Bethany Gallimore By Caleb Hennington By Tanya Giraldo Enter email to receive news MOST POPULAR ASU HERALD NEWS GET TOP STORIES DELIVERED WEEKLY FOLLOW OUR NEWSPAPER Headlines Gubernational Debate Mythbusters: Greek life edition Search News Sports Life Opinion Classieds Housing For Sale Jobs Services By Allison Nichols On September 8, 2014 Tweet Tweet 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. Like Like A-State to the Rescue A Year in Review UPD makes updates on A-State safety Updates tighten information security Subscribe Safari Power Saver Click to Start Flash Plug-in