Nevada Chess, Inc.

The 2008 Las Vegas International Chess Festival is proud to announce the participation of World Cup Champion GM Gata Kamsky as a player in the 2008 National Open. GM Kamsky will also give a simul on Thursday, June 5th at 3 p.m., and will be available for autographs Friday and Saturday afternoon. This year’s festival is shaping up to be the best ever. The cornerstone 2008 National Open again features a $100,000 Prize Fund with $75,000 guaranteed.

The ever popular U.S. Game/10 Championship will be held on Thursday, June 5th, the day before the National Open. For those who can’t get enough chess, the National Open Blitz Championship will be held Thursday evening.

Also Thursday, the Susan Polgar Chess Camp will feature a full or half day session in small groups with GM and other fine instructors. This camp is designed for players of all ages. GM Susan Polgar, America’s Chess Ambassador, is the chief instructor.

Once again the festival will host the Susan Polgar World Open for Girls and Boys. Players in both events will be eligible for Scholarships and prizes. In addition to several Polgar side events, participants in these tournaments may also wish to participate in some of the open side events, such as the Blitz or the Scholastic Trophy Tournament.

On line registration is available for all events. For more information, please visit the tournament website at http://www.vegaschessfestival.com.

Board of Directors Meeting, April 12, 2008
Our Lady of Las Vegas School Yard, Las Vegas, Nevada

President Allen P. Magruder called the meeting to order at 3:15 PM.
Directors Present: A. Magruder, C. Hatherill, G. Barrett, C. McVoy

Before addressing the agenda items, Magruder established the agenda for the meeting with those present, as follows: Members Meeting Report; Financial Report; Determine Officers; Determine Support/Contributions for April Bulletin; Determine Support for Denker Candidate; State Scholastic Tournament Report; Club Activities Report.

1. Members Meeting Report
The members meeting was held on March 6th, 2008 during the Thursday evening session of the Clark County Chess Club. Vice President Charles Hatherill presided and Charles McVoy and Gordon Barrett attended. President Magruder was out of town and unable to attend.

The election ballots were assessed and all candidates were approved and elected to two year terms. Gordon Barrett, Milijov Filipas, Charles Hatherill and Charles McVoy will (re)join Allen Magruder, Eric Baugus and Edward Silakowski on the Board of Directors of Nevada Chess, Inc.

No other business was conducted and the meeting was adjourned.

2. Financial Report
Due to illness, Treasurer Eric Baugus was unable to attend. A. Magruder presented the financial report for the period 8/12/2007-4/12/2008 and 3/5/2007-4/12/2008 annual summary. For the former 8-month period, our expenses exceeded our income by $51.32, whereas for the latter 13-month period, our income exceeded our expenses by $117.70. Our current balance is $2723.28, with $2285.65 in the Nevada State Bank account and $437.63 in petty cash account. The 2008 expenses of $93.24 for website service and $40 for USCF affiliate fee are yet to be paid.

Magruder also reported our tax-exempt status as an educational institution has been granted again by the State of Nevada Department of Taxation, now to expire on March 31, 2013.

3. Determine Officers
After a brief discussion, and at least until further notice, the officers remained the same except for the secretary position, where newly elected Gordon Barrett replaces Richard Risley. The officers of Nevada Chess, Inc. for the term 2008-2009, until the 2009 election are: A. Magruder, President; Charles Hatherill, Vice President; Eric Baugus, Treasurer; Gordon Barrett, Secretary.

At this point, Magruder informed C. Hatherill that he is again our Nevada delegate to the USCF delegates convention in Dallas, at the US Open, and Magruder is the alternate, with G. Barrett serving in absence of both.

4. Determine Support/Contributions for April Bulletin
C. Hatherill will provide reports on tournaments held at Our Lady of Las Vegas, on the High School chess competitions, on the Members Meeting, and on the state scholastic tournament arrangements. Gordon Barrett will provide some chess articles and games. Charles McVoy contributed a game from 1981 between Abbey and Gallegos, and an article with an item about a king-size chessboard at the new Las Vegas Corporate Center. Magruder will gather what he can from the Northern Nevada website and contacts, and assemble the bulletin with whatever material he has by the end of next week, April 19th.

