VCF Champions
Early History of the Virginia Closed Championship (by Three-Time State Champion Macon Shibut, 1994)
| Virginia State Champions | Virginia Amateur Champions | |
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1934 John N Buck 1935 W W Gibbs (1) 1936 John D Matheson 1937 W W Gibbs (2) 1938 W F O'Hara 1939 W W Gibbs 1940 John N Buck 1941 Edgar McCormick 1942 L Russell Chauvenet (1) 1943 (No Tournament, World War II) 1944 (No Tournament, World War II) 1945 (No Tournament, World War II) 1946 L Russell Chauvenet (2) 1947 L Russell Chauvenet (3) 1948 L Russell Chauvenet (4) 1949 Leonard Helman (1) 1950 Leonard Helman (2) 1951 Rodney Baine & Walter Bass 1952 Herbert Avram (1) 1953 Herbert Avram (2) 1954 Herbert Avram (3) 1955 Leonard Morgan 1956 E O Godbold 1957 Irwin Sigmund (1) 1958 Irwin Sigmund (2) 1959 Andrew Schoene 1960 Owen E Miller 1961 Irwin Sigmund (3) 1962 Lawrence King 1963 Henry Steinbach 1964 Charles Powell (1) 1965 Charles Powell (2) 1966 Charles Powell (3) 1967 Charles Powell (4) 1968 R S Callaghan Jr 1969 John Russell Potter (1) 1970 Edward Kitces (1) 1971 Charles Powell (5) 1972 Charles Powell (6) 1973 Steven Bookbinder 1974 IM Richard Delaune (1) 1975 IM Richard Delaune (2) 1976 Charles Powell (7) 1977 Alan Rufty 1978 Donald Barr (1) 1979 Donald Barr (2) 1980 Donald Connors 1981 IM Richard Delaune (3) |
1982 William Robinson 1983 Edward Kitces (2) 1984 Errol Liebowitz 1985 IM Richard Delaune (4) 1986 Edward Kitces (3) 1987 Geoff McKenna (1) 1988 Geoff McKenna (2) 1989 Walter Morris 1990 Eugene Meyer 1991 Bill Mason 1992 John Russell Potter (2) 1993 FM Macon Shibut (1) 1994 Joseph Feygelson 1995 Geoff McKenna (3) 1996 Geoff McKenna (4) 1997 Steve Greanias 1998 Rodney Flores 1999 FM Macon Shibut (2) 2000 NM Daniel Miller (1) 2001 John Russell Potter (3) 2002 FM Macon Shibut (3) 2003 NM Daniel Miller (2) 2004 NM Daniel Miller (3) 2005 NM Daniel Miller (4) 2006 FM Andrew Samuelson (1) 2007 Eddie Lu 2008 Adithya Balasubramanian 2009 FM Andrew Samuelson (2) 2010 FM Dov Gorman 2011 FM James Schuyler (1) 2012 FM James Schuyler (2) 2013 NM Daniel Miller (5) 2014 FM James Schuyler (3) 2015 WFM Jennifer Yu (1) 2016 NM Qindong Yang (1) 2017 IM Praveen Balakrishnan (1) 2018 IM Praveen Balakrishnan (2) 2019 NM Daniel Miller (6) 2020 Event not held (Covid) 2021 FM Jason Morefield (1) 2022 FM Jason Morefield (2) 2023 GM Sergey Erenburg (1) 2024 FM Jason Morefield (3) |
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 (Jack) 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 2012 Gerard Wasserbauer 2013 Vishal Kobla 2014 FM Jason Morefield 2015 Duncan Guthrie 2016 Nicholas Xie 2017 Nalin Jha 2018 Joseph S. Cagle 2019 Peter Snow 2020 Event not held (Covid) 2021 Sean Beavers 2022 Walden Lambert 2023 Gabriel Cumming 2024 Sebastian Krushkal |
| Virginia Correspondence State Champions | ||
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1987-88
Edward Kitces 1990-94 Alan Brownstein & Mark David Warriner (tie) |
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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
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