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Grand Prix Standings

2025-2026 Grand Prix Standings

Standings after 1 Event
Events Included: 2026 Mountaineer Open

 1. Lewis Sanders           21.00
 2. James A Fuller          14.75
 3. Gallagher Kelsch         9.17
 4. Joseph Baker             8.75
    Elijah David Schultz     8.75
    Pushkal Solanki          8.75
 7. Anatoly Boshkin          7.25
 8. Harrison Stone           6.00
    Zachary Valen Nelson     6.00
10. Tristan Marc Bly         4.75
11. Robert Allan Wells       3.50
    Paul George Rebelo       3.50
    Tina Statts              3.50
    Ray Hadsel Richards      3.50

2024-2025 Grand Prix Final Standings

Final Standings
Events included: 24th Mountaineer Open, WV Action Championship, Clarksburg Open, Mike Price Memorial, WV Italian Heritage Festival, Thomas Bergquist Memorial

 1. Gallagher Kelsch           68.50    $240
 2. Edward A Garner            65.42    $120
 3. Markle W Butcher           56.02     $60
 4. Benjamin M Good            46.25
 5. Anatoly Boshkin            43.00
 6. Lance Pitrolo              38.92
 7. Lewis F Sanders            29.00
 8. David Wayne Hundley        24.35
 9. Harrison Stone             24.10
10. Lucas Marsh                17.50
11. David Lee Bruner           17.35
12. Joseph Baker               16.60
    Tristan A Johnston         16.60
14. David Comer                15.00
15. James Crump                14.00
16. Vishwadhipa Venkata Voore  11.00
16. Pushkal Solanki            10.10
17. Aaron William Clarke       10.00
18. John Everett Roush          9.50
19. Tina Statts                 9.00
20. Ack Morgan II               8.00
21. John Boylin IV              7.25
22. David F Hines               6.00
    James Daniel Preece         6.00
    Tristan Marc Bly            6.00
    Andrew M Thomas             6.00
26. James A Fuller II           5.00
27. Robert Allan Wells          2.25
28. Elijah David Schultz        1.00
    Henry M Schaer              1.00

2023-2024 Grand Prix Final Standings

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

2022-2023 Grand Prix Final Standings

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

2021-2022 Grand Prix Final Standings

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

2019-2021 Grand Prix Final Standings

Events Included:
3rd Concord Southern Open, 2020 Winter Open, 2020 Mountaineer Open, 2020 Clarksburg Open, 2021 Clarksburg Open, 2021 State Championship

 1. Robert Canary           70.40
 2. Lewis F Sanders         54.83
 3. Sam Timmons             50.23
 4. Joseph Michael Baker    38.50
 5. Markle W Butcher        34.42
 6. Benjamin M Good         27.00
 7. James A Fuller II       23.00
 8. David F Hines           19.75
 9. John Boylin IV          19.25
10. James Reszler           19.00
11. Brian Lucas             16.25
12. Elijah David Schultz    15.67
13. Edward Garner           13.83
14. David Lee Bruner        11.75
15. David Wayne Hundley      9.00
16. Jimmy Farmer             8.25
17. David M Iorio            7.25
18. John G Sefton            7.25
19. Michael Felton           6.50
20. Rodney R Adkins          6.00
21. Pushkal Solani           5.50
22. John Everett Roush       5.00
23. Richard Keith Lilly      4.75
24. Byron Funkhouser         4.00
25. James Daniel Preece      4.00
26. Allen D Farley           4.00
27. Vincent Price            3.50
28. Aidan A Rogers           3.50
29. Gagana Sadineni          1.00
30. Lawrence Iorio           1.00

2018-2019 Grand Prix Final Standings

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

2017-2018 Final Grand Prix Standings

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

2017-2018 Grand Prix Standings

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