Standings after 1 Event
Events included: 24th Mountaineer Open
1. Benjamin M Good 10.00
Tristan A Johnston 10.00
Anatoly Boshkin 10.00
4. John Boylin IV 7.25
5. Markle W Butcher 6.00
David Lee Bruner 6.00
Tristan Marc Bly 6.00
8. Pushkal Solanki 3.50
9. Elijah David Schultz 1.00
Final Standings
Events included: Thomas Bergquist Memorial, WV Italian Heritage Festival, Clarksburg Open, Action Championship, 23rd Mountaineer Open
1. Lewis F Sanders 51.50 $200
2. Edward A Garner 48.50 $100
3. Benjamin M Good 47.75 $50
4. Hardy Gu 43.15
5. Markle W Butcher 33.83
6. John Everett Roush 32.58
7. Luke Garlick 27.75
8. Tristan A Johnston 26.85
9. Elijah David Schultz 26.33
10. John Boylin IV 23.00
11. Pushkal Solanki 20.17
12. David Wayne Hundley 19.00
13. Cortland Nesley 18.17
14. David Lee Bruner 17.00
15. Christopher Leach 16.00
16. James William Sutherland 12.00
Michael Felton 12.00
Charles B Adams 12.00
19. Gallagher Kelsch 10.50
20. David Comer 9.00
21. Tristan Marc Bly 7.83
22. Vishwadhipa Venkata Voore 7.75
23. Ryan T Vanbibber 7.67
Richard Rene Colina 7.67
25. David F Hines 7.25
26. Sam Timmons 6.00
William Cole Hutzler 6.00
Michael James Wilson 6.00
29. Anika Arora 4.00
Amber Arora 4.00
Ishaan Patel 4.00
32. Lawrence E Iorio 3.50
Lance Pitrolo 3.50
Events Included: Action Championship, Chess Day, Concord Southern Open, Mountaineer Open 1/14, Mountaineer Open 4/2, YMCA Spring Open, Clarksburg Open, WV Italian Heritage Open, Thomas Bergquist Memorial
1. Lewis F Sanders 131.17 $360
2. John Boylin IV 114.75 $180
3. Markle W Butcher 60.17 $90
4. Benjamin M Good 50.50
5. John Everett Roush 48.65
6. Sam Timmons 47.07
7. Hardy Gu 45.06
8. David Wayne Hundley 34.83
9. James A Fuller II 26.83
10. Elijah David Schultz 24.73
11. Cortland Nesley 22.58
12. Josh A Rubino 19.16
13. Pushkal Solanki 18.75
14. Weston James Robarts 18.50
15. Christopher Leach 15.25
16. David Comer 15.09
17. Steven Aguilar 13.50
18. Charles B Adams 13.25
19. Ryan Ward 12.50
20. Edward A Garner 12.00
James William Sutherland 12.00
22. Allen D Farley 11.75
23. Dustin Andrew Booker 11.50
24. John Szasz III 11.00
25. Ryan T VanBibber 10.67
26. Craig Timmons 10.50
27. Caden Neal Eldridge 8.33
28. Gary Denver Cummings 7.50
29. Tristan A Johnston 7.33
30. Max Aiden Aguilar 7.00
Vishwadhipa Venkata Voore 7.00
32. Cameron H Collins 6.67
33. David F Hines 6.00
Michael Felton 6.00
35. Luke Garlick 5.75
36. Kenneth Alan Ross 3.50
Richard Keith Lilly 3.50
Richard T Holsberry 3.50
Robert Lawrence Rogers 3.50
40. Noah Hamilton 3.00
41. Brayden Charles Owens 2.25
42. Aditya Jain 1.00
Meghan Elkins 1.00
Events Included: WV State Championship, Clarksburg Open, WV Action Championship, YMCA Fall Open, YMCA Winter Open, Greater Beckley Open
1. Lewis F Sanders 108.33
2. Sam Timmons 59.92
3. Elijah David Schultz 43.07
4. Benjamin M Good 41.70
5. John Boylin IV 41.33
6. Markle W Butcher 41.17
7. James A Fuller II 40.02
8. Weston James Robarts 36.70
9. John Everett Roush 29.08
10. Ryan Ward 25.87
11. Gary Denver Cummings 23.42
12. Gagana Sadineni 21.83
13. James Daniel Preece 21.40
14. Ryan T VanBibber 20.55
15. Malachi Hunter Bowen 18.83
16. Katherine Ellen King 17.55
17. David Wayne Hundley 16.30
