Charlotte Chess Club Home (Click Here) Upcoming Events (Click Here) Games Archive (Click Here) CCC History  (Click Here) Miscellaneous  (Click Here) Game of the Week (Click Here) Current Roster August 2004 Rating Rank & CCC Expiration (Click Here)  Aug  2004 Supplement Who's Hot!!  Marty Katz +188 Amelia Wheeless +141 Ervon Nichols +115 Kevin Diao +111 Jared Morse +110 NC's Most Active Players  1 Chris Mabe 120 2 Bernard Baker 115 3 Michael Savage  104 4 Joshua Mu  101 5 Jordan Ware  99 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 "...the player may be barred from any of the organizer's tournaments until the fine is paid" Last 4 Issues of  "News & Views"         8-26 8-19 8-12 Previous Crosstable Games Wanted lelandfue@yahoo.com KASIMDZHANOV WHO? FIDE Rating Records Smokehouse LV (See Upcoming Events) September 18 (Entire 2004 Schedule) New Prize Structure for Wendy's Events! Top Section $100. "B", "C" & "Lower" Section  Free Entry to Smokehouse Winners must have at least 3 points (CCC Members Only) CCC Top 10  August 2004 Rating Competed within past 6 months 1 NM Frankie Newton 2264 2  Daniel Tapia 2158 3 NM John Lane 2086 4 Chris Mabe 2064 5 Keith Eubanks 2061 6 Todd Trower 2036 7  Patrick McCartney 2024 8  NM Leland Fuerstman 2000 9 NM Daniel Liu 2000 10 Shawn Pealer 1992 Wendy's I-LVIII Top Section Titles (Equal 1st Counts as 1) NM Frankie Newton 38 NM Leland Fuerstman 14 NM Justin Daniel 7 NM Garrick Wells 5 Patrick McCartney  5 NM Daniel Liu  3 Daniel Tapia 3 Micheal Curcuru 2 Tarokh Taefi  1 Jon Pietras 1 NM Harold Mouzon 1 NM Dr. Luigi Vacca 1 Gary Newsom 1 Shawn Pealer 1 FM Karthik Rangarajan 1 "You don't stop playing when you get old; you get old when you stop playing!" Benjamin Franklin "Chess grips it's exponent, shakling the mind and brain so that the inner freedom and independence of even the strongest character cannot remain unaffected."  Albert Einstein Great New Links!! Bill Walls Chess Page Who is winning   these CCC events?  (Click Here) Game of the Week Images of Rome Wendy's LVIII Previous Crosstable Arlo's Chess Books & Equipment on Sale at the Charlotte Chess Club! (10% Discount for CCC) 704-969-0366 www.whirlwindchess.com  Cigars Etc. 3712 E. Independence Now Sells Sets,  Clocks cigars & accessaries!! 704-532-9853 Check out the  "World's Youngest!"  Green Market Championship  3SS, G29 September 11, 2004  Smokehouse LV September 18, 2004    Joe Firstman "War of Women" Atlantic Records Click Here to Listen to  the entire album for free! (There are over 20,000! websites which refer to Joe Firstman) 2004 NC Invitational Champion NM Frankie Newton  2004 NC Scholastic Champions 2004 Scholastic Champion Daniel Tapia 2004 K-8 Champion Laura Lee 2004 K-5 Champion Kevin Huang 2004 K-3 Champion Joshua Mu I did not know that!!? The CCC has 107 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 New CCC T-Shirts    now on Sale! $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. 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 Tournament Results (Click Here) CCC Top 50 (Click Here) Current Crosstable (Click Here)  Upcoming Events (Click Here) Links to Other Chess Sites (Click Here) "Images" of  Members (Click here) Game of the Week (Click Here) "Miscellaneous" Contains 29 Items of Interest USCF Current Ratings Rating Calculator USCF Rating History! CCC Current Roster  MESSAGE BOARD (Click Here) GAMES ARCHIVE (Click Here) This site is visited over 3000 times per month CCC NEWS & VIEWS 9-2-04 Wendy's LIX Begins; Tapia Draws Rangarajan! - Free Food Again Next Week !! Charlotte, NC 9-1-04:  A healthy turnout of 28 of the Charlotte area's most gifted and talented converged upon this famous think-tank of chessplayers more commonly known as Wendy's in order to participate in Rd:1 of Wendy's LIX. In the Top Section, the CCC's #2 player, current NC Invitational Champion NM Frankie "Neutron" Newton (2264) was taken to task by the good Dr. Gerard "the Butcher" Sztyber (1746) but prevailed in the end to lead with 1-0. Sharing that lead are Chris "the Babe" Mabe (2104) who outplayed the good Reverend Bernard "King" Baker (1820), Todd "ChessNinja" Trower (2036) who