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!
NOTICE:May 26 is the 7th
Morgantown May Day
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2011 May Day - See the results
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April 5 |
There will be no chess club meeting tonight, Thursday April 5, because the Church will celebrate
Holy Thursday.
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Mar 18 |
Here are the results for the St. Paddy's Brouhaha!.
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Mar 12 |
Here is the Pre-registration list for the St. Paddy's Brouhaha!. This will be a good practice warm-up event for the Pittsburgh Open.
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Feb 19 |
Entry form for the MCC St. Paddy's Brouhaha!. Mail your entry early (by March 10) for the discount.
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Feb 10 |
We have received approval for our Spring Open tournament. March 17 MCC will hold the St. Paddy's Brouhaha! More details and official announcement to come soon.
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Jan 27 |
Check back for details on upcoming tournaments: Morgantown Spring Open in March and the May Day tournament.
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Nov 19 |
Another awesome win at the PCL for Shih-Houng Young, this time as Black playing the Grunfeld. View the game here. game viewer. Congratulations again!
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Oct 29 |
Congratualations to Shih-Houng Young for his recent Win at the Pittsburgh Chess League. View the game here. game viewer. He still claims he has not read any of the MCC library books on the English!
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Oct 16 |
The results of 13th Mountaineer Open are posted to the USCF website:
13th Mountaineer Open Results
Congratulations to Tom Magar who had a perfect 4.0 score. Next, Dave Hines and Mike Felton shared 2nd and U2000 prizes with 3.0 scores. We had 20 players, up from last year. Please remember in March, 2012 we will have the Spring Open Saturday tournament and in May, we have the May Day Saturday tournament. |
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Oct 12 |
We have a preregistration list for the Mountaineer Open that will be held this Saturday Oct 15. Come in and register on-site Saturday Morning!
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Sept 8 |
The date of October 15 for the Mountaineer Open has been approved!
The announcement is posted here: 13th Mountaineer Open
and the mail-in entry form is here: Entry Form. Please mark your calendar and plan for a great day of Chess in Morgantown. |
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June 11 |
MCC hosted a small summer tournament for 5 players.
The USCF results are available here.
A collection of 6 games from the 2011 MCC Summer Spiel have been added to the
website on the Articles & Games page. If there are any corrections to the games on that page, notify Terry Wassell by email.
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June 8 |
A collection of 22 games from the 2011 MCC May Day tournament have been added to the
website on the Articles & Games page. If you have additions or corrections to the games on that page, please notify Terry Wassell by email.
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May 19 |
A collection of 30 games from the 2011 MCC Spring Open tournament have been added to the
website on the Articles & Games page. If you have additions or corrections to the games on that page, please notify Terry Wassell by email.
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May 8 |
Results for the MCC May Day Tournament have been posted. The USCF results are available here. Congratulations to Shih-Houng Young who took first place with a score of 3.5. 2nd place was shared by Tom Magar and Ed Dean. U2000 prize went to David Iorio and U1800 was shared by Markle Butcher and Steve Haskins. Congrats to Henry Graham who won the U1600 prize.
Next tournament will be the Mountaineer Open in October. Details later. |
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May 2 |
We have a preregistration list for the Morgantown May Day that will be held this Saturday May 7. Come in and register on-site Saturday Morning!
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April 17 |
NOTICE: MCC will NOT be meeting on April 21, 2011. However, we will be making this date up on April 28, 2011.
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Mar 25 |
I made up a brief listing of general rules for MCC tournaments.
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Mar 20 |
Results for the MCC Spring Open have been posted. The USCF results are available here. Congratulations to David Saville who scored a perfect 4.0. Newcomer, Ehsan Shirazi, rated 2214(P4), came in second in his first USCF tournament! Congrats to Henry Graham who earned 89 rating points.
Mark you calendar for May 7, for the Morgantown May Day tournament. |
Mar 14 |
We have a preregistration list for the Morgantown Spring Open that will be held this Saturday March 19. Come in and register on-site Saturday Morning!
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Feb 11 |
Announcing the Morgantown Spring Open will be held March 19.
Apologies to the other tournaments being held on that same date but, we are
restricted to the dates made available to us by the Church that supports our club. The MCC Spring Open is 4-SS G/75 format that is different from other tournaments.
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Jan 14 |
We have a list of the chess books donated from John Roush on MCC website. Link: Library. The majority of books (about 400 of them) are displayed on the church bookshelf. Please take advantage of it and improve your chess skill.
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News Ticker archives (2005-2010)
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
May 26: Morgantown May Day
June 2: Peter Dupuy Memorial
in Ripley, WV
June 30: WV Action Championship
in Charleston, WV