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By Allison Nichols On September 8, 2014
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A-State chess club starts off fall with successful
tournament
The A-State Scarlet Chess Club had their Fall 2014 tournament Saturday in the Mockingbird room
of the Carl Reng Student Union. More than 30 people attended the tournament, and many came
from the community to play against A-State students.
The tournament was double elimination, and brackets were set up so players continued playing
until there was an overall tournament winner.
There were two divisions: an A-State student division and a youth division. It was an in-house
tournament, which means that the students and community played against one another.
The clubs student champion was Alex McClain with Dominique Washington placing second.
Along with the student division, there was an open category. The winner was Ed Boldt, a non-
student player. He is considered the overall winner of this Saturdays competition.
Dominique Washington, junior biotechnology major of Jacksonville, said, I felt really lucky to be a
finalist in the tournament. I thought that it was extremely fun, and I wish that more people would
be involved.
The A-State Scarlet Chess Club was founded in 2007 by Famous C. Taylor who is now the
community advisor and overall president of the club. Taylor said, I was ecstatic of the turnout and
surprised to have so many people come out. Im glad to see how far the chess club has come
since we started it in 2007. It was really good, far beyond my expectations.
We hope to compete against other schools eventually, but right now anyone who is eligible to
play can participate in the tournaments, said Gregory Hansen, advisor of the chess club and
professor of English and folklore. Anyone who wants to play is welcome.
The chess club meets twice a week to play and talk about other tournament ideas. Hansen said,
They are informal meets. We meet every Saturday morning at 10 at The Edge coffee house, and
then we also meet every Sunday at 5 p.m. at the Barnes and Noble coffee area.
Anyone is invited to join the meets. These are the best opportunities for beginners. We want to
build up student opponents, and we want to make it a learning experience, Hansen said.
The club is planning on a spring tournament, and they are hoping to spread the word and get
more students and community members involved. Hansen said, We hope to have more people,
students and community members alike, come and participate in the spring. We would love to see
it grow.
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