GM Timur Gareyev Breaks World Record

At the Foundations Building on the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) campus, beginning on the morning of Saturday, December 3, 2016 and ending in the early morning on Sunday, December 4, 2016, chess Grandmaster (GM) Timur Gareyev set a…

Remembering David Sheryka

Reno Club News & Announcements (from RenoChess.org) David Sheryka Memorial Tournament July 7 and 14, 2016 Reno Chess Club, Reno Nevada David Sheryka, a longtime member of the Reno Chess Club, passed away on May 25th. David once sported an…

July 2016 Nevada Chess Bulletin

Editor’s Message (A. Magruder) June was a very busy month for Las Vegas chess this year, with 19 (!) events listed in USChess.org, 10 of which took place at the International Chess Festival between June 24th and June 26th. There…

2016 Spring Bulletin

Editor’s Message (A. Magruder) The Annual Members Meeting of Nevada Chess, Inc. will happen on Saturday, April 9th 2016 at the Las Vegas Chess Center, 3160 S. Valley View Drive, Las Vegas NV 89102. The meeting is scheduled to begin…

Nevada Scholastic 2016 Express Report

The Nevada State Scholastic 2016 took place Saturday, March 12th at the Las Vegas Day School, 190 players from all over the valley and even Reno participated, the event was organized by Nevada Chess. The players were grouped in four…

Elliott Liu Retains State Champion Title

On January 9th and 10th Elliott Liu defended his State Championship title against Mike Zaloznyy.  After both won their semi-final matches against Virgil Reyes and Ernest Hong respectively in Tonapah last fall they agreed to play the final back home…

Nevada Chess Bulletin November, 2015

Nevada Chess Bulletin November, 2015 Editor’s Message (A. Magruder) This issue of the Nevada Chess Bulletin marks the 26th anniversary of our affiliate becoming the only official state affiliate recognized by the U.S. Chess Federation to represent USCF members in…

Call for Nominations

The term of service for a Nevada Chess board member is two years. Each year the term of service of either three or four of our seven board members expires. In 2016 the terms of service of four of our…