News Ticker Archives
2007
| December 19 | The club calendar was updated for the first quarter of 2008. Join us this week for a chess book auction and Santa Chess. Shih-Houng Young and Mike Baker wins the two Anniversary Quad sections. |
| December 2 | After gathering just three board points in three lost matches, the MCC team in the Pittsburgh Chess League finally had some luck and won a 3-1 match against the top-seeded Phalanx team, which did not use their top players. |
| November 30 | Round Two results from the Second Anniversary Quads now available |
| November 15 | The Second Anniversary Quads is now under way. Take a look at the pairings and first round results! |
| October 29 | 26 players gathered for the 9th Mountaineer Open. Alexander Heimann coasted to victory in the Open section, while Juan Ayala and Jay Mankey shared first place in the Reserve section. Check out results at the USCF webpages. |
| October 20 | We currently have 13 advance entries for the Mountaineer Open next weekend. |
| October 16 | Our team in the Pittsburgh Chess League suffered a 0.5-3.5 loss against the CMU Tartans on sunday. Dave Hines scored the lone draw on board two. |
| October 12 | Jens Madsen defended his club title, while the 2006 co-champ Shih-Houng Young came second. Caleb Aites takes unshared third place and continues to impress! See the tournament results. |
| October 10 | Check out the tournament calendar for a couple of November tournaments organized in Paden City by Jeff Hohn. The Dominion Post covered the State Championship in a series of articles that are now available here: 1, 2a, 2b, 3. |
| October 5 | Pairings ready for next week's final round of the Club Championship. Also, check out the call and agenda for the Annual Genreral Meeting on October 18th. |
| September 24 | Invitation for the 9th Mountaineer Open on October-27 was posted. |
| September 21 | In the PCL, our team suffered a tolerable 1.5-2.5 defeat at the hands of the defending champs from Rocky's Rooks. Mike Felton (win) and Jeff Hohn (draw) scored the points. In the club championship tournament, Jens Madsen has secured at least a share of the title with one round to go. |
| September 13 | Third round pairings for the 2007 Club Championship were posted. Round is scheduled for next week. This weekend, the Morgantown CC begins its second season in the Pittsburgh Chess League. We expect to be seeded into the top division once more, and will try to improve our 7th place finish from last year. |
| September 7 | Second round results from Club Championship available. There is one postponed game, and new pairings will not be posted until that has been played next week. |
| September 2 | With two rounds left in the State Championship, Ben Good leads with 3.5 points. He is chased by six players at 3 points: David Hines, Tom Magar, John Roush, Shih-Houng Young, Jens Madsen, and Donald Griffith. |
| September 1 | After Day One of the State Championships, four players share the lead with maximum 2 points: Tom Magar, Jens Madsen, Don Griffith, and Ben Good. Check out results and pairings for Round 3 tomorrow afternoon. 27 players are participating. |
| August 29 | Special thanks to local Artist and Designer Justin Jenkins for sponsoring a Special Prize for the Winner of the upcoming State Championship. Read all about it here. |
| August 28 | First round results and second round pairings from Club Championship were posted. There are 17 current advance entries for the WV State Championship. Projected total participation of approximately 25. |
| August 17 | Next thursday, the second MCC Club Championship tournament starts. Check out advance entries here. The defending co-champions Shih-Houng Young and Jens Madsen are both ready to defend their title. |
| August 11 | In three weeks the West Virginia State Championship is hosted by Morgantown Chess Club. Check the current list of entries and send in your advance entry now! |
| August 10 | Shih-Houng Young wins the 2007 Summer Grand Prix cycle after solid performances in all four events. Shih-Houng did not win a single event, but never finished outside of the top-4 places. A total of 24 players participated, which was more than twice as many as in 2006. The member list was updated. With 26 current members, the club is appraoching its growth goal of reaching 30 members by the end of this year. |
| August 8 | After a quiet vacation period, we are back with periodic updates to the website. First, two more installments of the Summer Grand Prix cycle were played. The second GP tournament was won by Craig Lewis, a visitor from New Mexico, while the third installment saw Jason Young and Jimmy Yuan tied for first. Check out the crosstables and GP standings. The final GP tournament is played tomorrow - notice GP points are doubled for this event. A handful of players are still in the race for the overall Grand Prix win. |
