VCF Champions

Reigning Virginia State Champion for 2011:  FM James Schuyler

Early History of the Virginia Closed Championship (by Three-Time State Champion Macon Shibut, 1994)

Virginia State Champions Virginia State Amateur Champions
1934  John N Buck
1935  W W Gibbs
1936  John D Matheson
1937  W W Gibbs
1938  W F O'Hara
1939  W W Gibbs
1940  John N Buck
1941  Edgar McCormick
1942  L Russell Chauvenet
1943  (No Tournament, World War II)
1944  (No Tournament, World War II)
1945  (No Tournament, World War II)

1946  L Russell Chauvenet
1947  L Russell Chauvenet
1948  L Russell Chauvenet
1949  Leonard Helman
1950  Leonard Helman
1951  Rodney Baine & Walter Bass
1952  Herbert Avram
1953  Herbert Avram
1954  Herbert Avram
1955  Leonard Morgan
1956  E O Godbold
1957  Irwin Sigmund
1958  Irwin Sigmund
1959  Andrew Schoene
1960  Owen E Miller
1961  Irwin Sigmund
1962  Lawrence King
1963  Henry Steinbach
1964  Charles Powell
1965  Charles Powell
1966  Charles Powell
1967  Charles Powell
1968  R S Callaghan Jr
1969  John Russell Potter
1970  Edward Kitces
1971  Charles Powell
1972  Charles Powell
1973  Steven Bookbinder
1974  IM Richard Delaune
1975  IM Richard Delaune
1976  Charles Powell
1977  Alan Rufty
1978  Donald Barr
1979  Donald Barr
1980  Donald Connors
1981  IM Richard Delaune
1982  William Robinson
1983  Edward Kitces
1984  Errol Liebowitz
1985  IM Richard Delaune
1986  Edward Kitces
1987  Geoff McKenna
1988  Geoff McKenna
1989  Walter Morris
1990  Eugene Meyer
1991  Bill Mason
1992  John Russell Potter
1993  FM Macon Shibut
1994  Joseph Feygelson
1995  Geoff McKenna
1996  Geoff McKenna
1997  Steve Greanias
1998  Rodney Flores
1999  FM Macon Shibut
2000  Daniel Miller
2001  John Russell Potter
2002  FM Macon Shibut
2003  Daniel Miller
2004  Daniel Miller
2005  Daniel Miller
2006  Andrew Samuelson
2007  Eddie Lu
2008  Adithya Balasubramanian
2009  Andrew Samuelson
2010  FM Dov Gorman
2011  FM James Schuyler
1991  Woodrow Harris
1992  Arthur R. Poskocil
1993  John M. Hill
1994  Benjamin Lane Blair
1995  Benjamin R. Dorsey
1996  James B. Hare
1997  Chris Gibbs
1998  No Amateur Section This Year
1999  Joseph A. Wheelhouse
2000  Martin G. Hill
2001  James Robert Guill
2002  William John Barrow
2003  Justin B. Burgess
2004  Nick Simon Halgren
2005  Murtuza Hashim
2006  Carson Wang
2007  Michael E. Neal
2008  Thomas J. Belke
2009  Ernest W. Schlich
2010  Kevin L. Zhou
2011  Adam R. Chrisney

Virginia Correspondence State Champions
1987-88   Edward Kitces
1990-94   Alan Brownstein &
                Mark David Warriner (tie)

 

Notes:

(i)   No Tournament was held during years 1943-1945 due to World War II

(ii)  Co-Champions recognized in 1951 as part of a shift from Open to Closed State Championship

(iii) No Amateur section held  in 1998

(iv) Source for 1987-88 VA Correspondence Championship info "My 75 Year Chess Career" by ICCM Walter Muir

(v)  No tiebreaks were used for 1990-1994 Virginia Correspondence Championship

Former Virginia State Champions from Left to Right:

Andrew Samuelson, Two-Time State Champion (2006, 2009)

Rodney Flores, State Champion (1998)

Macon Shibut, Three-Time State Champion (1993, 1999, 2002)

Edward Kitces, Three-Time State Champion (1970, 1983, 1986),
 and also Virginia's first Correspondence Chess Champion (1987-88)

Daniel Miller, Four-Time State Champion (2000, 2003, 2004, 2005)

Last Updated 02/12/2012 06:43:11 AM