Chess is Alive and Well in Morgantown!
Morgantown Chess Club provides a friendly environment, where chess enthusiasts of all ages and playing levels can meet to learn and play. Please check out our activity calendar to see what is happening this week!
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| July 3 |
Congratulation to Steve Malutich who is the clear winner in the MCC Almost Summer IV tournament and gained 128 rating points. What a great return to OTB chess! Caleb Aites placed second and gained 59 rating points. The Summer Grand Prix event is off to a great start with the Benko gambit. Nine players had a 4 round tournament and Shih-Houng is in the lead. Click the link to see the results of the first part. Anyone and everyone is welcome to join the next event - featuring the Grunfeld defense on July 23. The 11th Mountaineer Open date has been confirmed for October 10. Please tell your friends and plan to participate. |
| June 23 |
The Club
Calendar has been updated through September. We are having
our unrated Grand Prix event - 4
Thursday evenings of short G/20 4 rounds SS thematic tournaments - on
your favorite openings! Information on the 11th Mountaineer Open has been added. Also note that September brings our Club Championship. If you're not a member, join our club - play interesting chess and learn more, improve your game. |
| May 28 | The MCC Library Books list has
been added. John Roush has Generously Donated more than 300 chess books
from his personal library to the Morgantown Chess Club!! It's an
incredible collection with coverage of just about every topic by many
leading chess authors! Contact Dave
Iorio to arrange to borrow a book. |
| May 16 | The Almost Summer IV tournament
is off to a good start with 6 players. Check out the results as the
tournament progresses (click on the above link or on the Ongoing Events link). |
| May 13 | The MCC announces the Almost Summer
IV (click here). We have 6 people interested in playing so far. Join the "Almost" Summertime fun. The Club Calendar is updated to show new dates for the Almost Summer IV tournament. The April Fools tournament page has been updated and includes the crosstable and final results. |
| May 5 | Looking for the results of the Morgantown May Day tournament?
Take a look HERE. |
| April 28 | Who has pre-registered for the Morgantown May Day tournament?
Take a look at the pre-registration list HERE. This is list is constantly updated - there are 21 players pre-registered as of Monday evening. |
| April 19 | What was the Morgantown May Day tournament like last year?
Check out the slide show Photo Slide Show. Check out the Crosstable at USCF website. |
| April 19 | The WV
Action Championship results have been posted to the USCF website.
Congratulations to Adonis Turner, 1st place winner. Ben Good
sucessfully defended his title as WV Action Champion. Caleb Aites takes
the #1 WV Junior trophy. More details and pictures forthcoming. |
| April 7 | The April Fools tournament
page (or the Ongoing Events page) has been updated and includes the
crosstable and pairings for all rounds. Check the page if you're
wondering who's winning and who you will play next. |
| April 1 | The April Fools tournament
starts this week. |
| March 29 | Check out the slide show from the 2008 WV Action Championship. Photo Slide Show. Also note that the Past Events page has been updated to include all MCC tournaments to date. |
| March 25 | Club Calendar has been updated for April to June 2009. Please note that club will not meet on Apr 9 but will meet on Apr 30. |
| March 8 | The results of the 3rd Morgantown Spring Open
have been submitted to the USCF and all the results may be seen here: Results 3rd Morgantown Spring Open Congratulations to Joe Elsleger who earned a score of 3.5 to take first place. Six people scored 3.0. Congrats to Sid Parhi who gained 97 rating points. A total of 27 players competed and had a great time. As your TD, I want to express my appreciation to everybody who played and demonstrated great sportmanship throughout. The level of competition is astounding to me, we really have something special happening with chess in Morgantown. |
| Feb 28 | Next Saturday is the 3rd
Morgantown Spring Open We have 21 players pre-registered. Just show up next Saturday morning and pay on-site to play. The prize fund is $400/b20 and there is also a scholastic prize. The competition will be good. |
| Jan 19 | 2009 MCC Deep Freeze III has gotten off to a good start. This
year, with 4 players, the tournament is a single Quad, where everybody
plays everybody. It's the high rated (Martin Montero and Shih-Houng
Young) vs. the up-and-coming (Caleb Aites and Terry S. Wassell).
Round 1 ended with wins by Martin Montero and Shih-Houng Young.
Regular rounds: Jan 22, Feb 12. Alternate play date: Feb. 5 & 19
Prizes: Section winners receive free entry for upcoming April Fool’s
tournament. Please remember to pay club dues. note: last years newsticker items have been moved to the archives. Notices for upcoming tournaments have been added. |
Join us
Club meets Thursday evenings from 7 to 11pm at First Christian Church (basement) in Morgantown (directions). The club is closed the last Thursday of every month.
Upcoming Tournaments
Aug 23
Parkersburg Homecoming
Sept 5-7
WV 71st Annual WV State Championship
October 10
11th Mountaineer Open