5. Determine Support for Denker Candidate and State Scholastic Tournament
After some discussion, and in view of the considerable expense securing the Henderson Convention Center site, Magruder moved to reduce state scholastic tournament return to state affiliate from $3/player to $2/player. This was seconded and approved by all except Hatherill, who abstained because he is principal organizer of the tournament.

After some discussion, Hatherill moved that the state affiliate provide the Denker candidate 50% of the amount returned to the affiliate from the state scholastic tournament, with a minimum provision of $200. This was seconded and approved by all.

6. State Scholastic Tournament Report
Charles Hatherill has scheduled the Nevada State Scholastic Tournament on Saturday, May 3rd, 2008, at the Henderson Convention Center. He has sent announcement of same to 250 schools in Southern Nevada, and will send a copy of that to representatives in Northern Nevada for distribution there. Alan Losoff will be chief TD, C. Hatherill will be responsible for pairings and directing, with assistance from appointed staff.

7. Club Activities Report
Charles McVoy reported that the Dula Center Club will no longer meet on Sunday. He also mentioned that games at the Clark County Chess Club have not been recently rated, and is of concern to many players there. McVoy also contributed an article from Las Vegas Business Press on “art in public places” with the item “When his (Molasky) new corporate center opens nearby on the 61 acres in 2007, it’ll come with some major public art, he says – including a king-size marble chessboard.”

The meeting was adjourned at 4:00 PM.

Grandmaster Melikset Khachiyan won the 8th Annual Far West Open, held at the Sands Regency in Reno from March 21-23, 2008, with a final score of 5

In a city flush with jobs, students can land lucrative gigs to pay for their education. They park cars, dance, serve cocktails and otherwise contribute to the 24-hour economy.Ryan Phillips, 23, is pursuing a less orthodox way of paying for law school at UNLV.

Phillips, an aspiring corporate attorney, happens to be a competitive chess player. And he’s hoping that teaching chess for $30 an hour will allow him eventually to drop his other gigs tutoring math for about 10 hours a week.

Phillips, who won the under-2000 Western States Open in 2006 and tied for second in the North American Open’s under-1800 in 2004, learned to play chess at age 8 from his dad. (“Under-2000” and “under-1800” refer to the U.S. Chess Federation’s ratings for players.)

Since childhood, Phillips has taught himself more about chess by practicing, reading books on tactics and studying other players’ games.

“I liked the logic of it,” he said. “It’s a beautiful game to me aesthetically also. The patterns, the way the pieces move, there’s a logic and a symmetry to the game.”

So far, Phillips is finding that entrepreneurship isn’t easy.

He’s started his chess business with one student a 6-year-old who has taken hourly lessons once a week for the past 2