| July 15 | A team of players from Morgantown Chess Club took second in the PA State Action Championship. Check out individual results here. |
| July 13 | The Summer Grand Prix kicked off with a blast as 18 players competed in the first event. Jason Young won and leads the overall GP standings. The second GP tournament is played next thursday. |
| July 10 | The 2007 Summer Grand Prix cycle starts this week. Follow the link for an introduction to the rules and point system of the Summer Grand Prix. The cycle is made up of four thematic tournaments in July and August. |
| July 6 | The club calendar for the remainder of 2007 has been posted. |
| May 24 | Some results from Almost Summer Round 2 available. All postponed games are scheduled for June-7. GM Alexander Shabalov, who lives in Pittsburgh, is the new U.S. champion. Congratulations! |
| May 23 | Second round pairings for Almost Summer II tournament. |
| May 22 | The Almost Summer II wallchart has been posted. There is an odd number of particpants, so we are looking for an extra player. Second round pairings will be posted tomorrow (wednesday). |
| May 17 | This evening, the Almost Summer II tournament starts. There are 10 advance entries (follow link), but a few extra people probably will show up. |
| May 11 | Sign up for the Almost Summer II tournament that kicks off next thursday. |
| May 7 | Dave Hines won the May Day tournament with a perfect 4-0 score. Six players followed with a 3-1 score: Tom Magar, Jens Madsen, Joe Busche, Ben Good, Joe Elsleger, and Mike Felton. Without having done the stats, it was my impression that this was our strongest event organized so far. Check out the results. |
| May 4 | There are 19 advance entries for the May Day tournament. Walk-in registrations are accepted from 9 to 9:45am saturday morning. Jens Madsen defended his MCC Blitz Championship with Mike Felton as the runner-up. Available for download: PGN file containing games from the 2nd Morgantown Spring Open. |
| May 3 | We had 35 participants in our scholastic tournament this weekend. Winners were Irina Crihalmeanu (K-5) and Jim Eakins (6-12). The wallcharts will be posted soon. |
| April 24 | This saturday, Morgantown CC organizes a scholastic chess tournament open to grades K-12. See the detailed announcement here. |
| April 20 | A record 15 players participated in the April Fools tournament, which was won by Jens Madsen with the maximum score of 4 points. Second place was shared between Caleb Aites and Shih-Houng Young. Caleb (rated 1370) showed lots of potential by beating two Class A players. However, the prize for the biggest upset went to Srikanth Raghavan (for his win against John W. Malutich). |
| April 13 | Many big upsets and lots of intense games as the April Fools' tournament kicked off yesterday. Check out the wallchart including pairings for the third round. |
| April 9 | A dozen advance entries so far for the April Fools' tournament, which is played over the two next thursdays. |
| April 4 | The advance registration for the 2007 May Day tournament is opened. We hope to gather our biggest, strongest playing field yet for this event. |
| April 2 | A Morgantown CC team visited Cumberland (MD) on friday to play a six-board match over two games. After losing the first round by a narrow margin (3.5-2.5), we were pulverized in the second round (6-0). The Morgantown points were scored by Srikanth Raghavan, Jens Madsen, and Shih-Houng Young (draw). A return-match is planned for later this year. |
| March 30 | The recently formed Mid-Ohio Valley Chess Club invites for an open tournament on June 2nd in Parkersburg. West Virginia tournament activity is definitely on the rise. A couple of postponements: Minutes from 2006 General meeting and January board meeting are now available at the Club Administration page. |
| March 26 | Saturday April 28th, Morgantown Chess Club (in collaboration with the Morgantown Fun Factory) are hosting a scholastic chess tournament at the Mountaineer Mall on Greenbag Road. The tournament is open to all players in grades K-12. Please help us spread the word by means of this tournament flyer. |
| March 23 | Sign up for our next thursday night tournament: The April Fools played in mid-April. |
| March 20 | Memberlist has been updated. Also, check the West Virginia Top-50 list. |
| March 19 | Congratulations to Arpan Prabhu, who wins the Middle School section of the 2007 State Scholastic Championship. Under Articles & Games (left menubar), you can find the tournament report on the 8th Mountaineer Open, which appeared in the latest issue of the WVCA Buleltin (better late than never). |
| March 16 | Deep Freeze tournament finished and rated. Congratulation to the group winners: Shih-Houng Young, Jeff Reynolds, and Musat Crihalmeanu. The next thursday night tournament is the April Fools (4-rd Swiss, G/45) played on April-12 and April-19. |
