Twenty players participated in the 24th Annual Parkersburg Homecoming tournament. Grant Perks from Ohio was the winner at 4-0, with Mike Felton just behind him at 3.5.

1st: Grant Perks, Thornville, Ohio.
2nd: Michael Felton, Grafton
3rd, tie: David Hines, Wiley Ford; John Everett Roush, Ripley; Lewis Sanders, Charleston.
Under 1800: Matthew Campbell, Morgantown.
Under 1300: Charles McCallister, Ripley.

Non-Rated Results:
1st: Gavin Yost, Davisville
2nd: Anthony Jenkins Walker

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Winner Grant Perks

Non-rated Winner Gavin Yost

Non-rated 2nd Place Anthony Jenkins

22 players from across the state and neighboring Maryland and Pennsylvania competed in the typically wild and crazy Action Championship. The fireworks were plenty with multiple upsets, time scrambles, and even a queen-and-knight-extra stalemate.

After the dust settled, Lewis “Crafty” Sanders emerged unscathed with 4 wins and 2 draws. The birthday boy, Ben Good, was just behind him at 4 wins, 1 draw, and 1 loss. Special thanks to Mrs. Good for a birthday surprise of chess-themed cupcakes between rounds 4 and 5.

The full crosstable can be found here.

Lewis Sanders and Ryan Ward had perfect 3-0 scores at the 8th Bridgeport Library event.
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88 players competed in the 49th annual WV Scholastic Championship held in Institute. The WV Scholastic Chess Association organized the event and president Robert L Greer was the chief tournament director.

The high school champion is Parker Benson (3.5/4), who won on tiebreaks over Vishnu Kasireddy and Cody Kropp. Parker will represent WV in the GM Arnold Denker Tournament of High School Champions.

The middle school champion is Nicholas Palmer (4/4). Nicholas will represent WV at the Dewain Barber Tournament of K-8 Champions.

Clare Higgins was the top female finisher and will represent WV at the US Chess National Girls Tournament of Champions.

All three of these events will be held from July 30 to August 2 in Indianapolis during the US Open.

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The WV Gazette has also posted a story on the event which can be seen here.

10 players battled the 10 degree weather to compete in the Open tournament held during the last weekend of the 2016 WV Scholastic Chess League. State Champion FM Kunche was nicked for a draw in the first round, while Lewis “Crafty” Sanders drew with Markle Butcher in the 3rd round – both ending at 3.5 and sharing first place. Markle took third place at 2.5.

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The 7th installment of the Bridgeport Library tournaments was held January 9, 2016. 18 players competed and the event was won by Benjamin Good with a perfect 3-0 score.

This is the last round game between Ben and Mike Baker.

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