You may have heard of the Knights Tour problem in chess, but about 8 months ago in October 2023, Chicagoan Megan Chen completed a tour of her own. Today was a historic day for my #chess life. I wrapped up the 50 states quest in Alaska, with Fairbanks Chess Club's #NationalChessDay G/15 d5 rapid event […]
Photos courtesy of Lennart Ootes, https://x.com/LennartOotes, https://www.lennartootes.com/ While norm seekers and GM’s are battling it out in the National Open, several hundred youth were putting up their own fight in the International Youth and Youth Trophy championships at the Flamingo as well. Just as important as the learning game itself is fostering values of etiquette […]
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FM Eugene Yanayt is the 2024 Vegas Chess Festival Poker Champion. In addition to the coveted Chess Festival Poker Bracelet Eugene won $1,450 in cash.
Photo courtesy of Lennart Ootes, https://x.com/LennartOotes, https://www.lennartootes.com/ After an early Round 2 draw against IM Matias Perez Gormaz in a French Advance gridlock, Vasif wins the next five games, including one against last years defending champion Illya Nyzhnyk, and norm seeker Ryo Chen. These pair of wins allow Vasif to climb up the leader board, […]
We are heading into the last day, and through 7 grueling rounds, GM Vasif Durarbayli is a full point ahead of the field (6.5/7) with one round to go after defeating defending champion GM Illya Nyzhnyk. Vasif faced a Najdorf that transposed into a Scheveningen in the opening and picks up a pawn in the […]
For the past couple of years, we have worked with 1000GM to bring more FIDE Norm tournaments to Las Vegas. Founder Srikanth Bangalore has a mission to help kids begin their chess journey as early as Kindergarten. You can join Srikanth on this quest with a moment of your time and possibly a small donation. […]
Regardless of how strong you are, playing a single game is taxing enough, let alone over 36 at the same time. We are thankful for GM Ben Finegold for putting on quite a display. After the simul, Ben mentioned how exhausted he was and how much concentration it took to play. Chess is hard. Ben […]
Boston Mike will be taking on all comers in Blitz outside of El Dorado from ages 5 to 155 until 1pm todayBoston Mike will also be signing autographs after joining Ben Johnson on the Perpetual Chess podcast in the Chess StoreFollow Mike at Coffee Chess on YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/@CoffeeChess For the past couple of years, we have […]
Photo courtesy of Tim Hanks Congrats to FM Rose Atwell, who picked up a WIM norm in the 1000GM Tournament that took place this past week at the Flamingo. She picks up where she left off, with win vs IM Mark Heimann and this draw against GM Neuris Delgado, analysis provided by GM Ben Poppa […]
Photo courtesy of Dylan Not that Dylan…this Dylan All Comers Blitz is happening now at the escalators near El DoradoFollow on Twitch courtesy of Elaynah
An exciting finish as we conclude the US Womens Championship! While last year we ended up with a solo first place finish, we had another year where several people were tied going into the last round, much like the previous two years. WCM Avery Yu, a top ranked female under the age of 14 had […]
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Our fabulous streamers are looking forward to meeting you fabulous fans! 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM in the Virginia Ballroom, here is our Stream Team! Smash that like button and subscribe to them. Also…@MNchess (Jiten Patel, site contributor) @ChrisBirdIA (Chris Bird, site contributor) and @Vegas_Chess GM Ben FinegoldYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GMBenjaminFinegoldTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/itsbenandkarenTwitter: https://twitter.com/ben_finegold IM Kostya Kavutskiy (Chess […]
PATH 1: Are you in the Lobby? Great!Take the Lobby Elevators to Floor 3Sorry I do not have any elevator hacks🙍…IFYKYK This will take you to the following: Keep reading, more useful information PATH 2 Are you in the Lobby? Great!Looking for Red Rock and the Youth Tournaments? See the Starbucks? Great!Keep Walking…PASS the UP […]
Welcome to the 2024 Las Vegas International Chess Festival! 🦩🦩 Welcome everyone! The 2024 Vegas Chess Festival has begun!Don’t forget to meet your favorite Streamer in our Friday Morning Meet and Greet LIVE GAMES (When available) US WOMEN’S Elaynah will be streaming LIVE!NATIONAL OPEN Welcome everyone! The 2024 Vegas Chess Festival has begun!Don’t forget to […]
Thank you!The National Open and the U.S. Women’s Open are co-sponsored by the U.S. Chess Federation.
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