| March 13 | Several updates to the calendar of upcoming events. |
| March 12 | Corrected some errors in the Morgantown Spring Open crosstable and added new USCF ratings. |
| March 11 | Morgantown Spring Open had a good turnout with 26 players. Outright winner with maximum points was Joe Busche. See the crosstable. |
| March 9 | Morgantown Spring Open has 21 advance entries. Walk-in registrations are accepted from 9 to 9:45am saturday morning. Also, updated results from Deep Freeze tournament. |
| March 2 | Deep Freeze results update, Crihalmeanu, Musat- Webb, Theodore 1-0. |
| March 1 | MCC members' March rating has been updated. |
| February 26 | Morgantown CC ties Pitt II in the Pittsburgh Chess League and occupies shared 5th/6th rank before final round (March 25). |
| February 23 | Second round results from Deep Freeze tournament available. |
| February 17 | The Club Calendar has been updated and now includes activities until June. |
| February 14 | SNOW CANCELLATION - No Chess Club tomorrow. We will be open next week instead. Please check the club calendar. |
| February 13 | Advance registration for the 2nd Morgantown Spring Open is opened. Download the registration form here. Also check the updated list of upcoming events. |
| February 2 | Wallcharts and first round results from Deep Freeze Quads. Games from 8th Mountaineer Open, which took place in October, are available for download. |
| January 30 | The player count for the Deep Freeze tournament currently stands at 12. |
| January 29 | Morgantown CC tied Washington CC in the fifth round of the Pittsburgh Chess League. Dave Hines scored our only win in the 2-2 match. |
| January 26 | Next thursday, the appropriately named Deep Freeze tournament starts. Check out the list of registered players. |
| January 15 | Mark your calendars! MCC proudly presents the following two spring events: The 2nd Morgantown Spring Open and the 2007 May Day tournament. |
| January 10 | Be aware that there has been some near-term changes made to the club calendar. In particular, the start of our next thusday tournament - The Deep Freeze - has been moved back to February 1 |
| January 2 | The Morgantown Scholastic Championship was mentioned in the Dominion Post last week. View the article by following the link. |
2006
| December 29 | The Morgantown Scholastic Chess Championship took place yesterday with 20 young participants. We had two sections: in the rated Championship section, Caleb Aites from East Fairmont HS made his tournament debut with a perfect 4-0 score, with our very own Sid parhi as the runner-up. Irina Crihalmeanu won the unrated Premier section, giving up a single draw in five rounds. Congratulations to the winners! We hope to organize another scholastic tournament in April or May. More on this later. |
| December 22 | Anniversary Quad tables were updated with new USCF ratings. Remarkable rating gains by Jeff Reynolds (+137), Xiaowen Wu (+78), and Mike Felton (+43). |
| December 18 | The club calendar has been updated with our schedule until April. |
| December 15 | Morgantown CC are proud to organize the 2006 Morgantown Scholastic Chess Championship on December 28th. This is the second year that we organize a scholastic event over the holiday break. |
| December 14 | Apart from one postponed game, the Anniversary Quads finished yesterday. Congratulations to the three section winners: Jens Madsen, Jeff Reynolds, and Xiaowen Wu. |
| December 5 | The wall-charts for the Anniversary Quads were updated. |
| November 28 | Notice that this month MCC has shifted around its week off, so that there is a regular club meeting on November 30. |
| November 17 | Results from second round of Anniversary Quads were posted. Postponed games are played on November 30th. The memberlist was updated with new members and official USCF ratings from the December list. |
| November 10 | The First Anniversary Quads started yesterday with three full Quad sections. There were lots of fierce games, and the only draw of the night came about when only kings were left on the board. Let us hope this fighting spirit prevails when we continue with Round Two next week. By following the link above you can see the wallchart. |
| November 7 | There are currently 11 players signed up for the Anniversary Quads that start this thursday. The final sections will not be known until a few minutes before start of Round One (7:30pm). At this time, we will be drawing lots to determine round pairings. |
| November 6 | Yesterday, our team in the Pittsburgh Chess League was swiped 0-4 by the top-seeded team Pitt I. The defeat was fully deserved, although it always takes a little bad luck to loose by this much ..... |
