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      Home  >  Daily News • Major Tournaments  >  LV Chess Festival

      LV Chess Festival

      Las Vegas Chess Festival, Susan Polgar World Open


      Welcome to the Las Vegas Chess Festival!

      June 5 to 8, 2008 at the Riviera Hotel

      There are many strong players such as:

      1 2782 GM 2726 Gata Kamsky
      2 2747 GM 2686 Hikaru Nakamura
      3 2706 GM 2656 Laurent Fressinet
      4 2666 GM 2616 Tigran L Petrosian
      5 2666 GM 2601 Varuzhan Akobian
      6 2620 GM 2568 Atanas Kolev
      7 2613 GM 2568 Sergey Erenburg
      8 2594 IM 2539 Ben Finegold
      9 2594 GM 2513 Dmitry Gurevich
      10 2584 GM 2518 Alex Yermolinsky

      The Susan Polgar Foundation and the Las Vegas International Chess Festival proudly present
      the Susan Polgar World Open Chess Championship for Girls and Boys.

      Please join us for many spectacular events and lots of fun:

      The Susan Polgar World Open Chess Championship for Girls June 7-8
      The Susan Polgar World Open Chess Championship for Boys June 7-8
      Scholarships to Texas Tech will be awarded based in part on performance in these events.
      The Susan Polgar International Chess Camp (for all ages) June 5
      The Susan Polgar World Open Chess Puzzle Solving Contest for Girls and Boys June 6
      Free lecture by Susan Polgar for all players, as well as accompanying parents and coaches June 6
      A Tandem Simul by Susan Polgar against up to 70 players June 6
      The Susan Polgar World Open Blitz Chess Championship for Girls and Boys June 7
      NEW! Parents and Coaches Tournament June 7-8
      Breakfast with Susan June 7

      Official website: http://www.lvchessfestival.com/

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      2 Comments

      1. Anonymous Reply
        June 5, 2008 at 6:31 pm

        you said Nakamura is now over 2700 on the june list

        2 2747 GM 2686 Hikaru Nakamura

        so 2686 is wrong now.

      2. Anonymous Reply
        June 5, 2008 at 6:53 pm

        29 Nakamura 2703,6 +17,6

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