Parkersburg Homecoming Tournament

The 23rd Annual Parkersburg Homecoming Chess Tournament is less than one month away!

The tournament will be held on Sunday, August 16, 2015 at the Parkersburg Municipal Building at 2nd & Market Streets in Parkersburg, WV. The format will be four-round Swiss System G/60 d/5. 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 8/10 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. This is a WVCA Grand Prix event.

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

2015 WV Action Championship

The 2015 West Virginia Action Championship was held yesterday, March 28th, at the Community Building in Spencer, WV. Eleven players competed for the title. Armando Lopez of Daniels, WV and John Roush of Ripley, WV tied for first place with scores of 5/6, although Dr. Lopez took home the trophy due to tie breaks. Miguel Lopez of Daniels, WV won the U1900 class prize with a score of 3.5/6, while the U1500/Unrated class prize was shared between Travis Martin of Independence, WV and first-time tournament player Russell Stump of Spencer, WV with scores of 3/6. This event also marked the return to tournament play of John Richardson after a 30 year absence. Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to all who came out to play or watch!

March 11 Meeting Location Change

In light of the upcoming book sale at the Vienna Public Library, we need to switch rooms for our March 11, 2015 meeting. Instead of the conference room, we will meet in the computer room located to the immediate right of the main library entrance.

2015 WV Action Championship

The 2015 WV Action Championship will be held on Saturday, March 28, 2015 at the community building in Spencer, WV:

Date:	March 28, 2015
Site:	Spencer Community Building, 110 Church Street, Spencer, WV 25276
Format:	6 Round Swiss System, G/30 d/0
Registration:	9-9:45
Rounds:	10-11:15-1-2:15-3:30-4:45
Byes:	Maximum one half-point bye per player. Bye must be requested before the first round.
Entry Fee:	$25 postmarked by 3/21, $30 at site
Prizes:	$$b/20: $125-$75, U1900: $50, U1500/Unr: $50 Trophy and WV Action Championship title to top WV resident.
Entries:	Matthew Richardson, 1225 20th Street, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Checks payable to “Matthew Richardson”)
Misc:	No Smoking. No Computers. Wheel Chair Accessible. WVCA and USCF membership required (available onsite).

A downloadable entry form can be found here

Children's Home Society Charity Chess Tournament

Please see the following message from Craig Timmons about an upcoming tournament in the Charleston area:

I am going to try something I haven't done before but have always wanted to do, a charity chess tournament.

On Saturday, Feb 28, 2015, The Children's Home Society is having an event at Buffalo Wild Wings at the Corridor G location. I am going to run a chess tournament with the time controls of G/10;d0. The entry fee is $10 and all proceeds will go directly to the Children's Home Society.

Registration begins at 12 Noon and play will begin at 12:30. We will do 3-4 rounds and it should go pretty quick. I reserve the right to split the event into multiple sections based upon ratings. There will be an unrated section for those that are not members of the USCF.

If you don't want to play in a short time control tournament, please come and play a "friendly game" and show your support for the Children's Home Society.

If you are available on February 28th, please consider supporting this cause by playing in Craig's tournament.

Bridgeport Library #4 Tournament

The Harrison County Chess Club will host a tournament this Saturday at the Bridgeport Public Library:

Date:	February 7, 2015
Site:	Bridgeport Public Library, Johnson Avenue, Bridgeport, WV 26330
Format:	3-SS, G/40 no delay
Registration:	Noon to 12:15 PM
Schedule:	First Round – 12:30 PM, Subsequent rounds to follow as announced at the site.
Sections:	Unrated	Non USCF members only
	Rated	Rated: Open all current and past USCF members
Entry Fee:	Unrated	Free
	Rated	$15
Prizes:	Trophy to top individual in each section. An award to top female in each section. Winner of rated section to receive 85% of entry fee as prize fund.
Entries:	Harrison County Chess Club, c/o Robert L. Greer, P. O. Box 4338, Clarksburg, WV 26302 (Checks payable to “Harrison County Chess Club”)
Misc:	No Smoking. USCF membership required in Rated Section (available onsite).

Also, the club will have a G/5 tournament on February 26th at their Thursday night club meeting from 6-9 PM at the Bridgeport Benedum Center on the bottom floor.

Parkersburg Homecoming Game Published in Chess Life

For those of you who haven't seen it yet, the January 2015 issue of Chess Life magazine features a game by the Mid-Ohio Valley Chess Club's own president emeritus Brian Adams! The game is in the magazine's Back to Basics section and is from last year's Parkersburg Homecoming tournament. Congratulations on getting your game published, Brian!