Benjamin Good won the Clarksburg Open with a score of 3.5/4.
Learn to Play Chess at the KCPL
Visit the KCPL on July 19 where WVCA President Elijah Schultz will be hosting a class for beginners.
2023-2024 Grand Prix Standings
Standings after 2 events
Events included: Action Championship, 23rd Mountaineer Open
1. Hardy Gu 35.90
2. Lewis F Sanders 29.40
3. Benjamin M Good 21.00
4. Luke Garlick 20.00
5. Cortland Nesley 18.17
6. Elijah David Schultz 14.33
7. Markle W Butcher 9.33
8. David Comer 9.00
9. Tristan Marc Bly 7.83
10. David F Hines 7.25
11. John Everett Roush 6.83
12. Sam Timmons 6.00
James William Sutherland 6.00
David Wayne Hundley 6.00
Christopher Leach 6.00
William Cole Hutzler 6.00
17. Vishwadhipa Venkata Voore 4.75
18. Lawrence E Iorio 3.50
Lance Pitrolo 3.50
20. Pushkal Solanki 2.25
WV Action Championship
Hardy Gu, fresh off his second place finish at the K-3 National Championship, beat all comers to win the WV Action Championship with a perfect 6-0 score. Lewis Sanders was second at 4.5-1.5.
Hardy Gu featured in WBOY story
Hardy Gu, our recent K-5 champion, was featured in a story by WBOY. Check out the article at wboy.com.
WV Scholastic Championship
The WV Scholastic Championship was held March 16, 2024, in Clarksburg. 84 players competed in four sections: K-12, K-8, K-5, and K-3.
The winners were:
K-12 – Tristan Johnston (4/4)
K-8 – Lance Pitrolo (5/5)
K-5 – Hardy Gu (4/4)
K-3 – Julian Schmidt (4/4)
Congratulations to all and we are looking forward to seeing you represent West Virginia in the national events later this year!
WV Scholastic Chess League
The Team portion of the WV Scholastic Chess league is complete. Weberwood Kings took first over Kelsch Budwany on tiebreaks in the K-5 section. The Camden Crusaders dominated the MS/HS section (four of them scored a perfect 6-0!). The USCF crosstable can be found here.
Pictured is the MS/HS winning team, the Camden Crusaders.
23rd Mountaineer Open
Benjamin Good won the 23rd Mountaineer Open with a 4-0 score. Lewis Sanders and Christopher Easthom were 2nd with 3.5. More to come.
WV Junior Championship
John Boylin, our resident championship collector, has added another to his list. John went 4-0 and is now the Junior Champion as well as the Action and overall State Champion. No one has ever held all of these at the same time before! If he could simultaneously be under 21 and over 50 I imagine he’d have all 4 titles.
Landon Leach and Ishaal Patel tied for the beginner section and Markle Butcher won the Friends and Family Section.
WV Senior Championship
21 players competed in the 2023 WV Senior Championship, held in Bridgeport on November 4. Mark Eidemiller from PA won the tournament with a perfect 4/4. Lewis Sanders and David Hines tied for second with 3 points and are the 2023 WV Senior Co-Champions. Lewis will represent WV in the Irwin Tournament of Senior Champions.
USCF Crosstable