Championships
Summary of Tournaments 1–9 was printed in Chess in Indiana, May 1991, p. 5.
1st Nov. 9–10, 1974 · IU Memorial Union, Bloomington
PURDUE UNIVERSITY (Charles Alden, Dave Deming, Ed Bisker, Spiro Bereveskos) 4–1; tiebreak over Indianapolis Chess Club & Louisville. Bereveskos beat Indy’s Don Urquhart on time forfeit in climactic last game.
14 teams · Roger Blaine, organizer & TD
Tournament not held 1975–76
2nd Nov. 12–13, 1977 · IMU, Bloomington
CAPTAIN AND THE KINGS (Indianapolis: Charles Maddigan, John Petrison, Mike Wiseman, Tim Hernly, Gary Deuser) 5–0. Maddigan, Indiana’s only Master at the time, joined the Indy team and led them to victory.
16 teams · Lester VanMeter, organizer; Roger Blaine, TD
3rd Nov. 4–5, 1978 · IMU, Bloomington
MR. CHESS’ PAWN CRUNCHERS (Bloomington: Charles Maddigan, Mike Wierzbicki, Dan Maxwell, Karel Eringa, Tim Hernly, Mark Hazlewood) 4½–½. Maddigan & local stars make good use of alternates.
15 teams · Roger Blaine, organizer & TD
4th Nov. 10–11, 1979 · IMU, Bloomington
THE ALL-STATERS (Charles Maddigan, Tenn.; Ed Thomas, Mich.; Dennis Gogel, Ind.; Ray Downing, Ill.) 5–0. Maddigan, a frequent visitor to Bloomington, formed a team Saturday morning with three other “walk-ins” and won it all.
15 teams · Roger Blaine, organizer & TD
5th Nov. 22–23, 1980 · YWCA, Goshen
INDIANAPOLIS PAWN CRUNCHERS (Charles Maddigan, John Petrison, Keith Swedo, Ben Harris, Gary Deuser) 5–0. Four in a row for Maddigan!
15 teams · Lester VanMeter, organizer & TD
6th Nov. 21–22, 1981 · Atkinson Hotel, Indianapolis
“GOD” (Howe High School, Indianapolis: Daryl Lakes, Ben Harris, Bob Price, Morgan Hause) 4–1; tiebreak over “Only Derda Knows,” South Bend. High school team gets hot and goes the distance.
16 teams · Gary Deuser, organizer & TD
Tournament not held 1982
7th Dec. 10–11, 1983 · Charity Dye School 27, Indianapolis
BIG BAD COMMIE CRUSHERS, Indianapolis (Mike Wiseman, Bob Price, Daryl Lakes, Paul Neal) 4–1; tiebreak over Four Knights, Ft. Wayne. Record attendance at the school which won national honors as the “Masters of Disaster.”
21 teams · Bob Cotter, organizer & TD
8th Dec. 8–9, 1984 · Thomas Edison School 47, Indianapolis
HEART OF THE SUNRISE (Muncie, Indianapolis & Michigan: Jim Mills, Daryl Lakes, Alexander Passov, Jim Kulbacki, Ben Harris) 4–1; tiebreak over Never Stale Mates, Ft. Wayne. Two previous champs with some strong pick-up players win it.
8 teams · Bob Cotter, organizer & TD
Tournament not held 1985–90. A plan for Dec. 1–2, 1990, was cancelled.
9th Feb. 23, 1991 · Cass County Memorial Center, Logansport
KOKOMO (Tim McEntee, Joshua Bousum, John Roush, Phil Meyers) 4–0, win the 10-team open section in an exciting, upset-filled day. THE UNSURPASSED PAWNS (South Bend/Elkhart: Peter Kuhr, Tom Smith, Ben Dillon, Jim Hoover) 4–0 in 7-team Reserve.
17 teams · Gary Fox, organizer; Roger Blaine, TD
10th Feb. 22, 1992 · Purdue University, W. Lafayette
PURDUE “A” (Peter Bereolos, Eugene Zelensky, Noble Murphy, Dmitri Weiss) 4–0. Reserve: PURDUE “D” (Ben Smith, Robert Amour, David Konnert, Fred Waller) 3–1, tiebreak over Purdue “C” and NW Indianapolis.
20 teams · Brad Watson, organizer & TD
11th Apr. 3, 1993 · Michiana Chess Studio, South Bend
JOHN’S BACK AND WE’RE BAD, Kokomo (Tim McEntee, Josh Bousum, John Roush, Phil Meyers) 4–0. Reserve: MICHIGAN CITY “B” (Cary Krachinski, Jeff Studtman, Matt Morgan, Gary Martin).
11 teams · Roger Blaine, organizer & TD
12th July 30, 1994 · East Side Christian Church, Evansville
SLEEPLESS IN TERRE HAUTE (Jeff Querner, Larry Boswell, Christopher Johnson, Tom Cassidy).
