West Virginia Chess Association

Hardy Gu, fresh off his second place finish at the K-3 National Championship, beat all comers to win the WV Action Championship with a perfect 6-0 score. Lewis Sanders was […]

Hardy Gu, our recent K-5 champion, was featured in a story by WBOY. Check out the article at wboy.com.

The WV Scholastic Championship was held March 16, 2024, in Clarksburg. 84 players competed in four sections: K-12, K-8, K-5, and K-3. The winners were: K-12 – Tristan Johnston (4/4) […]

The Team portion of the WV Scholastic Chess league is complete. Weberwood Kings took first over Kelsch Budwany on tiebreaks in the K-5 section. The Camden Crusaders dominated the MS/HS […]

Standings after 1 event Events included: 23rd Mountaineer Open 1. Benjamin M Good 21.00 2. Lewis F Sanders 10.90 Hardy Gu 10.90 4. David F Hines 7.25 5. Sam Timmons […]

Benjamin Good won the 23rd Mountaineer Open with a 4-0 score. Lewis Sanders and Christopher Easthom were 2nd with 3.5. More to come. USCF Crosstable

John Boylin, our resident championship collector, has added another to his list. John went 4-0 and is now the Junior Champion as well as the Action and overall State Champion. […]

21 players competed in the 2023 WV Senior Championship, held in Bridgeport on November 4. Mark Eidemiller from PA won the tournament with a perfect 4/4. Lewis Sanders and David […]

Benu Rellan has written an article about the Chess Camp with GM Swiercz for the September 2023 Chess Life. Well done!

22 players competed in the Thomas Bergquist Memorial WV State Championship, held September 9-10 in Huntington. John Boylin was guaranteed a share of the title after starting 4-0, and had […]