 Charlotte
Chess Club
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August Supplement
(Total
Points Gained Since 7-07)
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Who's
Hot!!
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Norm Pruitt
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+177
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Dr. Gil
Holmes
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+100
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Samuel Xin
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+94
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Robin Yopp
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+93
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NM
Chris Mabe
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+44
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Last
4 Issues of
"News & Views"
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On August 29, 1948, Kit Crittenden won the N.C. State Championship
at age 13, still youngest ever in the
Nation!
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Need Address for CCC Members:
William Anthony
Bernard Baker
Tracy Davenport
Corey Frazier
Dr. Ron Futerman
Greg Hall
Marnzell Hand
NM Chris Mabe
Lynn Murphy
Fran Palmer
Shawn Pealer
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Prize Structure for
Wendy's Events
Top Section $50
Top "B", "C"
&
"Lower" Section
Free
Entry to Quaker Steak
Winners must have
at least 4 points
(Note: Byes & 1/2 point byes
do NOT count)
(CCC Members Only)
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CCC Top 10
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August 2007 Rating
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Competed
within past 6 months
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NM
Frankie Newton |
2270 |
2
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NM Chris Mabe |
2247
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3
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Shawn
Pealer
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2101
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4
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Todd Trower |
2037
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5
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James Dickson
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2035
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6
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Randy Lovelace
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2034
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7
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NM
Leland Fuerstman
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2033 |
8
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Gary
Newsom |
1995
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9
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Patrick
McCartney
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1953
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10
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Thomas
Paradis
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1947
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"You don't stop playing when you
get old; you get old when you stop playing!"
Benjamin Franklin
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Here is the only truth: "We are the
pawns of the mysterious game of chess played by God, who moves
us, stops us, shifts us ahead, and soon picks us up
one after the other and gathers us in the same box of Nothing."
Omar Khayyam 1040 ad
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"Chess grips its exponent,
shackling the mind and brain so that the inner freedom and independence
of even the strongest character cannot remain unaffected."
Albert
Einstein
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"Imagination does not breed insanity.
Exactly what does breed insanity is reason. Poets do not go
mad; but chess-players do".
—Chesterton, The Maniac
(1908).
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Welcome to the CCC
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
Message Board
Scroll down for weekly
article
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Note: The time control for
the Top Section is now G90 <
(Time
Delay Clocks will NOT
be used unless Both Players Agree) |
In
memoriam: All members of the CCC are shocked and saddened at the
news of the untimely death of Laurin Keller, 31, of Greensboro.
Through the years, Laurin participated
in many CCC events
and made many friends here. An avid student of chess and strong player
in his own right (he once gave me a draw when he was clearly winning!)
Laurin was one of the most amicable and friendly people I have ever
known. He will be long remembered and sorely missed. All of our prayers
go to his grieving family and friends.
NM Leland Fuerstman
Message from best friend Sean
Ward
Thank you so much for the condolences
and for the tribute on the
Website. I know Laurin would be humbled by it and also deeply
touched, as I know his family will be.
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Live
From the Denker/Polgar!
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 CCC
NEWS & VIEWS 7-26-07
Wendy's
LXXXIX Begins; (Editor Needs
Games)
Charlotte, NC 7-25-07: A
moderate turnout of 23 of
the finest chessplayers from as far away as Columbia, SC converged upon
this red carpet runway more commonly known as  Wendy's
in order to watch the paparazzi snap photos of young chess
celebrities Frank
Mu and Amelia Wheeless (who will
be featured in the Charlotte
Observer)
and participate in Rd:1 of Wendy's LXXXIX. In the Top Section,
the CCC's #1 player, the pride of Crouse, NC, NM Frankie "Chips" Newton (2270) triskaidekaphobia
notwithstanding, only had 13 seconds
left on his clock when his opponent, SCCA Past President
James "Big"
MacDougall (1969) tipped his King (See Game 0605), Michael
"Bolton" Kliber (1941)
clobbered current SCCA President Expert Keith
"Chuckie" Eubanks
(2091), Past NCCA President Kenneth
"Beans" Baxter (1935) returned
to CCC competition with a vengeance and upset Expert Randy Lovelace
(2034), Expert  James
"Mason" Dickson (2035) outplayed
13
year old phenom Samuel "Xman" Xin (1927), Past NCCA President NM Leland "Ennui" Fuerstman (2033) prevailed in his
first encounter with Frank "Moo" Mu (1896) (See Game 0604),
Expert Gary "NightCrawler" Newsom (2005) survived against 14
year old phenom Kevin "Spacey" Huang (1841) and Patrick "Fabio" McCartney (1963) beat down 13 year
old phenom Joshua "Moo" Mu (1807) each leading with 1-0. In the "B" Section, Dr. Gil "Sherlock" Holmes (1787) made peace with
daughter of NCCA President Amelia
"Wheels" Wheeless (1725) each
leading with .5-.5.
In the Lower Section, wins were registered by 10
year old phenom Derek "Domino"
Zhang and Joe Benet each with 1-0. All
results may be observed on the current "Crosstable." E-mail lelandfue@yahoo.com
to add your name to the "List
of Players" who
intend to participate in Quaker
Steak III Saturday, Aug 18
- See
("Upcoming
Events")
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Dickson Perfect in Top;
Ozherelyev, Wheeless Lower Section of Quaker
Steak II
Charlotte NC 6-16-07: A dozen of some of the
finest young chess talents in North Carolina gathered at our new
facility in order to participate in Quaker
Steak II.  The playing room was
well lighted and extremely quiet, the free coffee was hot and the food
was reasonably priced and delicious! In the Top Section,
Team Davidson's Expert James "Mason" Dickson (2013) dispatched of Clarke "Kent" Brosi
(1775)  in Rd:1, Patrick "Fabio" McCartney
(1986) in Rd:2 and NM Leland
"Ennui" Fuerstman (2043) in the final round to take clear 1st Place with a perfect 3-0 and
pocket $80.
Clear 2nd Place was Gary "Nightcrawler" Newsom (1975) with 2.5-.5
winning $40.
 In the Lower Section, NCCA President Charles R. "Randy" Wheeless (1629) and Viktor "the Mad Russian" Ozherelyev (1575) finished equal
1st-2nd with 2.5-.5 each
winning $30.
In order to observe all results see (Crosstable). (Fuerstman
Directed) E-mail
me at lelandfue @yahoo.com
to add your name to the "List
of Players" who intend to participate in Quaker Steak III on Aug 18 - (Don't miss CCC Poker Game - 7:00pm!)
See ya' there!
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