WVCA Board of Directors Meeting

A West Virginia Chess Association Board of Directors meeting is being planned for December. A tentative agenda includes moving the date of the Junior Championship so that juniors can play in both championship tournaments. Stay tuned for more details...

2012 USCF Due Changes

The USCF Board of Delegates passed a number of motions in August of 2011 that will directly impact tournament directors, affiliates, and players starting in January of 2012, if not sooner.

Most dues rates were revised slightly. In addition, tournament memberships will be discontinued in January of 2012 and will be replaced with three month trial memberships. The USCF hopes to start offering these three month trial memberships in early October. Like tournament memberships, these trial memberships can only be sold by USCF affiliates at tournaments.

USCF Dues Rates as of 1/1/2012:

Membership Type	Details	1 Yr	2 Yr	3 Yr
Adult	12 issues of Chess Life	$46	$84	$122
Adult	No Magazine	$40	$72	$104
Senior (65 or older)	12 issues of Chess Life	$40	$72	$104
Young Adult (Under 25)	12 issues of Chess Life	$33	$61	$88
Young Adult (Under 25)	No Magazine	$26	$47	$67
Youth (Under 16)	6 issues of Chess Life	$28	$51	$73
Youth (Under 16)	No Magazine	$22	$40	$57
Scholastic (Under 13)	6 issues of Chess Life for Kids	$24	$43	$61
Scholastic (Under 13)	No Magazine	$17	$30	$42
Family Membership	Plan 1 - With Adults	$75
Family Membership	Plan 2 - No Adults	$47
Life Membership	12 issues of Chess Life annually	$1500
Senior Life Membership (65 or older)	12 issues of Chess Life annually	$750
Life Benefactor	12 issues of Chess Life annually	$3000

Three month trial memberships will be $15 for those over age 24, with three issues of Chess Life, $10 for those under age 25, with three issues of Chess Life, and $8 for those under age 13, with two issues of Chess Life for Kids.

2011 WV Championship Results

The 2011 WV State Chess Championship was held on Labor Day weekend at the WVSSPA building in Charleston, WV. South Carolina resident Klaus Pohl won the tournament with an impressive 5.5 score. The championship title was shared by West Virginia residents David Saville and Ben Good. Several other players won class prizes. Here is a transcription of the final chart:

Klaus Pohl (2200) 5.5
Wayne Christensen (2096) 4
David Saville (2062) 4.5
Ben Good (2025) 4.5
Donald Griffth (2000) 4
James Walker (2000) 4
Sidhartha Parhi (1954) 4
Chris Que (1916) 3.5
Lewis Sanders (1900) 3
David Hines (1871) 3
Michael Richardson (1846) 3
Joseph Dixon (1828) 3
Gary Cummings (1796) 2.5
James Fuller (1765) 2.5
Michael Felton (1700) 3
Matthew Richardson (1584) 2.5
James Fields (1565) 2
Advait Patel (1559) 2.5
David Hundley (1279) 2.5
Sam Timmons (1063) 1
Charles McCallister (964) 1
Sam Walker-Matthews (504) 2
Dale Eggleton (Unr) 1.5