clobbered Michael "Jordan" Kliber (1900) and NM Leland "Premier Hombre" Fuerstman (2000) who squeezed out a probably drawn Bishop vs. Knight ending against Clarke "Kent" Brosi (1836). Meanwhile, the CCC's new #1 player, defending Wendy's Champion FM Karthik Ranjarajan (2586p) snagged a pawn from challenger Master Elect Daniel "Johnny" Tapia (2246) but with less than 1 minute remaining on each clock agreed that the position was Drawn (See Game 0422).In the "B" Section leading with 1-0, Bobby "Duck" Waddell (1763) did a duck walk on Ankit "Butch" Jivan (1665), Dave "Ameen" Eadie (1540) begged for a Draw just before his victory over Viktor "the Mad Russian" Ozherelyev (1614) and the battle between Walter "Mitty" Overman (1661) and Jesse "James" Eddleman (1645) ended peacefully. In the "C" Section leading with 1-0, Winfred "Guns" Gatlin (1506) blasted through the ouija board of Kert "Oracle" Edward (1552), "Dr" Phil Whittington (1427) schooled Ilgin "the Mad Turk" Birson (1141)  Marty "Fritz" Katz (1469) muted the trumpet of Spencer "Jazzman" Singleton (1561) and Jim "Sticks" Ulaky (1505) drew with Jonathan "Hornet" Hudson (1460). In the Lower Section, Ervon "Wooden" Nichols and Don "Scott" Norwood lead with 1-0. All results may be observed on the "Current Crosstable." Next Smokehouse Saturday, September 18. Editor Needs Games; Please E-mail to: lelandfue@yahoo.com Rangarajan 3-0 in Top; Edward, Grechka Take Lower Section of Smokehouse LIV Charlotte,  NC 8-21-04:  A grand total of 17 of the Metrolina area's most competent competitors participated in Smokehouse LIV. In the Top Section, welcome addition to the CCC, 24 year old FIDE Master Karthik Rangarajan (FIDE2306) reported victories over Ken "the Terrible" Ivens (1629), Shawn "Arlo" Pealer (1992) and NM Justin "Dog" Daniel (2195) to take clear 1st Place with 3-0 and pocket $100. Rangarajan's current USCF performance rating is 2557! Equal 2nd-4th were NM Justin "Dog" Daniel, Ken "the Terrible" Ivens and Viktor "the Mad Russian" Ozherelyev(who upset LF in Rd:1) each with 2-1 winning $17. In the Lower Section, Kert "Oracle" Edward (1552) bested Winfred "Guns" Gatlin (1506) and Samuel "Reshevsky" Xin (1076) before splitting the point with John "the Mad Siberian" Grechka (1365) who prevailed over Colette Wheeless (1415) and Laurin Keller (1484). Each scored 2.5-.5 and pocketed $45. To view complete crosstable (Click Here) (Fuerstman directed) Next Smokehouse September 18. See ya' there! SM Lev Milman (2455) - NM Daniel Tapia (2246) 1/2-1/2 NM Daniel Tapia (2246) - IM Jay Bonin (2405) 1-0 Interested in National Chess Politics? (Me either!?) http://groups.google.com/groups?group=rec.games.chess.politics CCC Youth Win the Gold at "States" - Take all 4 Titles! 2004 North Carolina Scholastic Champions 2004 Scholastic Champion Daniel Tapia 2004 K-8 Champion Laura Lee 2004 K-5 Champion Kevin Huang 2004 K-3 Champion Joshua Mu 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) (See Game 0421), 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) (See Game 0420)  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! New Prize Structure for Wendy's Events! 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) Winners must have at least 3 points. "Bobby Fischer's Pathetic Endgame" Tapia Takes Clear 1st Place at LPO! 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 the Under 1800 Section.  Team Wheeless Rolls at FCB; Colette 3-0! Charlotte, N.C. 8-7-04:  Team Wheeless rolled over the opposition at the Fake Copper Blanket 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! Flash Flash Flash Flash Flash FlashFlash Mabe =1st-3rd in U2200 at U.S. Open! Dallas, Tx 8-12-04: CCC Expert Chris "the Babe" Mabe (2104) just returned from the U.S. Open where he scored 6.5-2.5!  His strong result won him a share of the Under 2200 money finishing equal 1st-3rd and winning $1,333! (Now that Tapia has unofficially made Master, Mabe just may be in the right position to assume the honor of "CCC Favorite Son!") Honorable Mention goes to Tom "Terrific" Waymouth 5.5-3.5, Patrick "Flanker" McCartney 5-4 and Scott "Alec" Baldwin 4-5. Good work, guys!