| November 3 | Around one dozen members attended the November chess lecture. Next week, the First Anniversary Quads start. You can sign up to play in either a rated or an unrated section. |
| October 23 | The 8th Mountaineer Open had a modest turnout of 17. The winners were Tom Magar with 3.5/4 in the Open section, and Jay Mankey with 4/4 in the Reserve section. Wallcharts with new ratings have been posted. |
| October 20 | If you missed out on yesterday's Annual General Meeting, you can read the President's Report here. Also check out the "new" composition of the Club Board. |
| October 17 | Last game of the Club Championship tournament was played. Shih-Houng won and ended up with 4-1 in shared first with Jens Madsen. Congratulations to both on sharing our first club championship. Prizes will be handed out during the Annual General Meeting on thursday. |
| October 13 | The Club Championship tournament is (almost) done. Results from the final round were posted. Jens Madsen leads with 4/5, but Shih-Houng Young can become co-champion by winning his remaining game with Martin Harper. |
| October 11 | The agenda for our Annual General Meeting on October 19 has been posted. |
| October 8 | The second round in the Pittsburgh Chess League once more confirmed that we can compete even against the very best! This time we played against the second-seeds (Rocky's Rooks) and in spite of a 200 point rating deficit on all boards, only lost by the slimmest margin 1½-2½. The Morgantown points were scored by our two mercenaries: Dave Hines from Ridgeley (win on top board!) and Mike Baker from Clarksburg (draw). |
| October 7 | Pairings for the fifth and last round of the Club Championship were posted. This round is played on thursday, October 12. |
| October 6 | Fourth round results from Club Championship tournament available. |
| October 2 | Pictures and board results from the match last week in Washington. |
| September 29 | For the second time this year, we played and lost a team match (two games, nine boards) against the Washington CC. The match score was 11-7. More information to follow! |
| September 28 | Top encounter in the fourth round of Club Championship tournament was played ahead. Many additions to tournament calendar. Picture gallery from May Day tournament uploaded. |
| September 26 | The frontpage has been spiced up using a selection of pictures taken at MCC. Every time you enter our page you will get a new picture chosen at random. I guess the webmaster got bored.... |
| September 22 | Complete results and fourth-round pairings for the Club Championship available |
| September 20 | Moving Day! Almost one year after going online, our web pages have found a more permanent home at the address morgantownchess.org |
| September 18 | Morgantown CC made a succesful debut in Division I of the Pittsburgh Chess League with a 3-1 win over the third-seeded team Triple Threat. |
| September 15 | We had a good turnout in spite of the football game at Mountaineer Field. A few third Round results of the Club Championship are available. Remaining games from this round are played next week. |
| September 5 | At the annual business meeting of the West Virginia Chess Association, Morgantown was selected as the playing site for the 2007 State Championships. The state tournament was last played here 20 years ago in 1987. We hope that many new and old faces will join us over Labor Day weekend next year. The 2006 state champion is Donald Grifftith from Charleston, who scored 5 from 6 (two draws). Second place went to Jens Madsen from Morgantown with a score of 4.5 (three draws). It was Donald's twelfth title - congratulations from here! You can see event crosstables and photos at the WVCA website. |
| August 25 | Lots of exciting games in the second round of our Club Championship tournament. Results and pairings for Round Three have been posted. |
| August 23 | The club championship wallchart and pairings for Round 2 are available here |
| August 22 | Various updates. The member list was brought up-to-date with the latest official ratings. Also, the activity calendar was extended for the remainder of this year. |
| August 15 | Posted invitation for 8th Mountaineer Open, which we are hosting on October 21st. Many other additions under Upcoming Events. |
| August 14 | Denker Watch: Jason Young is playing in the Denker tournament of High School Champions, which takes place in Chicago. His final score was 3 out of 6 (two wins, two losses, and two draws). Round summaries and games for download. |
| August 7 | Invitation to our first Club Championship tournament. First round played August 17. |
| August 7 | Congratulations to Jason Young, who won our first Summer Grand Prix series convincingly (he won 3 out of 4 tournaments). Grand Prix points were doubled for the fourth event, which caused some drastic changes in the overall overall standings. |