18. Steven Aguilar 13.00
19. Cortland Nesley 12.83
20. Allen D Farley 12.25
21. Edward A Garner 11.58
22. James William Sutherland 11.00
Joseph Baker 11.00
24. Robert Canary 10.90
25. Mike D Price 10.17
26. Max Aiden Aguilar 8.92
27. Michael James Wilson 8.00
Richard Allen Marker 8.00
29. David F Hines 7.25
Michael Felton 7.25
31. John G Sefton 6.00
Noah Alexander Stafford 6.00
Russell Wilson 6.00
34. Tarunsai Bhumanapalli 5.80
35. Shrihan Acharya Malkaram 5.75
Sohan Kukkillaya 5.75
37. James Reszler 4.50
38. Bryon Boltz 4.33
Logan Wotring 4.33
40. Jimmy Farmer 4.00
41. Richard Keith Lilly 3.50
Winfield Scott Thompson 3.50
43. Richard Joseph Hubbard 3.00
44. Dustin Lynn Coffman 2.67
45. Levi Micah Durfee 2.25
Josh Rubino 2.25
47. Aaron Ross 1.00
Stephen William Logan 1.00
The Ripley Chess Club has issued checks to the top 10 finishers in the 2018-2019 Grand Prix as mentioned at the 2018 WVCA Business Meeting. Thank you to the Ripley Chess Club and congratulations to the winners!
By the slimmest of margins, Mike Baker has won the 2018-2019 Grand Prix. Congratulations!
1. Joseph Michael Baker 61.00
2. Lewis Sanders 60.83
3. Sam Timmons 59.17
4. Edward Garner 59.00
5. Markle W Butcher 33.50
6. David Wayne Hundley 33.24
7. David Lee Bruner 27.67
8. Robert Canary 20.58
9. Brian Lucas 17.83
10. Benjamin Good 17.75
11. Michael Felton 16.75
Richard Keith Lilly 16.75
13. John Roush 14.50
14. Dan O'Hanlon 13.67
15. Jimmy Fuller 13.33
16. Marty Clevenger 11.17
17. James Reszler 9.25
18. Brian Lee Cox 9.00
19. Samuel Rhodes 8.17
20. Daniel Preece 6.67
21. Abram John Leyzorek 6.40
22. Aiden Hoeft 5.67
23. Stephen William Logan 3.50
24. Robert A Wells 3.25
25. Phillip W Setterlund Jr 3.00
26. Mike D Price 2.00
27. Craig Timmons 1.00
Levi Durfee 1.00
Rodney R Adkins 1.00
Events Included:
81st WV State Championship
Parkersburg Homecoming
Beckley Summer Open
WV Action Championship
Clarksburg Open
Concord Southern Open
19th Mountaineer Open
Final Standings
Events Included:
80th WV State Championship
25th Parkersburg Homecoming
Clarksburg Open
18th Mountaineer Open
2018 WV Action Championship
1. Sam Timmons 64.84 $200
2. Edward Garner 44.00 $150
3. Robert Canary 43.75 $125
4. Benjamin Good 27.50 $100
5. David Hundley 25.42 $100
6. Daniel Preece 24.92
7. Mike Baker 19.00
8. Mike Price 17.00
9. Lewis Sanders 16.67
10. David Hines 15.58
11. Markle Butcher 12.00
12. David Bruner 11.58
13. John Roush 11.50
14. Jimmy Fuller 10.00
Samuel Rhodes 10.00
Keith Lilly 10.00
17. Sefus Ellis 9.67
18. Dan Cady 8.58
19. David Comer 8.50
20. Craig Timmons 8.00
21. Joe Craddock 7.50
Anthony Francis 7.50
23. Mike Felton 6.00
24. Lee Gustafson 5.75
25. Rich Greathouse 5.00
Tyrone McNeely 5.00
27. Robert Wells 4.50
28. James Reszler 3.50
29. Lawrence Iorio 1.00
Philip Arabia 1.00
The prize fund for the 2017-2018 Grand Prix will include a $500 donation from the Ripley Chess Club. Additionally, the top three finishers will receive $20, $10, and $5 per event, respectively. Any tournament organizer wishing to host a Grand Prix event should submit the request to the WVCA more than 30 days prior to the event. There is no longer a $10 event fee required of the organizers.
