Standings after 5 Events
Events included: WV Italian Heritage Festival, 24th Mountaineer Open, WV Action Championship, Clarksburg Open, Mike Price Memorial

 1. Gallagher Kelsch           57.50
 2. Edward A Garner            54.42
 3. Anatoly Boshkin            43.00
 4. Lance Pitrolo              38.92
 5. Benjamin M Good            35.25
 6. Markle W Butcher           34.02
 7. David Wayne Hundley        19.35
 8. Lucas Marsh                17.50
 9. David Lee Bruner           17.35
10. Joseph Baker               16.60
    Tristan A Johnston         16.60
12. James Crump                14.00
13. Pushkal Solanki            10.10
14. John Everett Roush          9.50
15. Ack Morgan II               8.00
16. John Boylin IV              7.25
17. Aaron William Clarke        7.00
18. Tristan Marc Bly            6.00
    David F Hines               6.00
    James Daniel Preece         6.00
    David Comer                 6.00
22. Robert Allan Wells          2.25
23. 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