Nevada Chess, Inc.

Nevada Chess, the official State Affiliate for USCF, will hold the annual State Seniors Championship during the weekend of March 22-24, 2024 at Bridgeopolis Chess Club in Las Vegas. The tournament, open to all Nevada residents who have reached Age 50 or will do so prior to July 26, 2024, will have five rounds of G90+30. USCF Membership is required. A minimum $1000 prize pool is included. The winner will advance to the national John T. Irwin Tournament of State Senior Champions to be be held July 27-30 in Norfolk, VA. Additional details and registration may be found on the King Registration website

Nevada Chess, Inc., the State Affiliate of the United States Chess Federation (USCF), has three of the seven Director positions available for (re)election.

Directors serve two-year terms. Directors are unpaid and responsible for overseeing and coordinating all Nevada statewide competitions for USCF and submitting winners to USCF National Tournaments.

Directors must be over age 18, current members of USCF in good standing, and reside in Nevada with a Nevada mailing address. Nominations may be submitted to elections@nevadachess.org before the deadline of March 6, 2024 at 11:59pm PST.

If there are more than three nominations, all current USCF members in Nevada will be eligible to vote for candidates in a manner to be announced shortly after the nomination period closes.

At a Board Meeting held on February 5, 2024, Nevada Chess voted unanimously to affirm and support USCF’s efforts to require Safe Play training. The USCF has mandated all TDs must complete the training prior to June 1, 2024 and Nevada Chess encourages all TDs in Nevada to do so as soon as possible. For questions, please email nevada.chess@gmail.com

Nevada Chess is proud to announce the date and location for our 2024 State Scholastic Championship Tournament to be held on Saturday March 2, 2024 at Del Sol Academy for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas, NV. Del Sol is the same location where we held our successful 2023 State Scholastic. We are striving to make 2024 even better!

This year, we have two new sections for lower-rated and unrated players. The K-5 and K-12 Reserve sections are for players rated Under 300 and Under 600 respectively. Unrated players are also welcome to play in these sections.

Del Sol Academy for the Performing Arts
3100 E. Patrick Ave
Las Vegas, NV 89120
Google Maps PlusCode: 3VJV+64

Full information and Registration are available.

October 20-22, 2023

Congratulations to Mike Zaloznyy, Southern NV Champion 2023!

See Final Wall Chart
See Full results on USChess.org/msa

The following individuals were elected to the Board on April 16, 2023:
Marvin Raab – President
Tom Brownscombe – Treasurer
Tam Lester – Secretary
Alan Losoff
Gale Winds-Cunningham
Ryan Phillips
Eric Ostertag (appointed by President to fill vacant seat)

The position of Vice President is temporarily vacant

The 2023 Nevada Chess membership meeting will be held at 6PM on Sunday, April 16th at

Bridgeopolis

4955 S. Durango Drive, Suite 220

Las Vegas, NV 89113

There will be an election of officers. Anyone who wishes to be nominated for the officers’ election prior to the meeting should contact Tom Brownscombe at tkbrownscombe@hotmail.com. Nominations may also be made at the meeting. The proposed meeting agenda is:

2023 Annual Nevada Chess Membership Meeting Agenda

Bridgeopolis

4955 S. Durango Drive, Suite 220

Las Vegas, NV 89113

1. Meeting will be called to order at approximately 6PM.
2. Election of officers.  The following have been nominated in advance (in alphabetical order): Tom Brownscombe, Tam Lester, Alan Losoff, Ryan Phillips, Marvin Raab, Gale Winds-Cunningham.  Additional nominations may be made at this time.
3. Discussion and planning for the 2023 Nevada State Chess Championship.
4. Discussion of the 2023 Nevada State Scholastic, Senior, and Girls state chess championships and initial planning for the 2024 Nevada State Scholastic, Senior, and Girls state chess championships.
5. Discussion of stipends for the 2023 Nevada representatives to the Denker, Barber, Rockefeller, Haring, and Irwin tournaments.
6. Discussion of 2023 Nevada delegates to the USCF (we have 2 this year) and the possibility of stipends for delegates.
7. Other topics of interest to the attendees.
8. Meeting adjourns.

An officers meeting may take place after the conclusion of the membership meeting.

If you wish to attend the meeting via Zoom, use the following link to register:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0tdOmgrjosGNPoSKXCiZtCN7JXwiN-cp27

You will receive a an email with a link to join the meeting. You will not be allowed to vote unless your camera is on and your real name is on the image.