16th Mountaineer Open

The 16th Mountaineer Open chess tournament will be held on Saturday, October 25, 2014.

Date:	October 25, 2014
Site:	Morgantown Chess Club, 100 Cobun Ave (Church basement), Morgantown WV 26501
Format:	4-SS G/75;d5
Registration:	9-9:45
Rounds:	10-1-4-7
Half-Point Byes:	Maximum one per player. Half-point bye requests for round 4 must be made before the start of round 3.
Entry Fee:	$35 on-site / $25 postmarked by Oct. 18, 2014
Prizes:	Two sections, $$500 b/28 (proportional payout common to both sections) Open: $120-80 U2000 $60 Reserve: U1800 $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).
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.

For more information about the tournament, please visit the Morgantown Chess Club website.

2014 National Chess Day

The 2014 National Chess Day tournament will be held on October 11, 2014. This will be a WVCA Grandprix event.

Date:	October 11, 2014
Site:	St. Francis of Assisi, 1023 6th Avenue, St. Albans, WV
Sections:	Scholastic Unrated	G/30;d5 3-4 SS (based on entries)
	Scholastic U700	G/30;d5 3-4 SS (based on entries)
	Scholastic 700+	G/45;d5 3-4 SS (based on entries)
	Open (Adult)	G/60;d5 4 SS
Registration:	Scholastic	8-8:45
	Open	9-9:45
Rounds:	Unrated/U700	9-10:15-11:30-12:45
	700+	9-10:45-12:45-3
	Open	10-12:30-3-5:30
Entry Fee:	Scholastic Unrated	$5
	Scholastic Rated	$10
	Open	$25
Prizes:	Scholastic Unrated	Top three will receive one year USCF membership plus trophies
	Scholastic Rated	Top three trophies in each section
	Open	$$ b/16 Championship $100-75-50 U1600 $50-25
Misc:	USCF membership is required for all sections except Unrated.

For more information about the tournament, please visit the WVSCA website.

22nd Annual Parkersburg Homecoming Chess Tournament

The 22nd Annual Parkersburg Homecoming Chess Tournament was held on Sunday, August 17, 2014 at the Parkersburg Municipal Building at 2nd & Market Streets in Parkersburg, WV. Fifteen players competed in the tournament.

The position of Parkersurg Homecoming Champion went to David Hines of Ridgely, WV. The position of second place in the rated section was tied between Markle Butcher of Buckhannon, WV and Ack Morgan III of Sistersville, WV. Brian Adams of Gallipolis Ferry, WV took home the U1300 class prize. Special congratulations also go out to Jordan Whistler of Marietta, OH, who gained 125 rating points in this event.

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! Pictures from the event will soon be uploaded to the Mid-Ohio Valley Chess Club's photo gallery, so keep an eye on this page for updatees.

Patel Wins 2014 Barber Tournament of K-8 Champions

Congratulations to West Virginia representative Adi Patel, who won the 2014 Barber Tournament of K-8 Champions with a score of 5/6! More information can be found at the United States Chess Federation.

New Meeting Times

The Vienna Public Library has changed their meeting room policy, so effective immediately, the club will meet there from 5 to 8 p.m. instead of the previous 6 to 9 p.m. The dates have not changed--they are still the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month.

2014 DuPuy Memorial

The 2014 DuPuy Memorial chess tournament will be held from May 31 - June 1. This year the venue is changing to the Ramada Inn in Charleston, WV.

Date:	May 31 - June 1, 2014
Site:	Ramada Inn 600 Kanawha Blvd E, Charleston, WV 25301 (304) 344-4092
Format:	5-SS G/90, d10
Registration:	Ends 9:45 AM Saturday, May 31st
Rounds:	Saturday 10-2-6; Sunday 10-2
Entry Fee:	$100 on-site / $75 before May 15, 2014
Prizes:	$7250 Projected
Sections:	Open: 1st $1500 2nd $1000 3rd $700 U2100: 1st $600 2nd $500 3rd $300 U1800: 1st $500 2nd $400 3rd $200 U1600: 1st $400 2nd $300 3rd $200 U1200: 1st $300 2nd $200 3rd $150
Entries:	Craig Timmons 811 Hughes Drive St. Albans WV, 25177 (304) 389-6707 (Checks payable to Craig Timmons).

For more information about the DuPuy Memorial, please visit the tournament website.

Chess on YouTube

Sometimes at the club the subject of online videos comes up, so I thought it might be cool to post some links. If you have others you'd like to add to the list, email me or post it in the comments and I'll add them.

These are in no particular order.

Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis
https://www.youtube.com/user/STLChessClub

They've been posting a lot of lectures lately. Some great stuff here--especially the ones from GM Seirawan.

GM Daniel King
https://www.youtube.com/user/PowerPlayChess

Lots of great coverage of major events--both highlights and more in-depth game coverage.

IM Andrew Martin
https://www.youtube.com/user/YMChessMaster

A FIDE trainer, IM Martin has a comfortable conversational style of presenting material. Excellent stuff.

Online Chess Lessons
https://www.youtube.com/user/OnlineChessLessons

FIDE Master Will Stewart and GM Damian Lemos (among others) present games and ideas.

Chess Vibes
https://www.youtube.com/user/ChessVibes/featured

Footage, interviews, lectures and other content from major events around the world.

Chess TV
https://www.youtube.com/user/ChessTVOfficial

Interviews and footage. They have both Russian and English versions.

Magnus Carlsen
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbdcpQ5uPPymv7Ea0nnFfOw

The champ's own channel. Nothing that interesting, but his thoughts on the Candidates Tourney were ok.

Kingscrusher
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDUDDmslypVXYoUsZafHSUQ

Popular game annotator.

A Club Game

A draw with Bill feels like a win!

[Event "club game"]
[Site "Vienna Public Library"]
[Date "2013.10.23"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Alan Smith"]
[Black "Bill McClain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ngf3 b6 6. Bd3 Ba6 7. Qe2 Bxd3
8. Qxd3 Qc8 9. O-O Qa6 10. c4 Nc6 11. a3 Na5 12. b3 Be7 13. Bb2 O-O 14.
Rfc1 Rac8 15. Bc3 Rfd8 16. Bxa5 bxa5 17. b4 Nb6 18. b5 dxc4 19. Qb1 Qb7 20.
Nxc4 Nxc4 21. Rxc4 Rb8 22. a4 a6 23. Qc2 Rd7 24. Rc1 axb5 25. axb5 Qxb5 26.
Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Qxc7 Qb4 28. h3 h6 29. Qd7 a4 30. Rc7 a3 31. Ra7 a2 32. Kh2
Qb1 33. Qxe7 Qf5 34. Kg3 Qg6+ 35. Kh2 Qf5 36. Kg3 Qg6+ 37. Kh2 Qf5 38. Kg3
1/2-1/2

March 12 Meeting Location Change

Due to a scheduling conflict, the next meeting of the chess club on March 12th will be held at the Belpre Public Library, ​2012 Washington Boulevard Belpre, OH from 5:00 to 8:00 PM. Meetings at the Vienna Public Library will resume on March 26.