15th Mountaineer Open

The 15th Mountaineer Open will be held on October 26, 2013:

Date:	October 26, 2013
Site:	Morgantown Chess Club, 100 Cobun Ave (Church basement), Morgantown WV 26501
Format:	4-SS, G/75 (w/5 second delay)
Registration:	9-9:45 AM
Rounds:	10 AM – 1 PM – 4 PM – 7 PM
Byes:	Maximum one half-point bye per player. Bye requests for round 4 must be made before the start of round 3.
Entry Fee:	$25 postmarked by Oct. 19, $35 at site.
Prizes:	Two sections, $$500 b/28 (proportional payout common to both sections).
Sections:	Open: $120-80, U2000 $60, Reserve (under 1800): $90-60, U1600 $50 U1300 $40. In the event of six or less players registering for either section, these will be combined (preserving overall prize fund).
Entries:	Morgantown Chess Club, Terry Wassell, 104 Dustin Lane, Morgantown, WV 26501. (Checks payable to Morgantown Chess Club).
Email:	morgantownchess@gmail.com
	If available, A HOUSE player may be paired to avoid a bye. No Smoking, Wheel Chair Accessible. USCF membership required (available onsite). Sponsored & Organized by Morgantown Chess Club.

For a list of other upcoming tournaments in Morgantown , please visit the Morgantown Chess Club website.

WVSCA National Chess Day Tournament

The WV Scholastic Chess Association will host the National Chess Day Tournament on October 12, 2013:

National Chess Day Tournament

Date:	October 12, 2013
Site:	St. Francis of Assisi Church (Parish Center); 1023 Sixth Ave; St. Albans, WV
Sections:	Unrated Scholastic (Non-USCF members): 3-4SS G/30;d0
	Rated Scholastic: < 600 3-4SS G/30;d0
	Rated Scholastic: 600+ 3-4SS G/45;d0
	Open: 3-4SS G/60;d5
Entry Fee:	Scholastic: Unrated $5, Rated: $10, Open: $25
Prizes:	Scholastic Unrated: 1st - 1 year USCF membership
	Scholastic Rated: Trophies 1st – 3rd for rated sections.
	Open: 1st $200 2nd $100; U1600 1st $50 2nd $25
Registration:	8-8:45 AM (Scholastic) 9-9:45 AM (Open)
Rounds:	Scholastic 9:00 AM and 15 minutes after last game finished
	Open: 10 AM, 12:45 PM, 3 PM, 5:30 PM (If necessary)
Email:	craigtimmons@gmail.com

For a list of other upcoming scholastic tournaments in West Virginia, please visit the West Virginia Scholastic Chess Association website.

Parkersburg Homecoming Final Results

The 21st Annual Parkersburg Homecoming Chess Tournament was held on Sunday, August 18, 2013 at the Parkersburg Municipal Building at 2nd & Market Streets in Parkersburg, WV. Thirteen players competed in the Rated section, and six players competed in the Non-Rated section.

The position of Parkersurg Homecoming Champion this year was shared by two players, Advait Patel of West Logan, WV and Benjamin Good of Stonewood, WV. I'd especially like to congratulate Adi for his achievement this year. Adi's very first tournament was the 2010 Parkersburg Homecoming, during which he earned a rating of only 399. Three years and 1700 rating points later, Adi has demonstrated his resolve by tying for the championship title. I'd also like to congratulate Ben for his second Homecoming championship. His first was in 2010, when he stole the title from reigning champion Tom Magar.

Two class prizes were awarded in the rated section. Ack Morgan of Sistersville, WV won the U1800 prize. The U1600 prize was shared by James Fields and Dalphine Fields, both of Elkview, WV. The first place award in the non-rated section went to Gerald Honaker of Athens, OH. The second place award in the non-rated section went to Trevor Samuelson of Belpre, OH.

Congratulations to the prize winners, and thanks to everyone who turned out to make this a great tournament! We hope to see you all next year! For pictures from the event, check out the Mid-Ohio Valley Chess Club's photo gallery.

Parkersburg Homecoming Round 4 Results

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot
1	Advait Patel	W     7	B     4	W     2	B     3
	2110   14472386	1	2	3	3.5	3.5
2	John Everet Roush	B     8	W     5	B     1	----
	2059   10201411	1	2	2	U2.0	2
3	Benjamin M Good	W     9	B     6	W     4	W     1
	2029   20085931	1	2	3	3.5	3.5
4	Jeff E Hohn	B   10	W     1	B     3	W   11
	1889   10733111	1	1	1	2	2
5	Dave Rutherford	W   11	B     2	----	----
	1799   12441918	1	1	U1.0	U1.0	1
6	Ack Morgan II	B   13	W     3	B     8	W   12
	1729   11117210	1	1	2	3	3
7	Reginald Best Jr	B     1	W   12	B     9	----
	1709   11445021	0	1	2	U2.0	2
8	Jordan J Whistler	W     2	B   11	W     6	B   13
	1611   14223306	0	1	1	1	1
9	James C Fields Jr	B     3	W   10	W     7	bye
	1581   10201136	0	1	1	2	2
10	Mike D Price	W     4	B     9	----	----
	1211   20085980	0	0	U0.0	U0.0	0
11	Charl McCallister	B     5	W     8	bye	B     4
	1044   13843380	0	0	1	1	1
12	Alexander B Reed	bye	B     7	W   13	B     6
	914   14204327	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
13	Dalphine Fields	W     6	bye	B   12	W     8
	783   15030864	0	1	1	2	2