K-3 Results

 USCF ID PAIR       NAME        ST   1     2     3     4     5     6   TOTAL
-------- ---- ----------------- -- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
12931319    1 BALDYGA, MICHAEL  NV W--20 W--23 W---8 W---6 W---2 W---3  6.0
13240142    2 KOLOSKY, C J      NV W--35 W--10 W---4 W---7 L---1 W---8  5.0
13516145    3 SANATINIA, ARMAN  NV W--27 W--13 W---9 W--32 W---7 L---1  5.0
13525086    4 ADRANGI, KAYVAAN  NV W--54 W--15 L---2 W--11 W--12 W---6  5.0
13072274    5 MARTINEZ, LUKE X  NV W--43 D--48 D--18 D--31 W--20 W---9  4.5
12933076    6 AGRAWAL, ALEX     NV W--28 W--18 W--17 L---1 W--23 L---4  4.0
13478741    7 MASON, SAMUEL REE NV W--50 W--11 W--12 L---2 L---3 W--17  4.0
13112768    8 HANSEN, AMANDA    NV W--38 W--40 L---1 W--10 W--15 L---2  4.0
13615024    9 LEE, GRAHAM       NV W--45 W--25 L---3 W--14 W--32 L---5  4.0
13242965   10 SAN MARTIN, GABRI NV W--41 L---2 W--53 L---8 W--27 W--30  4.0
13117744   11 HOOD, JIMMY       NV W--39 L---7 W--28 L---4 W--38 W--31  4.0
13397393   12 HANSEN, TUCKER    NV W--46 W--21 L---7 W--34 L---4 W--32  4.0
13335663   13 TEGTMEYER, DAVID  NV W--31 L---3 L--38 W--28 W--44 W--33  4.0
13072280   14 MARTINEZ, ALEXIA  NV W--33 L--16 W--42 L---9 W--29 W--22  4.0
13514216   15 HIEW, JASON       NV W--56 L---4 W--43 W--16 L---8 W--23  4.0
13080446   16 HIRALES, CHRISTIA NV W--37 W--14 L--32 L--15 W--26 D--18  3.5
13242938   17 BALDYGA, ALEXANDE NV W--53 W--30 L---6 D--20 W--19 L---7  3.5
13514311   18 ALEXANDER, JOSH   NV W--47 L---6 D---5 D--30 W--49 D--16  3.5
13514201   19 WILKINS, AUSTIN   NV L--30 W--29 D--44 W--48 L--17 W--37  3.5
13400836   20 GIALKETSIS, GEORG NV L---1 W--55 W--25 D--17 L---5 W--36  3.5
13396170   21 FAGAN, DON        NV W--44 L--12 W--48 W--38 U---0 U---0  3.0
12979323   22 HAN, AMANDA       NV W--42 L--32 L--26 W--52 W--25 L--14  3.0
12932386   23 HIGA, JANE T      NV W--51 L---1 W--35 W--26 L---6 L--15  3.0
13513496   24 CARNATE, NATALIE  NV D--29 L--34 L--33 W--51 D--42 W--44  3.0
13317871   25 MARTINEZ, JUSTIN  NV W--52 L---9 L--20 W--46 L--22 W--42  3.0
13400878   26 GARCIA, MATTHEW   NV L--48 W--49 W--22 L--23 L--16 W--43  3.0
13400925   27 GUAN, RAYMOND     NV L---3 W--56 L--34 W--43 L--10 W--49  3.0
