by Janelle Losoff, Co-Organizer of the Las Vegas International Chess Festival It’s with great sadness, we must pass along the tragic news that Grand Master Walter Shawn Browne has quietly and suddenly passed away in Las Vegas Nevada. As we…
The annual membership meeting will be held at The Learning Village, 727 E Fremont Street, Las Vegas on Sunday April 19th at 1 p.m. Results of the election of board members will be held. Also on the agenda will be a…
On Saturday March 21st, 2015, a record setting 206 young chess players came to the Learning Village in downtown Las Vegas to play in the 2015 Nevada State Scholastic Chess Championship. The tournament had four separate sections. The K-12 and…
We will be accepting in person registration for the Nevada State Scholastic Championship on Friday evening 6-10 p.m. at the tournament site, the Las Vegas Chess Center 727 Fremont Street. Players who register Saturday Morning may not be paired for…
From October 9-13, 2014, the highest stakes open chess tournament took place at the Planet Hollywood. A total of 548 players entered what would be the biggest ever payout for an open chess tournament. In the Open Section, GM Wesley…
NV North-South Team Match, Quickplay championship 2014 The two teams from Reno and Las Vegas traveled to Tonopah on September 27-28, 2014 for the annual team match for that big trophy. First of all, I want to say that Juan…
Nevada State Championship 2014 Four players qualified for this annual event,which returned to a 4 player format from 20 years ago. Elliot Liu and Mike Zaloznyy had qualified for winning the best 2 of 3 scores in the Southern Nevada…
Las vegas Chess Center The Back to school tournament is over at LVCC. Dan Durham and Glenn shared first in the open with three points each and Tony ran away with the first in the Under section. Thanks to everyone!…
Elliot Lui and Mike Zaloznyy will play for the title of Nevada State Champion after defeating Ernie Hong and Jerry Weikel in round 1 in Tonapah. Meanwhile the Northern Nevada team defeated the Southern team by a score of 11-9…
The Nevada Chess Board of Directors has voted to hold the 2015 Nevada State Scholastic Chess Championship at the Learning Village in downtown Las Vegas. The Learning Village is the regular meeting place for the Las Vegas Chess Center and…
Las Vegas Open 2014 The third of the grand prix series was once again held at the Las Vegas Chess Center and Timur Gareev won a thousand dollar first prize with a 4.5/5 score. But Elliott Liu and Mike Zaloznyy…
Minutes of Nevada Chess Membership Meeting Meadows School 4/26/2014 Present were Dan Conver, Gale Winds and Allen Magruder. Due to lack of a quorum no official business was conducted but the ballots were counted. Charles (Tony) Chinnici and Jerry Weikel…
