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Bertucci's VIII - February 18
 
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

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  McCartney Leads Top; A. Wheeless "B"; S. Xin "C"; Nichols Lower Section of Wendy's LXXIII
Charlotte, NC 1-25-06:  An equally strong turnout of 32 of the Metrolina area's most creative aeolists farctated at this five star restaurant more commonly known as Wendy's and then participated in Rd:4 of Wendy's LXXIII. In the Top Section,
kudoes to Patrick "Fabio" McCartney (2000) who handily Drew a B vs N ending against the CCC's new #2 player, FM Andrey "the Giant" Chumachenko (2452) to maintain the lead with 3.5-.5 (See Game 0538). Meanwhile, the CCC's #3 player, 2005 CCC Player of the Year, the pride of Crouse, NC, NM Frankie "Neutrino" Newton (2284) made short work of Gary "Sandbagger" Branton (1926), NM Justin "Dawg" Daniel (2184) mauled Jonathan "the Enforcer" Munnell (1919), NM Leland "Perro Grande" Fuerstman (2037) split the point with "Iron" Mike Eberhardinger (1782) as did Laura "Karate Kid" Lee (1800) with Clarke "Kent" Brosi (1744). In the "B" Section, Amelia "Wheels" Wheeless (1658) fought Ankit "Butch" Jivan (1661) to a Draw to lead with 3-1. In addition, Dave "Ameen" Eadie (1594) upset Keith "Sherlock" Holmes (1719). In the "C" Section, graduate of the Fuerstman School of Chess 10 year old phenom Samuel "Xman" Xin (1595) expatriated Viktor "the Mad Russian" Ozherelyev (1562) to lead with 4-0. Meanwhile, Colette
"Wheels" Wheeless (1553) bested Cesar Miranda (Unr), Drexall "Frank" Shorter (1552) outlasted Winfred "Guns" Gatlin (1427) and Spencer "Jazzman" Singleton (1515) welcomed newcomer William Ballance (Unr). In the Lower Section, Ervon "Wooden" Nichols (1376) continued his domination with a quick victory over Wei "XmanSr" Xin (984) to lead with 4-0. Other Lower Section winners were:  Slava Fedko, Fran Palmer, Joe Shirlen & Corey Frazier. All results may be observed on the current "Crosstable".  All welcome new members FM Andrey Chumachenko, Cesar Miranda and William Ballance. lelandfue@yahoo.com to add your name to the "List of Players" who intend to participate in Bertucci's VIII Saturday, February 18 See ("Upcoming Events") Editor Needs Games...

Daniel, Eubanks Share Top Honors in  Bertucci's VII
Charlotte NC 1-21-05:
  A rather light turnout of 11 avid competitors from North and South Carolina travelled to the Queen City in order to participate in Bertucci's VII. In the Top Section, NM Justin "Dawg" Daniel (2184) posted early round victories over Gary "Sandbagger" Branton (1926) and Robert "I need a" Halliday (1556) before agreeing to Draw with Expert Keith "Chuckie" Eubanks (2086) who had dispatched of Jerome "Cookie Monster" DeBell (1695) and Dave "Ameen" Eadie (1589).
Each scored 2.5-.5 and pocketed $75. Don Hofer directed. 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 VIII on February 18. See ya' there!
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