Tom Brownscombe

Tom Brownscombe

Rest in Peace Virgil Reyes (1953-2026)

Nevada Chess is sad to announce the passing of renowned chess coach and 2006 Nevada state chess champion Virgil Reyes. Virgil won more than 800 games in US Chess Federation sanctioned tournaments, achieving an expert level peak regular rating of…

2026 Southern Nevada Scholastic Championship

The 2026 Southern Nevada Scholastic Chess Championship will be held on Saturday, March 7, 2026 at Del Sol Academy of the Performing Arts   3100 E Patrick Ln    Las Vegas, NV 89120 For more information or to register, please visit www.kingregistration.com/event/2026SNVSCh

States Cup Chess League season 4

Season 4 of the States Cup online chess league is scheduled to start on April 22. Nevada entered 2 teams in the league during season 3, and we are planning to enter at least 2 teams for season 4. Any…

2023 Membership Meeting

The 2023 Nevada Chess membership meeting will be held at 6PM on Sunday, April 16th at Bridgeopolis 4955 S. Durango Drive, Suite 220 Las Vegas, NV 89113 There will be an election of officers. Anyone who wishes to be nominated…

States Cup Season 3

Season 3 of the online States Cup Chess League will begin in November. There are 2 divisions, an upper division for players rated 1800+ and a lower division for players rated 1400-2199. Upper division matches will be on Tuesdays at…

A new place to play chess in Las Vegas

There is a new chess affiliate in Las Vegas. Bridgeopolis, at the corner of Durango and Tropicana, will be running chess tournaments and possibly a summer chess camp. The next tournament will be Friday, June 3 at 5:30 PM. Space…

State Scholastic will be live streamed

From 9:30 AM until approximately 6PM on Saturday, March 19th, the Nevada State Scholastic Chess Championship will be live streamed on www.twitch.tv/1more1time with commentary by FM Tom Brownscombe. On demand video of the stream will be available for 2 weeks…