57 players (not including the unrated section) competed in the Mountaineer Open on January 14 at the WVU Mountainlair. John Boylin won the open section with 3.5/4, while seven players tied for second at 3. Christopher Easthom won the Collegiate/Scholastic section with a perfect 4/4.
Dale Eggleton 1948-2022
Dale Eggleton of the Charleston Chess Club has passed away at age 74. His obituary can be seen here.
WV Junior Championship
John Boylin IV is the 2022 WV Junior Champion. John finished with 4/4 in a field of 22 players. Second and third place trophies went to Gagana Sadineni and Micah Barnette, each with 3/4. The beginner class trophies went to Lance Pitrolo, Aditya Jain, and Alexandrea Van Meter, who all scored 3/4. Markle Butcher had a perfect 3/3 in the Friends & Family section. Chris and Landon Leach took home a trophy for their combined parent/child score.
Jim Gikas 1957-2021
James Gikas, 63, of Wheeling, WV passed away Saturday, February 6, 2021. Obituary
Concord Southern Open
17 players competed in the Concord Southern Open, held on November 5, 2022 in Daniels. Harold Mitchell (pictured on the right) took first place with 3.5/4.
USCF Crosstable
WV Senior Championship
Jimmy Fuller has won his third consecutive WV Senior Championship title! 10 players competed in the event, which was held in Saint Albans. Jim had 2 wins and 2 draws and has qualified to represent WV in the 6th Annual John T. Irwin National Tournament of Senior State Champions.
Lewis Sanders (L) vs Jimmy Fuller (R) in Round 3
Chess Day Open and Scholastic
49 players competed in the Chess Day Open and Scholastic on October 8, 2022 in Clarksburg. In the open section, John Boylin IV and Elijah Tipton had a perfect 4/4. Nathaniel des Ruisseau had 4/4 in the Scholastic, then entered into the Open section and finished with 2 more wins (and 2 half-point byes). Pushkal Solanki swept the Elementary section with 4/4 (and one draw in the open section).
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
Email Scam Attempts
Someone is pretending to be Craig Timmons, our WVCA president, in emails to various club contacts. If you receive a strange email with Craig’s name and an email address that ends in naver dot com, please disregard it.
83rd WV State Championship
28 players from five states competed in the 83rd WV State Championship, held September 10-11 in Huntington. After 5 rounds of play, Benjamin Good emerged as the clear first with 4.5/5. Lewis Sanders and Andrew Thomas (Ohio) shared 2nd-3rd with 4 points.
1st – Benjamin Good 4.5
2nd-3rd – Lewis Sanders, Andrew Thomas 4.0
U1900 1st-2nd – Kevin Chen, John Boylin 3.5
U1600 1st – Gagana Sadineni 3.0
U1600 2nd – Michael Wilson 2.5
U1300 1st – Elijah Tipton 2.5
U1300 2nd-4th – Steve Meade, Ryan VanBibber, Tarunsai Bhumanapalli 2.0
Upset Prize – Gagana Sadineni