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Master Class 2012 update!

FM David Lucky rust is gone! He won the open section of the LV Masters showing great stamina and endurance, his last two games going the distance, in the fifth round with clear first place he still went for a…

SONVQ2012 Round 7 August 23, 2012

Rd 7 SONVQ2012 Going onto the last round, at least 8-9 players could tie for first place in different scenarios depending on the results of the games. David Pendergast allowed David Lucky to totally encroach on his position and it…

UNLV Summer Open 2012, Aug 18-19, 2012

UNLV Summer Chess Open 2 sections, rated and unrated section 4 rounds, two games on Saturday and two games on Sunday When: Saturday and Sunday August 18-19, 2012 Where: at UNLV Moyer Student Union Rooms 208A, 207 Entry fee: $10.00…

SONVQ2012 rd 6

In rd six of the SoNVQ2012…David Lucky narrowly defeated Ryan Phillips in a time scramble to win before a throng of spectators. Hugo Santiago draw Glenn Bidari (!) David Pendergast drew Jeff Gallegos, Juan Jauregui rolled up Todd Imada and…

Southern Nevada Qualifer 2012 Rd 5

After 5 rounds, Phillip Ryan increases his lead to a full point ahead of the field by beating Virgil Reyes. Glenn Bidari holds David Lucky to his third consequetive draw. Check out Paco Vela’s loss to Hugo Santiago on facebook…methinks…

Southern Nevada Qualifer 2012 rd 4

after 4 grueling rounds, Ryan Phillips leads the So NV Q2012 with 3.5 Last night he defeated Jeff Gallegos in the final game to finish last night. Virgil Reyes held David Lucky to a draw (!) as well, rushing his…

Southern Nevada Qualifer after three rds.

After three rounds of play No. Name Rate Pts Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Rnd5 Rnd6 1 Lucky, David 2339 2.5 W16 W7 D2 -U- -U- -U- 2 Gallegos, Jeffery 2090 2.5 W20 W10 D1 -U- -U- -U- 3 Phillips, Ryan 1997 2.5 W22 W13 -H- -U- -U- -U- 4 Reyes, Virgilio T 1990 2.5 W12 W5 -H- -U- -U- -U- 5 Bidari, Glenn 2149 2.0 W17 L4 W6 -U- -U- -U- 6 Pendergast, David 2040 2.0 W18 W11 L5 -U- -U- -U- 7 Jauregui, Juan Pab 1938 2.0 W14 L1 W16 -U- -U- -U- 8 Walter, Kenneth 1925 2.0 L13 W15 W19 -U- -H- -H- 9 Imada, Todd 1856 2.0 L11 W20 W18 -U- -H- -U- 10 Ramirez, Jose E 1900 1.5 W21 L2 D11 -U- -U- -U- 11 Santiago, Hugo 1682 1.5 W9 L6 D10 -U- -U- -U- 12 McDonald, Monte 1624 1.5 L4 -H- W21 -U- -U- -U- 13 Pereira, Royce Tre 1615 1.5 W8 L3 D15 -U- -U- -U- 14 Banerji, Neil 1303 1.5 L7 -B- -H- -U- -U- -U- 15 Vela, Francisco 1899 1.0 D19 L8 D13 -U- -U- -U-…

National Open 2012

Finally, Las Vegas players scored big at the National Open and the International Chess Festival June 14-17. Check out your results at www.vegaschessfestival.com/