Ashland XIV Round 5

31 players competed in Ashland XIV with Robert Folts(1691) clinching 1st place in the Open section by defeating George Morton(1633). Folts had an impressive 1991 performance rating for the tournament. Paul Farb(1930) defeated Adam Shaw(1545) to claim second in the section.

In the Amatuer, Daniel Caiello(1135) defeated Birney Blind(1307) to jump to 1st place. Ben Caiello(1360), claimed second, despite losing to Mike Mayfield(1440) in the last round. Pani Wickramasinghe(1381) defeated Jaime Sanyer(1032) and Shiva Balasubramanian(1076) defeated Mike Meekins(1131). Richard Watts(1234) took down Mark Acklie(972) and Ralph Buske(1425) slugged it out with a determined Christian Dunlap(771), in the end Buske climed the point. Paul Lowry(1051) returned to the board to defeat Jon Bundy.

The final results can be seen here


May 28th is Ashland Quick XVIII. 3 games of Game/20 will be played. Rumor is we will have some top level competition visiting.

Ashland XIV Round 4

18 chess-aletes competed in Round 4 on Ashland XIV.

In the Open section, Robert Folts(1691) and Paul Farb(1930) settled peacefully with a draw, as did George Morton(1633) and Joerg Lohse(1799). Steve Boshears(1616) defeated Ralph Buske(1425) to round out the section.

In the Amatuer section, Ben(1360) andDaniel Caiello(1135) ended peacefully in a draw, in a well played game. Birney Blind(1307) defeated Daniel Smith(1171) with the white pieces and Thomas Sylvia(unr) defeated Mike Meekins(1131) for his second rated win. Shiva Balasubramanian(1076) and Richard Watts(1234) ended in a draw. Jaime Sanyer(1032) claimed the point vs Jonathan Bundy(unr) and Mark Acklie(972) won vs Christian Dunlap(771).


Final Round of Ashland XIV is on May 20th at 7:30 pm.

Ashland XIV Round 3

22 lovers of chess and competition competed in round 3 of Ashland XIV on Thursday May 6th. In the Open section, Robert Folts(1691) won on the black side of board 1 against Erik Murrah(1663). Paul Farb(1930) claimed the point over Steve Boshears(1616). George Morton(1633) won as white vs Ralph Buske(1425) and Joerg Lohse(1799) returned to the club table and won vs a higher rated Paul King(1846).

In the Amatuer, we saw some new faces compete with Thomas Sylvia claiming the point in his first rated game against Mark Acklie(972). Pani Wickramasinghe(1381) returned to the club after a long hiaits and won vs Mike Meekins(1131). Ben Caiello(1360) took a clear lead of the section, winning against co-leader Birney Blind(1307). Daniel Caiello(1135) returned to the board and claimed the point against Craig Patton(1191). Shiva Balasubramanian(1076) won with the black pieces against Jaime Sanyer(1032) and Daniel Smith(1171) pulled one out vs a fine fine player, Mike Mayfield(1440). Christian Dunlap continued his winning ways claiming the point against Jon Bundy, in the reserve section's only game.

Round 4 commences on May 13th at 7:15pm.

"I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of chess" - Tarrasch

"The stuff's chess, it ain't checkers." Alonzo – Denzel Washington, Training Day

Ashland XIV Round 2

Round 2 of Ashland XIV consisted of 18 warriors each trying to convey their will. On board 1, Erik Murrah (1663) defeated Gorge Morton(1633) in a hard fought Caro-Kann game. Paul Farb(1930) won with the black pieces against Paul King(1846). Ben Caiello(1360), played a fine game, emerging as victor vs Daniel Smith(1171). With the black pieces, Birney Blind(1307) defeated Ralph Buske(1425), Craig Patton(1191) defeated Richard Watts(1234). To round out the Amateur Section, both Mike Mayfield(1440) and Mike Meekins(1131) won with the white pieces against Shiva Balasubramanian(1076) and Mark Ackie(972) respectively. In the Reserve, Christian Dunlap defeated Andrew Villeneuve and Gavyn Kopcho won with the black pieces against Jonathan Bundy.

Be there for Round 3 on May 6th.


Our club match vs Queen City Chess Club is just around the corner on May 15th.

Ashland XIV Round 1

Twenty two players competed in the initial round of Ashland XIV. In the Open section, George Morton (1633) pulled an upset against Paul Farb (1930). Robert Folts (1691) defeated Adam Shaw (1545) and Erik Murrah(1663) swiped the point from Ralph Buske(1425). Steve Boshears(1616) and Paul King(1846) agreed to disagree and ended in a draw.

Our Amateur Section saw Daniel Caiello (1135) defeat Mike Mayfield(1440) and Ben Caiello (1360) win vs Mike Meekins(1131). Ron Tims(1353) slugged it out in the end, claiming victory over Shiva Balasubramanian(1076). Birney Blind (1307) captured the point over Jaime Sanyer(1032) in a king and pawn endgame. Daniel Smith(1171) escaped with the point vs Mark Acklie(972) in a well played game.

In the Reserve, Christian Dunlap (770) and Andrew Villeneuve (387) claimed points over Gavin Kopcho, and Jonathan Bundy respectively, our youngest competitors.

Prepare your minds, Round 2 awaits on April 29th.