13349333   28 BROWN, REMINGTON  NV L---6 W--47 L--11 L--13 W--55 W--50  3.0
13632205   29 BINFIELD, ROBERT  NV D--24 L--19 W--50 D--33 L--14 W--40  3.0
13677366   30 BORGEL, HANNAH MI NV W--19 L--17 W--40 D--18 D--31 L--10  3.0
13630743   31 DASELER, ROBERT   NV L--13 W--37 W--36 D---5 D--30 L--11  3.0
13630440   32 ESTIMOS, KENNETH  NV W--34 W--22 W--16 L---3 L---9 L--12  3.0
13630764   33 FIORENTINO, GAGE  NV L--14 D--50 W--24 D--29 W--34 L--13  3.0
13107376   34 DE LA CALZADA, YA NV L--32 W--24 W--27 L--12 L--33 D--38  2.5
13400946   35 KWOK, ANDREW      NV L---2 W--54 L--23 L--37 D--39 W--55  2.5
13513020   36 TEGTMEYER, SARA   NV L--40 W--46 L--31 D--42 W--48 L--20  2.5
13358295   37 SILVA, ANGELA     NV L--16 L--31 W--55 W--35 D--40 L--19  2.5
13400910   38 SELLINGER, JAKE   NV L---8 W--51 W--13 L--21 L--11 D--34  2.5
13632191   39 WIECZOREK, EMERSO NV L--11 L--42 D--54 D--50 D--35 W--52  2.5
13514243   40 HORNS, NOAH       NV W--36 L---8 L--30 D--44 D--37 L--29  2.0
13514237   41 GATLIN, VICTORIA  NV L--10 L--44 L--49 D--56 W--51 D--48  2.0
13514291   42 MANCUSO, ZIA      NV L--22 W--39 L--14 D--36 D--24 L--25  2.0
12975430   43 PATEL, KUVAAL     NV L---5 W--52 L--15 L--27 W--53 L--26  2.0
13516103   44 PATEL, SAHIL      NV L--21 W--41 D--19 D--40 L--13 L--24  2.0
13130854   45 WU, HERMAN        NV L---9 L--53 D--51 D--54 D--52 D--46  2.0
13514285   46 BREEDING, EDDIE W NV L--12 L--36 W--47 L--25 D--50 D--45  2.0
13513475   47 HIRALES, YOVAN    NV L--18 L--28 L--46 L--55 B---0 B---0  2.0
13683856   48 PAN, LUCAS        NV W--26 D---5 L--21 L--19 L--36 D--41  2.0
13677021   49 THUMMALA, TARUN   NV U---0 L--26 W--41 W--53 L--18 L--27  2.0
13415171   50 CRUDEN, CAMERON   NV L---7 D--33 L--29 D--39 D--46 L--28  1.5
13683820   51 SARNO, ELLIOT     NV L--23 L--38 D--45 L--24 L--41 W--53  1.5
13683835   52 VAYNER, ALEXANDER NV L--25 L--43 W--56 L--22 D--45 L--39  1.5
13514305   53 KAMBOJ, SANA      NV L--17 W--45 L--10 L--49 L--43 L--51  1.0
13525071   54 YEAGER, JOHN, IV  NV L---4 L--35 D--39 D--45 U---0 U---0  1.0
13654755   55 SHAH, SIMRAN      NV U---0 L--20 L--37 W--47 L--28 L--35  1.0
13683841   56 SORENSON, MADELEI NV L--15 L--27 L--52 D--41 U---0 U---0  0.5

