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.
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
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