Nevada Chess, Inc.

The 26th Annual Western States Open will take place at the Sands Regency Hotel in Reno, Nevada, from October 17-19, 2008. This 200 Grand Prix Point event will offer a prize fund of $40,000 based on 400 entries.

As usual the event will be run by NTD Jerry Weikel and will be a 6 round Swiss in 7 sections: Open (FIDE Rated), Expert, A, B, C, D and E/Under.

For complete details regarding the event and online entry information, please visit the tournament website at http://www.renochess.org/wso/index.html.

There was a 6-way tie for first at the 2008 National Open held at the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. GMs Gata Kamsky, Laurent Fressinet, Tigran Petrosian and Atanas Kolev were joined by IMs Ben Finegold and Josh Friedel, all finishing with 5 points.

The highest placed Nevadan was FM James Schuyler who finished tied for 10th-23rd with 4 points.

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I would like to invite Nevada chess players to the Southern Utah Chess Festival in Moab, Utah, over Labor Day weekend. It should be a fun chess weekend, including a 6-round Swiss tournament, a beginner’s tournament, a Blindfold Chess tournament, a Chess960 (Fischer Random) tournament and a Bughouse tournament. It coincides with the Moab Music Festival, which is Utah’s premier chamber music and world-jazz festival. Full information is online at the Utah Chess website: http://www.utahchess.com/Event_Flyers/Southern_Utah_Chess_Festival_2008.doc.

Best regards,

Damian Nash
USCF Senior TD
435-260-2789