K-5 Results

 USCF ID PAIR       NAME        ST   1     2     3     4     5     6   TOTAL
-------- ---- ----------------- -- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
12931319    1 BALDYGA, MICHAEL  NV W--38 W--18 W--10 D---2 W---9 W---3  5.5
13072226    2 MARTINEZ, MATTHEW NV W--39 W--23 W--16 D---1 W---8 W--11  5.5
12898026    3 HIGA, JOSHUA ZEN  NV W--28 W--12 W--22 W---5 W---7 L---1  5.0
13478741    4 MASON, SAMUEL REE NV W--43 L---5 W--39 W--27 W--22 W--13  5.0
13654740    5 SEID, RAYMOND     NV W--25 W---4 W--21 L---3 W--16 W---7  5.0
12975095    6 ARTEAGA, REBECCA  NV L--29 W--34 W--27 D--17 W--24 W--21  4.5
13072295    7 MARTINEZ, ISAAC C NV W--35 W--17 W--33 W---9 L---3 L---5  4.0
13240142    8 KOLOSKY, C J      NV W--52 L--13 W--37 W--18 L---2 W--25  4.0
13397413    9 MUNOZ, RYAN       NV W--15 W--45 W--13 L---7 L---1 W--17  4.0
13131025   10 BANERJI, NEIL     NV W--40 W--26 L---1 W--19 L--13 W--24  4.0
13358280   11 PRESSLER, CHET    NV W--31 L--27 W--28 W--29 W--12 L---2  4.0
12911734   12 LEE, SYDNEY       NV W--49 L---3 W--35 W--46 L--11 W--29  4.0
12929846   13 SAMSON, ERIC G    NV W--44 W---8 L---9 W--33 W--10 L---4  4.0
12967781   14 MURRY, CHARLES (" NV W--48 L--33 W--45 L--16 W--31 W--22  4.0
13245683   15 SHER, MAX         NV L---9 W--51 L--18 W--44 W--27 W--23  4.0
12852390   16 KANAREK, MICHAEL  NV W--42 W--29 L---2 W--14 L---5 D--18  3.5
12979297   17 SACHS, PARKER     NV W--47 L---7 W--30 D---6 W--34 L---9  3.5
13101230   18 MARTINEZ, MATTHEW NV W--32 L---1 W--15 L---8 W--30 D--16  3.5
12845083   19 GRIGORIEV, MICHAE NV W--20 L--21 W--36 L--10 D--35 W--34  3.5
13358274   20 MATHEW, MANOJ     NV L--19 W--38 L--25 W--39 D--45 W--35  3.5
12891424   21 MC GARRY, NICKOLA NV W--30 W--19 L---5 L--24 W--37 L---6  3.0
12895080   22 GIBSON, KATHRYN   NV W--36 W--24 L---3 W--25 L---4 L--14  3.0
12924022   23 KOZICH, KAITLIN   NV W--50 L---2 L--29 W--42 W--28 L--15  3.0
12895082   24 VIOLA, ANTHONY    NV X---0 L--22 W--41 W--21 L---6 L--10  3.0
12879934   25 PIEDRA, LARISSA   NV L---5 W--31 W--20 L--22 W--46 L---8  3.0
12904302   26 O'CONNER, KYLE    NV W--51 L--10 L--46 L--34 W--36 W--41  3.0
13516130   27 ADRANGI, ARASH    NV W--46 W--11 L---6 L---4 L--15 W--42  3.0
12878432   28 KROPP, EMERSON    NV L---3 W--42 L--11 W--41 L--23 W--46  3.0
13514270   29 TA, JONATHAN      NV W---6 L--16 W--23 L--11 W--33 L--12  3.0
12921815   30 MAURI, DOMINIC    NV L--21 W--50 L--17 W--32 L--18 W--45  3.0
13093966   31 LUCARELLI, TYLER  NV L--11 L--25 W--51 W--38 L--14 W--37  3.0
13400795   32 MORENO, MARCOS    NV L--18 L--35 W--52 L--30 W--39 W--38  3.0
12904303   33 SAN MARTIN, LEONA NV W--41 W--14 L---7 L--13 L--29 H---0  2.5
12911846   34 TRUJILLO, NICHOLA NV H---0 L---6 W--44 W--26 L--17 L--19  2.5
12932386   35 HIGA, JANE T      NV L---7 W--32 L--12 W--43 D--19 L--20  2.5
13514201   36 WILKINS, AUSTIN   NV L--22 W--47 L--19 D--45 L--26 W--44  2.5
12919574   37 ROSE, MICHAEL     NV L--45 W--43 L---8 W--40 L--21 L--31  2.0
13245751   38 MANCUSO, ROMAN    NV L---1 L--20 W--48 L--31 W--43 L--32  2.0
12933724   39 RANSOM, RYAN      NV L---2 W--49 L---4 L--20 L--32 W--47  2.0
13280347   40 MROQUE, ANGAD     NV L--10 L--46 W--50 L--37 L--42 W--51  2.0
12933736   41 ROMAN, SERGIO     NV L--33 W--48 L--24 L--28 W--51 L--26  2.0
13092393   42 RANSOM, CAREENA   NV L--16 L--28 W--47 L--23 W--40 L--27  2.0
13415150   43 OLIVER, ELIJAH    NV L---4 L--37 W--49 L--35 L--38 W--50  2.0
13445783   44 WOODSON, MARK     NV L--13 W--52 L--34 L--15 W--48 L--36  2.0
13688173   45 GREENAWALT, DAKOT NV W--37 L---9 L--14 D--36 D--20 L--30  2.0
13683814   46 VEERAPPAN, ARAVIN NV L--27 W--40 W--26 L--12 L--25 L--28  2.0
13099458   47 TRUJILLO, MIYANNA NV L--17 L--36 L--42 W--49 D--50 L--39  1.5
13632211   48 THOMPSON, MADISON NV L--14 L--41 L--38 D--50 L--44 W--49  1.5
13245677   49 ADAMS, JULIANA    NV L--12 L--39 L--43 L--47 B---0 L--48  1.0
13516118   50 SACHS, PEYTON     NV L--23 L--30 L--40 D--48 D--47 L--43  1.0
13688188   51 GAZALA, ELIRAN    NV L--26 L--15 L--31 X---0 L--41 L--40  1.0
13317886   52 MARTINEZ, CHRISTO NV L---8 L--44 L--32 F---0 U---0 U---0  0.0

