Homecoming Tournament Results

The 24th Annual Parkersburg Homecoming Chess Tournament was held on Sunday, August 21st. Twenty players participated in the event. The players' results are used to calculate their national ratings by the US Chess Federation.

The following is a list of the winners:

1st Place Trophy:	Grant Perks, Thornville, OH
2nd Place:	Michael Felton, Grafton, WV
3rd Place Tie:	David Hines, Wiley Ford, WV John Everett Roush, Ripley, WV Lewis Sanders, Charleston, WV
Under 1800 Rating Class Prize:	Matthew Campbell, Morgantown, WV
Under 1300 Rating Class Prize:	Charles McCallister, Ripley, WV

A Non-Rated Tournament was also held. All players who are not nationally rated are eligible to play in the non-rated tournament.

The following is a list of the winners:

1st Place Trophy:	Gavin Yost, Davisville, WV
2nd Place Trophy:	Anthony Jenkins Walker, WV

Thanks to everyone who came out to make this tournament a success!

Tournament Director:	Craig Timmons, St. Albans, WV
Ass’t Tournament Director/Organizer:	Patrick Kelly, Marietta, OH

24th Annual Parkersburg Homecoming Chess Tournament

The 24th Annual Parkersburg Homecoming Chess Tournament will be held on Sunday, August 21, 2016 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 8/15 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.

Coffee Shop Meeting

A special meeting of the chess club will be held at the Serenity Coffee Shop by Holl's Chocolates at 5:00 PM Wednesday, March 2. A game-in-10 tournament with a $50 prize will be held starting at 5:30.

Parkersburg Homecoming Tournament Results

My apologies for the extremely long delay in posts to this page. Unfortunately, work and personal obligations have conspired to prevent me from spending much time on chess as of late. Since I never reported the winners of the last Parkersburg Homecoming Tournament, I will do so now.

The 23rd Annual Parkersburg Homecoming Chess Tournament was held on Sunday, August 16, 2015 at the Parkersburg Municipal Building at 2nd & Market Streets in Parkersburg, WV. In the rated section there was a tie for first between Miguel Lopez of Daniels, WV and Boyd Reed of Aliquippa, PA, with Lopez taking the trophy on tiebreaks. There was a three-way tie for third place between Armando Lopez of Daniels, WV, Robert Canary of Mullens, WV, and Ed Garner of Pennsboro, WV. There was a three-way tie for the U1800 class prize between James Fuller of Nitro, WV, Aaron Richardson of Spencer, WV, and Benjamin Wallace of Cross Lanes, WV. There was a four-way tie for the U1000 class prize between Matthew Ellis of Bridgeport, WV, Surya Perla of Cross Lanes, WV, Nathaniel Palmer of Clarksburg, WV, and Gerald Honaker of Little Hocking, OH.

In the non-rated section, Emmett Cady of Marietta, OH took the first place trophy, while Anthony Jenkins of Walker, WV took the second place trophy. Thanks very much to Craig Timmons for directing the tournament this year, and to Patrick Kelly for organizing! A cross table for the tournament can be found here.