6 teams · Terry Winchester, organizer & TD
13th Sept. 9, 1995 · Holiday Inn, Warsaw
FORT WAYNE (Nick Adams, Mike Fetcho, Dennis Geisleman, Adnan Mohammad) 4–0. Reserve: THE FOUR FISH, South Bend (Dan Watson, Terry Harris, Mike Vidulich, Ed Camp).
12 teams · Roger Blaine, organizer & TD
14th Dec. 14, 1996 · Comfort Inn, Bloomington
KOKOMO (Tim McEntee, Josh Bousum, John Roush, Phil Meyers) 3½–½.
8 teams · Mike Turner, organizer; Roger Blaine, TD
Tournament not held 1997
15th Dec. 19, 1998 · Days Inn Airport, Indianapolis
“Nd5” Indianapolis (Jason Doss, Greg Kennedy, Tom Harris, Jay Carr, Bill Corbin). Reserve: NO LIMIT PAWNS, Michigan City (Kevin Labaj, Evan Pabis, Jesse Bloomer, Brandon Heuer).
Mike Turner, organizer & TD
16th Dec. 18, 1999 · Rose-Hulman Institute, Terre Haute
“Nd5” Indianapolis (Mike Herron, Glenn Snow, Aaron Dean, Tom Harris, Jay Carr). Harris and Carr were the only holdovers from the winning team of the same name last year. Reserve: MCC HAMMERS, Midwest Chess Center, Indianapolis (Tom Black, Pat Baker, Patrick Mihelich, Randy Julian).
Steve Steppe, organizer & TD
Tournament not held 2000
17th July 7, 2001 · Days Inn Airport, Evansville
“Nd4” Indianapolis (Mike Herron, Glenn Snow, Jay Carr, Tom Harris).
9 teams · Terry Winchester, organizer; Craig Hines, TD
18th Dec. 7, 2002 · University of Southern Indiana, Evansville
“Nd4” Indianapolis (Mike Herron, Glenn Snow, Tom Harris, Jay Carr). Reserve: THE 4-HORSEMEN, Evansville (Randy Brockman, Anirudh Subramanian, Jeremy Craft, Dedric Spinks).
6 teams · Terry Winchester, organizer & TD
Tournament not held 2003
19th Dec. 12, 2004 · Ramada Inn, Lebanon
“Nxd4#” (John Cole, Jason Doss, J. Stephen Cates, David Frey) 4–0.
14 teams · David Frey, organizer & TD
Tournament not held 2005–07
20th May 3, 2008 · Jameson Inn, South Bend
MONOTONOUS MONOPOLISTS, South Bend (Dennis Monokroussos, Les Kistler, Kevin Fyr, Mat Leach) 4–0. Reserve: THE FOUR FIANCHETTOES, South Bend (Bill Kuhn, Antowine Jordan, Brian Wood, Mauricio Gonzalez).
7 teams · Roger Blaine, organizer & TD
21st Sept. 12, 2009
INGLORIOUS MASTERS, Evansville (Sean Vibbert, James Pollit, Anthony Golike, Marquis Quinn) 3.5. Reserve: b4 I GO CRAZY, Evansville (Jacob Weaver, Harshad Parmar, Daniel Vibbert, Christopher Weaver, Terry Vibbert).
6 teams · Steve Steppe, organizer and TD
Tournament not held 2010–14
22nd Nov. 3, 2015 · Wabash Valley Activity Center, Terre Haute
Open: Nd4 (Mike Herron, Nathaniel Criss, Jay Carr, Glenn Snow).
Tournament not held 2016–2020
23rd Oct. 16, 2021 · Legion Building, Pittsboro
“B C Brawlers” (John Cole, James Cates, Stuart Toliver, Mohamed Elshazly).
13 teams · John & Bethany Herr, organizers and TDs
Full results
24th Oct. 22, 2022 · Legion Building, Pittsboro
“Your Team, My Team, Whose Team?” (Nick Adams, James Mills, Lester VanMeter, Joshua Bousum).
12 teams · John Herr & Mike Chapuran, TDs
Full results
25th Oct. 21, 2023 · Legion Building, Pittsboro
“DEF CON 2” (Nick Adams, James Mills, Lester VanMeter, Joshua Bousum).
12 teams · John Herr & Mike Chapuran, TDs
Full results
26th Oct. 19, 2024 · Legion Building, Pittsboro
“DEF CON 3” (Lester VanMeter, Nick Adams, James Mills, Andy Porter).
14 teams · John Herr & Nikhil Murugan, TDs
Full results
27th Oct. 4, 2025 · Legion Building, Pittsboro
“DEF CON 4” (James Mills, Lester VanMeter, David Airey, James Mills, Andy Porter).
14 teams · John Herr & Murugan Chandrasekaran, TDs