| July 21 | Jason Young gets his second win in the Grand Prix series and now holds the overall lead ahead of Jens Madsen and Sid Parhi. |
| July 14 | As expected, an evening with the swashbuckling Orangutang opening lead to lots of imaginative chess! Jason Young won the second Grand Prix tournament. Halfway through the series, Sid Parhi maintains his overall lead in the Grand Prix standings. |
| July 7 | On a night where Mike Felton discovered that "there are other openings than 1.c4", Jens Madsen had the requisite luck to win the first installment of the Summer Grand Prix. The overall Grand Prix standings are lead by Sid Parhi. |
| July 6 | Tonight the MCC Summer Grand Prix kicks off. This is a series of four thematic tournaments. Also check updated USCF ratings after the Almost Summer tournament. |
| June 30 | Final standings for the Almost Summer tournament. David Iorio wins with maximum score. |
| June 18 | Pairings for the final round of the Almost Summer tournament. |
| June 11 | Major updates to calendars on the website. See club calendar and Upcoming tournaments. Also, the Almost Summer crosstables were updated. |
| June 2 | Third round results from Almost Summer tournament. Next thursday is make-up date for postponed games. |
| May 24 | Third round pairings from Almost Summer tournament. This round is played on June 1. |
| May 19 | Results from second round of Almost Summer tournament. Shih-Houng Young and David Iorio both undefeated so far. |
| May 17 | See the crosstable and round 2 pairings for Almost Summer tournament. Also, May Day tournament rating report can be found here. Look forward to our next event in August. |
| May 10 | The USCF are still not updating their online database with new tournament results, but the May Day tournament has been submitted for rating and should appear online tomorrow. Meanwhile, Ben Good has calculated estimated ratings for the event at the excellent WV Chess Association website. |
| May 9 | Don Griffith and Thomas Magar shared victory in the May Day tournament on May 6th. Winner of the Reserve section was Benjamin Cowley from Bridgeport. The tournament set a new attendance record with 27 players. The tournament has not been rated yet, due to a hardware failure at the USCF offices in Crossville (TN). |
| May 5 | Number of players pre-registered for the Morgantown May Day tournament is 21. |
| April 24 | The Morgantown May Day tournament is approaching fast now, and pre-registrations are beginning to arrive. Check the list of participants here. |
| April 21 | Seven players took part in the Official MCC Blitz Championship. It was an evening with lots of action-packed chess, unsubstantiated sacrifices, and Probably the biggest drama of the night was the second-round game Madsen-Eakins. Up queen, rook, and some loose change, Jens desperately tried to mate Jim on the g4-square as the players had "agreed" before the game. The game ended in a stalemate, which occured at the same time that Jens' flag fell. Don't believe those that claim chess is not suited for television! |
| April 19 | We are announcing the Almost Summer tournament, played over four club nights in May and June. Also remember the MCC Official Blitz Championship tomorrow night (April 20). |
| April 7 | Details on the match against Washington CC were posted. We are now taking pre-registrations for the May Day tournament on May 6th. |
| March 29 | In what promises to be the beginning of a nice tradition, MCC proved to be perfect hosts when Washington Chess Club beat us 6-4 in a two-round match over five boards. Pictures and individual scores will be posted later. |
| March 20 | Two members of the Morgantown Chess Club were succesful at the WV State Scholastic Championship in Charleston. Jason Young defended his state championship in the High School section, and Jimmy Yuan won the Elementary School (K-6) section. Congratulations to both! |
| March 20 | Updated member list with new official ratings from the USCF April supplement. |
| March 17 | March Madness was won by Jens Madsen ahead of Shih-Houng Young. Morgantown Chess Club invites for May Day tournament. |
| March 13 | Charleston (WV) will be hosting the US Amateur South tournament over Memorial Day weekend. It is good to see this major National USCF tournament return to the Mountain State. Multiple updates to the club calendar. |
| March 10 | View collection of photos from the Morgantown Spring Open. |
| March 6 | See the third round pairings and crosstable for the ongoing March Madness tournament. |
| March 5 | Sixteen players from three states attended our first saturday tournament, the Morgantown Spring Open. It was a great competition, and Ben Good from Beckley was the last man stading with an impressive winning score of 4/4. |
