Top 50 Active Players in North Carolina in 2007

The following is a list of the Top 50 overall chess players in North Carolina as judged by the December 2007 USCF ratings. Players listed meet the following criteria:

1.  Are current USCF members (Has your membership lapsed? It's easy to correct.)
2.  Have North Carolina has their state affiliation (This affects some out-of-state college students.)
3.  Have an established rating
4.  Have had some rating action taken during 2007. (Did you remember to play a rated game in 2007?)

Hometowns are listed with some players. But I don't know everyone. So feel free to drop me line to add some information - or correct a mistake.

1.      IM Jonathan Schroer, Holly Springs -- 2449

2.      FM Andrey Chumachenko, Matthews -- 2436

3.      FM Matthew Hoekstra, Charlotte -- 2371

4.      FM Miles Ardaman, Asheville -- 2353

5.      NM Craig Jones, Chapel Hill -- 2335

6.      FM Ron Simpson, Raleigh -- 2325

7.      FM Mike Klein, Charlotte -- 2304

8.      NM Chris Mabe, Charlotte, 2286

9.      NM Frankie Newton, Crouse -- 2277

10.    NM Neal Harris, Edneyville -- 2208

11.    NM Maurice Dana, Morehead City -- 2207

12.    Udayan Bapat, Raleigh -- 2160

13.    NM Vann Alan Patrick, Raleigh -- 2109

14.    NM Jack Berry, Raleigh -- 2091

15.    NM John Lane, Charlotte -- 2088

16.    Shawn Pealer, Charlotte -- 2084

17.    Faye Z. Abouel-Kosman -- 2084

18.    John Timmel, Hillsborough -- 2058

19.    Gary Newsom, Cornelius -- 2050

20.    Todd Trower, Charlotte -- 2045

21.    NM John Smithwick -- 2031

22.    Robert Spurrier -- 2005

23.    NM Leland Fuerstman, Mint Hill -- 2000

24.    NM Dan Liu, Charlotte -- 2000

25.    Jonathan Munnell, Charlotte -- 1992

26.    Michael Kliber, Charlotte -- 1982

27.    Scott Baldwin, Pilot Mountain -- 1975

28.    Patrick McCartney, Charlotte -- 1974

29.    Ken Baxter, Mooresville -- 1964

30.    Thomas Waymouth -- 1964

31.    Tim Rankin, Davidson -- 1960

32.    David Erb, Raleigh -- 1959

33.    Jacob Parrish, Greensboro -- 1947

34.    Adam Holmes, Chapel Hill -- 1944

35.    Alexei Gorbounov -- 1942

36.    Eugene Herman Cloete -- 1942

37.    James Watson, Raleigh -- 1941

38.    Thomas Paradis, Charlotte -- 1940

39.    Randy Lovelace, Taylorsville -- 1932

40.    Laura Lee, Charlotte -- 1929

41.    Tarokh Taefi, Charlotte -- 1924

42.    Kevin Huang, Charlotte -- 1917

43.    Samuel Xin, Concord -- 1916

44.    Gary Branton, Troutman -- 1914

45.    Frank Mu, Charlotte -- 1912

46.    James McGavran -- 1912

47.    Shawn McIntosh, Cary -- 1909

48.    Matthew Green, Charlotte -- 1908

49.    Gary Hardin -- 1905

50.    Ronnie Sands, Wilmington -- 1900

50.    David Noden, Cary -- 1900