Randy Hough
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GM Bai Jinshi
The 28th Annual North American Open, with a guaranteed $120,000 prize fund drew 817 players, up from 2017’s 802 turnout, to… Read More »
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GM Timur Gareyev, less than a month from becoming US Open champ, took first by a full point with a 5½ - ½ score.Read More »
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The 27th Annual North American Open at Bally’s Las Vegas after Christmas featured both a record turnout of 805 players and a hotly contested battle… Read More »
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GM Carlos Matamoros
If it’s mid-October in Reno, it’s not only National Chess Day, but time for the Western States Open at the Sands… Read More »
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The three players who tied for first in the top section of the record-setting North American Open in Las Vegas might be termed “two and a half… Read More »
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GM Timur Gareyev. Photo: Irina Nizmutdinova
The 52nd incarnation of Southern California’s premier tournament over the Thanksgiving weekend… Read More »
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FM Stephen Stoyko and IM Mark Ginsburg who emerged on top with 5½ of 6 and became the Senior Open co-champions. Randy Hough's report includes all the… Read More »
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Bovey Liu-- Atulya Vaidya, Photo Brian Yang
The biggest battle at the Junior Open every year is for the coveted spot in the next year’s… Read More »
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The Crescent City (actually Kenner, across the river) is hosting two championship opens this weekend.
After three rounds of the US Senior… Read More »