K-8 Results

 USCF ID PAIR       NAME        ST   1     2     3     4     5   TOTAL
-------- ---- ----------------- -- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
12879937    1 LEE, RICHARD      NV W--13 W---9 D---6 W---5 W---3  4.5
12923063    2 MERCURIO, PHILIP  NV W--19 W--17 W---4 L---3 W--13  4.0
12839630    3 REISCH, WESTON CO NV W--14 W--18 W---8 W---2 L---1  4.0
12854430    4 LEE, AUSTIN       NV W--20 W--10 L---2 W---6 W--15  4.0
13117750    5 SARAN, ISHAN      NV W--25 W--15 W---7 L---1 W--11  4.0
12861304    6 BANKS, CHRISTOPHE NV W--27 W--16 D---1 L---4 W--12  3.5
12901898    7 HENDRICKSON, EDWA NV L--24 W--21 L---5 W--29 W--18  3.0
12902845    8 VENKATESH, VIVEK  NV W--21 W--29 L---3 L--12 W--19  3.0
12893181    9 KOZICH, JONATHAN  NV W--28 L---1 L--13 W--24 W--20  3.0
12975398   10 STANTON, HARRISON NV W--30 L---4 L--15 W--23 W--17  3.0
12786972   11 KROPP, SEBASTIAN  NV L--29 W--24 W--20 W--17 L---5  3.0
12933720   12 VEERAPPAN, RAMAN  NV L--15 W--27 W--22 W---8 L---6  3.0
13397428   13 MUNOZ, KENNY      NV L---1 W--28 W---9 W--16 L---2  3.0
12975424   14 BUYACHEK, MATTHEW NV L---3 W--23 L--17 W--28 W--24  3.0
13661663   15 NOWLIN, SAMUEL DE NV W--12 L---5 W--10 W--18 L---4  3.0
12902846   16 VENKATESH, ANITA  NV W--26 L---6 D--24 L--13 W--25  2.5
12900628   17 CARNATE, JONATHAN NV W--22 L---2 W--14 L--11 L--10  2.0
12870448   18 NGUYEN, VANVAN    NV W--23 L---3 W--29 L--15 L---7  2.0
12870476   19 GUARNIERI, STEVEN NV L---2 L--22 W--26 W--27 L---8  2.0
12870474   20 PIEDRA, LIANA     NV L---4 W--30 L--11 W--22 L---9  2.0
12878431   21 KROWICKI, OSCAR   NV L---8 L---7 L--23 W--26 W--28  2.0
12975115   22 DE LA CALZADA, NO NV L--17 W--19 L--12 L--20 W--29  2.0
13514264   23 LITWIN, TREVOR    NV L--18 L--14 W--21 L--10 W--27  2.0
12928420   24 CROSS, SPENCER NE NV W---7 L--11 D--16 L---9 L--14  1.5
12904301   25 O'CONNER, CODY    NV L---5 D--26 L--27 W--30 L--16  1.5
13672066   26 GARCIA, JAMES     NV L--16 D--25 L--19 L--21 W--30  1.5
12816594   27 KROPP, REMINGTON  NV L---6 L--12 W--25 L--19 L--23  1.0
12831424   28 WILDER, JOSEPH    NV L---9 L--13 W--30 L--14 L--21  1.0
13672051   29 CULLINGS, ETHAN   NV W--11 L---8 L--18 L---7 L--22  1.0
12914406   30 JANGA, BHAVANA    NV L--10 L--20 L--28 L--25 L--26  0.0

