The Huntsville Chess Club hosted the first annual North Alabama Championship on Saturday, September 15th.  Thanks goes out to all the participants who played, traveling from as far away as Birmingham for the event.

The top 3 finishers in the Open section were Huntsville City Champ Miles Melvin, Charles Meidinger, and the North Alabama Champion of 2018 is Bill Melvin with a perfect score in the tournament.

In the Reserve section, the Madison City Chess league was well represented with 2 of the top 3 finishers.  3rd place was Jenson Wilhelm, 2nd went to Nick Ciulla making his return to competitive chess after a 10 year hiatus, gaining 120 rating points in the process!  The Reserve Champ with 3.5 out of 4 was Victor Lundy.

View official USCF results here:USCF Crosstable

Great job and congratulations to all our winners.

This week, we’ll be returning to casual chess and there will no doubt be some great games from the tournament to analyze, so we hope you all will join us!