokehouse XLIII Charlotte, NC 9-20-03: Twenty-two competitors, some from parts unknown, journied to the Queen City in order to participate in Smokehouse XLIII. In the Top Section, SC Expert Keith "Chuck" Eubanks (2058) asked no quarter and yielded none as he reduced the rank of Tim Rankin (1774), beat up Ken "Beans" Baxter (1900) and finally overwhelmed team mate James "Big" MacDougall (1789) to score 3-0 and pocket $100.  Clear 2nd Place with 2.5-.5 was Slobodan "the Mad Serb" Sinanovic (1712) who claimed $50. In the Lower Section, Viktor "the Mad Ukrainian" Ozherelyev (1614), Marnzell "Pat" Hand (1607) and Jeremy "Irons" Davenport (1604) each scored 2.5-.5 and took home $50. To view complete crosstable (Click Here) (Fuerstman directed)  Next Smokehouse October 25. See ya' there!