K-12 Results

 USCF ID PAIR       NAME        ST   1     2     3     4     5   TOTAL
-------- ---- ----------------- -- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
12907432    1 KOSBAB, ALEX      NV W--12 W---3 W---9 W---2 W---8  5.0
12879937    2 LEE, RICHARD      NV W--26 W--11 W--21 L---1 W--10  4.0
13565041    3 BARD, JACOB       NV W--25 L---1 W--23 W--11 W---9  4.0
12717117    4 DUAN, DANIEL      NV X---0 W--19 L--10 D---5 W--15  3.5
12898026    5 HIGA, JOSHUA ZEN  NV W--23 D---8 W--15 D---4 D---7  3.5
12870478    6 HERNANDEZ, SANDRA NV W--19 D--15 L---8 W--24 W--12  3.5
12902934    7 FOSHEE, DAVID     NV W--28 L--21 W--22 W--13 D---5  3.5
13632666    8 HALL, MYLAN D     NV W--17 D---5 W---6 W--10 L---1  3.5
12923063    9 MERCURIO, PHILIP  NV W--20 W--13 L---1 W--14 L---3  3.0
12839630   10 REISCH, WESTON CO NV X---0 W--14 W---4 L---8 L---2  3.0
12895873   11 HUANG, CHARLES JI NV W--22 L---2 W--18 L---3 W--19  3.0
12893454   12 PERRON, ALEXANDER NV L---1 W--28 W--25 W--21 L---6  3.0
13632583   13 HALL, MARTEZ DAMI NV W--16 L---9 W--24 L---7 W--21  3.0
13676728   14 LOCKARD, JASON PA NV W--24 L--10 W--16 L---9 W--17  3.0
13117750   15 SARAN, ISHAN      NV W--18 D---6 L---5 W--16 L---4  2.5
12901897   16 KOWALSKI, KEVIN   NV L--13 W--27 L--14 L--15 W--23  2.0
12933710   17 SANACORE, ADAM    NV L---8 L--23 W--20 W--18 L--14  2.0
13677413   18 ANGELES, JAN-MICH NV L--15 W--26 L--11 L--17 W--27  2.0
12873841   19 HALL, TRAVAN L    NV L---6 L---4 W--26 W--27 L--11  2.0
13676295   20 HOUGHTON, NICHOLA NV L---9 L--24 L--17 W--26 W--25  2.0
13675752   21 LAYMAN, GREGORY J NV W--27 W---7 L---2 L--12 L--13  2.0
13661663   22 NOWLIN, SAMUEL DE NV L--11 W--25 L---7 L--23 W--24  2.0
13673838   23 SNOW, ADAM MICHAE NV L---5 W--17 L---3 W--22 L--16  2.0
12786532   24 MILLER, KEVIN     NV L--14 W--20 L--13 L---6 L--22  1.0
12858401   25 MILLER, JEREMY    NV L---3 L--22 L--12 W--28 L--20  1.0
13245751   26 MANCUSO, ROMAN    NV L---2 L--18 L--19 L--20 W--28  1.0
12933721   27 WU, WESLEY        NV L--21 L--16 W--28 L--19 L--18  1.0
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Minutes of the Annual Members Meeting held March 5, 2007
Clark County Chess Club, 2040 W. Charleston Blvd, Las Vegas, Nevada

President Allen P. Magruder called the meeting to order at 7:10 PM.

Members present: A. Magruder, J. Trivett, C. McVoy, W. Henry.

1. President’s Remarks

A. Magruder read minutes of last (emergency) meeting of the board of directors regarding arrangements for 2007 State Scholastic Tournament. Magruder reported that Dan Cover scheduled the tournament at the Meadows School, that S. Rosen was emailed for advertising support with no reply/response, that Chris Bird sent postcards advertising the tournament to all junior members in Nevada using mailing list from USCF, and that C. Hatherill was emailed requesting help contacting high school coaches for participation of high school players, with no reply/response so far.

2. Treasurer’s Report

Magruder distributed copies of financial report for period 8/20/2006 to 3/4/2007 to those present and reported on income and expenses: income $566, expenses $414.96, balance on 8/20/2006 $2454.54, balance on 3/4/2007 $2605.58.

3. Other Business

C. McVoy reported that there are no more First Friday Chess events planned so that event may be removed from the bulletin announcements. He also mentioned that the Clark County Chess Club now holds regular sessions on Mondays as well as Thursdays from 6:45 to 10:45 pm.

Magruder collected 2007 memberships of Eric Baugus and William Shannon from J. Trivett, and 2008 membership from Charles McVoy.

4. Election Results

J. Trivett was assisted by W. Henry with opening and tallying the election ballots. Of the nine ballots returned, one was without a signature and not counted, with the following net result:

Dan Conver 8
Allen Magruder 8
Edward Silakowski 6
Eric Baugus 5
Richard Risley 4
Charles McVoy 4

Consequently, Conver, Magruder, Silakowski and Baugus are elected for a two year term, from 2007 to 2009. President Magruder will appoint either Risley or McVoy for a one year term after conferring with the other directors, including C. Hatherill and M. Filipas.

5. Meeting Adjourned at 7:50 PM

Motion made by J. Trivett, seconded by W. Henry, all present approved.

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