Calloway County Chess Champions

2014           Champion – Dr. James Hereford

College– Austin Clark; HS- Samuel Lewis; MS -Liam Hereford; Elem -Nickolas Holcomb; Prim.- Ginni Mikucik; K - Carter Coleman

School System Champions:  Lamp - Asher Cunningham; Murray City - Mason Lu; Calloway Co. – Xavier Brown

For the full list of past champions see pages at left.

Meetings

Murcal Chess will not meet the night of Feb 24th.

We will meet March 3, at the American Legion bldg on N 4th Street in Murray.

Chess 101 and 102 will finish  on that night.

Chess 103 finshed on Sat.

2014Calloway County Chess Championships

Calloway County Chess Championships

The 2014 Calloway County Chess Championships were held Saturday in the Curris Center.  The games were followed by a “simultaneous exhibition” by the outgoing County Champion Josiah Hereford.  Josiah played 9 games at the same time.  They were arranged in a circle with Josiah inside of it.  He would walk from one board to the next.  When he arrived at a board the opponent would then make a move and Josiah would make his move and then move on.  Josiah’s score was 8 wins and only one draw to the new County High School Champion Samuel Lewis.

James Hereford, a Professor of Engineering at MSU, became the 2014 Calloway County Chess Champion by scoring 3 wins and one draw.  Austin Clark a Junior from Mayfield retained his title as the MSU Champion and has his name, for the second time, placed on the plaque along with all of the other champions back to 1980.  The overall High School County Champion is MHS student Samuel Lewis who won three of his 4 games, the Middle School Champion is LAMP homeschool student Liam Hereford who also won 3 games, and, by the same score Nickolas Holcomb of MMS, won the Elementary County Championship.  The primary County Champion is Ginni Mikulcik from LAMP and Carter Coleman of Calloway County East won the Kindergarten category.

There were several new players. The seventh place novice was Olivia Mikulchk from LAMP, sixth went to Gavin Klotz, fifth to Caleb Cauley, fourth to Connor Blalock, third to Ethan Klotz, second to Hayden Holcomb, and the first place novice went to Luke Cross all from Murray Middle.

In intra school competition there was a massive tie with the tie break wins going to Xavier Brown for the Calloway County system, Mason Lu for the Murray system, and Asher Cunningham for the LAMP group of home schoolers.  For more information on chess in the area go to http://mur-calchess.blogspot.com/ .

County Championship

TWO ADDITIONS TO THIS TOURNAMENT
Saturday February 22
1.  THE MONDAY NIGHT CHESS CLASS for (FEB 24) WILL BE HELD FROM 2:30 TO 3:30
2. THERE WILL BE A SIMULTANEOUS EXHIBITION AFTER THE TOURNAMENT
The current County Champion will take on all comers simultaneously
The public is invited as observers or participants.
You may begin any time between 3:30 and 4:30.
This tournament will not be rated.  USCF memb is not required
The extra late entry fee on Sat. Morning is cancelled and it will still be $10. 
2014 Murray Calloway County Chess Championships

Saturday, February 22, 2014

Open to all, but only county residents are eligible for county titles.

The Mur-Cal Chess Club will host the county championship chess tournament on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014 on the third floor of the Curris Center in Murray KY.  Registration will begin at 9:00 and end at 9:30.  Each player will have 30 minutes for each game for a total of 60 minutes for each game. The first round will begin at 9:30, the second round will begin at 10:30; the third round will begin at noon and the 4^th at approximately 1 PM noon.  We will finish at approximately 2 PM.  This is not a knock-out tournament -- everyone plays each round. 

Trophies will be given in each category to the county scholastic champions (K-3, K-5, K-8, K-12) and the tournament winner.  The top finishing Murray State Student will become the 2014 College Champion.  There will also be a trophy for the top finisher from each school system – Calloway, Murray, Lamp.  

               If there are sufficient advance entries, then there will be a separate section for less experienced players.  No memberships are required.  There is a $10 entry fee for those who register in advance (by 6 PM Friday, Feb 21).  No other fees will be required.

               For more information, please visit the Mur-Cal Chess Club blog at http://mur-calchess.blogspot.com/ or call Wayne Bell at 270-293-7675.

classes Mon Feb 17, 2014

The 3rd session of the Feb Murcal Chess classes will meet on Mon Feb 17
from 5-7 on the 3rd floor of the Curris Center.

classes

If you missed the first class because of the ice last weekend call 

270293-7675 

for makeup arrangements.