Grand Prix Event Schedule:
Mountaineer Open – April 28, Morgantown
WVCA Action Championship – June 2, Mount Nebo
Mid-Ohio Valley Open – Aug 19, Parkersburg
2018 WV State Championship – Sept 8-9, 2018, Ripley
Sam Timmons won the 2016-2017 Grand Prix in convincing fashion. Sam collects $320 for his efforts, thanks to a $250 donation by the Ripley Chess Club.
Events Included:
2017 Action Championship
2017 Winter Open
2016 National Chess Day
17th Mountaineer Open
4th Peter DuPuy Memorial
Mid-Ohio Valley Open
79th WV State Championship
1. Sam Timmons 77.88
2. Ed Garner 47.75
3. John Roush 35.75
4. David Bruner 31.08
5. Omkar Yadav 29.33
6. Nicholas Palmer 29.05
7. David Hundley 28.50
8. John Sefton 27.25
9. Michael Felton 26.00
10. Charles McCallister 25.50
11. Daniel Preece 23.67
12. Jimmy Fuller 23.33
13. Sefus Ellis 20.83
14. Markle Butcher 20.50
15. Joseph Craddock 19.58
16. Benjamin Good 18.17
17. David Hines 18.00
18. Nikhilesh Kunche 17.00
19. Adam Pell 15.33
20. Craig Timmons 12.50
21. Keith Lilly 11.50
22. Aaron Richardson 11.17
23. James Reszler 9.50
24. Nathaniel Palmer 8.00
Parker Benson 8.00
26. Lewis Sanders 7.00
27. Lawrence Iorio 6.33
Robert V Greer 6.33
29. Dan Cady 6.00
30. Gilbert Stone 5.17
31. Douglas Snuffer 4.75
Richard Holsberry 4.75
33. Vincent Price 4.00
34. Preston Male 3.50
Richard Greathouse 3.50
36. Cody Kropp 3.50
37. Ryan Fitzwater 2.67
Lewis Sanders won the 2015-2016 Grand Prix.
Events included:
2015 National Chess Day, 2015 St. Francis Fall Open, 2015 WV Senior Open, 2016 Winter Open, 2016 Action Championship, 24th Parkersburg Homecoming, 78th WV State Championship
1. Lewis Sanders 52.83
2. Nikhilesh Kunche 41.92
3. David Bruner 41.83
4. John Roush 37.83
5. Dan Cady 37.67
6. Markle Butcher 34.92
7. Joseph Baker 33.33
8. James Fuller 28.67
9. Ed Garner 28.17
10. Mike Felton 27.83
11. Charles McCallister 27.67
12. Armando Lopez 27.17
13. Sam Timmons 22.08
14. Boyd Reed 18.58
15. David Hundley 18.50
16. Marvin Boyce 14.50
17. Bob Canary 14.00
18. Bill Haynes 11.50
19. Surya Perla 8.00
20. Ben Good 7.50
21. Nathaniel Eerenberg 7.33
Andre Linsky 7.33
23. Tyler Barnhart 6.83
24. Marty Clevenger 6.67
Daniel Preece 6.67
26. Edward Shade 6.50
27. Mayor Bob 6.33
28. Anthony Francis 6.00
29. Gary Cummings 5.17
30. Jim Fields 5.00
Ryan Ward 5.00
Chris Greer 5.00
33. Mike Price 4.92
34. James Olson 3.50
35. Miller Bushong 3.33
36. Alex Chouinard 1.67