Parkersburg Homecoming Round 3 Results

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot
1	Advait Patel	W     7	B     4	W     2
	2110   14472386	1	2	3		3
2	John Everet Roush	B     8	W     5	B     1
	2059   10201411	1	2	2		2
3	Benjamin M Good	W     9	B     6	W     4
	2029   20085931	1	2	3		3
4	Jeff E Hohn	B   10	W     1	B     3
	1889   10733111	1	1	1		1
5	Dave Rutherford	W   11	B     2	----
	1799   12441918	1	1	U1.0		1
6	Ack Morgan II	B   13	W     3	B     8
	1729   11117210	1	1	2		2
7	Reginald Best Jr	B     1	W   12	B     9
	1709   11445021	0	1	2		2
8	Jordan J Whistler	W     2	B   11	W     6
	1611   14223306	0	1	1		1
9	James C Fields Jr	B     3	W   10	W     7
	1581   10201136	0	1	1		1
10	Mike D Price	W     4	B     9	----
	1211   20085980	0	0	U0.0		0
11	Charl McCallister	B     5	W     8	bye
	1044   13843380	0	0	1		1
12	Alexander B Reed	bye	B     7	W   13
	914   14204327	0.5	0.5	1.5		1.5
13	Dalphine Fields	W     6	bye	B   12
	783   15030864	0	1	1		1

Parkersburg Homecoming Round 2 Results

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot
1	Advait Patel	W     7	B     4
	2110   14472386	1	2			2
2	John Everet Roush	B     8	W     5
	2059   10201411	1	2			2
3	Benjamin M Good	W     9	B     6
	2029   20085931	1	2			2
4	Jeff E Hohn	B   10	W     1
	1889   10733111	1	1			1
5	Dave Rutherford	W   11	B     2
	1799   12441918	1	1			1
6	Ack Morgan II	B   13	W     3
	1729   11117210	1	1			1
7	Reginald Best Jr	B     1	W   12
	1709   11445021	0	1			1
8	Jordan J Whistler	W     2	B   11
	1611   14223306	0	1			1
9	James C Fields Jr	B     3	W   10
	1581   10201136	0	1			1
10	Mike D Price	W     4	B     9
	1211   20085980	0	0			0
11	Charl McCallister	B     5	W     8
	1044   13843380	0	0			0
12	Alexander B Reed	bye	B     7
	914   14204327	0.5	0.5			0.5
13	Dalphine Fields	W     6	bye
	783   15030864	0	1			1

Parkersburg Homecoming Round 1 Results

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot
1	Advait Patel	W     7
	2110   14472386	1				1
2	John Everet Roush	B     8
	2059   10201411	1				1
3	Benjamin M Good	W     9
	2029   20085931	1				1
4	Jeff E Hohn	B   10
	1889   10733111	1				1
5	Dave Rutherford	W   11
	1799   12441918	1				1
6	Ack Morgan II	B   13
	1729   11117210	1				1
7	Reginald Best Jr	B     1
	1709   11445021	0				0
8	Jordan J Whistler	W     2
	1611   14223306	0				0
9	James C Fields Jr	B     3
	1581   10201136	0				0
10	Mike D Price	W     4
	1211   20085980	0				0
11	Charl McCallister	B     5
	1044   13843380	0				0
12	Alexander B Reed	bye
	914   14204327	0.5				0.5
13	Dalphine Fields	W     6
	783   15030864	0				0

MOV Chess Class

The next meetings of the MOV Chess Class will be Monday, August 12th and Monday, August 19th at the Vienna Public Library meeting room from 5-7 PM.

75th WV State Championship

The 75th Annual West Virginia State Chess Championship will be held over Labor Day weekend. This year the tournament is being held in Elkins, WV. As always, a short WVCA business meeting will occur on Saturday morning before the rounds begin.

Date:	August 31 – September 2, 2013
Site:	Holiday Inn Express, 50 Martin St, Elkins, WV 26241
Entry Fee:	$40 by 8/20, $50 at site (Make checks payable to David Bruner.)
Prizes:	$$750 b/30: $250-130, U1900 $100-50, U1600 $75-35, U1300 $75-35. Trophy to top WVCA player.
Format:	6 SS; 35/90, SD/60
Byes:	Maximum two per player. Half point bye requests must be made prior to start of tournament
Registration:	8:30 – 9:30 AM
Rounds:	10-4, 9-3, 9-3
Contact:	David Bruner
Phone:	304-636-0238
Email:	dbruner29@gmail.com
	Annual WVCA business meeting Saturday at 9am. No smoking. Wheelchair accessible.
	WVCA membership required, other states accepted for out-of-state players.