| March 1 | Busy week at MCC. Tomorrow night first half of the March Madness (a G/45 tournament) is played, and then this saturday we host the Morgantown Spring Open. There is already more than 10 players pre-registered for the latter event. |
| February 22 | Some updates to the tournament calendar. |
| February 17 | Ten players took part in yesterday's simul, which resulted in 13 wins and 4 losses for Jens Madsen. The winners were: Shih-Houng Young (twice!!), Phil Nicoletti, and David Iorio. The page with annotated games from the MCC Inaugural was updated with the game Jason Young-Felton from Round three |
| February 16 | Download the complete collection of games from the MCC Inaugural tournament. |
| February 8 | New tournament announcements! MCC hosts two USCF-rated tournaments in March: March Madness, which is a G/45 tournament held on two thursday evenings, and Morgantown Spring Open, which is 4 rounds of G/75 on March-4. |
| February 6 | This past weekend a team representing Morgantown CC came third overall in the 2006 Western Pennsylvania Open Team Championships. Our team, consisting of Mike Felton, Jason Young, Shih-Houng Young, and Jim Eakins won the U2000 prize. |
| February 3 | Final crosstables and new post-tournament ratings for The Inaugural. Also updates to the January Round Robin. |
| February 1 | Member list is updated with USCF February ratings. Some updates to upcoming tournaments. Also available (under About MCC) are meeting minutes from board meeting in January. |
| January 27 | The club calendar has been updated for the months to come. Also, the file containing all games (rounds 1-3) from The Inaugural has been updated (Download) |
| January 14 | Crosstable for January Round Robin (unrated G/30) is now available. This section continues on thursday 1/19. |
| January 12 | Lots of upsets in the third round of the Inaugural tournament. Shih-Houng Young leads the tournament with maximum 3points before the final round. Results and Round 4 pairings have been uploaded here. The January Round Robin has kicked off with six players. Details to follow shortly! |
| January 5 | PGN file with games from Inaugural tournament was updated to include Round Two games. Download it here |
2005
| December 30 | Annotated game Jens Madsen-Jason Young from the second round of the Inaugural tournament. |
| December 30 | Do you want want to play in a small rated (U1400) or unrated tournament next month? See announcement below (registration closed). |
| December 30 | Yesterday's Scholastic Event had 10 players from 5 local schools. The first tournament was won quite convincingly by Stuart Christie while Tudor Crihalmeanu finished second (both attend Suncrest Middle School). Tudor won the second event after a hair-raising last round game where he was handed a draw by Arpan Prabhu (also Suncrest Mid). Yipeng Sun (University HS) came second after beating out Jonathan Hensel (Suncrest Mid) on tie-breaks. Most importantly we all had fun, so we will definitely do this again later! |
| December 19 | Download Round One games from The Inaugural tournament from the tournament page. Jason Young annotates his win against Martin Harper. |
| December 16 | Results from Round Two and Round Three pairings from the Inaugural tournament are posted. |
| December 14 | Why be bored when school is out? We are organizing a scholastic chess tournament on December 29th. See the invitation here. |
| December 12 | The Inaugural tournament has grown to eight players. Pairings for round two have been posted. |
| December 9 | First round of Inaugural tournament completed. Round two pairings will be posted monday (12/12) evening. We will also post all the games from the tournament. |
| December 2 | The Inaugural tournament started with six players. Check results here. Late registration closes on 12/12 at noon! |
| November 29 | The webpages were offline for more than 24 hours due to a problem with our webhost. In the meantime there are six players signed up for our Inaugural tournament, which looks very strong. Registration closes this Thursday at 7:30pm when Round One begins. |
| November 22 | Added a page on becoming a member of Morgantown Chess Club. |
| November 18 | Morgantown Chess Club was officially founded yesterday. View the new Board members and access the meeting minutes from this page. Now is the time to register for The Inaugural tournament. Finally, under Upcoming Events you may find dates of two more Pittsburgh tournaments in April. |
| November 11 | Founding Meeting agenda and invitation for "The Inaugural" were posted. |
| November 10 | Added directions to club meeting site. Upcoming Events was updated with Pittsburgh CC tournaments in early 2006. |
| October 24 | Tentative activity calendar added. |
| October 20 | Morgantown Chess Club website is launched. |
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