Mid-Ohio Valley Chess Class Facebook Page

Jordan Whistler has created a Facebook page for his Mid-Ohio Valley Chess Class. Be sure to "Like" this page to stay informed about upcoming lessons.

Kanawha Valley Open

The Charleston Chess club will host a tournament in two weeks:

Kanawha Valley Open

Date:	August 3, 2013
Site:	WVSSPA Building; 1610 Washington Street East; Charleston, WV 25311
Entry Fee:	$15.00, $2 discount to Charleston Chess Club members.
Prizes:	(Based on 20 entrants) 1st - $100; 2nd - $40; U1900 - $40; U1500/UNR - $40
Format:	3 SS; Game/75; d/5
Registration:	9am - 9:45am
Rounds:	10-1-4
Contact:	John Everett Roush; 114 Chloe Drive; Ripley, WV 25271
Phone:	304-550-4103
Email:	jroush@wvsspa.org

For a list of other upcoming tournaments in West Virginia, please visit the West Virginia Chess Association website.

21st Annual Parkersburg Homecoming Tournament

The 21st Annual Parkersburg Homecoming Chess Tournament is less than one month away!

For those of you who don't now, the tournament will be held on Sunday, August 18, 2013 at the Parkersburg Municipal Building at 2nd & Market Streets in Parkersburg, WV. The format will be four-round Swiss System G/60. Registration is from 9-9:45 and rounds will be at 10:00, 12:45, 3:00, and 5:15. There will be both rated and non-rated sections. The entry fee for the rated section is $15 postmarked by 8/12 or $20 at the site. The entry fee for the non-rated section is $10.

We've had good turnouts the past few years, and are hoping to continue this Parkersburg Homecoming tradition.

For an entry form and more information, visit the Parkersburg Homecoming Chess Tournament page on this website.

USCF National Girls' Invitational Tournament

From John Homer:

WV is sending players to the USCF Tournament of 8th Grade State Champions (Barber) and to the USCF Tournament of High School State Champions (Denker). We did not find a girl to participate in the Polgar Girls' Invitational which offered free room and board, plus a lot of valuable prizes and free instruction by the World's Female Chess Champion.

However, we still have a chance to nominate a girl (grades K-12) to attend the USCF National Girls' Invitational Tournament to be held along with the Barber and Denker at the USCF Open Chess Championship. The NGIT has players from only 40 states and is willing to accept a nominee from West Virginia, IF WE NOMINATE SOMEONE AT ONCE.

Please contact Tom Bergquist or John Homer if you have a candidate. Ten of the players so far are rated under 1000.

You can find additional information at http://www.uschess.org/tournaments/2013/ngit/.

If anyone knows of a candidate and does not have the contact information for Tom or John, please email me at movchessclub@gmail.com and I will get you in contact ASAP.

Tournaments This Weekend

This Saturday, July 20, tournaments will be held in Beckley and Morgantown:

Beckley Chess Club Open #7

Date:	July 20, 2013
Site:	Beckley Art Gallery, 600 Johnstown Road Beckley, WV 25801
Entry Fee:	$20
Prizes:	Based on entries
Format:	4 SS; Game/60 (5d)
	No Byes last round
	NS, NC
Registration:	8 am – 8:45 am
Rounds:	9 am - 11:15 am – 2 pm – 4:15 pm

Barney Fife Tournament

Date:	July 20, 2013
Site:	Morgantown Chess Club, 100 Cobun Ave Morgantown, WV 26501
Format:	4-SS, G/75 (w/5 second delay).
Schedule:	Reg.9-9:45 Rds: 10am - 1pm - 4pm - 7pm
Byes:	Maximum one half-point bye per player. Half-point bye requests for round 4 must be made before the start of round 3.
Entry Fee:	$25 postmarked by July 13, $35 at site, $2 discount to MCC members.
Prizes:	One section, prize fund $$400 b/20 (proportional payout). $125-85, U1900 $75, U1600 $65, U1300 $50.
Entries:	Morgantown Chess Club, c/o Terry Wassell, 104 Dustin Lane, Morgantown, WV 26501. (Checks payable to "Morgantown Chess Club").
Info:	Email: morgantownchess@gmail.com
	Website: http://morgantownchess.org
Misc.:	If available, A HOUSE player may be paired to avoid a bye. No Smoking, Wheel Chair Accessible. USCF membership required (available onsite). Sponsored & Organized by Morgantown Chess Club.

Please consider supporting our local chess clubs by playing in one of these fine tournaments.

Beginner Chess Class for Kids

The next meetings of Jordan Whistler's beginner chess class for kids will be on Monday, July 22 and Monday, July 29 at the Vienna Public Library meeting room from 5-7 PM. These classes have produced a great deal of excitement so far, and are highly recommended if you have young ones interested in learning to play.